Land use change impacts and its cope with water management to conservation type in highland-plateau area development by Kristiyanto

“…This makes it necessary to manage water and the land in a friendly and conservative manner. Involving communities in land conservation is essential for long-term sustainability, especially in rural areas with steep to plateau (forest) terrain that should include catchment areas and efficient and compassionate ecological functions.…”
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Identifying a Set of Key Paradata Indicators in Web Surveys Based on the Relationship with Response Quality, Respondent Characteristics and Survey Estimates by Vasja Vehovar, Nejc Berzelak, Gregor Čehovin

“…This paper aimed to identify a minimal set of paradata indicators that can be used in a similar manner to sociodemographic variables, i.e. as general characteristics of respondents. …”
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Ghostwriting: Simulacra of Academic Performance by S. A. Sheypak

“…As a result, the students who turn to contract cheating in a regular manner do not develop professional and academic skills appropriate to an undergraduate or graduate degree. …”
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Galectin-3: A Novel Marker for the Prediction of Stroke Incidence and Clinical Prognosis by Ahmed Sayed, Malak Munir, Mohamed S. Attia, Badrah S. Alghamdi, Ghulam Md Ashraf, Eshak I. Bahbah, Mohamed Elfil

“…Therefore, there is a continuous search for novel reliable biomarkers that can enhance the recognition of stroke events in a timely manner and predict the clinical outcomes following a stroke event. …”
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Comparison of IGDT, TOAT and STC Methods in Robust Planning of Transmission Network Expansion in the Presence of Uncertainties by Shahriar Abbasi

“…Aim of TNEP is providing enough capacity to transfer power from generation section to load centers in a reliable and economically efficient manner. The mission of this problem is identifying where, when and what type of new transmission lines should be installed in transmission network.Purpose of this article is comparing the IGDT, TOAT and STC methods in robust TNEP (RTNEP) in the presence of load and wind power generation uncertainties. …”
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Formation Pore Pressure Variation of the Neocomian Sedimentary Succession (the Fahliyan Formation) in the Abadan Plain Basin, SW of Iran by Bahman Soleimani, Mohammad Hassani-Giv, Iraj Abdollahi fard

“…The formation was characterized as a multilayered stacked reservoir with different pore pressure decreasing downward in a step-wise manner. Also, there is a major pressure step in the middle part of the reservoir, suggesting the presence of a regional efficient seal dividing the reservoir into two stacked compartments, where the upper compartment is more overpressured than the lower one. …”
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An Adaptive Parallel Method for Indexing Transportation Moving Objects by Kun-lun Chen, Chuan-wen Li, Guang Lu, Jia-quan Li, Tong Zhang

“…Therefore, applications like traffic control generally manage moving objects in a single-machine multithreaded manner, whereas suffering from frequent locking operations. …”
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Dynamic computing offloading strategy in LEO constellation edge computing network by GAO Yufang, JI Zhi, ZHAO Kanglian, LI Wenfeng, HU Peicong

“…In order to achieve NE in a distributed manner under dynamic environment, an intelligent stochastic learning algorithm based on the stochastic learning was designed to efficiently achieve NE for the proposed stochastic game. …”
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Evaluating the Synergy of Conflict Detection and Resolution Services for Constrained Urban Airspace by Calin Andrei Badea, Andrija Vidosavljevic, Joost Ellerbroek, Jacco Hoekstra

“…Very-low-level (VLL) urban air operations have been extensively investigated as a solution for mitigating congestion in cities. However, the manner in which the management of such traffic should be performed is still actively investigated. …”
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Reading “Guillelme l’Amïable”: Hypertextuality and La Prise d’Orange by Lucas Wood

“…However, satirical transformation is ultimately reincorporated into the genre’s conservative narrative and ideological frameworks in a manner difficult to grasp through Genette’s system for lack of adequate distinctions between satire’s various possible ideological functions and stakes.…”
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Towards understanding the character of quality sampling in deep learning face recognition by Iurii Medvedev, João Tremoço, Beatriz Mano, Luís Espírito Santo, Nuno Gonçalves

