State of the Art Study on Aging of Asphalt Mixtures and Use of Antioxidant Additives by Okan Sirin, Dalim K. Paul, Emad Kassem

“…This hardening process, referred to as asphalt aging, is generally defined as change in the rheological properties of asphalt binders/mixtures due to changes in chemical composition during construction and its service life period. …”
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Improved transmit beamforming design based on ADMM for low probability of intercept of FDA-MIMO radar by Pengcheng GONG, Yuntao WU

“…Considering the low probability of intercept problem that the signal-dependent interference and the target were located in the same angle, an improved transmit beamforming design based on the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) was proposed for multiple-input multiple-output with frequency diverse array radar.The transmit energy was minimized at the target under constraints of the energy at each transmitter and signal clutter-plus-noise ratio requirement.Subsequently, a cyclic algorithm was developed to tackle the non-convex design problem.Firstly, the optimal receive filter was obtained by generalized Rayleigh quotient.And then the transmit beamforming was optimized by employing auxiliary variables and ADMM to solve quadratic programming problem with fractional inequality constraint.Moreover, both the convergence and computational complexity of the proposed algorithm were discussed.Simulation results show that, compared with the semi-denite programming method, the proposed method not only attains the given antenna power, but also achieves the better mainlobe focusing performance at the target.Furthermore, the null levels at the clutter locations and the jamming directions obtained by the proposed method are -50 dB above.…”
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The Model of Master’s Degree Program in Product Design Engineering by Vladimir D. Nechaev, Maxim P. Evstigneev, Veronika R. Dushko

“…The ideology of Master’s programs in Product Design Engineering generally matches with the paradigm of context education, nevertheless it has its own specific features, such as the principle of diploma project readiness (as a product of Master’s program) to enter into the market, and the evaluation of the product by expert community; training of the graduates to professional activity as ‘chief designer managers’, who understand the principles of how to organize the team of specialists and to obtain the required result as a market product; simulation by the students of the role of a customer for the object of designing, and preparation of the future engineer taking into account not only object designing, but also future utilization, that is, the whole life cycle. …”
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Mediasi Melalui Pendekatan Mufakat Sebagai Lembaga Alternatif Penyelesaian Sengketa Untuk Mendukung Pembangunan Ekonomi Nasional by larensius Arliman S

“…Non-court settlement disputes generally use different ways of dispute resolution through courts, ie, the use of several means among others is mediation in economic disputes. …”
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Health Assessment of the Lower Reaches of Longhe River under Watershed Systematic Treatment by YU Binjing, FU Yicheng

“…River health assessment is the basis for watershed planning,systematic treatment,and ecological restoration.The lower reaches of the Longhe River in Langfang suffer fragile ecology and lack water fluidity,showing a poor water environment.To accurately assess the ecological health of rivers severely disturbed by human activities and identify the fragility factors in the ecosystem,we construct a health assessment index system for the Longhe River based on the analytic hierarchy process (AHP).The river health assessment index system consists of five aspects:hydrological integrity,physical structural integrity,chemical integrity,biological integrity,and social function integrity.The Langfang section of Longhe River is generally in a healthy state with a health assessment score of 75.18.According to the assessment results,the Longhe River watershed has problems such as large development and utilization of water resources,low wetland retention rate,serious artificial disturbance in the riparian zone,and poor quality of the upstream water.The proposed assessment method could provide a reference for the health assessment of rivers under severe artificial control.…”
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Lílo ‘BBC News Yorùbá’ fún Ẹ̀kọ́ Yorùbá ní Amẹ́ríkà by Victor Temitope Alabi

“…I then explored different topics that are generally treated in these interviews on ‘BBC News Yorùbá’ like politics, religion, sports, and business, and I classified these interviews into two: interviews made with an individual and interviews made with several people. …”
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Impact of Hypoxia on the Community Structure of Benthic Macroinvertebrates of Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria by Nkwoji Joseph Ahamefula

“…Species evenness index ranged from 0.29 to 0.80. There was generally low biodiversity indicating the stressed nature of the study area. © JASEM Keywords: Hypoxia, diversity, benthic, macroinvertebrates, lagoon…”
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Agenesis of the Right Hepatic Lobe by Lucas Souto Nacif, Yuri dos Santos Buscariolli, Luiz Augusto Carneiro D'Albuquerque, Wellington Andraus

“…Anomalies of hepatic morphology are rare and correspond to developmental defects during embryogenesis, are a rare diagnosis, and are generally diagnosed incidentally based on imaging. …”
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Green's Function and Convergence of Fourier Series for Elliptic Differential Operators with Potential from Kato Space by Valery Serov

