Combined Safety and Coordination of Connected Automated Vehicles in Merging Area with Featuring Optimal Merging Positions by Bo Liu, Yanqing Cen, Zhihong Yao, Xianghui Song, Liu Hongben, Huan Gao

“…The proposed model has two stages: one is analysis of merging velocity of the insertable gap and the other one is determining constraint condition of cooperative merging. The outputs of first stage are interval of merging speed and the mergeable range. …”
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Post-harvest Fungal Infection in Arabica Coffee Beans (Coffea arabica Linnaeus) in the Coffee Center of West Sumatra Province, Indonesia by Martinius Martinius, Aziz Fauzi, Zurai Resti

“…The samples were taken from three collectors in each of the three central districts of Arabica coffee, West Sumatera province (Solok Selatan, Pesisir Selatan, Lima Puluh Kota) and one sample from Solok Radjo Cooperative as a comparison. The results showed that post-harvest fungi that attacked Arabica coffee beans in West Sumatra belong to the Aspergillus genus, namely Aspergillus niger, A. flavus, and A. ochraceus. …”
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Optimizing Spectrum Trading in Cognitive Mesh Network Using Machine Learning by Ayoub Alsarhan, Anjali Agarwal

“…In our scheme, PUs exchange channels dynamically based on the availability of neighbor’s idle channels. In our cooperative scheme, the objective of spectrum sharing is to maximize the total revenue and utilize spectrum efficiently. …”
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Robust fully distributed file caching for delay-tolerant networks: A reward-based incentive mechanism by Sidi Ahmed Ezzahidi, Essaid Sabir, Sara Koulali, El-Houssine Bouyakhf

“…Our proposal suggests a reward mechanism to uphold and to sustain cooperation among relay nodes. We model this distributed network interaction as a non-cooperative game. …”
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Sugarcane Yield Response to Furrow-Applied Organic Amendments on Sand Soils by J. Mabry McCray, Shangning Ji, Leslie E. Baucum

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Measuring plant cysteine oxidase interactions with substrates using intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence by Dona M. Gunawardana, Daisy A. Southern, Emily Flashman

“…It also revealed a positive cooperative binding effect for interactions between AtPCOs4/5 and ERFVIIs and ZPR2. …”
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Dynamic localization of glucokinase and its regulatory protein in hypothalamic tanycytes. by Magdiel Salgado, Estefanía Tarifeño-Saldivia, Patricio Ordenes, Carola Millán, María José Yañez, Paula Llanos, Marcos Villagra, Roberto Elizondo-Vega, Fernando Martínez, Francisco Nualart, Elena Uribe, María de Los Angeles García-Robles

“…Expression of GK by Escherichia coli revealed a functional cooperative protein with a S0.5 of 10 mM. GKRP, expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, inhibited GK activity in vitro with a Ki 0.2 µM. …”
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Observations From NOAA's Newest Solar Proton Sensor by B. T. Kress, J. V. Rodriguez, A. Boudouridis, T. G. Onsager, B. K. Dichter, G. E. Galica, S. Tsui

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Distributed Synchronization Control to Trajectory Tracking of Multiple Robot Manipulators by Yassine Bouteraa, Jawhar Ghommam, Gérard Poisson, Nabil Derbel

“…This paper investigates the issue of designing decentralized control laws to cooperatively command a team of general fully actuated manipulators. …”
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Cultural Integrations for Organisational Performance: Synthesising Western Liberal, Sinocentric and Ubuntu perspectives in South African Career Management Services by Shereen Sikwela, Melvin Diedericks

“…Key cultural themes, including individual autonomy, hierarchy, collaboration, societal order, and communitarianism, were reviewed at the North West Province Departments of Cooperative Governance, Traditional Affairs, and Human Settlements through mixed methods research. …”
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Modeling Slotted Aloha as a Stochastic Game with Random Discrete Power Selection Algorithms by Rachid El-Azouzi, Essaid Sabir, Tania Jiménez, El-Houssine Bouyakhf

