The second life of micro-organisms. Bio-digital design for a new ecology of space and behaviour by Alessandro Valenti, Claudia Pasquero

“…To reflect today, as designers and researchers, on the issue of Second Life, is to pose questions not only about the potential contemporary articulations of the term within a disciplinary field defined by knowledge that intertwines sectors like Urbanism, Architecture, Interior Design and Design but also to explore the very concept of life rendering living organisms – both human and not – as an active part of the speculation and the eventual experimentations giving new meaning to actions like regeneration or reuse. …”
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Effect of Rotation Speed on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Friction-Stir-Welded 2205 Duplex Stainless Steel by Wenyang Wang, Ye Hu, Tong Wu, Dan Zhao, Hongwei Zhao

“…The effect of rotation speed on the microstructure and mechanical properties of the welds was researched. The welding temperature was recorded during friction stir welding (FSW), and the microstructure and mechanical properties of the welds were assessed. …”
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Sensitive Analysis for the Efficiency of a Parabolic Trough Solar Collector Based on Orthogonal Experiment by Xiaoyan Liu, Jing Huang, Qianjun Mao

“…A multitude of the researches focus on the factors of the thermal efficiency of a parabolic trough solar collector, that is, the optical-thermal efficiency. …”
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Methodological approach to evaluation the level of a university organizational culture by E. V. Kotov, Yu. O. Roschina

“…The level of organizational culture is determined on the basis of an integral (generalizing) indicator, which, unlike analogues developed by other researchers, is calculated as the geometric mean of the integral indexes of groups of indicators, which makes it possible to determine the median value, which is the closest to the average value.…”
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Computed Tomography to Estimate the Representative Elementary Area for Soil Porosity Measurements by Jaqueline Aparecida Ribaski Borges, Luiz Fernando Pires, André Belmont Pereira

“…The scrutiny of such representative elementary sizes (RESs) has been the target of attention of many researchers related to soil physics field owing to the strong relationship between physical properties and size of the soil sample. …”
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BRICS Countries Energy Cooperation. Significance of the Issue by M. O. Ryazanova

“…Given the recent decline of economic growth rates in BRICS countries, highlighting of such areas as infrastructural funding and establishing of effective international financial regulatory institutions, beneficial cooperation in energy sector despite its importance for the national interests of member states, nowadays perspectives of BRICS cooperation in energy security seem to be unclear for the leading researchers and analysts. The article contemplates the evolution of energy cooperation issue in the context of BRICS summits. …”
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Transplant Tolerance: New Insights and Strategies for Long-Term Allograft Acceptance by Paulina Ruiz, Paula Maldonado, Yessia Hidalgo, Alejandra Gleisner, Daniela Sauma, Cinthia Silva, Juan Jose Saez, Sarah Nuñez, Mario Rosemblatt, Maria Rosa Bono

“…To solve this setback in allotransplantation, researchers have focused on manipulating the immune response in order to create a state of tolerance rather than unspecific immunosuppression. …”
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Reliability Evaluation of Distribution Power Systems Based on Artificial Neural Network Techniques by Mohammoud M. Hadow, Ahmed N. Abd Allah, Sazali P. Abdul karim

“…In order to assess the reliability of distribution systems, more and more researchers are directing their attention to the artificial intelligent method, and several reliability indices have been proposed, such as basic load point indices and system performance indices. …”
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LANGUAGE STYLE IN FASHION ADVERTISEMENTS OF ONLINE VOGUE MAGAZINE by Irene Anggita Dennaya, Barli Bram

“…The data were collected by selecting ten advertisements collected from Vogue Magazine’s compilation entitled “The Fall 2020 Trends Vogue Edition Editors are Shopping This Season” published on 18 September 2020. The researchers employed mixed methods to analyse the language styles used in the fashion advertisements based on nine types of language styles proposed by Wells, Burnett, and Moriarty (1995). …”
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GROSS PROFITABILITY AND 52-WEEK HIGH PRICE by Nesrin Özkan

“…It’s considered that forthcoming researches might focus on the combined performances of the other strategies also by employing alternative measures.…”
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Analyzing the Performance of Machine Learning Techniques in Disease Prediction by Khongdet Phasinam, Tamal Mondal, Dony Novaliendry, Cheng-Hong Yang, Chiranjit Dutta, Mohammad Shabaz

