Molecular caracterization of a corn core collection–landraces subgroup by Ronaldo Rodrigues Coimbra, Glauco Vieira Miranda, Newton Portilho Carneiro, Cláudia Teixeira Guimarães, Derly José Henriques da Silva, Elainy Cristina Alves Martins Oliveira

“…To achieve this, a collection that is well-structured, well-curated and easily accessible (the core collection) is required. …”
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Optimizing Slack Resource Allocation: An Economic Approach to Sustainable Competitive Advantage by Lu-Yao Zhang, Xing-Can Zhang, Seong-Jin Choi

“…By expanding and integrating the resource-based view and the structure–conduct–performance paradigm, we explain the relationships between various slack resources and different industrial environments. …”
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Experimental Determination of the Focal Distance of Cumulative Pyrotechnic Device in Launch Vehicle Separation System by Yevhen Boliubash

“…The research results provide valuable data for optimizing the mass characteristics of the structure by applying the optimal focal distance parameter for setting the linear shaped charge. …”
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Decoding Respiratory Distress: A Yogatantrayukti Perspective by Suraksha ., Sri Nagesh K A

“…Yogatantrayukti offers structured learning approach to understand the pathology of respiratory distress which is termed as lsquoshvaasarsquo in Ayurveda. …”
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The return of the property question in the development of Alpine tourist resorts in Switzerland by Christophe Clivaz, Stéphane Nahrath

“…In these very favourable conditions for landowners, who also see land ownership strengthened by its introduction in the Federal Constitution at the end of the 1960s, the "growth coalitions" structuring the local power in many tourist towns usually planned oversized building areas (and often badly located) which have facilitated the development of second homes industry to the detriment of productive estate home industry. …”
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Chronic IVC occlusion caused by unopened filter after conversion: case report and literature review by Shi Sheng, Yiqing Li

“…Upon removal of its retrieval hook, the filter's legs are intended to expand, forming a stent-like structure that is suitable for long-term residence in the human body. …”
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Definição de corredores ecológicos em espaços agrícolas abandonados para o Pagamento de Serviços Ambientais - Esperança do Sul/RS. by Jean Carlo Gessi Caneppele, Roberto Verdum, Lucimar de Fátima dos Santos Vieira

“…Esperança do Sul/RS has a land structure of little proprieties that were colonized, mainly by German descendants, generating intense deforestation e fragmenting the areas of Atlantic Woods, with the fragments located in steep areas and nearly to watercourses. …”
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Spectrum sensing method based on residual dense network by Jianxin GAI, Xianfeng XUE, Ruixiang NAN, Jingyi WU

“…Aiming at the problem that the traditional spectrum sensing method based on convolutional neural network（CNN） did not make full use of image feature and the ability of extracting the image feature was limited by the shallow network structure， a spectrum sensing method based on the residual dense network （ResDenNet） was proposed.By adding dense connections in the traditional neural network， the information reuse of the image feature was achieved.Meanwhile， shortcut connections were employed at both ends of the dense unit to implement deeper network training.The spectrum sensing problem was transformed into the image binary classification problem.Firstly， the received signals were integrated into a matrix， which was normalized and transformed by gray level.The obtained gray level images were used as the input of the network.Then， the network was trained through dense learning and residual learning.Finally， the online data was input into the ResDenNet and spectrum sensing was implemented based on image classification.The numerical experiments show that the proposed method is superior to the traditional ones in terms of performance.When the SNR is as low as -19 dB， the detection probability of the proposed method is still high up to 0.96 with a low false alarm probability of 0.1， while a better generalization ability is displayed.…”
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Behavior of FRP Link Slabs in Jointless Bridge Decks by Aziz Saber, Ashok Reddy Aleti

“…The results indicated that the technique would allow simultaneous achievement of structural need, lower flexural stiffness of the link slab approaching the behavior of a hinge, and sustainability need of the link slab. …”
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Spatio-temporal systems in Chaucer’s language: A discourse-pragmatic analysis by Minako Nakayasu

“…To provide answers to these questions, this paper will investigate: 1) elements which structure discourse, 2) elements which promote a proximal or a distal perspective, 3) elements which trigger alternations of these perspectives, and 4) factors which facilitate the alternation of elements in either the spatial, the temporal, or the integrated spatio-temporal domain. …”
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Elicitation and experimentation: implications for English sociolinguistics by Cameron Morin, Carmelo Alessandro Basile

“…We argue that understanding elicitation as a concept distinct from the dichotomy of observation versus experimentation enables us to avoid the pitfall of equating structured data elicitation with experimentation. We also argue that research in these strands of language variation should continue to embrace the ultimately observational nature of its results and use experimental terminology with great care, as part of a scientific approach to uncovering relationships that matter in the real world such as variation in the social practice of language, rather than describing causal links directly. …”
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Liposomal Antioxidants for Protection against Oxidant-Induced Damage by Zacharias E. Suntres

