Le nivellement des aqueducs de Lyon et leurs aménagements de régulation et de ralentissement : analyse et mise en perspective by Laetitia Borau

“…These hydraulic staircases can be compared to those of Autun, Cordoba (Spain), Cherchell and Rusicade (Algeria).It is still difficult to assess the reasons that led the builders to favour one or another slowing system, chutes or dropshafts. …”
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Julius Kruopis – the pioneer of applied statistics in Lithuania by Vilijandas Bagdonavičius, Vydas Čekanavičius, Rūta Levulienė, Pranas Vaitkus

“…He established and fostered new traditions, and aimed for the majority of students' theses to have a clear applied nature. He led such works himself and encouraged other teachers to do the same. …”
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Editorial by Pieter Vanhuysse, Antony Mason, Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche, Maria Lenk

“…More importantly still, they demonstrate that the conclusions the observer is led to draw regarding sustainability and intergenerational fairness can be different, sometimes radically, depending on the level of analysis. …”
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Rice Leaf Disease Image Enhancement Based on Improved CycleGAN by YAN Congkuan, ZHU Dequan, MENG Fankai, YANG Yuqing, TANG Qixing, ZHANG Aifang, LIAO Juan

“…Additionally, transfer learning applied to object detection models such as YOLOv5s, YOLOv7-tiny, and YOLOv8s led to significant improvements in disease detection performance on the augmented dataset. …”
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Application of Concentration-Area fractal modeling and artificial neural network to identify Cu, Zn±Pb geochemical anomalies in Hashtjin area, NW of Iran by Ali Imamalipour, Hamed Ebrahimi, Amir reza Abdollahpur

“…Recent developments in machine learning methods have led to significant advances in geoscience. ML-based approaches to mineral prospectivity mapping using geochemical data can more effectively identify statistical correlations between geochemical patterns than other non-ML methods. …”
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Analytical and Comparative Analysis of Copper Industry Development Programs in Iran by Adel Rouhi Jouybari, Seyed Mohammad Esmaiel Jalali

“…The need for copper wire in infrastructure and renewable energy projects, an increase in automobile production (which has grown by 3.7%), and an increase in the production of durable consumer goods (refrigerators and gas coolers have increased by 9.6% and 7.0%, respectively) have led to an increase in cpper consumption in the 5 years ending in 2019 (Urvisha, 2019). …”
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The Bioethics-CSR Divide by Caio Caesar Dib

“…This existential crisis of the discipline led to a re-evaluation of its nature and purpose. …”
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Voltaire et Contant d’Orville: le 'Voltaire portatif' (1766), une lettre inconnue, un remerciement à l’auteur, et une réplique voilée à l’archevêque d’Auch by John R. Iverson

“…This letter expresses Contant d’Orville’s admiration for Voltaire, and describes the reading practices that led him to compose a compendium of ‘pensées philosophiques’ drawn from Voltaire’s works. …”
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Nécropoles multipolaires et élaboration d’un nouveau modèle socio-politique au premier âge du Fer : réflexions à partir des sites du Camp de l’Église Sud à Flaujac-Poujols (Lot) et... by Antoine Dumas

“…In order to confirm this spatial hypothesis, the typological and stylistic profiles of each group of graves were then compared, using specifically adapted typological tools and basic numerical methods. This led to the conclusion that each of the alleged groups indeed possessed its own morpho-stylistic profile. …”
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Effect of Sucrose Spray on some Phytochemical Characteristics of Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni) under Field Conditions by Vahid Akbarpour, Hossein Aruei, Kambiz Mashayekhi, Majid Azizi Arani, Mohammad Ali Bahmanyar

“…According to the results of comparing the average concentrations of different sucrose levels on the amount of ribodiozide, the concentrations of 0% and 5% sucrose led to the lowest and the highest amounts of ribodiozide, respectively. …”
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A randomized trial of blended first aid education for the public

