Health Assessment of Large Two Dimensional Structures Using Limited Information: Recent Advances by Ajoy Kumar Das, Achintya Haldar, Subrata Chakraborty

“…Some recent advances of a recently developed structural health assessment procedure proposed by the research team at the University of Arizona, commonly known as generalized iterative least-squares extended Kalman filter with unknown input (GILS-EKF-UI) are presented. …”
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STRATEGIC ASPECTS OF ANTI-CRISIS MANAGEMENT OF ENTERPRISES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC by N. N. Trofimova

“…The use of the the author’s approach, based on the methods of scientific generalization, comparative analysis, system and situational approach, has allowed us to establish that actions taken to manage the crisis should be based on a carefully developed plan, should be effective, and should be applied as soon as possible. …”
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Hexagrid-Voronoi transition in structural patterns for tall buildings by Elena Mele, Massimiliano Fraldi, Gian Maria Montuori, Gianpaolo Perrella, Vincenzo Della Vista

“…For this aim, the concept of Representative Volume Element (RVE) and a classical homogenization-based micromechanical approach are employed for identifying the pattern units and deriving the relevant generalized stress-strain relationships. In the case of irregular patterns based on Voronoi diagrams, obtained by perturbing prescribed key geometrical features of hexagrids, a statistically significant sample of RVEs is defined on the basis of sensitivity analyses, and the related mechanical characterization is developed in statistical terms. …”
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Exploiting Scanning Behavior for Predators Can Reduce Rice Damage Caused by Birds by Takeshi Honda

“…For this reason, farmers generally eschew bird nets, even though no alternative countermeasures are available. …”
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Laboratory formation of micro-penitentes at temperatures and pressures relevant to Earth and other worlds by Daniel Floyd Berisford, Jeffrey Tyler Foster, Jacob Kosberg, Benjamin Furst, Michael Joseph Poston, Takuro Daimaru, Maggie Lang, Lavina Backman, Kevin Peter Hand

“…Application of the physical model by Claudin and others (2015, doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.92.033015) at experimental conditions generally agrees with observations for penitente spacing.…”
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Hexagrid-Voronoi transition in structural patterns for tall buildings by elena mele, massimiliano fraldi, Gian Maria Montuori, gianpaolo perrella, vincenzo della vista

“…For this aim, the concept of Representative Volume Element (RVE) and a classical homogenization-based micromechanical approach are employed for identifying the pattern units and deriving the relevant generalized stress-strain relationships. In the case of irregular patterns based on Voronoi diagrams, obtained by perturbing prescribed key geometrical features of hexagrids, a statistically significant sample of RVEs is defined on the basis of sensitivity analyses, and the related mechanical characterization is developed in statistical terms. …”
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Considerations on the Patriarcha by Shervin Moghimi Zanjani

“…We try to show that Filmer’s point of view, in spite of its affinities with ancient political philosophers, it was essentially different because it is totally based on the revelation. Generally, we will attempt to understand Filmer’s text in the light of the rhetorical war between the defenders of the pre-modern political conception (emphasizing the naturalness of politics and denying the equity in political rights)  and the proponents of the new politics (emphasizing the artificial character of politics and the idea of ‘the individual possessed unconditional right by nature”.) …”
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La vérité dans le sang : roman policier et connaissance by Marion François

“…The end will not always explain the beginning, so that the reader becomes aware that a question is always answered by another question, and that the first is only the start, in the spiral of generalized suspicion, of the questioning of original certainties.…”
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Mixing Rules Formulation for a Kinetic Model of the Langmuir-Hinshelwood Semipredictive Type Applied to the Heterogeneous Photocatalytic Degradation of Multicomponent Mixtures by John Wilman Rodriguez-Acosta, Miguel Ángel Mueses, Fiderman Machuca-Martínez

“…An expression was obtained in a generalized form which is a function of the mixing rules as a product of a global contribution of the reaction rate constant k′ and a mixing function fC. …”
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Management Considerations for Wheat Production in Florida by David L. Wright, Ann R. Blount, Ron D. Barnett, Cheryl L. Mackowiak, Nicholas Dufault, James Marois

“…Wheat and soybean have been grown together as a double crop throughout the Southeast for many years, which generally increases profitability compared with growing only one of the crops. …”
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La subjetividad política y la socialización política, desde las márgenes de la psicología política by Sara Victoria Alvarado, María Camila Ospina-Alvarado, Claudia María García

