Social robots in research on social and cognitive development in infants and toddlers: A scoping review. by Solveig Flatebø, Vi Ngoc-Nha Tran, Catharina Elisabeth Arfwedson Wang, Lars Ailo Bongo

“…We found that robots were used to investigate four main concepts: animacy concept, action understanding, imitation, and early conversational skills. …”
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Isolation and identification of fungi found in contaminated fermented milk and antifungal activity of vanillin by Xu Pei, Mekonen Tekliye, Mingsheng Dong

“…The cell number, radical colony diameter, and the mycelium biomass of the fungal contaminant were significantly reduced by the inhibitory action of the vanillin. The study thus provides reliable data evidence that will help relevant stakeholders in the fermented milk industries to improve their quality control strategies and consider vanillin as a bio-preservative with the potential to increase the shelf-life and safety of fermented milk.…”
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A Survey on the Understanding and Viewpoints of Renewable Energy among South African School Students by Daniel Raphael Ejike Ewim, Sogo Mayokun Abolarin, Temiloluwa Olatunji Scott, Chidebe Stanley Anyanwu

“…Therefore, the government must take swift action to address these issues, by promoting the deployment of renewable energy sources in schools. …”
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Independent Modal Variable Structure Fuzzy Active Vibration Control of Cylindrical Thin Shells Laminated with Photostrictive Actuators by R.B. He, S.J. Zheng, H.T. Wang

“…Generally, the membrane control action plays a major role in vibration control of flexible thin shell structures. …”
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Mechanical Behavior of a Multisegmented Tower Anchorage Structure with an Exposed Steel Anchor Box by Wenru Lu, Min Zhao, Lingling Jia

“…The results indicate that the horizontal component of the cable force is borne by the side plate of the steel anchor box, the diaphragm, and the side wall of the concrete tower column, while the vertical component is transmitted by the steel anchor box and concrete tower column. Under the action of this cable force, the horizontal component of the cable force borne by the middle segment increases, while the components at the two end segments decrease. …”
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Temporal-spatial evolution and formation mechanism of energy consumption carbon footprint at county scale in the Yellow River Basin by Liyan Zhang, Mei Song, Yan Gao

“…Abstract The development and implementation of county carbon control action plans in the Yellow River Basin (YRB) are crucial for realizing the “dual carbon” goals and modernizing national governance. …”
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Pounding Dynamic Responses of Sliding Base-Isolated Rectangular Liquid-Storage Structure considering Soil-Structure Interactions by Xuansheng Cheng, Wei Jing, Jia Chen, Xiaoyan Zhang

“…Dynamic equation is obtained using Hamilton principle; effects of SSI, initial gap, and friction coefficient on the pounding responses under the action of near-field pulse-like Chi-Chi earthquake and far-field Imperial Valley-06 earthquake are studied. …”
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Two-coordinate electromagnetic sensor by V. A. Zakharenko, A. G. Shakhova, A. G. Shkayev

“…A two-coordinate non-contact sensor for detecting increased sensitivity is developed, which operates on the principle of electromagnetic saturation of the transformer core under the action of an external magnetic field. The sensor operation, its design version is described, functional and electrical circuits are shown. …”
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Hemoglobins Likely Function as Peroxidase in Blood Clam Tegillarca granosa Hemocytes by Sufang Wang, Xiaopei Yu, Zhihua Lin, Shunqin Zhang, Liangyi Xue, Qinggang Xue, Yongbo Bao

“…In the present research, the peroxidase activity of T. granosa hemoglobins (Tg-Hbs) was characterized and the associated mechanism of action was deciphered via structural comparison with other known peroxidases. …”
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Lateral Seismic Response and Self-Centering Performance of a Long-Span Railway Continuous Beam-Arch Bridge by Yan Shi, Zhanhong Zhang, Hongguo Qin, Xiangyu Zhao, Xiong Yang

“…The sliding bearings afford the vertical loads, and the self-centering energy dissipation brace (SCED) and buckling restrained brace (BRB) control the horizontal displacement of the beam, so the functional separation was achieved under the combined action. Taking a long-span railway continuous beam-arch bridge as an example, the corresponding analysis model was established to study lateral seismic response and the girder’s displacement pattern of the continuous beam-arch bridge under the earthquake excitations. …”
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ANALYSIS OF SHRINKAGE PERFORMANCE OF U-SHAPED RUBBER OUTER WINDSHIELD OF HIGH-SPEED TRAIN AT LOW TEMPERATURE by GU Cheng, XU Lei, YU Chengtao, WANG Jiazheng

