ARE FARMERS USING MOBILE APPLICATION FOR AGRO-ADVISORY SERVICES: EVIDENCE FROM DEVCHULI MUNICIPALITY, NAWALPARASI EAST by Birendra Tiwar, Amrit Dumre, Mahesh Jaishi

“…This paper aims to explore the factors affecting the adoption of mobile-based applications for agro-advisory services in Devchuli Municipality Nawalpur. 96 farmers from 8 wards of the municipality were selected randomly and interviewed by using a semi structured close-ended questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, index score ranking method, and binary logistic regression model were used for data analysis. …”
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Identifying preseizure state in intracranial EEG data using diffusion kernels by Dominique Duncan, Ronen Talmon, Hitten P. Zaveri, Ronald R. Coifman

“…A new algorithm, which is an extension of diffusion maps, is developed to construct coordinates that generate efficient geometric representations of the complex structures in the icEEG data. In addition, this method is adapted to the icEEG data and enables the extraction of the underlying brain activity.…”
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A sequential, integrated, sustainable organisationstakeholder relationship (SISOSR) process for building organisation-stakeholder partnerships by Yolandi Slabbert, Rachel Barker

“…This is done through a critical analysis of the different perspectives and existing conceptual frameworks, using a qualitative method whereby strategic stakeholder identification, OSR development, and OSR maintenance are integrated to propose a conceptual framework, subsequently termed SISOSR, for building organisation-stakeholder partnerships (OSPs) with strategic stakeholders. This article is structured as follows: Firstly, the key concepts are defined; secondly, the building blocks of the framework are presented based on sound theoretical constructs; and. thirdly, the SISOSR framework is graphically presented and discussed to elaborate on the proposed process of OSR building, followed by concluding arguments. …”
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Sentence Comprehension and Its Association with Executive Functions in Patients with Parkinson's Disease by Katrien S. F. Colman, Janneke Koerts, Laurie A. Stowe, Klaus L. Leenders, Roelien Bastiaanse

“…Three aspects of the sentence materials were varied: (1) phrase structure complexity, (2) sentence length, and (3) picture congruence. …”
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RegBoost: Enhancing mouse brain image registration using geometric priors and Laplacian interpolation by Atchuth Naveen Chilaparasetti, Andy Thai, Pan Gao, Xiangmin Xu, M. Gopi

“…We then find geometric contours by defining external and internal structures to facilitate image correspondences. We establish Dirichlet boundary conditions at these correspondences and find the displacement map throughout the volume using Laplacian interpolation. …”
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Haplotypes-based genetic analysis: benefits and challenges by D. Sehgal, S. Dreisigacker

“…Owing to the strong genome structure present in breeding lines of most crops, the deployment of haplotypes could be a powerful complement to improve efficiency of marker-assisted and genomic selection. …”
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MOTION STABILITY ANALYSIS OF FOUR ROTOR AIRCRAFT BASED ON LYAPUNOV INDEX METHOD by TANG MingJun, SUN Shuai

“…First of all, the dynamics model of aircraft was established by Euler Poincare equation, and then the quantitative relationship between the structure parameters and the stability of the system were analyzed. …”
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An Experimental Study for Quantitative Estimation of Rebar Corrosion in Concrete Using Ground Penetrating Radar by Md Istiaque Hasan, Nur Yazdani

“…Corrosion of steel rebar in reinforced concrete is one the most important durability issues in the service life of a structure. In this paper, an investigation is conducted to find out the relationship between the amount of reinforced concrete corrosion and GPR maximum positive amplitude. …”
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An optimized LSTM-based equalizer for 100 Gigabit/s-class short-range fiber-optic communications by Vuong Quang Phuoc, Nguyen Van Dien, Ho Duc Tam Linh, Nguyen Van Tuan, Nguyen Van Hieu, Le Thai Son, Nguyen Tan Hung

“…An optimization of a long short-term memory (LSTM) structure in terms of network depth and distribution of neurons in hidden layers leads to an enhancement of the overall performance of the 50 Gbaud PAM4 communications. …”
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Dirichlet Forms Constructed from Annihilation Operators on Bernoulli Functionals by Caishi Wang, Beiping Wang

“…The annihilation operators on Bernoulli functionals (Bernoulli annihilators, for short) and their adjoint operators satisfy a canonical anticommutation relation (CAR) in equal-time. As a mathematical structure, Dirichlet forms play an important role in many fields in mathematical physics. …”
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Predicting Fracture Risk in Patients with Metastatic Bone Disease of the Femur: A Pictorial Review Using Three Different Techniques by Shannon M. Kaupp, Kenneth A. Mann, Mark A. Miller, Timothy A. Damron