“…Se trata de un trabajo en el que abordamos inicialmente una tematización de la psicología política, desde sus antecedentes históricos generales, sus investigaciones más significativas, las categorías emblemáticas de su campo de estudio y su horizonte de desarrollo en Latinoamérica, a través de lo cual identificamos el marco disciplinar desde donde se construyen las categorías de la socialización y de la subjetividad política como núcleos conceptuales, señalando los límites de la visión solipsista disciplinar y su imposibilidad de recoger la multisémica complejidad de dichas categorías, por lo cual se hace necesario emprender la vía de su deconstrucción histórica, tratando de identificar sus relaciones categoriales transdisciplinares, más allá de las márgenes de la misma psicología política.…”
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Burn Severity in Canada's Mountain National Parks: Patterns, Drivers, and Predictions by Weiwei Wang, Xianli Wang, Wanli Wu, Futao Guo, Jane Park, Guangyu Wang

“…The predicted burn severity potentials of the whole parks in 2002 and 2012 showed overall consistent spatial patterns, and lightning‐caused fires produced more high‐severity burn areas than prescribed fires. Generally, local communities in the intensive fire management zone were predicted to have relatively low burn severity, reflecting the fire management effectiveness.…”
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Hyperspherical Manifold for EEG Signals of Epileptic Seizures by Tahir Ahmad, Vinod Ramachandran

“…Limitations in existing models indicate a need for a generalized model that can be used to analyze seizures without the need for apriori information, whilst minimizing the loss of signal data due to smoothing. …”
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Mitotically Active Plexiform Fibrohistiocytic Tumor by Ebru Zemheri, Şeyma Özkanlı, Serkan Şenol, Filiz Ozen, Cigdem Ulukaya Durakbaşa, İlkin Zindancı, Hamit Okur

“…Mitotic activity is generally low (~3/10 HPF). It is rare, but it can exhibit aggressive behavior, so total excision with clear surgical margins and long-term followup is necessary to detect local recurrence and metastases. …”
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Research Progress on Initiation and Development Mechanism of Embankment Piping by LIAO Zhihao, CHEN Hao, ZHU Shaokun, LI Mao

“…Piping is one of the main causes of embankment failure,and studying the initiation and development mechanism of piping has profound significance for the reinforcement and the prevention of water disasters in embankment engineering.By reviewing the relevant research on embankment piping in China and abroad,the initiation conditions of piping are summarized from both geometric and hydraulic aspects.The influence of factors such as soil particle size distribution,soil layer structure, compactness,seepage diameter,anti-seepage wall,water head change,water flow pattern,and seepage direction on embankment piping is discussed.The capillary model,seepage-pipe flow coupling model,seepage generalized model,three-phase coupling model,transient piping model,local erosion model,and solid-liquid coupling model that describe the occurrence and development process of piping are summarized.Based on current research,the limitations of mathematical models of piping are discussed,and the shortcomings of research on the influencing factors of piping are revealed.Moreover,prospects for future research work on the initiation and development mechanism of piping are proposed.…”
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The Clinical History and Basic Science Origins of Transcutaneous Osseointegration for Amputees by Jason Shih Hoellwarth, Kevin Tetsworth, Muhammad Adeel Akhtar, Munjed Al Muderis

“…Unfortunately, the current mainstream TOFA literature presents almost exclusively subsequent developments, generally omitting prior research, leading to some historical mistakes being repeated. …”
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Phenolic Compounds Analysis of Root, Stalk, and Leaves of Nettle by Semih Otles, Buket Yalcin

“…The antioxidant activity was measured by using DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl) which is generally used for herbal samples and based on single electron transfer (SET).…”
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On the Efficiency of the Multi-Channel Analysis of Surface Wave Method for Shallow and Semi-Deep Loose Soil Layers by Kasgin Khaheshi Banab, Dariush Motazedian

“…We have found that, of the inversion procedures of MASW data, the random search inversion technique provides better results than the analytical generalized inversion method.…”
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Wideband DBF phased array antenna on LEO satellite by LIANG Guang1, GONG Wen-bin1, LIU Hui-jie1, YU Jin-pei1

“…The simplicity of DBF matrix helped reduce the number of parameters in GA and design the hardware structure of DBF network. Generalized DFT filter bank,multiplex DBF computer and RF calibration in close-loop mode were adopted to design the DBF network,which can reduce the calculation by 95.5% and save the multiplier resource up to 80%. …”
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Gambaran Kesiapsiagaan Perawat dalam Manajemen Bencana di Puskesmas Kota Padang by Elvi Oktarina, Fiziola, Fitri Mailani

“…These findings indicate that public health center nurses in Padang City are generally well-prepared in terms of knowledge, attitude, and practice. …”
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