Optimal Location Model of Bus Terminals and Evaluation of Factors Affecting It by Morteza Shafiee, Hilda Saleh, Aseyeh Sadat Hatami

“…Originality/Value: This paper uses an innovative method to solve the problem of locating terminals, strengthening existing knowledge.…”
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Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture of the European flat oyster (Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758): A case study from Boka Kotorska Bay (Montenegro) by Nikolić Slađana, Mandić Milica, Pešić Vladimir, Ikica Zdravko, Peraš Ines

“…Although integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) is recognized as a strategy to control and minimize the impact of fish farming on the marine environment, there are still many unknowns when it comes to this type of farming. This paper presents the results of research on the growth of European flat oysters in IMTA and monoculture systems. …”
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A Discussion of Stability and Engineering Verification of Thin Immediate Roof under Uniform Load of the Rectangular Coal Roadway by Linsheng Gao, Yueping Wang, Er-hui Zhang, Liang Cheng, Rui Peng

“…At present, the analysis of roof stability is mainly based on numerical calculations and field measurements with a relatively weak theoretical basis and inadequate research studies on the loading mechanism of the roof. In this paper, a mechanical calculation model of immediate direct roof under uniform load of rectangular coal roadway is established. …”
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A bibliometric analysis of smallholder farmers’ climate change adaptation challenges: a SADC region outlook by Dumisani Shoko Kori, Walter Musakwa, Clare Kelso

“…Purpose – This paper aims to explore pathways in which adaptation challenges may occur. …”
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Production Decline Analysis and Hydraulic Fracture Network Interpretation Method for Shale Gas with Consideration of Fracturing Fluid Flowback Data by Jianfeng Xiao, Xianzhe Ke, Hongxuan Wu

“…Compared with the interpretation results from microseismic monitoring data, the effective hydraulic fracture length obtained by integrated fracture network interpretation method proposed in this paper is 59% of that obtained from the microseismic monitoring data, and the effective SRV is 83% of that from the microseismic monitoring data. …”
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Effects of Low-Intensity Laser Irradiation on Wound Healing in Diabetic Rats by Hui Ma, Ying-xin Li, Hong-li Chen, Mei-ling Kang, Timon Cheng-Yi Liu

“…The effects of low-intensity 630 nm semiconductor laser irradiation at 3.6 J/cm2 (LISL) on wound healing in diabetic rats were studied in this paper. Methods. 36 diabetic rats with dorsal cutaneous excisional wounds were divided into three LISL groups and a control group randomly. …”
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Sorption cable sensor with large sensing range and fields of its application by S. A. Kudzh, V. S. Kondratenko, A. Yu. Rogov, Yu. I. Sakunenko, E. A. Druzhinin

“…The paper discusses the existing approaches to the use of point and cable sensors to control leaks and humidity. …”
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Linguistic Interval-Valued Intuitionistic Fuzzy Archimedean Power Muirhead Mean Operators for Multiattribute Group Decision-Making by Yuchu Qin, Xiaolan Cui, Meifa Huang, Yanru Zhong, Zhemin Tang, Peizhi Shi

“…To this end, a linguistic interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy Archimedean power Muirhead mean operator and its weighted form, which have such capabilities, are presented in this paper. Firstly, the generalised expressions of the AOs are established by a combination of the Muirhead mean operator and the power average operator under the Archimedean T-norm and T-conorm operations of LIVIFNs. …”
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Dissecting climate adaptation strategies and planning of ports from different theoretical angles by Adolf K.Y. NG, Mark C.P. POO, Tianni WANG, Austin BECKER, Yui-yip LAU, Tina Ziting XU, Zaili YANG

“…While there is increasing research on climate adaptation strategies and planning of ports, there is a lack of works that explain how scholars address the topic from different theoretical angles. This paper fills this gap by dissecting climate adaptation strategies and planning of ports from four main perspectives, including institutional systems, path dependence, supply chain risk management, and stakeholder management. …”
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Digital rural construction, resource mismatch, and rural land use efficiency by Zhiguo Fan, Fenghua Guo, Chen Bian

“…IntroductionWith the acceleration of the allocation of agricultural resource elements in agricultural development, the relationship between digital rural construction and rural land use efficiency has become increasingly close.MethodsIn order to explore the impact and underlying mechanism of digital rural construction on rural land use efficiency, this paper constructs an evaluation system index for China's digital rural construction and uses the SBM-GML model to measure rural land use efficiency. …”
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Assessing customer-side demand response identification for optimal scheduling considering satisfaction level for microgrids by Xidong Zheng, Feifei Bai, Tao Jin

