Influential factors in the competitiveness of mature tourism destinations by Margarida Custódio Santos, Ana Maria Ferreira, Carlos Costa

“…The results obtained from the empirical study allow us to conclude that the lack of environmental problems, not being overdeveloped in terms of construction and having maintained authenticity are all perceived by tourists as more important for the competitiveness of tourism destinations than factors normally considered more relevant, such as prices and the quality of accommodations.…”
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RETRACTED: Robot Path Planning Method Based on Indoor Spacetime Grid Model by Huangchuang Zhang, Qingjun Zhuang, Ge Li

“…In the context of digital twins, smart city construction and artificial intelligence technology are developing rapidly, and more and more mobile robots are performing tasks in complex and time-varying indoor environments, making, at present, the unification of modeling, dynamic expression, visualization of operation, and wide application between robots and indoor environments a pressing problem to be solved. …”
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Impact of Digital Inclusive Finance on Rural High-Quality Development: Evidence from China by Le Sun, Congmou Zhu

“…FE regression model and RE regression model were employed for empirical analysis, and we constructed a nonlinear regression model to investigate the nonlinear relationship as well. …”
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Flexural Vibration Analysis of Nonuniform Double-Beam System with General Boundary and Coupling Conditions by Lujun Chen, Deshui Xu, Jingtao Du, Chengwen Zhong

“…Supplementary terms with the smoothed characteristics are introduced to the standard Fourier series for the construction of displacement admissible function for each beam. …”
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Multifeature Short-Term Power Load Forecasting Based on GCN-LSTM by Houhe Chen, Mingyang Zhu, Xiao Hu, Jiarui Wang, Yong Sun, Jinduo Yang, Baoju Li, Xiangdong Meng

“…With the construction of a new-type power system under the China “double carbon” target and the increasing diversification of the energy demand on the user side, the short-term load forecasting of the power system is facing new challenges. …”
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University proceedings. Volga region. Natural sciences by O.N. Kurdyukova, Yu.G. Zarutskaya

“…Background. In urban green construction of Lugansk, the selection of fast-growing trees and shrubs with a high decorative effect is important. …”

Estimate Zinc-Oxide Particles on PMMA Mechanical Properties by Saja Ali Muhsin, Israa Mohammed Hummudi, Makarem A.R. Al-Ani

“… Background: Poly-methylmethacrylate is the most used dental material for the construction of removable prosthodontic appliances. Unfortunately, it has shown to be lacking two important properties which are radio-opacity and mechanical strength. …”
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Organic versus Conventional Agriculture: Comparison of Economic and Environmental Sustainability by Balode Lauma, Pakere Ieva, Luksta Ilze, Blumberga Dagnija

“…The core element of the sustainability assessment is the construction of the composite sustainability index using data from scientific literature, reports, and statistics. …”
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Jeśli nie naiwność, to co? Próba rekonstrukcji idei dziecka u J.J. Rousseau by Małgorzata Kowalik-Olubińska

“…Therefore, they present the possibility to include such categories as competence and autonomy in the considerations on the construction of the image of a child. The author, assuming the above mentioned research perspective, attempts to read Rousseau’s idea of a child in the context of three pairs of contradictory categories: innocence/corruption, immaturity/competence and dependence/ autonomy. …”
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Path-Based Approach for Expanding Rail Transit Network in a Metropolitan Area by Anjun Li, Dian Wang, Qiyuan Peng, Lisha Wang

“…A core transit network with multiclass rail transit systems has been constructed in many metropolitan areas worldwide. In this study, we aimed to expand an existing network to shorten travel time and improve service quality under the restriction of limited transport supply. …”
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Renewable Energy Interconnected Power System Load Frequency Control Under Network Attacks and Communication Time Delay by MI Yang, YANG Zishuai, XU Mingming, ZHOU Jie, HAN Yunhao

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A Rationale for Going Back to the Future: Use of Disposable Spacers for Pressurised Metered Dose Inhalers by Mark Sanders, Ronald Bruin

“…Spacer/chamber features (size, shape, configuration, construction material, and hygiene considerations) can vie with clinical effectiveness (to deliver the same dose as a correctly used pMDI), user convenience, cost, and accessibility. …”
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Unsteady Aerodynamic Modeling Based on POD-ARX by Xiaopeng Wang, Chen’an Zhang, Wen Liu, Famin Wang, Zhengyin Ye

“…To solve this problem, a hybrid reduced-order model named POD-ARX is constructed in this paper. The construction of this model involves two steps, including first extracting the fluid modes with the POD technique and then identifying the modal coefficients with the ARX model. …”
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Dickens and the American Millennium: The Uniformitarian Argument of Martin Chuzzlewit by Nancy Aycock Metz

“…He depicts human beings as small and vulnerable against ancient earthscapes of ocean, plain, forest, and wilderness, and exposes as myopic the narcissism of the vaunting, needy ego, with its self-centered construction of the world. Dickens makes these ideas part of a nationalist argument in deconstructing the American historical narrative. …”
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Russian System of Foreign Policy Expertise by A. A. Varfolomeev, O. P. Ivanov, I. V. Surma, Yu. A. Trefilova

“…The North American approach differs in preferences, methodological trends, forms of theoretical ethnocentrism and various forms of social construction. The European scholars and experts in foreign policy analysis use the theory of international relations much more extensively than their North American counterparts.Based on the analysis, we propose to use a comprehensive integrated method, developed in the Russian Diplomatic Academy, using an interdisciplinary approach based on elements of political psychology, sociology of management, international law, structural, functional and institutional approaches, etc. …”
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Instability Analysis of a Low-Angle Low-Expansive Soil Slope under Seasonal Wet-Dry Cycles and River-Level Variations by Yongzheng Qi, Zongzhi Wang, Haoqing Xu, Zirui Yuan

“…There were a small amount of obvious offsets at the bearing of bridge piers built on an artificial gentle canal bank terrace and many tensile cracks visible at the surface of the mortar block stones covering the terrace soil in several years following construction. To determine these reasons, a comprehensive site investigation and a wide variety of tests were implemented, which included geophysical tests, in situ tests, laboratory tests, pile integrity detection, and numerical analysis with the finite element method (FEM). …”
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Real-time detection of loosening torque in bolted joints using piezoresistive pressure-sensitive layer based on multi-walled carbon nanotubes reinforced epoxy nanocomposites by Abdulkadir Sanli, Bilgehan Demirkale, Olfa Kanoun

“…Abstract Bolted connections are extensively used in construction and machine design, playing critical roles in various industrial applications. …”
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Criticism of the Classical Theory of Macroeconomic Modeling by K. K. Kumehov

“…A fundamentally new approaches and methods by which it is possible the construction of macroeconomic models that take into account the theoretical and applied aspects of modeling, as well as formulated the basic methodological requirements.…”
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Hib Vaccines: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives by Adi Essam Zarei, Hussein A. Almehdar, Elrashdy M. Redwan

“…Many factors may play a role in the immunogenicity of Hib conjugate vaccines, such as the polysaccharides and proteins carrier used in vaccine construction, as well as the method of conjugation. A Hib conjugate vaccine has been constructed via chemical synthesis of a Hib saccharide antigen. …”
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Methodological Evaluation of the Final Examinations of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing by Margarita Rosa Romeu Escobar, Jose Aurelio Díaz Quiñones

“…Of the 109 exams, 88.9 % had well-constructed stems, 59.6% well-designed items and 61.6% correct rating scales. …”
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