The roles portrayed by children in South African magazine advertising by Ernest North

“…A conceptual framework or marketing communications model is presented to illustrate how marketers can use the child as a substitute communicator in various roles to convey the firm’s advertising message. …”
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Prevalence, awareness, treatment, control, and treatment-control rates of hypertension among adults in Hubei province: a cross-sectional survey by Tianjing HE, Lan ZHANG, Shuzhen ZHU, Miaoyan SHEN, Qian LI, Yumeng TANG, Mengge ZHOU, Jingju PAN

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Athermal Tantalum Pentoxide Mach-Zehnder Interferometers Based on Structural Compensation Method by Mingjian You, Zhenyu Liu, Weiren Cheng, Xingyu Tang, Ning Ding, Zhengqi Li, Min Wang, Li Shen, Qiancheng Zhao

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Microscale insight into the proton concentration during electrolytic reaction via an optical microfiber: potential for microcurrent monitoring by a dielectric probe by Yunyun Huang, Jiaxuan Liang, Haotian Wu, Pengwei Chen, Aoxiang Xiao, Bai-Ou Guan

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On the Reusage of Primary Radio Resources through the Exploitation of the Spatiotemporal Robustness of the MIMO Transmissions by G. A. Medina-Acosta, José A. Delgado-Penín

“…The spatiotemporal robustness of the MIMO transmissions is exploited aiming at inducing opportunistic secondary communications on the primary radio resources. The proposed model makes use of the smallest singular values and the Extreme Value Theory for characterizing the robustness of the MIMO systems, having always the premise of preventing significant degradations in the performance of the primary communications, while at the same time an attractive number of potential opportunities for secondary are intended to be offered. …”
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An Open-Source Code for the Calculation of the Effects of Mutual Coupling in Arrays of Wires and for the ASM-MBF Method by Christophe Craeye, Belen Andrés García, Enrique García Muñoz, Rémi Sarkis

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Database energy saving strategy using blockchain and Internet of Things by Dexian Yang, Jiong Yu, Zhenzhen He, Ping Li

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Quadratic Forms in Random Matrices with Applications in Spectrum Sensing by Daniel Gaetano Riviello, Giusi Alfano, Roberto Garello

“…Quadratic forms with random kernel matrices are ubiquitous in applications of multivariate statistics, ranging from signal processing to time series analysis, biomedical systems design, wireless communications performance analysis, and other fields. …”
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Corrigendum to “Wearable Passive E-Textile UHF RFID Tag Based on a Slotted Patch Antenna with Sewn Ground and Microchip Interconnections” by Johanna Virkki, Zhigang Wei, Aruhan Liu, Leena Ukkonen, Toni Björninen

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Effects of chronic diseases on health related quality of life is mediated by sleep difficulty in middle aged and older adults by Yaoyao Wu, Zesheng Chen, Zongxue Cheng, Zhecong Yu, Kang Qin, Caixia Jiang, Jue Xu

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Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs regarding acute coronary syndrome in patients with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study by Mohammad Amerzadeh, Mahdie Bahrami, Mojtaba Senmar, Zahra Hosseinkhani, Zahra Shafiei Kisomi

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Improved Pilot-Aided Channel Estimation for MIMO-OFDM Fading Channels by J. Mar, Chi-Cheng Kuo, M. B. Basnet

“…The space-frequency block code-OFDM (SFBC-OFDM) system and a six-path fading channel model are considered as an example of the high mobility MIMO-OFDM wireless communications system. Through simulations it is shown that SFBC-OFDM system using the proposed approach can satisfy the performance requirements over frequency selective and frequency nonselective fast fading channels.…”
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Analysis of the Consecutive Mean Excision Algorithms by Johanna Vartiainen, Janne Lehtomäki, Harri Saarnisaari, Markku Juntti

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Debatten i debatten by Jenny Eklöf

“…Based on the concept of knowledge cartographies, this study highlights how the main actors in the debate tried to make sense of what gene technology entailed, but also, and more importantly, how knowledge about the technology and its consequences should be communicated and disseminated in society. The article shows that the combination of a relatively unanimous research community with the absence of an organized and engaged public meant that the communicative line of conflict mainly came to stand between researchers on one side and the mass media and individual politicians on the other. …”
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Canadian Occupational Performance Measure Supported by Talking Mats: An Evaluation of the Clinical Utility by Vita Hagelskjær, Mette Krohn, Pia Susanne Christensen, Jeanette Reffstrup Christensen

“…Some clients with cognitive and communicative impairments after a brain injury are unable to participate in the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) without support. …”
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Insights into quorum sensing (QS): QS-regulated biofilm and inhibitors by Wen-Si Tan, Jodi Woan-Fei Law, Lydia Ngiik-Shiew Law, Vengadesh Letchumanan, Kok-Gan Chan

“… In the environment, bacteria can communicate with a known mechanism called quorum sensing (QS). …”
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Remote Laboratory Experiments in a Virtual Immersive Learning Environment by Luca Berruti, Franco Davoli, Sandro Zappatore, Gianluca Massei, Amedeo Scarpiello

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Full-Duplex Mode in Amplify-and-Forward Relay Channels: Outage Probability and Ergodic Capacity by Rongyi Hu, Chunjing Hu, Jiamo Jiang, Xinqian Xie, Lei Song

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Joint Noniterative Beamforming Schemes for BER Minimization in Next-Generation Wireless Sensor Networks by Mohamed S. Abouzeid, Heba A. El-Khobby, Mahmoud A. A. Ali, Mohamed E. Nasr

“…Accordingly, more robust communications can be achieved for next-generation wireless sensor networks. …”
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Development of an Aerial Manipulation System Using Onboard Cameras and a Multi-Fingered Robotic Hand with Proximity Sensors by Ryuki Sato, Etienne Marco Badard, Chaves Silva Romulo, Tadashi Wada, Aiguo Ming

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