“…Two newer methods of fracture risk prediction, CT-based structural rigidity analysis (CTRA) and finite element analysis (FEA), have each been shown to be more accurate than Mirels. …”
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A Simple Methodology for Conversion of Mouse Monoclonal Antibody to Human-Mouse Chimeric Form by Vinh T. Dang, Kedar D. Mandakhalikar, Oi-Wing Ng, Yee-Joo Tan

“…This is facilitated by a variety of molecular techniques like recombinant DNA technology and the better understanding of the structure and function of antibody. The human-mouse chimeric forms allow detailed analysis of the mechanism of inhibition and the potential for therapeutic applications. …”
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Climate change aggravated wildfire behaviour in the Iberian Peninsula in recent years by Martín Senande-Rivera, Damián Insua-Costa, Gonzalo Miguez-Macho

“…Abstract Climate change is considered to affect wildfire spread both by increasing fuel dryness and by altering vegetation mass and structure. However, the direct effect of global warming on wildfires is hard to quantify due to the multiple non-climatic factors involved in their ignition and spread. …”
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Model of cyberspace threat early warning based on cross-domain and collaboration by Gang XIONG, Yuwei GE, Yanjie CHU, Weiquan CAO

“…The development of network threat shows the characteristics of initiative,concealment and ubiquity.It poses a severe challenge to the passive,local and isolated traditional network defense mode.In view of the new trend of integration of big data，artificial intelligence and network security,a cross-domain collaborative network threat early warning model was proposed,which could enable and increase efficiency for cyberspace security.Firstly,starting from the overall structure of the protected network space,the model constructs a cross-domain function framework with the vertical and horizontal conjunction by dividing the security threat domain,decomposing the system function,designing the information sharing mechanism.Secondly,to enhance the ability of threat information detection,the collaborative technology architecture is designed by the logic of hierarchical management,and the key technologies involved in threat information perception,processing and application,are systematically introduced.Finally,with the help of application scenarios,qualitatively the capability increment of the proposed threat early warning model was described.…”
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Fuzzy Fault Tree Maintenance Decision Analysis for Aviation Fuel Pumps Based on Nutcracker Optimization Algorithm–Graph Neural Network Improvement by Weidong He, Xiaojing Yin, Yubo Shao, Dianxin Chen, Jianglong Mi, Yang Jiao

“…Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) has a clear structure and strong interpretability in maintenance decision making. …”
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DNA replication initiation drives focal mutagenesis and rearrangements in human cancers by Pierre Murat, Guillaume Guilbaud, Julian E. Sale

“…Finally, we demonstrate that replication origins serve as hotspots for genomic rearrangements, including structural and copy number variations. These findings reveal replication origins as functional determinants of tumour biology and demonstrate that replication initiation both passively and actively drives focal mutagenesis in cancer genomes.…”
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On the Reaction of 2-Alkanoylnaphthohydroquinones with Hydroxylamine: Access to Cytotoxic 2-(Hydroxyamino)-1,4-naphthoquinone and Their 3-(Hydroxyimino)alkyl Analogous by Jaime A. Valderrama, Andrea Pérez-Herrera, Giulio G. Muccioli, Edmundo A. Venegas-Casanova, Rafael Jara-Aguilar, Pedro Buc Calderon, Julio Benites

“…Results show that, depending on the structure of the hydroquinones, the reaction proceeds through two different chemical pathways to produce 2-(hydroxyamino)-1,4-naphthoquinone and their C-3 (hydroxyimino)alkyl derivatives. …”
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Smart homes, smarter living: home automation with IoT by Lu Fan

“…Existing systems feature diverse monitoring devices and structural components to facilitate efficient energy management. …”
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Mechanical and Thermal Properties and Moisture Sorption of Puffed Cereals Made from Brown Rice, Barley, Adlay, and Amaranth by Atsuko Takahashi, Keiko Fujii

“…The glass transition temperature (Tg) was determined, and the internal structure was observed using a scanning electron microscope. …”
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Therapeutic Approaches for Peripheral and Central Neuropathic Pain by Délia Szok, János Tajti, Aliz Nyári, László Vécsei

“…In drug-refractory cases, interventional, physical, and psychological therapies are available. This review was structured based on a PubMed search of papers published in the field from 2010 until May 2019.…”
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