Environmental alarmism: the Club of Rome and its critics by Nikolai Mihailov, Lidia Sakelarieva

“…It concerns the future where the respect for the value of nature is a new moral principle.…”
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Feature-Level vs. Score-Level Fusion in the Human Identification System by Rabab A. Rasool

“…The four feature extraction methods, local binary pattern (LBP), gray-level co-occurrence matrix (GLCM), principle component analysis (PCA), and Fourier descriptors (FDs), are applied separately to generate the face-iris machine vector dataset. …”
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Some Fixed Point Results in Function Weighted Metric Spaces by Awais Asif, Nawab Hussain, Hamed Al-Sulami, Muahammad Arshad

“…After the establishment of the Banach contraction principle, the notion of metric space has been expanded to more concise and applicable versions. …”
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Stability of Virus Infection Models with Antibodies and Chronically Infected Cells by Mustafa A. Obaid, A. M. Elaiw

“…By constructing Lyapunov functions and using LaSalle's invariance principle, we have established the global asymptotic stability of all steady states of the models. …”
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Remarks on Residual Stress Measurement by Hole-Drilling and Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry by Claudia Barile, Caterina Casavola, Giovanni Pappalettera, Carmine Pappalettere

“…Hole drilling is the most widespread method for measuring residual stress. It is based on the principle that drilling a hole in the material causes a local stress relaxation; the initial residual stress can be calculated by measuring strain in correspondence with each drill depth. …”
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Chaotic Vibration Prediction of a Free-Floating Flexible Redundant Space Manipulator by Congqing Wang, Linfeng Wu

“…The dynamic model of a planar free-floating flexible redundant space manipulator with three joints is derived by the assumed modes method, Lagrange principle, and momentum conservation. According to minimal joint torque’s optimization (MJTO), the state equations of the dynamic model for the free-floating redundant space manipulator are described. …”
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Empiricism and Theorizing in Epidemiology and Social Network Analysis by Richard Rothenberg, Elizabeth Costenbader

“…The connection between theory and data is an iterative one. In principle, each is informed by the other: data provide the basis for theory that in turn generates the need for new information. …”
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Exploring Synergy of Computing Power and Electricity： Unearthing Flexibility of High-Voltage Direct Current-Side Integrated Backup and Energy Storage Batteries by CHEN Min, GUO Qinglai, JING Tangbo, PAN Yu, ZHAI Sicheng, LI Zihao

“…Specifically， this study presents the principle for this application scenario and discusses the value assessment under different scenarios， providing a theoretical foundation for determining the idle flexibility of HVDC-side integrated energy storage and backup batteries. …”
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Social composition of first district Zemstvo assemblies of Tauride province (1866–1869) by K. G. Morgunov

“…The first elections to County Zemstvo assemblies are investigated and the influence of the property qualification principle on the electoral process and the formation of Zemstvo bodies is reflected the regional specifics of the districts of the Tauride province and its significance in the social representation of Zemstvo vowels are shown. …”
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Global Bifurcation Structure of a Predator-Prey System with a Spatial Degeneracy and B-D Functional Response by Xiaozhou Feng, Changtong Li, Hao Sun, Yuzhen Wang

“…First, for the case of the weak growth rate on the prey (λ1Ω<a<λ1Ω0), a priori estimates on any positive steady-state solutions are established by the comparison principle; two local bifurcation solution branches depending on the bifurcation parameter are obtained by local bifurcation theory. …”
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Zinc-Blende GeC Stabilized on GaN (001): An Ab Initio Study by J. H. Camacho-García, Ma L. Ruiz-Peralta, G. Hernández-Cocoletzi, A. Bautista-Hernández, M. Salazar-Villanueva, A. Escobedo-Morales, E. Chigo-Anota, J. C. Moreno-Hernández

“…First-principle calculations have been performed to explore the initial stages of the zinc blende-like germanium carbide epitaxial growth on the gallium nitride (001)-(2 × 2) surface. …”
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The Self-Restrained Positive Legislator: Assessing the Constitutional Review of Legislative Omissions in Lithuania by Pūraitė-Andrikienė Dovilė, Valuta Andrius

“…The text addresses the extent to which the Constitutional Court has adhered to the principle of self-restraint, ensuring that its interventions do not unduly encroach upon the prerogatives of law-making institutions. …”
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Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński’s Concept of Christians Engagement in Culture by Ryszard Ficek

“…Thus, the fullness of man’s personal affluence becomes the ultimate and fundamental principle, subject, and goal of culture. Therefore, the article aims to answer the question: can the personalistic concept of a human being constitute the basis for forming and influencing the culture, especially in contemporary reality? …”
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A Damage Constitutive Model of Rock under Hydrochemical Cyclic Invasion by Lunan Sun, Yu Zhang, Zhe Qin, Tengfei Wang, Sheng Zhang

“…The curve of the number of cycles, acidity, alkalinity, peak strength, and elastic modulus is fit numerically. Based on the principle of damage mechanics, a hydraulic-chemistry-mechanics (HCM) coupling damage variable is defined. …”
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The Taxation of Agriculture in the European Union Countries by Kinga Gruziel, Małgorzata Raczkowska

“…The paper sets out the key principles for taxation of agriculture in selected European Union countries. …”
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Performance based budgeting as an instrument of efficient resource alocation at the level of local self-goverment in the Republic of Serbia by Nikodijević Marija

“…The paper describes the main characteristics of this budgeting model which is an important part of the broader process of public sector reform. The basic principle of performance-based budgeting is reflected in the cause-effect of spent budget funds and the achieved results. …”
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The Effect of Cu Doping on the Transformation from Rutile to Anatase and Cu Occupation Tendency in TiO2 Solid Solution by Jun-Yu Chen, Ji-Kang Yan, Guo-You Gan

“…The stretching vibration frequencies of the interatomic bonds were calculated by the electronegativity principle. The calculated data were compared with infrared spectra. …”
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Mesenchymal Stem Cell Conditioned Media Ameliorate Psoriasis Vulgaris: A Case Study by Rajasekar Seetharaman, Anjum Mahmood, Prashant Kshatriya, Divyang Patel, Anand Srivastava

“…A number of bioactive factors like cytokines and growth factors secreted by MSCs in the conditioned medium are very likely to be the principle molecules which play a vital role in skin regeneration. …”
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Same-sex marriage: a defense based on foundations of natural law by Pablo Antonio Lago

“…I conclude that this way of conceptualizing human sexuality is “far more evident” than the one suggested by Finnis and is also consistent with Germain Grisez's interpretation of Aquinas’ first principle of practical reason - with which Finnis himself agrees.…”
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Numerical Simulation of Recycled Concrete Using Convex Aggregate Model and Base Force Element Method by Yijiang Peng, Hao Chu, Jiwei Pu

“…By using the Base Force Element Method (BFEM) on potential energy principle, a new numerical concrete model, random convex aggregate model, is presented in this paper to simulate the experiment under uniaxial compression for recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) which can also be referred to as recycled concrete. …”
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