“…Many different groups of researchers have used knowledge exploration methods in diverse fields to forecast heart disease and have shown acceptable degrees of precision. …”
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Justin Martyr – between Philosophy and the Second Sophistic by Justinas Ambrazas

“… Only relatively recently have researchers begun to speak more loudly about how studies on the Second Sophistic overlook Christian (and Jewish) literature. …”
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Chaos in Physiological Control Systems: Health or Disease? by Olfa Boubaker

“…During the nineties, the Rössler’s have reported in their famous book “Chaos in Physiology,” that “physiology is the mother of Chaos.” Moreover, several researchers have proved that Chaos is a generic characteristic of systems in physiology. …”
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اعداد القوائم الاستنادیة "مشروع اعداد قائمة استنادیة للأسماء بادارة المخطوطات والمکتبات الاسلامیة... by د. أحمد أحمد محمد المزین

“…This paper deals with the subject of authority control, especially thecontrol of Arabic names and the preparation of authority lists for the names ofpeople, This is because it is of great importance to the staff in the field of librariesand information, and also to use it to retrieve information sources, And for thatpurpose a definition of authority control has been introduced, Highlighting itsimportance, objectives, functions, tools, outputs and types of authority files andtheir forms, With reference to the experiences of some Arab and foreign librariesin the authority control projects, The researcher adopted a case studymethodology to identify the features of the project of preparing a list authority ofArabic names for the Department of manuscripts and Islamic libraries in the Stateof Kuwait, The most important findings of the study are the results of theimportance of authority control in the process of retrieving sources of informationand the shortage of specialized persons in the field of authority control, andnecessity Develop a strategy for inter-library cooperation to create a unifiedArabic authority file for both ancient and modern Arabic names It is co-foundedby members from all Arab countries.…”
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Continuum and Soft Robots in Minimally Invasive Surgery: A Systematic Review by Fahad Iqbal, Mojtaba Esfandiari, Golchehr Amirkhani, Hamidreza Hoshyarmanesh, Sanju Lama, Mahdi Tavakoli, Garnette R. Sutherland

“…We hope that this review will, on the one hand, provide an introduction and resource for students and researchers alike, and on the other hand, will stimulate discussion vis-à-vis future directions in minimally invasive surgery.…”
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The Development and Validation of the Adolescent Problematic Gaming Scale (PGS-Adolescent) by Zhanni Luo, Jiayan Xie

“…The final 20-item PGS-Adolescent scale includes four constructs: interpersonal relationships (IRE), schooling disruption (SD), physical consequences (Phy-C), and psychological consequences (Psy-C). Researchers may consider directly applying the validated PGS-Adolescent scale or evaluating its applicability and validity in diverse populations and contexts.…”
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Bullying in adolescence by Marioly Ruiz Hernandez, Honey Turiño Matamoros, Yanara Calzada Urquiola, Laura Magda López Angulo, Daniela de la Caridad Cedeño Díaz

“…Despite being a phenomenon that has been studied for several decades, bullying is becoming more widespread and complex, a fact that researchers relate to behaviors arising from the growing attachment to technology, due to its strong impact at all levels of current existence in the world.…”
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Le jardin comme Raumkunstwerk : le rôle des écoles d’architecture dans la modernisation de l’enseignement de l’architecture de paysage au début du xxe siècle by Lars Hopstock

“…The process leading to the first full academic curriculum for the discipline of landscape architecture in Germany being introduced in 1930 is relatively well-researched. Until then, garden design had been taught at special horticultural institutes. …”
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Design and Fabrication of Ultrathin Metallic Phase Shifters for Visible and Near-Infrared Wavelengths by Qing Guo, Jinkui Chu, Chuanlong Guan, Chuxiao Zhang, Ran Zhang

“…Phase shifters are extensively researched for their applications in optics. The size of optical elements with phase delay that are made from natural birefringent materials is limited; however, fabricating waveplates from dielectric metamaterials is very complex and expensive. …”
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Circularity in Materials: A Review on Polymer Composites Made from Agriculture and Textile Waste by Ali Raza Shafqat, Muzzamal Hussain, Yasir Nawab, Munir Ashraf, Sheraz Ahmad, Ghazia Batool

“…During the past decade, many researchers have utilized agriculture and textile wastes in the fabrication of composites. …”
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