“…Overproduction and/or insufficient removal of ROS result in significant damage to cell structure and functions. In vitro studies showed that antioxidants, when applied directly and at relatively high concentrations to cellular systems, are effective in conferring protection against the damaging actions of ROS, but results from animal and human studies showed that several antioxidants provide only modest benefit and even possible harm. …”
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Parametric Design and Motion Simulation Analysis of Non-circular Gear Planetary Gear Train by Yongping Liu, Xingwen Fu, Yongqiao Wei, Dawei Li

“…Non-circular gear planetary gear train is the core component of non-circular gear hydraulic motor， and its pitch curve design is the key to the overall structure design. Aiming at the problems of non-circular gear planetary gear train pitch curve of order 4-6， which is not unique and difficult to design， based on the design method of pitch curve of 4-6 order non-circular gear planetary gear train， the eccentricity is selected as the control parameter to design different pitch curves of non-circular gear planetary gear train. …”
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The Sri Lankan enigma: demystifying public healthcare information systems acceptance by Thiviyan Senthilrajah, Supunmali Ahangama

“…Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) was applied to the dataset with 5000 bootstrap subsamples. …”
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A Novel Approach for Sustainable Supply Chain Management with Analyzing the Effective Governance under Fuzzy Uncertainty by FengSheng Chien, Esra Sipahi Döngül, Serdar Vural Uygun, Ali Ahmadi

“…The numerical results show that if manufacturers and distributors want to strengthen their institutions and maintain their leadership roles as in the past, they can optimize their distribution network structure to achieve the best possible performance. …”
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Recovery mechanism of large-scale damaged edge computing network in industrial Internet of things by Hui TIAN, Hao WU, Yang TIAN, Jianyang REN, Yajuan CUI, Wenbao AI, Jianhua YUAN

“…Given the limited resources at early stages for recovery, a failure recovery mechanism of the edge computing network considering both computational demands and repair costs was proposed, which intends to tackle the problem of the high probability of large-scale cascading failure caused by the interdependence between the edge computing network and other subnetworks in industrial Internet of things (IIoT).Considering the network structure (topology and link capacity) and network dynamics (computational demands), a joint link recovery selection and computation migration optimization problem was formulated under the conservation of node computing requirements.By leveraging the Benders decomposition algorithm, the NP-hard problem was transformed into a main problem and a sub-problem, which were interdependent and could be solved in polynomial time through the approximation of cutting planes.A local branching method was further introduced to guarantee the non-increasing nature of the Benders upper bound, thus accelerating the convergence of Benders decomposition.Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm outperforms the conventional topology-based recovery algorithm in system utility, and can perform well in multiple scenarios.…”
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Parametric Instabilities in Time-Varying Compressible Linear Flows by Ioannis Kiorpelidis, Nikolaos A. Bakas

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Current management of the stability of organizations of the investment and construction complex in crisis situations by A. V. Kozlovsky, N. A. Moiseenko, O. E. Astafyeva

“…Early diagnosis of crisis phenomena in the economy proves that a sufficiently high level of socio-economic development does not yet ensure complete economic security and the ability to withstand the threats posed by the unbalanced structure of the economy. Based on this, the problems in the field of ensuring the stability of organizations in the conditions of crises have been analysed and generalized. …”
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FORMATION OF CONFLICT MANAGEMENT COMPETENCE OF A UNIVERSITY TEACHER by I. V. NIKULINA, N. V. SOLOVOVA

“…The authors analyze the interpretation of the concept of “conflict management competence of a University teacher” presented in the literature. The structure of University teacher’s conflict management competence consists of interrelated components: gnostic, regulatory, design, reflexive and status, regulatory, communicative. …”
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Spatial and Temporal Variation Characteristics of Drought in Guizhou Province Based on VCI and Division of Arid Regions by DAI Renli, ZHONG Jiusheng

“…Due to its unique dual hydrological structure of surface water and groundwater and typical karst low mountain and hilly landform area,the agricultural ecological environment of Guizhou Province is extremely fragile,and it is prone to agricultural disasters caused by meteorological factors,leading to reduced agricultural production.This paper calculates the VCI of Guizhou Province from 2001 to 2018 by remote sensing technology,explores the agricultural drought situation in Guizhou Province,divides the spatial distribution of seasonal arid regions in Guizhou Province with ArcGIS spatial overlay analysis,and analyzes the VCI trend characteristics of Guizhou Province through the unary linear trend method.The results show that:①The seasonal and inter-annual VCI in Guizhou Province generally show a downward trend,most obviously in karst areas,followed by non-karst areas;②Guizhou Province's seasonal droughts are mainly spring and winter droughts,and dry karst areas is a drought-prone area;③The drought time characteristics of Guizhou Province are mainly seasonal continuous drought and three-season continuous drought.…”
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