Désenchanter l’habitat spatial : environnements artificiels et mondes sans nature dans Aurora (K. S. Robinson), Shangri-La (M. Bablet) et Nos Temps contraires (G. Toriko) by Gatien Gambin

“…These three fictions also use the « limits aesthetic » (« esthétique des limites ») of the Anthropocene which has been theorized by Tommasio Guariento. It manifests in the corpus through two patterns: the Earth’s contemplation and the return to Earth. …”
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Multilayered Infinite Medium Subject to a Moving Load: Dynamic Response and Optimization Using Coiflet Expansion by Piotr Koziol, M.M. Neves

“…The investigated model consists of a load moving along a beam resting on a surface of a multilayered medium with infinite thickness and layers with different physical properties. The theoretical model is described by the Euler-Bernoulli equation for the beam and the Navier's elastodynamic equation of motion for a viscoelastic half-space. …”
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Intellectual property rights vs. public access rights: ethical aspects of the DeCSS decryptation program by Robert Vaagan, Wallace Koehler

“…<br><b>Method.</b> Based on a theoretical framework developed by Zwass, the paper discusses these court rulings and the wider issues of intellectual property rights versus public access rights. …”
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The Role of the Pathoanatomical Diagnosis «Chronic Gastritis» in the System of Personified Cancer Prevention by A. V. Kononov

“…The activity of gastritis (infiltration of the mucosa with neutrophilic leukocytes) of any etiology is the theoretical justification for the use of bismuth tripotassium dicitrate pharmacological preparation to protect the genome of stem cells of the gastric epithelium as a secondary prevention of gastric cancer.…”
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Novel defense based on softmax activation transformation by Jinyin CHEN, Changan WU, Haibin ZHENG

“…Deep learning is widely used in various fields such as image processing, natural language processing, network mining and so on.However, it is vulnerable to malicious adversarial attacks and many defensive methods have been proposed accordingly.Most defense methods are attack-dependent and require defenders to generate massive adversarial examples in advance.The defense cost is high and it is difficult to resist black-box attacks.Some of these defenses even affect the recognition of normal examples.In addition, the current defense methods are mostly empirical, without certifiable theoretical support.Softmax activation transformation (SAT) was proposed in this paper, which was a light-weight and fast defense scheme against black-box attacks.SAT reactivates the output probability of the target model in the testing phase, and then it guarantees privacy of the probability information.As an attack-free defense, SAT not only avoids the burden of generating massive adversarial examples, but also realizes the advance defense of attacks.The activation of SAT is monotonic, so it will not affect the recognition of normal examples.During the activation process, a variable privacy protection transformation coefficient was designed to achieve dynamic defense.Above all, SAT is a certifiable defense that can derive the effectiveness and reliability of its defense based on softmax activation transformation.To evaluate the effectiveness of SAT, defense experiments against 9 attacks on MNIST, CIFAR10 and ImageNet datasets were conducted, and the average attack success rate was reduced from 87.06% to 5.94%.…”
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A Review of "The Challenge of Modernity, the Quest for Authenticity in the Arab World " by Ahmad Biglari, Ebrahim Barzegar

“…Louay Safi reviewed the formation of the mentality of development in ideas of Descartes and Kant, then he discussed the comparison of two theoretical models of Marxian and Weberian development. …”
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A New Rock Joint Generation Method and Its Verification in PFC2D by Lielie Li, Mingli Xiao, Cai Tan

“…In addition, the mechanical behaviours of the rough jointed rock mass correspond well with the theoretical results obtained from Patton’s and Barton’s models. …”
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Geografia, Patrimônio e Turismo na Amazônia Brasileira: o Projeto Roteiros Geo-Turísticos em Belém do Pará by Maria Goretti da Costa Tavares

“…The project aims to develop knowledge and theoretical and practical foundations for the elaboration of geo-tourist routes, based on the historical and spatial formation in the city of Belém. there they live. …”
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Assessing the regional potential for industrial symbiosis by Olga A. Chernova

