Formation Tracking of Heterogeneous Mobile Agents Using Distance and Area Constraints by E. G. Hernandez-Martinez, E. D. Ferreira-Vazquez, G. Fernandez-Anaya, J. J. Flores-Godoy

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An Application of Cluster Analysis Method to Determine Vietnam Airlines’ Ground Handling Service Quality Benchmarks by Tien-Chin Wang, Yen Thi Hong Pham

“…This paper recommends that Vietnam Airlines use a pro-offered model to both evaluate and improve its current service network being operated at international airports. …”
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Periferia e centro comunitário: experiências do habitar e a vida de uma organização comunitária by Paulo Sérgio Lima da Silva, Carmem Izabel Rodrigues

“…This article aims to reflect on the way the experiences of residents on the outskirts of a city give life to grassroots organizations such as a community center and influence the performance of these entities. …”
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Improved Maximum Likelihood S-FSK Receiver for PLC Modem in AMR by Mohamed Chaker Bali, Chiheb Rebai

“…Because of the hostile communication environments of power line channel, a new design approach is carried out for an S-FSK demodulator capable of providing lower bit error rate (BER) than standard specifications. …”
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Sociabilidade e cidadania: os espaços públicos de Salvador como entrelaçamento do concreto, do simbólico e do imaginário by Cíntia San Martin Fernandes

“…The article discusses the paradigm of sensitive reason as a socio-anthropological tool for the understanding of the social relations taking place in contemporary cities. For this purpose, the author chose Salvador, in the state of Bahia, Brazil, as a constitutive example of a city that builds its sociability, its daily interlacement, not on instrumental rational relationships (ruled by objective and regulating ends and means), but on sensitive reason (ruled by sensitivities, such as art, aesthetics, the body and gestures). …”
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Factors Influencing Cecal Intubation Time during Retrograde Approach Single-Balloon Enteroscopy by Tzu-Ming Ou, Peng-Jen Chen, Yu-Lueng Shih, Meng-Ting Wang, Hsin-Hung Huang, Wei-Kuo Chang, Tsai-Yuan Hsieh, Tien-Yu Huang

“…The predisposing factors for prolonged cecal intubation time (CIT) during colonoscopy have been well identified. …”
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Image Digitization of Colorimetric Detection of Acephate Based on Its Complexation with Citrate-Capped Gold Nanoparticles by Mohd Junaedy Osman, Wan Md Zin Wan Yunus, Keat Khim Ong, Buong Woei Chieng, Noor Azilah Mohd Kassim, Siti Aminah Mohd Noor, Victor Feizal Knight, Jahwarhar Izuan Abd Rashid, Chin Chuang Teoh

“…The limit of detection (LOD) for Ac was found to be 0.3 mM and 0.4 mM for Cit-MAuNPs and Cit-HAuNPs, respectively.…”
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The Number of Stages in Apatelodes Torrefacta by Harrison G. Dyar

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Aux origines gauloises de Tours (Indre-et-Loire) : état des connaissances by Sandrine Linger-Riquier

“…Thus, the settlement possesses all the attributes of a major city and is considered to be the only site in the area likely to have been the capital. …”
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Distribution features of the red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in the south of Ukraine: a case study of Mykolaiv Oblast by Kostiantyn Redinov

“…In the city Pervomaisk on the river the species was observed for the first time in Southern Bug in 1980, in the northeast of the region in 2002, near the city of Mykolaiv — 1997. …”
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Reliability, Responsiveness, and Validity of the Visual Analog Fatigue Scale to Measure Exertion Fatigue in People with Chronic Stroke: A Preliminary Study by Benjamin Y. Tseng, Byron J. Gajewski, Patricia M. Kluding

“…ICC values for the VAFS at rest was 0.851 (CI = 95%, 0.673 ∼ 0.936, P<.001), immediately after exercise was 0.846 (CI = 95%, 0.663 ∼ 0.934, P<.001), and 15 minutes after exercise was 0.888 (CI = 95%, 0.749 ∼ 0.953, P<.001). …”
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The effect of maintenance therapy on Crohn’s disease clinical outcomes by O. B. Schukina, E. A. Kondrashina, A. M. Kharitidis, Ye. G. Vepreva, A. G. Kharitonov, A. Yu. Baranovsky

“…Repeated prescription of systemic steroids led to development ofsteroid-dependency in complicated forms more frequently (p=0,0083, OR=10,1, 95% CI=1,9-52,5). The long-term outcomes related to biological maintenance therapy demonstrate more frequent mucosal healing at inflammatory (p=0,0423, OR=3,3, 95%CI=1,2-9,4), though not for complicated forms of disease. …”
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A cooperative control strategy for power quality based on parallel grid-connected converters by LIANG Xiaorui, LUO Yuhang, ZHANG Huaying, TU Chunming, LIU Huicong, ZHENG Yuting

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Assessment of the Contribution of Local and Regional Biomass Burning on PM2.5 in New York/New Jersey Metropolitan Area by Subraham Singh, Glen Johnson, David W. DuBois, Ilias G. Kavouras

“…Biomass burning contributions increased in the Queens and Chester sites but declined in the Division Str and Elizabeth Lab sites, although significant interannual variability was observed. …”
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Prevalence and antibiotic resistance of Escherichia coli in urban and peri-urban garden ecosystems in Bangladesh. by Pritom Kumar Pramanik, M Nazmul Hoque, Md Liton Rana, Md Saiful Islam, Md Ashek Ullah, Fahim Haque Neloy, Srinivasan Ramasamy, Pepijn Schreinemachers, Ricardo Oliva, Md Tanvir Rahman

“…This bacterium, known for its prevalence in foodborne illnesses and as a reservoir of antimicrobial resistance, was isolated from raw vegetables, soil, and water samples collected from rooftop and surface gardens in urban (Dhaka North City Corporation; DNCC and Dhaka South City Corporation; DSCC) and peri-urban (Gazipur City Corporation; GCC) areas of Bangladesh. …”
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The role of dietary sugars in cancer risk: A comprehensive review of current evidence by Nazmul Hasan, Omid Yazdanpanah, Barbod Khaleghi, David J. Benjamin, Arash Rezazadeh Kalebasty

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Unmasking health determinants and health outcomes for urban First Nations using respondent-driven sampling by J Smylie, M Firestone, S Maracle, M Spiller, P O'Campo

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