APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING IN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES by Adedeji Daniel GBADEBO

“…By making sure that enormous amounts of data are arranged, accessible, and useful, they have also made it possible for libraries to handle the challenges posed by big data. …”
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Soil Carbon Characteristics of a Fluvisol Affected by Aggregates from Two Tillage and Crop Regimes by Emmanuel Onweremadu, Frank Akamigbo, Chigozie Asiabaka

“…The experimental design was a split-split plot arranged in a randomized complete block design, with tillage technique serving as main plot; crop regime was the split plot and NPK fertilizer as split – split plot. …”
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Scalable video coding algorithm based on 3D hybrid tree and visual characteristics by Ming-zhe FU, Xiang-hai WANG, Chuan-ming SONG

“…The distribution characteristic of three-dimensional wavelet coefficients of video data was ana ed,and a scalable video coding algorithm was subsequently addressed based on hybrid three-dimensional tree and human visual system (HVS) characteristics.First,the hybrid tree structure was adaptively determined according to the auto-correlation of low-pass and high-pass coefficients.It reduced obviously the number of ion bits locating significant wavelet coefficients when scanning and processing low-pass and high-pass coefficients in temporal dimension.Second,each wavelet coefficient was weighted in terms of HVS sensitivity to its corresponding subband.Significant coefficients thus tended to be coded with high priority and arranged at the front of bitstream,and the reconstructed video quality was improved at low and medium bitrates to a great extent.Experimental results in terms of peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) verified the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm on several test videos with varying characteristics.0.65dB,1.75dB,and 1.77dB higher PSNR are gained than asymmetric 3-D orientation tree for Y,U,and V components,respectively.Moreover,0.23dB,2.11dB,and 1.72dB higher PSNR are reached than single temporal-spatial orientation tree separately for Y,U,and V components.Besides,better subjective quality is obtained through effectively attenuating ringing artifact.…”
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La biodiversité, une ressource, mais aussi un fardeau ? Intérêt et limites des notions de services et disservices écosystémiques pour repenser les interactions nature-sociétés dans... by Julien Blanco, Clémence Moreau, Chloé Guerbois, Cécile Barnaud, Pierre-Cyril Renaud, Marc Deconchat, Émilie Andrieu

“…The ecosystem service (ES) framework has been widely used to analyse these processes and design more effective governance arrangements. In this contribution, we develop the non-conventional idea that integrating the contested concept of ecosystem disservice (EDS), which refers to the nuisances associated with ecosystems, improves the understanding of these processes, and may eventually help towards more environmental justice. …”
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Preparation and Structural Properties of Bimetallic Noble Metals Nanoparticles in SBA-15 Systems by M. Zienkiewicz-Strzałka, S. Pikus

“…New noble bimetallic materials composed of platinum/silver, platinum/palladium and palladium/silver arrangements of nanoparticles supported on mesoporous ordered silica support were obtained and characterized. …”
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Superficial acral fibromyxoma on the palm: a case report by Chunli Yang, Bin Lu, Zheng Lin

“…The cellular composition consisted primarily of spindle-shaped fibroblasts, which were locally arranged in bundles within the stroma. Sparse slender blood vessels were distributed along with observed red blood cell extravasation. …”
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Metamaterial-Loaded 16-Printed Log Periodic Antenna Array for Microwave Imaging of Breast Tumor Detection by Avez Syed, Muntasir Sheikh, Mohammad Tariqul Islam, Hatem Rmili

“…All 16 transceiver antennas are arranged vertically in a circular pattern around the phantom, each acting as a transmitter and the rest as receivers. …”
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Social Strata Differentials in Reproductive Behavior among Agricultural Families in the Krummhörn Region (East Frisia, 1720-1874) by Kai P. Willführ, Charlotte Störmer

“…We believe this period-sensitive response to changes in the crop price was the result of a social transition that took place during our study period, in which relations between the classes went from being based on communal “table fellowships” (Tischgemeinschaft) to being based on capitalist employer/employee arrangements. …”
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Anthecological features of <i>Lonicera japonica</i> Thunb. in the environments of Southern Uzbekistan by Kh. K. Djumayev, K. G. Tkachenko

