Le pacte agriurbain de la vallée ombrienne et les districts agricoles et culturels de Milan by Giulia Giacchè, Biancamaria Torquati, Lionella Scazzosi, Paola Branduini

“…The management of these areas is becoming increasingly important in order to guide the evolution orienteering the development in a perspective of spatial and functional - integration. …”
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A Staged Finite-Time Control Strategy for Formation of Underactuated Unmanned Surface Vehicles by Hui Ye, Xiaofei Yang, Chunxiao Ge, Zhaoping Du

“…After each USV reaches its own starting point with desired orientation, the model of the vehicle is decomposed into two subsystems under the Serret-Frenet frame. …”
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Discrete Event Simulation-Based Reliability Evaluation of a Traffic Signal Controller by Joong Soon Jang, Sang C. Park

“…To develop the new evaluation methodology, this paper combines the Discrete Event System Specification (DEVS) formalism which has been popular in manufacturing area for three reasons: (1) its features compatible with the object-oriented modeling; (2) its rigorous formal definition; and (3) its support for the specifications of discrete event models in a hierarchical and modular manner. …”
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SELF-ASSEMBLY OF NANOSCALE POLYMER DOMAINS IN MICROSTRUCTURE TEMPLATE MADE BY AFM MICROMACHINING TECHNIQUE by ZOU XinYu, HUANG YiJun, CONG YanRu, HE YongLing, PAN YuChen, MIAO ZhiBin

“…The poly domains’ regular arrays were orientated via AFM micromachining technique’s introduction as an implement for dominating triblock copolymers’ self-assembly procedure locally by using the silicon substrate’s topography. …”
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Microtubule flexibility, microtubule-based nucleation and ROP pattern co-alignment enhance protoxylem microtubule patterning by Bas Jacobs, Marco Saltini, Jaap Molenaar, Laura Filion, Eva E. Deinum

“…We find that microtubule flexibility facilitates pattern formation for all realistic degrees of mismatch between array and pattern orientation. At the same time, flexibility leads to more density loss, both from collisions and the microtubule-hostile gap regions, making it harder to maintain microtubule bands. …”
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Wood versus Plant Fibers: Similarities and Differences in Composite Applications by Bo Madsen, E. Kristofer Gamstedt

“…The paper gives an introduction to the morphology, chemistry, and ultrastructure of the fibers, the modeling of the mechanical properties of the fibers, the fiber preforms available for manufacturing of composites, the typical mechanical properties of the composites, the modeling of the mechanical properties with focus on composites having a random fiber orientation and a non-negligible porosity content, and finally, the moisture sensitivity of the composites. …”
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Topological phases driven by orbital entanglement in Transition Metal Oxide Perovskite interfaces by Gabay, Marc

“…In this report we present a study of select topological properties at surfaces or heterostructure interfaces of a subset of these perovskites when the orientation of the structure is along the (001) or (111) direction. …”
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Professional Doctorates: International Experience and Russian Context by B. I. Bednyi, S. K. Bekova, N. V. Rybakov, E. A. Terentev, N. A. Khodeeva

“…Based on the analysis, we came to a conclusion about the relevance of the professional doctoral programs’ development in Russia, the expediency of simplifying the conditions for their implementation and legitimizing special requirements for the design of dissertations with an applied orientation.…”
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Innovation Patterns in the Canned Fish Industry In Galicia (Spain) by Manuel González-López

“…The third strategy we have defned as “territory-orientated,” since product innovaton and incorporaton of quality distnctons based on the territory are the main innovaton drivers. …”
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The Influence of Corporate Governance and Competitive Advantage on Firm Value by Suroto Suroto, Nila Firdausi Nuzula, Saparila Worokinasih

“…This study integrates various theories, including agency theory, resource-based view theory (RBV), and market orientation theory, to explain the relationships between variables. …”
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Pedagogical reflections from a transnational PhD course in ageing by Anne Liveng, Jeanette Eriksson, Jonas Christensen

