Improving ecological water diversion process to promote oasis restoration using a monthly conceptual lumped ecohydrological model: A case study of the Qingtu Oasis, China by Feng Huang, Yiping Li, Carlos G. Ochoa, Jisheng Li

“…The MCLEM coupling with the scenario simulation effectively depicted the oasis’s intra-annual ecohydrological dynamics responding to various EWD processes under wet, regular, and dry meteorological conditions, implying for designing a rational EWD strategy achieving optimal ecological benefits regarding a larger oasis area and higher vegetation coverage. …”
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Management of housing and communal services in apartment building: evaluation of alternative methods by S. V. Taruta

“…The results of the comparative analysis will allow the owners of premises and local self-government bodies to make a more rational choice of the method of managing the MCD. …”
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Securitization of China in the NATO discourse in the late 2010s— early 2020s: Towards a global collective identity by Yu. Yu. Melnikova

“…These attempts to securitize the Chinese factor in the NATO’s discourse are particularly noteworthy since they can hardly be rationalized by traditional military-political, economic or ideological reasons. …”
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Regulating the Urban Commons: A Romanian Case Study of Improving Building Facades by Anamaria Vrabie, Rodica Ianole-Călin

“…We interpret the results of this exploratory case study as a first step towards building a more comprehensive approach to serve as a toolkit in examining the development of innovative local policies in post-communist environments, through a combined research framework including also the significant contribution of behavioural insights, next to the traditional rational actor theories. Naturally, the usual limitations of the method also apply to our study, in the sense of non-generalizable conclusions. …”
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Diagnostic and Clinical Significance of Serum Levels of D-Lactate and Diamine Oxidase in Patients with Crohn’s Disease by Jierui Cai, Hong Chen, Meiling Weng, Shuyu Jiang, Jie Gao

“…D-LA and DAO have a good prognostic value for CD activity. Rational combined use of biomarkers can significantly improve the diagnostic efficiency.…”
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Effects of temperature and live prey concentration on Colossoma macropomum larviculture by Fabio Aremil Costa dos Santos, Gustavo Soares da Costa Julio, André de Sena Souza, Pedro Paulo Cortezzi Pedras, Ronald Kennedy-Luz

“…It is concluded that the larviculture of C. macropomum must be carried out with a temperature of 32° C and that the food management must be differentiated during the first 15 days, positively influenced in the period of feeding with ration. …”
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EXISTENTIAL CHOICE. AN ESSAY ABOUT THREE AFRICANS (REFLECTION ON AUGUSTINE’S CONFESSIONS) by S. V. Sannіkov

“…The author concludes, that unlike the day-to-day choices-preferences, which can be made following a rational and ecstatic decision, the existential choice is a dialectic unity of Gift, coming from Above, and an intuitive unconscious faith of a person who accepts this Gift.…”
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Three-Year Point Prevalence Survey of Antimicrobial Use in a Chinese University Hospital by Fa-Hong Jing, Qiang Wang, Tian-Jiao He, Na Xin, Yao-Wei Wang, Yang Han, Xin Wang, Zhuo Li

“…This survey can be used as a control to assess the rational application quality of antimicrobial after regular application of antimicrobial intervention.…”
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Safety assessment of rosuvastatin-fenofibrate combination in the treatment of hyperlipidemia based on FDA’s adverse event reporting system database by Qun Li, Wenya Shan, Saiwei Wu

“…In this study, we analyzed the safety signals of rosuvastatin-fenofibrate combination by assessing the publicly available US Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS), so as to provide a reference for rational clinical use of rosuvastatin and fenofibrate, and reduce the occurrence of related AEs.MethodsReports to the FAERS from 1 January 2004 to 19 March 2020 were analyzed. …”
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Hysteretic Behavior of H-Shaped Honeycombed Steel Web Composite Columns with Rectangular Concrete-Filled Steel Tube Flanges by Jing Ji, Yubo Lin, Liangqin Jiang, Wen Li, Hongguo Ren, Ruili Wang, Zihao Wang, MaoMao Yang, Chenyu Yu

“…By comparing the load-displacement curves between test and simulation, the rationality of finite element modeling method was verified. …”
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Skeptic’s Comment: What Questions ‘Academic Writing’ Does Not Answer by Alevtina S. Robotova

