Consensus Achievement of Decentralized Sensors Using Adapted Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm by Hyunseok Kim, Seongju Chang, Jinsul Kim

“…This paper explores the possibility of enhancing consensus achievement of decentralized sensors by establishing cooperative behavior between sensor agents. To these ends, a novel particle swarm optimization framework to achieve robust consensus of decentralized sensors is devised to distribute sensing information via local fusing with neighbors rather than through centralized control; the new framework showed a 16.5 percent improvement in consensus achievement as compared to the classic majority rule method. …”
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PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL SUPPORT FOR THE FAMILY WITH YOUNGER SCHOOLBOY WITH MENTAL RETARDATION by G. Yu. Taskina, I. A. Taskina

“…In addition, the effectiveness of the compiled and tested program of psychological and pedagogical support for the family with a child with a mental retardation, changes in the behavior of parents and children before and after testing the program have been analysed.…”
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Analytic Solutions to Reflection-Transmission Problem of Interface in Anisotropic Ice Sheet by Bangbing Wang, Honkuan Wong

“…Studying the anisotropy of ice crystals can help to well understand and predict the behavior of the polar ice sheet and then the sea level rising and global climate change. …”
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Caregivers, Caseworkers, and Biological Parents: Risk Factors for Foster Teen Pregnancy and Ways You Can Make a Difference by Nora Del Giudice, Stephanie Toelle, David C. Diehl, Jody S. Nicholson

“… Many teens exhibit risk-taking behavior. That said, the past experiences of foster care youth in particular make them likely to engage in activity that could cause teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. …”
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Understanding the Mechanisms of Recovery and/or Compensation following Injury by Michael J. Hylin, Abigail L. Kerr, Ryan Holden

“…Injury due to stroke and traumatic brain injury result in significant long-term effects upon behavioral functioning. One central question to rehabilitation research is whether the nature of behavioral improvement observed is due to recovery or the development of compensatory mechanisms. …”
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ANALYSIS OF NONLINEAR DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF AN IMPACT-UNBALANCED SUSPENDED ROTOR SYSTEM by LIU JunJie, ZHANG LingYun, MA ShaoHui, LAN HaiPeng, ZHANG YouQiang

“…Established an impact-unbalanced suspended rotor system mechanics models, and the dimensionless motion equation of system is deduced, using the fourth order Runge-Kutta method for the numerical calculation of this model, the integrated use of bifurcation diagram, orbit diagram, Poincare section diagram, the axis displacement time history diagram, maximum moment diagram and duty ratio diagram study the dynamic behavior of the system, identify the impact of the rotor, the maximum torque and impact by the proportion of time, and analyzed the speed ratio and the change of the stiffness coefficient of the influence of the nonlinear dynamic characteristics of the system.The analysis results show that the system presents chaotic motion in a certain parameter domain at the medium velocity stage, while the system tends to stable periodic motion in other parameter domains.With the increase of the stiffness coefficient, the chaotic motion region and the maximum moment of the system increase, and the stability of the system decreases.…”
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Numerical Study on the Mechanical Properties of Transmission Tower K-Joints under Cyclic Loading by Jia-xiang Li, Chao Zhang, Shu-hong Wang, Sheng-qiang Yin

“…When analyzing K-joints, the moment-rotation hysteresis curve should be combined with the realistic parameters of joints to consider the hysteretic behavior of the K-joint. The results provide a theoretical reference for the accurate modeling of transmission towers.…”
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Effect of branchings on blood flow in the system of human coronary arteries by Benchawan Wiwatanapataphee, Yong Hong Wu, Thanongchai Siriapisith, Buraskorn Nuntadilok

“…In this work, we investigate the behavior of the pulsatile bloodflow in the system of human coronary arteries. …”
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Determination of Contact Stiffness and Damping of a Tie-Bolt Rotor with Interference Fits Using Model Updating with Thin-Layer Elements by Pu Li, Qi Yuan

“…Also, modal damping demonstrates a more sensitive and nonmonotonic behavior versus preload.…”
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Lightweight multi-coupon system for multi-merchant environments with DAA by Xin LIU, Qiu-liang XU, Bo ZHANG

