Technical and cost efficiency analysis of irrigated onion production insight from smallholders irrigated onion farmers in north East Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia by Kindye Ayen, Tariku Kidane, Adane Wubet

“…It is considered a complementary product to tomatoes and is a globally commercial crop. Onions are a popular crop in Ethiopia for human consumption and export.MethodsFor this study, 150 smallholder producers were surveyed to collect cross-sectional data. …”
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Does management support drive sustained agile usage? a serial mediation model and cIPMA perspective. by Uthpala Wijesinghe, Vidara Mapitiyage, Chathurya Wickramarathne, Chamoda Wickramage, Krishantha Wisenthige, Chathuni Aluthwala

“…Agile software development is immensely popular in the industry, but most teams struggle to sustain its use. …”
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A Simulated Model of a Triple Band Patch Antenna Proposed for Vital Signs Monitoring Equipment by Anfal Shukur Taher, Rashid Ali Fayadh, Abbas Fadhal Humadi, Aaraf Shukur Alqaisi, Mohd Fareq Abd Malek

“…., increased demand for) equipment to monitor vital activities, Therefore, a microstrip patch antenna was suggested as the topic of this article because it is popular in wireless systems due to its low cost, lightweight, and thin profile. …”
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A Machine Learning Approach to Predict Air Quality in California by Mauro Castelli, Fabiana Martins Clemente, Aleš Popovič, Sara Silva, Leonardo Vanneschi

“…In this paper, we employ a popular machine learning method, support vector regression (SVR), to forecast pollutant and particulate levels and to predict the air quality index (AQI). …”
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The ‘envers du décor’ of Suffragette Imagery: Anti-Suffrage Caricature by Abby Franchitti

“…However, the opposition to women’s suffrage was not confined to the organizations. Editors of popular postcards, quite in vogue at the time, also added their contribution to anti-suffrage propaganda. …”
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WiFi Indoor Positioning Based on EGA-PF and Fernet Algorithm by Yanchun Wang, Shaoye Sun, Fengjuan Miao, Ying Xia

“…With the massive popularity of WiFi in public places, using WiFi for indoor positioning has become a viable and popular technique. …”
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Adaptive features of winter triticale accessions from the VIR collection by N. Sh. Garaeva, S. N. Ponomarev, M. L. Ponomareva

“…The scientific and practical results achieved in triticale breeding place this crop among the most popular cereals in terms of economic importance. However, the main problem for the use of triticale in breeding practice is its limited genetic resources.Materials and methods. …”
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A Dilemma in Staging of Esophageal Cancer: How Should We Stage ypT0 N2 M0 Esophageal Cancer after Neoadjuvant Therapy? by Sebahattin Celik, Remzi Erten, Abdulsamed Batur, Burak Suvak

“…Since neoadjuvant treatment in esophageal cancer began to become popular, a complete pathological response at the primary tumour site has been commonly reported. …”
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Radiosensitivity and Induction of Apoptosis by High LET Carbon Ion Beam and Low LET Gamma Radiation: A Comparative Study by Atanu Ghorai, Nitai P. Bhattacharyya, Asitikantha Sarma, Utpal Ghosh

“…Cancer treatment with high LET heavy ion beam, especially, carbon ion beam (12C), is becoming very popular over conventional radiotherapy like low LET gamma or X-ray. …”
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Demographics, Practising Arrangements, and Standards: Survey among New Zealand Dentists by Robert James Lee, Jithendra Ratnayake, Arthi Veerasamy, Carolina Loch, Peter Cathro, Paul A. Brunton

“…Articaine was the most popular local anaesthetic of choice. Conclusions. …”
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Application of Calcium Chloride-Sodium Alginate to Improve the Texture of Quick-Frozen Heracleum moellendorffii by Xiao-mei Li, Li-kun Ren, Yang Yang, Xin Bian, Yu Fu, Lian-cheng Zhao, Zhu-jing Xing, Yan-guo Shi, Wojciech Piekoszewski, Na Zhang

“…In this work, it was found that calcium chloride-sodium alginate (SA) could improve the appearance, brittleness, and chewiness of processed Heracleum moellendorffii (HM), a kind of popular nutritious wild vegetable in China. The effect resulted from the increase of calcium content in the vegetable, which was closely related to the ratio of calcium chloride to SA, the concentration of texture retaining agent, and soaking time significantly (P<0.01). …”
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El poder militar chino: el dragón alza el vuelo by Ignacio García Sánchez

“…A lomos de su Ejército Popular de Liberación, campesino e iletrado, vuelve a sus orígenes para consolidar esa única e imperecedera Civilización-Estado. …”
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Research on Friction Stir Spot Welding Brazing Process and Properties of Dissimilar Metals DP590 and 6061 by Kai Xu, Shu-quan Zhang

“…Friction stir welding (FSW) is the most popular and efficient method for solid-state joining of similar or dissimilar metals and alloys. …”
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A Safety Case for the Use of Bipolar &#x00B1;60V DC for Microgrids by Stephen A. Jay, David Clark, Chris Stone, Renke Han, Daniel J. Rogers, Malcolm McCulloch

“…Low voltage dc microgrids are an increasingly viable option for low-volume distribution of electrical power in developing countries. 48V systems have proven popular, owing largely to familiarity from the automotive sector, but there remains to date no universal consensus on optimal system voltage. …”
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Lessons Learnt from the Monetary System of Guernsey by Gábor Sárdi, József Varga

“…In addition to its special legal status, Guernsey is considered to be special in regard to its money system. According to a very popular story spread across the economic literature, the issuance of Guernsey pound prospered the island as some kind of a magic cure. …”
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Las relaciones diplomáticas de Cuba y España durante la presidencia de José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero en el período 2004-2012 by Gustavo Tristá del Todo

“… El presente artículo analiza la proyección del gobierno del Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE) hacia Cuba después de su victoria en las elecciones generales de 2004, en contraste con la política hostil del anterior ejecutivo del Partido Popular, a lo largo del período 2004 a 2012. Se destaca el liderazgo del canciller Miguel Ángel Moratinos en el cambio de enfoque hacia Cuba, a pesar de la falta de apoyo de algunos dirigentes de su organización, y el rechazo decidido de los populares a las iniciativas socialistas. …”
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Development of a Model Mutagenesis System for Snapdragon by Zhaoyuan Lian, Heqiang Huo, Sandra B. Wilson, Jianjun Chen

“… Snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus) has long been a very popular perennial in the United States due to its unique flower shape with a range of striking colors (Huo and Chen, 2018). …”
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Urban-Rural Disparity of Generics Prescription in Taiwan: The Example of Dihydropyridine Derivatives by Chia-Chen Hsu, Chia-Lin Chou, Shu-Chiung Chiang, Tzeng-Ji Chen, Li-Fang Chou, Yueh-Ching Chou

“…The generic prescribing ratio of the most popular antihypertensive agents at a clinic was reversely associated with the urbanization level.…”
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Protest Wave and Countermeasures of Fear: Lebanese Act of a Global Drama by A. V. Sarabiev

“…At the same time, the author outlines certain specifics of popular uprisings in Lebanon that distinguish them from simultaneous protests in other countries, namely their supra-ethnic, supra-religious and non-partisan character and their remarkable coherence and coordination, given the lack of overall leadership. …”
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Sparse Deep Nonnegative Matrix Factorization by Zhenxing Guo, Shihua Zhang

“…To improve the performance of dealing with linearly inseparable data, we also considered to incorporate popular nonlinear functions into these frameworks and explored their performance. …”
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