“Who Can Estimate the Value of a Book!”: Buying and Owning Books in Antebellum Domestic Fiction by Johanna McElwee

“…As a result, rather than being based on economic resources, which might lose value overnight, thus causing a plunge on the social ladder, in these tales, middle-class status transcends economic status as it becomes synonymous with the ownership and appreciation of books and the personal qualities books were expected to foster.…”
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Approach of wideband robust adaptive beamforming based on microphone arrays by LIN Jing-ran, PENG Qi-cong, SHAO Huai-zong, JU Tai-liang

“…The approach of wideband robust adaptive beamforming （RABF） for speech enhancement based on micro-phone arrays was investigated. It combined the technologies of frequency focusing and diagonal loading, with the former aiming at frequency domain consistency of the beampattern, whereas the latter at robustness against steering vector mis-matches. …”
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Spatial Interregional Spread of COVID-19 Through Commuter Interdependence by Andreas Mense, Claus Michelsen

“…Abstract The coronavirus has plunged the global economy into crisis. Since the beginning of March, contact and exit restrictions and bans on business activities have been imposed in Germany, schools have been closed, child care has been suspended, and strict hygiene regulations have been issued. …”
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The Comorbidity of Reduplicative Paramnesia, Intermetamorphosis, Reverse-Intermetamorphosis, Misidentification of Reflection, and Capgras Syndrome in an Adolescent Patient by Ozden Arısoy, A. Evren Tufan, Rabia Bilici, Sarper Taskiran, Zehra Topal, Nuran Demir, M. Akif Cansız

“…The findings that our patient struggled with visuospatial tests applied in the acute phase as well as the observation that she refused to meet her family face-to-face while accepting to speak on the phone may support the role of right hemisphere and visuospatial functions in the development of those syndromes. …”
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Editorial by Thomas Wilson

“…The journal was founded at a time a significant change in the information world, with the Internet and the World Wide Web being in the early stage of development, with the iPhone, the iPad, and social media yet to be invented. …”
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Enhancing pediatric congenital heart disease detection using customized 1D CNN algorithm and phonocardiogram signals by Ihtisham Ul Haq, Ghassan Husnain, Yazeed Yasin Ghadi, Nisreen Innab, Masoud Alajmi, Hanan Aljuaid

“…Data augmentation techniques, including chunking, padding, and pitch-shifting, were employed to rectify dataset imbalances and improve model efficacy. …”
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Approaching maximum resolution in structured illumination microscopy via accurate noise modeling by Ayush Saurabh, Peter T. Brown, J. Shepard Bryan IV, Zachary R. Fox, Rory Kruithoff, Cristopher Thompson, Comert Kural, Douglas P. Shepherd, Steve Pressé

“…To accelerate the reconstruction process, we use the finite extent of the point-spread-function to devise a parallelized Monte Carlo strategy involving chunking and restitching of the inferred fluorescence intensity. …”
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Optimization the Initial Weights of Artificial Neural Networks via Genetic Algorithm Applied to Hip Bone Fracture Prediction by Yu-Tzu Chang, Jinn Lin, Jiann-Shing Shieh, Maysam F. Abbod

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Perturbation of Stochastic Boussinesq Equations with Multiplicative White Noise by Chunde Yang, Xin Zhao

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Will the Future EU-UK Free Trade Agreement Affect Foreign Direct Investment? by Federico Carril-Caccia

“…Results show that under a no-deal scenario, FDI flows from the EU into the UK would plunge by 25.9% – 40.6%, and inward FDI stocks would decrease by 49.2% – 53.9%. …”
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The South African guidelines on enuresis: 2024 update by A Adam, A Badenhorst, F Claassen, T de Maayer, M Fockema, J Fredericks, E Gottlich, J John, N Lala, J Lazarus, S Leahy, H N Lourens, S Maharaj, K M Mathabe, E M Moshokoa, S B A Mutambirwa, K L Petersen, M B Radzuma, A van der Merwe, I van Heerden, C A Zietsman, F Alyami, A Deshpande, G H H Smith

“…Additionally, it explores the role of a voiding diary, additional investigations and mobile phone applications (apps) in treating enuresis. The document also outlines standardised definitions for clarity. …”
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Model of presentation of the information system curricula, using XML by Olegas Vasilecas, Kristina Lapin

“…To coordinate the project work it is expected to send SMS to the project member's phones. Study programmes are steadily changing. It is important to prevent the recurrence of themes in modules of relative subjects. …”
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Incorporating Individual Teachings (aka Individual Contact Teaching Methods) into a Sustainable Landscaping Extension Plan of Work and Report of Accomplishments by Laura Sanagorski

“… Many horticultural Extension professionals conduct numerous consulting phone calls, send e-mails, visit offices, conduct research, and visit landscapes to solve horticultural problems and concerns. …”
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Economic Cycle Policy — Post COVID-19 by Überblick

“…Abstract The coronavirus crisis has plunged the German economy into the deepest recession since the Second World War. …”
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Optimization of the Mechanical Property of Friction Stir Welded Heat Treatable Aluminum Alloy by using Bio-Inspired Artificial Intelligence Algorithms by Akshansh Mishra, Anish Dasgupta

“…Spindle Speed (RPM), Traverse Speed (mm/min), and Plunge Depth (mm) were the input parameters while the Ultimate Tensile Strength (MPa) was an output parameter. …”
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Secure contact tracing platform from simplest private set intersection cardinality by Jiahui Gao, Chetan Surana, Ni Trieu

“…SecureCT prevents linkage attacks, eliminates replay and relay attacks, and allows the phone's holder to delegate their contact tracing computation to untrusted servers while maintaining the user's privacy. …”
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STUDY ON INFLUENCE OF PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY TO RESIDUAL STRESS FOR AERONAUTICAL PMMA BY PHOTOELASTICITY by SHANG Wei, YANG XiaoJing, ZHANG LiNa

“…Though controlling the chucking the constraints are the same in all directions. …”
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A Lumped-Element Decoupling and Matching Network for a Four-Element Mobile Handset MIMO Antenna by Riku Kormilainen, Rasmus Luomaniemi, Anu Lehtovuori, Ville Viikari

“…The DMN is applied to a four-element MIMO antenna array located on one side of the mobile phone chassis. The array initially has a strong coupling of −3 dB, which is improved to −7 dB with the DMN. …”
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User Experience Optimization Researcb on Personalized Pusb Approacb of IPTV Service Based on Label of Contents by Yingbo Zhu, Jianwei Diao, Bo Kang, Shengqiang Liu

“…It is needed to introduce active personalized push approach of content in order to improve user experience, due to higher cost of remote controller than PC and mobile phone. However, Karaok is a household service, and is ununiform to identify users on server side and terminal side, which will bring inaccurate result when normal recommendation algorithm is adopted. …”
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Optimization of the Mechanical Property of Friction Stir Welded Heat Treatable Aluminum Alloy by using Bio-Inspired Artificial Intelligence Algorithms by Akshansh Mishra, Anish Dasgupta

“…Spindle Speed (RPM), Traverse Speed (mm/min), and Plunge Depth (mm) were the input parameters while the Ultimate Tensile Strength (MPa) was an output parameter. …”
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