Virtuous integrative social robotics for ethical governance by Anshu Saxena Arora, Arlene Marshall, Amit Arora, John R. McIntyre

“…It is based on the ‘non-replacement principle’ whereby social robots should behave as a virtuous human would. …”
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Modeling and simulation analysis of interleaved double dual boost converters in energy storage field by Baining Guo, Junqi Liu, Mingye Sun, Shuo Zhai, Zhiheng Zhao, Bin Hai

“…First, the topological structure and working principle are introduced, which is an indispensable pretreatment for the steady‐state feature analysis. …”
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Fracture Analysis of Griffith Interface Crack in Fine-Grained Piezoelectric Coating/Substrate under Thermal Loading by Shuaishuai Hu, Jiansheng Liu, Junlin Li

“…The temperature field, displacement field, and electric field of the coupling of thermal and electromechanical problems are constructed via integral transformation and the principle of superposition. Thus, problems are transformed into a system of singular integral equations, and the expressions of thermal intensity factor, thermal stress intensity factor, and electric displacement intensity factor are obtained. …”
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On the Benefits of Rational Simplicity: How to Teach Humanities in Technical Universities? by E. N. Ivakhnenko, N. I. Kuznetsova

“…Contradicting their colleague in the teaching profession, the authors emphasize the importance of the humanities teacher’s creativity and at the same time defend the principle of recursive continuity (“rational simplicity”) once proclaimed by Michel Foucault: “Not all discursive strategies are equally possible, but only those that are allowed by the preceding levels”.…”
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A Novel Method for Identifying Resonance Frequency Band in Weak Bearing Fault Diagnosis of Electric Driving System by Cong Yue, Yu Zhu, Ping Cheng, Bei Wang, Kai Wang

“…A novel method based on Hilbert transform with modified fast kurtogram (HTMFK), which is used for identifying the bearing faults in the EDS, is proposed. The modified principle and algorithm flow of the proposed method are derived. …”
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Research progress on the source, adsorption treatment and conversion technology of CO2 by Wang Yingfei

“…Subsequently, the article introduces the adsorption method as an important means of CO2 treatment, covering the adsorption principle, common adsorbent types, adsorption process and adsorption regeneration methods. …”
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‘Tactile qualities’ by Andrew Eastman

“…This passage may be understood as referring to what critics have seen as a central principle of modernism, calling attention to language itself as medium. …”
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The University Policlinic pedagogic pattern: expression of the new formative paradigm. by Maricel Castellanos González, Irma Pasarón Pérez, Jorge Cañellas Granda, Asbely Yera Sánchez, Zenia Sánchez García

“…<p><span style="font-family: Tahoma; color: black;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">Since the creation of the National Health System a steady, progressive, and gradual process of paradigm change has taken place in our country in medical sciences, under materialistic philosophy conceptions until arriving in our days to the new pedagogic model for basic integral general doctor's formation, sustained by the working education strength as fundamental principle. It implies to locate the student under professionals conditions to solve real or potential problems, using the teacher’s behaviour, and accompanying these solutions with studies in the own performance process. …”
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Contestations and Contradictions in the Argentine Redes de Trueque by Georgina M. Gómez, Joop de Wit

“…This research seeks to trace the diverse interpretations of the principle of monetary contestation in the daily economic practices of the Argentine complementary currency systems. …”
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Edukacja dla zrównoważonego rozwoju w szkołach ponadgimnazjalnych by Elżbieta Buchcic

“…It is a specially important element of teaching according to the principle of pro-environmental education to undertake all actions in the educational centers, which aim is to stimulate the environmental awareness of young people as well as to prepare the pedagogical staff to the realization of the wide range of methods and strategies that allow to get the best results during the process of educating young generation.…”
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Effect of Mechanism Error on Input Torque of Scroll Compressor by Man Zhao, Shurong Yu, Chao Li, Yang Yu

“…Based on the fundamental principle of plane four-bar mechanism, the force on the equivalent parallel four-bar mechanism was analyzed for scroll compressor with mini-crank antirotation, and the formula of input torque was proposed. …”
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C. McGinn. Absurd Utilitarianism / trans. from Engl. A. V. Nekhaev by A. V. Nekhaev

“…The consistent implementation principle of aggregate utility maximization suggests that the best world what we can create (with a given amount of resource R) would be a world with countless rat brains in vats converted into solid pleasure centers.…”
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Les activités de conservation des lémuriens par le Groupe d’Etude et de Recherche sur les Primates de Madagascar (GERP) by Rose Marie Randrianarison, Hanta Razafindraibe, Jonah Ratsimbazafy, Fanantenana Rasolofoniriana Andriatsarafara, Lucien Marie Aimé Rakotozafy

“…The GERP membership consists of multidisciplinary scientists, both Malagasy and foreign, the majority of whom are primatologists. The principle actions of the association are focused on research on the prosimian primates of Madagascar, the development of action plans for their conservation, the discovery of new species, the translocation of lemurs living in deforested or threatened habitats, the abundance estimates and the revision of area distributions and the publication of results research in national and international scientific journals. …”
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EFFECT OF VIEWING ANGLE OF IR THERMOGRAPHY CAMERA FOR THE DETECTION OF LANDMINE by Moustafa M. Kurdi

“…Infrared (IR) thermography, which is widely employed in the detection of discontinuities in materials and structures, would be in principle suitable also for this kind of application. …”
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Suspender Replacement Method for Long-Span Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Arch Bridges and Cable Force Measurement Based on Frequency Method by Yulin Deng, Luming Deng

“…To accurately estimate the cable force of suspenders, herein, we analyse the influencing factors through a suspender tension test based on the principle of suspender vibration. The frequency of each suspender of the bridge is evaluated using the frequency method. …”
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Calculation of the Overall Coordination Internal Force of the Grille Beam-Column under the Impact of Debris Flow by Yongsheng Wang, Hao Zhu, Bing Wang

“…Under the condition of full reservoir of debris flow, the grille beam-column meets the working principle of elastic foundation beam; therefore, the equation of the overall cooperative work of the grille beam-column is derived based upon Winkler’s theory of elastic foundation beam. …”
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Resonance Effect Decrease and Accuracy Increase of Piezoelectric Accelerometer Measurement by Appropriate Choice of Frequency Range by Zine Ghemari, Saad Salah, Rabah Bourenane

“…In order to achieve this objective, physical principle is modeled to find a precise relationship which can determine the accelerometer appropriate frequency range. …”
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The possibilities of lung perfusion scintigraphy in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension by V.Yu. Kundin, M.V. Satyr, I.V. Noverko, A.V. Khokhlov

“…Methods of the radiation diagnosis of pulmonary embolism and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension are reviewed in this article; the comparison, advantages and limitations of these methods are discussed. The principle of lung perfusion scintigraphy and its differences from other radiation examinations are described. …”
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On Fourier Series of Fuzzy-Valued Functions by Uğur Kadak, Feyzi Başar

“…In the present paper since the utilization of Zadeh’s Extension principle is quite difficult in practice, we prefer the idea of level sets in order to construct a fuzzy-valued function on a closed interval via related membership function. …”
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Adaptive Dual-Polarization Filtering Method for Countering Active Jamming by Qiang Zhang, Rui Zhou, Xianbo Shi, Yixin Zhao

“…First, the signal flow principle of the dual polarization radar and its signal model are introduced. …”
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