Environmental tax reform roles and strategies of local governments: A quasi-natural experiment from China by Tianyang Chu

“…A mechanism analysis shows that environmental tax reform increases local governments’ motivation to promote green innovation through target adjustments and public environmental demands. Heterogeneity analyses indicate that environmental tax reform has a stronger effect on increasing environmental supervision and fiscal technology expenditure in high-growth- and high-environmental-pressure cities, and northern cities. …”
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RNA folding kinetics control riboswitch sensitivity in vivo by David Z. Bushhouse, Jiayu Fu, Julius B. Lucks

“…Understanding how riboswitch sensitivity to ligand (EC50) is controlled is critical to explain how highly conserved aptamer domains are deployed in a variety of contexts with different sensitivity demands. Here we uncover roles by which RNA folding dynamics control riboswitch sensitivity in cells. …”
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Control point locating scheme of street light network in urban environment by Yue-Shan Chang, Ruey-Kai Sheu, Guang-Ting Wu

“…Hence, there are strong demands to intelligently manage the construction and control over street light infrastructures. …”
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Virtualized Microphone Array for Moving Sources Mapping by Francesca Sopranzetti, Alessia Caputo, Paolo Castellini

“…The acoustic analysis of a moving object, such as in pass-by or fly-over tests, is a very important and demanding issue. These types of analyses make it possible to characterize the machine in quite realistic conditions, but the typical difficulties related to source localization and characterization are usually exacerbated by the need to take into consideration and to compensate for the object movement. …”
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Photorealistic Texture Contextual Fill-In by Radek Richtr

“…Additionally, this study addresses the technical challenges of inpainting, including computational demands, interpretability, and bias in AI models. …”
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The pornography of confinement. Porn expressions about the coronavirus by Paula Sequeira-Rovira

“…The aim of this article is to explore the characteristics of this type of pornography and analyze the links between such videos and demands upon the biopolitical subject, who is to be responsible for their own health. …”
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Development of Electric and Chemical Microthrusters by M. Tajmar, C. A. Scharlemann

“…The increasing application of microsatellites (from 10 kg up to 100 kg) as well as CubeSats for a rising number of various missions demands the development of miniaturized propulsion systems. …”
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Teaching Russian to Non-Native Speaking Students in the Multicultural Space of Russian and Moldova Universities by N. D. Afanasieva, M. A. Volkova, E. I. Tsymbalyuk

“…The research showed that it is necessary to make adjustments in the educational environment and the content of educational programmes based on the labour market demands.…”
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Educational changes and barriers to change in the statements of teachers-innovators and non-innovators by Bartosz Atroszko

“…In their statements, they demanded a breakthrough that was, in fact, a questioning of the dominant education model. …”
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Routing algorithm for supporting data-differentiated service in hybrid wireless mesh networks in underground mines by Haifeng Jiang, Liansheng Lu, Guangzhi Han, He Wang, Shanshan Ma, Renke Sun

“…According to the different demands of data transmission, the proportion of these two potential fields is adjusted by a regulatory factor to form a hybrid potential field. …”
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Flexibility in choosing decision policies in gathering discrete evidence over time. by Masoumeh Golmohamadian, Mehrbod Faraji, Fatemeh Fallah, Fatemeh Sharifizadeh, Reza Ebrahimpour

“…The brain can remarkably adapt its decision-making process to suit the dynamic environment and diverse aims and demands. The brain's flexibility can be classified into three categories: flexibility in choosing solutions, decision policies, and actions. …”
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Condição humana, condição cidadã: um ensaio sobre a dignidade da política e os desafios do novo Estado democrático by Adelia Maria Miglievich Ribeiro

“…In the view of Boaventura de Souza Santos, this jeopardizes the modern social contract, demanding its renewal through the public powers commitment to the consolidation of processes of social inclusion. …”
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Cell on Wheels-Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System for Providing Wireless Coverage in Emergency Situations by Hazim Shakhatreh, Khaled Hayajneh, Khaled Bani-Hani, Ahmad Sawalmeh, Muhammad Anan

“…Cells on wheels (CoWs) can also be utilized to provide enhanced wireless coverage for short-term demands. In this paper, a single CoW cooperates with a single UAV in order to provide maximum wireless coverage to ground users. …”
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Dialogic communication management theory and engagement with investors by Muriel Serfontein-Jordaan, Dawie Bornman

“…Since investors have increasing demands and specific information needs, it is essential that organisations communicate relevant and useful information by means of investor relations. …”
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A Framework for Integrating Vision Transformers with Digital Twins in Industry 5.0 Context by Attila Kovari

“…This paper proposes a conceptual design framework based on Vision Transformers (ViTs) and digital twins, to meet the demands of Industry 5.0. ViTs, known for their advanced visual data analysis capabilities, complement the simulation and optimization capabilities of digital twins, which in turn can enhance predictive maintenance, quality control, and human–machine symbiosis. …”
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Blending ratio of recycled aggregate on the performance of pervious concrete by Yao Yanya

“…Recycled pervious concrete as an environment-friendly and material-saving construction material can satisfy the current development demands of circular economy and environmental protection in China. …”
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Non‐Autoregressive Translation Algorithm Based on LLM Knowledge Distillation in English Corpus by Fang Ju, Weihui Wang

“…So this research introduces an English corpus‐based machine translation algorithm that leverages knowledge distillation from large language model, with the goal of enhancing translation quality and reducing the computational demands of the model. Initially, we conducted a thorough analysis of the English corpus to identify prevalent language patterns and structures. …”
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Living with Parkinson’s and the Emerging Role of Occupational Therapy by Jelka Jansa, Ana Aragon

“…Parkinson’s disease is a chronic and increasingly complex condition, demanding multidisciplinary management. Over the last twenty years or so, alongside the growth of specialist services and healthcare teams specifically developed for people with Parkinson’s, occupational therapy has grown in recognition as a treatment option, especially since evidence of its efficacy is now slowly emerging. …”
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‘Avoidance Preening’, Displacement Behavior and Co-Dependency in Professional Team Sport: When Wants Become More Important Than Needs by Blake D. McLean, Donnie S. Strack, David T. Martin

“…Athletes’ non-strategic, time-demanding focus on physical preparation/treatments resembles avian ‘avoidance preening’, whereby stressful situations trigger birds to excessively preen in place of more productive activities. …”
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Actions de sensibilisation entreprises par le sanctuaire de chimpanzés JACK dans la région de Lubumbashi, RDC by Franck Chantereau, Roxanne Chantereau

“…Le sanctuaire qui accueille aujourd’hui 38 chimpanzés a pour objectif principal de sensibiliser un large public incluant les personnes susceptibles d’entretenir par leur demande le prélèvement de chimpanzés (expatriés, hauts fonctionnaires), les autorités en charge du contrôle du trafic (autorités gouvernementales, soldats) et bien sur les jeunes générations dont les familles et connaissances sont impliquées dans le braconnage. …”
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