Modeling and Simulation of Departure Passenger’s Behavior Based on an Improved Social Force Approach: A Case Study on an Airport Terminal in China by Yaping Zhang, Jialin Li, Dexuan Kong, Xiaoqing Xing, Qian Luo, Jian Mao

“…The unprecedented growth of passenger throughput in large airport terminals highlights the importance of analyzing passengers’ movement to achieve airport terminal’s elaborate management. Based on the theory of original social force model, video data from a departure hall of a large airport terminal in China were analyzed to summarize passengers’ path planning characteristics. …”
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Using Artificial Intelligence to Analyze Nature of Science Themes: Einstein and Eddington Documentary Film Example by Yusuf Kartal, Munise Seckin-Kapucu

“…In the analysis made by the computer, it is seen that science-related words such as science, scientist, theory, the universe, Eddington, think, speed, and answer stand out. …”
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Brain dynamics and personality: a preliminary study by Francesco Ciaramella, Lorenzo Cipriano, Emahnuel Troisi Lopez, Arianna Polverino, Fabio Lucidi, Giuseppe Sorrentino, Laura Mandolesi, Pierpaolo Sorrentino

“…We identified brain activation patterns and measured brain flexibility by employing the theory of neuronal avalanches. Subsequent correlation analyses revealed a significant positive association between brain flexibility and cooperativeness, thus highlighting the role of brain reconfiguration tendencies in fostering openness, tolerance, and empathy towards others. …”
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Mathematical Modeling of a Quasi-passive Dynamic Walker with Whole-body Tensile Connections by Hiroki NISHII, Yusuke TSUNODA, Hisashi ISHIHARA, Teruyo WADA, Koichi OSUKA

“…In this paper, we propose a mathematical model of a quasi-passive dynamic walker with whole-body viscoelastic connections inspired by the AT theory, and investigate how the connections improve the walking performance in numerical simulation. …”
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Shear Characteristics and Strength Criterion of Frozen Joints under Different Opening Degrees by Shiwei Shen, Lin Gan, Chang Liu, Shulin Dai

“…On this basis, the failure forms of joint surfaces, theory of ice adhesion strength under different opening degrees and morphologies, and the shear failure forms of frozen joints under different conditions were considered. …”
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The Effect of Educational Intervention on Improvement of Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Azam Maleki, Elham Faghihzadeh, Samaneh Youseflu

“…The subgroup analysis indicated that the educational intervention was based on theory, group class format, direct method education, during the first week of postpartum, doing during pregnancy, on primiparous women, and health center setting, and the Asian region has a more effect on BSE than the others. …”
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Fusion of Emotional Thinking and Mental Health of Students in Vocal Music Teaching by Qi Yang, Chao Yu

“…Vocal psychology belongs to the branch of music psychology, which is the cross-study of vocal art and psychology, and is also a new discipline with both theory and application. Vocal singing uses a thinking, conscious person as an instrument that is necessarily governed by the psyche over the physiology, relying on the brain to direct the movement of the singing muscles and the coordination of the vocal organs. …”
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The Epistemological Status of Charisma in Historical Macrosociology by D. V. Kataev, V. O. Kalinina

“…In turn, the multiple (re)actualizations of this "brilliant concept” [Rose] as reinforcements of their own theories in the form of varieties of symbolic capital, resonance, the everyday, the re-personalized, or the risky charisma lead to either semantic compression or the blurring of meaning, both within sociological theory and in interdisciplinary discourse. …”
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Force-Fracture Characteristics of the Roof above Goaf in a Steep Coal Seam: A Case Study of Xintie Coal Mine by Hong-sheng Tu, Shi-hao Tu, De-fu Zhu, Ding-yi Hao, Kai-jun Miao

“…Based on the small-deflection theory for elastic thin plates, a working face model was created for the mechanical analysis of the main roof above a SCS before the roof fractures for the first time. …”
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Retrospective of Human Rights Activities of the World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s Organizations by I. V. Periv

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The adoption of telemedicine by healthcare practitioners in South Africa by Margaret Cullen, Andre Calitz, Sasha Boucher, Prashna Buddan

