THE GEOPOLITICAL INFLUENCE OF 'SOFT POWER' ON CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES by К.С. Мухтарова, А.К. Паизова

“…The study emphasizes the dynamic nature of these concepts and their relevance in the context of geoeconomic transformations. As well as it highlights important geoeconomic and geopolitical features of "soft power" employed by leading global players, including the European Union, Iran, China, Russia, the United States, Turkey, and Japan, towards Central Asian countries. …”
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Mesoporous TiO2 Micro-Nanometer Composite Structure: Synthesis, Optoelectric Properties, and Photocatalytic Selectivity by Kun Liu, Lianjie Zhu, Tengfei Jiang, Youguang Sun, Hongbin Li, Dejun Wang

“…The as-prepared TiO2 was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), and Fourier transform infrared spectrum (FT-IR). The specific surface area and pore size distribution were obtained from N2 adsorption-desorption isotherm, and the optoelectric property of the mesoporous TiO2 was studied by UV-Vis absorption spectrum and surface photovoltage spectra (SPS). …”
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Machine Learning-Based Offloading Strategy for Lightweight User Mobile Edge Computing Tasks by Shuchen Zhou, Waqas Jadoon, Junaid Shuja

“…Then, based on the analysis of the concave-convex properties of this optimization model, this paper uses variable relaxation and nonconvex optimization theory to transform the problem into a convex optimization problem. …”
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Inc-DLOM: Incremental Direct LiDAR Odometry and Mapping by Kaiduo Fang, Rui Song, Ivan Wang-Hei Ho

“…Our proposed Inc-DLOM has the following key contributions: 1) a voxel-to-voxel (V2V) scan matching scheme for scan-to-scan transform estimation; 2) the Incremental Voxel Mapping (IVM) method to incrementally update and maintain the historical mapping information; 3) the Incremental GICP solver to refine the global pose by IVM. …”
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A modified synchronverter for a weak grid with virtual power circles‐based PQ decoupling scheme by Daniel Angelo Kisinga, Peter Makolo, Paul Trodden

“…This article proposes a new PQ decoupling technique based on the transformation of the PQ power circle of a VSG connected to a weak grid: first, the power circle is translated from its designed position to that of a conventional synchronous generator (SG) connected to a strong grid, achieving partial PQ decoupling. …”
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Removal of boron from wastewaters using valonia-tannin-based biosorbent produced via spray drying by Nalan Erdol-Aydin, Serhat Sezer, Berk Esin, Gulhayat Nasun-Saygili

“…Comprehensive characterization studies involving Fourier transform infrared, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller analysis were conducted on this biosorbent. …”
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Effect of Friction Stir Processing on Gas Tungsten Arc-Welded and Friction Stir-Welded 5083-H111 Aluminium Alloy Joints by Sipokazi Mabuwa, Velaphi Msomi

“…The application of friction stir processing transformed the gas tungsten arc morphology from brittle to ductile dimples and reduced the ductile dimple size of the unprocessed friction stir-welded joints from the range of 4.90–38.33 μm to 3.35–15.59 μm.…”
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Evaluation of machine learning techniques for real-time prediction of implanted lower limb mechanics by Chase Maag, Clare K. Fitzpatrick, Paul J. Rullkoetter

“…Several predictive algorithms were explored, including linear regression (LRM), multilayer perceptron (MLP), bi-directional long short-term memory (biLSTM), convolutional neural network (CNN), and transformer-based approaches. The performance of these models was evaluated using average normalized root mean squared error (nRMSE).ResultsThe biLSTM model achieved the highest accuracy, with a significantly lower nRMSE compared to other models. …”
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Oral Tolerance: A New Tool for the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Inflammatory Disorders and Liver-Directed Gene Therapy by Yaron Ilan

“…In both models, tolerized animals developed an increase in transforming growth factor-beta, interleukin-4 and interleukin-10, and a decrease in the mRNA of interferon-gamma lymphocytes and serum levels. …”
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CONTRADICTION OF FREEDOM AND PARADOXES OF RESPONSIBILITY (ANTHROPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS) by Z. V. Stezhko, Y. G. Stezhко

