Fatigue crack paths and properties in A356-T6 aluminum alloy microstructurally modified by friction stir processing under different conditions by A. Tajiri, Y. Uematsu, T. Kakiuchi, Y. Suzuki

“…In this study, friction stir processing (FSP) was applied to A356-T6, in which rotating tool with probe and shoulder was plunged into the material and travels along the longitudinal direction to induce severe plastic deformation, resulting in the modification of microstructure. …”
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L’Enseignement supérieur britannique en 2002 : incertaine démocratisation by Jean-Noël Evanno

“…Therefore, even as most potential recruits from the middle-class are entering higher education establishments, the less favoured classes are still reluctant to take the plunge—even though they have been encouraged for some years now to participate in larger numbers. …”
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A Modified Analytical Heat Source Model for Numerical Simulation of Temperature Field in Friction Stir Welding by Xiangqian Liu, Yan Yu, Shengli Yang, Huijie Liu

“…Two analytical models are then implemented in the FEM software to analyze the temperature fields in the plunge and traverse stage during FSW of AA6005A-T6 aluminum hollow extrusions. …”
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La peinture sur lave émaillée des façades des églises parisiennes du xixe siècle : une expérience de réintroduction de la polychromie by Josette Saint-Martin

“…The study focuses on the six Paris churches with decoration painted on enamelled lava on the façade: Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, which to this day remains the best-known decoration in terms of its importance and history, La Sainte-Trinité, Saint-Augustin, Saint-Ambroise, Saint-Laurent and Saint-Joseph-des-Nations.Hypotheses have been put forwards as to the possible reasons, both technical and with regards to changing taste, which plunged the attempt to reintroduce polychromy on the façades of nineteenth-century Parisian churches in obscurity, until 1998, the year of the exhibition at the Musée de la Vie Romantique of the enamelled lavas of the church of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul.…”
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Tentes et rails. Les « jeunes » du Sud tunisien entre chômage, attente et protestation by Stefano Pontiggia

“…After the Structural Adjustment Plan was implemented in 1986, the region plunged into a serious economic crisis that led to the redundancy of three-quarters of the employees working for the Compagnie des phosphates de Gafsa, the main employer in the region. …”
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La diffusion de l’Internet en Côte d’Ivoire. Obstacles et implications by Alain François Loukou

“…Moreover, although rising generation mobile phones and other digital terminals enable to have access to the Internet, we notice that these wireless technologies are currently not commonplace. …”
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‘Blood’ Kinship and Kinship in Christ’s Blood: Nomadic Evangelism in the Nenets Tundra by Tatiana Vagramenko

“…Evangelical communities in the tundra were plunged into the traditional practices of Nenets kinship networks, economic exchanges, and marriage alliances. …”
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Use of the Vocera Communications Badge Improves Public Safety Response Times by Jeremy D. Joslin, David Goldberger, Loretta Johnson, D. Paul Waltz

“…The Vocera Badge is being used by our staff to request public safety assistance in lieu of a formal phone call to the University Police Communications Center. …”
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Smartphone-Based Experimental Analysis of Rainfall Effects on LTE Signal Indicators by Yiyi Xu, Kai Wu, J. Andrew Zhang, Zhongqin Wang, Beeshanga A. Jayawickrama, Y. Jay Guo

“…They also suggest that the widely available by-product signals from mobile phones could be leveraged for innovative rainfall-sensing applications.…”
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Quantification of nipple size and shape among an ethnically diverse sample of US women by Peter Wildfeuer, Alexis Alban, Bob Worrell, Shilo Ben Zeev, Judith Shamian, Mike Woolridge

“…A total of 510 women were recruited into this study—using an iPhone App, employing the ‘True Depth Scanning’ software, and scanning their torso from both the left and right aspect to secure an image of each breast. …”
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A Survey on Content Adaptation Systems towards Energy Consumption Awareness by Mohd Norasri Ismail, Rosziati Ibrahim, Mohd Farhan Md Fudzee

“…However, most of these devices' (i.e., mobile phone, PDA, smartphone, and tablet) capabilities differ in terms of built-in software and library (what they can display), display size (how the content appears), and battery supply (how long the content can be displayed). …”
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A NEW INTELLIGENT DRIVER VIGILANCE SYSTEM DESIGN USING TILT SENSORS by Ali Zuhair Ghazi Zahid, Karrar Shakir Muttair, Oras Ahmed Shareef, Abbas Ali Diwan, Hazeem Baqir Taher, Raed Hameed Chyad Alfilh, Ahmed Mahmood Farhan, Mahmood Farhan Mosleh, Faiz Arith

“…A significant number of causes for people killed by automobile accidents on both public and interior roads are the driver's failure to pay attention to the roadway, as well as other factors such as tiredness, sleep during driving, using the phone, or even the driver being intoxicated, etc. …”
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Strengthening economic resilience through ICT during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from 100 countries by Muhammad Bilal, Sohaib Aqib, Ahmad Raza

“…We employed a comprehensive ICT index developed by UNCTAD, including indicators such as fixed broadband, mobile phone subscriptions, and secure internet servers, using data from 100 countries between 2017 and 2022. …”
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Research on the Influence of New Media Technology on Internet Short Video Content Production under Artificial Intelligence Background by Zhiqin Lu, Inyong Nam

“…With the rapid development of the Internet and smart phone technology, a large number of short videos are shared through social platforms. …”
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SAS4P: Providing automatic smoking detection for a persuasive smoking cessation application by Pedro O Rossel, Lorenzo Paredes, Antonio Bascur, Claudia Martínez-Carrasco, Valeria Herskovic

“…Persuasive applications are those designed to change a person’s behavior, usually in a specific way. Several mobile phone applications and messaging systems have been used to promote smoking cessation. …”
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Multi-Objective Optimal Travel Route Recommendation for Tourists by Improved Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm by Haodong Sun, Yanyan Chen, Jianming Ma, Yang Wang, Xiaoming Liu, Jiachen Wang

“…In this paper, we propose a novel multi-objective optimal travel route recommendation framework, which collects tourists’ travel trajectories from their mobile phone signaling data. Then, the proposed framework preprocesses the mobile signaling data to transform raw trajectories into tourists’ travel sequences. …”
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Patient's Heart Beat and Temperature Monitoring System. by Mbabazi Caleb

“…It also triggered an alarm and send SMS to a mobile phone of medical expert or health personnel, if the threshold value of the heartbeat rate is exceeded. …”
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Development of a Car Battery Monitoring System. by Dusabimana Abel

“…The GSM module is to be used for communication purpose of sending the message via mobile phone indicating low battery level and then the buzzer is to trigger an alarm. …”
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Design of a Regulated DC Power Supply. by Twinomugisha Jackline

“…The project is guided by the following objectives which are to design a regulated dc power supply that can be used to charge phones, power radio and decoders,To simulate the circuit using multism-, to reduce the costs incurred in having unregulated power flow and to test the circuit. …”
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Application of big data technology in agricultural Internet of Things by Chunling Zhang, Zunfeng Liu

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