Families, Friends, and the Neighborhood of Older Adults: Evidence from Public Housing in Singapore by Treena Wu, Angelique Chan

“…Results. 87% of older Singaporeans reside in public housing apartments while 13% reside in private market housing. The main predictor of social isolation is living alone and the second main predictor is coresidence with adult children. …”
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Design and Control Method of Switchable On- or Off-Ramp for Urban Highway by Yugang Liu, Hongbo Yi, Jiali Li, Bin Chen, Hongtai Yang

“…High volume of traffic is loaded on urban highway during peak hours as well as the ramp connecting main road and auxiliary road of highway. Once the demand exceeds the capacity of the ramp, congestion may happen on both main road and the auxiliary road. …”
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On a Newton-Type Method for Differential-Algebraic Equations by S. Amat, M. J. Légaz, P. Pedregal

“…However, the main hypotheses in these papers ask for some requirements that essentially rule out the application to singular problems. …”
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Developing a Comprehensive Physical Education Curriculum in Secondary Schools: Identifying and Exploring the Key Components of Content by Yurij Vaskov

“…The model consists of two blocks: main or substantive and procedural, and the composition of each block is specified. …”
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Digital place marketing: interaction practices with target audiences by V. I. Aleshnikova

“…The study formulated the main reasons for the use of digital marketing tools in the management of territories. …”
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Common Economic Space between EU and Russia? by L. Voronkov

“…The author analyses the main purposes of the "neighbourhood policy", as they are outlined by the EU Directorate General for external affairs, as well as the possible consequences of their implementation for the states, included by the EU in its "circle of friends". …”
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Bionics Design of Artificial Leg and Experimental Modeling Research of Pneumatic Artificial Muscles by Hualong Xie, Zhijie Li, Fei Li

“…Artificial leg is an important part of heterogeneous biped walking robot, and its main function is to simulate the disabled a healthy normal gait, which provides intelligent bionic legs gait to follow the target trajectory. …”
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Ways to improve the social efficiency of small and medium-sized businesses in the context of digitalization by A. V. Denikin, Z. D. Denikina, N. V. Kubikova

“…The authors consider the main groups of factors that form the level of employee satisfaction with work. …”
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The New South Africa and international news flow by Arnold de Beer, Lynnette Serfontein, Annelie Naude

“…The general goal was to provide answers to some of the questions set out in the international project on Global NewsFlow in the 1990s for the period 3-9 and 17-23 September 1995. Aspects such as main news topics,main news events, datelines and sources of international news were, amongst others, addressed. …”
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The principles formation of sustainable development of oil and gas companies by A. V. Kolesnikova

“…Research objectives; to analyze the results of the reports of the main rating agencies of the Russian Federation; to identify bottlenecks – strengths and weaknesses of oil and gas companies. …”
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L’histoire photographique de l’Amérique selon Robert Taft (Photography and the American Scene, 1938) by François BRUNET

“…We briefly address the context of the book, before analyzing its main discursive categories, starting with Taft’s painstaking collection of “firsts” in American photography (first portrait, first use of photography on Western exploration, and so on). …”
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Evaluation of the Influence Caused by Tunnel Construction on Groundwater Environment: A Case Study of Tongluoshan Tunnel, China by Jian Liu, Dan Liu, Kai Song

“…This study presents an indicator system and quantifies each indicator of Tongluoshan tunnel, which is located in southwest China with a length of 5.2 km and mainly passes through carbonate rocks and sandstones, based on field investigation and related technological reports. …”
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The Influence of the Works by Levas Vladimirovas on Researchers by Elena Macevičiūtė

“… The main purpose of the article is to test the application of an open-ended questionnaire for collecting the data and the valuation of the scholarly heritage. …”
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ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF REGIONAL ECONOMIC SYSTEMS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES AND THEIR APPROBATION by M. R. Safiullin, A. A. Abdukaeva, L. A. Elshin

“…A distinctive aspect of the proposed algorithm is the orientation of the developed tools to study the five main directions of digitalization, defined by the Order of the Government of the Russian Federation of July 28, 2017 (No. 1632-r): regulatory regulation, personnel for the digital economy, formation of research competencies and technological foundations, information infrastructure, information security. …”
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Tworzenie sytuacji sprzyjających zaangażowanej współpracy dzieci w wieku wczesnoszkolnym by Goretta Siadak

“…This project was carried out by the research team at the Department of Didactics and Studies in the Culture of Education, Kazimierz Wielki University. The main objective of the project was to develop (testing and popularisation) of an innovative work model for teachers/students with the student based on Lev Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory. …”
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Effects of Physical Sample Approval Practice on Performance and Competitiveness of Export-Oriented Garment Industries in Ethiopia by Amare Abuhay

“…This study aims to assess the main approval processes in handling garment samples between manufacturers and buyers. …”
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VALUE CHAIN IN AGRICULTURE: THE CASE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION by Sanja Franc, Vlatka Bilas, Lana Trifunić

“…Focusing on the food system analysis as the key factor of sustainability and analyzing demand and supply of the food system, the main aim is to bring conclusions regarding the state and strategic role of agriculture, especially in the times of crisis when basic human needs are compromised. …”
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Research on image generation technology based on deep learning by Li Jinchen

“…In recent years, deep learning-based image generation technology has made significant progress. This paper mainly introduces two main methods: generating adversarial network (GAN) and variational autoencoder (VAE). …”
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Biochar-based cement pastes and mortars with enhanced mechanical properties by Alice Sirico, Patrizia Bernardi, Beatrice Belletti, Alessio Malcevschi, Luciana Restuccia, Giuseppe Andrea Ferro, Daniel Suarez-Riera

“…In this work, biochar is added as micro-nano particles in different cementitious composites, i.e. cement pastes and mortars, as a function of filler or partial substitute of cement. The main mechanical properties of biochar-based materials are then investigated to determine the optimal percentage of biochar addition.…”
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The BRICS in Southern Africa by Caroline Chagas de Assis

“…Latter, we will abstract each one's foreign policy for the region (highlighting the main economic sectors and diplomatic presence). …”
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