Les débuts de la fonte ornementale en France, de l’Empire à la monarchie de Juillet by Jean‑Paul Zitt

“…The singularity of the material, which combines strength, malleability and low cost, made it emblematic of the “mass‑ produced ornaments” proliferating in cities. …”
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« Capitalismes dépendants » d’Europe centrale et orientale : pièges de la dépendance externe et instrumentalisations domestiques by Violaine Delteil

“…Focalizing on the case of Eastern Europe – compared to Central Europe -, the article exposes the domestic foundations of the external dependency, ie. the “Weak State”, the “low cost” competitiveness regime, as well as the domestic actor’s strategies instrumenting the supranational norms in order to discipline local practices (corruption, informality, ect.). …”
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Common Poisonous Houseplant Species in Florida by Yuvraj Khamare, Chris Marble

“…Overall, they are efficient, low-cost, and sustainable. While houseplants are safe to grow and provide many benefits, some can be toxic if ingested accidentally, which could be a concern for those with pets or small children. …”
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Research progress and evolution prospect of passive internet of things communication by Yuan LI, Yulu ZHANG, Yu DING, Shuai MA, Shanpeng XIAO, Jianming XIAO, Jian LI

“…Passive internet of things (IoT) is the fundamentally enabling technology of promoting digital transformation and upgrading of industries.In recent years, passive IoT communication technology such as radio frequency identification has been widely used in asset management fields due to its advantages of low cost, zero power consumption, and easy deployment.In this context, passive IoT communication technology and the latest research progress were introduced, the potential evolution prospects of passive IoT were analyzed.Based on that, development bottlenecks and challenges of passive IoT communication were given, a novel passive IoT communication system with deep fusion of the cellular system was presented, and the key technology research directions of this field were proposed.It is aimed to inspire new thoughts for the development of passive IoT communication technology.…”
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Democracy on the Sidelines: The Erosion and Potential of Youth Sports as Democratic Education by Kurt Stemhagen, Kathy Hytten

“…Where youth sports leagues used to be low cost, local, and inclusive, much has changed over the last several decades. …”
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Removal of dissolved toluene in underground water with nanowires of manganese oxide by Mohammad Hossein Tavakoli Dastjerdi, Ghasem Habibagahi, Arsalan Ghahramani, Ayoub Karimi-Jashni, Sedigheh Zeinali

“…The results of this study suggest that nanowires of manganese oxides can be used as a low cost, highly efficient adsorbent for the removal of dissolved hydrocarbon from aqueous solution.…”
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La réindustrialisation des territoires ruraux peu denses ? L’implantation d’un projet ambitieux au défi des proximités by Marie Ferru, Élodie Texier

“…Based on the qualitative analysis of a project for the transformation of organic agri-food products, a private initiative project which "landed" in a small rural town in Vienne, we verify the advantages of the small rural town and confirm the importance land resources (at low cost and quality) and the immediate physical proximity between the actors in the emergence of activities in these territories. …”
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An Energy-Efficient Node Selection Algorithm in Bearings-Only Target Tracking Sensor Networks by Xiaoxiao Jiang, Wei He, Xuguang Yang, Yingguan Wang

“…An energy-efficient network management strategy is necessary to achieve good tracking performance at low cost. In this paper, an energy-efficient node selection algorithm for bearings-only sensors in decentralized sensor networks is proposed. …”
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Abnormal data filtering approach based on collective trust for WSN by Xiao-bin XU, Guang-wei ZHANG, Shang-guang WANG, Qi-bo SUN, Fang-chun YANG

“…Simulation results show that this method cannot only detect and filter the outliner in-time,but also need low cost in transmission and computation.…”
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Poultry Litter Feeding Ban: Implications of the 2nd Interim Rule for Animal Feeding by Matt Hersom, Dale Dubberly, Kelly Friend

“…Issuance of this interim rule has raised concerns in the Florida poultry industry concerning disposal of the poultry litter by-product and in the Florida cattle industry concerning the loss of a low-cost alternative feed source. This document is AN150, one of a series of the Department of Animal Sciences, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS), University of Florida. …”
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Investigation of the Mechanical Behavior of Partially Precast Partially Encased Assembled Composite Beams by Liufeng Zhang, Yinghua Yang

“…In view of the characteristics of a high floor and the heavy load of logistics buildings, a partially prefabricated partially encased assembled composite beam (PPEC) is proposed in order to achieve the low cost construction of such buildings. In this research, the mechanical properties of PPEC beams were studied experimentally. …”
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Partition detection for large scale ad hoc networks by LI Jian-dong, TIAN Ye, SHENG Min, ZHANG Yan, YAO Jun-liang

