A Game-Based Secure Localization Algorithm for Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks by Tianyue Bao, Jiangwen Wan, Kefu Yi, Qiang Zhang

“…The issue of node localization is a fundamental problem in wireless sensor networks. Recently, the localization problem for mobile sensor networks in hostile environment has received significant attention. …”
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THERMAL LENSING MEASUREMENTS IN THE ANISOTROPIC LASER CRYSTALS UNDER DIODE PUMPING by P. A. Loiko, V. G. Savitski, K. V. Yumashev, N. V. Kuleshov, A. A. Pavlyuk

“…The studied crystal is placed into the stable two-mirror laser cavity operating at the fundamental transversal mode. The output beam radius is measured with respect to the pump intensity for different meridional planes (all these planes contain the light propagation direction). …”
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Constructing Employability Indicators for Enhancing the Effectiveness of Engineering Education for the Solar Industry by Chin-Guo Kuo, Chi-Cheng Chang, Chun-Cheng Huang

“…The research contributes a framework for the selection and cultivation of talent, as well as providing a basis for fundamental development of the solar engineering curriculum.…”
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Optimized Sample Adaptive Offset Filter in HEVC by N. Archana, R. Menaka, P. T. Vasanth Raj, G. Keerthivasan, N. Kumar

“…The high-efficiency video coding (HEVC) standard incorporates sample adaptive offset (SAO) as an in-loop filtering technique to reduce distortion. The fundamental tenet of SAO is to classify every reconstructed pixel and then simply add the offset to each group of pixels. …”
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Communicating About Water in the Floridan Aquifer Region: Part 6—Stakeholders’ Mental Models of Regional Water Challenges by Sadie Hundemer, Shenara Ramadan

“…The maps reveal that the groups think about the topic in fundamentally different ways. While surveyed producers possess an agricultural, operational-level view of the water-economic system that includes the protective actions taken by individual farmers and ranchers, environmentalists possess a watershed-level view of the water-economic system that highlights the detrimental collective impacts of the agricultural industry as a whole. …”
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Materials and clean processes for sustainable energy and environmental applications: Foreword by Jellali, Salah, Dutournié, Patrick, Jeguirim, Mejdi

“…The pivotal solution lies in transitioning to sustainable energy generation by using natural resources like the sun, water, wind, biomass, and others. This shift is fundamental to mitigating climate change and preserving the environment. …”
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Vietnamese religiosity, premarital sexual permissiveness, and abortion attitudes: the mediating role of filial piety by Phuoc-Thien Nguyen, Vu Hoang Anh Nguyen, Tuan-Khai Truong, Tri-Bao Nguyen, Ky Luu, Vy Truc Le, Ngoc-Han Nguyen-Thi, Yen-Trang Chu-Nguyen, Lan Thi Nguyen, Vinh-Long Tran-Chi

“…Abstract This study focuses on filial piety, a fundamental psychological factor in Vietnam and its relationship with religiosity and attitudes toward abortion. …”
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Les archives, un outil dans la construction d’un rapport de force féministe : l’exemple d’un groupe féministe et syndical by Maëva Ballon, Flaz Torres

“…Records and archives therefore constitute fundamental sources of legitimization of our feminist actions. …”
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L’école maternelle au service des besoins fondamentaux de l’enfant : résultats d’une expérimentation sur les besoins de sécurisation et d’exploration by Hélène Marquié-Dubié

“…Nursery school serving the fundamental needs of the child: an experiment on the needs for security and exploration. …”
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DESPLAZAMIENTOS EN TORNO A LA CORPORALIDAD. ENTRE LA ÉTICA DE LA LIBERACIÓN Y LA PERSPECTIVA DESCOLONIAL by BÁRBARA AGUER

“…En el marco que configura este punto de partida reflexivo, el lugar asignado a la corporalidad constituirá el nodo de articulación fundamental para establecer tanto los desarrollos críticos como los prospectivos de ambas teorías.…”
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Robot Trajectories Comparison: A Statistical Approach by A. Ansuategui, A. Arruti, L. Susperregi, Y. Yurramendi, E. Jauregi, E. Lazkano, B. Sierra

