Interconnection between Globalization and Foreign Direct Investment in Africa by Souleymane Diarra, Andrey V. Girinsky

“…The FDI, which refers to investments made by foreign companies in productive assets in a host country, is a key vector of this dynamic. At the same time, many African countries face a number of challenges associated with FDI inflows, such as the need to improve infrastructure, improve legal frameworks and reduce corruption. …”
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Dimension Estimation Using Weighted Correlation Dimension Method by Yuanhong Liu, Zhiwei Yu, Ming Zeng, Shun Wang

“…Dimension reduction is an important tool for feature extraction and has been widely used in many fields including image processing, discrete-time systems, and fault diagnosis. As a key parameter of the dimension reduction, intrinsic dimension represents the smallest number of variables which is used to describe a complete dataset. …”
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Antioxidant, Antibacterial, and Cytoprotective Activity of Agathi Leaf Protein by A. S. Zarena, Shubha Gopal, R. Vineeth

“…The purity of the protein was 98.4% as determined by RP-HPLC and showed a single peak with a retention time of 19.9 min. ALP was able to reduce oxidative damage by scavenging lipid peroxidation against erythrocyte ghost (85.50 ± 6.25%), linolenic acid (87.67 ± 3.14%) at 4.33 μM, ABTS anion (88 ± 3.22%), and DNA damage (83 ± 4.20%) at 3.44 μM in a dose-dependent manner. …”
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Frequency and categorization of presleep fantasies by Anna Szente, Husamalddin Ali Alhour, Eszter Áfra, Ákos Arató, Barnabás Dudás, Anna Szűcs, Réka Horváth, Norbert Kovács, Gergely Darnai, József Janszky

“…Abstract The content of presleep thoughts have been assumed to influence sleep quality for a long time, e.g., insomnia has repeatedly been discussed to be associated with anxious thoughts before falling asleep. …”
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Clinical profile and outcomes of rejection after deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty in keratoconus by Priyanka Sudaboina, Sunita Chaurasia, Somasheila Murthy

“…Prompt recognition of clinical signs and symptoms with timely management helps in quick reversal of the rejection episode. …”
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Estimation of body measurements of sheep by Digital Image Processing by A.R. Onal

“…However, measurements taken using classical methods are generally difficult, time-consuming, and often yield questionable results. …”
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Pengaruh Hormon Androgen terhadap Ekspresi Gen CD52 di Epididimis Mencit (Mus musculus) by Silvani Permatasari, Dwi Ari Pujianto, Astrid Teresa

“…And then quantitative real-time RT-PCR was used to analyse expression of CD52 and it’s normalized to Beta actin. …”
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Stock status of kawakawa Euthynnus affinis (Cantor, 1849) fishery using surplus production model: An assessment from coastal waters of Tamil Nadu, Bay of Bengal, Southeast coast of... by Rajendran Abinaya, Moosambikandy K. Sajeevan

“…The Catch-based MSY (CMSY), the Bayesian state-space Schaefer surplus production Model (BSM), and stochastic Surplus Production model in Continuous Time (SPiCT) packages were used to investigate the stock exploitation by running surplus production models with catch, catch per unit effort (CPUE), and other life history data. …”
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Territoires méridionaux et îles australes : laboratoires du masculin dans les premiers romans d’aventures pour garçons victoriennes by Valentine Prévot

“…Midshipman Easy (1838) and the shipwreck of both the Henniker family in Marryat’s The Little Savage (1848) and the three heroes of Ballantyne’s The Coral Island (1858), the British imperial space spreads out at the same time as welcoming and heavenly but also as ferocious and unyielding. …”
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Synthesis, Characterization and Adsorption Properties of the New Chitosan/Natural Zeolite Composite for the Nitrate Removal from Aqueous Solution by Toktam Shenavaei -Zare, Zahra-Beagom Mokhtari-Hosseini

“…The nitrate adsorption on Ch/AMZ as a function of pH, contact time, and bead concentration was optimized by a response surface method using batch experiments. …”
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The effects and the macroeconomic dynamics of natural disaster damages: investigation of local evidence by Agim Kukeli

