Evolutionary Explanations of the “Actuarial Senescence in the Wild” and of the “State of Senility” by Giacinto Libertini

“…With the distinction between “damage resulting from intrinsic living processes”[4], alias “age changes”[5], and “age-associated diseases”[4,5], the same theory explaining IMICAW allows a rational interpretation of the first category of phenomena while another theory, the “mutation accumulation” hypothesis, gives an immediate interpretation for the second category.The current gerontological paradigm explaining the increasing mortality with increasing chronological age as consequence of insufficient selection should be restricted to the “age-associated diseases”. …”
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Strength Characteristics of Cement Treated and Expanded Polystyrene Mixed Lightweight of Waste Soil from the Construction Site of a Yangtze River Bridge in China by Weihua Lu, Jianyun Wang, Yongxing Zhang

“…Then, a good exponential relationship between the uniaxial compressive strength and the cement mixing ration was founded, and a logarithmic relationship was captured between the compressive strength and curing time within a period of 28 days after the specimens were made. …”
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Merab Mamardashvili: Event of Thought and Pedagogic Practice by D. G. Ryndin

“…Mamardashvili describes the classical type of rationality and its “blind spots” – that is, historicity and “evental” character of phenomena of cognition, which cannot be seen in the objectifying gaze of the classical observer. …”
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Islamic Movement In Malaysia: History And Tradition by Ahmad Nabil Amir, Tasnim Abdul Rahman

“…The movement brought forth critical values and ideals of Islam that espoused for progressive and rational spirit and reconstruction of ijtihad and dynamic activism, based on inclusive moral and ethical norms and standards. …”
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Managing a firm in the face of change by I. D. Matskulyak, V. D. Kuligin, D. I. Matskulyak

“…This is the key aspect of economic development.In conclusion, it is concluded that the management of an entrepreneurial company under conditions of change becomes the basic tool for the progress of business entities, turns into a specific rational channel for introducing combined modernization of the economy, and the search for ways to resolve the contradiction between them as part and whole, becomes the driving force of social progress.…”
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Spatiotemporal distribution of rural multifunctionality and its influencing factors: a case study of the Liaoning Coastal Economic Belt, China by Yu Chen, Jun Wang

“…This will provide an effective reference for investigating the diversification of rural regional space in Liaoning Province, directing the rational use of rural land and accomplishing coordinated development of rural space.…”
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Microstructure Evolution and Strengthening Mechanism of 2 100 MPa Grade Cold-Drawn Steel Wires for Bridge Cables by Yang　Xu, Bao　Siqian, Kang　Xiaolong, Hu　Jiarui, Liu　Chen, Tian　Renming

“…The measured yield strength of steel wires conforms to the interface strengthening and dislocation strengthening models at low and medium drawing strain， with the interface strengthening and dislocation strengthening being 1 359 MPa and 569 MPa， respectively. The contribution ration of interface strengthening decreased from 88% to 68%， while the contribution ratio of dislocation strengthening increased from 6% to 29%. …”
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Topical issues of stimulating the work of civil servants by A. O. Ivanov

“…At the same time, such important elements of the mechanism of stimulating employment, such as guaranteed career growth, protection from administrative pressure and illegal disciplinary action, guaranteed application of incentives and rational organization of the work process, do not receive due attention and development. …”
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Barriers and requirements for adaptation of farmers in mountainous areas to climate change by Hossein jahantigh, Amir Bakhshi, Rezvan Ghorbani salkhord

“…In addition, due to the effective role of government, cooperatives and villagers themselves in rural development, a rational adaptation framework for selecting optimal adaptation strategies in cooperation with these three, as appropriate regional adaptation measures and policies for research proposals was presented.…”
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Pascal Grouiez, Les stratégies des communautés et la régulation sectorielle et territoriale des configurations productives : le cas de l’agroalimentaire russe by Pascal Grouiez

“…Our main thesis is that a sectoral regulationist approach, which considers that the actor have a specific rationality links to the fact that this actor is also a member of a community, is able to analyze the choice to product some non market goods. …”
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Research in public communication of science and knowledge social appropriation: a decade-long bibliometric study by Marianela Dávila Lorenzo, Angélica Mendieta Ramírez, Josías Hernández Pérez

