Energy efficiency comparison between data rate control and transmission power control algorithms for wireless body sensor networks by Ali Hassan Sodhro, Li Chen, Aicha Sekhari, Yacine Ouzrout, Wanqing Wu

“…Second, energy depletion due to high transmission power consumption and dynamic nature of wireless on-body channel. The former one focuses on constant (fixed) transmission power level and variable data rate (“severe” conditions), for example, medical monitoring of the emergency patients. …”
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Tracking the Economic Benefits Generated by the Hard Clam Aquaculture Industry in Florida by Charles Adams, Leslie Sturmer, Alan Hodges

“…Although successful by virtually any metric, the risks and uncertainty associated with commercial hard clam culture has led to the evaluation of programs that help mitigate risk, such as the former pilot Cultivated Clam Crop Insurance Program administered by USDA Risk Management Agency. …”
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Serum Copper and Haematological Values of Sheep of Different Physiological Stages in the Dry and Wet Seasons of Central Trinidad by A. Mohammed, M. Campbell, F. G. Youssef

“…Serum Cu was significantly lower in the dry than in the wet season (P<0.001) with a corresponding high percentage of samples with low Cu levels in the former. 31% of dry nonpregnant sheep exhibited a nonregenerative anaemia. …”
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Minasse Tcheraz’s Contacts of Europe and His Impressions of Berlin Congress by Serdar, Sakin

“…The delegation, which was sent unknown to the Ottoman Empire, consisted of three members, i.e. former Patriarch Migirdic Kirimyan and Khoren Narbey as representatives, and Minasse Tcheraz as clerk and translator.   …”
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Digital technologies and performance incentives: evidence from businesses in the Swiss economy by Johannes Lehmann, Michael Beckmann

“…We argue that digital technologies tend to reduce the cost of organizational monitoring through improved measurement of employee behavior and performance, as well as through employee substitution in conjunction with a reduced agency problem. While we expect the former mechanism to increase the prevalence of performance incentives, the latter is likely to decrease it. …”
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Quand les franges urbaines se mettent au vert : la nature aux marges de la métropole lyonnaise by Inès Méliani

“…Urban planning documents of the Lyons agglomeration are evidence of the institutionalisation of a form of recreational nature through many examples which shed light on the problems relating to urban fringes : the redevelopment of the network of green spaces on the banks of the River Rhone, the deployment of “Nature Projects”, and the two major projects of the Miribel-Jonage Park to the north and the Gerland Park in a former brownfield to the south of the city. This study shows how the transitional spaces between Lyons and the countryside, long considered as complex areas to manage, are now perceived as assets in an urban planning policy aimed at improving quality of life and addressing new environmental issues.…”
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The Good, The Bad and The Legacy of Kwaito by Madimabe G. Mapaya, Thulani G. Zulu

“…Data collection also included interviews with key South African music industry figures such as former record executives and musicians. While scholars examine kwaito from various disciplinary perspectives, key figures in the kwaito community feel their contributions are still under-represented. …”
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Une approche multidisciplinaire de la fabrique des paysages dans la longue durée dans les forêts de Blois, Russy, Boulogne et Chambord (Loir-et-Cher) by Aude Crozet, Clément Laplaige, Xavier Rodier

“…In addition to pedestrian surveys conducted over a period of 15 years, the LiDAR survey made it possible to identify vestiges which are invisible to the naked eye and which concern the former exploitation of the forest as well as prior human settlements. …”
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Smaller than Small, the Unique Eocene Louse! by Martin Koziol, Torsten Wappler

“…Some of the most spectacular fossil deposits of the European Tertiary are former maars located in old volcanic field areas. …”
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BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT - THE CASE OF WESTERN BALKAN COUNTRIES by Zijad Džafić

“…SMEs create new jobs, products and services, help in restructuring former state enterprises, which is very important for transition countries, and generate government revenues. …”
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Pour une mésoéconomie de l’émergence d’une bioéconomie : représentations, patrimoines productifs collectifs et stratégies d’acteurs dans la régulation d’une chimie doublement verte... by Nicolas Béfort

“…Therefore, bioeconomy is a recomposition of the relationships between agriculture and chemistry in which the former becomes the supplier for the latter. We use the concept of the regimes of production of knowledge and of economic activity to describe the diversity of the technological promises made by the actors involved. …”
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Writing at the Crossroads: Communication and Community-Making in Ciaran Carson’s Last Night’s Fun by Catherine Conan

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Effects of Chamber Width on H2/Air Rotating Detonations by Hailong Zhang, Weidong Liu, Lin Zhang, Shijie Liu, Luxin Jiang

“…The normal velocities on the outer wall and average diameter are almost the same. The former one is approximately the CJ value.…”
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Investigation of BSA adsorption performances of metal ion attached mineral particles embedded cryogel discs by Ömür Acet

“…Cu2+-attached natural pumice particle embedded composite cryogel discs (Cu2+-NP-ECDs) were synthesized through polymerization of gel-former factors at minus temperatures. The characterization experiments of the Cu2+-NP-ECDs were accomplished via SEM, FTIR experiments. …”
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The culture of memory of Serbian builders of recent times by Kadijević Aleksandar

“…Anniversaries of meritorious builders, professional institutions and associations, as well as architects from other parts of the former Yugoslavia and abroad who left their mark on the territory of Serbia, are also commemorated. …”
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Willingness to pay a premium for eco-label products in China: a mediation model based on quality value by Ying Zhan, Yuting Ren, Junfei Xu

“…The results show that the former plays an intermediary role in carbon label recognition and premium payment intention, while the latter regulates the relationship between perceived value of quality attributes and premium payment intention. …”
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Winter and early spring assemblages of ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in two forest habitats in suburban area of Warsaw, central Poland by Karolina Bodzon, Piotr Ceryngier

“…Scymnus ferrugatus predominated in the former plant community and P. quatuordecimpunctata and Coccinella septempunctata in the latter. …”
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La microaventure, quel tourisme sportif ? by Thomas Riffaud, Nathalie Le Roux

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Evaluation of Ecological Resilience of Agricultural Ecosystems in Razavi Khorasan Province: Comparison of Integrated and Non-Integrated Ecosystems by Pegah Naghipour, Alireza Koocheki, Mahdi Nasiri mahalati, Soroor Khorramdel

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Exploring the effect of feeding broiler chickens a diet incorporating unfermented or fermented palm kernel cake: growth performance, digestibility, biochemical indices, digestive e... by Sindaye Daniel, Shehata Zeid, Liao Jinghong, Suqin Hang

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