“…As the failure of a critical node will directly partition a network,a theorem for critical node identification was proved,which indicates that node degree Ni and elementary loop degree Mi of node i are two decisive factors for the exis-tence of a critical node and shows that Ni-Mi≥ 2 is the necessary and sufficient condition for node i being critical.Based on the theorem,a distributed topology partition detection algorithm（distributed partition detection protocol,DPDP） was presented for large scale networks,which achieves the goal of partition detection efficiently by detecting critical nodes in a local area.Theoretic analysis and experiment results show that DPDP has the advantages of low complexity,high accuracy,low cost as well as good scalability,and is superior to other algorithms.…”
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Implementation strategy of telecom operators’ data lake technology by Junjun HU, Xiaojun XIE, Yanbin SHI, Qi YU

“…Firstly,the traditional data architecture of telecom operators was analyzed and the problems such as low quality,lack of real-time,lack of flexibility and mutual constraints of storage and application were identified.Then,the feasibility of introducing data lake technology was discussed,the storage scale and low cost of data lake,the originality of data and ease of use,and the application of on-demand modeling were clarified,which could provide great benefits for telecom operators’ data architecture optimization.Finally,the data lake construction plan of unified storage,unified standards,near-source acquisition,and application separation was proposed,and key points such as data lake data partitioning,deployment,lake entry and application data dynamic loading,and unified data management were clearly stated.…”
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Topology restoration algorithm for heterogeneous sensor networks based on connected dominating tree by Ting-jun SHI, Xu-ming FANG, Yun YANG

“…For currently lacking the study of the topology restoration algorithm for heterogeneous sensor networks,a topology restoration algorithm for heterogeneous sensor networks based on connected dominating tree (HSNTR) was proposed.Firstly the algorithm constructed a virtual backbone forwarding data at very low cost,and secondly when a node fails,the algorithm would dynamically locally restore the backbone to make it still connect and cover all nodes.Theoretical analysis proved the maximum number of nodes the algorithm uses during constructing and restoring the backbone.Simulation analysis showed that the algorithm is better than other algorithms in terms of energy efficiency,scalability and reliability.…”
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The Challenges of Spirometric Diagnosis of COPD by Adriana Maldonado-Franco, Luis F. Giraldo-Cadavid, Eduardo Tuta-Quintero, Alirio R. Bastidas Goyes, Daniel A. Botero-Rosas

“…Due to its simplicity, portability, and low cost, spirometry has been established as the main tool to detect this condition, but its flawed performance makes it an imperfect COPD diagnosis gold standard. …”
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30 years of CNES parabolic flights for the benefit of the scientific community by Rouquette, Sébastien

“…The use of parabolic flights is complementary to other microgravity carriers, and preparatory to manned space missions onboard the International Space Station and other manned spacecraft, around the Earth or beyond, to the Moon for example.The main advantages of parabolic flights for microgravity investigations are the short turn-around time, the relatively low cost, the flexibility of experimental approach, the possibility of direct intervention by investigators on board the aircraft during and between parabolas, and the possibility of modifying the experiment set-up between flights.…”
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Optimal and Nonlinear Dynamic Countermeasure under a Node-Level Model with Nonlinear Infection Rate by Xulong Zhang, Chenquan Gan

“…Finally, some numerical examples are given to illustrate the main results, from which it is found that (1) the proposed optimal strategy can achieve a low level of infections at a low cost and (2) adjusting nonlinear infection and countermeasure rates and tradeoff factor can be conductive to the containment of virus propagation with less cost.…”
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Research on Open-Source VoIP Technologies for NGN Service Platform Deployment by Lei Xia, Shaomin Wang, Qingfeng Zhong

“…Open-source VoIP technologies can be employed to setup VoIP platforms by deploying open-source software on x86 servers, which have many advantages such as low cost, flexibility and openness. The usage of open-source VoIP technologies in NGN service platform deployment helps to reduce carrier's investment, shorten service deployment cycle and improve the duplicability of service platform. …”
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Design of a subnonsecond Gauusisan pulse generator based on the RF transistor by YANG Feng1, XUE Quan2, CHAN Chi-hao2

“…A simple and low cost subnonsecond Gaussian pulse generator was developed using RF transistor,chip resistors,and chip capacitors.The generator utilized a differential circuit to convert signal from the FPGA into a pairs of positive and negative pulses,which was then used to control the “on” and “off” states of the RF transistor,thus generating an ultra-short pulse through the charging and discharging of the capacitor.The measured results shows that output waveform have 0.8ns pulse duration and morn than 1.8V from an input wave of 25MHz repetition rate.Good agreement between the measured and calculated results is achieved.This circuits is suitable for microwave integrated circuits（MIC）.…”
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Detection of Intermittent Fault for Discrete-Time Systems with Output Dead-Zone: A Variant Tobit Kalman Filtering Approach by Jie Huang, Xiao He

“…Dead-zone phenomenon exists in many real practical systems due to the employment of low-cost commercial off-the-shelf sensors. Two Bernoulli random variables are utilized to model the dead-zone effect and a variant formation of Tobit Kalman filter is brought forward to generate a residual that can indicate the occurrence of an intermittent fault. …”
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