Geology of the Asinara Island (Sardinia, Italy) by R. Carosi, C. Montomoli, D. Iacopini, A. Petroccia, M. Simonetti, G. Oggiano

“…In this contribution, we compile a new 1:25.000 geological-structural map of the entire Asinara island useful to better understand this key sector of the Variscan belt in Sardinia.…”
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The Relational Aspects of Luxury Consumption in Brazil: The development of a Luxury Customer Relationship Perception Scale and the Analysis of Brand Personality Influence on Relati... by Fernanda Scussel, Gisela Demo

“…Regarding our contributions, we propose a new metric for marketing literature, which enables future relational studies with other consumer behavior constructs. …”
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Damage Identification of Prefabricated Reinforced Concrete Box Culvert Based on Improved Fuzzy Clustering Algorithm and Acoustic Emission Parameters by Yafeng Gong, Siyuan Lin, Feng He, Yang He, Jiaxiang Song

“…Prefabricated box culvert is a new structure in road engineering, whose health is very important to road safety. …”
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A Multimode Adaptive Pushover Procedure for Seismic Assessment of Integral Bridges by Ehsan Mohtashami, Ahmad Shooshtari

“…This paper presents a new adaptive pushover procedure to account for the effect of higher modes in order to accurately estimate the seismic response of bridges. …”
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Stability of alkyd emulsion resins and anti-corrosion properties of water-based alkyd emulsion paints by Le Huy Cuong Huynh, Khanh Xuan Phan, Thanh An Truong, Hung Thuy Nguyen

“…The use of water as a solvent is gradually replacing organic solvents, with many prospects for new applications. …”
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Quasi-Static Test Study on Seismic Behavior of Large-Section Fabricated Utility Tunnel by Li Zhu, Shiqing Shangguan, Haitao Yu, Yawei Guo, Zheng Chen, Dong An

“…Based on the urban utility tunnel project in Xiong’an New Area, to clarify the seismic behavior of the utility tunnel structure, the overall structure model of the four-cabin large-section utility tunnel and the quasi-static test of the joint specimens have been completed. …”
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M-Polynomial and Topological Indices of Benzene Ring Embedded in P-Type Surface Network by Hong Yang, A. Q. Baig, W. Khalid, Mohammad Reza Farahani, Xiujun Zhang

“…The representation of chemical compounds and chemical networks with the M-polynomials is a new idea, and it gives nice and good results of the topological indices. …”
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Tehnici auctoriale de încriptare a simbolului infantil. Studiu de caz: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Émile by Cristina Deutsch

“…For Rousseau, the child is the equivalent of the good being, his evolution depending on education: a natural one in order not to be perverted by society. …”
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RESEARCH ON THE DESIGN OF A NOVEL HIGHYWAY CRASH CUSHION BASED ON THE MINMIAL SURFACE SANDWICH STRUCTURE (MT) by SUN Nan, ZHOU KaiFa, WANG Shuai, MA WenYi, GUO DongLing

“…Through the full scale crash simulation, compared with the traditional crash cushion, the peak impact force of the novel crash cushion decreases by 37.5% and 18.8% in the frontal and frontal lateral conditions. The new crash cushion can effectively reduce the impact force, and absorb the huge energy under the impact damage, which possesses a good engineering reference value.…”
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Strip-based deployment with cooperative communication to achieve connectivity and information coverage in wireless sensor networks by Wei Cheng, Xiaolin Lu, Yong Li, Hui Wang, Lei Zhong

“…Either information coverage or cooperative communication could exploit collaboration of sensor nodes to improve the efficiency of deployment, while how good is strip-based deployment with both information coverage and cooperative communication is worth to be measured when the value of r c / r s is varied. …”
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Possibility of critical practice in computational design: applications on boundaries between public and private space by Laurence Kimmel

“…By keeping a distance between the extremes of total freedom and reaching a so-called “ultimate good” on the one side and of restricted freedom through excessive “law” on the other, the article presents ways for communities to regain control of their environment through new technologies, as long as “common law” of public life is respected. …”
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Film Effectiveness Downstream the Trenches with Tilted Target Wall by Fan Yang, Mohammad E. Taslim

“…In this study, we are proposing a new trench geometry that is fed by 30°-inclined embedded circular film holes entering from the trench sidewall. …”
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Investigating the Challenges of Iran's Publication: A Proposal of Economic Indicators and Innovation by Ali Afzali, Rouhollah Aboojafari

“…The book as one of the most important cultural goods in comparison with other cultural industries has a fairly good capacity to generate income and employment. …”
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Ligand Synthesis Catalyst and Complex Metal Ion: Multicomponent Synthesis of 1,3-Bis(4-phenyl-[1,2,3]triazol-1-yl)-propan-2-ol Copper(I) Complex and Application in Copper-Catalyzed... by María Teresa Ramírez-Palma, Jesús Segura-Arzate, Gustavo López-Téllez, Erick Cuevas-Yañez

“…A new bistriazole copper complex was synthesized by direct treatment of an alkyne, an azide, and CuI as copper salt through in situ ligand formation under a multicomponent reaction process. …”
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Hysteresis Modeling of Magnetic Shape Memory Alloy Actuator Based on Krasnosel'skii-Pokrovskii Model by Miaolei Zhou, Shoubin Wang, Wei Gao

“…As a new type of intelligent material, magnetically shape memory alloy (MSMA) has a good performance in its applications in the actuator manufacturing. …”
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Random Frequency Division Multiplexing by Chanzi Liu, Jianjian Wu, Qingfeng Zhou

“…The proposed RFDM establishes a novel signal modulation and detection method to target better transmission efficiency, and the simulation results show that the proposed method can achieve good BER, offering a new research paradigm to improve the spectrum efficiency of a multi-subcarrier, multi-antenna, multi-user system.…”
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Cyclotron Production of High–Specific Activity Co and In Vivo Evaluation of the Stability of Co Metal-Chelate-Peptide Complexes by Tara Mastren, Bernadette V. Marquez, Deborah E. Sultan, Elizabeth Bollinger, Paul Eisenbeis, Tom Voller, Suzanne E. Lapi

“…These results support the use of 55 Co as a promising new radiotracer for PET imaging of cancer and other diseases.…”
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Electronic Structure of Hydrogenated and Surface-Modified GaAs Nanocrystals: Ab Initio Calculations by Hamsa Naji Nasir, Mudar A. Abdulsattar, Hayder M. Abduljalil

“…This is attributed to the broken symmetry and surface passivating atoms that split surface degenerate states and adds new levels inside and around the valence band. Bond length and tetrahedral angle result from full geometrical optimization indicate good convergence to the ideal zincblende structure at the centre of hydrogenated nanocrystal. …”
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Comparative experimental study of the mechanical and fracture properties of Portland limestone and Corsehill sandstone by Aikaterini Marinelli, Matthew R. Stewart

“…An experimental investigation of the mechanical and fracture characteristics of Portland limestone and Corsehill sandstone is undertaken, aiming at enhancing understanding of the structural behaviour of these natural building stones commonly used in both new and restoration projects in Edinburgh, Scotland. …”
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Power Optimization in Mobile Robots Using a Real-Time Heuristic by Tamer Abukhalil, Harbi Almahafzah, Malek Alksasbeh, Bassam A. Y. Alqaralleh

“…Finally, the application of the proposed optimization technique in a distributed manner achieves good power saving figures when performing the particular task.…”
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