PSO with Mixed Strategy for Global Optimization by Jinwei Pang, Xiaohui Li, Shuang Han

“…In recent two decades, a lot of researches have been working on improving the performance of PSO, and numerous PSO variants have been presented. …”
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Identification of Suitable Sites for Rainwater Harvesting Using AHP and GIS in the Middle and High Moulouya Basin, Morocco by Amiri Mustapha, Bouguelba Smail, Sbai Abdelkader, Ghzal Mohamed, Qadem Zohair, Salem Ali

“…Several researchers have utilized various methodological frameworks to determine appropriate locations and methodologies for Runoff Water Harvesting (RWH) in semi-arid and arid area. …”
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Silicon-perovskite combinational solar cells degradation phenomena for futuristic IOTs powering by Pratibha Giri, J. P. Tiwari

“…Hence, scientists and researchers are searching for alternative powering sources or supporting powering by default battery power. …”
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Effective Contract in Higher Education: Intentions and Outcomes by M. V. Kurbatova, I. V. Donova

“…On the other hand, researchers moved from substantiating approaches and elaborating methodologies to analyzing the experience of implementing an academic contract and then to evaluating its outcomes. …”
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The effect of sustainable agricultural practices on crop productivity in Ethiopia: insights from a meta-analysis by Tadesse Tolera Ejeta, Tadesse Tolera Ejeta, Xiuguang Bai

“…Accordingly, none of the past researchers identified any patterns in the variables influencing crop productivity. …”
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Christianity, ‘supernatural’ beliefs and COVID-19 by E. Shoko

“…Methodologically, the researcher iewed and listened to uploaded YouTube video clips of news related to the church and COVID-19, uploaded by media outlets and the neo-Pentecostal church leaders themselves as well as online newspaper reports from the period 2 March to 19 June 2020. …”
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Organisational career conversations: exploring the experiences and perceptions of professional services line-managers in higher education by Sarah Allbeson

“…The public sector is distinctive in its approach towards staff and the careers of university professional services staff is an under-researched area including the shape of career trajectories for third space professionals and how these are managed by institutions (Whitchurch, 2022). …”
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UAlpha40: A comprehensive dataset of Urdu alphabet for Pakistan sign languageMendeley Data by Sameena Javaid, Shahood Sajid, Yusra Khan Baloch

“…There are a total of 40 alphabets in Urdu sign language, with 36 being static and 4 being dynamic. While researchers have focused on the 36 static gestures, the 4 dynamic gestures have been overlooked. …”
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Owning your emotions or sentimental navel-gazing: Digital storytelling with South African pre-service student educators by Gachago Daniela, Ivala Eunice, Chigona Agnes, Condy Janet

“…However, how to achieve such emotional engagement, without falling into the trap of sentimentality, is an area that is under-researched. This paper reflects on conversations with South African students in a final year pre-service teacher-training programme, who developed digital stories as a vehicle for student engagement across difference. …”
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Cognitive Distortions in Depressed Women: Trait, or State Dependent? by Sedat BATMAZ, Sibel KOCBIYIK

“…Objective: According to the cognitive theory developed by Beck, cognitive distortions are important mediators for the onset and maintenance of depressive disorders. It has not been researched if these cognitive distortions are more frequently encountered during the depressive episode, or if they are trait-like features. …”
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The Main Determinants of Military Violent Crime by Ye. M. Pashchenko

“…The author has expressed opinion that commission of violent, lucrative and violent crimes by military personnel during combat operations is in many cases a consequence of the influence of specific social and psychological determinants, where researchers name: weakening of social control factors; exacerbation of problems of meeting the needs for existence; increasing the level of nervousness of the population, increasing the conflict level in interpersonal relationships; weakening the morality, etc. …”
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Explanatory Factors of the Expansion of Recreation Function on the Bank of Danube River in Budapest by Pál Szabó, Zoltán Mihályi, Tamás Szomorjai, Emese Tóth

“…Overall, the urban waterfront development is an increasingly important researched topic and policy. The question is: can we realize it in Budapest also nowadays? …”
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Deformation and degradation study using point clouds in natatio of the Western Baths at La Alcudia in Elche (Alicante) by José Antonio Huesca-Tortosa, María del Rosario Pacheco-Mateo, Mercedes Tendero-Porras, David Torregrosa-Fuentes, Yolanda Spairani-Berrio

“…Its comparison with the hypothetical original form allowed the researchers to quantify the current deformations. A damage evolution study has been made comparing the 2016 point cloud with the 2022 cloud, both obtained by light detection and ranging (LIDAR). …”
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Global Stability for Novel Complicated SIR Epidemic Models with the Nonlinear Recovery Rate and Transfer from Being Infectious to Being Susceptible to Analyze the Transmission of C... by Fehaid Salem Alshammari, F. Talay Akyildiz

“…The dynamics of infectious diseases is complex, and therefore, researchers need to consider more complicated mathematical models. …”
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Adult-onset Langerhans cell histiocytosis with multisystem involvement: A rare case report by Yaman M․ Alahmad, Omar Al Mukdad, Ahmad Huneity, Sarah Sayed, Renan Adam, Alaa Al-Taie

“…This case could serve as a crucial reference for both clinicians, radiologists and researchers, enriching the existing knowledge base on adult-onset LCH.…”
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Microbial Control in the Processing of Low-Temperature Meat Products: Non-Thermal Sterilization and Natural Antimicrobials by Xiaoyang Zhang, Feng Na, Min Zhang, Wei Yang

“…This paper provides a comprehensive review of the specific applications of biocides and non-thermal sterilization methods in food, highlighting the control parameters and their effects on microbes during low-temperature meat processing, to supply pertinent researchers with theoretical references.…”
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Semisupervised Graph Neural Networks for Traffic Classification in Edge Networks by Yang Yang, Rui Lyu, Zhipeng Gao, Lanlan Rui, Yu Yan

“…Traffic classification tasks are thought to be a keystone for network management; researchers can analyze packets captured to understand the traffic as it hits their network. …”
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‘Two in One’ Cloning Vector Applied for Blunt-End and T-A Cloning with One-Step Digestion–Ligation and Screening of Positive Recombinants by Unaided Eyes by Xingli Zhang, Chong Teng, Kaidi Lyu, Shanhua Lyu, Yinglun Fan

“…The <i>mScarlet-I</i> gene was introduced into the pYFRed for the screening of the positive recombinants by the unaided eye without the need for additional reagents/equipment. pYFRed is easy to construct in an ordinary laboratory, which facilitates researchers to develop their cloning vector without purchasing commercial cloning vectors.…”
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A Novel On-Ramp Merging Strategy for Connected and Automated Vehicles Based on Game Theory by Haigen Min, Yukun Fang, Runmin Wang, Xiaochi Li, Zhigang Xu, Xiangmo Zhao

“…Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) have attracted much attention of researchers because of its potential to improve both transportation network efficiency and safety through control algorithms and reduce fuel consumption. …”
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Measuring self-control in a wild songbird using a spatial discounting task by Ella McCallum, Rachael C. Shaw

“…This study demonstrates for the first time that a bird is capable of self-control in a spatial context and provides suggestions for how future researchers may robustly quantify individual differences in self-control in the wild.…”
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