“…The demand response (DR)-considered microgrid (MG) provides a large amount of electricity consumption information, and the value of these data has attracted increasing attention because accurately identifying customers’ electricity consumption behaviour patterns helps public utilities’ dispatch planning and precise services. This paper investigates how to achieve MGs’ optimal scheduling for analysing customer-side DR identification. …”
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Experimental and Numerical Studies on the Mechanical Behavior of a Novel Bidirectional, Prestressed, Prefabricated, Composite Hollow-Core Slab by Junyan Jin, Weicheng Hu, Fuyan Zheng, Bitao Wu

“…Prestressed, precast composite panels are a type of building component that combines prestressing technology with composite materials; but, for most of them, it is difficult to balance structural stress performance and assembly efficiency. This paper proposes a series of novel bidirectional, prestressed, prefabricated, composite slabs, aiming to enhance their bidirectional force characteristics and assembly efficiency. …”
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Nursing experience of dressing change at home for a patient with heart failure complicated with pressure injuries (1例心力衰竭合并压力性损伤患者居家换药心得体会)... by ZHANG Fengyao (张凤尧), HOU Pengxiao (侯朋晓), LIU Xueni (刘学妮), WANG Liangmin (王梁敏)

“…This paper summarized the nursing experience of dressing change at home for a patient with heart failure complicated with pressure injuries. …”
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Multifeed EBG Dual-Band Antenna for Spatial Mission by A. Kanso, R. Chantalat, U. Naeem, H. Chreim, M. Thevenot, S. Bila, T. Monediere

“…Consequently, filters are used in order to reduce the parasitic interferences and obtain good radiation characteristics. As shown in this paper, the same EBG phase center is obtained in both frequency bands. …”
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The Formative Process of Musical Knowledge Based on the Japanese National Curriculum: A Proposal from the Viewpoint of ‘Constructivism’ by Kaoruko Yamashita

“…Il costruttivismo ha influenzato in maniera significativa diversi aspetti dell’educazione scolastica in Giappone, quali l’impostazione filosofica, i contenuti didattici, il quadro valutativo e i metodi di apprendimento. Pertanto, questo paper fornirà innanzitutto una panoramica sul pensiero costruttivista, e successivamente analizzerà il processo di sviluppo delle qualità e delle competenze musicali nell’ambito del curricolo nazionale giapponese. …”
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Dynamic Analysis of Tapered Thin-Walled Beams Using Spectral Finite Element Method by Yiping Shen, Zhijun Zhu, Songlai Wang, Gang Wang

“…Tapered thin-walled structures have been widely used in wind turbine and rotor blade. In this paper, a spectral finite element model is developed to investigate tapered thin-walled beam structures, in which torsion related warping effect is included. …”
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An environmental evaluation of food waste downstream management options: a hybrid LCA approach by Ramy Salemdeeb, Mohammad Bin Daina, Christian Reynolds, Abir Al-Tabbaa

“…To correctly evaluate treatment methods, they must be compared under existing and potential decarbonisation scenarios. This paper holistically quantifies the environmental impacts of three food waste downstream management options—incineration, composting, and anaerobic digestion (AD). …”
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Design of an intelligent disinfection control system based on an STM32 single-chip microprocessor by using the YOLO algorithm by Xueyi Wang, Xianrong Li, Haiying Du, Jing Wang

“…To solve the problem of sanitation control and epidemic prevention in public places, in this paper, an intelligent disinfection control system based on the STM32 single-chip microprocessor was designed to realize intelligent closed-loop disinfection in local public places such as public toilets. …”
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A numerical framework for computing steady states of structured population models and their stability by Inom Mirzaev, David M. Bortz

“…However, except for very special cases, finding an analytical form of stationary solutions for evolution equations is a challenging task. In the present paper, we develop a numerical framework for computing approximations to stationary solutions of general evolution equations, which can \emph{also} be used to produce approximate existence and stability regions for steady states. …”
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Optimizing Supply Chain Resilience Using Advanced Analytics and Computational Intelligence Techniques by Jie Xu, Lixing Bo

“…This paper presents a novel resilient supply chain management (SCM) structure leveraging advanced artificial intelligence (AI) techniques, specifically Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) networks and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO). …”
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