Development of p-y Curves of Laterally Loaded Piles in Cohesionless Soil by Mahdy Khari, Khairul Anuar Kassim, Azlan Adnan

“…The research on damages of structures that are supported by deep foundations has been quite intensive in the past decade. …”
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GENDER DISCRIMINATION AND WOMEN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN CALABAR, CROSS RIVER STATE by NNANA OKOI OFEM, NSAN KINGSLEY TIKU

“…Relevant literature were reviewed in line with the topic under study. The structural functionalism and feminist perspective formed the theoretical framework for this study. …”
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An evidence perspective on topical relevance types and its implications for exploratory and task-based retrieval by Xiaoli Huang, Dagobert Soergel

“…</b> Based on the role a piece of information plays in the overall structure of an argument, we have identified four topical relevance types: Direct, Indirect (circumstantial), Context, and Comparison. …”
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AI and Language: New Forms for Old Discriminations? A Case Study in Google Translate and Canva by Martina Mattiazzi

“…Gender biases are consequences of the structural inequalities present in society: it is not the technology that is sexist, but it is the dataset on which it is based, which in turn is based on the results produced by users and published on internet. …”
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Spatial Pattern Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Green Use Efficiency of Urban Construction Land in Jilin Province by Huisheng Yu, Ge Song, Tong Li, Yanjun Liu

“…The L-L concentration area is mainly distributed in the eastern region, but the degree of spatial concentration is small, the spatial structure characteristics of the two periods are different, and the spatial heterogeneity is large; (2) the internal factor decomposition shows the impact of pure technical efficiency on the comprehensive efficiency and the restriction ability is stronger than the scale efficiency, that is to say, the factors such as management and technology have a greater impact on the comprehensive efficiency; (3) the relative importance of external factors has always been ranked as socioeconomic factors, urban development factors, and natural science and technology factors. …”
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Neural Network-Based Lower Limb Prostheses Control Using Super Twisting Sliding Mode Control by Adisu Tadese Demora, Chala Merga Abdissa

“…The ANN predicts joint angles for walking, upstairs, and downstairs using the processed sEMG signals of the muscles and measured and filtered target joint angles. The neural network structure is built using Feed-forward Neural Network (FFNN) architecture and Levenberg-Marquardt (LM) back-propagation training algorithm for accuracy, fast convergence, and reliable optimization of nonlinear relationships. …”
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Microwave Assisted Synthesis of N-Substituted-7-hydroxy-4-methyl-2-oxoquinolines as Anticonvulsant Agents by P. Y. Pawar, P. M. Gaikwad, P. H. Balani

“…Purity of synthesized compounds was checked by TLC and the structures were elucidated by their IR, 1H NMR, Mass and elemental analysis data. …”
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Political factors and arrangements influencing primary health care financing and resource allocation: A scoping review protocol. by Henrique Sant'Anna Dias, Adelyne Maria Mendes Pereira, Elisabete de Fátima Polo de Almeida Nunes, Caroline Pagani Martins, Marcela Castilho, Fernanda de Freitas Mendonça, Luciana Dias de Lima

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Primary health care is a key element in the structuring and coordination of health systems, contributing to overall coverage and performance. …”
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A systematic literature review on combined seawater desalination and reverse electrodialysis: Evaluating its technological readiness and potential for full-commercialization by Marijn T. van Geet, Janina Fuchs

“…Using a technological readiness perspective, the current study evaluates its technological maturity and potential to achieve full commercialization. Based on a structured literature review including 70 recent publications on the topic, the current study identified four main techno-economic barriers that stand in the way of this eco-innovation progressing to wide-scale adoption: (1) a low power density and energy efficiency; (2) a high levelized cost of energy; (3) technological immaturity; and (4) a lack of competitiveness. …”
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Quality circles for quality improvement in primary health care: Their origins, spread, effectiveness and lacunae- A scoping review. by Adrian Rohrbasser, Janet Harris, Sharon Mickan, Kali Tal, Geoff Wong

