Discovering Accessible Financial Systems Resources for Emergent Users by Luciano Arruda Teran, Caio Pinheiro de Carvalho, Juliana Álvares Caruso, Marcelle Pereira Mota

“…After reviewing best practices and applying the Semiotic Inspection Method (SIM), the study developed and tested an instant payment prototype with riverside people in the Amazon region. …”
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FPGA-Based Implementation of All-Digital QPSK Carrier Recovery Loop Combining Costas Loop and Maximum Likelihood Frequency Estimator by Kaiyu Wang, Zhiming Song, Xianwei Qi, Qingxin Yan, Zhenan Tang

“…The joint simulation results of ModelSim and MATLAB show that the performances of the proposed ADCRL in locked-in time and range are superior to those of the ADCOL. …”
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The Tolman VII space-time in the presence of charge and a cosmological constant by James Ripple, Anish Agashe

“…We show that the fluid can be considered a polytrope with, $$\Gamma \sim 2.5$$ Γ ∼ 2.5 . Finally, we analyse the sound speed and energy conditions to conclude that only a subclass of the solution follows all the basic physical acceptability criteria.…”
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Exploring the structure and properties of $$\alpha$$ -sheet based bilayer borophenes by Subrata Rakshit, Nevill Gonzalez Szwacki

“…The studied bilayer borophenes exhibit extraordinarily high electric conductivity with values as high as $${\sim } 10^7\mathrm {~S}/\textrm{m}$$ for the experimentally observed AA-stacking. …”
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Determination of Morphine and Codeine in Human Urine by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry by Xiaoqian Zhang, Mengchun Chen, Gaozhong Cao, Guoxin Hu

“…Selected ion monitoring (SIM) mode was used to quantify morphine and codeine. …”
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Intelligent Object Manipulation for a Wheelchair-Mounted Robotic Arm by R. A. M. Abayasiri, A. G. B. P. Jayasekara, R. A. R. C. Gopura, Kazuo Kiguchi

“…This new algorithm was tested in the CoppeliaSim simulation environment by replicating the tasks performed in the human study. …”
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Identification and biological characterization of the pathogen responsible for acute haemorrhagic disease in largemouth bass by Yibin Yang, Ping Deng, Hao He, Qiuhong Yang, Xiaohui Ai, Xia Zhu

“…Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detection showed that the LY02 isolate carried the toxin genes simA, pdi, sagA, and cfi. Whole-genome analysis identified LY02 as Streptococcus iniae, carrying 330 toxin factor-related genes and 164 resistance factor-related genes. …”
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K-SMPC: Koopman Operator-Based Stochastic Model Predictive Control for Enhanced Lateral Control of Autonomous Vehicles by Jin Sung Kim, Ying Shuai Quan, Chung Choo Chung, Woo Young Choi

“…A high-fidelity vehicle simulator, i.e., CarSim, is used to validate the proposed method with a comparative study. …”
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Buckling Knockdown Factors for Hemispherical Foam Core Sandwich Shells With Single Dimple by Chang-Hoon Sim, Chang-Min Lee, Gi-Seop Kim, Jae-Sang Park, Jun-Seong Lee

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Comunidades terapêuticas: conceito e prática de uma experiência dos anos sessenta by Maria Stella Brandão Goulart

“…Como conclusão, constata-se as limitações das concepções tradicionalmente consagradas de utilização do espaço asilar como lócus de construção de um trabalho terapêutico, indicando, isso sim, a utilização do dispositivo hospitalar como ferramenta de construção dos espaços corporativos da psiquiatria. …”
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Pedicled Cervical Lymphoadipose Tissue for Volume Reconstruction after Superficial Parotidectomy by Kyle P. Davis, Amy L. Fraser, Elizabeth O. Shay, Michael W. Sim

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Self-supervised speech representation learning based on positive sample comparison and masking reconstruction by Wenlin ZHANG, Xuepeng LIU, Tong NIU, Qi CHEN, Dan QU

“…To solve the problem that existing contrastive prediction based self-supervised speech representation learning methods need to construct a large number of negative samples, and their performance depends on large training batches, requiring a lot of computing resources, a new speech representation learning method based on contrastive learning using only positive samples was proposed.Combined with reconstruction loss, the proposed method could obtain better representation with lower training cost.The proposed method was inspired by the idea of the SimSiam method in image self-supervised representation learning.Using the siamese network architecture, two random augmentations of the input speech signals were processed by the same encoder network, then a feed-forward network was applied on one side, and a stop-gradient operation was applied on the other side.The model was trained to maximize the similarity between two sides.During training processing, negative samples were not required, so small batch size could be used and training efficiency was improved.Experimental results show that the representation model obtained by the new method achieves or exceeds the performance of existing mainstream speech representation learning models in multiple downstream tasks.…”
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A Numerical framework for fatigue lifetime prediction of complex welded structures by Kris Hectors, Wim De Waele, Mia Loccufier, Hans De Backer

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Road Adhesion Coefficient Estimation Based on Vehicle-Road Coordination and Deep Learning by Chunjie Li, Pan Liu, Zhenlong Xie, Zhibin Li, Huan Huan

“…Firstly, a vehicle-based data feedback system combined with a vehicle-road network cloud is introduced, and CarSim simulation is used to expand the data set and train the model effectively. …”
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Climate reconstruction of the Little Ice Age maximum extent of the tropical Zongo Glacier using a distributed energy balance model by Autin, Philémon, Sicart, Jean Emmanuel, Rabatel, Antoine, Hock, Regine, Jomelli, Vincent

“…Results suggest that on top of a 1.1 K cooling and ${\sim }$20% increase in annual precipitation, only two seasonal precipitation patterns allow LIA equilibrium: evenly distributed precipitation events across the year and an early wet season onset.…”
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Concursos de projeto de arquitetura e urbanismo e democracia by Ana Elísia da Costa

“…Não é, contudo, uma prescrição, mas sim uma construção provisória sujeita a avaliação e aprimoramento contínuos, à semelhança da democracia em si. …”
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Efficient Dynamic Replication Algorithm Using Agent for Data Grid by Priyanka Vashisht, Rajesh Kumar, Anju Sharma

“…EDRA is implemented using data grid simulator, namely, OptorSim. European Data Grid CMS test bed topology is used in this experiment. …”
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Network Usage and Time Efficient Performance Enhancement Model for IoT Applications in Fog Cloud Computing by Upma Arora, Nipur Singh

“…The effectiveness of this proposed algorithm was evaluated using the iFogSim simulator and the results demonstrate significant improvements, with total network usage improvement of 66.31% over HSMF, 88.40% over edge-wards, and 98.66% over the cloud-only method. …”
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A Fuzzy Control Strategy for Multi-Goal Autonomous Robot Navigation by Stavros Stavrinidis, Paraskevi Zacharia, Elias Xidias

“…Simulations conducted in CoppeliaSim validate the effectiveness of the proposed method, demonstrating robust navigation and obstacle avoidance in realistic environments. …”
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Distinct patterns of prion strain deposition and toxicity in a novel whole brain organotypic slice culture system by Hailey Pineau, Valerie L. Sim

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