Socio-Demographic Characteristics and Concerns about Water Quality Issues of Master Gardener Program Volunteers by Tatiana Borisova, Michael Smolen, Maria Pilar Useche, Jon Calabria, Nickola Sochacka, Damian Adams, Diane Boellstorff, Jason Evans, Robert Mahler

“…Do such programs increase knowledge and change behavior of the volunteers? In this article, we attempt to answer these questions by summarizing existing studies and using responses to a regional public survey, and by focusing on the Master Gardener program and surface water quality issues as examples. …”
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BECOMING AN IDEAL PERSON TODAY: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ABDUL KARIM AL-JILI'S AND JEAN PIAGET'S THOUGHT ON THE PERFECT HUMAN by Reza Wasilul Umam

“…In practice, there are at least six methods applied in shaping human behavior: right ways (uswah hashanah), training and habituation, taking lessons (ibrah), advice (mau’idzah), discipline, and independence.…”
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Vehicle trajectory prediction based on spatio-temporal Transformer feature fusion by ZHAO Wenhong, WANG Wei, WAN Zilu

“…Subsequently, a temporal self-attention mechanism was utilized to extract the temporal dependencies between consecutive frames, thereby generating a set of spatiotemporal features that reflect the dynamic behavior of vehicles. These features were then fed into a decoder to predict the motion trajectories of vehicles over the next 5 s. …”
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Directional entropy based model for diffusivity-driven tumor growth by Marcelo E. de Oliveira, Luiz M. G. Neto

“…In our formulation, the tumor aggressiveness and morphological behavior is tissue-type dependent, i.e. alterations in white and gray matter regions (which can e.g. be induced by normal aging in healthy individuals or neurodegenerative diseases) affect both tumor growth rates and their morphology.The feasibility of this new conceptual approach is supported by previous observations that the fractal dimension, which correlates with the Shannon entropy we calculate, is a quantitative parameter that characterizes the variability of brain tissue, thus, justifying the further evaluation of this new conceptual approach.…”
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ANN Approach to Predict the Flow Stress of CMn (Nb-Ti-V) Micro Alloyed Steel by Allaoui Abdelhalim, Guedri Abdelmoumene, Darsouni Lamia, Darsouni Abderrazek

“…The flow behavior of CMn (Nb-Ti-V) micro alloyed steel was studied by hot compression tests in a wide range of temperatures (700 �C to 1050 �C, Step 50 �C), strain rates (0.000734 s-1, 0.0029 s-1, and 0.0146 s-1) and true strain of 0 to 0.8. …”
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Improving the Complexity of the Lorenz Dynamics by María Pilar Mareca, Borja Bordel

“…First return maps, Poincaré sections, and bifurcation diagrams allow characterizing the global system behavior and locating some coexisting structures. Numerical results about the first return maps, Poincaré cross sections, Lyapunov spectrum, and Kaplan-Yorke dimension demonstrate the complexity of the proposed equations.…”
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Cob Flies, Megaselia spp. (Diptera: Phoridae), in Sweet Corn by David Owens, Gregg S. Nuessly, Robert Beiriger, Nicholas Larsen

“… Phorid flies (Diptera), also known as humpback flies or scuttle flies for their appearance and behavior, are an extremely diverse group of flies that are saprophagous (feed on decaying organic matter), parasitic, or phytophagous (feed on plants). …”
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Effect of pH on the Phase Equilibrium of a Ternary Mixture of Neopentyl Glycol, Salt, and Water by Y. Zhang, D. G. Li

“…The results showed that the two-phase region expanded, and both the length and slope of the tie-lines increased with rising pH values. The phase behavior was analyzed using the Bancroft, Othmer-Tobias, and Hand equations, the measured data showing acceptable consistency, and the Bancroft equation providing the best fit. …”
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A mathematical model for treatment-resistant mutations of HIV by Helen Moore, Weiqing Gu

“…We perform our analysis by changing thesystem of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) to a simplesingle-variable ODE, then identifying equilibria and determining stability.We carry out numerical calculations that illustrate the behavior of thesystem. We also examine the effects of various treatment regimens on thedevelopment of treatment-resistant mutations of HIV in this model.…”
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Effect of preparation methods on morphology of active manganese dioxide and 2,4-dinitrophenol adsorption performance by Hua-jun Chen, Wenjie Tian, Wuxiu Ding