“…A multi-coupon system for multi-merchant environments was proposed by extending the DAA (direct anonymous attestation) scheme of Brickell etc.The new system bound the key elements in multi-coupon with the tamper-resistant TPM（trusted platform module）chip,so that it could prevent users from sharing behavior more effectively.By using the server-aided signature verification of Chow etc,the self-blindable credential technique of Yang etc,and range proof of Peng etc,the new system does not require customers to perform expensive pairing operations in the issue protocol and the redeem protocol.Compared with previous similar systems,the new system simultaneously satisfies several ideal properties and it is compatible with the mobile payment framework on the ARM TrustZone platform.Moreover,it has obvious advantages in aspects of communication and computation costs.…”
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Photoresponse of Long-Wavelength AlGaAs/GaAs Quantum Cascade Detectors by Liang Li, Dayuan Xiong

“…We confirmed that the photocurrent comes from phonon assisted tunneling and the multipeak behavior comes from the complicated optical transition in the quantum cascade structure. …”
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A Simplified Method for Analysis of Geosynthetic Reinforcement Used in Pile Supported Embankments by Kang Fei

“…In this study, two- and three-dimensional finite element analyses were conducted to identify the behavior of geosynthetic reinforcement and investigate the accuracy of the assumptions made in the current design methods. …”
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Introduction to Social Network Research: Application of Social Network Analysis in Extension by Anil Kumar Chaudhary, Laura A. Warner

“… Viewed from a network perspective, we are all part of a network of relationships that is interwoven like a fishing net, providing both opportunities for and constraints on our behavior. Social network analysis (SNA) is a new approach to defining and describing society and its organizations and to assessing the impact of organizational structures. …”
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Asymptotic expansion of small analytic solutions to the quadratic nonlinear Schrödinger equations in two-dimensional spaces by Nakao Hayashi, Pavel I. Naumkin

“…We study asymptotic behavior in time of global small solutions to the quadratic nonlinear Schrödinger equation in two-dimensional spaces i∂tu+(1/2)Δu=𝒩(u), (t,x)∈ℝ×ℝ2;u(0,x)=φ(x), x∈ℝ2, where 𝒩(u)=Σj,k=12(λjk(∂xju)(∂xku)+μjk(∂xju¯)(∂xku¯)), where λjk,μjk∈ℂ. …”
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Possible relationship between long-term post neutering complications in dogs and caregiver burden in the owners by Idil Bastan

“…It is also advocated for behavior modification. However, neutering is associated with an increased risk of certain musculoskeletal disorders, obesity, several types of cancer, immune-mediated diseases, and cognitive dysfunction. …”
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Prisoner's Dilemma on real social networks: Revisited by Sharon M. Cameron, Ariel Cintrón-Arias

“…Prisoner's Dilemma is a game theory model used to describe altruistic behavior seen in various populations. Thistheoretical game is important in understanding why a seemingly selfish strategy does persist and spread throughout apopulation that is mixing homogeneously at random. …”
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Mathematical analysis and numerical simulation of a model of morphogenesis by Ana I. Muñoz, José Ignacio Tello

“…Numerical simulations show the behavior of the solution depending on the values of the parameters.…”
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Repliki dialogowe informujące o emocjach z pola zdziwienia (na materiale współczesnych utworów prozatorskich napisanych w języku polskim, rosyjskim i angielskim) by Daniel Dzienisiewicz

“…They can communicate and express surprise, externalize other emotional states, and exert influence on the interaction partner’s behavior. The preliminary study allows us to assume that the tendency to use specific linguistic constructions in the examined statements has a cultural basis.…”
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A dualidade da despersonalização no consumo by Paolo Totaro

“…Several marketing theories have highlighted the role of depersonalization in consumer behavior. Moving from “old” to “new” products, the consumer reduces the depersonalization generated by the excessive market diffusion of the product he has chosen and through which he searches for a social self-categorization. …”
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The Ambivalence of the Scientific Ethos Is Irresistible by I. Т. Kasavin

“…Hence the task of the ethics of science is not to prescribe norms of behavior to a particular agent, but to explicate conditions of moral freedom.…”
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