“…This study examined South African healthcare practitioners’ adoption of telemedicine using the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model. …”
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The art of non-verbal communication in perlocutionary giftedness by Adam Świątek

“…On the other hand, almost simultaneously, Austin (1962) introduced the tripartite division of a speech act, with locutions, illocutions, and perlocutions as the integral components, later developed by Searle (1969), who shed new light on the Speech Act Theory (SAT). At that time, however, the role of the perlocutionary component was significantly diminished, since the primary goal of pragmatics was to investigate the speaker’s intentions. …”
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A Systematic Method to Evaluate the Shear Properties of Soil-Rock Mixture considering the Rock Size Effect by Minghui Ren, Guangsi Zhao, Xianhao Qiu, Qinghua Xue, Meiting Chen

“…Firstly, based on fractal theory, the rock size was determined as 5 mm by the multifractal property of granular size distribution. …”
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Application and Analysis of an Ionic Liquid Gel in a Soft Robot by Chenghong Zhang, Bin He, Zhipeng Wang, Yanmin Zhou, Aiguo Ming

“…Based on nonlinear finite element theory, the deformation mechanism of the ILG actuator was deeply analyzed and the deformation of the soft robot when grabbing an object was also analyzed. …”
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Highly selective generation of singlet oxygen via peroxymonosulfate activation by Mn–N supported biochar by Huan Wu, Fangfang Ji, Bin Zhou, Shikun Gao, Zhe Zhang

“…Radical scavenging experiments indicated that Hydroxyl Radical (•OH), Sulfate Radicals (SO4•−), superoxide radicals (O2•−), and singlet oxygen (1O2) all played significant roles in the degradation of SMX. Density functional theory calculations were employed to further investigate the mechanism of enhanced electron transfer of PMS facilitated by the loading of BC on the Mn–N site. …”
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Protocol for a qualitative study to explore acceptability, barriers and facilitators of the implementation of new teleophthalmology technologies between community optometry practic... by Ann Blandford, Konstantinos Balaskas, Rima Hussain, Sarah Abdi, Angela Aristidou, Josie Carmichael, Giulia Cappellaro

“…Data from interviews, observations and self-audiorecordings will be analysed thematically and will be informed by normalisation process theory and an inductive approach.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval has been received from London-Bromley research ethics committee. …”
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Russian University Cities: Expectations vs. Reality by I. D. Turgel, K. D. Bugrov, A. D. Oykher

“…This article proposes an approach to the analysis of the role of universities in the socioeconomic ecosystem of their host city, which makes it possible to pinpoint the specifics of the university city phenomenon in modern Russia. The study uses the theory of functional specialization of complexly organized spatial systems as its underlying methodology. …”
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Intratumor heterogeneity: models of malignancy emergence and evolution by R. A. Ivanov, S. A. Lashin

“…In this paper, we set out to describe the current approaches to address this evolutionary complexity and theories of its occurrence.…”
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Mechanical characterization of austenitic stainless steel under high-level ion-irradiation using nanoindentation experiment and simulation by Van-Thanh Pham, Jong-Sung Kim, Hyun Joon Eom, Changheui Jang

“…Simulation models, based on strain-gradient crystal plasticity theory, are developed for unirradiated and irradiated states (151 dpa, 161 dpa, 200 dpa, 237 dpa, and 251 dpa), and successfully validated against nanoindentation test results. …”
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Psychometric validation of the Cystic Fibrosis Impact Questionnaire (CF-IQ): A patient-reported outcome assessing impacts of cystic fibrosis. by Daniel Serrano, Alyssa Uzumcu, Maya Gerstein, Nicolai D Ayasse, Ella Engstrom, Frederick B Barnes, Charles Iaconangelo, Teja Thorat, Lisa J McGarry, Isabelle Sermet-Gaudelus

“…Unidimensional item response theory (IRT) models were separately fit to 5 prespecified domains (Control and Burden of CF Treatment Impacts, Physical Activity Impacts, Social Activity Impacts, Emotional Impacts, and Work/School Limitation Impacts). …”
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