“…The study advances theoretical contributions in the field of circular economy in terms of understanding the factors and conditions necessary for the implementation of industrial symbiosis processes in a region. …”
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Bullying as an object of statistical research by L. A. Davletshina, M. V. Karmanov

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Effects of zeolite and palm fiber on the weathering resistance and durability characteristic of cement soil by Weiqing Qu, Naman Maimt, Jili Qu

“…The test data also provide a fitting relationship between strength and the number of cycles under the influence of different solutions, thereby offering a basis for theoretical predictions without the need for additional experiments. …”
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Investigation on the Crack Initiation of V-Shaped Notch Tip in Precision Cropping by Lijun Zhang, Shengdun Zhao, Zhenwei Wang

“…The experimental results show that the obtained theoretical analyses about the crack initiation location, the crack initiation direction, and the crack initiation time in this paper are correct. …”
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Kais Saied's reconfiguration of Tunisia’s political system: Hegemonic ambitions to no avail? – A critical approach by Julius Dihstelhoff, Mounir Mrad

“…The present article scrutinizes Tunisia's contemporary political system under the regime of President Kais Saied, who has been endeavoring to ‘reconfigurate the state’ since July 25, 2021. Drawing upon the theoretical perspectives of two disparate thinkers, the Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci and the German constitutionalist Carl Schmitt, the authors seek to investigate the genesis of Saied's implemented measures. …”
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GENDER PARTNERSHIP AND TOLERANCE PHENOMENON by R. I. Kuzmenko

“…The purpose of the study is to estimate the role of the tolerance phenomenon in the process of gender partnership. Theoretical basis. The works of domestic and foreign scientists contributed to estimate the function of tolerance during communication, cooperation and co-creation. …”
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Influence of interface sawtooth angle on the shear behavior of cement mortar coal composite structure by Xianxia Wang, Xudong Shi, Jinwen Bai, Hongchao Zhao, Yantong Zhao

“…This study is expected to provide theoretical guidance for the prevention and control of shear instability in CCCS.…”
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Gametes and Endometrium: A Narrative Review by Esra Karatas, Ali Can Gunes, Bilal Esat Temiz, Sezcan Mumusoglu, Gurkan Bozdag

“…Whereas the available data suggest that SARS-CoV-2 interferes with various types of molecular pathways in the oocyte, spermatozoa, and endometrium, the lack of co-expression in angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 and transmembrane protease serine 2 in those cell lines theoretically avoid concerns by patients and reproductive endocrinologists. …”
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Comparison of Flow Solutions for Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Using Complex Analysis Methods (CAM) and Embedded Discrete Fracture Models (EDFM): Fundamental Design Differences an... by Aaditya Khanal, Ruud Weijermars

“…One aim is to define scaling rules for the strength (flux) of the discrete natural fractures used in CAM models, which was previously theoretically defined based on the expected flow distortion. …”
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Deutsch als lingua franca: Bericht über ein forschungsbasiertes Lehrprojekt der 4EU+Allianz by Hélène Vinckel-Roisin

“…Developed within the framework of contrastive linguistics, the programme takes into account empirical approaches to both theoretical and applied aspects with special attention paid to the fields of Corpus Linguistics, Lexicology, Lexicography, and Discourse Analysis. …”
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Finite Element Modeling of FRP-Strengthened RC Beam under Sustained Load by Shiyong Jiang, Weilai Yao, Jin Chen, Tao Cai

“…According to the comparison between theoretical predictions and test results, the validity of the FE model is verified. …”
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A Critical Review of the Handbook of Technology and Second Language Teaching and Learning by Ali Malmir, Ali Derakhshan

“…The main criticisms are the exclusion of some of the very recent technologies, perhaps due to the ever-changing and exponentially volatile nature of the technological improvements and expansions, the introduction of too many technologies at the theoretical level without providing information about their practical use. …”
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