A Novel Chaotic Map and an Improved Chaos-Based Image Encryption Scheme by Xianhan Zhang, Yang Cao

“…The simulation results and security analysis indicate that such method not only can meet the requirement of imagine encryption, but also can result in a preferable effectiveness and security, which is usable for general applications.…”
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Pavel Aleksadrovic Florenskij's method of discerning spiritual truth by C. Camilleri

“… This article explores Pavel Florenskij’s dialectical method as the preferred way to discern spiritual truth. It presents the Russian polymath’s method within his socio-political and ecclesiastical contexts and two of his works, namely his magnum opus entitled The pillar and ground of truth, and his lecture Reason and dialectics, both of which are significant for interpreting Florenskij’s thought. …”
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Human connections. Design interactive artefacts through narration and speculation by Andrea Di Salvo, Andrea Arcoraci

“…Design needs, in fact, to push itself towards a proactive way, it must be able to anticipate, imagine and offer possible and preferable futures by encouraging social innovation. …”
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Tetraploid Induction and Establishment of Breeding Stocks for All-Triploid Seed Production by Huiping Yang, Ximing Guo, John Scarpa

“…Triploid oysters are becoming the preferred aquaculture product because of their fast growth, better meat quality, and year-round harvest. …”
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CRITICAL ARGUMENTS ABOUT READMISSION PRACTICES AND POLICIES BETWEEN EU AND TURKEY by Zühal Ünalp-çepel

“…Within the scope of the analyses, it is aimed to discuss the critical arguments on political approaches and security policies of the European Union and Turkey on migration control and elaborate why both sides preferred to solve the migration crisis through regional, and specifically, bilateral instruments.…”
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An Unconcealed Reservoir: Case Report of Erosion of Inflatable Penile Implant Reservoir through the Anus by Mark Arthur, Jonathan Canete, Charles Welliver

“…While the space of Retzius (SOR) was the preferred site for many years, the change from open to robotic prostatectomy made this space less desirable due to the violation of the peritoneum with the robotic approach. …”
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Tetraploid Induction and Establishment of Breeding Stocks for All-Triploid Seed Production by Huiping Yang, Ximing Guo, John Scarpa

“…Triploid oysters are becoming the preferred aquaculture product because of their fast growth, better meat quality, and year-round harvest. …”
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Giant Resin Bee Megachile sculpturalis (Smith) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) by Kristen C. Stevens, Cameron Jack, James D Ellis

“…Although these bees can be found on various plants, they typically prefer plants that have been introduced from their native area. …”
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Personalized fund recommendation with dynamic utility learning by Jiaxin Wei, Jia Liu

“…Customers click on their preferred fund products when visiting a fund recommendation web-page. …”
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Great Purple Hairstreak; Great Blue Hairstreak Atlides halesus (Cramer) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) by Don W. Hall

“… The great purple hairstreak, Atlides halesus (Cramer), is one of our most beautiful and fascinating southern butterflies. Although its preferred and most frequently used common name is great purple hairstreak (Miller 1992), it does not have any true purple coloring on it. …”
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Cheminements écoliers dans un shared space : l’urbain au service des apprentissages by Melissa Bellesi, Maribel Casas

“…This paper proposes to examine the determinism that may exist between the urban configuration of the school space and the preferred modes of travel to access it : could a specific spatial arrangement around schools alleviate the congestion generated by minute drop-offs and contribute to a resurgence in the use of walking — or ‘soft’mobility — in order to make the journey between home and school a learning-rich space-time ? …”
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Invasive Insects (Adventive Pest Insects) in Florida by J. Howard Frank, Michael C. Thomas

“…This is the definition we accept here, except that for several reasons we prefer the word adventive (meaning they arrived) to non-native. …”
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Music Emotion Research Based on Reinforcement Learning and Multimodal Information by Yue Hu

“…The model dynamically adjusts the emotional analysis results by learning the user’s behavior, so as to realize the personalized customization of the user’s emotional preference.…”
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Broiler Production Goals - Important Numbers by Gary D. Butcher, Amir H. Nilipour

“…The most important principle is to set the best quality fertile eggs in the machines and ensure that all eggs have been handled properly. It is preferred not to hold the eggs more than three days and the egg room must have the right temperature and humidity during storage to avoid killing or weakening the blastoderm. …”
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4-H Horse and Pony Lease by E. L. Johnson, Wendy DeVito

“…This lease form was designed to cover the basic agreement between a 4-H member and a horse owner. If either party prefers to delete or edit any of the wording, or add more wording, it may be done as long as both parties agree and it does not alter any lease rules required by 4-H. …”
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Music Recommendation Algorithm Based on Multidimensional Time-Series Model Analysis by Juanjuan Shi

“…This method uses the theme model to express each song as the probability of belonging to several hidden themes, then models the user’s behavior as multidimensional time series, and analyzes the series so as to better predict the use of music users’ behavior preference and give reasonable recommendations. Then, a music recommendation method is proposed, which integrates the long-term, medium-term, and real-time behaviors of users and considers the dynamic adjustment of the influence weight of the three behaviors so as to further improve the effect of music recommendation by adopting the advanced long short time memory (LSTM) technology. …”
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Broiler Production Goals - Important Numbers by Gary D. Butcher, Amir H. Nilipour

“…The most important principle is to set the best quality fertile eggs in the machines and ensure that all eggs have been handled properly. It is preferred not to hold the eggs more than three days and the egg room must have the right temperature and humidity during storage to avoid killing or weakening the blastoderm. …”
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Le Paris d’Hemingway : une question de style by Clara Mallier

“…It steers clear of traditional description as the author prefers to "make" the city rather than "describe" it. …”
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Breast Cancer: Making Sense of the Numbers by Martha C. Monroe, Barbara F. Shea, Linda B. Bobroff

“…Some breast cancer patients want to take an active role in understanding and choosing their treatment, and others prefer to leave decisions to their health care providers. …”
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Ideological and Historiographic Influences on the Popularization of the History on the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. An Analysis of the Lithuanian Documentary Discourse (1998-2007) by Rūta Šermukšnytė

“…The article uses specific film and TV examples to support two assertions: (1) The ideological intentions of film and TV authors give priority to explanations of the past influenced by the ideology of nationalism; (2) The preference among film and TV authors for critical Lithuanian historiography in terms of nationalist interpretations is associated with the goals they have set for themselves of revising concepts of the past that have taken hold in society. …”
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