“…The shape of active manganese dioxide prepared at room temperature and pressure was short rod-like while active manganese dioxide synthesized by hydrothermal method was mesoporous fibers and had better adsorption performance. The adsorption behavior of 2,4-dinitrophenol on mesoporous manganese dioxide was well described by Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm equation ( R 2 >0.99) and pseudo-second-order kinetic equation ( R 2 >0.99), so the adsorption process maybe a chemical and monolayer adsorption. …”
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L’économie de la responsabilité sociétale d’entreprise (RSE) :éléments de méthode institutionnaliste by Jean-Pierre Chanteau

“…The second part shows that: a) the current CSR-quality signals do not fit the required institutional conditions of identity, compliance and profitability so they cannot set the CSR prosocial behavior as a widespread though non legal norm; b) a managerial-type CSR and a political-type CSR are trying for two very different ways of operating business and governing firms.…”
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An Enhanced Generalized Plasticity Model for Coarse Granular Material considering Particle Breakage by W. J. Cen, J. R. Luo, W. D. Zhang, M. S. Rahman

“…The good agreement between numerical results and experimental data indicates that the enhanced model can accurately characterize the influence of particle breakage on essential behavior of coarse granular soils.…”
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Performance analysis of zero-forcing coordinated MIMO transmission in interference channels by Hai-rong WANG, Jian DONG, Yong-ming HUANG, ANGLV-xi Y

“…The performance of the zero-forcing (ZF) coordinated transmit strategy in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) interference channels was investigated.With the goal to derive analytical expression of its performance metric such as the sum rate and the outage probability,the asymptotic behavior of the performance metric was examined with the MIMO dimension tending to infinity.Using the random ma ix theory,an asymptotic estimate of all the eigenvalues of the effective channel matrix in the ZF coordinated transmit strategy was first proposed.Based on that,two closed-form expressions of the sum rate were derived,from which the scaling law of the sum rate with the MIMO dimension was obtained.Furthermore,using the multivariate statistics about the probability density distribution of the minimum eigenvalue of a Wishart matrix,the analytical expression of the outage probability for the coordinated transmit scheme was achieved under two special cases.Simulation results show that the proposed tical expression of the performance metric is valid not only in the large-dimension regime,but also in the normal-dimension regime.…”
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Dual-Band Microstrip Patch Antenna Miniaturization Using Metamaterial by Indrasen Singh, Vijay Shanker Tripathi, Sudarshan Tiwari

“…Proposed antenna provides good return loss behavior at both resonating frequencies. The obtained VSWR at both resonating frequencies is very much near to 1. …”
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Extranodal Lymphomas as an Unusual Presentation in Usual Sites: A Potential Clinicoradiological Mimicker of Infection by R. Aruna Geethanjali, Brindha Prabhakaran, S. K. Sridevi, L. Priyadharshini, Vishalli Dinesh, V. Archana

“…Extranodal lymphomas (ENLs) have different characteristics and often have distinct pathogenic mechanisms and clinical behavior, which has a significant impact in their diagnosis and treatment. …”
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Pharmacokinetics of Hyperthermic Intrathoracic Chemotherapy following Pleurectomy and Decortication by Paul H. Sugarbaker, O. Anthony Stuart, Christopher Eger

“…We monitored the intrapleural and plasma levels of mitomycin C and doxorubicin by HPLC assay in order to determine the pharmacokinetic behavior of this intracavitary use of chemotherapy. …”
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Manejo del tiempo académico en jóvenes que inician estudios en la Universidad Simón Bolívar by Emilse Durán-Aponte, Lydia Pujol

“…La investigación tuvo por objetivo evaluar las características psicométricas del Time Management Behavior Questionary (TMBQ), y describir el perfil de manejo del tiempo en jóvenes de Venezuela de reciente ingreso a la Universidad Simón Bolívar. …”
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Policy expertise and culture: the case of “civil sexuality” in Iran. by Elaheh Mohammadi, Anna Durnova

“…In the analysis of the Iranian policy debate, civil sexuality serves to show how the government normalizes women’s sexual behavior as part of Islamic culture and how it integrates this into the Iranian family-planning program. …”
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Aquaculture Applications of the Family Gobiidae by Matt DiMaggio, Jesse Von Linden, Joshua Patterson, Cortney Ohs

“…Many naturally perch on the rockscape or corals, spending their time beautifying their surroundings with their bright colors and intriguing behavior. This 7-page fact sheet written by Jesse Von Linden, Joshua T. …”
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An Overview of Agent-Based Models for Transport Simulation and Analysis by Jiangyan Huang, Youkai Cui, Lele Zhang, Weiping Tong, Yunyang Shi, Zhiyuan Liu

“…Besides, we point out some limitations in terms of calibration and validation procedure, agents’ behavior modeling, and computing efficiency. In conclusion, some recommendations are given and suggest potential and insightful directions such as Big Data and Digital Twin for future research.…”
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