“…Quality circles or peer review groups, and similar structured small groups of 6-12 health care professionals meet regularly across Europe to reflect on and improve their standard practice. …”
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INVESTIGATING POINTS-OF-GENERATION POWER LOSSES ON THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL GRID FOLLOWING UNBUNDLING OF THE ELECTRIC UTILITY INDUSTRY by AJEWOLE TITUS OLUWASUJI, OLABODE OLAKUNLE ELIJAH, OKAKWU IGNATIUS KEMA, EGBEDINNI OLAKUNLE FEMI

“… Aside from the domino effects of being radial in structure, the Nigerian national electric grid is currently suffering from deteriorated infrastructures and unpredictable fuel supply for power generation. …”
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Study on Two-phase Flow Mechanisms in Nanopore Considering Microcosmic Deformation and Dynamic Capillary Force by Xiangji Dou, Cong Lin, Sujin Hong, Pengfei Zhu, An Wang, Guodong Qi

“…The results indicate that the dynamic capillary force phenomenon turns out to be more significant when variations of pore structure and pressure are considered simultaneously. …”
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Cerebral organoids: a promising model in cellular technologies by T. A. Shnaider

“…However, significant differences in the brain structure compared to other animals do not allow considering all aspects of the human brain formation, which could play the main role in the development of unique cognitive abilities for human. …”
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AI-driven prediction of drug activity against Toxoplasma gondii: Data augmentation and deep neural networks for limited datasets by Natalia V. Karimova, Ravithree D. Senanayake

“…This Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR) study applies deep neural networks (DNNs) to predict pIC50 values for potential inhibitors, using 2D and 3D molecular descriptors and fingerprints. …”
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Equilibrium Studies of Fluoride Adsorption onto a Ferric Poly−mineral from Kenya by EW Wambu, CO Onindo, W Ambusso, GK Muthakia

“…The adsorption data also correlated to Langmuir and Freundlich models indicating that F adsorption onto FPM was a mixed process involving chemisorption onto surface sites followed by gradual intra-particle penetration of F into mesoporous structure of the mineral. High mean Langmuir adsorption capacity of 10.8 mg/g, indicate that the mineral could be of use as an inexpensive substrate for the removal of F from aqueous streams. …”
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Face super-resolution via iterative collaboration between multi-attention mechanism and landmark estimation by Chang-Teng Shi, Meng-Jun Li, Zhi Yong An

“…However, existing methods often fail to fully utilize multi-scale information and facial priors, resulting in poor recovery of facial structures in complex images. To address this issue, we propose a face super-resolution method based on iterative collaboration between a facial reconstruction network and a landmark estimation network. …”
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Research on Multiobjective Optimal Operation Strategy for Wind-Photovoltaic-Hydro Complementary Power System by Guo Zhao, Chenxi Wan, Wanqing Zuo, Kefei Zhang, Xinyi Shu

“…To address the problems of wind and solar generation volatility and lose of wind and photovoltaic resources, on the basis of the complementary property of wind-solar-water, the topology structure of the wind-solar-water synergy power generation system is constructed. …”
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Entropy-Based Stochastic Optimization of Multi-Energy Systems in Gas-to-Methanol Processes Subject to Modeling Uncertainties by Xueteng Wang, Jiandong Wang, Mengyao Wei, Yang Yue

“…First, mechanistic models are developed for major chemical equipments, including the desulfurization, steam boilers, air separation, and syngas compressors. Structural errors in these models under varying operating conditions result in noticeable model uncertainties. …”
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Optimization of Aerodynamic Power of Three Wind Turbines in Turbulent Wind Farm by Kang CHEN, Weiyuan WANG, Jiahuang TU

“…[Objective] In the context of global energy structure transformation and climate change response, wind energy, as one of the clean and renewable energy sources, the optimization of its utilization efficiency has become the focus of current research in the energy field. …”
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Sustainable Development and World Politics by A. Ursul, D. Kalyuzhnaya

“…The development of the global system of political actorship is considered a fundamental process within the growth of overall complexity of the global political structure. In the evolutionary sustainable development perspective it should result in the formation of an integral subject of global politics and global activity. …”
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