“…The inflorescence of L. japonica is an open dibotryoid, with flowers arranged along the lateral axes of the first order. …”
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Effect of instant ear domes on real-ear gain by Salma Samy Attia, Hesham Kozou, Doaa Elmoazen

“…Results The instant ear domes are arranged from least occluding (lowest insertion loss, highest vent effect, lowest subjective rating score) to most occluding (highest insertion loss, lowest vent effect, highest subjective rating score) as follows: open dome, tulip dome, and bass group which showed no significant difference between 1 and 2 vents and lastly double dome. …”
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Understanding Friction and Wear Behaviours of Smooth Resilient Surfaces: Application for Pedestrian Fall Safety Improvements by In-Ju Kim

“…To measure slip-resistance features and investigate wear advances of smooth resilient floors, dynamic friction tests were carried out amongst purposely arranged 4 flat specimens (polymethyl methacrylate: PMMA) and 3 shoes. …”
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Onrechtmatige Overheidsdaad for not Fulfilling Incentives for the Protection of Sustainable Food Agriculture Land by Riesta Yogahastama, Syaiful Bahri, Mohammad Habib Ramdhani

“…The results of this study indicate that legal protection for farmers if their incentives are not fulfilled has not been concretely regulated in Law Number 41 of 2009 concerning the Protection of Sustainable Food Agricultural Land, besides that farmers in accessing justice experience difficulties due to the unregulated and also complicated arrangements regarding the provision of incentives. Also, when farmers experience losses from the non-fulfillment of incentives, they file a lawsuit for compensation, due to provisions that are not fulfilled by government officials as a result of the LP2B policy. …”
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Designing a terahertz optical sensor based on helically twisted photonic crystal fiber for toxic gas sensing by Vahid Sharif, Hana Saberi, Hassan Pakarzadeh

“…The PCF consists of twelve hollow pipes arranged circularly around the hollow core to support THz radiation propagation. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Recurrent Neural Network Models Performance in Predicting Bitcoin Prices by Zidane Ikkoy Ramadhan, Harya Widiputra

“…Sequential or time series data involve data arranged in a time sequence, such as weather data, financial data, carbon emission data, and traffic data recorded over time. …”
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Delivery of empty wagons: Choice of the proper contract design by А.А. Ananyeva

“…Despite this fact, the railway legislation does not offer the proper contractual arrangements. The following methods have been used: empirical methods of comparison, des­cription, interpretation; theoretical methods of formal and dialectic logic. …”
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Drug Disposal and Ecopharmacovigilance Practices in the Krowor Municipality, Ghana by Yvonne Yirenkyiwaa Esseku, Priscilla Kolibea Mante, Alex Nii Oto Dodoo, Eric Woode

“…The desk study reviewed the institutional arrangements for the regulation of disposal of pharmaceutical waste in Krowor. …”
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On the nature of intermediary relations in insurance by P.Z. Ivanishin

“…., concluding insurance contracts: searching for and bringing in new clients, negotiating, arranging and justifying the calculation of an insurance premium, and involving clients in partner-intermediary relations of the insurer. …”
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Conceptual apparatus formation of the problem of building of communicative reflection of future specialists by Svetlana V. Sannikova

“…In the twentieth century they started studying reflection from the point of view of activity, the psychology of thinking, the laws of organization of communicative processes, as a means of arranging educational activities, the result of comprehension of one’s life. …”
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Social Learning in Bumblebees (Bombus impatiens): Worker Bumblebees Learn to Manipulate and Forage at Artificial Flowers by Observation and Communication within the Colony by Hamida B. Mirwan, Peter G. Kevan

“…Using artificial flowers, we studied social learning by allowing test bumblebees to (a) see dead bumblebees arranged in foraging positions or (b) watch live bumblebees actually foraging or (c) communicate with nestmates within their colony without having seen foraging. …”
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Angioleiomyoma of the uterus presenting as an endometrial polyp: An uncommon occurrence of two cases with a literature review by Vamsi K. Kapaganti, Mohammed Shahin, Anurag Mishra, Pruthiviraj Sethi, Saubhagya K. Jena, Bhismadev Chhatria, Pavithra Ayyanar

“…The core of the polyp was arranged in long intersecting bundles of spindle cells and interconnecting anastomotic patterns with many intervening thick-walled blood vessels. …”
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