On the finite Fourier transforms of functions with infinite discontinuities by Branko Saric

“…The introductory part of the paper is provided to give a brief review of the stability theory of a matrix pencil for discrete linear time-invariant singular control systems, based on the causal relationship between Jordan's theorem from the theory of Fourier series and Laurent's theorem from the calculus of residues. …”
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The Cutting Edge of Comics: Destructive Technologies in Morrison and Quitely’s We3 by Isabelle Licari-Guillaume

“…This exploration of hybridity develops within a visual narrative where the low-tech process of paper and pencil drawing is subsequently enhanced through computer treatment, foregrounding its high-tech, digital dimension. …”
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Minimal hepatic encephalopathy: Characteristics and comparison of the main diagnostic modalities by Nikola Mumdzhiev, Rumen V. Tenev, Mariana P. Radicheva

“…Here we describe the most frequently used tests: Psychometric Hepatic Encephalopathy Score (PHES), Continuous Reaction Time (CRT), Inhibitory Control Test (ICT), Stroop test, Animal Naming Test (ANT), critical flicker frequency (CFF) and electroencephalography (EEG) using characteristics such as: creation specificity, neurocognitive domains, computerized vs. pencil and paper, translatability, time to perform, learning effect, affecting factors, local norms, copyright, medical equipment and need for specific training. …”
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Postdural Puncture Headache by Ahmed Ghaleb

“…Clinical and laboratory research over the last 30 years has shown that use of small-gauge needles, particularly of the pencil-point design, is associated with a lower risk of PDPH than traditional cutting point needle tips (Quincke-point needle). …”
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Hybrid Differential Evolution with Biogeography-Based Optimization for Design of a Reconfigurable Antenna Array with Discrete Phase Shifters by Xiangtao Li, Minghao Yin

“…The reconfigurable design problem is to find the element excitation that will result in a sector pattern main beam with low sidelobes with additional requirement that the same excitation amplitudes applied to the array with zero-phase should be in a high directivity, low sidelobe pencil-shaped main beam. In order to reduce the effect of mutual coupling between the antenna-array elements, the dynamic range ratio is minimized. …”
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Images de l’étrange : Punch ou la re-présentation du paradigme bourgeois by Françoise Baillet

“…In the mid-Victorian period, at a time when the forces of respectability were rapidly transforming the British society, Punch, formerly famous for its biting pictorial comment on contemporary events, chose to champion the cause of the increasingly powerful middle-class. Under the pencil of Keene, Leech or du Maurier, the picture became one of the means through which the bourgeois identity was built, defended and promoted. …”
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Prepolymerization of Lacquer Sap under Pure Oxygen Atmosphere and Its Effects on the Properties of Lacquer Film by Jianhong Yang, Jianfeng Zhu, Wanghui Liu, Jianping Deng, Yuanyuan Ding

“…Due to the prepolymerization, the pencil hardness and the thermal stability of lacquer film were slightly improved as well.…”
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Reflectarray Antenna for Simultaneous Near-Field Fronthaul and Far-Field Backhaul Links in Next 5G FR2 Femtocells by Alvaro F. Vaquero, Borja Imaz-Lueje, Marcos R. Pino, Manuel Arrebola

“…The reflectarray operates at 28 GHz in dual linear polarization, using one polarization for the BH and another for the FH. The BH is a pencil beam of maximum gain pointing in a certain direction, while the FH defines the coverage for a femtocell. …”
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Stress and anxiety in schools: a multilevel analysis of individual and class-level effects of achievement and competitiveness by Saskia Jasmin Becker, Moritz Börnert-Ringleb

“…Therefore, cross-sectional self-reports of 591 students from 10 secondary schools in Germany were collected using a paper-pencil-questionnaire in regular classrooms and analyzed using hierarchical linear modeling. …”
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Left-Deviating Prism Adaptation in Left Neglect Patient: Reflexions on a Negative Result by Jacques Luauté, Sophie Jacquin-Courtois, Jacinta O'Shea, Laure Christophe, Gilles Rode, Dominique Boisson, Yves Rossetti

“…No significant modification of attentional paper-and-pencil tasks was either observed immediately or 2 hours after prism adaptation. …”
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The contribution of subjective wellbeing to the improvement of the academic performance of university students through time management as a mediator factor: A structural equation m... by Hicham KHABBACHE, Abdelhalim CHERQUI, Khalid OUAZIZI, Driss AIT ALI, Zakaria ABIDLI, Abdelaziz ALLIOUI, Joumana ELTURK, Mahmood BAHRAMIZADEH, Murat YILDIRIM, Nicola Luigi BRAGAZZI, Gabriella NUCERA, Lukasz SZARPAK, Amelia RIZZO, Francesco CHIRICO

