A BigBiGAN-Based Loop Closure Detection Algorithm for Indoor Visual SLAM by Qiubo Zhong, Xiaoyi Fang

“…The main component adopts BigBiGAN to extract features and establish an original bag of words. Then, the complete bag of words is used to detect loop closing. …”
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Southern Pine Beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scolytidae) by James R. Meeker, Wayne N. Dixon, John L. Foltz, Thomas R. Fasulo

“…Consequently, once SPB have successfully colonized a tree, the tree cannot survive, regardless of control measures. his document is EENY-176 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circular 369), one of the Featured Creatures series of the Entomology and Nematology Department, Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. …”
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Orta Asya’da Enerji Politikaları ve Küresel Rekabet Bağlamında Türkiye’nin Rolü Üzerine Bir Değerlendirme by Bahar ÖZSOY, Esra Banu SİPAHİ, Yusuf SAYIN

“…At this point, energy can be seen as an important element to improve relations between the countries of Turkic origin in the Central Asia and Turkey. This study, prepared based on the basic assumption that the unifying element between the Turkic states can be “energy”, focuses on the potential of energy cooperation to limit the global competition.…”
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Remaining Useful Life Prediction of High-Frequency Swing Self-Lubricating Liner by Xiuhong Hao, Shuqiang Wang, Mengfan Chen, Deng Pan

“…The results show that the prediction accuracy of the proposed RUL prediction model is higher than that of the simple Wiener process during the entire residual life cycle of the HSLL. Based on the original wear data, the prediction accuracy of the RUL exhibited a strong dependence on prior samples and was relatively low owing to the larger deviation of the wear rate between the test sample and prior samples.…”
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Trade Liberalization Policy and Competitiveness of Cocoa Beans Exports in Nigeria (1961-2017) by Ogheneruemu Obi-Egbedi, Jamiu Hussayn, Isaac Oluwatayo

“…Market share, quantity of cocoa export and inflation rate were stationary at original level while others, at first difference. The co-integration test showed seven co-integrating equations. …”
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Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of the Cutting Process of a Nonextensible Composite Boring Bar by Bole Ma, Yongsheng Ren

“…The nonlinearity is mainly originated from the nonextensible assumption, and the material of cutting bar is assumed to be viscoelastic composite, which is described by the Kelvin–Voigt equation. …”
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Global Distribution Adjustment and Nonlinear Feature Transformation for Automatic Colorization by Terumasa Aoki, Van Nguyen

“…In reference-based automatic colorization methods, color image(s) are used as reference(s) to reconstruct original color of a gray target image. The most important task here is to find the best matching pairs for all pixels between reference and target images in order to transfer color information from reference to target pixels. …”
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CroALa by Neven Jovanović

“…Croatiae auctores Latini (CroALa), a text collection first published in 2009, makes freely accessible Latin texts written by or about people of Croatian origin from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. …”
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La división cósmica de las labores terrenales. Interacción entre humanos y no-humanos en los campos de cultivo ette by Juan Camilo Niño Vargas

“…Los indígenas transforman a las selvas sagradas en cultivos profanos y a los cultivos profanos en rastrojos bestiales mediante una original combinación de técnicas de putrefacción, incineración y barbecho. …”
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Invasive Alien Species of Terrestrial Vegetation of North-Eastern Uttar Pradesh by Sumit Srivastava, Ashish Dvivedi, Ravindra Prasad Shukla

“…Of these, only 149 species within 100 genera under 41 families have been found to be invasive aliens as evident from their center of origin, past history, nature of aggregation, and invasion observed under field conditions. …”
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Attitudes and preferences toward the adoption of voice-controlled intelligent personal assistants: Evidence from Croatia by Antun Biloš, Bruno Budimir, Borna Kraljević

“…In contrast, IPA non-users suggested that the main barriers to IPA adoption were low perceived usefulness and functionality issues in addition to lack of usage habit and related lack of experience. Originality/value. This paper provides an examination of the differences between IPA users and non-users as well as an overview of (non-)user perception related to privacy and security issues associated with IPA and trust in companies' appropriate use of IPA-generated data. …”
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Extending the concept of total pain to cancer survivorship by Marian Krawczyk, Kari Nyheim Solbrække, Lisbeth Thoresen

“…We find that the concept of total pain encapsulates concerns for existential suffering and also has unique features which offer new forms of understanding and action. This includes its origins within cancer care; how it addresses the individual as a whole and re-centres the body; its reliance on and recognition of the limits of narrative; how it attends to relationality; and how the concept may afford unique insights for service development. …”
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Towards 4D CT in Additive Manufacturing: Evaluating Algorithmic Limitations and Opportunities for Industrial Non-Destructive Testing by Nadine Mönter, Katharina Bliedtner, Frank Herold

“…However, by estimating the motion during production or fatigue testing for quality control, it becomes possible not only to detect defects but also to determine their origin, track their development over time, and understand the interactions responsible for their formation. …”
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Can Top Down Participatory Budgeting Work? The Case of Polish Community Fund by Dawid Sześciło, Bartosz Wilk

“…The results have practical implications to central government institutions that consider introduction of some legislative framework for participatory budgeting at the local level. The originality of the research is in the analysis of one of successful stories of the PB introduced via country-wide legislation, and determining when this approach can work, also in other countries. …”
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Investigating the Relationship between the Dimensions of Spiritual Leadership and Job Motivation from the Perspective of Shahrekord Education Staff by Setareh Mousavi

“…Increased application of meaningful leadership components within the educational organization's environment, alongside decisions, procedures, policies, and missions formulated and implemented in alignment with spiritual leadership dimensions, leads to higher levels of job motivation among employees within this educational institution.Originality/Value: Managers, experts, and researchers can use the results of this research.…”
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Effects of Individual and Institutional Factors for Sustainable Chains and Production by Korhan Arun, Saniye Yıldırım Özmutlu

“…Notably, reverse logistics is significantly effective in reducing CO2 emissions. Originality: This study enriches the literature by revealing how institutional pressures and individual adaptive performance influence green supply chain management in emerging markets, particularly demonstrating through the case of Türkiye that the impact of within-field variability on the adoption of superior practices depends on individual adaptive performance.…”
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« I Speak According to the Book » : écriture et logos dans Nixon in China de John Adams et Alice Goodman by Mathieu Duplay

“…While this question was repeatedly raised in North America throughout the twentieth century, its most detailed formulation occurs in the works of Marshall McLuhan; thus, his study of writing as a medium will be invoked in an attempt to highlight the opera’s original contribution to this long-standing debate. …”
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Reflections on the ecclesiastical interpretations of 6th April 1652 as a South African symbolic date by R. M. Britz

“…The exposition deals, in particular, with 1752, 1852 and 1952 interpretations by leading ministers of the Dutch Reformed Church, the “oldest and original church of the land.” The three commemorative addresses are scrutinized and presented in terms of the historical and ecclesiastical settings against which each was articulated. …”
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Dari Kentrung hingga Ken Palman: Pasang Surut Kesenian Kentrung Jepara, 1970-2021 by Alamsyah Alamsyah, Siti Maziyah, Vicky Very Angga

“…This article discusses the development of kentrung art, a traditional art originating from a city on the north coast of Java, namely Jepara. …”
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