La Montagne et la Manière Noire by Maurice Levy

“…The mezzotint technique, based on the progressive introduction of light on a copper plate which has been uniformly blackened, can be seen as a powerful metaphor of Gothic writing, because of its insistence on the dark side of people and nature, on "mountain gloom" and "mountain glory"…”
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Finite-Time Control for a Coupled Four-Tank Liquid Level System Based on the Port-Controlled Hamiltonian Method by Tao Xu, Haisheng Yu, Jinpeng Yu

“…A novel parameter autotuning algorithm is given to clarify the principle of choosing parameters of the PCH method. Furthermore, a finite-time controller is designed by a state-error desired Hamiltonian function, and the relationship between the settling time and a parameter is given, which can be applied in practical engineering easily to adjust the settling time according to the industrial need. …”
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Stutent’s Individuality within the Framework of Innovative Physical Education . by V. A. Salnikov, Y. M. Revenko, S. Y. Bebinov

“…Personal characteristics of students choosing different kinds of sports for physical education are described along with the correlation between their individual qualities and specificity of physical development. …”
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Redistribution of Nodes with Two Constraints in Meshless Method of Line to Time-Dependent Partial Differential Equations by Jafar Biazar, Mohammad Hosami

“…In integrating step, choosing a suitable set of points, such as adaptive nodes in spatial domain, can be useful, although in some cases this can cause ill-conditioning. …”
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Numerical Tests on Failure Process of Rock Particle under Impact Loading by Yu-Jun Zuo, Qin Zhang, Tao Xu, Zhi-Hong Liu, Yue-Qin Qiu, Wan-Cheng Zhu

“…Therefore, it is inappropriate to choose impact rusher with too high power and too fast impact frequency for ore particle.…”
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Cooperative Downloading by Multivehicles in Urban VANET by Di Wu, Yingrong Bi, Jie Liang

“…In this paper, we study how to use RSUs and vehicles to download big files cooperatively in BZ. In order to choose the cooperative vehicles with minimum total delay, we propose a sequential decision vehicle selection method based on the residual file (SSRF). …”
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NEW MATHEMATICS TUTORIAL FOR TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS by N. N. GAZIZOVA, G. A. NIKONOVA, N. V. NIKONOVA

“…The kit allows each student to choose his (her) trajectory for learning and thereby to acquire the first skills of self-reliant work. …”
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Control of Coexisting Attractors with Preselection of the Survived Attractor in Multistable Chua’s System: A Case Study by Zeric Tabekoueng Njitacke, Theophile Fonzin Fozin, Christian Tchito Tchapga, Gervais Dolvis Leutcho, K. Marcel Wouapi, Jacques Kengne

“…Techniques of linear augmentation combined to system invariant parameters like equilibrium points are used to choose the desired surviving attractors among the coexisting ones. …”
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Customization of health insurance premiums using machine learning and explainable AI by Manohar Kapse, Vinod Sharma, Rutuj Vidhale, Varun Vellanki

“…The results of this study will assist prospective buyers and decision-makers in choosing the best health insurance plans.…”
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Recruitment of authoritarian individuals into clientelist networks: A comparative study of the Western Balkans by Stankov Nemanja

“…Understanding how brokers choose clients for vote-buying exchange is one of the key issues in explaining the success of these illicit practices. …”
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Orthodontic Replacement of Lost Permanent Molar with Neighbor Molar: A Six-Year Follow-Up by Taisa Boamorte Raveli, Ricardo Lima Shintcovsk, Luegya Amorim Henriques Knop, Luana Paz Sampaio, Dirceu Barnabé Raveli

“…When it comes to what mechanics to choose for space closure, loops present two major advantages in relation to sliding mechanics: absence of abrasion and possibility to reach pure dental translation. …”
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Evaluation of the Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease and Rates of Oral Antidiabetic Prescribing in Accordance with Guidelines and Manufacturer Recommendations in Type 2 Diabetic... by Ning Wu, Xia Yu, Mallik Greene, Gary Oderda

“…With the high prevalence of moderate to severe CKD in NH residents with diabetes, physicians should consider residents’ renal function when choosing treatment plans and review treatments regularly to check compliance with the NKF guidelines or PIs.…”
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The Concept of the FSES HE of the Fourth Generation for Engineering Education in the Context of Implementing the Assignments of the President of Russia by A. I. Rudskoy, A. I. Borovkov, Р. I. Romanov

“…A new approach to the organization of admission to universities is proposed, which allows students to choose the direction of training after completing the second year of study. …”
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Lump Solutions and Resonance Stripe Solitons to the (2+1)-Dimensional Sawada-Kotera Equation by Xian Li, Yao Wang, Meidan Chen, Biao Li

“…Some figures are given to demonstrate the dynamical properties of the lump solutions, interaction solutions between lump solutions, and stripe solitons by choosing some special parameters.…”
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Deformation behavior of additive manufactured 316 L stainless steel using in situ neutron diffraction by Zhiping Chen, Zhenjun Jiang, Fuzhu Wang, Dandan Zhao, Xiaodong Zhang, Chen Wang, Jianfei Hao, Mengmeng Tong, Bin Chen, Hao Jie Kong, Bingbing Wan, Runxia Li, Gang Liu, Biao Wang

“…The as-printed 316LSS exhibits anisotropy in tensile property due to the formation of different fractions of nano-sized dimples, twin boundaries, diffraction peak and lattice constants during tensile tests at room temperature. Therefore, choosing right printing direction plays a vital role in forming of metal parts using SLM for further application.…”
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The Role of Physical Techniques on the Preparation of Photoanodes for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells by Shideh Ahmadi, Nilofar Asim, M. A. Alghoul, F. Y. Hammadi, Kasra Saeedfar, N. A. Ludin, Saleem H. Zaidi, K. Sopian

“…The diversity of consideration and criteria includes thin film applications, material characteristics, and process technology that need to be taken into account when selecting a specific deposition method. Choosing a deposition method is not as simple as it seems and is rendered quite complicated due to various factors. …”
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A Reward Optimization Method Based on Action Subrewards in Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning by Yuchen Fu, Quan Liu, Xionghong Ling, Zhiming Cui

“…The method can reduce state spaces greatly and choose actions with favorable purpose and efficiency so as to optimize reward function and enhance convergence speed. …”
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Smart Grid as a Service: A Discussion on Design Issues by Hung-Lin Chao, Chen-Chou Tsai, Pao-Ann Hsiung, I-Hsin Chou

“…As a solution, this work proposes smart grid as a service (SGaaS), which not only allows a smart grid to be composed out of basic services, but also allows power users to choose between different services based on their own requirements. …”
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The Pala’wan Highlanders and the World they live in: “A Weaving of Golden Threads” by Nicole Revel

“…Since then she is committed to the safeguarding of the literatures of voice.After co-creating Language-Music-Society (LMS), she became a member of the unit CNRS-MNHN Eco-anthropology and is actively involved in teaching Lingusitics - Anthropology at Musée de l’Homme.…”
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Shared entanglement for three-party causal order guessing game by Ryszard Kukulski, Paulina Lewandowska, Karol Życzkowski

“…In a variant of communication tasks, players cooperate in choosing their local strategies to compute a given task later, working separately. …”
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