“…The task is to reveal the causes of the ambiguity of the concept of democracy through the analysis of the polysemy of the notions of freedom and responsibility and to prevent the danger of the transformation of democracy into a dictatorship or ochlocracy. …”
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New Zealand’s Foreign Policy Balancing of China and the United States in the Indo-Pacific Region: Narratives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Annual Reports by Greg Simons, Marina A. Glaser (Kukartseva)

“…In the context of the evolving international relations system, small states are vulnerable to changes and transformations due to their limited capacity to adapt to the new operational environment of foreign and security policy risks and challenges. …”
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Classification of Dyslexia Among School Students Using Deep Learning by Alia Hussein, Ahmed Talib Abdulameer, Ali Abdulkarim, Husniza Husni, Dalia Al-Ubaidi

“…In this research, raw audio signals from dyslexic and non-dyslexic children are transformed into spectrogram images. These images are then used as input for a CNN model trained on a large dataset of dyslexic and non-dyslexic samples. …”
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Trajectory of Steady Growth or Next Disbalance of Mechanisms of the World Economy by E. N. Smirnov, V. N. Kirillov

“…Opportunities and problems of an exit of developing countries to a trajectory of sustained economic growth in the conditions of digitalization and digital transformations in the world economy are estimated. Aggravation of a problem of inequality in the conditions of digitalization of the world economy is possible to overcome, however a number of measures in the sphere of industrial, innovative and regulatory policy is necessary. …”
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Deep learning based analysis of G3BP1 protein expression to predict the prognosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. by Linshan Zhou, Mu Yang, Jiadi Luo, Hongjing Zang, Songqing Fan, Yuting Zhan

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>Computational pathology emerges as a transformative tool capable of substantially reducing the burden on pathologists while concurrently enhancing and diagnostic sensitivity and specificity. …”
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‘Soglitude’- introducing a method of thinking thresholds by Tatjana Barazon

“…No state will ever be permanent, and in order to stress the temporary, fluent character of the world and our perception of it, we want to introduce a new suitable method to think change and transformation, when we acknowledge our own threshold nature. …”
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Significance of Nonsimilar Numerical Simulations in Forced Convection from Stretching Cylinder Subjected to External Magnetized Flow of Sisko Fluid by Jifeng Cui, Umer Farooq, Ahmed Jan, Murtada K. Elbashir, Waseem Asghar Khan, Mogtaba Mohammed, Ziyad Ali Alhussain, Jamshaid Ul Rahman

“…The dimensionless system is developed by employing appropriate nonsimilar transformations. The numerical analyses are presented by adapting local nonsimilarity via finite-difference (FDM)-based MATLAB algorithm bvp4c. …”
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Azimuthal asymmetries in lepton and heavy-quark pair production in UPCs by Daniël Boer, Luca Maxia, Cristian Pisano

“…A full description of the cross section in terms of Generalized Transverse Momentum Dependent parton distributions (GTMDs) for photons is given including a careful consideration of the Fourier transform to impact parameter space. In particular, this leads to a feed-in mechanism among harmonics of different orders, which in principle generates harmonics of all (even) orders. …”
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Membrane Bound CRT Fragment Accelerates Tumor Growth of Melanoma B16 Cell In Vivo through Promoting M2 Polarization via TLR4 by Hong-Min Wang, Zhe Zhou, Jie Miao, Bo Zhu, Xiao-Qiu Dai, Qiao Zhong, Fang-Yuan Gong, Xiao-Ming Gao

“…Consistent with the in vivo results, B16-tmCRT/39-272 promoted macrophage polarization toward F4/80+CD206+ M2 macrophages and promoted transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) secretion in vitro, which could promote naïve CD4+T cell differentiation into Tregs. …”
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Shaping a Collective Identity through Self-Representation: Early Suffrage Autobiographies and the Militant Experience by Chloé Clément

“…Both published in 1914, these autobiographies establish a common militant experience in the suffrage campaign of the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) through the personal accounts and testimonies of their authors. Transformed into political tools, these autobiographies blur the limits between private experience and public sharing. …”
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EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIONS: AXIOLOGICAL BASES OF MEGALOPOLIS YOUTH’S READINESS by Olga V. Kruzhkova, Irina V. Vorobyeva

“…The activity innovations are focused on changing the teachers’ readiness to transform their professional work and the development of their innovative competence. …”
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