“…A total of 540 students (288 females, 53.3%; 252 males, 46.7%; with a mean age of 21.51 and a standard deviation of 3.86) completed a pencil and paper questionnaire. A questionnaire was adopted as a tool in this research. …”
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Design and Construction of Block and Tackle Pulley System Using Locally Available Resources. by Asaba, Patrick

“…Therefore, my improvised block and tackle system was constructed using a fixed pulley, a moveable pulley, a rope, a Hole cutter/hole saw, a Baw saw, a Plane, a Tape measure, a Pencil, a Grooving machine, a Jig saw, Hammer.…”
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An accurate and robust FFT-based solver for transient diffusion in heterogeneous materials by Gélébart, Lionel

“…“Accurate” refers to two properties: accurate in term of locality with a small size of Finite Difference pencil to capture fluctuations around material heterogeneities, and accurate in term of precision with the absence of spurious spatial oscillations (at least in the reported cases with well-separated inclusions). …”
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Corrosion Resistance Synergistic Appraisal of Titanium-Impregnated Bisphenol A-Type Epoxy Duplex Coating System in Stimulated and Natural Marine Environments of Southeastern Coasta... by Ishrat Jamil, Humaira Bano, Vinod C. Malshe, Azhar Mahmood, Kamran Khan, Nasir M. Ahmad

“…Film hardness measurement by pencil test, adhesion measurement by the crosshatch-tape test, chemical and heat resistance test, gloss measurement, natural exposure, and salt spray testing have demonstrated that Ti-enriched coatings have performed better than the virgin epoxy coating. …”
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An Open-Source 3D Printed Three-Fingered Robotic Gripper for Adaptable and Effective Grasping by Francisco Yumbla, Emiliano Quinones Yumbla, Erick Mendoza, Cristobal Lara, Javier Pagalo, Efraín Terán, Redhwan Algabri, Myeongyun Doh, Tuan Luong, Hyungpil Moon

“…Tests were conducted on an actual robotic arm, and the designed gripper was able to effectively grasp objects such as a soda can and a pencil. The results demonstrated that the adaptive gripper successfully achieved various types of grasping, offering a scalable and economical solution that represents a significant contribution to the field of robotic manipulation in industrial applications.…”
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“Radical”: Marianne Moore and the Revision of Modernism by Aurore Clavier

“…Since they combine the erasure of past verbal excesses and the endeavor of compression on the page, such slashes of the “creative pencil” (H.D.), aptly seem to enact and materialize the revolutionary dynamics of rejection and renewal that most writers and critics have chosen to foreground over alternative paradigms of change. …”
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Platinum(II) Complexes with Tetradentate Schiff Bases as Ligands: Synthesis, Characterization and Detection of DNA Interaction by Differential Pulse Voltammetry by Lijun Li, Chao Tian, Cheng Wang, Guangyuan Wang, Lianzeng Wang, Jianlong Du

“…Differential pulse voltammetry was employed to monitor the DNA interaction in solution by using renewable pencil graphite electrode. The results indicate that ligands with different groups can strongly affect the interaction between [Pt(L)] complexes and ssDNA due to sterical hindrances and complex [Pt(L1)] has the best interaction with DNA among the five complexes.…”
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The impact of emotional abuse on Internet addiction in Chinese children: the sequential mediation roles of emotional dysregulation and regulatory emotional self-efficacy by Wang Liu, Wang Liu, Jie Huang, Jie Huang, Yu-Ling Li, Yu-Ling Li, Xiang Gao, Xiang Gao, Zi-Yi Xu, Zi-Yi Xu, Yong-Hui Li, Yong-Hui Li

“…Participants completed the paper-and-pencil survey on emotional abuse, emotional dysregulation, regulatory emotional self-efficacy, and Internet addiction. …”
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A Functional Neuroimaging Analysis of the Trail Making Test-B: Implications for Clinical Application by Mark D. Allen, Tyler E. Owens, Alina K. Fong, Douglas R. Richards

“…Recent progress has been made using fMRI as a clinical assessment tool, often employing analogues of traditional “paper and pencil” tests. The Trail Making Test (TMT), popular for years as a neuropsychological exam, has been largely ignored in the realm of neuroimaging, most likely because its physical format and administration does not lend itself to straightforward adaptation as an fMRI paradigm. …”
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Effect of molybdenum addition on hardenability of chromium-boron steels used for press hardening applications by Deepa M., Sahoo G., Dhua S.K.

“…Two laboratory heats of low-Carbon low-alloy steels, one with boron and chromium additions and other with boron, chromium and molybdenum additions were made and cast into pencil ingots. These ingots were hot-rolled to 2 mm sheets suitable for press hardening application in an experimental rolling mill. …”
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