Chatbot Programmes’ ‘Arms Race’: Africa and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Ethics by Tapiwa Chagonda

“…The ‘arms race’ to create chatbots that can rival Open AI’s ChatGPT-4.0 technology by big technology companies such as Google and Meta, is not only hastening the pace of the AI revolution but is also bringing to the fore the double-edged nature of this technology. …”
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From fitness trackers to medical devices: wearable technologies by Zhi Zhou

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A Study on the Adjustment of Emulsification Degree to Interlayer Interference in Class III Reservoir by Bin Huang, Tingge Dai, Hongjuan Liu, Cheng Fu, Tingting Zhu, Wei Zhang

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‘Fission Chips’: An Activist’s View on Anti-Nuclear Activism in South Africa from the 1980s to the 21st Century by Mike Kantey

“…We further review the successive infiltration by the global nuclear industry from the German Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) through the French company AREVA to the advent of the Russian VVER. Evidence of the decisive role played by Eskom is presented, while we show how energy policy became implacably skewed in favour of nuclear power by means of a ‘policy-adjusted’ IRP2010, which became the unchallenged justification for the nuclear fleet. …”
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Methodology for improving the assessment of the economic efficiency of transport infrastructure development by D. A. Macheret, A. D. Razuvaev

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Dynamics of Professional and Communicative Tolerance in Educating International Relations Specialists by A. L. Temnitskiy

“…Under the conditions of the accelerated development of Russian economics, commercial sector and due to a great number of international private companies we can see the intensified problem of tolerance of future diplomats, international specialists, regarding to the system, its the main components such as political, economic, military. …”
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Johann Franz Count von Würben and His Diary Entries from 1662 by Martin Bakeš, Jiří Kubeš

“…They analyse Würben’s daily routine from his arising to his lying down to sleep, his daily programme and also the Count’s relationship with the family, while also reconstructing the network of his Prague friends and acquaintances linked via the Martinitz kinship clan (“Martinitzische freundschaft”), in whose company he spent most of his time. We also describe his leisure activities, which were dominated by card games, entertainment in the garden and the jeu de paume (a predecessor of modern tennis). …”
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Simple Quadratic Interpolation-Inspired Symbiosis Organisms Search Algorithm for Optimal Placement of Capacitors in Radial Distribution Networks with Different Loading Models by Tri Phuoc Nguyen, Tuan Trong Nguyen, Trung Hieu Quang, Dieu Ngoc Vo

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A Colorimetric/Fluorescent Dual Sensing System Based on the Enzyme-like Activity of Fluorescent Carbon Quantum Dots for Detection of Glucose by GUAN Huanan, ZHANG Mingyi, WANG Dandan, ZHANG Zhuzehui

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ALTERATION OF SULFIDE ORES OF THE SAMOLAZOVSKOE DEPOSIT, ALDAN SHIELD, IN AN EXPERIMENTAL BIOLEACHING HEAP by E.V. Belogub, K.A. Novoselov, I.B. Fadina, M.A. Rassomakhin

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MEASUREMENT OF THE AMPLITUDE OF PERIODIC SIGNALS USING THE FIBONACCI METHOD by V. S. Petrushak

“…This made it possible to realize an 8-bit amplitude converter in code on the FPGA Cyclone V series of the Altera company. Amplitude converter of periodic signals into the code based on the Fibonacci method consists of: two comparators, a phase detector, a short pulse shaper, a digital-to-analog converter, a Fibonacci register, an extender, a clock counter, a decoder and an indicator. …”
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A Novel Model for Forecasting Production Performance in Waterflood Oil Reservoirs by Yajun Gao, Yang Liu, Xiaoqing Xie, Lihui Tang, Yuqian Diao, Yuhua Ma

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Financial and Non-Financial Support of Export by A. A. Naryshkin

“…Promotion of domestic companies interests abroad is the main task of economic diplomacy. …”
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Advantages and disadvantages of mobile applications for workplace health promotion: A scoping review. by Maren Junker, Markus Böhm, Helmut Krcmar

“…Generally, our review found that different factors need to be considered when deciding whether to implement a WHP app based on the individual company situation, e.g., shift work, content to be communicated, and expectations for health parameter screening, among many others. …”
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Laser-Induced Nanowire Percolation Interlocking for Ultrarobust Soft Electronics by Yeongju Jung, Kyung Rok Pyun, Sejong Yu, Jiyong Ahn, Jinsol Kim, Jung Jae Park, Min Jae Lee, Byunghong Lee, Daeyeon Won, Junhyuk Bang, Seung Hwan Ko

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RISK RANKING OF OPEN-END INVESTMENT FUNDS IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA by Ivana Srdarević, Ivan Kristek

“…These are separate assets controlled by investment fund management companies and investors participate in income return of the overall portfolio fund by purchasing shares in investment funds. …”
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Společenstva vodních měkkýšů řeky Oravy by Luboš Beran, Erika Šlachtová, Viktorie Klobušická, Jaroslav Beran

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State of health estimation of individual batteries through incremental curve analysis under parameter uncertainty by Yue Zhao, Qian Li, Xiaohui Li, Ge Zhang, Hang Shi, Qinghua Li

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Essence of contracts concluded for implementing corporate investment by O. Ye. Kukhariev

“…The other party to the contract can be, in particular, a corporate fund, assets management company as recipients of investments. Such contracts are not united by a common subject matter, which is determined by a specific type of investment contract (asset management actions, a share in the authorized (joint) capital of a business entity, etc.). …”
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Changes of Volatile Flavor Compounds in Different Parts of Tricholoma matsutake during Shelf Life Analyzed by Electronic Nose Combined with Gas Chromatography-Ion Mobility Spectrom... by MENG Fan, WANG Yiru, ZHAO Yuechen, GUAN Wenqiang, WANG Xuan, HE Xingxing, YAO Gang, HU Xin

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