FARMING SYSTEM ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN ALGERIA: CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES by Belguet Assia, Bouchareb Radia, Chafia Benider, Guendouz Ali

“…Algeria, it’s one of the countries, is facing the pressing challenge of adapting its farming systems to the impacts of climate change. This paper provides an overview of the strategies and initiatives undertaken in Algeria to enhance agricultural resilience in the face of changing climatic conditions. …”
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Health inequalities, welfare state regimes and economic crisis: A comparative analysis in Sweden, Greece and Poland by Stefania Kalogeraki

“…Introduction: The aim of this paper is to explore individual-level determinants of health inequalities across three European countries (Sweden, Greece and Poland) with different welfare systems and differently affected by the recent economic crisis. …”
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A menu of standards for green infrastructure in England: effective and equitable or a race to the bottom? by Mike Grace, Alison Smith, Ian Mell, Jane Houghton, Peter Neal

“…However, this will only be achieved effectively, sustainably and equitably if GI is carefully planned, implemented and maintained to a high standard, in partnership with stakeholders. This paper draws on original research into the design of a menu of GI standards for England, commissioned by Natural England—a United Kingdom Government agency. …”
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Academic outcomes of inclusive education in typically developing children by Andrijana Bakoč, Branislav Brojčin, Slobodan Banković, Nenad Glumbić, Mirjana Đorđević

“…IntroductionThe fact that inclusive education has existed in Bosnia and Herzegovina for twenty years opens the question of how it affects typically developing children, among other things. This paper aims to examine the differences in general knowledge and mathematics of typically developing students with regard to whether they attend classes that include students with intellectual disabilities or not, as well as to determine the relationship of their knowledge with teachers’ characteristics and the inclusiveness of schools they attend.MethodsThe sample included 331 students from 18 regular elementary school classes. …”
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Drivers of success in global health outcomes: A content analysis of Exemplar studies. by Nadia Akseer, David E Phillips, Exemplars in Global Health Partner Network

“…To date, EGH has studied, or is studying, 14 global health topics in 28 countries. This paper aims to identify findings, summarized as themes and sub-themes, that appear among all completed EGH studies. …”
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Numerical Approximations and Fractional Calculus: Extending Boole’s Rule with Riemann–LiouvilleFractional Integral Inequalities by Abdul Mateen, Wali Haider, Asia Shehzadi, Hüseyin Budak, Bandar Bin-Mohsin

“…This paper develops integral inequalities for first-order differentiable convex functions within the framework of fractional calculus, extending Boole-type inequalities to this domain. …”
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Corrosion behavior of double-glow plasma copperizing coating on Q235 steel by Yang Z.-G., Liang W.-P., Jia Y.-L., Miao Q., Ding Z., Qi Y.

“…In this paper, the copperized layerwas fabricated on the surface of Q235 steel via double glow plasma surface alloying technology to improve the marine fouling organisms attached on the surface of marine structures. …”
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Review of community development initiatives for poverty reduction in Southern Africa by Malose Moses Tjale, Shadreck Muchaku, Grey Magaiza, Durga Dass Sharma, Gopal Krishan Sharma, Yashwant Singh Negi, Marizvikuru Mwale

“…One approach to achieving this goal is to devise and implement sustainable community development initiatives. This review paper presents some best practices for how community development in­itiatives could reduce poverty in Southern Africa. …”
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Design of a dual randomized trial in a type 2 hybrid effectiveness—implementation study by June Stevens, Sarah Denton Mills, Mary-Louise Millett, Feng-Chang Lin, Jennifer Leeman

“…We believe it is that complexity that has limited its use in the literature. We hope that this paper will give both implementation scientists and trialists who are not familiar with implementation science a better understanding of the DRCT design and encouragement to use it.…”
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Long-term impacts of agricultural greenhouse expansion on albedo, land surface temperature, and vegetation: Evidence from a typical province in China by Fangxin Chen, Cong Ou, Yue Chen, Xiaochuang Yao, Bowen Niu, Zhenbo Du

“…AGs play a crucial role in supporting crop growth during autumn and winter. Moreover, the paper proposed several sustainable AGs management strategies to address these challenges. …”
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Integrated Planning for Shared Electric Vehicle System Considering Carbon Emission Reduction by Xiaohui Sun, Yumei Mi, Askar Ahtam, Zhi Zuo

