Enhancing solar thermoelectric generator performance using metal oxide layer absorbers under concentrated solar radiation by Abdelkader Rjafallah, Daniel Tudor Cotfas, Petru Adrian Cotfas

“…Both approaches showed strong linear correlations between Pmax and solar concentration (R2 > 0.98). …”
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Research on Variation and Cause of the Multi-time-scale Extreme Runoff Series in the Mainstream of Xiuhe River Basin by ZHOU Qiuhong, LIU Cheng, WU Shaofei

“…Nowadays,with the influence of climate change and human activities,many hydrological elements,including extreme runoff,usually suffer from strong inconsistency.Taking the daily runoff series of Qiujin Station on the mainstream of Xiuhe River as an example,this paper discusses the variation of multi-time-scale extreme runoff series,that is,continuous maximum 1 day series Max1d,continuous maximum 3 day series Max3d,continuous maximum 7 day series Max7d,continuous maximum 15 day series Max15d and continuous maximum 1 month series Max1m in Qiujin Hydrological Station from 1956 to 2014 through hydrological variation diagnosis system,and analyses the reasons for the variation of multi-time-scale runoff series from the perspectives of precipitation, temperature and water conservancy project construction in the basin.The results indicate that:①The above multi-time-scale runoff series all suffered downward jumping variation in 1981,1983,1983,1977 and 1977,respectively;②Zhelin reservoir has a significant effect on the variation of multi-time-scale extreme runoff series of Qiujin station;③The precipitation in May were the main meteorological factor affecting the variation of the multi-time-scale extreme runoff in Qiujin station,while the monthly average temperature also has a significant impact on the short-term runoff series of Max1d and Max3d.This research can provide scientific basis for the prevention and treatment of flood and drought disasters and the restoration of water ecosystem in the mainstream of Xiuhe River Basin.…”
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‘Gall and wormwood’ – The Compositors’ Chronicle (1840–43) as Collaborative Journal by Françoise Baillet

“…Like many early Victorian trade societies, the London Union of Compositors was strongly influenced by the various movements ‘for the improvement of the moral and social condition of the working classes’ and in the pages of the Chronicle, utilitarian connections were apparent, in particular through the journal’s treatment of social subjects. …”
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A revised classification of Dryopteridaceae based on plastome phylogenomics and morphological evidence, with the description of a new genus, Pseudarachniodes by Zheng-Yu Zuo, Germinal Rouhan, Shi-Yong Dong, Hong-Mei Liu, Xin-Yu Du, Li-Bing Zhang, Jin-Mei Lu

“…Our analyses recovered 24 strongly supported clades grouped into seven major clades of Dryopteridaceae. …”
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L’excès dans la fiction de Wilkie Collins by Françoise Dupeyron-Lafay

“…All these variations on the gothic pattern of persecution enacted in « the secret theatre of home » serve to expose and denounce social and family diseases.Physical and mental disease is of course a central concern for two major male (though sexually ambiguous) Collinsian figures, namely Ezra Jennings in The Moonstone—an opium (ab)user like Thomas De Quincey (a strong influence in the novel) and like Collins himself—and Miserrimus Dexter (associated with a Romantic intertext of excess) in The Law and The Lady. …”
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Impact of Mobile Phone Usage on Sleep Quality Among Medical Students Across Latin America: Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study by Juan S Izquierdo-Condoy, Clara Paz, H A Nati-Castillo, Ricardo Gollini-Mihalopoulos, Telmo Raul Aveiro-Róbalo, Jhino Renson Valeriano Paucar, Sandra Erika Laura Mamami, Juan Felipe Caicedo, Valentina Loaiza-Guevara, Diana Camila Mejía, Camila Salazar-Santoliva, Melissa Villavicencio-Gomezjurado, Cougar Hall, Esteban Ortiz-Prado

“…Multiple regression analysis revealed a strong association between mobile phone addiction and poor sleep, controlled for demographic variables (β=1.4, 95% CI 1.05-1.74). …”
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The Risk Factors for Diabetic Retinopathy in a Chinese Population: A Cross-Sectional Study by Qingmin Sun, Yali Jing, Bingjie Zhang, Tianwei Gu, Ran Meng, Jie Sun, Dalong Zhu, Yaping Wang

“…Moreover, we confirmed that diabetes duration and HbA1c are strongly associated with DR risk. We also found that serum LH was an independent risk factor in male diabetic retinopathy patients (OR=1.086, 95% CI 1.024–1.152), and the levels of LH were significantly associated with diabetic retinopathy prevalence (P=0.018). …”
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The growing U.S.-Chinese rivalry and foreign policy initiatives of the Biden administration in Latin Caribbean America by A. D. Trebukh

“…The author concludes that the steps taken by the 46th President of the United States in the Latin American direction have strong ideological overtones. They actually force the LCA countries to take sides in the U.S.…”
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Landslide hazard assessment of an urban agglomeration in central Guizhou Province based on an information value method and SVM, bagging, DNN algorithm by Junhua Luo, Zulun Zhao, Wei Li, Liang Huang, Weiquan Zhao