“…However, the challenges related to the democratization of knowledge and the critical rationality of public discourse, from the level of academic research, are marked. …”
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J. M. KEYNES AND HIS ECONOMIC THEORY: AN ETHICAL PERSPECTIVE by S. N. Ivaskovsky

“…Attention is drawn to the fact that an understanding of the ethical orientation of economic theory by Keynes allowed him to take a critical stance towards traditional individualism and Victorian morality of thrift and moneymaking and to conclude that rational and "right" forms of individual behaviour are not a guarantee of the prosperity of society as a whole. …”
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Structure Dynamic Response of Amphibious Aircraft Induced by Water-Taxiing by Jihang Lyu, Rong Yang, Lingcai Huang

“…According to the peculiarities of the amphibious aircraft, structural dynamics model is based on the distribution of stiffness and mass, Virtual Mass Theory is utilized to solve the wet modes on the water surface, rational function approximations of unsteady aerodynamic force in time-domain are constructed by the Minimum-State Approximation Formula, and loose coupling method is employed to simulate the hydrodynamic elastic response under the encounter of amphibian with single wave and repeated waves, respectively. …”
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ParSite is a multicolor DNA labeling system that allows for simultaneous imaging of triple genomic loci in living cells. by Xiaohui He, Yadong Sun, Hanhui Ma

“…The tricolor ParSite system is derived from the T. thermophilus ParB/ParSc (TtParB/ParSc) system by rational design. We mutated the interface between TtParB and ParSc and generated a new pair of TtParBm and ParSm for genomic DNA labeling. …”
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Multi-Objective Dynamic Path Planning with Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning by Mengxue Tao, Qiang Li, Junxi Yu

“…Finally, based on the OpenAI Gym platform, environments such as simple multi-objective environment and complex multi-objective environment were designed to analyze the rationality and effectiveness of the multi-objective dynamic path planning through minimum cost and collision risk assessments. …”
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Research on Risky Driving Behavior of Young Truck Drivers: Improved Theory of Planned Behavior Based on Risk Perception Factor by Zijun Liang, Xuejuan Zhan, Ran Deng, Xin Fu

“…Fit indices CMIN/DF, RMSEA, and AGFI were optimized by 16%, 18%, and 1.5%, respectively, and there was a 5% increase in explanatory power for behavior variance, validating the rationality and effectiveness of the improved TPB model. …”
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GIS-Enabled Culvert Design: A Case Study in Tuscaloosa, Alabama by Ashton D. Greer, Zachary B. Wilbanks, Leah D. Clifton, Bradford Wilson, Andrew J. Graettinger

“…Rainfall data are retrieved from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and combined with watershed and land use information to calculate peak discharge using the rational method. Peak discharge is then combined with culvert design parameters to design a single-barrel culvert. …”
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Prediction of Mine Dust Concentration Based on Grey Markov Model by Zhou Xu, Guo Liwen, Zhang Jiuling, Qin Sijia, Zhu Yi

“…The results showed that the prediction accuracy of the grey Markov model was significantly improved compared with other traditional prediction models. Therefore, the rationality and accuracy of this model in the prediction of mine dust concentration were verified.…”
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Runoff Prediction and Uncertainty Analysis for Xijiang River Basin Based on CMIP6 Climate Scenarios by WU Huiming, YAN Meng, ZHOU Shuai

“…Predicting future runoff changes in flood-prone areas under the influence of climate change and human activities is of great significance for regional water disaster prevention and rational water resource utilization. Therefore, by taking the Xijiang River Basin, a region with frequent floods, as the research object, this paper adopts the Mann-Kendall mutation test and univariate linear regression methods to reveal the non-uniform characteristics of the basin's runoff sequences. …”
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How does agricultural insurance influence grain production scale? An income-mediated perspective by Dainan Hou, Xin Wang, Xin Wang

“…This study applies the von Neumann-Morgenstern expected utility model, coupled with theories on economies of scale, technology diffusion, and rational choice, to examine the theoretical links between agricultural insurance, farmers’ income, and grain production scale.ResultsUsing panel data from 27 Chinese provinces between 2011 and 2021, analyzed through fixed-effects and mediation models, the study finds that agricultural insurance positively, albeit moderately, impacts the scale of grain production, with farmers’ income serving as a partial mediating factor.DiscussionBased on these findings, we recommend expanding agricultural insurance coverage, developing a multi-level insurance framework, and enhancing insurance protection levels to bolster sustainable agricultural development and food security in China.…”
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