Energy study for the rehabilitation of the old Abbey of Salas de Bureba (Burgos) for residential use. Case study by Raul Briones-Llorente, Juan Maria Hidalgo-Betanzos, Paula Montoya-Saiz, Imanol Ruiz-de-Vergara-Ruiz-de-Azúa, Gabriel Rubio-Pérez, Natalia Muñoz-Rujas, Fernando Aguilar-Romero

“…A detailed energy simulation has been conducted and all viable options have been analysed, applying passive improvements combined with the installation of renewable energies. …”
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A Novel Online Portfolio Selection Strategy with Multiperiodical Asymmetric Mean Reversion by Zijin Peng, Weijun Xu, Hongyi Li

“…The MAMR strategy incorporates a multipiecewise loss function with the moving average method and then imitates the passive-aggressive algorithm. We further provide a solution via convex optimization. …”
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Simulation and modelling for climate adaptation and mitigation. Experiences of environmental renovation in Rome by Fabrizio Tucci, Valeria Cecafosso, Paola Altamura, Marco Giampaoletti

“…Applied in two case studies in Rome, the methodology incorporates and verifies strategies and passive bioclimatic solutions through activities of ex-ante/ex-post modelling/simulation, constructing multicriteria and multiscalar planning models based on fluid dynamics, and measuring their effectiveness through the quantification of the reduction of CO2 emissions. …”
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Regard sur les statuettes hindoues et bouddhiques en bronze d’Indonésie. Leur rôle pour la connaissance de la civilisation javanaise ancienne et ses liens avec l’Asie du Sud et du... by Mathilde Mechling

“…Thus, specialists initially thought that Indian culture had been transplanted to Indonesia, suggesting the passivity and the absence of modifications or innovations on the part of the receiving culture.…”
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Planar ESPAR Array Design with Nonsymmetrical Pattern by Means of Finite-Element Method, Domain Decomposition, and Spherical Wave Expansion by Jesús García, Juan F. Izquierdo, Jesús Rubio, Miguel A. González, Juan Zapata

“…The application of a 3D domain decomposition finite-element and spherical mode expansion for the design of planar ESPAR (electronically steerable passive array radiator) made with probe-fed circular microstrip patches is presented in this work. …”
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De l’usager consommateur à l’habitant réaménageur by Martin Minost

“…Our analysis reveals on the contrary the involvement of the residents in adapting the space for their own domestic practices. Far from being passive consumers of an illusory image of foreign lifestyles, they appropriate the space. …”
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Mutual Authentication Scheme Based on Lattice for NFC-PCM Payment Service Environment by Sung-Wook Park, Im-Yeong Lee

“…In this paper, we propose a mutual authentication scheme based on a lattice for conditional anonymity in NFC-PCM (Near Field Communication-Passive Communication Mode) payment services environments.…”
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Performance analysis of high‐power three‐phase current source inverters in photovoltaic applications by Payam Alemi, Jiacheng Wang, Jianwen Zhang, Sahar Amini

“…The characteristics of a new 1700 V/1600 A reverse‐blocking insulated‐gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) in the CSI are compared with the same generation of IGBT device in the VSI. The passive components design, including ac‐ and dc‐side filters, are developed based on a given design procedure. …”
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Hepatitis B virus infections in pregnant women and children in the era of HBV elimination by Malgorzata Pawlowska

“…In the prevention of vertical HBV infections, chemoprophylaxis with tenofovir is recommended from the 28 th week of pregnancy in women with a high viral load (HBV DNA > 2 × 10 5 IU/ml) or the presence of HBeAg in the serum and active-passive immunoprophylaxis (HepB-BD+ HBIG) in all newborns born to mothers infected with HBV. …”
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Les « frontaliers » de la coopération entre Marseille et Alger : de la marge à la médiation by Chérif Dris

“…As actors they are at once passive, dependent for action upon a rationale with international and local objectives, and active actors as intermediaries in a cooperative process where the exchange of resources is a structuring element.…”
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Modification of porous silicon using pulsed ion beam of nanosecond duration by S. N. Povoroznyuk, V. E. Roslikov

“…This is a consequence of the formation of a passivating film, which prevents the degradation of the composition and properties of porous silicon when it comes into contact with the environment. …”
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JOHANNINE WOMEN AS PARADIGMS IN THE INDIAN CONTEXT by J. Thomaskutty

“…Women’s positive role and status in the Gospel of John enable us to understand them not merely as passive actors, but as active interlocutors and dialogue partners. …”
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Analysis of the Travel Intent for Park and Ride Based on Perception by Huanmei Qin, Hongzhi Guan, Guang Zhang

“…The conclusions suggest that the park and ride choice for travelers is a passive behavior which means giving up driving the car is mainly caused by the serious traffic congestion. …”
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A Computational Mechatronics Approach for the Analysis, Synthesis and Design of a Simple Active Biped Robot: Theory and Experiments by L.-I. Lugo-Villeda, V. Parra-Vega

“…An experimental underactuated three-degree-of-freedom (two active and one passive) active biped robot yields encouraging results; that is, achieving biped walking with this simple device requires adding a telescopic support leg. …”
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Dual-Dipole UHF RFID Tag Antenna with Quasi-Isotropic Patterns Based on Four-Axis Reflection Symmetry by Chunfang Qin, Lingfei Mo, Hongliang Zhou, Hongjian Zhang

“…In many RFID practical applications, it is required that reader can effectively read tags which are placed in radiation covering area randomly. In this paper, a passive UHF dual-dipole tag antenna with quasi-isotropic patterns is designed, which can reduce the sensibility of tag read-orientation in a long distance. …”
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Influence of Maternal Immunization with Allergens on the Thymic Maturation of Lymphocytes with Regulatory Potential in Children: A Broad Field for Further Exploration by Jefferson Russo Victor

“…A variety of mechanisms are involved in the regulation of offspring allergy development through maternal immunization with allergens. The passive transfer of antigens, antibodies, and cytokines, the induction of phenotypic alterations in offspring lymphocytes, and the induction of regulatory populations in offspring have been proposed, but these mechanisms remain incompletely understood. …”
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Inorganic Geochemical Study of the Siliciclastic Sediments penetrated by Ash-3 Well in the Greater Ughelli Depobelt, Niger Delta Basin, Nigeria by K. Itiowe, B. Kpege, O.N. Ekone, O.J. Aliu

“…Roser and Korsch’s discriminant function diagrams for provenance signature and tectonic setting show quartzose sedimentary provenance and passive margin tectonic setting fields respectively. …”
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Tuning of electronic, optical and lipophilic behaviours of adamantane through various substitutions by Aravindhan R, Jianping Hu, M Ummal Momeen

“…In accordance with this, surface passivated halo adamantanes and dodecahalo adamantanes exhibit impressive tuning of transport properties. …”
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Inorganic Geochemical Study of the Siliciclastic Sediments penetrated by Ash-3 Well in the Greater Ughelli Depobelt, Niger Delta Basin, Nigeria by K. Itiowe, B. Kpege, O.N. Ekone, O.J. Aliu

“…Roser and Korsch’s discriminant function diagrams for provenance signature and tectonic setting show quartzose sedimentary provenance and passive margin tectonic setting fields respectively. …”
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Analysis of Silver Ink Bow-Tie RFID Tag Antennas Printed on Paper Substrates by Sari Merilampi, Leena Ukkonen, Lauri Sydänheimo, Pekka Ruuskanen, Markku Kivikoski

“…Because of increasing interest in applying passive UHF-RFID systems in paper industry, the Bow-Tie antenna used in this study was designed to work through paper. …”
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