On the application of ergodic theory to alternating Engel series by C. Ganatsiou

“…We investigate the ergodic behaviour of the basic operator which generates the modified Engel-type alternating series representations of any number in (0,1] in terms of rationals.…”
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Binomial expansions modulo prime powers by Paul W. Haggard, John O. Kiltinen

“…In the proof congruence modulo prime powers is generalized to the rational numbers via valuations.…”
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An Extended Newmark-FDTD Method for Complex Dispersive Media by Yu-Qiang Zhang, Peng-Ju Yang

“…Based on polarizability in the form of a complex quadratic rational function, a novel finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) approach combined with the Newmark algorithm is presented for dealing with a complex dispersive medium. …”
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Female social media influencers in the Arab Gulf: shaping marketing and advertising on Instagram by Afrah A. Alsalloum, Jason Gainous

“…These influencers leverage a blend of emotional and rational marketing, effectively engaging audiences by emphasizing three core elements: authenticity, confidence, and interactivity. …”
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The field of moduli of quaternionic multiplication on abelian varieties by Victor Rotger

“…We consider principally polarized abelian varieties with quaternionic multiplication over number fields and we study the field of moduli of their endomorphisms in relation to the set of rational points on suitable Shimura varieties.…”
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Development and validation a methodology model for traditional Chinese medicine good practice recommendation: an exploratory sequential mixed methods study by Su Li, Su Li, Su Li, Luan Zhang, Yangyang Wang, Yangyang Wang, Runsheng Xie, Runsheng Xie, Wenjia Chen, Wenjia Chen, Myeong Soo Lee, Yasser Sami Amer, Yasser Sami Amer, Yasser Sami Amer, Amin Sharifan, Heba Hussein, Hui Li, Hui Li, Hui Li

“…It can standardize the specific formulation of TCM GPRs, facilitate the scientific and rational formation of TCM GPRs, and provide theoretical and methodological guidance for the formation of TCM GPRs.…”
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Improved DEA Cross Efficiency Evaluation Method Based on Ideal and Anti-Ideal Points by Qiang Hou, Meiou Wang, Xue Zhou

“…The two distinctive ideal point models are introduced to the DEA method and combined through using variance ration. From the new model, a reasonable result can be obtained. …”
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An Evaluation Method for the Skeleton Model Based on Function–Behavior–Structure Correlation Analysis by Sichao Liu, Shaoke Nan, Ling Tian

“…The skeleton model is an essential tool to support the top-down design of complex products, and the rationality of its design has a significant influence on the detailed design of products. …”
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Some New Traveling Wave Exact Solutions of the (2+1)-Dimensional Boiti-Leon-Pempinelli Equations by Jian-ming Qi, Fu Zhang, Wen-jun Yuan, Zi-feng Huang

“…Our results show that all rational and simply periodic traveling wave exact solutions of the equations (BLP) are solitary wave solutions, the complex method is simpler than other methods, and there exist some rational solutions ur,2(z) and simply periodic solutions us,2–6(z) which are not only new but also not degenerated successively by the elliptic function solutions. …”
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THE RECEPTION OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITION AS A WAY OF FORMING AMERICAN PERSONALISM: THE POST-SECULAR VIEW by V. O. Patsan

“…The revealed regression to the rationally mediated relationship of the created person with Creator is connected with the restriction of the research for “personal beginning of all speculation” which resulted in the personal metaphysics of B. …”
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Comprehensive Chlorine Suppression: Advances in Materials and System Technologies for Direct Seawater Electrolysis by Cenkai Zhao, Zheyuan Ding, Kunye Zhang, Ziting Du, Haiqiu Fang, Ling Chen, Hao Jiang, Min Wang, Mingbo Wu

“…Highlights Rational design of chlorine-suppressing catalysts based on mechanistic insights. …”
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Urban Dealing with Pandemic: Comparative Responses on Spanish Flu and the Covid-19 Era in Indonesia by Pulung Sumantri, Ahmad Muhajir, Taslim Batubara

“…It also affects the polarization of the masses that respond rationally and irrationally to the outbreak.…”
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The effect of forages treated with different methods on fattening performance and slaughter and carcass characteristics of awassi lambs by Orhan ÖZBEY, Abdulkadir AKÇAN, Fuat GÜRDOĞAN

“…This study was carried out to determine an economic feeding system for Awassi sheep at the age of 8-12 months which were fed for a short period to be fit for slaughter and sacrifice so as to get a high lattening performance and to investigate the elteel ol ihis feeding system on slaughter and carcass characteristics According to this, the animals fed with ration containing grinded barley straw without molasses formed Group I. fed with the ration containing grinded barley straw treated with molasses formed Group II and the other fed with ration containing barley straw which was noi grinded but treated with moiasses formed Group III. …”
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Interacting Large Language Model Agents Bayesian Social Learning Based Interpretable Models by Adit Jain, Vikram Krishnamurthy

“…First, we show using Bayesian revealed preferences from microeconomics that an individual LLMA satisfies the necessary and sufficient conditions for rationally inattentive (bounded rationality) Bayesian utility maximization and, given an observation, the LLMA chooses an action that maximizes a regularized utility. …”
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Hobbes and Kant: Materialism and Rhetoric by Gonzalo Bustamante Kuschel

“…The argument is that both thinkers, in seeking a rational foundation for the political order, anchor their notions of rationality in Epicurean materialism, by reconfiguring rhetorical elements to suit their respective philosophies. …”
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Clinical Decision Making of Nurses Working in Hospital Settings by Ida Torunn Bjørk, Glenys A. Hamilton

“…Nurses' decision making was categorized into analytic-systematic, intuitive-interpretive, and quasi-rational models of CDM. Most nurses reported the use of quasi-rational models during CDM thereby supporting the tenet that cognition most often includes properties of both analysis and intuition. …”
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THE ROLE OF INTERNAL AUDIT IN THE EVALUATION OF URBAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES

“…The research found, among other things, that internal audits contribute to a more rational spending of funds from the city budget on public administration activities. …”
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Acquiescentia and Power in Spinoza’s Ethics by Noa Naaman-Zauderer

“…The challenge at the center of this paper is to reconcile three explicit assertions that Spinoza makes in his Ethics: 1. Rational self-esteem is “a joy born of the fact that a man considers himself and his own power of acting”; 2. …”
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Obituaries and predictions: a sociological perspective on the future of religion by J. Beyers

“…Weber was not positive as to the future of religion and foresaw that religion would die out at the hands of rationality and modernisation. Durkheim predicted that religion would suffer at the hands of rationality and modernisation, but that it would not die out completely. …”
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Study on the Absorption and Conduction Properties of Vanisulfane in Tobacco by Xingang Meng, Fei Li, Qian Huang

“…These results showed that vanisulfane had excellent upward and downward of systemic in tobacco plants, which is helpful to guide a reference for the rational use of vanisulfane in the field.…”
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