“…The task of planning a collision-free trajectory from a start to a goal position is fundamental for an autonomous mobile robot. Although path planning has been extensively investigated since the beginning of robotics, there is no agreement on how to measure the performance of a motion algorithm. …”
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Development of a Novel Biosensor Using Cationic Antimicrobial Peptide and Nickel Phthalocyanine Ultrathin Films for Electrochemical Detection of Dopamine by Maysa F. Zampa, Inês Maria de S. Araújo, José Ribeiro dos Santos Júnior, Valtencir Zucolotto, José Roberto de S. A. Leite, Carla Eiras

“…The selectivity in the detection of DA is a fundamental aspect for the development of electrochemical sensors with potential applications in the biomedical and pharmaceutical industries.…”
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MEAN MONTHLY WATER BALANCE IN NEUQUÉN, ARGENTINA by Marisa Gloria Cogliati, Griselda Ostertag, Matías Caso, Florencia Gisella Finessi, Damián Groch

“…The knowledge of the evolution of the different components of the water balance in arid zones is of fundamental importance for the estimation of the coverage of the hydric requirements of the vegetation, and of the different productive activities that are developed in the area; as well as for the control of the state of the wetlands (mallines). …”
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Iterative Signal Processing for Mitigation of Analog-to-Digital Converter Clipping Distortion in Multiband OFDMA Receivers by Markus Allén, Toni Levanen, Jaakko Marttila, Mikko Valkama

“…In modern wideband communication receivers, the large input-signal dynamics is a fundamental problem. Unintentional signal clipping occurs, if the receiver front-end with the analog-to-digital interface cannot respond to rapidly varying conditions. …”
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MIHI QUAESTIO FACTUS SUM (“I HAVE BECOME A QUESTION TO MYSELF”, AUGUSTINE: CONFESSIONS X. XXXIII): by F. England

“…Doctorow. If persons fundamentally are construed as questions to themselves, as Augustine says, then definitive assertions of what is true about being human are profoundly problematic. …”
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Des vitrines sur le roman : les couvertures de Madame Bovary et Salammbô by Bruna Donatelli

“…These two figures of the literary imagination incite book cover artists and iconographers to make fundamentally different choices, even if some common features of these heroines’ personality (their instable and dreamy nature), outline analogies in the iconic transposition process when one wants to remodel them according to the dominant canon in the cultural context of the time.…”
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Potencial ilustrativo y funciones epistémicas de la imagen en investigaciones multidisciplinarias sobre el hábitat contemporáneo de la pobreza by Peter Krieger

“…El artículo concluye con una reflexión sobre la utilidad de este tipo de investigaciones, la función de los estudios inter y transdisciplinarios, así como sobre su fundamental dimensión ética.…”
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Features of childhood in rear Siberian city during the great Patriotic War (on the example of Omsk) by M. S. Nosova

“…A feature of the Omsk region was the fundamental importance of helping children in agricultural work. …”
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Wenía: o surgimento dos antepassados - Leitura e tradução de um canto narrativo ameríndio (Marubo, Amazônia Ocidental) by Pedro de Niemeyer Cesarino

“…La narrativa, que trata del surgimiento de los antepasados, es fundamental para la comprensión de los procesos clasificatorios y etiológicos involucrados en el pensamiento shamanístico y en la etnogénesis marubo. …”
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Resiliencia familiar: nuevas perspectivas en la promoción y prevención en salud by Marisol Lurdes de Andrade Seidl, Silvia Pereira da Cruz Benetti

“…Para finalizar, se subrayan las implicaciones de este abordaje en el trabajo preventivo con familias y se presenta la metodología de inserción ecológica como una alternativa de investigación fundamental para el trabajo en situaciones de vulnerabilidad.…”
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