A Faster Convergence Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm in Sensor Deployment for Wireless Sensor Networks by Xiangyu Yu, Jiaxin Zhang, Jiaru Fan, Tao Zhang

“…Simulation results showed that comparing with the deployment method based on original ABC and particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm, the proposed approach can achieve a better performance in coverage rate and convergence speed while needing a less total moving distance of sensors.…”
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Mobile Robot Simultaneous Localization and Mapping Based on a Monocular Camera by Songmin Jia, Ke Wang, Xiuzhi Li

“…In the tracking thread, a ground feature-based pose estimation method is employed to initialize the algorithm for the constraint moving of the mobile robot. And an initial map is built by triangulating the matched features for further tracking procedure. …”
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Impact Force Magnitude Analysis of an Impact Pendulum Suspended in a Vibrating Structure by R.R. Aguiar, H.I. Weber

“…The purpose of this work is the experimental investigation and the mathematical modeling of the impact force behavior in a vibro-impact system, where an impact pendulum is mounted on a cart that moves with a prescribed displacement. The dynamics of the system will be evaluated considering different excitation frequencies and changing the impact gap. …”
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Variational Analysis of a Dynamic Contact Problem with Wear and Damage Involving Viscoelastic Materials with Long-Term Memory by Ahmed Hamidat, Hakim Bagua, Adel Aissaoui

“…The contact is frictional and bilateral, with a moving rigid base, resulting in wear of the contacting surface. …”
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Limiting Performance of Helmets for the Prevention of Head Injury by Z.Q. Cheng, W.D. Pilkey, J.R. Crandall, C.R. Bass, K. Darvish

“…A helmeted head hitting a rigid surface and a helmeted head hit by a moving object such as a ball are considered. The optimal characteristics of helmets and the impact responses of the helmeted head are investigated computationally. …”
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Much more than an introduction to the language-specific lexical semantics by Igor Marko Gligorić

“…This book cannot be simply categorized as a scientific monograph or a university textbook on lexical semantics, as its scope – both in depth and broadness of the approach – surpasses such classifications, moving toward an encyclopaedic treatment of the central topic. …”
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Padding-enabled real-time high-fidelity temporal single pixel imaging by Ryota Keyaki, Jin Matsuno, Susumu Fukatsu

“…Our sparse recovery more than addresses these issues by eliminating one of two arms central to TGI, which allows moving beyond compressive TGI. Real-time noise-free high-fidelity temporal single pixel imaging is achieved by implementing a sacrificial time pad that flexibly and efficiently absorbs a sparsity-defying bias existent even under structured illumination. …”
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A functional integral approach to magnon mediated plasmon friction by Yang Wang, Ruanjing Zhang, Feiyi Liu

“…During relative sliding, one surface moves uniformly parallel to the other, causing friction in the system. …”
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Validation of a measurement scale of service quality, image, customer satisfaction and loyalty in traditional trade by Cláudia Miranda Veloso, Ana Paula Monte

“…The assessment scale also facilitates the ongoing search for customer satisfaction and loyalty by revealing their drivers and moving traditional trade further along the path towards quality service and better brand image. …”
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Prism-Based Spatial Heterodyne Spectrometer with a Fixed Fringe Localization Plane by Zihao Liu, Da Zhang, Huanyu Yang, Chunling Huo

“…However, there are still some challenges with this technique, one of which is that the fringe localization plane (FLP) moves with changes in wavelength. This paper proposes a prism-based tunable SHS where the FLP is fixed, utilizing prism–bimirror–mirror structures. …”
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Constellation Optimization for MIMO VLC System With Signal-Dependent Noise: Receiver-Side Design and Lookup Table Establishment by Jiaqi Wei, Yuan Wang, Nuo Huang, Yan-Yu Zhang, Yi-Jun Zhu, Wenliang Hao, Chen Gong

“…For the scenario where receiver randomly moves, the constellation lookup table is proposed to transform real-time optimization into table lookup operation, which effectively reduces the real-time computational complexity. …”
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Domains of case changing and case maintaining movements by Mark Newson, Krisztina Szécsényi

“… With recent developments in Case Theory, movements in which a DP acquires a different case to the one it would have received had it not moved have been accepted as a possibility. In this paper we examine a number of such movements from a variety of languages to attempt to characterise and understand them more fully. …”
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Patient-reported outcome measures and value-based medicine in paediatrics: a timely review by Yi Hua Tan, Jia Xuan Siew, Biju Thomas, Kee Chong Ng

“…Healthcare delivery is moving towards a more personalised and patient-centric approach. …”
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Turing Patterns in a Predator-Prey System with Self-Diffusion by Hongwei Yin, Xiaoyong Xiao, Xiaoqing Wen

“…However, in the real world, the tendency for prey and predators moving along the direction of lower density of their own species, called self-diffusion, should be considered. …”
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Social Dimension of Sustainable Development and Social Outcomes of Businesses by Merta-Staszczak Adriana, Walecka-Jankowska Katarzyna

“…The development of the concept of sustainability has resulted in the linking of the overall concept to the actions that entrepreneurs take for sustainable development. Thus, it has moved the discussion to the level of sustainable business models, taking into account economic, environmental and social aspects together. …”
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Italy’s African foreign policy: between populism and pragmatism by Glubokaya, O.A.

“…The study presents the main factors that influenced Italy’s interest in moving Italian-African relations to a new level of cooperation, such as the deficit of energy resources, the problem of illegal migration and the desire to take a central place in regional processes. …”
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Initial Undershoot in Discrete-Time Input–Output Hammerstein Systems by Hyung Jun Kim, Mohammadreza Kamaldar, Dennis S. Bernstein

“…Initial undershoot occurs when the step response of a system moves initially in a direction that is opposite to the direction of the asymptotic response. …”
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New Figurations in Architecture Theory: From Queer Performance to Becoming Trans by Robert Alexander Gorny, Dirk van den Heuvel

“…The aim is for a productive exhange between the fields since queer theory can be instrumental in moving beyond the heteronormative dominance in architectural thinking, which is characterized by an essentialist approach based on binary notions, rather than an understanding of architecture as an interface in material processes of becoming and producing differences. …”
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Preface by Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Gerardo Chowell

“…A new A/H1N1 influenza virus strain was officially reported/identified in Mexico City on April 13 2009 and over a period of two-weeks the WHO pandemic alert was moved from level 3 to level 5. By May 2, a total of 141 cases had been confirmed in 19 states across the USA. …”
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Digital transition in facility management. BIM, CMMS and diagnostic maintenance by Mario Claudio Dejaco, Chiara Scanagatta, Antonino Mannino, Massimiliano Condotta

“…The purpose of the study is to develop a user-friendly and cost-effective strategy that can be used to create a digital twin, based on CMMS, on which to integrate real-time data in order to optimise the use and maintenance phases, moving towards a predictive system. The strategy was developed through two case studies. …”
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