Dimensions of Rational Decision-Making during the Demographic Transition; Aranjuez (Spain) Revisited by David Reher, Glenn Sandström

“…Here results show that both sexes were desired by parents but that lack of surviving males had greater influence on fertility behavior. …”
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Photocatalysis and Photoelectrochemical Properties of Tungsten Trioxide Nanostructured Films by Chin Wei Lai

“…Thus, controlled growth of one-dimensional (1D) WO3 nanotubular structures with desired length, diameter, and wall thickness has gained significant interest. …”
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Radial and Sigmoid Basis Function Neural Networks in Wireless Sensor Routing Topology Control in Underground Mine Rescue Operation Based on Particle Swarm Optimization by Mary Opokua Ansong, Hong-Xing Yao, Jun Steed Huang

“…Computer simulation results showed that the neural network learning algorithm minimized the error between the neural network output and the desired output such that final error values were either the same as the error goal or less than the error goal. …”
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Effect of Al2O3 on the Tensile and Impact Strength of Flax/Unsaturated Polyester Composite with Emphasis on Automobile Body Applications by Gebre Fenta Aynalem, Belete Sirahbizu

“…This study has endeavored to develop an Al2O3-filled natural fiber reinforced polymer composite which is intended to substitute the most widely used synthetic E-glass fiber material. To attain the desired objective of the work, 0, 5, 10, and 15 wt% Al2O3-filled chopped flax/unsaturated polyester resin composite have been developed by the conventional hand-lay-up method followed by a compression molding process. …”
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Mutual Coupling Effect on Ultrawideband Linear Antenna Array Performance by Osama Ahmed, Abdel-Razik Sebak

“…Proper tuning for interelement spacing with enough mutual coupling enhances the array realized gain at most frequencies and makes it more stable across the desired frequency range. From the radiation pattern results, the grating lobes appear in UWB arrays when the element spacing is greater than two wavelengths at the upper edge frequency, 10.6 GHz, or half wavelength at the lower edge frequency 3.1 GHz. …”
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Governing bodies? by Kudzaiishe Peter Vanyoro, George Mavunga, Zvenyika Eckson Mugari

“… Using both intersectional and kyriarchy heuristics which acknowledge the interlocking gender, sexuality and class dynamics in the co-construction of power hierarchies, this paper examines how informal herbal healing flyers and posters in the Johannesburg CBD reinforce norms which govern and legitimate desirable male and female bodies and lives through written texts and images. …”
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Development of seismic fragility curves for buckling- restrained braced structures under far-field motions considering soil-structure interaction by Hasan Ghasemzadeh, Reza Khodabakhshi Soureshjani

“…Therefore, it is highly advisable to consider the SSI effects in the analysis and design of buckling restrained braced (BRB) structures with six stories or fewer to ensure the desired structural response during seismic events.…”
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ISDS Reform UNCITRAL: Implications For Indonesian Investment Policy by Garuda Wiko, Fatma Muthia Kinanti

“…In July 2017, UNCITRAL established Working Group III with a mandate to identify and evaluate ISDS-related concerns, consider the need or desirability of reforms, and develop relevant solutions. …”
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Advancements in genome editing tools for genetic studies and crop improvement by Asadollah Ahmadikhah, Homa Zarabizadeh, Shahnoush Nayeri, Mohammad Sadegh Abbasi

“…Despite decades of progress in plant breeding and genetic engineering, the development of new crop varieties with desirable agronomic traits remains a time-consuming process. …”
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Alternative models for cyclic lemming dynamics by Hao Wang, Yang Kuang

“…Through a series of carefullyderived models of the well documented high-amplitude, large-periodfluctuations of lemming populations, we argue that whenappropriately formulated, autonomous differential equations maycapture much of the desirable rich dynamics, such as the existenceof a periodic solution with period and amplitude close to that ofapproximately periodic solutions produced by the more natural butmathematically daunting nonautonomous models. …”
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Finite Element Simulations of Dynamic Shear Fracture of Hollow Shear Pins by Zibo Jin, Jin Zhou, Daochun Li

“…To solve this problem, a new configuration of hollow shear pin was proposed for the purpose of obtaining both desired failure load and failure mode. The new configuration was verified by the fracture simulation and it is found that the new configuration is effective and can be used to improve the shear fracture performance.…”
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No Way Back? ECB’s Forward Guidance and Policy Normalisation by Jakob de Haan

“…The ECB’s forward guidance steered financial markets in the desired direction and, in combination with other unconventional policies, probably helped to raise inflation when it was below target. …”
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Dimensions of Rational Decision-Making during the Demographic Transition; Aranjuez (Spain) Revisited by David Reher, Glenn Sandström

“…Here results show that both sexes were desired by parents but that lack of surviving males had greater influence on fertility behavior. …”
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Dimensions of Rational Decision-Making during the Demographic Transition; Aranjuez (Spain) Revisited by David Reher, Glenn Sandström

“…Here results show that both sexes were desired by parents but that lack of surviving males had greater influence on fertility behavior. …”
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Design of UWB Filter with WLAN Notch by Harish Kumar, MD. Upadhayay

“…In this structure a λ/4 open-circuited stub is introduced to achieve the notch at 5.6 GHz to avoid the interference with WLAN frequency which lies in the desired UWB band. The design structure was simulated on electromagnetic circuit simulation software and fabricated by microwave integrated circuit technique. …”
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The Investigation of Nonavailability of Passive Safety Systems Effects on Small Break LOCA Sequence in AP1000 Using RELAP5 MOD 4.0 by Anwar Hussain, Amjad Nawaz

“…The passive safety systems of AP1000 are designed to operate automatically at desired set-points. However, the unavailability or failure to operate of any of the passive safety systems will change the accident sequence and may affect reactor safety. …”
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Deviations From μ‐τ Symmetry Using Δ27 Group on Neutrino Masses and Mixings by Ph. Wilina, N. Nimai Singh

“…This can generate the desired deviation from μ‐τ symmetry. The resulting neutrino oscillation parameters are well agreed with the latest global fit oscillation data. …”
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Compact Quadband Bandstop Filter Based on Concentric Split Ring Resonators with Perturbation for Multifunctional Wireless Systems by Pierre Moukala Mpele

“…The overall volumetric size of the proposed filter is 0.197λg × 0.197λg × 0.01λg, where λg is the guided wavelength at 1.2 GHz. The desired performance is achieved by introducing two diamond-shaped concentric split ring resonators (DSCSRRs) intercoupled and defected ground structure. …”
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We Have Come a Long Way and We Have a Long Way to Go: A Cross-Survey Comparison of Data Quality in 16 Arab Countries in the Arab Barometer vs the World Values Survey by Saskia Glas, Veronica Kostenko

“…Our results show that neither sample differences nor enumerator fraud drives discrepancies, but there might be some influence of socially desirable answers …”
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DarkOnto: An Ontology Construction Approach for Dark Web Community Discussions Through Topic Modeling and Ontology Learning by Randa Basheer, Bassel Alkhatib

“…We start from the conceptual design of the ontology and employ several stages of text processing and analysis to achieve the desired knowledge graph, DarkOnto. These stages include data cleaning and preprocessing, topic modeling using correlated topic model (CTM), class-topic similarity estimation, ontology construction, ontology population, and ontology evaluation, where the proposed approach achieved high results. …”
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