Global and Russian M&A markets analysis: trends, drivers, deal success by M. Yu. Katalkina

“…Based on more than 10 surveys took place in different time M&A deals results were analyzed in different aspects, including top reasons why M&A have not generated expected value. …”
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Etyczne warunki rezygnacji z uporczywej terapii by Wojciech Bołoz

“…Consensual, inevitable death has been practiced in medicine since the time of Hippocrates, although at the same time we can see a tendency towards the opposite, uncompromising fight to the end. …”
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A Missing Sensor Data Estimation Algorithm Based on Temporal and Spatial Correlation by Zhipeng Gao, Weijing Cheng, Xuesong Qiu, Luoming Meng

“…Firstly, it saves all the data sensed at the same time as a time series, and the most relevant series are selected as the analysis sample, which improves efficiency and accuracy of the algorithm significantly. …”
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Evaluation of Impulse Unloading Efficiency Pertaining to APS Power Block Turbine for Higher Dynamic Steadiness by Yu. D. Filipchik

“…While decreasing time period for control signal supply from 0,2 sec to 0,1 sec it is possible to increase steadiness by 10 %  for impulse characteristics of APS power blocks and by 39,9–42,6 % – for characteristics of the turbine K-300/240.…”
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Geohistorical Structural Design Tables for the Building Stones of the Maltese Archipelago by Lino Bianco

“…To identify the quality of the stone discussed in this publication, a geological map available at the time, namely that published by Andrew Leith Adams in 1870, which proved to be moderately accurate, was used. …”
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Groups of Gamers: Market Segmentation of Brazilian Electronic Gamers by Lucas Souza, Ana Augusta Freitas, Luiz Fernando Heineck, Jorge Luiz Wattes

“…The first group consists of t players who play all the time. The second has the same features as the first, but they do not have the same amount of time available to play. …”
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Current Experiences with Internet Telepathology and Possible Evolution in the Next Generation of Internet Services by V. Della Mea, C. A. Beltrami

“…They may be listed as follows: (a) teleconsultation via multimedia e‐mail; (b) teleconsultation via web‐based tools; (c) distant education by means of World Wide Web; (d) virtual microscope management through Web and Java interfaces; (e) real‐time consultations through Internet‐based videoconferencing. …”
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Exponential Stability of Stochastic Delayed Neural Networks with Inverse Hölder Activation Functions and Markovian Jump Parameters by Yingwei Li, Huaiqin Wu

“…The exponential stability issue for a class of stochastic neural networks (SNNs) with Markovian jump parameters, mixed time delays, and α-inverse Hölder activation functions is investigated. …”
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Harberger-Laursen-Metzler Effect with Modified Becker-Mulligan Preference by Dynamic Optimization by Deng-Shan Wang, Miao Jin, Zeng-Gang Guo

“…We investigate the effects of terms-of-trade shocks on the spending and current account where households with the modified Becker-Mulligan endogenous time preference maximize their utility over an infinite planning period. …”
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Scheduling Optimization for Twin ASC in an Automated Container Terminal Based on Graph Theory by Yifeng Xu, Jin Zhu

“…Solving the completion time is to find the shortest distance in the diagram. …”
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Adaptive Kalman Estimation in Target Tracking Mixed with Random One-Step Delays, Stochastic-Bias Measurements, and Missing Measurements by Sujuan Chen, Yinya Li, Guoqing Qi, Andong Sheng

“…The objective of this paper is concerned with the estimation problem for linear discrete-time stochastic systems with mixed uncertainties involving random one-step sensor delay, stochastic-bias measurements, and missing measurements. …”
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Hand Gesture Recognition Algorithm Using SVM and HOG Model for Control of Robotic System by Phat Nguyen Huu, Tan Phung Ngoc

“…The goal of the algorithm is to detect gestures with real-time processing speed, minimize interference, and reduce the ability to capture unintentional gestures. …”
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The Dynamic Spread of the Forward CDS with General Random Loss by Kun Tian, Dewen Xiong, Zhongxing Ye

“…The random variable τ~ is the default time and L is the default loss. Let G={Gt;t≥0} be the progressive enlargement of F by (τ~,L); that is, G is the smallest filtration including F such that τ~ is a G-stopping time and L is Gτ~-measurable. …”
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The Optimal Bandwidth Parameter Selection in GPH Estimation by Weijie Zhou, Huihui Tao, Feifei Wang, Weiqiang Pan

“…Firstly, combining with the stylized facts of financial time series, we generate long memory sequences by using the ARFIMA (1, d, 1) process. …”
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Nonlinear seismic analysis of a reinforced concrete building for Brazilian conditions and standards by José Vittor Siqueira Cóco, Mauro Schulz

“…Specific constitutive relations for concrete and steel are employed to account for cyclic loading. The implicit time integration algorithm ensures the equilibrium conditions at the end of each time step. …”
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The SABC and Afrikaans news by Elise van Staden

“…In 1996 after an SABC policy change, the Afrikaans TV news bulletin was relegated to a lesser and infrequent time slot. Many Afrikaans-speaking viewers perceived these changes as a threat to the future of Afrikaans and pressure was exerted by cultural organizations and Afrikaans newspapers. …”
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A Numerical Solution for Hirota-Satsuma Coupled KdV Equation by M. S. Ismail, H. A. Ashi

“…The implicit midpoint rule is used to advance the solution in time. Newton’s method is used to solve the block nonlinear pentadiagonal system we have obtained. …”
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Job satisfaction, life orientation and perception of family role - Comparison between women employed in public sector and in economy by Eva Boštjančič

“…The results show that working women are at least satisfied with their leisure time and most satisfied with their maternal role. …”
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On the global well-posedness and exponential stability of 3D heat conducting incompressible Navier-Stokes equations with temperature-dependent coefficients and vacuum by Jianxia He, Qingyan Li

“…It is worth mentioning that the initial density is allowed to contain vacuum, and there are no restrictions on the power index of the temperature-dependent viscosity coefficient and heat conductivity coefficient. At the same time, the exponential decay-in-time results are also obtained.…”
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Digital Image Progressive Fusion Method Based on Discrete Cosine Transform by Jiezi Chen

“…The experimental results show that the proposed method has a PSNR value higher than 42.13 db in image fusion, both of which are higher than the comparison method, and the fusion effect comparison also has higher image quality. In terms of fusion time, the time of the research method is lower than that of the comparison method when the data volume is between 10 and 100, while in the comparison of structural similarity, the structural similarity of the image fused by the research method is always higher than 0.83. …”
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