“…They include doubts about the completeness of methodological arguments (considering the contemporary state of matter in epistemology, attitude towards new type rationality, unique features of cognition in science and humanities, rationale for the relevance of social constructivism for AW, and etc.), and about the insufficient attention towards the contemporary pedagogical methodology. …”
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Detection of Burned Areas by Remote Sensing Techniques: İzmir Seferihisar Forest fire case study by Aslı Sabuncu, Haluk Özener

“…Based on the three different methods of results are compatible, rational and consistent with the results of the General Directorate of Forestry.…”
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Optimization of Construction Parameters and Deformation Characteristics of Large-Section Loess Tunnel: A Case Study from Xi’an Metro by Mingji Zhao, Yun Cheng, Zhanping Song, Tong Wang, Yuwei Zhang, Baichao Liulian

“…Then, the surface settlement and horizontal deformation are analyzed based on monitoring data, and, finally, the rationality of excavation face distance is verified. …”
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Genetic Algorithm Integrated Fuzzy AHP-VIKOR Approach for the Investigation of W-Cut Insert Heat Exchanger for Cooling of Dielectric Fluid Used in Ultra-High Voltage Transformer by N. Vasantha Gowri, J. Samson Isaac, T. Muralikrishna, G. Suresh Babu, Melvin Victor Depoures, S. Sekar, P. Sasirekha, M. Ramesh, S. Prabhakar

“…The empirical model equations for friction factor, performance enhancement ratio, Nusselt number, and rational efficiency are developed, and they show good affinity with experimental data. …”
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Analysis of Sunshine Temperature Field of Steel Box Girder Based on Monitoring Data by Hailin Lu, Jing Hao, Jiwei Zhong, Yafei Wang, Hongyin Yang

“…In this study, based on the recorded meteorological data of the bridge site, a spatial-temporal temperature model of a 3-span steel box girder is developed through applying the thermal analysis software TAITHERM. Firstly, the rationality and dependability of the proposed spatial-temporal temperature model are adequately verified by means of implementing the comparison with the measurement data. …”
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Dégradation des écosystèmes steppiques et stratégie de développement durable. Mise au point méthodologique appliquée à la Wilaya de Nâama (Algérie) by Tarik B. Bouchetata, Arslan A. Bouchetata

“…At last, the analysis of strategies based on the objectif’s forking allow to free three complementary programs having for specific objectives: the restoring of balance liverstock/course, the suppression of illicitly plough and the rational management of the steppes ecosystem.…”
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TEST - ACI by John Smith

“…Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem, quia voluptas sit, aspernatur aut odit aut fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos, qui ratione voluptatem sequi nesciunt, neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum, quia dolor sit amet consectetur adipisci[ng] velit, sed quia non numquam [do] eius modi tempora inci[di]dunt, ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. …”
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Machine Learning Models for Spring Discharge Forecasting by Francesco Granata, Michele Saroli, Giovanni de Marinis, Rudy Gargano

“…Nowadays, drought phenomena increasingly affect large areas of the globe; therefore, the need for a careful and rational management of water resources is becoming more pressing. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Thermomechanical Properties and Thermal Damage Constitutive Models of Three Soft Sedimentary Rocks by Wenhua Zha, Weixing Shao, Suqin Yao, Qiang Chen, Denghong Chen

“…The decreasing rate of elastic modulus of sandstone is 0.041 GPa/°C; the decreasing rate of peak stress is 0.193 MPa/°C, the decreasing rate of sandy mudstone is 0.022 GPa/°C and 0.124 MPa/°C, and the decreasing rate of mudstone is 0.020 GPa/°C and 0.051 MPa/°C. (iv) The rationality of the established thermal damage constitutive model of sedimentary soft rock was verified.…”
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Application of Solutions of Uncorrected Tasksʼ Theory for Managing of Production Processesʼ Robustness by P. S. Serenkov, V. M. Romanchak, I. E. Pesliak

“…We have systematized the sources of potential losses in  the  robustness  of  production  processes  and  proposed  a  two-stage  mechanism for managing them. We have justified rational methods of ensuring the robustness of production processes for each stage based on, the practice of uncorrected tasks solving. …”
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