“…In order to improve the operational efficiency of a shared electric vehicle (SEV) system, this paper conducts integrated planning research from the aspects of locating and sizing SEV outlets, locating and sizing charging facilities, and operation scheduling by considering the carbon emission reduction and its benefits. …”
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Knowledge Driven Machine Learning Towards Interpretable Intelligent Prognostics and Health Management: Review and Case Study by Ruqiang Yan, Zheng Zhou, Zuogang Shang, Zhiying Wang, Chenye Hu, Yasong Li, Yuangui Yang, Xuefeng Chen, Robert X. Gao

“…A promising approach to overcoming these challenges is to embed domain knowledge into the ML pipeline, enhancing the model with additional pattern information. In this paper, we review the latest developments in PHM, encapsulated under the concept of Knowledge Driven Machine Learning (KDML). …”
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Converting infiltration swales to sustainable urban drainage systems can improve water management and biodiversity by Brigitte Helmreich, Maha Deeb, Patrizia Eben, Monika Egerer, Johannes Kollmann, Stefanie Schulz, Stephan Pauleit, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Michael Schloter, Michael Schloter

“…Thus, the challenge is to combine stormwater treatment and urban drainage with principles of restoration ecology, while implementing expertise from soil science, microbiome research, and plant ecology. In this perspective paper, we will discuss the SUDS development and maintenance principle and the role of interdisciplinary research in reaching these goals.…”
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Study on the Influences of Empty Hole and In Situ Stress on Blasting-Induced Rock Damage by Ningkang Meng, Jian-biao Bai, Wenlong Shen, Yong Chen, Xiangyu Wang, Wenda Wu, Bowen Wu

“…Blasting has been used extensively in deep underground excavation. In this paper, a numerical simulation LS-DYNA was carried out to investigate the influence of in situ stress and empty hole on rock fracture development. …”
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A New Dual Steering System in a Compact Tractor by Giorgio Paolo Massarotti, German Filippini, Gustavo Raush Alviach, Pedro Javier Gamez-Montero, Esteban Codina Macia

“…Based on an extensive review of the literature and drawing from previous studies, this paper analyzes aspects such as the variation in noise levels (or comfort level) experienced at the steering wheel when switching from Ackermann steering to a dual steering system. …”
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SensorDBSCAN: Semi-Supervised Active Learning Powered Method for Anomaly Detection and Diagnosis by Petr Ivanov, Maria Shtark, Alexander Kozhevnikov, Maksim Golyadkin, Dmitry Botov, Ilya Makarov

“…Traditional supervised FDD methods offer great performance while heavily relying on large volumes of labeled data, whereas unsupervised methods do not depend on labeled data, though are inferior in performance compared to supervised ones. In this paper, we propose SensorDBSCAN, a novel semi-supervised method for anomaly detection and diagnosis. …”
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Traditional Chinese Medicine nursing of a patient with septic shock complicated with gastrointestinal dysfunction (1例脓毒症休克合并胃肠功能障碍患者的中医护理体会)... by ZHANG Xiaotong (张小桐), CAI Weimin (蔡卫敏), LIU Shuhua (刘书华)

“…This paper summarized the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) nursing measures for a patient with septic shock complicated with gastrointestinal dysfunction. …”
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Application of the Base Transceiver Station with Smart Antennas in the Power Distribution Sector by B. A. Kleinau, D. L. de Melo, M. T. de Melo, D. C. P. Barbosa, A. J. B. Oliveira, C. P. N. Silva, J. M. A. M. de Oliveira

“…In this context, it is of utmost importance to have a more efficient base transceiver station (BTS) that can cover the communication of a larger area. In this paper, the mathematical concepts of an intelligent antenna array, as well as the logical operation of an intelligent radiation system controller, are presented. …”
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A Polymer-Binder-Free Approach to Creating Functional LiFePO₄ Cathodes by Organic Ionic Plastic Crystal-Derived Ion-Conductive Binders by Daniela M. Josepetti, Maria Forsyth, Patrick C. Howlett, Hiroyuki Ueda

“…Taking advantage of this, the present paper substitutes the commercial non-electrochemically active binder with an OIPC component, <i>N</i>-ethyl-<i>N</i>-methylpyrrolidinium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide ([C₂mpyr][FSI]), in combination with LiFSI. …”
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THE ROLE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELIGENCE IN DEVELOPING COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN BUSINESS ENGLISH COURSES by Cristina-Laura ABRUDAN, Ioana-Claudia HOREA

“…The available research shows that the development of vocabulary can be easily achieved by using digital tools, since it is a known fact that today’s students belong to Generation Z, generation known as being digitally literate, having grown up with a lot of digital tools at hand. The present paper is based on our research, undergone through semi-structured interview, in the qualitative phase, as an instrument for data collection. …”
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