“…First aid educators are increasingly experimenting with blending learning modalities, combining asynchronous internet based (e-learning) and traditional instructor led (face-to-face). This study seeks to validate the effectiveness of using e-learning followed by face-to-face learning in first aid education to improve laypersons’ knowledge, confidence, and willingness, compared to face-to-face only learning.Method: 128 non-healthcare adult volunteers (laypeople) were randomly assigned to either a face-to-face (control, n=58) or a blended (experimental, n=70) British Red Cross Everyday First Aid course. …”
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Review of Commercial Documents from Mohammad Ibrahim Malek Al-Tojjar Esfahani Company by Hasan Zandiyeh, Arefe Soleymani

“…Additionally, the bequest of his assets to charitable causes had restricted the transfer of these valuable documents to national archives, complicating further research efforts.Discussion of Results and ConclusionMohammad Ibrahim Malek al-Tojjar was one of the most prominent Iranian merchants during the late Qajar era, having established an extensive international trading network that led to a prosperous business. The primary focus of Malek’s trade was the export of Iranian goods, particularly opium. …”
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Early Warning Model and Currency Crisis in the Iranian Economy A Probit Approach by Mohammadjavad Khosrosereshki, Yavar Dashtbany

“…Consequently, these causes have led to 5 currency crises since 1991. Therefore, having an early warning system for Iran’s exchange market is essential for monetary policymakers. …”
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Deviant Behaviors of Students in Educational System: A Meta-synthesis Model-Building Theory by Mehdi Mohammaadi, Farzane Deimehkar Haghighi

“…The findings were interpreted and synthesized through a non-linear thinking process, which ultimately led to the development of a model of deviant behaviors among students in the education system. …”
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Hameaux et villages paysans de la période romaine en plaine d’Alsace by Antonin Nüsslein, Pascal Flotté, Mathias Higelin, Muriel Roth-Zehner

“…Research carried out in the plain of Alsace over the past twenty years has led to the discovery of sites that were composed of several agglomerated habitation units that can be described as villages and hamlets. …”
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A randomized trial of blended first aid education for the public

“…First aid educators are increasingly experimenting with blending learning modalities, combining asynchronous internet based (e-learning) and traditional instructor led (face-to-face). This study seeks to validate the effectiveness of using e-learning followed by face-to-face learning in first aid education to improve laypersons’ knowledge, confidence, and willingness, compared to face-to-face only learning.Method: 128 non-healthcare adult volunteers (laypeople) were randomly assigned to either a face-to-face (control, n=58) or a blended (experimental, n=70) British Red Cross Everyday First Aid course. …”
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IGJR issue 1/2018 by IF and FRFG

“…The backdrop of these new calculations is demographic ageing that has led in many Western and Asian countries to a higher percentage of voters that are pensioners or close to the retirement age. …”
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Le réseau hydraulique à Pompéi (Italie) de l’époque des Samnites à Auguste (fin ive-fin ier s. av. J.-C.) by Federico Giletti

“…For this reason, the growing tendency to build sumptuous dwellings, with an enviable viewpoint overlooking the Sarno plain below, led to buildings being extended above and beyond the defensive walls, even reusing structural parts that were no longer considered necessary.In the same way, many of the cisterns behind them lost their function, being converted into rooms in the house or used as stairways or corridors.The large basins seem to have retained their function until the advent of the aqueduct system, introduced in Pompeii in the Augustan age. …”
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Group B streptococcus colonization in pregnancy and neonatal outcomes: a three-year monocentric retrospective study during and after the COVID-19 pandemic by Gregorio Serra, Lucia Lo Scalzo, Maria Giordano, Mario Giuffrè, Pietro Trupiano, Renato Venezia, Giovanni Corsello

“…Since the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the preventive measures implemented to mitigate the effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection led to the reduction in the access to many health facilities and services, including the obstetric and perinatal ones. …”
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Meta-Analysis of the Effect of Different Amounts of Cow Manure, Chemical (Nitrogen), and Biological Fertilizers on Some Quantitative and Qualitative Traits of Thyme (Thymus vulgari... by Havva Mahnoudi asl, Mahmoud Mokhtari, Reza Sadrabadi Haghighi, مهدی الهی ترشیزی

“…Introduction The inadequacy of the results of a single study and the need to combine the findings by scientists has led to the development of methods that allow combining the results of many independent studies. …”
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