Orientation Mapping of Extruded Polymeric Composites by Polarized Micro-Raman Spectroscopy by Xiaoyun Chen, M. Anne Leugers, Tim Kirch, Jamie Stanley

“…Raman spectroscopy was used to characterize the degree of orientation in the skin and guide the development of the posttreatment process to optimize the skin relaxation while maintaining the high degree of orientation in the rest of the board. The PP oriented polymer composite (OPC) was oriented through an extrusion process and its surface was then treated to achieve relaxation. …”
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Institutionalization of Public-Private Partnership: Global Experiences and the Basic Outlines of a Proposal for Slovenia by Mojmir Mrak

“…The institutional structure would be composed of three institutions: (i) central PPP unit responsible, first, for horizontal coordination of all PPP policies in the country, and second, for implementation of PPP projects in all those areas where sectoral PPP units would not be created, (ii) very limited number of sectoral PPP units (probably 1 to 2) that would be responsible for implementation of PPP projects in their respective sectors, and (iii) advisory board that would advise the central PPP unit in designing the most complex segments of the PPP policies in the country and would provide a platform for professional discussion and for communication with the public at large on a wide variety of PPP issues. …”
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Presenting a Management Model for a Multiobjective Sustainable Supply Chain in the Cellulosic Industry and Its Implementation by the NSGA-II Meta-Heuristic Algorithm by Meisam Mehri Charvadeh, Shademan Pourmousa, Ajang Tajdini, Abbas Tamjidi, Vahidreza Safdari

“…This research is one of the few studies that has considered the sustainable closed-loop supply chain of cellulosic-based products (paper and corrugated board) in the model and has considered it at all levels of the chain. …”
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INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC SECTOR ACCOUNTING STANDARD (IPSAS 24): ITS EFFECT ON PUBLIC SECTOR BUDGET PERFORMANCE IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA by Salaudeen Ibrahim, Abdul-Hakeem Shuaib, Mubaraq Sanni

“…The study concluded that the level of compliance with disclosures to an extent complied with IPSAS 24 requirements and therefore recommended that government should continuously train all officers responsible for the implementation of IPSAS and budget implementation so as to update them on the new standards issued by IPSAS Board …”
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Wafer-Level Characterization and Monitoring Platform for Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes by Samuel Parent, Frederic Vachon, Valerie Gauthier, Steve Lamoureux, Alexandre Paquette, Jacob Deschamps, Tommy Rossignol, Nicolas Roy, Philippe Arsenault, Henri Dautet, Serge A. Charlebois, Jean-Francois Pratte

“…The platform relies on a dedicated integrated circuit made in a standard CMOS technology and used in different configurations from a prototype printed circuit board (die-level testing) to active probe cards (wafer-level mapping). …”
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Large Language Models lack essential metacognition for reliable medical reasoning by Maxime Griot, Coralie Hemptinne, Jean Vanderdonckt, Demet Yuksel

“…Abstract Large Language Models have demonstrated expert-level accuracy on medical board examinations, suggesting potential for clinical decision support systems. …”
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THE PRINCIPLE OF THE ADVANTAGE OF SUBSTANCE OVER FORM IN THE TRANSACTION OF SUBMITTING A TRADEMARK by Edyta Piątek

“…In order to improve the property and financial situation, the company's management board activated a trademark created during its operations by separating it and contributing it to a daughter company and thus falsified the picture of the property and financial situation of the enterprise presented in the reports, exposing their addressees to the consequences of incorrect decisions.…”
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Black Turpentine Beetle, Dendroctonus terebrans (Olivier) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) by Albert E. Mayfield, Jiri Hulcr, John L. Foltz

“…During the 1950s, black turpentine beetle damaged 37 million board feet of timber and contributed to the financial collapse of turpentine farms. …”
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Power Optimization in Mobile Robots Using a Real-Time Heuristic by Tamer Abukhalil, Harbi Almahafzah, Malek Alksasbeh, Bassam A. Y. Alqaralleh

“…A power optimization subroutine provides some sense of distribution of power by the control unit (CU). A variety of on-board sensors, actuators, and communication modules are controlled by a heuristic-based controller class allowing such components to conserve the current taken from the attached power source. …”
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Information-Fusion Methods Based Simultaneous Localization and Mapping for Robot Adapting to Search and Rescue Postdisaster Environments by Hongling Wang, Chengjin Zhang, Yong Song, Bao Pang

