Extending the Root-Locus Method to Fractional-Order Systems by Farshad Merrikh-Bayat, Mahdi Afshar

“…It is also shown that the proposed method can assess the closed-loop stability of fractional-order systems in the presence of a varying gain in the loop. Three illustrative examples are presented to confirm the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.…”
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Enseignant·es mexicain·es de FLE ou acteur·rice·s glottopolitiques pour la diversité linguistique ? by Moisés Abad Gervacio

“…Through comprehensive semi-structured interviews, this article explores how the participants in this survey appropriate and invest in French, examining in particular their positioning with regard to linguistic diversity in the Mexican context and the persistence of linguistic inequalities.We illustrate how sociolinguistic appropriation among four teachers contributes significantly to the (de)construction of linguistic ideologies, leading to the development of various glottopolitical stances and identities. …”
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Casuarina cunninghamiana Miq. (River sheoak) in Florida and its Potential as a Windbreak Plant for Citrus Groves by William S. Castle

“… HS-1139, a 12-page illustrated fact sheet by William S. Castle, compiles pertinent information and provide an historical perspective for environmentalists, biologists, scientists and other interested parties regarding the Casuarina species in Florida which are presently classified as invasive and illegal to possess or propagate. …”
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Spatiotemporal Dynamics of a Delayed Viral Infection Model with Two Modes of Transmission and Immune Impairment by Hui Miao, Meiyan Jiao

“…Numerical simulations are carried out to illustrate the dynamical behavior of the model.…”
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Les dés sont jetés ! by Pascale Dollfus

“…This game, open to all men regardless of age and status (layperson or monk, married or single), is not open to women, who are nevertheless exclusively able to reproduce the dice pattern on the wool rugs and blankets they weave, an illustration of the proverb “man of the outside, woman of the inside” that governs society.…”
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Understanding knowledge management and information management: the need for an empirical perspective by France Bouthillier, Kathleen Shearer

“…Based on an exploratory study of KM practices, the article presents a typology of methodologies that are employed in various organizations, to help illustrate the particular nature of KM and show that it is substantially different from IM. …”
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Le paysage agricole comme médiation dans la communication du parc naturel régional du Pilat by Émilie Kohlmann

“…The study focuses on how landscapes are used to illustrate certain principles and actions on the part of the park authorities. …”
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Free convection flow of conducting micropolar fluid with thermal relaxation including heat sources by Magdy A. Ezzat

“…Numerical results for the temperature, the velocity, and the angular velocity distributions are given and illustrated graphically for the problems considered.…”
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Travel blogging between personal staging and commercial alignment – a conceptual framework by Nora Winsky, Julia Dickow

“…A case study of travel blogs relating to Barcelona serves as an illustrative example and confirms the suitability of this conceptual approach.…”
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Remettre en acte des extraits d’ethnographie by Marie Mazzella di Bosco

“…The article first recounts an experiment, in which volunteer colleagues and students put into practice some of the material from fieldwork on “free-form mindful dances”, in order to re-examine their description and analysis with more acuity, and then it offers a reflexive look at the heuristic, dialectical and illustrative benefits of such a re-enactment.…”
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‘We are all Àmọ̀tẹ́kùn’: Insecurity, Ethno-regional Hegemony and Resistance in Southwest Nigeria by Babajide Olusoji Ololajulo

“…Drawing from online news reports and qualitative data obtained through interview the article argues that Àmọ̀tẹ́kùn together with the controversies that follow the launch illustrates a particular way in which the Yorùbá of southwest Nigeria construct and as well resist real or imagined ethno-regional hegemony. …”
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MAPPING DRYNESS TIME-SCALES IN THE CURVATURE CARPATHIANS AND SUBCARPATHIANS (ROMANIA) BY THE STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX by ANDUŢA GROFU, CARMEN-SOFIA DRAGOTĂ, CĂTĂLINA MĂRCULEŢ, LOREDANA-ELENA MIC

“…The share of each analysed SPI value set is illustrated on graphs…”
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Sequent calculus usage for BDI agent implementation by Adomas Birstunas

“…Sequent calculus usage is illustrated with simple examples. …”
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La politique de restauration des peintures des musées nationaux (1930-1950) by Fernando Suárez San Pablo

“…The needs of the Musées Nationaux in terms of the organisation and practice of restoration, which this workshop met, are thus illustrated by the initiatives implemented by an administration that devoted itself to the reinforcement of the modes of supervision of the restorers it hired.…”
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On Using Self-Report Studies to Analyze Language Models by Matúš Pikuliak

“…I think that this approach can easily lead to false results, which can be quite dangerous considering the current discussions on AI safety, governance, and regulation. To illustrate my point, I will delve deeper into several papers that employ self-report methodologies and I will try to highlight some of their weaknesses. …”
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An Ontology of the Word in Catalan Romanesque Culture by Alfons Puigarnau

“…These writings demonstrate the pivotal role of the arts of the word (dialectic, rhetoric, and grammar) in this cultural center of great European significance. They also illustrate the formative influence of this institution on Gerbert of Aurillac, who would become Pope Sylvester II and the fruitful period of Abbot Oliba. …”
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La morale des libres penseurs prolétariens : entre dénonciation de la pédophilie du clergé et promotion d’une approche alternative de la sexualité (France, années 1920-1930)... by Laura Pettinaroli

“…This article, focusing on the printed sources of the proletarian freethinkers, illustrates a little-known aspect of these cultural organizations linked to the communist movement, thus opening perspectives on communist sexual morality and its relationship to the then dominant bourgeois and Christian model.…”
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Multi-State Reliability Analysis Based on General Wiener Degradation Process and Random Shock by Huibing Hao, Chunping Li

“…At last, some sensitivity analyses are given to illustrate the influence of parameters on the state probability and the system reliability.…”
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THE ECO-MAGNETIC TRAIN by Ana-Maria PĂTRĂȘCOIU

“…The energy used by the toy train is electrical, which is transformed, based on the phenomenon of electromagnetic interaction, into mechanical energy (the electric motor) The idea is to use this kind of energy in the future to reduce pollution, thus creating a dynamic, stable balance between nature and means of transport, electric motors To illustrate the ecosystem, polystyrene, sand, lichens, cardboard were used, and for the magnetic toy train a copper wire, batteries, magnets were used, …”
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The Transformation of Housing Policy. The System of Incentives for Housing in the Construction of Quasi-Markets in Ecuador by Córdova, Marco Antonio

“…Methodologically the study analyzes the conditions underpinning the functioning of quasi-markets in housing (market structure, information, transaction of costs, motivation and adverse selection), as well as of the evalution criteria of the model (efficiency, sensibility, choice and equity). The results illustrate contradictions between the logic of competition in the quasi-market model of social housing and the restrictions of access which are the result of the socio-economic conditions of the country.…”
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