Multiple Positive Solutions of Singular Nonlinear Sturm-Liouville Problems with Carathéodory Perturbed Term by Yuefeng Han, Xinguang Zhang, Lishan Liu, Yonghong Wu

“…By employing a well-known fixed point theorem, we establish the existence of multiple positive solutions for the following fourth-order singular differential equation Lu=p(t)f(t,u(t),u′′(t))-g(t,u(t),u′′(t)),0<t<1,α1u(0)-β1u'(0)=0,γ1u(1)+δ1u'(1)=0,α2u′′(0)-β2u′′′(0)=0,γ2u′′(1)+δ2u′′′(1)=0, with αi,βi,γi,δi≥0 and βiγi+αiγi+αiδi>0,    i=1,2, where L denotes the linear operator Lu:=(ru′′′)'-qu′′,r∈C1([0,1],(0,+∞)), and q∈C([0,1],[0,+∞)). …”
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Representative Sample Sampling Method for Size Effect Experiment of Jointed Rock Mass by Man Huang, Dan Liu, Chenjie Hong, Shigui Du, Zhanyou Luo, Changhong Li, Yongliang Huang

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A Step Towards Neuroplasticity: Capsule Networks with Self-Building Skip Connections by Nikolai A. K. Steur, Friedhelm Schwenker

“…We propose practical methods for the realization of ANGs including biased batch normalization, the Doubly-Parametric ReLU (D-PReLU) activation function, and Gated Routing (GR) dedicated to extremely deep CapsNets. …”
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NADPH Oxidase versus Mitochondria-Derived ROS in Glucose-Induced Apoptosis of Pericytes in Early Diabetic Retinopathy by Nik M. Mustapha, Joanna M. Tarr, Eva M. Kohner, Rakesh Chibber

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Combined Rough Sets and Rule-Based Expert System to Support Environmentally Oriented Sandwich Pallet Loading Problem by Piotr Sawicki, Hanna Sawicka, Marek Karkula, Krzysztof Zajda

“…Key criteria and attributes for the LU assessment, such as weight, height, and fragility, are defined. …”
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Dispersive Liquid–Liquid Chelate Microextraction of Rare Earth Elements: Optimization and Greenness Evaluation by Milica Delić, Mirjana Ristić, Maja Đolić, Aleksandra Perić-Grujić, Antonije Onjia

“…Under optimal conditions, the method proved efficient for the DLLME of most REEs (Y, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu), where the achieved recoveries were in the range of 61–109%, while relative standard deviations were in the range 11–28%. …”
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TURK DEVLET GELENEĞİNDE HALKLA İLİŞKİLER by Nurullah Terkan

“…İnsanlık tarihi kadar eski kabul edilmesine karşılık Halkla İlişkiler'in sistemleştirilmesi 1900'lü yılların sonuna rastlar. Halkla ilişkiler olarak kabul edilebilecek bazı çabaları tarihin ilk yıllarına kadar götürmek mümkündür. …”
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On the Determinants of the Square-Type Stirling Matrix and Bell Matrix by Eunmi Choi, Jiin Jo

“…For this purpose, we prove that S∗ and B∗ have LU factorizations S∗=LSUS and B∗=LBUB where the diagonal entries of US are kk−1, while those of UB are k! …”
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Land Use/Land Cover Change and Its Driving Forces in Shenkolla Watershed, South Central Ethiopia by Belayneh Bufebo, Eyasu Elias

“…Agricultural expansion, policy change and social unrest, population pressure, shortage of farm land, and biophysical factors were major driving forces of the LU/LC changes. Environmental implications such as climate change, biodiversity loss, scarcity of basic forest products, habitat alteration, decline in quality and availability of water, and crop yield reduction are the consequences of the LU/LC change. …”
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Filtering Approaches and Mish Activation Function Applied on Handwritten Chinese Character Recognition by Zhong Yingna, Kauthar Mohd Daud, Kohbalan Moorthy, Ain Najiha Mohamad Nor

“…Furthermore, the Mish activation function performs better than the Sigmoid, Tanh, and ReLU functions.…”
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Spectral-energy efficiency tradeoff of massive MIMO by a constrained large-scale multi-objective algorithm through decision transfer by Qingzhu Wang, Tianyang Li