“…Namely, we seek for the penalising manner (sampling character) that better satisfies the purpose of adapting deep learning face recognition for images of ID and travel documents. …”
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A review on challenges and future of green charging networks for zero emission electric transportation by Ijaz Ahmed, Muhammad Maaruf, Amjad Ali, Mohammad AlMuhaini, Muhammad Khalid

“…Using independent and interlinked mathematical models, authors examine contemporary computational approaches that manage corporate architectural challenges in novel manners. The aim of this work is to investigate potential avenues for future research, with a focus on attaining sustainable mobility while also promoting the intelligent advancement of microgrids. …”
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Standardized Application of Laxatives and Physical Measures in Neurosurgical Intensive Care Patients Improves Defecation Pattern but Is Not Associated with Lower Intracranial Press... by Martin Kieninger, Barbara Sinner, Bernhard Graf, Astrid Grassold, Sylvia Bele, Milena Seemann, Holger Künzig, Nina Zech

“…After the implementation of the SOP patients suffering from a neurosurgical disorder received pharmacological and nonpharmacological measures to improve bowel movements in a standardized manner within the first 5 days after admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) starting on day of admission. …”
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The Self-Perceptions of Twice-Exceptional Children: A Systematic Review by Louise Küry, Christian Fischer

“…The findings suggest that twice-exceptional children tend to perceive themselves in a negative manner. Furthermore, twice-exceptional children exhibited diminished global self-concept, accompanied by low self-esteem and self-efficacy. …”
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Energy Efficient Clustering Based Network Protocol Stack for 3D Airborne Monitoring System by Abhishek Joshi, Sarang Dhongdi, Rishabh Sethunathan, Pritish Nahar, K. R. Anupama

“…Wireless Sensor Network consists of large number of nodes densely deployed in ad hoc manner. Usually, most of the application areas of WSNs require two-dimensional (2D) topology. …”
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Combining CS Unplugged and L2T2L to Bridge the Computing Illiteracy Gap of the Elderly Population: A Case Study by José Alfredo Díaz-León, Olatz Arbelaitz, Mikel Larrañaga, Ana Arruarte

“…In light of the aforementioned challenges, this work integrates Computer Science Unplugged exercises, based on games and recreational activities without the use of computers, and L2T2L, a learning-by-teaching methodology whereby university students learn and then, in turn, teach that learning to other populations in a cascading manner. A case study was conducted in Lima, Peru, with the participation of 140 volunteers from centres for the elderly. …”
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Formation of Tumorspheres with Increased Stemness without External Mitogens in a Lung Cancer Model by Juan Sebastian Yakisich, Neelam Azad, Rajkumar Venkatadri, Yogesh Kulkarni, Clayton Wright, Vivek Kaushik, Anand Krishnan V. Iyer

“…LTSs generated in this manner demonstrated several traits usually associated with increased stemness such as elevated expression of the stemness-associated marker Sox2 and increased chemoresistance to conventional anticancer drugs. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Silver Nanoparticles Using Cannonball Leaves and Their Cytotoxic Activity against MCF-7 Cell Line by Preetha Devaraj, Prachi Kumari, Chirom Aarti, Arun Renganathan

“…Cannonball leaf broth as a reducing agent converts silver ions to AgNPs in a rapid and ecofriendly manner. The UV-Vis spectra gave surface plasmon resonance peak at 434 nm. …”
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Specific Influences of Early Acoustic Environments on Cochlear Hair Cells in Postnatal Mice by Aoshuang Chang, Peng Chen, Shasha Guo, Nana Xu, Wenlu Pan, Hongzheng Zhang, Cuixian Li, Jie Tang

“…The results indicated that the acoustic environment significantly decreased the threshold of the auditory brainstem response in a frequency-specific manner. Compared with controls, no difference was found in the number and alignment of inner and outer hair cells or in the length of hair bundles after acoustic overstimulation. …”
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FATF in Combating the Financing of Terrorism by K. S. Melkumyan

“…The author believes that one of the advantages of the FATF as an institute within the counter-terrorism financing system among others is the informal status of the FATF, which provides its flexibility and high ability to respond quickly and in a timely manner to evolving nature of money laundering and terrorism financing as well as emerging threats.…”
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