Towards a Conceptual Model of Users’ Expectations of an Autonomous In-Vehicle Multimodal Experience by Ecem Berfin Ince, Kyungjoo Cha, Junghyun Cho

“…This will enable people to turn their attention to desirable activities other than driving and to have varied in-vehicle interactions through multimodal ways of conveying and receiving information. …”
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Design of an Adaptive Fixed-Time Fast Terminal Sliding Mode Controller for Multi-Link Robots Actuated by Pneumatic Artificial Muscles by Hesam Khajehsaeid, Ali Soltani, Vahid Azimirad

“…An adaptive fixed-time fast terminal sliding mode control is proposed to track the desired joint position trajectories despite the model uncertainties and external disturbances with unknown magnitude bounds. …”
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Talent Management in the Public Sector – Empirical Evidence from the Emerging Economy of Romania by Barrington Everton Graham

“…Furthermore, there appears to be a lack of understanding of talent management among HR practitioners, and implementation efforts have yielded less-than-desirable results. Practical Implications: The results of our study suggest that while talent management practices are widely embraced by a growing number of private sector companies, their conceptualization and implementation in the public sector differ. …”
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Problems and Tasks of Higher Pedagogical Education at the Present Stage of Country’s Development by G. A. Bordovsky

“…The analysis of the reasons why numerous attempts to update the Russian education system do not lead to the desired result and cause increasing criticism is carried out. …”
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EFFECTS OF CONTINUOUS AND FRACTURED RIBS PLACED AT THE ENDWALL SURFACE UPSTREAM OF THE TURBINE-VANE LEADING-EDGE by Adeola Suhud Shote, Samson Abiodun Aasa, Olabode T Olakoyejo, Aderemi Musiliudeen Bamiduro

“…Total pressure loss, chaotic and heavy flow downstream of the turbine passage exit area are a few effects of the desired increase in inlet temperature input at the upstream part of the turbine vane passage. …”
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Efficiency Evaluation of Energy in Northeastern China Based on Data Envelopment Analysis by Hongyan Li, Zhiyu Ma, Jie Sun

“…In this paper, some energy structures such as oil, coal, and electricity are chosen as input indexes, while per capita gross domestic product (GDP) and total retail sales of consumer goods are desirable output indexes. The main causes of haze are industrial waste gas emission, industrial wastewater discharge, and solid waste production, which are regarded as undesirable output indexes. …”
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The Prevalence and Risk Factors for Low Birth Weight among Term Newborns in Adwa General Hospital, Northern Ethiopia by Yisak Gebregzabiherher, Abera Haftu, Solomon Weldemariam, Haftom Gebrehiwet

“…The risk factors were mothers aged less than 20 years, mothers whose pregnancy was desired, mothers with a history of abortion, and mothers with normal hemoglobin, iron with folic acid, and HIV status. …”
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Fuzzy Sliding Mode Control with Moving Sliding Surface of Rotary Inverted Pendulum by Oğuz Yakut, Muhammet Aydın

“…From the results, it was seen that the pendulum angle reached the desired reference value around the first second and the error was approximately zero. …”
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Safety Assessment of Speed Governing Systems in Hydroelectric Power Plants: A Functional Safety Perspective by Nezihe Merve Balcı, Özgür Turay Kaymakçı

“…It has been proved that safety integrity level of the proposed safety-related control system is at the desired level that can make the related safety related functions verify the identified safety level.…”
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A Top-Down Clustering and Cluster-Tree-Based Routing Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks by H. M. N. Dilum Bandara, Anura P. Jayasumana, Tissa H. Illangasekare

“…Algorithm parameters allow for formation of cluster trees with desirable properties such as controlled breadth/depth, uniform cluster size, and circular clusters. …”
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Prediction of IL4 Inducing Peptides by Sandeep Kumar Dhanda, Sudheer Gupta, Pooja Vir, G. P. S. Raghava

“…These models would be useful in designing the peptides that may induce desired Th2 response.…”
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PLANT GENE PROMOTERS RESPONSIVE TO PATHOGEN INVASION by O. G. Smirnova, A. V. Kochetov

“…Thus, investigation of their promoters is important for detection of new transcriptional factors controlling their activity and for search for new genes involved in pathogen response. It seems desirable to employ pathogen-responsive promoters to make plant cultivars resistant to various pathogens by gene engineering techniques. …”
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Digital Media Design for Dynamic Gesture Interaction with Image Processing by Xiaoli Xiong, Yongguang Hou

“…Image processing is the technique of analyzing images with a computer to achieve the desired results. Image processing technology generally includes three parts: image compression, enhancement and restoration, and matching, description, and recognition. …”
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Noise-Based Active Defense Strategy for Mitigating Eavesdropping Threats in Internet of Things Environments by Abdallah Farraj, Eman Hammad

“…Analytical and numerical analyses presented in this article validate the effectiveness of the proposed strategy, demonstrating that IoT devices can achieve the desired levels of confidentiality.…”
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GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by María Isabel del Olmo-Garcia, Juan Francisco Merino-Torres

“…Although many of the mechanisms by which liraglutide and semaglutide produce a cardiovascular benefit are still unknown it would be desirable for these benefits to be incorporated into the therapeutic algorithms routinely used in clinical practice. …”
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Physical Insights into Molecular Sensors, Molecular Logic Gates, and Photosensitizers in Photodynamic Therapy by Demeter Tzeli, Ioannis D. Petsalakis

“…It this case, charge/electron phenomena can act competitive, and they are not desirable. However, there are a few complexes which are good PSs of singlet oxygen despite the charge transfer (CT) nature of their lowest excited state.…”
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Risk Factors for Child Mortality in the Kassena-Nankana District of Northern Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study Using Population-Based Data by Michael N. K. Babayara, Bright Addo

“…Current child survival strategies therefore need to be evaluated and modified where necessary to yield desired results.…”
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Polymer interaction of the genes SHY2 and MSG1, NPH4 and IAR2 in the inheritance of the Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. root system by S. G. Hablak

“…The results presented are of interest for practical use of the economically valuable trait «branching roots» in plant breeding to create varieties and hybrids with the desired properties of mineral nutrition. Our data indicate that the ability of plant roots to increase the degree of branching depends on individual genes and can be inherited through polymer gene interactions. …”
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Prediction of hemolytic peptides and their hemolytic concentration by Anand Singh Rathore, Nishant Kumar, Shubham Choudhury, Naman Kumar Mehta, Gajendra P. S. Raghava

“…These models outperform existing methods and are implemented in HemoPI2, a web-based platform and standalone software for designing peptides with desired HC50 values ( http://webs.iiitd.edu.in/raghava/hemopi2/ ).…”
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Dynamics, vulnerabilities and prospects of the Colombian-Venezuelan border by Martha Ardila, Jorge Iván Lozano, María Alejandra Quintero

“…Finally, the theoretical approach of the article is used to examine three future potential scenarios: one possible, one probable and one desirable. The conclusion is drawn that, due to current developments in the border, migration and crime are expected to increase, while the economic outlook will worsen in the short term.…”
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