Optimization of Gain, Impedance, and Bandwidth of Yagi-Uda Array Using Particle Swarm Optimization by Munish Rattan, Manjeet Singh Patterh, B. S. Sohi

“…Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is a new, high-performance evolutionary technique, which has recently been used for optimization problems in antennas and electromagnetics. It is a global optimization technique-like genetic algorithm (GA) but has less computational cost compared to GA. …”
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Z-Control on COVID-19-Exposed Patients in Quarantine by Nita H. Shah, Nisha Sheoran, Ekta Jayswal

“…Local stability conditions are derived for both equilibria, and global stability is studied for the endemic equilibrium point. …”
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Les projets de corridors interocéaniques en Amérique centrale by Lucile Medina

“…At the beginning of the 21st century, Central America is home to a profusion of transport corridor projects that aim to make the Central American isthmus a multimodal platform in the global trade network. The aim of this article is to address the challenges of creating these new transisthmic links. …”
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A Simple Epidemic Model with Surprising Dynamics by F. Berezovskaya, G. Karev, Baojun Song, Carlos Castillo-Chavez

“…Mathematically, non-analytic vector fields are handled byblow-up transformations to carry out a complete and global dynamicalanalysis. A family of homoclinics is found, suggesting that adisease outbreak would be ignited by a tiny number of infectiousindividuals.…”
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Le problème de l'acceptation des éoliennes dans les campagnes françaises : deux exemples de la proximité géographique by Diana Gueorguieva-Faye

“…The global climate change and the will of landscape conservation have received in France a growing attention in the recent years. …”
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Methods for Solving Generalized Nash Equilibrium by Biao Qu, Jing Zhao

“…We prove that our algorithms are globally convergent and the convergence analysis is not based on conditions guaranteeing that every stationary point of the optimization problem is a solution of the GNEP.…”
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Testing a general hypothesis in empirical research using Dm-index by Sergio Alexis Dominguez-Lara

“…In this paper, we expose an alternative application of index-Dm to testing general hypothesis in empirical research when it includes a general construct, and isn´t possible to have a global score to make this testing. For this purpose, is considered the information of every specific hypothesis testing, and systematize it on Dm. …”
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Lyapunov Functions for a Class of Discrete SIRS Epidemic Models with Nonlinear Incidence Rate and Varying Population Sizes by Ying Wang, Zhidong Teng, Mehbuba Rehim

“…Furthermore, by constructing new discrete type Lyapunov functions, the sufficient and necessary conditions on the global asymptotic stability of the disease-free equilibrium and endemic equilibrium are established.…”
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The EndoBarrier: Duodenal-Jejunal Bypass Liner for Diabetes and Weight Loss by Aruchuna Ruban, Hutan Ashrafian, Julian P. Teare

“…The rapid rise of obesity and type 2 diabetes poses a global threat to healthcare and is a major cause of mortality and morbidity. …”
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Economic Contributions of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Food Industries in Florida in 2012 by Alan W. Hodges, Mohammad Rahmani, Thomas J. Stevens

“…The economic contributions of these industries were re-evaluated for calendar year 2012 to update previous reports and to provide current information on economic trends in the wake of the historic global recession of 2007–2009. This 116-page report was written by Alan W. …”
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APPROACHES REGARDING THE SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY by Daniela CÎRŢÎNĂ

“…In this context, major drug manufacturers are promoting new synthesis processes involving biocatalysis reactions, the use of as few solvents as possible and a considerable reduction in the quantities and types of production waste, thus succeeding in applying the sustainability challenge on a global scale. …”
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Periodic Solution of Prey-Predator Model with Beddington-DeAngelis Functional Response and Impulsive State Feedback Control by Chunjin Wei, Lansun Chen

“…We obtain the sufficient conditions of the global asymptotical stability of the system without impulsive effects. …”
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Economic Contributions of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Food Industries in Florida in 2012 by Alan W. Hodges, Mohammad Rahmani, Thomas J. Stevens

“…The economic contributions of these industries were re-evaluated for calendar year 2012 to update previous reports and to provide current information on economic trends in the wake of the historic global recession of 2007–2009. This 116-page report was written by Alan W. …”
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POZZOLANICITY OF KIMBUNGU BASALT AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR CLINKER TO PRODUCE AN ECOLOGICAL CEMENT IN KONGO CENTRAL by KISONGA MANUKU ERIC, BONGWELE ONANGA GUY, WETSHONDO OSOMBA DOMINIQUE, ONGENDANGENDA TIENDE ALBERT, MUKEBA CIKALA LOUIS, SEKE VANGU MAX, MASAKA NKUELO DORCAS, UUCHI UMIRAMBE PARICIAN, MBUINGA BONGO FRANÇOIS, MUYONGELE GABY, KIZITO AGAMA, HOLENU MANGENDA HOLY

“…The Earth is suffering from the harms of global climate change. The DRC, in its Southwestern part, is vulnerable to this phenomenon. …”
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Òc-Ben ! L’aventure et l’élaboration d’un manuel scolaire occitan by Miquèla Stenta

“…The CAPES d'occitan-langue d'oc has made it necessary to create manuals that take into account the globality of the language. Òc-ben ! is a response to the demands of unity and diversity of the Occitan language through the four main forms (Gascon, Languedoc, Limousin, Provençal) as well as to a rigorous learning process in terms of language, communication and culture. …”
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A Primer on Finance-Led Capitalism and Its Crisis by Robert Guttmann

“…The burst of the latest bubble, centered on the U.S. housing market, has triggered the most serious financial crisis in decades and a serious global downturn. The article ends with a discussion of likely implications of this systemic crisis.…”
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Education and Research Policy as an Instrument of Soft Power in Germany by N. Bolshova

“…Paper analyzes higher education and resarch policy in Germany as an important instrument in ensuring the competitiveness and influence of the state in the international arena. In today's global struggle for leadership Germany relies on "soft" and "smart" power («soft and smart power»): education, research, innovation and human capital. …”
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Les multiples facettes des inégalités écologiques by Lionel Charles, Cyria Emelianoff, Cynthia Ghorra-Gobin, Isabelle Roussel, François-Xavier Roussel, Helga-Jane Scarwell

“…In Europe, it meets the more global notion of populations specifically exposed to risks or contaminating substances, or benefitting from weak quality surroundings. …”
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Montessori as an alternative in post-totalitarian and ‘folwark’ educational culture – ethnographical research report by Jarosław Jendza

“…On the basis of ethnographic research conducted in primary Montessori schools in Poland the author analyses the significance of local culture for the global range pedagogy, and in this way questions the thesis according to which Montessori is indifferent to cultural differences. …”
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Zabawy dzieci w różnych kulturach – perspektywa antropologiczno-pedagogiczna by Urszula Markowska-Manista

“…The author reflects on the diverse functions of play in the context of the multiplicity of childhoods and in view of the changing conditions and contexts of children’s lives, as well as the changing models of childhood and the ways and possibilities of children’s functioning in the 21st century. New global processes and transformations, in which children are the most numerous group of participants, enable a broader insight into their situation and, above all, into play and toys – tools with which they recognize, encode and learn about the surrounding world. …”
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