“…The information-fusion architecture consists of multirobots and multisensors (MAM); multiple robots mount on-board laser range finder (LRF) sensors, localization sonars, gyro odometry, Kinect-sensor, RGB-D camera, and other proprioceptive sensors. …”
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Analysis of efficiency between self-check in and conventional check in with queue method (case study at terminal 3 Soekarno-Hatta airport) by Tukhas Shilul Imaroh, Abdul Hafaz Ngah, Sugiyono Sugiyono

“…The population in this study are prospective passengers who will check-in at Terminal 3 Soekarno - Hatta Airport, the sample used is passengers who come and queue at the ticket check-in counter of Soekarno - Hatta Airport Tangerang to take boarding passes from February 2022. Sampling method using purposive sampling. …”
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Smoking Hot: the Odalisque’s eroticizing Cigarette by Liesbeth Grotenhuis

“…This promising image is a sign board inviting tourists to the worlds of the Orient, developed by the occident to escape daily life, eroticized by the tales of The Arabian Nights. …”
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Onboard energy storage in rail transport: Review of real applications and techno‐economic assessments by Emanuele Fedele, Diego Iannuzzi, Andrea Del Pizzo

“…From a system‐level perspective, the integration of alternative energy sources on board rail vehicles has become a popular solution among rolling stock manufacturers. …”
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IGJR 2/2019: Open topic issue on intergenerational justice by IF and FRFG

“…The journal is released biannually and employs a double-blind peer review process. Its editorial board consists of about 50 internationally renowned experts from ten different countries. …”
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ELECTRICITY METER WITH THE FACILITY TO DETERMINE THE QUALITY OF THE ELECTRICITY SUPPLIED by DAN ROTAR, GEORGE CULEA

“…A Digilent Arty A7 development board was used due to its design and experimentation facilities. …”
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Development of a Representative EV Urban Driving Cycle Based on a k-Means and SVM Hybrid Clustering Algorithm by Xuan Zhao, Qiang Yu, Jian Ma, Yan Wu, Man Yu, Yiming Ye

“…The driving pattern data are collected using a hybrid method of on-board measurement method and chase car method. Principal component analysis (PCA) is used to reduce the dimensionality of the characteristic parameters. …”
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Robust Tracking Control of a Three-Phase Bidirectional Charger for Electric Vehicle by Chivon Choeung, Meng Leang Kry, Young-Il Lee

“…This paper presents a robust control strategy for an electric vehicle's three-phase off-board bidirectional AC-DC battery charger. The conventional constant current (CC) and constant voltage (CV) charging mode are considered to provide a fast-charging performance for the batteries. …”
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Value of robotic surgery simulation for training surgical residents and attendings: a systematic review protocol by Ngan Nguyen, Kathryn K Howard, Hussein Makki, Nathan M Novotny, Misa Mi

“…Narrative themes will be collected, analysed and summarised where possible.Ethics and dissemination There is no Institutional Review Board approval required given that the work is carried out on previously published papers. …”
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2 + 1 Highways: Overview and Future Directions by Manuel Romana, Marilo Martin-Gasulla, Ana T. Moreno

“…The objective of this white paper is to provide an overview of the past practice in 2 + 1 highways and discuss the research directions and challenges in this field, specially focusing on, but not limited to, operational research in association with the activities of the Subcommittee on Two-Lane Highways (AHB40 2.2) of the Transportation Research Board. The significance of this paper is twofold: (1) it provides wider coverage of past 2 + 1 highways design and evaluation, and (2) it discusses future directions of this field.…”
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Varietal Evaluation of Potato Microtuber and Plantlet in Seed Tuber Production by Md. Sadek Hossain, M. Mofazzal Hossain, M. Moynul Haque, Md. Mahabubul Haque, Md. Dulal Sarkar

“…They produced lower graded minituber (67.62%, 78.16% ha−1, and 66.27% of Asterix, Granola, and Diamant varieties, resp.) as per seed rule of the National Seed Board of Bangladesh, while foliage coverage (74.38%) was the maximum in Diamant. …”
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