ALIGNING STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES TO CORPORATE GOVERNANCE OBJECTIVES IN CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FIRMS by Frank Boateng, De-Graft Owusu-Manu, Michael Adesi, Erika Parn, David John Edwards

“…Aligning strategic corporate objectives to corporate governance objectives is rare in literature. This paper establishes a critical discussion which could culminate into strategies for aligning corporate strategic objectives and corporate governance objectives in the future. …”
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Validation of Farmer Perceived Soil Fertility Improving Tree Species in Agropastoral Communities of Bushenyi District by Albert. K. Muzoora, Nelson Turyahabwe, Jackson G. M. Majaliwa

“…The objectives of this paper were to identify farmers' preferred soil fertility improving tree species in agropastoral communities of Kyeizooba subcounty Bushenyi district, and characterize their litter content and assess their effect on selected soil chemical properties. …”
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Enhancing learner motivation by adapting strategies from the ARCS model: experience from Chinese online course design and teaching by Song Chenqing, Kao Qifei

“…In Teaching geoscience online – a workshop for digital faculty, Virtual workshop. https://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/online/motivation.html) and our instructors’ observations of online Chinese courses, was that college students suffered from loss of learning motivation, which impacted their learning experiences and outcomes, resulting in a downhill, vicious cycle. This paper discusses various adaptations that we designed to improve learner motivation by applying Keller’s ARCS model (Keller, J. …”
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Research on the dynamic characteristics of the cavitation bubble collapsing between multiple particles by Xiaoyu Wang, Jingrong Hu, Yufei Wang, Yuning Zhang, Yuning Zhang

“…Combining the Kelvin impulse theory and the results of high-speed photography experiments, this paper researches the dynamic behaviors of a single bubble located between three equal-sized spherical particles. …”
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Experimental Research on the Mechanical Properties of Heated Granite after Rapid Cooling by Huifen Han, Junliang Peng, Yintong Guo, Qiuyun He, Jun Zhou, Xinghao Gou

“…Understanding the mechanical properties of the reservoir rock under different temperatures after rapid thermal cooling is necessary for safe and effective deep geoengineering applications, including deep mining projects, deep geological disposal of nuclear waste, and geothermal energy extraction. This paper is devoted to investigating the effect of rapid cooling on the mechanical behavior of the granite rock. …”
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Characteristics of Karst Cave Development in Urban Karst Area and Its Effect on the Stability of Subway Tunnel Construction by Fei Xue, Minjun Cai, Tianzuo Wang, Tongyang Zhao

“…The existence of karst caves poses a large threat to safe tunnel construction in a karst area. This paper presents a synthetic method to evaluate the collapse risk before subway tunnel construction with Yang-Jian interval tunnel as a case study. …”
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VDCM: A Data Collection Mechanism for Crowd Sensing in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks by Juli Yin, Linfeng Wei, Zhiquan Liu, Xi Yang, Hongliang Sun, Yudan Cheng, Jianbin Mai

“…The performance analysis shows that the mechanism proposed in this paper can safely aggregate data and reduce consumption. …”
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A Hybrid Model through the Fusion of Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Systems and Sensitivity-Based Linear Learning Method for Modeling PVT Properties of Crude Oil Systems by Ali Selamat, Sunday Olusanya Olatunji, Abdul Azeez Abdul Raheem

“…In order to reduce the effects of uncertainties in SBLLM prediction and improve its generalisation ability, this paper proposes a hybrid system through the unique combination of type-2 fuzzy logic systems (type-2 FLSs) and SBLLM; thereafter the hybrid system was used to model PVT properties of crude oil systems. …”
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Boron removal from metallurgical grade silicon using a FeCl2 molten salt refining technique by Jia B.J., Wu J.J., Ma W.H., Yang B., Liu D.C., Dai Y.N.

“…The slag refining for boron removal from metallurgical grade silicon is a promising metallurgical process for producing solar grade silicon. In this paper, FeCl2 molten salt has been used as a new refining agent to remove boron from MG-Si. …”
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Short‐Term Memory and Regional Climate Drive City‐Scale Water Demand in the Contiguous US by Wenjin Hao, Andrea Cominola, Andrea Castelletti

“…Abstract Gaining insights into current and future urban water demand patterns and their determinants is paramount for water utilities and policymakers to formulate water demand management strategies targeted to high water‐using groups and infrastructure planning strategies. In this paper, we explore the complex web of causality between climatic and socio‐demographic determinants, and urban water demand patterns across the Contiguous United States (CONUS). …”
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Characteristics of compression wave propagation and energy absorption effects in dry sandy soil by Peng Cui, Tian Su, Le Liu, Teng Wang, Bangxiang Li, Xuetao Guan, Xuefeng Mei

