Groundwater utilization and its environmental sustainability in coastal aquifers of Dakshina Kannada District, Karnataka, India by M C Jayaprakash, Ekaputra Rinaldi, Channabasappa K.

“…Groundwater users have not generally had to pay anything like “full economic cost” for groundwater use, nor have groundwater polluters had to pay for clean-up of their contamination. …”
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Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis and Brain Delivery of Therapeutic Biologics by Guangqing Xiao, Liang-Shang Gan

“…Due to the tight junction of BBB, brain delivery of traditional therapeutic proteins with large molecular weight is generally not possible. There are multiple pathways through which macromolecules can be taken up into cells through both specific and nonspecific interactions with proteins/receptors on the cell surface. …”
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Relations publiques et gouvernance participative : une vision partagée du « vivre ensemble »? by Stéphanie Yates

“…Since they generally have a questionable reputation, public relations are rarely associated with the notion of participatory governance. …”
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Near and similar restaurants: competitors or allies? by Alexander Sánchez-Rodríguez, Margarita De Miguel-Guzmán, Gelmar García-Vidal, Rodobaldo Martínez-Vivar

“…The proximity of businesses targeting the same market segment, meeting the same needs and operating in a similar way is generally believed to indicate more competition. However, this situation can be beneficial for the companies involved, and it may not necessarily generate an adverse environment. …”
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Can The Academic Quality And Service Of Northern Green School Medan Enhance Parents' Satisfaction and Loyality? by Anton, Theresia Pradiani, Fathorrahman

“…This study is limited to a small sample, so generalization to all schools cannot be done. Further research is expected to expand the research subjects from several schools with the same level and conduct qualitative research through more in-depth interviews related to the academic quality and service expected by parents. …”
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A multi-modal deep learning model for prediction of Ki-67 for meningiomas using pretreatment MR images by Chaoyue Chen, Yanjie Zhao, Linrui Cai, Haoze Jiang, Yuen Teng, Yang Zhang, Shuangyi Zhang, Junkai Zheng, Fumin Zhao, Zhouyang Huang, Xiaolong Xu, Xin Zan, Jianfeng Xu, Lei Zhang, Jianguo Xu

“…The model achieved superior results, with areas under the curve (AUCs) of 0.797 for internal testing and 0.808 for generalization, alongside 0.756 and 0.727 for 3- and 5-year tumor growth predictions, respectively. …”
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Numerical Simulation and Structural Optimization of Combustion Processes in a 750 t/d Waste Incinerator by Lei Zhang, Fei Yang, Li Xu, Shuhui Zhang, Xiaohan Ren

“…The concentration of NOx in the flue gas at the furnace outlet generally ranges between 170 and 200 ppm. Optimal operating conditions are identified as a secondary air inclination angle of 20° with an air velocity of 55 m/s, and an angle of 30° with an air velocity of 55 m/s and 65 m/s, in conjunction with a relative arrangement of the nozzles. …”
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Assessment of Stiffness and Strength Parameters for the Soft Soil Model of Clays of Cameroon by Zoa Ambassa, Jean Chills Amba

“…The results obtained reveal that the analyzed soils are generally compressible clays. In the second phase, the law of behaviour of the Soft Soil model was used to characterize these Cameroon soils. …”
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Influence of Body Mass Index on Inflammatory Profile at Admission in Critically Ill Septic Patients by Fernando G. Zampieri, Vanessa Jacob, Hermes V. Barbeiro, Fabiano Pinheiro da Silva, Heraldo P. de Souza

“…We assessed the association between cytokine levels and BMI by generalized additive model that also included illness severity (measured by SAPS 3 score); one model was built for each cytokine measured. …”
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Study on the Load Spectrum Test Method and Experiment of Shaft Parts of Loader by Wan Yipin, Jia Jie, Wei Yongxiang, Song Xuding

“…In order to obtain the load time history data of the shaft parts of loader drive system under the actual load,based on the load transfer principle and the design theory of the sensor,the load time history of shaft parts of the multi parameter test method is researched.Aiming at the key and difficult points of the load spectrum testing of the loader drive system,the dynamic telemetry device is used to solve the problem of parameter measurement in small space.The load signal acquisition system of loader shaft parts is established.And the system consisted of half shaft,drive shaft torque and speed parameters acquisition,engine speed parameters and the acquisition of gear parameters.The load time history data of the shaft parts are obtained by selecting the 50 type loader as the test sample.The test results show that the load test method is accurate and feasible,and the test method has very good generality and could be used for testing the load data of shaft parts of automobile,agricultural machinery and so on.…”
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CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER IN CYCLONE DEVICE WITH EXTERNAL GAS RECIRCULATION by S. V. Karpov, A. A. Zagoskin