“…Here A0=A0(x,D) is a formally self-adjoint and a uniformly elliptic differential operator of order 2m with bounded smooth coefficients and a potential q(x) is a real-valued integrable function satisfying the generalized Kato condition. Under these assumptions for the coefficients of A and for positive λ large enough we obtain the existence of Green's function for the operator A+λI and its estimates up to the boundary of Ω. …”
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Research on Failure Characteristics of Concrete Three-Point Bending Beams with Preexisting Cracks in Different Positions Based on Numerical Simulation by Liuqun Zhao, Li Zheng, Hui Qin, Tiesuo Geng, Yonggang Tan, Zhe Zhang

“…The maximum bearing capacity, the maximum acoustic emission quantity, and energy of three failure modes of concrete three-point bending beams generally show an increasing trend.…”
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Research of Force Analysis of the Split Sprocket Body by Zhai Hongsheng, Xu Yingjie, Yue Xiuren, Xu Wenbo, Li Zhisheng

“…At present, the main structural form of sprocket body generally adopts the integral structure at home and abroad, which is difficult to reverse and maintain. …”
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New Hosts of Simplicimonas similis and Trichomitus batrachorum Identified by 18S Ribosomal RNA Gene Sequences by Kris Genelyn B. Dimasuay, Orlie John Y. Lavilla, Windell L. Rivera

“…Trichomonads are obligate anaerobes generally found in the digestive and genitourinary tract of domestic animals. …”
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La autoinmolación como don Sobre la noción de sujeto en Gianni Vattimo by Alonzo Loza Baltazar

“…Se muestran los rasgos generales de la noción posmoderna de sujeto moral en Vattimo desde la interpretación que hace de Nietzsche y Heidegger, según la cual la continuidad entre estos pensadores solo se da en el horizonte de una nueva ontología. …”
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Peptide hydrogel-drug conjugates for tailored disease treatmentGuidelines to assemble peptide-based hydrogel-drug conjugates, referenced with a selection of relevant publications. by Thibault Cauwenbergh, Steven Ballet, Charlotte Martin

“…However, consistent drug loading and release is generally lacking, while the delivery of hydrophobic drugs remains problematic. …”
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Sickle Cell Trait Presenting as Unilateral Proliferative Retinopathy and Macular Thinning in a Pregnant Woman by Sepideh Ghods, Elias Khalili Pour, Hooshang Faghihi, Golnaz Gharehbaghi, Ahmad Mirshahi, Fariba Ghassemi, Bahman Inanloo, Hamid Riazi-Esfahani

“…Even though the sickle cell trait is generally considered as a milder form of sickle cell disease without severe retinal manifestations, pregnancy should be considered as a trigger that can induce proliferative changes and foveal splaying in this group of patients.…”
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Ilex paraguariensis extract as an alternative to pain medications by Nowacki Luciana C., Stechman-Neto José, Schiefer Elberth M., Santos Andressa F., Stinghen Andréa E. M., Sassaki Guilherme L., De Souza Lauro M., Cristoff Killian E., De Souza Wesley M.

“…Pain is a common and distressing symptom of many diseases and its clinical treatment generally involves analgesics and anti-inflammatory drugs. …”
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DETERMINANTS OF AUDIT REPORT LAG OF VIETNAMESE LISTED FIRMS by Nguyễn Thanh Hồng Ân, Hoàng Mai Phương

“…Contrary to previous literature, the Vietnamese listed firms which are audited by high-quality auditors usually have longer audit report lag, while the firms with large amount of total accruals generally have shorter audit report lag. A robust test is performed, where the regression equation is re-estimated using panel data estimation techniques with random effect model, and the results confirm the above conclusions.…”
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Localization and Flatness in Quantale Theory by George Georgescu

“…The flat coherent quantale morphism is studied in relation to the localization of coherent quantales. The quantale generalizations of some classical theorems from the flat ring morphisms theory are proved. …”
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Primary and Secondary School Teachers' Workload and the Influencing Factors: Based on the Survey Data from the Primary and Secondary Schools in City G by LI Yuan, XIE Minmin, LIU Hui

“…The level of supply of work resources can reflect the work status of employees to a certain extent.Through the data analysis of 24, 949 valid questionnaires of primary and secondary school teachers in city G, it was found that the working hours of primary and secondary school teachers far exceed the national mandatory requirements, and the workload is generally at a moderate level.Among various types of workloads, educational and teaching burden are relatively heavy. …”
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Stabilization and Synchronization of Uncertain Zhang System by Means of Robust Adaptive Control by J. Humberto Pérez-Cruz

“…Although, for simplicity, this strategy is only applied to the stabilization and synchronization of Zhang system, the procedure can easily be generalized to a broad class of chaotic systems.…”
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