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

“…Upon repatriation, many socio-psychological problems accompany the returnees to their home culture after spending a long time in the host culture. It is assumed that the returnees find no difficulty in re-adapting the life in their culture; however, many studies expound that re-adjustment in the home culture, particularly after spending a long time in another culture, is not an easy process, the returnees experience a re-entry or reversal cultural-shock. …”
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17β-estradiol upregulates striatin protein levels via Akt pathway in human umbilical vein endothelial cells. by Shuhui Zheng, Peng Sun, Haimei Liu, Runmei Li, Lingli Long, Yuxia Xu, Suiqing Chen, Jinwen Xu

“…Treatment with E2 resulted in Akt phosphorylation in a time-dependent manner. Moreover, silencing striatin significantly inhibited HUVEC migration, while striatin overexpression significantly promoted HUVEC migration. …”
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Airborne Position and Orientation System for Aerial Remote Sensing by Jianli Li, Jiancheng Fang, Zhaoxing Lu, Lijian Bai

“…The airborne Position Orientation System (POS) can accurately measure space-time reference information and plays a vital role in aerial remote sensing system. …”
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Trans/forming the Greek theatrescape: Translation for performance as representation by Vasiliki Misiou

“…The play was staged at a time marked by conflicting forces: on the one hand, Greece was taking significant steps forward for transgender people, recognising basic rights and freedoms, and on the other, discriminatory practices and gender-based violence were still a very present reality. …”
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Modelling epidemiological dynamics with pseudo-recovery via fractional-order derivative operator and optimal control measures. by Samson Olaniyi, Furaha M Chuma, Ramoshweu S Lebelo, Richard C Ogbonna, Sulaimon F Abimbade

“…Consequently, the analysis is extended to the fractional optimal control model where time-dependent preventive strategy and treatment measure are characterized by Pontryagin's maximum principle. …”
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Data-Driven Iterative Vibration Signal Enhancement Strategy Using Alpha Stable Distribution by Grzegorz Żak, Agnieszka Wyłomańska, Radosław Zimroz

“…Procedure incorporates application of the time-frequency decomposition, α-stable distribution based signal modeling, and stability parameter in the time domain as a stoppage criterion for iterative part of the procedure. …”
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Transformation of jealousy in romantic relationships and its catalysts in digital age by O. G. Shchukina

“…The specific characteristics of digital jealousy include its existence in conditions of quasi-reality, diffusiveness, deployment in time and space, alienation from the fact of physical infidelity, and virtual representation. …”
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Investigations of the Antimicrobial Effectiveness of Different Disinfection Protocols Against Endodontic Pathogens in Root Canal Systems by Hitesh Chohan, Sanjana Khullar, Ria H Patel, Jyotirmayee Rath, Sameera Mohammed, Savadamoorthi Kamatchi Subramani

“…Microbial loads, treatment time, and depth of penetration were assessed. Results: Er: YAG laser demonstrated the highest efficacy against Enterococcus faecalis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, followed by PDT. …”
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Automatic Transmission Clutch Engagement Control based on Improved NSGA-Ⅱ Algorithm by Yun Yu, Cuie Tang

“…Finally，the engagement speed and time of clutch are taken as the design variable，and the impact degree and sliding friction work are taken as the optimization objective function， and the simulation experiment is carried out. …”
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Value engineering and its impact on construction projects using building information modeling by Hadi Faghihmaleki, Saman Rahimireskati, Mohamamd Darbandi

“…This study examines the role of BIM in reducing time, cost savings, quality improvement, monitoring, control, estimating time and cost, comparing current conditions with standards, and reporting. …”
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Resiliência dos sistemas indígenas de agricultura itinerante em contexto de urbanização no noroeste da Amazônia brasileira by Ludivine Eloy

“…Using the periurban area of a small town in central Amazonia (Brazil) as an example, space-time differentiation of the three main crop systems after slash-and-burn is analyzed, and their agroeconomic results are compared. …”
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Simplified Finite Set Model Predictive Control Strategy of Grid-Connected Cascade H-Bridge Converter by Jingang Han, Chao Li, Tengfei Yang, Jun Han

“…Finite set model predictive control (FS-MPC) has become a promising control technology in power converter, because of the advantages of good dynamic response and accurate current tracking capability. In real-time control process, the conventional FS-MPC strategy requires more time for prediction and optimization. …”
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One-pot sol-gel process and simultaneous formation silica particles cross-linked network (SPCN) by Nguyen Nhat Nam