“…Dependency analysis of average and local heat transfer coefficients from operational and geometrical parameters has been performed; the generalized similarity equations for the calculation of the latter have been suggested. …”
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Online Modal Identification of Concrete Dams Using the Subspace Tracking-Based Method by Lin Cheng, Fei Tong, Jie Yang, Dongjian Zheng

“…The online modal identification of concrete dams is expressed as a subspace tracking problem, and a newly developed recursive stochastic subspace identification (RSSI) method based on the generalized yet another subspace tracker (GYAST) algorithm, which exploits both the accuracy of the subspace identification and fast computational capability, is used to extract the time-varying modal parameters of concrete dams during earthquakes. …”
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Biology of the Wild Silkmoth Anaphe panda (Boisduval) in the Kakamega Forest of Western Kenya by N. Mbahin, S. K. Raina, E. N. Kioko, J. M. Mueke

“…Longevity of adult Anaphe panda moths took between 4 and 6 days, but generally females seemed to live longer than males. …”
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Adaptive control of single-input single-output hybrid systems possessing interacting discrete- and continuous-time dynamics by M. de la Sen

“…As a result there are also mixed continuous-time and discrete signals present in the system associated either with the solutions of differential equations which depend at the same time on both discrete-time and continuous-time forcing terms and on generalized difference equations associated with discretized and digital signals. …”
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The Crumbling Two-Story Architecture of Richard Powers’ Fictions by Thomas B. Byers

“…A prominent characteristic of Richard Powers’ technique is that his novels generally proceed by the alternating narration of two different stories. …”
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Évaluation du risque sanitaire de sols pollués méditerranéens : choix de variables et spatialisation by Aurélie Arnaud, Pascale Prudent, Isabelle Laffont-Schwob

“…This core area of the PNCal is however inhabited in its periphery and welcomes many users. A model of generalization of the methodology developed in this case study is then proposed in order to perform this production and this mode of visualization of the information which could constitute a precious base of aid to the consultation.…”
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Gatekhili Mountains, gatekhili State: Fractured Alpine Forest Governance and Post-Soviet Development in the Republic of Georgia by Jesse Quinn

“…The dynamics of the emerging Georgian state as seen through alpine forest governance are informative for understanding the political transition of mountainous post-Soviet states in the 21st century, and contemporary state formation more generally.…”
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The state and industrialization in Turkey since the nineteenth century by Şevket Pamuk

“…Moreover, industrialization outcomes did not depend on a single or a specific set of institutions but on the relations between the political and private sector elites, and more generally, on the political economy.…”
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Research on the possibility of doing business activities in the markets by O. A. Zemlyanskiy

“…The article proposes a generalized structure for conducting and analyzing the effectiveness of a company’s business for any type of business, including an analysis of external conditions, its impact on the implementation of its own, internal business opportunities in the market and the achievement of company goals in current and forecast market conditions. …”
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Multi relay node selection strategy for energy capture collaborative relay network by Xian-zhong TIAN, Min GUO, Jia-cun HE, Gao LIU, Yi-nan ZHU

“…An energy capture cooperative relay network was studied.Unlike traditional cooperative relay networks,the relay nodes generally did not have a fixed energy supply but could carry out energy capture.For this network,a natural question was how to determine whether the relay nodes perform energy capture or data forwarding,and how to select the relay node to assist the information transmission between the source node and the destination node.Based on this problem,a multi-relay node selection scheme was proposed,which select the operation according to the energy of the current time slot of the relay node.In each time slot,the relay node that meet the battery threshold requirements was selected to assist in transmission.The Markov chain was used to model the charging and discharging process of the relay node battery,and the probability of interruption and throughput of the wireless network was obtained.And the value of the battery threshold when the throughput was maximized,that is,when the probability of network breakage was minimum was solved.Finally,the advantages of this scheme were verified by numerical experiments.…”
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