“…Based on the low temperature tensile test data of the rubber, Ansys software was used to fit the Mooney-Rivlin hyperelastic constitutive model of rubber material parameters, and the thermo-solid coupling simulation was carried out on the U-shaped rubber outer windshield according to three real working conditions, and the influence of different working conditions on the U-shaped rubber deformation was studied.The low temperature test was carried out on U-shaped rubber outer windshield and three rubber samples with different batten thicknesses， the influence of temperature and batten thickness on its deformation was studied.The results show that the U-shaped rubber deformation is mainly caused by the temperature change, the U-shaped rubber height decreases obviously, and the shape variable of the side wall thickness and the rubber length is small.In addition, the batten thickness has a greater influence on the rubber shape variable at the bolt hole.Compared with the batten of 5 mm and 6 mm thickness, the 4 mm batten produces a larger deformation under the bolt preload action, resulting in a larger deformation at the bolt hole, and then increasing the batten thickness can effectively reduce the hole removal risk.Comparing the finite element simulation data with the low temperature test results, it is found that the two results are basically consistent，which indicates the finite element analysis feasibility and the low temperature test reliability.The research results provide some guidance basis for the U-shaped rubber outer windshield under low temperature application reliability.…”
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Exploring ways to respond to rising obesity and diabetes in the Caribbean using a system dynamics model. by Leonor Guariguata, Leandro Garcia, Natasha Sobers, Trevor S Ferguson, James Woodcock, T Alafia Samuels, Cornelia Guell, Nigel Unwin

“…The study aims to use the model to assess the magnitude changes necessary in physical activity and dietary intake to achieve global targets set by the WHO Global Action plan and to test scenarios for interventions to reduce the burden of diabetes and obesity. …”
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Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Anti-Jamming Approach for Fast Frequency Hopping Systems by Sixi Cheng, Xiang Ling, Lidong Zhu

“…Building on this, we propose an improved multi-action deep recurrent Q-network (MA-DRQN) algorithm to determine the AFS for hopping sequence generation. …”
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De l’ordre moral à l’ordre social. L’application des lois pénalisant la sexualité prémaritale selon des lignes de classe by Mériam Cheikh

“…This modality of police action reinforces a de facto distinction between good and bad femininities that no longer correspond to the local moral opposition between virgins and non-virgins, or between “house girls” and “street girls”. …”
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Stability Analysis and Confidence Level Evaluation of Backfill Mining under High and Steep Rock Slopes by Bo-yi Hu, Xin-min Wang, Shuai Li, Jian-wen Zhao, Nyandwe Musonda Eugénie

“…A series of laboratory tests were conducted to obtain the engineering parameters of the rock mass, and the mechanism of action of the backfill mining method was analyzed. …”
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Fractal Statistical Study on the Strength of Jointed Rock Mass by Fangtao Li, Zhiping Hu, Xiang Ren, Jiakuan Ma, Xuexu An, Yunxin Zheng, Yonghui Zhang

“…The failure probability and strength of jointed and fractured rock mass under water pressure action place important constraints on the safety and stability of rock mass engineering. …”
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Distributed secondary control for DC microgrids using two-stage multi-agent reinforcement learning by Fei Li, Weifei Tu, Yun Zhou, Heng Li, Feng Zhou, Weirong Liu, Chao Hu

“…Specifically, a two-stage reward function based on voltage error and current error is designed, which can effectively improve the convergence speed. Moreover, an action safe mechanism is constructed to mitigate the effects of random noise and ensure the smooth operation of the DC microgrids. …”
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The MAPK MEK1/2-ERK1/2 Pathway and Its Implication in Hepatocyte Cell Cycle Control by Jean-Philippe Guégan, Christophe Frémin, Georges Baffet

“…Whereas the strict specificity of action of ERK1 and ERK2 is still debated, the MAPKs may have specific biological functions under certain contexts and according to the differentiation status of the cells, notably hepatocytes. …”
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An All-Time-Domain Moving Object Data Model, Location Updating Strategy, and Position Estimation by Qunyong Wu, Junyi Huang, Jianping Luo, Jianjun Yang

“…To solve the problems from the existing moving objects data models, such as modeling spatiotemporal object continuous action, multidimensional representation, and querying sophisticated spatiotemporal position, we firstly established an object-oriented all-time-domain data model for moving objects. …”
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Acute β-N-Methylamino-L-alanine Toxicity in a Mouse Model by Maitham Ahmed Al-Sammak, Douglas G. Rogers, Kyle D. Hoagland

“…The cyanobacterial neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) is considered to be an “excitotoxin,” and its suggested mechanism of action is killing neurons. Long-term exposure to L-BMAA is believed to lead to neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease). …”
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