“…Under this capture model, we analyze both the cooperative team in which a common goal is jointly optimized as well as the noncooperative game problem where mobiles reach to optimize their own objectives. …”
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The systemic evolutionary theory of the origin of cancer (SETOC): an update by Antonio Mazzocca, Giovanni Ferraro, Giovanni Misciagna

“…Abstract The Systemic Evolutionary Theory of the Origin of Cancer (SETOC) is a recently proposed theory founded on two primary principles: the cooperative and endosymbiotic process of cell evolution as described by Lynn Margulis, and the integration of complex systems operating in eukaryotic cells, which is a core concept in systems biology. …”
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A delve into the exploration of potential bacterial extremophiles used for metal recovery by A.S. Deshpande, R. Kumari, A. Prem Rajan

“…They carry out the process of Bioleaching through three mechanisms: Indirect, contact/ direct and cooperative bioleaching. This review gives a sneak peek into the different strains of chemolithotrophs which are used in bioleaching, and some recent work in the field. …”
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A Novel Efficient Passive Spatial Orientation Detection Method of UMT Enabled by ISB by Zhengqiang Xiong, Tao Sun, Zhengxing Wang, Yuhao Wu, Jie Yin

“…As a supplement to solutions against complex underwater environments, a hybrid ECOD method is also developed by involving the cooperation from underwater distributed sensor networks. …”
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Transboundary hydropolitical conflicts and their impact on river morphology and environmental degradation in the Hirmand Basin, West Asia by Atefe Arfa, Seyed Ali Ayyoubzadeh, Hossein Shafizadeh-Moghadam, Hojjat Mianabadi

“…Using the TWINS framework, the study assesses cooperation and conflict in hydropolitical relations, alongside the environmental repercussions of upstream activities on downstream ecosystems. …”
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Traffic State Recognition of Intersection Based on Image Model and PCA Hashing by Li-li Zhang, Li Wang, Qi Zhao

“…At present, more and more advanced traffic detection technology provides reliable and accurate data for measuring and distinguishing the state of urban road traffic, such as the cooperative vehicle-infrastructure system, wide-area radar technology, and 5G technology. …”
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Decentralized State Estimation Algorithm of Centralized Equivalent Precision for Formation Flying Spacecrafts Based on Junction Tree by Mengyuan Dai, Hua Mu, Meiping Wu, Zhiwen Xian

“…As KF is a special case of BE, the new solution based on JT is equivalent in precision to centralized KF in theory. A cooperative navigation example of a three-satellite formation is used to test the decentralized algorithms. …”
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Metodologia das escalas geográficas de poder e gestão aplicada à análise de desenvolvimento em quatro territórios rurais no Brasil by Aldomar A. Rückert, Anelise G. Rambo

“…It is presented here the action scales of actors in four projects developed in rural territories - the Regional Cooperative of Peasant Agriculture (CORAC), Seberi, (“Médio Alto Uruguai” territory /Rio Grande do Sul state); Small Farmers Milk Production Cooperatives Sistem (SISCLAF), Francisco Beltrão (“Sudoeste do Paraná Territory” / Paraná state); Small Peasant Agriculture Formation Center São José Operário (CENTAF), Silvânia, (“Estrada de Ferro” Territory / Goiás state) and Frutivale Association, Datas (“Vale do Jequitinhonha” Territory /Minas Gerais state). …”
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Marketing Strategies and Organization Performance: A Case Study of Rukiga SACCO Kabale Municipality Kabale District. by Ainebyoona, Jacob

“…The study recommends that community members be organized in cooperative unions or associations to easily acquire certain services or help from the SACCOs such as getting loans at lower interest.…”
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Presenting a Framework of Effective Factors on the Implementation of Policies in the Field of Protection and Exploitation of Forests in the North of the Country by Davoud Hosseinpoor, Seyed Mahdi Alvani, Hossein Aslipour, Aghil Ghorbani Paji

“…This cooperative strategy is especially relevant in the context of forest governance, where the complexities of environmental, social, and economic factors intersect. …”
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