“…To investigate the energy attenuation law and propagation velocity of compressed waves in dry sandy soil, this paper focuses on the dynamic response of compression waves in the specimen under single impact and repetitive impact conditions using an improved split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB). …”
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A Tool to Improve Accuracy of Parental Measurements of Preschool Child Height by Meredith Yorkin, Kim Spaccarotella, Jennifer Martin-Biggers, Carolina Lozada, Nobuko Hongu, Virginia Quick, Carol Byrd-Bredbenner

“…Although no significant differences in accuracy were found between paper and video instructions, observations indicated written instructions were more difficult for parents with less education to use with fidelity. …”
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Green gram and black gram: prospects of cultivation and breeding in Russian Federation by M. A. Vishnyakova, M. O. Burlyaeva, M. G. Samsonova

“…In our country these crops can be successfully grown on irrigation in a number of regions in the southern area of the European part and the Russian Far East, where the temperatures during their vegetation are about 28–30 °C and always above 15 °C. The purpose of this paper is to summarize the world’s experience in breeding improvement of mung bean and urd as crops with promise for cultivation in certain soil and climatic zones of the Russian Federation. …”
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Peace negotiations between Russia and Latvia in 1920: Premises, key issues, and outcomes by Yu. L. Mikhailova

“….), as well as recent Russian and foreign historical researches, the paper examines a set of issues related to the conclusion of the Treaty. …”
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A FSTCN-Based Leak Detection Method for Large-Scale Pipeline Transportation Systems by Du Zhang, Chang-Su Kim, Chul-Hyun Hwang, Tae-Jun Lee, Hoe-Kyung Jung

“…To address it, a leak detection method based on frequency spatial-temporal convolution network (FSTCN) is proposed in this paper. Next, a spatial-encoder module for leak detection is proposed, which considers the spatial correlation of pressure sensors in pipeline systems. …”
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Advance in research on the influence of mind-body exercise on anxiety symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease (身心运动对帕金森病患者焦虑症状影响的研究进展)... by XU Xingyi (徐星怡), SHEN Xuhui (沈旭慧), CHEN Haiqin (陈海勤), XU Jiali (徐嘉莉), QIAN Xia (钱霞)

“…It is one of the most common causes of disability. This paper reviews the mind-body exercise methods affecting anxiety symptoms in PD patients at home and abroad, including Tai Chi, Baduanjin, Wuqinxi, and mindfulness yoga, in order to provide inspiration for constructing the intervention program for non-exercise symptoms in PD patients, reduce disability rate and improve quality of life. …”
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OCF Bridging Techniques for UWB/LoRa IoT Ecosystems by Hyun Seob Oh, Wha Sook Jeon, Dong Geun Jeong

“…The OCF has made great efforts to develop the bridging techniques for supporting inter-operability with existing non-OCF IoT systems. In this paper, we develop the OCF-to-UWB (O2U) and OCF-to-LoRa (O2L) bridging techniques that can promote the release of diverse services related to UWB-based short-range and LoRaWAN-based long-range communications (e.g., indoor localization, sensor-based metering). …”
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Quantum-Based Feature Selection for Multiclassification Problem in Complex Systems with Edge Computing by Wenjie Liu, Junxiu Chen, Yuxiang Wang, Peipei Gao, Zhibin Lei, Xu Ma

“…The complex systems with edge computing require a huge amount of multifeature data to extract appropriate insights for their decision making, so it is important to find a feasible feature selection method to improve the computational efficiency and save the resource consumption. In this paper, a quantum-based feature selection algorithm for the multiclassification problem, namely, QReliefF, is proposed, which can effectively reduce the complexity of algorithm and improve its computational efficiency. …”
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DESIGN DEVELOPMENT OF THE WATER SUPPLY WELLS AND METHODS OF THEIR CAPITAL REPAIR by V. V. Ivashechkin

“…For prolongation of the useful life of the water wells, the paper suggests performing preliminary unloading of their filters. …”
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Experience in organizing the cadets’ practical training by means of the discipline “Foreign language” by Olga V. Igumnova

“…This task is solved by selecting typical situations of business communication, clarifying the terminology necessary for elementary foreign language communication, and determining the appropriate teaching forms, methods and techniques. The purpose of the paper is to present the experience of organizing the cadets practical training within higher education settings of the Federal Penitentiary Service in foreign language classes. …”
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