“…In addition, using the panel vector autoregression (PVAR) model, the research examines the complex dynamics between these economic variables under the stress of natural disaster shocks, offering a better understanding of their interplay and evolution over time. Findings reveal that natural disasters cause a noteworthy influence on the regional economy, with more than four events annually leading to an average loss equivalent to 2.2% of the region's real personal income. …”
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Retracted: Active Contour Image Segmentation Method for Training Talents of Computer Graphics and Image Processing Technology by Xinghuo Ye, Qianyi Wang

“…The experimental results of this article show that the active contour image segmentation algorithm can not only ensure the image segmentation algorithm but also reduce the number of iterations and shorten the image segmentation time. Compared with the CV, LBF, and LGIF models computational efficiency of Segmentation method is increased by 9.2 times, 2.64 times, and 1.44 times, respectively.…”
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An Ionospheric Es Layer Clutter Model and Suppression in HF Surfacewave Radar by Yajun Li, Yinsheng Wei, Rongqing Xu, Zhuoqun Wang, Tianqi Chu

“…This paper based on a fast implemented multiphase screen method using DFT puts forward an ionospheric Es layer clutter model and uses the newly developed dimensionality reduction space-time adaptive processing- (STAP-) JDL algorithm to suppress Es layer clutter, which proves the validity of the proposed model. …”
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Hydrochloric Acid Leaching Study of Rare Earth Elements from Moroccan Phosphate by Marouane Amine, Fatima Asafar, Latifa Bilali, Mehdi Nadifiyine

“…The analyses were made at the same time on the mineral matrix and the solutions resulting from the attack of this matrix by different concentrations of hydrochloric acid. …”
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The practice of testing translucent facades for air and water permeability based on experience in Canada and the USA and the applicability of this experience to the realities of th... by S. P. Mihhailenko

“…Unfortunately newly developed GOST 70941–2023 more looks like the description of the facades washing before occupancy, than provides engineering approaches for testing facades and determine resistance to withstand with applicable environmental loads on buildings (wind and rain). It is time, when it is necessary to develop uniform standard for all contractors, who builds curtain wall and windows and how these building skin structures suppose to prevent air or water leakage to the interior of the buildings.…”
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Adsorption of SO2 on ZnO Nanowires Using Activated Carbon by Langmuir Adsorption Isotherm by L. Natrayan, V. Swamy Nadh, Khadijah Mohammedsaleh Katubi, Daoud Ali, Dumesa Gudissa Lemu

“…The response of the proposed sensor shows 23% efficiency over time. The analysis shows that the usage of the activated carbon increases the adsorbent site for SO2 adsorbate to adsorb on the surfaces. …”
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The Role of Surgery in the Management of Acute Pancreatitis by Beat Gloor, Waldemar Uhl, Christophe A Müller, Markus W Büchler

“…Primary intensive care treatment, including antibiotic treatment, delays the need for surgery in most patients until the third or fourth week after the onset of symptoms. At that time, necrosectomy is technically easier to perform and the bleeding risk is reduced, compared with necrosectomy earlier in the disease course. …”
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Stochastic Modelling and Simulation of Free Radical Polymerization of Styrene in Microchannels using a Hybrid Gillespie Algorithm by Edward Uchechukwu Iwuchukwu, Ardson dos Santos Junior Vianna

“…In this work, the simulation of the synthesis of polystyrene in FRP via microchannels is computed using a robust and time-efficient hybrid Gillespie Algorithm (GA) or Hybrid Stochastic Simulation Algorithm (HSSA). …”
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A travelable area boundary dataset for visual navigation of field robots by Kai Zhang, Xia Yuan, Jiachen Xu, Kaiyang Wang, Shiwei Wu, Chunxia Zhao

“…However, hard post-processes have to be done to extract from detected boundaries further semantics including the shapes of the boundaries and guiding routes, which poses challenges to a real-time visual navigation system without detailed prior maps. …”
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Applying Hybrid PSO to Optimize Directional Overcurrent Relay Coordination in Variable Network Topologies by Ming-Ta Yang, An Liu

“…In power systems, determining the values of time dial setting (TDS) and the plug setting (PS) for directional overcurrent relays (DOCRs) is an extremely constrained optimization problem that has been previously described and solved as a nonlinear programming problem. …”
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