“…Abstract To better balance the spectral efficiency (SE) and energy efficiency (EE) in the massive multiple-input multiple output system with a large number of users (MaMIMO-LU), the SE-EE tradeoff is originally constructed as a constrained large-scale multi-objective problem (CLSMOP) for the power allocation of users. …”
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Development of a Lightweight Model for Rice Plant Counting and Localization Using UAV-Captured RGB Imagery by Haoran Sun, Siqiao Tan, Zhengliang Luo, Yige Yin, Congyin Cao, Kun Zhou, Lei Zhu

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Exploring Core Genes Associated with Sepsis and Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome Using Single-Cell Sequencing Technology by Shen Y, Leng L, Hu Y

“…YuZhou Shen,1 LingHan Leng,2 YingChun Hu1 1Department of Emergency Medicine, the Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Lu Zhou, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Intensive Care Unit, Chengdu Fifth People’s Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: YingChun Hu, Department of Emergency Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, 25 Taiping Street, Jiang Yang District, Lu Zhou, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86-15228232720, Fax +86-830-3165120, Email huyingchun913@swmu.edu.cnPurpose: As a crucial aspect of emergency critical medicine, sepsis has been in a difficult stage. …”
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Alleviation of DSS-induced colitis by Meconopsis polysaccharides correlated with reduced PI3K/AKT signaling and gut microbiome diversity by Jun Dai, Weidong Wang, Fangfang He, Yujuan Wang, Denglang Zou

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Oxidative balance score was negatively associated with the risk of metabolic syndrome, metabolic syndrome severity, and all-cause mortality of patients with metabolic syndrome by Zhixiao Xu, Xiong Lei, Weiwei Chu, Luoqi Weng, Chengshui Chen, Chengshui Chen, Chengshui Chen, Ran Ye

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Solvability of nonlinear Dirichlet problem for a class of degenerate elliptic equations by Albo Carlos Cavalheiro

“…We prove an existence result for solution to a class of nonlinear degenerate elliptic equation associated with a class of partial differential operators of the form Lu(x)=∑i,j=1nDj(aij(x)Diu(x)), with Dj=∂/∂xj, where aij:Ω→ℝ are functionssatisfying suitable hypotheses.…”
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Vacuum Ultraviolet Field Emission Lamp Consisting of Neodymium Ion Doped Lutetium Fluoride Thin Film as Phosphor by Masahiro Yanagihara, Takayuki Tsuji, Mohd Zamri Yusop, Masaki Tanemura, Shingo Ono, Tomohito Nagami, Kentaro Fukuda, Toshihisa Suyama, Yuui Yokota, Takayuki Yanagida, Akira Yoshikawa

“…A vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) field emission lamp was developed by using a neodymium ion doped lutetium fluoride (Nd3+ : LuF3) thin film as solid-state phosphor and carbon nanofiber field electron emitters. …”
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Assessing the Effects of Anthropogenic Land Use on Soil Infiltration Rate in a Tropical West African Watershed (Ouriyori, Benin) by Quentin Fiacre Togbévi, Martine van der Ploeg, Kéhounbiova Audrey Tohoun, Sampson K. Agodzo, Kwasi Preko

“…This study investigated the effects of land use (LU) conversion on the infiltration rate in the Ouriyori watershed. …”
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Frozen Jacobian Multistep Iterative Method for Solving Nonlinear IVPs and BVPs by Fayyaz Ahmad, Shafiq Ur Rehman, Malik Zaka Ullah, Hani Moaiteq Aljahdali, Shahid Ahmad, Ali Saleh Alshomrani, Juan A. Carrasco, Shamshad Ahmad, Sivanandam Sivasankaran

“…They require only one inversion of the Jacobian in the form of LU-factorization. The LU factors can then be used repeatedly in the multistep part to solve other linear systems. …”
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Àrokò Gẹ́gẹ́ bí Ọ̀ nà Ìbánisọ̀rọ̀ Láàárín Àwọn Babaláwo by Olúwaṣakin A. Kẹhìndé ́

“…Àwọn détà tí a lò ni a gbà lọ́ dọ̀ àwọn àṣàyàn babaláwo, èyí tí a sì ṣàtúpalẹ̀ wọn pẹ̀ lú tíọ́ rì àmúlò. Iṣẹ́ ìwádìí yìí sàlàyé díẹ̀ lára àwọn ohun ìpàrokò, yálà èyí tí o jẹ́ gbólóhùn tàbí èyí tí o jẹ́ ohun èlò àrídìmú tí àwọn babaláwo ń lò fún ìbánisọ̀ rọ̀ awo láàárín ara wọn pẹ̀ lú ọ̀ nà tí wọn ń gbà lò wọ́ n. …”
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