Joint Investigation and 3D Visual Evaluation of Rock Mass Quality by Haiping Yuan, Chenghao Chen, Yixian Wang, Hanbing Bian, Yan Liu

“…In order to realize the high efficiency quality classification and three-dimensional visualization of engineering rock mass and to solve the technical difficulties of the traditional rock mass quality evaluation method such as high labor intensity, long process time consumption, many intervention processes such as scale measurement and manual calculation, and nonintuitive classification results, this paper puts forward a 3D visual rock mass quality evaluation method and system based on close-range photography, which optimizes the traditional rock mass quality evaluation method, makes the rock mass classification three-dimensional and visible, and realizes the estimation of unrevealed rock mass quality evaluation index. …”
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Allium cepa Bio Assay to Assess the Water and Sediment Cytogenotoxicity in a Tropical Stream Subjected to Multiple Point and Nonpoint Source Pollutants by W. M. Dimuthu Nilmini Wijeyaratne, L. G. Y. J. G. Wadasinghe

“…However, significant root length variations were observed in A. cepa bulbs exposed to sediment elutriates within the 48-hour exposure and the percentage root growth inhibition increased with increase of exposure time. Similar trend was observed in mitotic activity indicating significantly lower mitotic indices (compared to that of the reference site) in A. cepa root tip cells exposed to sediment elutriates than those exposed to water samples. …”
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From lab to landscape-scale experiments for the morphodynamics of sand dunes by Claudin, Philippe, Courrech du Pont, Sylvain, Narteau, Clément

“…We argue that laboratory experiments dealing with sedimentary bedforms in water flows are good analogues to study the morphodynamics of aeolian dunes at reduced length and time scales, as $L_{\mathrm{sat}}$ and $L_{\mathrm{sat}}^2/Q$ are expected to be smaller for subaqueous bedload. …”
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ACTIVITIES OF THE MIDDLE EAST QUARTET AND ITS PARTICIPANTS TO ACHIEVE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN SETTLEMEN WITHIN THE ROAD MAP PROJECT (2003 – 2008) by I. A. Leshchenya

“…The significance of the Road Map lies in the fact that it is the plan on the Israeli-Palestinian peace settlement which was, for the first time ever, collectively drafted by the global actors and accepted by both conflicting parties To facilitate the implementation of the Road Map, a peculiar "division of labour" based on historical roles which each member of the Quartet had played in the Middle East settlement, emerged inside the Quartet. …”
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Molecular Phylogenetic Relationships Based on Mitogenomes of Spider: Insights Into Evolution and Adaptation to Extreme Environments by Rongxiang Zhang, Niyan Xiang, Xiaoman Gao, Guiyu Zhang, Tian Lu, Tao Yuan

“…Our phylogenetic topology clearly explained the evolutionary relationships among the spiders, and divergence time estimates indicated that the spiders originated in the early Devonian, and that the two clades of Mesothelae and Opisthothelae separated in the late Carboniferous. …”
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DYNAMIC INTERACTIONS AMONG EXCHANGE RATE, PERFORMANCE OF MANUFACTURING SECTOR AND INFLATION IN NIGERIA: AN ARDL APPROACH by Adedayo O. ADEDEJI, Oyeyemi O. ADEBIYI, Barakat I. SHOBANDE

“…It further analyzes the effect of exchange rate on inflation and MS performance in Nigeria. Secondary and annual time series data that covered 1981 to 2018 are sourced from World Development Indicator (WDI) published by World Bank Organization. …”
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Competitiveness of Solar and Wind Power Plants in the Countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States by O. V. Marchenko, S. V. Solomin

“…Modeling of photoelectric converters and wind turbines operating modes was performed by time (hours) for different values of solar radiation arrival and wind speed. …”
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Removal of Organic Dye Using Graphene-based Composite: Isotherm and Kinetic Studies by Preeti ., Meena Bhandari, Neeraj Kumari

“…Furthermore, GO and GO-based Montmorillonite composites are used as effective adsorbents in removing organic MG oxalate dye through batch extraction by varying pH, contact time, and concentration. XRD studies confirmed the successful formation of GO and exfoliated structure of GO-based Montmorillonite composites. …”
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Interference Mitigation and Collision Avoidance of Dynamic UAVBSs Network via Mobility Control: A Game Theoretic Approach by Omar Ali Thabet, Didem Kivanc Tureli, Ufuk Tureli

“…Under this scenario, the UAVBSs-Better Direction Control (UAVBSs-BDC) algorithm works iteratively based only on the UAV utility function with linear time to directly optimize the action selection based on the UAVBS’s utility. …”
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Mental health services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in high-income countries: protocol for a rapid review by Yu Fu, Dawn Craig, Ge Yu