“…In this work, a simple sol-gel process method was studied for “one-pot” fabrication of silica particle cross-linked networks (SPCN). It is the first time that the co-precursors of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) and ?…”
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Multiaxial fatigue criterion based on parameters from torsion and axial S-N curve by M. Margetin, R. Durka, V. Chmelko

“…In recent years, a great deal of recommendations how to address problems with multiaxial fatigue life time estimation have been made and a huge progress in the field has been achieved. …”
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Webshell malicious traffic detection method based on multi-feature fusion by Yuan LI, Yunpeng WANG, Tao LI, Baoqiang MA

“…Webshell is the most common malicious backdoor program for persistent control of Web application systems, which poses a huge threat to the safe operation of Web servers.For most Webshell detection method based on the request packet data for training, the method for web-based Webshell recognition effect is poorer, and the model of training efficiency is low.In response to the above problems, a Webshell malicious traffic detection method based on multi-feature fusion was proposed.The method was characterized by the three dimensions of Webshell packet meta information, packet payload content and traffic access behavior.Combining domain knowledge, feature extraction of request and response packets in the data stream.Transformed into feature extraction information for information fusion, forming a discriminant model that could detect different types of attacks.Compared with the previous research method, the accuracy rate of the method here in the two classification of normal and malicious traffic has been improved to 99.25%.The training efficiency and detection efficiency have also been significantly improved, and the training time and detection time have been reduced by 95.73% and 86.14%.…”
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Deformation Control in Rest-to-Rest Motion of Mechanisms with Flexible Links by Roberto Caracciolo, Dario Richiedei, Alberto Trevisani

“…A validation of the proposed control strategy is provided by applying the DRC to the real-time control of a four-bar linkage.…”
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The impact of environment on human religiosity: The possibility of piety in a culture of meaninglessness and mutual "passing-by" by Dizdarević Bajram

“…Since each person is essentially immersed in his own context, that is, the time and space in which he lives, and that he cannot think outside of that context about the phenomena that occur in that time, and that the upbringing (adab) of a person significantly determines his relationship to social conditions, in this paper, we will concentrate on how the urban or rural environment affects the spiritual or intellectual growth of a person, and whether the rural environment in which primordiality is emphasized strengthens the qualitative growth of that very dimension (fiṭrah) in a person, i.e. whether the urban environment that is overwhelmed by handiwork, i.e. by an all-too-human ambience, suffocates it, and prevents its true actualization. …”
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Optimal velocity estimation model based on non-differential Doppler observations from BDS-3 satellites by Zejie WANG, Qianxin WANG, Tianwen SHANG

“…An optimized velocimetric model based on non-differential Doppler observations from BDS-3 satellites with high accuracy and low model complexity was proposed to address insufficient accuracy and low efficiency of velocity estimation method.The observation data from BDS-3 satellites was used to estimate the carrier velocity by using Doppler velocimetric model with low complexity.In order to improve velocity estimation accuracy and solving efficiency, firstly, the model was linearized, and then loose constraints was added based on the correlation between the carrier heading and its velocity vector.The velocity measurement accuracy of the model was verified with field-collected BDS-3 observations, and the applicability of the model was evaluated.The experimental results show that: when the carrier is stationary, the optimized Doppler velocimetry accuracy can reach cm/s or even mm/s level, and in the comparison with the original Doppler velocimetry, the horizontal velocity accuracy was improved by about 60% and the solution time was shortened by 24%;when the carrier is moving, the Doppler velocimetry accuracy with heading constraints can be improved by 14% ~ 21% in north and east compared with the original Doppler velocimetry, and the solution time was improved by about 20%.…”
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Shelf Life of Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Its Prediction Models by Xueqi Li, Selina C. Wang

“…Due to the complexity of chemical interactions between oil phase and environment under real-time storage and rapid accelerated testing conditions, further investigation is needed to scrutinize and minimize the discrepancies between real-time shelf life and predicted shelf life of EVOO products.…”
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Dynamic Modeling and Analysis of Multidimensional Hybrid Recommendation Algorithm in Tourism Itinerary Planning under the Background of Big Data by Yange Hao, Na Song

“…When the travel cost and travel time are the same and the number of scenic spots is 20–30, the memory occupation of MH algorithm is only 1/2 of that of TM algorithm. …”
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