A Binary Cuckoo Search for Combinatorial Optimization in Multiyear Pavement Maintenance Programs by Feng Xiao, Shunxin Yang, Jianchuan Cheng, Mingyu Hou, Chenzhu Wang

“…Hence, a binary cuckoo search (BCS) algorithm was implemented to solve the optimization problem. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that a BCS algorithm has been applied to pavement maintenance management system. …”
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Land Transformations in Ukraine: Problems and Expectations by Yuriy Hubeni, Volodymyr Krupa

“…High level of farmers' uncertainty about land market indicators because of knowledge lack and low level of land reform information support is established.…”
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Molecular and cellular characteristics of cerebrovascular cell types and their contribution to neurodegenerative diseases by Francisco J. Garcia, Myriam Heiman

“…In part this is due to the incredible diversity of cell types that comprise the brain, knowledge gaps in understanding basic mechanisms of disease, as well as a lack of reliable strategies for delivering new therapeutic modalities to affected areas. …”
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Emphysema Then and Now by William M Thurlbeck

“…Emphysema can be best diagnosed in life with an in tegrated approach using clinical data. radiological evidence of lung enlargement and the single breath diffusing capacity (transfer factor) for carbon monoxide. While knowledge of emphysema has dramatically increased in the past 30 years. much more remains to be done. and this requires new and more thorough approaches.…”
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Cross-species comparison of AlphaFold-derived G protein-coupled receptor structures reveals novel melatonin-related receptor in Neurospora crassa. by Cathryn S D Maienza, Guillaume Lamoureux, Kwangwon Lee

“…There is significant interest in understanding melatonin signal transduction pathways in humans, particularly due to its critical role in regulating the sleep-wake cycle. However, a knowledge gap remains in fully elucidating the mechanisms by which melatonin influences circadian regulation. …”
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Connectome-based prediction of functional impairment in experimental stroke models. by Oliver Schmitt, Peter Eipert, Yonggang Wang, Atsushi Kanoke, Gratianne Rabiller, Jialing Liu

“…To address this gap in knowledge, we employed two middle cerebral artery occlusion models and one intracerebral hemorrhage model with variant extent and location of neuronal dysfunction. …”
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Understanding Professional Discretion by Principals in Managing Drugs in Gauteng Province schools in South Africa by Kgwete Ephraim Matala

“…Educational institutions are viewed as places where stakeholders, especially principals and teachers are recognized for their work as knowledge producers and key figures in educational and social transformation. …”
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"MoSpec": A customized and integrated system for model development, verification and validation. by Marcello Pompa, Simona Panunzi, Alessandro Borri, Laura D'Orsi, Andrea De Gaetano

“…To facilitate the creation and sharing of such models, the CNR-IASI BioMatLab group developed the "Gemini" (MoSpec/Autocoder) system, a framework allowing researchers with basic mathematical knowledge to quickly and correctly translate biological problems into Ordinary Differential Equations models. …”
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Analyzing the customer purchase data of an online shopping store by data mining: A real case study in Iran by Nima Moradi, Mosayeb Jalilian

“…., Random Forest, gradient-boosted trees, K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN), Naïve Bayes, Kernel Naïve Bayes, and Neural Networks) and clustering approaches have been applied to discover the knowledge and patterns. The results show that before balancing the dataset, the KNN algorithm with K=5 is the best classification method among the existing methods. …”
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COLLABORATION AND LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS IN CONSTRUCTION by Calistus AYEGBA, Xebiso B KAMUDYARIWA, David ROOT

“…This will ensure that scarce resources are only dedicated to relationships and processes that will genuinely benefit and support CLR. The knowledge and understanding generated by the study will be useful in encouraging construction stakeholders to appreciate the need for CLR practices and to embrace CLR approaches. …”
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Promoting speaking in the young learner classroom through task-based digital storytelling via online technology: a case study by Lustenberger Andrea

“…This research investigated the ways in which imaginative digital storytelling (DST) tasks can improve oracy and the prior knowledge needed to negotiate meaning. The main data of this study, which were collected over one academic year, comprised a questionnaire of 19 Swiss Year 4 students, video and audio recordings of two dyads working on four collaborative oral DST tasks and a semi-structured interview with the four children and their class/English teacher. …”
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Ecology and the evolution of cooperation by partner choice and reciprocity by Marcelino Fuentes

“…Partner choice may have allowed humans to use a set of collectively produced goods including clothing, fire, hunting tools, housing, and shared knowledge, to the point that they became essential.…”
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DeepWei-Cu: A Deep Weibull Network for Cure Fraction Models by Ola Abuelamayem

“…Recently, neural network has attracted attention in analyzing lifetime data due to its ability of efficiently estimating the survival function under the existence of complex covariates. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time a parametric neural network is introduced to analyze mixture cure fraction models. …”
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Unveiling the Decision-Making Process of Digital Transformation Adoption from a Behavioral-Cognitive Perspective: Mediating and Moderating Mechanisms by Thong Van Pham, Thuc Duc Tran

“…Problem-solving skills (PSS) and knowledge barriers in the digital age are among the most pressing issues. …”
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The enlightenment of fiction: Literature to learn to philosophise by Edwige Chirouter

“…For Martha Nussbaum, the trend in the global education system is to sideline the humanities in favour of a dehumanised, purely technological approach to knowledge, thereby paving the way for a serious crisis of democracy. …”
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A Historical Approach to the Mirror Neuron System by Palacios-Sánchez, Leonardo, Botía, Inés, Palacios-Espinosa, Ximena

“…The initial enthusiasm manifested with the discovery of MN has been progressively nuanced, giving rise to a functional, neuroscientific perspective that requires more evidence on its therapeutic utility and applicability in areas of knowledge beyond health sciences.…”
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Fourth World Congress of Sports Physical Therapy Scientific Abstracts by International Federation of Sports Physical Therapy, International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy

“…This sharing of ideas helps to encourage worldwide dialogue among researchers, clinicians, and educators that will ultimately contribute to the sports physical therapy body of knowledge. Notice: The abstracts below are presented as prepared by the authors. …”
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Indicadores ambientais para as comunidades que sustentam a agricultura (CSA) em São Paulo e agricultura solidária (SoLaWi) na Alemanha by Joana Ortega de Lima Amorim, Marta Cristina Marjotta-Maistro

“…Our history shows a change in the patterns of knowledge and technologies applied in agriculture. …”
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Efficacy of Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy on Poststroke Depression among Survivors of First Stroke Attack in Ibadan, Nigeria by Olugbemi Olukolade, Helen O. Osinowo

“…CRT consisted of nine sessions with three-phased sessions focusing on activity stimulation, negative thoughts, and people contacts, PE consisted of nine sessions focusing on knowledge on stroke and poststroke depression, and the CG group was on the waiting list. …”
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Hybrid Unsupervised Exploratory Plots: A Case Study of Analysing Foreign Direct Investment by Álvaro Herrero, Alfredo Jiménez, Secil Bayraktar

“…Together with data from both the countries and the companies, various psychic distances are analysed by means of HUEPs, to gain deep knowledge of the internationalization strategy of large Spanish companies. …”
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