“…The care and level of mental health service provided are felt to be inadequate to respond to the increasing demand for mental health conditions in the time of the pandemic, leading to an urgent need to learn from service change and consequences to inform solutions and plans to support the NHS postpandemic plan in the UK. …”
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Analysis of the elasticity of demand for bread by Marina Lolić Čipčić, Doris Cvitković

“…The listed company is the leader in the production of bread, fresh pastries, confectionery products, and cakes (NKD 2007 10.71) in County of Split-Dalmatia, and, at the same time, one of the top ten entrepreneurs in the same industry at the national level. …”
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Availability of caregiver-friendly workplace policies (CFWPs): an updated international scoping review protocol by Allison Williams, Reed Ciarloni

“…Comparative analysis between the previous published scoping reviews will allow for further conclusions with respect to the changing landscape of CFWPs over time.Methods This scoping review will be conducted with methodological guidance from the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Reviewers Manual, the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for scoping reviews guidelines and checklist and the scoping review protocol checklist by JBI. …”
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Investigating ethnic identity development through storytelling: The conceptual and methodological potential of narrative approach by Ignjatović Natalija, Radosavljević Jovan, Simić Nataša

“…In addition to recognizing the transformative potential of the narrative practice, the paper also acknowledges its limitations, including time and resource demands, as well as training requirements and analytical complexity. …”
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Complex System of Vertical Baduanjin Lifting Motion Sensing Recognition under the Background of Big Data by Yan Zhang, M. M. Kamruzzaman, Lu Feng

“…Recognize the video image to obtain the data, get the acceleration, angular velocity, and EMG data, and count the end time and duration according to the change of the action. …”
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Enhancing depression recognition through a mixed expert model by integrating speaker-related and emotion-related features by Weitong Guo, Qian He, Ziyu Lin, Xiaolong Bu, Ziyang Wang, Dong Li, Hongwu Yang

“…Our approach begins with a Time Delay Neural Network to pre-train a speaker-related feature extractor using a large-scale speaker recognition dataset while simultaneously pre-training a speaker’s emotion-related feature extractor with a speech emotion dataset. …”
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Business culture of entrepreneurship: Analysis of maturity in Ukraine and Russia by Larysa Ligonenko

“…To conduct a comparative study of the maturity of the business culture of entrepreneurship, an evaluation system was formed, which includes 21 evaluation objects, grouped into 4 components: 1) basic values (independence, security, equality); 2) ethical values (justification (perception) of unjust enrichment, appropriation of property, violence); 3) personal values (importance of family, friends, work, free time, politics); 4) economic values (recognition of the possibility of obtaining high entrepreneurial income and business development based on hard work, understanding the positives of the development of competition; giving priority to the development of private property over the state, personal economic responsibility over social dependence). …”
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Is your medical device “easy to use”? Supplemental oxygen patients’ experiences and tradeoffs around portable oxygen concentrators and tanks by Marc Egeth, Naomi Cherne, Nichole Breeland, Samantha Sye, Jennifer Soosaar, Frederic Seifer, Stanislav Glezer

“…Overall, a diverse picture emerges of widely varying preferences for time/weight tradeoffs and strategies for travel with these devices.…”
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COPING STRESS STRATEGIES AND STRESS LEVELS IN POST DIVORCE WOMEN IN TUBAN RELIGIOUS COURTS by Nurus Safaah, Faridatus Saidah

“…Methods : The study design uses correlation analytic with cross sectional time approach. The study population numbered 50 post-divorce women in the Tuban religious  according to inclusion and exclusion criteria, the research sample used simple random sampling totaling 42 respondents. …”
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LANGUAGE POLICY IN EUROPE - BABYLON OF THE XXI CENTURY by K. Kh. Rekosh

“…It acts as an instrument for intercultural dialogue and social cohesion, as a guarantee of prosperity and employment opportunities. At the same time it generates a lot of linguo-legal problems concerning different statuses of languages; EU official languages, working, state, regional, national languages, as well as minorities and migrants languages.…”
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Izračunavanje kapaciteta skladišta energije potrebnog za ostrvski rad mikromreže by Vladan Ristić, Nikola Rajaković, Dragana Vujanović

“…Kao jedno od perspektivnijih rešenja, sve češće se pominju kapaciteti za skladištenje električne energije. U skladu sa time, ovaj rad se bavi predstavljanjem metodologije za određivanje skladišnog kapaciteta neophodnog za neometani ostrvski rad mikromreže. …”
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