Performance Evaluation of DDS-Based Middleware over Wireless Channel for Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems by Basem Almadani, Muhammad Naseer Bajwa, Shuang-Hua Yang, Abdul-Wahid A. Saif

“…Obtained results serve as an empirical proof of concept that DDS can ensure reliable and timely data communication in firm real-time distributed control systems using common wireless channels and offer extensive control over various aspects of data transmission through its rich set of QoS policies.…”
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Aktivitas Daya Hambat Isolat Actinomycetes dengan Lama Fermentasi yang Berbeda terhadap Pertumbuhan Klebsiella pneumoniae by Annisa Nur Insani, Meiskha Bahar, Nunuk Nugrohowati, Retno Yulianti

“…Conclusion: Actinomycetes isolates have antibacterial activity against the growth of K. pneumoniae with the highest activity achieved by Actinomycetes with a fermentation time of 8 days. Keywords:  Actinomycetes, antibacterial, fermentation, Klebsiella pneumoniae…”
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Tools to refine unknown parent group definitions by A. Legarra, I. Aguilar

“…Then, 2 rules are proposed: the first joins UPG forward in time until records appear, and the second joins consecutive UPG backward in time to achieve a minimum pseudocount. …”
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NATURE-USE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT by V. A. Gorbanyov

“…It is shown that sustainable development - this is more a slogan than a scientific concept, which is unlikely to be implemented at the local level. At the same time, the concept of rational nature-use is feasible in regions or individual countries. …”
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Simplified Transient Hot-Wire Method for Effective Thermal Conductivity Measurement in Geo Materials: Microstructure and Saturation Effect by B. Merckx, P. Dudoignon, J. P. Garnier, D. Marchand

“…The second one, measured for longer time acquisitions, characterizes the mean effective thermal conductivity of the material.…”
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A Qualitative Study on the Tax Amnesty Perception of Income Taxpayers: The Case of Türkiye by Serap Püren

“…Tax amnesty, which is not regulated in the Tax Procedure Law, has been implemented from time to time since 1924. Tax amnesty, which is seen as an urgent source of income for governments, can have positive or negative consequences for taxpayers. …”
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Causes and Intervention Strategies to Reduce Childhood Obesity in Ambato by Carlos David Castañeda Guillot, Diego Fernando Vaca Sánchez, María Augusta Reyes Pérez

“…The intervention was effective in modifying the number of obese children, the regular consumption of fruits and vegetables, and the time spent in front of digital media.…”
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Astronomical Chronology Framework of the Lingshui Formation (Oligocene) in the Northern South China Sea by Jianhao Liang, Yaning Wang, Shangfeng Zhang, Yubing Liang, Gaoyang Gong, Rui Han

“…The astronomical timescale framework for the Lingshui Formation was accurately constructed by integrating geophysical logging data and employing a multidisciplinary approach that includes time series analysis, cyclostratigraphy, astronomical dating, and Power Ratio Accumulation (PRA) methods. …”
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Size Effects of Finite Element Model for Three-Dimensional Microstructural Modeling of Asphalt Mixture by Kuanghuai Wu, Qingzi Deng, Naiming Deng, Xu Cai, Wenke Huang

“…For the creep simulation test, the most appropriate voxel size whose creep stiffness modulus changes within 2.5% is 1.0 mm with regard to time steps, computational time, aggregate, and mastic shape representations.…”
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Control of Magnetic Manipulator Using Reinforcement Learning Based on Incrementally Adapted Local Linear Models by Martin Brablc, Jan Žegklitz, Robert Grepl, Robert Babuška

“…We have introduced modifications to the RFWR algorithm to better suit the low-dimensional continuous-time systems we are mostly dealing with. The benchmark is a nonlinear, dynamic magnetic manipulation system. …”
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Climate Change Adaptation: An Ecosystem-Based Approach for Livelihood Improvement of Fringe Communities around Worobong South Forest Reserve in Ghana by Samuel Adu-Acheampong, Conrad Kyei-Mensah, Rosina Kyerematen

“…We administered 250 questionnaires as well as studied time series data for temperature and rainfall with satellite images using the mixed method approach. …”
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Recruitment in Swarm-Founding Wasps: Polybia occidentalis Does not Actively Scent-Mark Carbohydrate Food Sources by Benjamin J. Taylor, Erik V. Nordheim, Teresa I. Schueller, Robert L. Jeanne

“…Scent marking food resources is expected to enhance foraging efficiency reducing search time. Many social bees exhibit this behavior, but scent-marking is absent in social wasps, except for Vespa mandarinia. …”
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Association of Autoantibodies to BP180 with Disease Activity in Greek Patients with Bullous Pemphigoid by Aikaterini Patsatsi, Aikaterini Kyriakou, Aikaterini Pavlitou-Tsiontsi, Anastasia Giannakou, Dimitrios Sotiriadis

“…All parameters were evaluated by the time of diagnosis (baseline), month 3, and month 6. …”
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Percutaneous needle decompression for tension pneumoperitoneum during GI endoscopy: a step-by-step guide by Natalie J. Wilson, MD, Rahul Karna, MD, Giovanni A. Roldan, MD, Roberto Osorio Cintron, RN, Alexander Leaf, RN, Daniela Guerrero Vinsard, MD, Mohammad Bilal, MD

“…Results: In both case examples, intraprocedural needle decompression resulted in rapid normalization of hemodynamics and allowed time to safely complete the procedures after endoscopic closure of the perforation. …”
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High-order discontinuous Galerkin methods for the monodomain and bidomain models by Federica Botta, Matteo Calafà, Pasquale C. Africa, Christian Vergara, Paola F. Antonietti

“…The choice of a semi-implicit time integration allows for a fast solution at each time step. …”
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The Effect of Steel Reinforcement Diameter on the Behavior of Concrete Beams with Corrosion by Joel Moreno-Herrera, Néstor Vega-Juarez, Jorge Varela-Rivera, Luis Fernandez-Baqueiro, Pedro Castro-Borges

“…The beams were tested a second time to determine their final structural behavior. …”
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Effect of Process Parameters on Short Fiber Orientation along the Melt Flow Direction in Water-Assisted Injection Molded Part by Haiying Zhou, Hesheng Liu, Qingsong Jiang, Tangqing Kuang, Zhixin Chen, Weiping Li

“…The effect of six process parameters, including filling time, melt temperature, mold temperature, delay time, water pressure, and water temperature, on the SFO along the melt flow direction were studied through orthogonal experimental design, range analysis, and variance analysis. …”
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Unconfined Compressive Strength of Aqueous Polymer-Modified Saline Soil by Yan Zhu, Xiangjuan Yu, Lei Gao, Jiajia Chen, Michael Dino Cotugno

“…With increasing ZM concentration and curing time, the water stability and wetting-drying cycling resistance improve. …”
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Bioethanol production from water hyacinth with isolated thermophilic microbial consortium from Kenya by Deffar, Selamawit Shiferaw, Kumar, Anil, Muliwa, Anthony, Pili, Njira Njira, Omara, Timothy

“…The optimized factors were inoculum dose (8.1%, v/v), temperature (48.8 °C) and time (52.3 h) which resulted into 7.2 g/L of predicted bioethanol concentration. …”
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Hierarchical Matching of Traffic Information Services Using Semantic Similarity by Zongtao Duan, Lei Tang, Zhiliang Kou, Yishui Zhu

“…The accuracy of offline service clustering reached 93.80%, and it reduced the response time to 651 ms when the total number of candidate services was 1000. …”
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