Information exchange in virtual communities: a typology by Gary Burnett

“…While there is wide agreement that virtual communities - and other phenomena utilizing CMC technologies - have the capability to provide both interpersonal and informational interactions, the degree to which they can be seen as specifically information-oriented social spaces has been open to some question. …”
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Prospects of Germany’s new North Sea spaceport by Vladislav B. Belov

“…In recent decades, Germany has been actively developing its space industry, aiming to become a global and European leader in space technologies and launches. In 2010, the National Program and Strategy for the development of Germany as a space standort were adopted. …”
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Mémoire et images du travail dans les parfumeries grassoises (1900-1950) : les clichés du genre by Coline Zellal

“…In the first half of the 20th century, the perfume industry in Grasse sought to preserve its image anchored in a traditional production process while adjusting to the new industrial technologies of the period. Using as sources postcards, movies and photographs, the author explores the weight of gendered task divisions from the picking of flowers to packaging, revealing the changing gendered contours of shops, businesses and, indeed, the whole sector. …”
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Geopolítica do etanol: soberania energética e projeção internacional do Brasil (1930-2015) by Elisa Pinheiro de Freitas, Antonio Marcos Roseira, Mateus de Almeida Prado Sampaio

“…The economic and scientific-technological development of this energy matrix in the twentieth century is intertwined with the establishment of a geopolitical rationality and the definition of the main Brazilian strategic interests. …”
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Nanocell：an Aggregation Solution of TD-LTE and WLAN by Xi Cao, Ning Yang, Tao Sun, Guangyi Liu, Hui Deng

“…To achieve an aggregation of TD-LTE small cell and WLAN，the two types of hotspot and indoor coverage technologies，taking full advantage of the available WLAN site and its backhaul，offer the capability to offload the macro cell traffic and reduce operators’ network OPEX and CAPEX. …”
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FACTORS AND DIRECTIONS OF FOREIGN INVESTMENTS ATTRACTION INTO TIMBER PROCESSING COMPLEX OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION by F. Chomaev

“…In the Russian timber processing complex influence of the foreign capital is considered not only from the point of view of financing, but also as a factor of attraction of technologies, experience of management. In the article major factors of realization of investment potential of forest industry from the point of view of attraction of the foreign capital are considered.…”
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Des îles et des lunes by Arthur Ségard

“…The works studied showcase counter-spaces, opposing the heteropatriarchal norms supported by disciplinary technologies. As I highlight in this article, the notion of heterotopia, as developed by Michel Foucault, allows us to grasp the connection that these fictional counter-spaces establish between spatiality, imagination and political contestation. …”
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SFannotation: A Simple and Fast Protein Function Annotation System by Dong Su Yu, Byung Kwon Kim

“…Owing to the generation of vast amounts of sequencing data by using cost-effective, high-throughput sequencing technologies with improved computational approaches, many putative proteins have been discovered after assembly and structural annotation. …”
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Genetically modified foods: A critical review of their promise and problems by Chen Zhang, Robert Wohlhueter, Han Zhang

“…We also introduce some recent technological developments in GM foods and their impact in the field.…”
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Immunization - Must Be Safe or We Will All Be Sorry by Greg Hammond

“…However, concerns about immunization safety appear to be increasing, despite technological developments that have created safer vaccines than ever before and despite the solid scientific evidence of the safety of current immunization programs. …”
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Novel Design for Quantum Dots Cellular Automata to Obtain Fault-Tolerant Majority Gate by Razieh Farazkish, Samira Sayedsalehi, Keivan Navi

“…Quantum-dot Cellular Automata (QCA) is one of the most attractive technologies for computing at nanoscale. The principle element in QCA is majority gate. …”
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IMPROVING ENGINEERING EDUCATION SYSTEM TO ENSURE PERSONNEL TRAINING FOR DEFENSE INDUSTRY by Vyacheslav Kh. Pshikhopov, Evgeny Y. Kosenko

“…Thus the main focus is made on providing conditions for the advanced development of basic and modern technologies of defense enterprises. Analyzing the existing problematic issues, both from the position of university and from the position of employers, the authors suggest a system of stepwise measures aimed at improvingthe structure of the educational process, development of a system of continuous education, as well as at the formation of an effective mechanism for educational management according with the requirements of employers.…”
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Use of ammunition with programmable blasting time in air-defense complex by В.В. Воїнов

“…The rapid spread and wide availability of unmanned aerial vehicle technologies creates a new type of airborne threat - massive and cheap strike and reconnaissance drones. …”
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ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM: THE DIALECTIC OF STATE GOALS by N. S. Kozyr, Yu. S. Nischuck

“…Economic growth and technological progress are always paired with the need to improve environmental issues. …”
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Les contradictions théoriques et empiriques du modèle rifkinien de troisième révolution industrielle. L’exemple de la Région des Hauts-de-France by Christophe Beaurain, Olivier Petit, Bruno Villalba

“…We thus draw from the foundations of Rifkin’s argument the sources of the consensual posture of the actors of the NPC region towards mainly technological solutions to the current ecological crisis. …”
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Research progress of sensor-cloud security by Tian WANG, Yang LI, Weijia JIA, Guojun WANG, Shaoliang PENG

“…Through consulting lots of domestic and international literatures about sensor-cloud security,a series of security problems are found,such as reputation problem of service provider,the coupling problem of physical nodes,the leak of authority management,et al,which seriously hinders the further development of sensor-cloud.The secure problems occurring in sensor-cloud were analyzed,the current secure technologies were contrasted ,similarities and differences of various types solutions were discussed and summarized.After that,several future challenges of sensor-cloud security were concluded.Finally,a fog-based structure was proposed to solve the security problems,which would bring new ideas to the sensor-cloud security research.…”
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Cost of Production for Fresh Market Grapefruit Grown in Indian River, 2017/18 by Ariel Singerman

“…Typical users of the estimates in the fact sheet include growers and consultants, who use them as a benchmark; property appraisers, who use them to compute the taxes for property owners; and researchers, who use the estimates to evaluate the economic feasibility of potential new technologies. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe1066 …”
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The Usage Analysis of Databases at Ankara University Digital Library by Sacit Arslantekin, Özlem Bayram, Doğan Atılgan, Cemal Atakan

“…The development in information and communication technologies has changed and improved resources and services diversity in libraries. …”
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The Impact of Digitalization on the Chosen Principles of Tax Law by Júlia Hoffmanová

“…The article examines how digital economy is influencing the chosen principles of tax law. Digital technologies have the potential to make tax systems more transparent and efficient, simplifying tax compliance and administration for both taxpayers and authorities. …”
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Noise Elimination and Contour Detection Based on Innovative Target Image Contour Coding Algorithm by Siming Meng

“…The detailed features analysis of the contour coding algorithm was carried out through the experiments; the experimental results showed that the algorithm was a significant technological breakthrough in image feature extraction and recognition.…”
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