“…Diversity in scientific orientations, national backgrounds, learning activities, and using collaborative pedagogical thinking can support a learning environment with potentials for resonance. …”
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Study on Announcement Effect of Stock Repurchase from the Perspective of Configuration Analysis by Hong Bing Wang, Ai Hua Jin, Hai Yun Yu

“…Through the analysis of the degree of premium (DP), repurchase ratio (RR), natural logarithm of total assets (LAS), return on net assets (ROE), top 10 shareholder equity ratio (CR10), and executive shareholding ratio (MSL), it is found that the paths of high CAR stock repurchase effect include repurchase clause-oriented type and centralization-proportional matching type; the path of nonhigh CAR stock repurchase effect includes size-premium limit type, profit-proportion limit type, and repurchase clause limit type. …”
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Ludwig: A Training Simulator of the Safety Operation of a CANDU Reactor by Gustavo Boroni, Alejandro Clausse

“…The design of the application was performed using the object-oriented programming paradigm, incorporating an event-driven process to reflect the action of the human operators and the automatic control system. …”
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REVERSE CULTURE-SHOCK WITH AN ATTEMPT OF COMPROMISING CULTURES: A CRITIQUE OF A. RIHANI’S THE BOOK OF KHALID AND T. SALIH’S SEASON OF MIGRATION TO THE NORTH by Mugahed Alheshami, Mohammed Yassin Mohammed Aba Sha'ar

“…It explicates how both novels present a different picture of the oriental world that contradicts with the orientalist and neo-orientalist depictions by projecting the Arabia culture and people equitably.…”
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Experimental Study of Measuring Algorithm Accuracy of the Electromagnetic Distance Measurement Anticollision Tool by Cui Li, Lei Li, Yuzheng Zhao, Ruichao Zhang, Yuanwei Sun

“…When the sensor and the casing were parallel and the distance of them was 0.5 m∼3 m, the tool could calculate accurately the distance and orientation of the adjoining well. When the angle between the sensor and the casing was within 50°, the calculation result was accurate. …”
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«The Art of War» by Sun Tzu and main provisions for strategic management by V. M. Fedorov

“…The ancient Chinese treatise «The Art of War» by Sun Tzu is relevant for modern strategic management for its practical orientation and lack of edifying attitudes. The developments and strategies proposed in this treatise make it possible to find new opportunities for the development of strategic management. …”
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Role of Hypothalamus in Acupuncture’s Effects by Ryan Bae, Hyung Kyu Kim, Baoji Lu, Jing Ma, Juping Xing, Hee Young Kim

“…Acupuncture, a traditional oriental medicine, can affect brain regions, such as the hypothalamus, anterior cingulate, posterior cingulate, and hippocampus, and produces specific therapeutic effects, such as pain relief, suppression of hypertension, and alleviation of drug addiction. …”
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Confucian egalitarianism: gender-role attitudes of Chinese in Ireland by Jianfei Niu, Gerard Boucher

“…While the sampled Chinese developed a more liberal ‘I’ from acculturation to gender egalitarianism in Ireland and the emerging feminist culture in China, the ‘Me’ remained firmly family-oriented. The females experienced few changes in their social interactions with significant others and reference groups who continued to impose Confucian gender expectations on them. …”
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Hidden Fossils of The Hondsrug Complex Connect Time and Space by Margaretha Roelfs, Harry Huisman

“…The Hondsrug UNESCO Global Geopark in the northeast of the Netherlands comprises the Hondsrug-complex, a prominent range of low till ridges created by forces of moving land ice and melt water. The unusual orientations of the ridges contrast with the usual direction of ice flow, and they are separated from each other by elongate depressions. …”
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Photocatalytic Activity of Hierarchically Structured TiO2 Films Synthesized by Chemical Vapor Deposition by Heon Lee, Sung Hoon Park, Young-Kwon Park, Sun-Jae Kim, Byung-Hoon Kim, Jaehong Lee, Sang-Chul Jung

“…The TiO2 film synthesized at 773 K showed a hierarchical structure composed of vertically grown laminar (112)-oriented anatase crystals. With increasing deposition time, the grain became larger and the morphology became sharper. …”
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