An efficient bio-inspired algorithm based on humpback whale migration for constrained engineering optimization by Mojtaba Ghasemi, Mohamed Deriche, Pavel Trojovský, Zulkefli Mansor, Mohsen Zare, Eva Trojovská, Laith Abualigah, Absalom E. Ezugwu, Soleiman kadkhoda Mohammadi

“…These findings confirm WMA is an effective instrument for addressing intricate optimization challenges across several domains. …”
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Techniques of synergistic effect formation in marketing communications on the aesthetic medicine market by E. V. Bernikova, E. V. Tikhonova

“…The paper formulates the principles of establishing profitable communication with core audiences, substantiates the choice of marketing communications instruments, as well as the techniques for their combination and the development of advertising material used for achieving synergistic effect from marketing and advertising activities. …”
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Design and implementation of semi-physical simulation platform in space delay tolerant network by Siyao ZHANG, Jing WU, Hao JIANG, Yufan XIANG

“…The architecture of space delay tolerant networking can effectively support a deep space communication network with long delay,high error rate and on-off frequently link characteristics through“store-carry-forwards”and other features.Due to the experiment of application of deep space communication is not easy to carry,so building an accurate and reliable semi-physical simulation platform for simulating and making an argumentation of the design of deep space communication tasks was very necessary.A space DTN semi-physical simulation platform was proposed which supported a variety of specific deep space communication tasks simulation.The simulation platform provided new theory and technology for ground simulation and verification,and provided analysis tools and test instruments for carrying out deep space communication application study.…”
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How to Perform a Fetotomy in Cattle: An Illustrated Guide by Myriam Jimenez, Carlos Risco, Klibs N. Galvao

“…Fetotomy is applicable particularly to cows because of the size of the uterus and the opportunity to introduce instruments to the full depth of the fetus. Fetotomy is an obstetric procedure that should only be performed by a trained veterinarian or under a trained veterinarian’s supervision. …”
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How to Perform a Fetotomy in Cattle: An Illustrated Guide by Myriam Jimenez, Carlos Risco, Klibs N. Galvao

“…Fetotomy is applicable particularly to cows because of the size of the uterus and the opportunity to introduce instruments to the full depth of the fetus. Fetotomy is an obstetric procedure that should only be performed by a trained veterinarian or under a trained veterinarian’s supervision. …”
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HASTANEDE ÇALIŞAN HEMŞİRELERİN MESLEKİ İMAJ ALGILAMALARININ ARAŞTIRILMASI by Musa Özata, Şebnem Aslan

“…Çalışmada Jasovsky’in (2001) “Occupational Image Instrument” ölçeğinden yararlanılmıştır. Ölçek istenmeyen işlerle (task of dirty), kritik önemdeki işler (critical work) arasındaki ayrıma işaret etmektedir. …”
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Validation of a measurement scale of service quality, image, customer satisfaction and loyalty in traditional trade by Cláudia Miranda Veloso, Ana Paula Monte

“…This research’s central purpose was to validate an instrument that assesses the perceived quality of service, brand image, customer satisfaction and loyalty to traditional retail stores in Portugal. …”
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Du Transsibérien au corridor eurasiatique by Alain Cariou

“…In media discourses and geopolitical publications, the new rail corridors between Europe and Asia are often presented as instruments of opening up and economic development. …”
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Imbalances in socio-economic development of regions of Russian Federation: problems and solutions by M. Yu. Makovetsky, D. V. Rudakov, K. A. Voropaev

“…The article examines factors and conditions of functioning of Federal districts in the Russian Federation, created to optimize the country’s governance as instruments of Federal state regulation of territorial development. …”
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Linguistic Colonialism in the English Language Textbooks of Multinational Publishing Houses by Jairo Eduardo Soto-Molina, Pilar Méndez

“…Results showed that the textbook contents dealt with high levels of alienation burden, superficial cultural components and instrumentation to the submissive person who favors the dominant culture of English and does not offer possibilities to embrace interculturality in ELF teaching contexts. …”
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Governos subnacionais e a Política de Mudanças Climáticas de São Paulo: uma análise a partir da multiposição dos atores na cidade de São Paulo by Guilherme Barbosa Checco, Eduardo de Lima Caldas

“…Attention is drawn to the role played by the city of São Paulo in terms of climate policies from the implementation of a set of public action instruments from 2001 to 2012, including the enactment of its own climate change policy in June 2009, even before the existence of a national and state policy in this agenda. …”
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Considerations for the Successful Detection and Quantification of Genetically Modified Events in Grain and Food Samples Using Multiplex Digital PCR by Tigst Demeke

“…DNA quality, quantity, and the presence of inhibitors are important factors to consider. Some dPCR instruments allow the use of multiple fluorescent dyes, which facilitates the setup of multiplex dPCR assays. …”
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The Use of Citation Analysis Detecting the Value of the Information Resources and the Library Institution in the Process of Information Production and Methodology Problem - I by Oya Gürdal Tamdoğan

“…As it is seen in the application examples in the literature, citation analysis and bibliometric studies are significant instruments to consider in the discipline and at the evaluation stage of products of the process of information production in general. …”
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Protestantes, curanderos y descreídos. Misiones interiores, religiosidad nacional-católica e intolerancia durante el primer franquismo, 1940-1960 by Francisco Bernal García

“…In this sense, they can be interpreted as manifestations of religious intolerance and as instruments of pressure on those social groups that did no fit in with the National-Catholic ideal of Spanishness. …”
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Charles Sterling (1901-1991) et la pratique de l’exposition temporaire : itinéraire d’un catalographe privilégié du musée du Louvre by Marie Tchernia-Blanchard

“…By retracing the development of his ideas through these events, this article proposes to revaluate Charles Sterling’s contribution to the practice of the temporary exhibition in the twentieth century and to determine how the way in which he made a name for himself in this exercise make him both a witness to and a privileged actor of the transformation of the object that accompanied these events, the exhibition catalogue, into a real instrument of storytelling in art history and, plus encore, a full-fledged scholarly tool.…”
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The Improvement of Students’ Information Literacy-based on the Association of College and Reseach Libraries (ACRL) using Empowering 8 by Alpin Herman Saputra

“…This research utilized some instruments, including pretest, posttest, questionnaires and observation sheets. …”

Rethinking Social Context in Technological Responsibility - Steven Umbrello, Technology Ethics: Responsible Innovation and Design Strategies by Ayat Mirzaie

“…The book critically examines foundational concepts such as technological instrumentalism, determinism, social construction, and interactional perspectives, highlighting the dynamic interplay between values, design, and ethics. …”
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La politique éducative de l’Espagne dans le Nord du Maroc pendant la période du Protectorat (1912-1956) by Irene González González

“…The role of the school as a colonial instrument began to be strengthened during the period of political-military instability (1912-1927) by means of a “Spanish-Arab educational model”, which followed the example implemented by the French in their Algerian colony starting in the mid-19th century. …”
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Maker: the return of the builders. A possible digital transition for Architecture by Sergio Pone

“…A handful of researchers in a select number of Universities, armed with extraordinary digital skills and maker-type instrumentation, are creating new experimental constructions in which highly complex design is combined with extremely simple construction, which do not require the manufacturing skills and expensive equipment that populate traditional construction sites. …”
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Study on Hysteresis Curve Characteristic of Input Shaft of Harmonic Reducer by Tang Xiaohuan, Wang Xiangjiang, Feng Dongyan

“…The output shaft of the harmonic gear is fixed,one- way gradual change torque is applied to the input shaft and a protractor instrument is applied to measure the rotation angle of the input shaft. …”
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