“…The evaluation results can provide strong guidance for engineering design, construction and disaster prevention decision-making of urban agglomeration in central Guizhou.…”
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Understanding the county-level relationship between population change and ecological environment quality dynamic in China, 2000–2020 by Mingxing Zhong, Qingqing Liu, Xinyue Hu

“…The analysis revealed a strong spatial dependence between changes in EEQ and population. …”
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Spatiotemporal dynamics and driving mechanism of eco-environmental quality in piedmont-oasis-desert ecotone based on long-term harmonized remote sensing ecological index- take Korl... by Junling He, Xifeng Ju, Chuqiao Han, Liming Liu, Haidong Zhang, Saitiniyazi Adilai, Chongbo Li

“…The results showed: (1) the ORSEI had a strong correlation with RSEI (R = 0.93), but the ORSEI had better performance in the ecotone and could reflect more details. (2) In spatial distribution, the mean ORSEI was 0.334, and the central oasis was better than the northern mountainous and the southern desert. …”
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Effects of COVID-19 Emergency Response Levels on Air Quality in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, China by Jie Li, Haotian Yang, Shuping Zha, Nu Yu, Xingang Liu, Ruofei Sun

“…The air quality index and the concentrations of NO2, PM2.5, PM10, and CO in the GBA for 1–19 January 2020 declined 19.4%, 16.7%, 27.5%, 15.8%, and 25.7%, respectively, compared to the same time period in 2016–2019. (2) The reduction in air pollution was strongly associated with the first-level emergency response during this pandemic. …”
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Iterative Analytical Solutions for Nonlinear Two-Phase Flow with Gas Solubility in Shale Gas Reservoirs by Xiaoji Shang, J. G. Wang, Zhizhen Zhang

“…The governing equations of a two-phase flow have a strong nonlinear term due to the interactions between gas and water such as capillary pressure, water saturation, and gas solubility. …”
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SEASONAL LIFE HISTORY PLASTICITY OF THE GROUP OF WINTER WHEAT AND TRITICALE ACCESSIONS by V. E. Kozlov, V. I. Ponomarenko, E. P. Razmakhnin

“…Variability in performance was observed between these plants in spite of sandy soil (low humidity content) and May-June strong drought. So, such “winter-spring” plants can be used for breeding wheat and triticale accessions suitable for sowing late in the spring or early in the summer and harvesting next year earlier than winter cultivars. …”
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IKEChecker: grammar-guided stateful fuzzer for IKE protocol implementions by ZHENG Yonghui, ZHAO Dongliang, GU Chunxiang, ZHANG Xieli

“…Testing was conducted on two widely used open-source IKE protocol implementations, strongSwan and Libreswan, resulting in the revelation of 4 undisclosed vulnerabilities. …”
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Tributyl phosphate modified biochar activated PMS for degradation of bisphenol A by FU Xiangyu, LI Yafeng, LIU Yihan, CUI Keqing, WANG Lingping

“…For the reuse of P-bio, BPA removal rate was 74.1% at the 2nd use and 68% at the 3rd use, and BPA removal rate recovered to 80.7% after calcination of P-bio after three consecutive uses, which indicated that the P-bio catalyst had strong reusability and regeneration performance.…”
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Analysis of SO2 Pollution Changes of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region over China Based on OMI Observations from 2006 to 2017 by Zhifang Wang, Fengjie Zheng, Wenhao Zhang, Shutao Wang

“…Sulfur dioxide (SO2) in the planetary boundary layer (PBL) as a kind of gaseous pollutant has a strong effect regarding atmospheric environment, air quality, and climate change. …”
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Sign Language Recognition Based on CNN-BiLSTM Using RF Signals by Yajun Zhang, Yuankang Wang, Feng Li, Weiqian Yu, Congcong Wang, Ying Jiang

“…Additionally, RF-SL achieves an F1 score of 97.5% in an empty room with the weak multipath effects and an F1 score of 93.6% in a classroom with the strong multipath effects. These results demonstrate that our system is dynamic, flexible and robust in sign language recognition.…”
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The impact of the reform of rural collective property rights system on villagers' public participation: An empirical study based on CRRS 2020 data. by Rui Li, Duanyang Gao

“…This study comprehensively explores the spillover effects of the reform at the village level on public participation at the individual level through the use of more accurate measurement indicators, empirical analysis methods, and large-scale authoritative data, providing strong support for proposing strategies to promote villages' public participation.…”
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Kinect-Based Exergames Tailored to Parkinson Patients by Ioannis Pachoulakis, Nikolaos Papadopoulos, Anastasia Analyti

“…PD-specific dopaminergic drugs can ameliorate symptoms, but neurologists also strongly recommend physiotherapy combined with regular exercise. …”
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