Evolutionary Game Analysis of BIM Adoption among Stakeholders in PPP Projects by Chong Jia, Ruixue Zhang, Dan Wang

“…The results demonstrate that first, the degree of the cost to all stakeholders involved in the adoption of BIM, as well as the punishment for governments’ passive promotion of BIM, the punishment for social capitals’ passive adoption of BIM and the reward for contractors’ active application of BIM are the key factors affecting evolutionary stability. …”
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Water-Based Assembly and Purification of Plasmon-Coupled Gold Nanoparticle Dimers and Trimers by Sébastien Bidault, Albert Polman

“…This approach combines a cross-linking molecule and a hydrophilic passivation layer to control the level of induced aggregation. …”
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Improving the Comfort of the Vehicle Based on Using the Active Suspension System Controlled by the Double-Integrated Controller by Tuan Anh Nguyen

“…However, the conventional passive suspension system is unable to fully meet the vehicle’s requirements for stability and comfort. …”
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Feature Selection for Physical Activity Prediction Using Ecological Momentary Assessments to Personalize Intervention Timing: Longitudinal Observational Study by Devender Kumar, David Haag, Jens Blechert, Josef Niebauer, Jan David Smeddinck

“…Thus, EMA might be a useful complement to passive sensing in determining when JITAIs are triggered. …”
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Effects of Mn addition on wear and corrosion resistances of AlCoCrFeNi high-entropy alloy coating sprayed by HVOF by Dandan Zhang, Qiang Li, Chuntao Chang, Guan Zhang, Xu Ma, Rongze Sun

“…XPS analysis shows that the Mn addition leads to an increased presence of Cr2O3 in the passivation film on the surface of the coatings, which was more resistant to Cl− corrosion and facilitates a dense and stable passivation film compared to other oxides like Al2O3, thereby improving the corrosion resistance of the coatings. …”
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Is the current comprehensive view to the human being, enough? by Ricardo Ángel González Menéndez

“…This paper reflects on the current imperative to form individuals with a developed spirituality, as the only alternative facing hyperhedonism and passivity that has invaded the world today.…”
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Modeling and Characterization for Microstrip Filters in the Manufacturing Process through the Unscented Transform and Use of Electromagnetic Simulators by Abraham E. Ortega Paredes, Leonardo R. A. X. de Menezes, Humberto Abdalla, Ivan N. A. Romani

“…This paper presents the unscented transform (UT) applied to uncertainty modeling of manufacturing tolerances at the design stage of microwave passive devices. The process combines the UT with electromagnetic simulations and assumes that the numerical sources of error are negligible in comparison to the imperfections due to the manufacturing process. …”
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Investigation on a Duct Noise Control Method through Membranes in Tandem by Cheng Shen, Shasha Yang, Harris K. H. Fan, Randolph C. K. Leung

“…Moreover, introduction of multimembranes is important or even the only efficient way to apply this passive control method in practice.…”
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Professional elevators to the Russian political elite by N. A. Yushkina

“…And also the article identifies and defines a significant group in terms of number with high passability at all levels of government and an instant career type that leads to power immediately after receiving higher education. …”
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Estudos brasileiros e moçambicanos by Luca Bussotti, Antonio Marcos de Oliveira Siqueira, Wagner dos Reis Marques Araújo, Roberta Ferreira Coelho de Andrade, Aldair Oliveira de Andrade

“…Nesse sentido, convidamos os leitores a fazerem um passeio epistemológico nesta edição. Desejamos a todos leitores uma boa leitura. …”
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Current Control and Active Damping for Single Phase LCL-Filtered Grid Connected Inverter by Mohammad Alshiekh, Alaa Marouf, Muhieddin Kubeitari

“…There are some methods to damp the resonance; one method is passive damping of resonance by adding a series resistor with the filter capacitor, but passive element reduces the inverter efficiency. …”
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Occurrence of micropollutants in surface water and removal by catalytic wet peroxide oxidation enhanced filtration using polymeric membranes loaded with carbon nanotubes by Adriano S. Silva, Paulo Zadra Filho, Ana Paula Ferreira, Fernanda F. Roman, Arthur P. Baldo, Madeleine Rauhauser, Jose L. Diaz de Tuesta, Ana I. Pereira, Adrián M.T. Silva, Juliana M.T. Pietrobelli, Marzhan S. Kalmakhanova, Daniel D. Snow, Helder T. Gomes

“…Passive samplers were extracted, analyzed and the results were used to identify possible pollution composition and potential sources. …”
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Simulation the Arcitutural Charhacteristic Effect in Increasing the Cooling Needs of Tehran (Case Study: 12 & 22 Region) by reza borna, Nasrin Jafari, Farideh Asadian

“…Research has shown that passive design techniques have a major impact on the energy consumption of buildings. …”
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Design of a Simple and Modular 2-DOF Ankle Physiotherapy Device Relying on a Hybrid Serial-Parallel Robotic Architecture by Christos E. Syrseloudis, Ioannis Z. Emiris, Theodore Lilas, Artemis Maglara

“…Thus, the platform can follow the foot movements, thanks to the passive chain, and also possesses the advantages of parallel robots, including rigidity, high stiffness and force capabilities. …”
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A hybrid wavelet-wiener noise reduction algorithm for geomagnetic signals in dynamic positioning by Mingduo Li, Jinhua Wang, Liwen Guo, Qinggang Meng, Mengqian Li, Jinliang Hou, Aoze Duan, Haotian Sun

“…All these passive position techniques are dependent on network and electrical. …”
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Experimental Approach to Active Mounts Using Electromagnetic Actuator and Rubber with Consideration of Shock Resistance for Naval Shipboard Equipment by Yun-ho Shin, Seok-jun Moon, Woo-jin Jung, Soo-ryong Bae

“…In this paper, an active mount combined with a passive rubber mount and an electromagnetic actuator is proposed and examined for use in naval shipboard equipment. …”
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Effect of bicarbonate buffer on artificial membrane permeation of drugs by Shiori Ishida, Sam Lee, Balint Sinko, Karl Box, Kiyohiko Sugano

“…The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of BCB on the passive membrane permeation of drugs. Experimental approach: The μFlux apparatus (pION Inc.) was used for permeability measurements. …”
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Analysis of Effective Factors on the way of spending of leisure time in Tehran (Case study: District 12 of Tehran) by Ali Movahed, Ali shamai, Mahnaz Bahmani

“…In other words, indoor or passive leisure time is less affected by the external environment and context. …”
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Decision-making and role preferences for receiving individual pharmacogenomic research results among participants at a Ugandan HIV research institute by Sylvia Nabukenya, Catriona Waitt, Adelline Twimukye, Brian Mushabe, Barbara Castelnuovo, Stella Zawedde-Muyanja, Richard Muhindo, David Kyaddondo, Erisa S. Mwaka

“…The reasons given for preferring the passive role included limited level of awareness about the interaction between patients’ genes and drugs, trust in researchers to make the right decision, and fear of making decisions with harmful implications. …”
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Impact of virtual agent facial emotions and attention on N170 ERP amplitude: comparative study by Luisa Kirasirova, Olga Maslova, Vasiliy Pyatin, Vasiliy Pyatin

“…The protocol consisted of three sessions in the attentional condition of participants to each facial emotion (passive, active, and active to neutral facial emotional expression). …”
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