Il «maraviglioso» e il «maravigliosissimo» dei tempi moderni by Anna Chiara Luzzi

“…This article will go back over the stages of this colossal movie’s making, by studying the film’s recurrent motifs and highlighting the analogies and differences with Flaubert’s founding work.…”
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The analysis of energy efficiency of LNG filling pipeline from choice of thermal insulation structure by A. M. Andreev, A. Yu. Baranov, E. V. Sokolova, T. A. Malysheva, L. V. Ivanov

“…Reduction of technological losses of natural gas during production, transportation and storage is of major energy and environmental importance. …”
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Exergy Analysis in Hydrogen-Air Detonation by Abel Rouboa, Valter Silva, Nuno Couto

“…The main goal of this paper is to analyze the exergy losses during the shock and rarefaction wave of hydrogen-air mixture. …”
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The Economic Effects of Potential EU Tariff Sanctions on Russia — A Sectoral Approach by Olim Latipov, Christian Lau, Kornel Mahlstein, Simon Schropp

“…We find they would inflict on Russia welfare losses of at least $996 million per year — at an overall cost of $150 million to EU consumers. …”
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Discounted-likelihood valuation of variance and volatility swaps by Napat Rujeerapaiboon, Sanae Rujivan, Hongdan Chen

“…Notably, it aims to mitigate losses in the likelier scenarios of the underlying asset’s prices. …”
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VALUE RELEVANCE OF FAIR VALUE HIERARCHY INFORMATION OF NIGERIAN NON-FINANCIAL FIRMS by Aliyu Baba Usman, Ndagi Salihu, Isah Ibrahim, Shuaibu Bawa Wuse

“…This suggests that investors valued holding gains and losses quoted in an active market (Level 1) and indirect observable inputs (Level 2). …”
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Understanding the distributional effects of recurrent floods in the Philippines by Inga J. Sauer, Brian Walsh, Katja Frieler, David N. Bresch, Christian Otto

“…We find that incomplete recoveries increase cumulative consumption and well-being losses across the study period 2000–2018 by 40%. While low-income households suffer the highest well-being losses, the effect of incomplete recoveries is most relevant for middle-income households. …”
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Estimation of evaporation in Andalusian reservoirs: Proposal of an index for the assessment and classification of dams by Santiago García-López, Marcia Salazar-Rojas, Mercedes Vélez-Nicolás, Jorge. M.G.P. Isidoro, Verónica Ruiz-Ortiz

“…The annual average volume evaporated from Andalusian reservoirs was estimated at 547 hm3/year (8.0 % of the inflows). Evaporative losses represent 1.1 % of inflows in the most efficient reservoirs, while in others, losses exceed 30 %, reaching 54 % in the most extreme case.…”
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Optimizing Photovoltaic Array Performance Under Partial Shading Using a Golden Ratio-Based Configuration: A Comparative Analysis of 16 Configurational Variants by Sakthivel Ganesan, Prince Winston David, Hariharasudhan Thangaraj, Devakirubakaran Samithas, Praveen Kumar Balachandran, Muhammad Ammirrul Atiqi Mohd Zainuri

“…The proposed produces a maximum power output of 88 W for inverse diagonal conditions, effectively lowering power losses by 20%. With up to a 12% increase in power output and a 15% decrease in mismatch losses under several shading conditions, the proposed configuration consistently outperforms conventional techniques. …”
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Better than Nothing? The Idea of “Rough Justice” for Individual Compensation in Disaster Cases by Thais Temer, Karina Denari Gomes de Mattos, Maria Cecília de Araujo Asperti

“…Abstract When affecting a considerable number of victims, post-disaster remedy processes face significant obstacles related to assessing and measuring the exact extent of individual losses. Recent cases have adopted the concept of “rough justice”, a method also applied to the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund and in transitional justice contexts. …”
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Optimization of a photovoltaic/wind/battery energy-based microgrid in distribution network using machine learning and fuzzy multi-objective improved Kepler optimizer algorithms by Fude Duan, Mahdiyeh Eslami, Mohammad Khajehzadeh, Ali Basem, Dheyaa J. Jasim, Sivaprakasam Palani

“…The results including energy losses, voltage deviations, and purchased power from the HMG have been presented. …”
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Human Diseases and Microbes

“…Much before the man became conscious of their existence or they became visible with the help of microscopes, they were active in their pathological action against all other living beings, including man. Many colossal disasters, caused by some unknown diseases occurred when thousands of the so called unbelievers perished, as mentioned in several ancient religious books, documents and treatises. …”
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Cicadas (of Florida), Neocicada hieroglyphica (Say), Tibicen, Diceroprocta and Melampsalta spp. (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadidae) by Thomas J. Walker, Thomas Moore

“…In much of the eastern United States, they are also known for their appearance in colossal numbers (as many as 1.5 million per acre) every 13 or 17 years. …”
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Management of Powdery Mildew in Beans by Qingren Wang, Shouan Zhang, Teresa Olczyk

“…Although the causal organism rarely causes extensive damage, significant yield losses were reported in Columbia County when infection occurred in dry beans prior to flowering. …”
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On the Mutual Influence of Voltage Control Modes and the Compensation of Reactive Power in the Electrical Networks of Industrial Enterprises by V. P. Schasny, A. I. Zhukouski

“…The efficiency of an enterprise’s power supply system depends on the quality of electricity and the losses of the latter in electrical networks; both being largely determined by the modes of voltage control and reactive power compensation. …”
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Magnetic Behavior of Sintered NdFeB Magnets on a Long-Term Timescale by Minna Haavisto, Sampo Tuominen, Timo Santa-Nokki, Harri Kankaanpää, Martti Paju, Pekka Ruuskanen

“…This study shows that material with a very square JH curve is stable until a certain critical operating temperature is reached. Major losses are detected as the critical temperature is exceeded. …”
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Numerical application of the mode matching technique to the longitudinal impedance computation in particle accelerators by N. Biancacci, A. Passarelli

“…Nevertheless, for structures exhibiting low ohmic losses in low energy machines, where the beam velocity is not yet ultrarelativistic, existing 3D codes face computational challenges. …”
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Use of colemanite in ferronickel smelting by Keskinkilic E., Pournaderi S., Geveci A., Topkaya Y.A.

“…Enhanced metal-slag separation is helpful to decrease the number of suspended metal/alloy droplets in slag, i.e. the physical losses. In the literature, successful use of colemanite was reported both in steelmaking and copper matte smelting processes. …”
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Design and Control of Hybrid Electric Light Rail Vehicles With Open Ended Winding Machines by Davide De Simone, Maria Stefania Carmeli, Salvatore D'Arco, Luigi Piegari, Pietro Tricoli

“…However, the boost converter requires a bulky inductor and introduces additional power losses that are undesirable. This paper proposes to replace the standard induction motor with an open ended winding induction motor connected at one end to the overhead line with the traction inverter and to the other end to a battery with a second inverter in order to reduce the power losses of the traction drive. …”
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Management of Powdery Mildew in Beans by Qingren Wang, Shouan Zhang, Teresa Olczyk

“…Although the causal organism rarely causes extensive damage, significant yield losses were reported in Columbia County when infection occurred in dry beans prior to flowering. …”
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