Population Dynamics from Peripheral Regions: A North Atlantic Perspective by Godfrey Baldacchino

“…In so doing, the paper also identifies the limitations of both data-collection methodologies for demographic purposes, as well as public policy generally, wedded as these are to static categories of time and location. …”
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Q-Learning-Driven Butterfly Optimization Algorithm for Green Vehicle Routing Problem Considering Customer Preference by Weiping Meng, Yang He, Yongquan Zhou

“…Compared with three classical optimization algorithms, the experimental results show that the proposed QLBOA has a generally superior performance.…”
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Sentence Comprehension and Its Association with Executive Functions in Patients with Parkinson's Disease by Katrien S. F. Colman, Janneke Koerts, Laurie A. Stowe, Klaus L. Leenders, Roelien Bastiaanse

“…Deficits in set-switching were specifically associated with the comprehension of passive sentences. Generally, our study confirms that there does not appear to be a language faculty encapsulated from the influence of executive functions.…”
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Bermudagrass Production in Florida by Carrol G. Chambliss, Freddie A. Johnson

“…Overseeding of winter forages has generally been more successful on bermudagrasses than on bahiagrasses. …”
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SOIL FACIES – A GEOGRAPHIC LOCAL-REGIONAL COMPLETING OF SOIL TAXONOMIC UNITS by NICOLAE FLOREA

“…The soil name according to the soil taxonomy will be completed with the names of regional andlocal soil facies, generally geographic terms; for example Făgăraş skeletal loamy sand, Carpathian, Leptic-Entic Podzol. …”
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Chronic Q fever: An ongoing challenge in diagnosis and management by Ira Das, Nicola Guest, Richard Steeds, Peter Hewins

“…A 51-year-old woman with a history of aortic valve replacement presented with complaints of feeling generally unwell, pyrexia and occasional unproductive cough over a period of several weeks. …”
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The symmetric division Szeged index: A novel tool for predicting physical and chemical properties of complex networks by Modjtaba Ghorbani, Zahra Vaziri, Razie Alidehi-Ravandi, Yilun Shang

“…This paper introduces a novel graph invariant, the symmetric division Szeged index (SDZ), which generalizes earlier concepts by focusing on vertices positioned closer to an edge's endpoints rather than vertex degrees. …”
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Behavioral Assumptions of Islamic Economics Revisited Is the Giving Behavior of Muslims Different from Others? by Murat Çokgezen, Mohammed Seid Hussen

“…The impact of other explanatory variables on both donations and volunteer efforts were generally the same, with the exception of age and marital status. …”
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Examining plant names and their socio-cultural significance among speakers of Chasu in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania by Peter Rabson Mziray, Amani Lusekelo

“…The study was guided by the cognitive semantic theory and a thematic analysis of the data was employed to generate different themes. Generally, findings indicate five socio-cultural significances of the meanings expressed in Chasu plant names. …”
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Challenges of metaverse technology for the tourism industry by Reza Shokouh Saljoughi, Somayeh Hassani

“…Methods: Qualitative interviews were generally conducted in person. The statistical population of this research is tourism industry experts and metaverse technology experts. …”
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A novel Wasserstein generative adversarial network for stochastic wind power output scenario generation by Xiurong Zhang, Daoliang Li, Xueqian Fu

“…This model has better robustness and generalization ability than the traditional generative adversarial network. …”
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Space-Time Block Coding with Beamforming for Triple-Polarized Uniform Linear Array Systems by Xin Su, Kyung Hi Chang

“…Generally, space-time block coding (STBC) and beamforming (BF) gains cannot be obtained simultaneously because the former performs well under a low correlated MIMO channel, and the latter works efficiently in an environment with high correlation. …”
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Energy Balanced Scheduling for Target Tracking with Distance-Dependent Measurement Noise in a WSN by Xiaoqing Hu, Ming Bao, Yu-Hen Hu, Bugong Xu

“…The nonlinear measurement model leads to the application of a generalized unscented Kalman filtering (GUKF) tracking algorithm. …”
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Pentagonal fuzzy fractional three-stage sustainable transportation network problem incorporating extension principle by B. Baranidharan, Gunji Bala Murali, Zechun Cao, G.S. Mahapatra

“…The primary aim of this study is to mitigate transportation expenses and assess transportation's environmental viability through reducing emissions. A generalized pentagonal fuzzy number (GPFN) is employed to address the uncertainty of parameters of the three-stage transportation network. …”
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Dietary Glycaemic Index and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Potential Modulation of Gut Microbiota by Hanusha Durganaudu, Thubasni Kunasegaran, Amutha Ramadas

“…Adoption of low glycaemic index (GI) diet one of the recent dietary strategies to modulate glycaemic response in individuals with T2DM. Generally, diet has strong influence on the gut microbiota, which recently have been found to be associated with insulin resistance and the inflammatory response in diabetes. …”
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Atmospheric Observations over Central Japan Using a Helicopter: Measurements of Hydrogen Peroxide and Formaldehyde by Koichi Watanabe, Mei Jia Jin, Xiao Jing Song, Liu Yang, Kaede Genmoto, Yumeko Ichikawa, Yu Nagahori, Kanji Chimura, Haruka Nagamura

“…The H2O2 concentrations were generally higher in autumn than in the cold season, and they were higher than the SO2 concentrations in the high-altitude atmosphere. …”
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Signal and modulating role of enzymes of digestive glands by G. F. Korotko

“…To present literature data, to generalize cumulative experimental and clinical data of the author and his co-workers on effect of hydrolases of gastro-intestinal contents and circulating blood on digestive organs functions.Original positions. …”
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Human Rights at the United Nations: In a Tension Between Universality and Ambivalence by Marguerite A. Peeters

“…Those upholding the former view may not always have reached as clear a consensus as generally assumed on the very concept of person. The way forward may be to complete the past anthropological underpinnings of universal human rights with the development of an ontology of love.  …”
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A Network Traffic Prediction Model Based on Quantum-Behaved Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm and Fuzzy Wavelet Neural Network by Kun Zhang, Zhao Hu, Xiao-Ting Gan, Jian-Bo Fang

“…At the same time, the QPSO-FWNN also has better generalization ability, and it has a broad prospect on application.…”
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FEATURES OF MANUFACTURE OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL WITH MACROHETEROGENEOUS STRUCTURE WITH THE APPLICATION OF MAGNETIC FIELDS by A. S. Kalinichenko, V. A. Sheinert, V. A. Kalinichenko, A. G. Slutsky

“…The paper presents generalized results of experimental studies of peculiarities during the formation of composite materials on the basis of bronze and iron granules with the use of high-speed induction melting. …”
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