Study of Dynamic Brittle Fracture of Composite Lamina Using a Bond-Based Peridynamic Lattice Model by Jushang Guo, Weicheng Gao, Zhenyu Liu, Xiongwu Yang, Fengshou Li

“…Material orthogonal anisotropy was represented by rotating topological lattice structure instead of fiber directions. Analytical derivation and numerical implementation of the proposed model were given based on energy equivalence. …”
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WE INTER-ARE: THE PANDEMIC CHALLENGE REDEFINING HUMANS AND COMMUNITIES by K. Abraham

“…In this context, ecofeminist reconstruction of relationality is projected as a corrective, as it focuses on linking relationships instead of ranking relationships. In addition, the mystical notion “We Inter-Are”, shared by the visionary Buddhist sage Thich Nhat Hanh, is proposed as a key for growing into a consciousness of inter-relationality with other beings on this planet, as it opens us to the infinite mystery of the deeper relatedness of all forms of life. …”
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Substance Abuse, Depression, and Social Anxiety: Case Study and Application of Cognitive Psychotherapy by Feda Abu Al-Khair

“…He also learned to practice some relaxation techniques, to teach him integration in social situations and confrontation instead of avoidance.…”
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Discrete Current Control Strategy of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors by Yan Dong, Kai Jing, Hexu Sun, Yi Zheng

“…Secondly, the stator current orientation is used to build the control model instead of rotor flux orientation. Then, the discrete current control strategy is set and adopted in positioning control. …”
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The Digitalisation of Swedish Housing by Fredrik Torisson

“…This is usually put down to hype and hyperbole, but it may well be argued that smart built environments do indeed exist across temporal dimensions – only not in the way we imagine them to. Instead of speaking of a digital turn in housing, we would be better served by employing the plural: digital turns. …”
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Appreciating the Strengths and Weaknesses of Transthoracic Echocardiography in Hemodynamic Assessments by Stephen J. Huang, Anthony S. McLean

“…With an ever increasing number of training programs available worldwide, learning the skills to perform TTE is no longer a limiting factor. Instead, the future emphasis will be shifted to teach the users how to recognize measurement errors and artefacts (internal validity), to realize the limitations of TTE in various applications, and finally how to apply the information to the patient in question (external validity). …”
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Kafkaesque Algorithms: Kafka’s Writing in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Jake Fraser

“…And third, is the notion of outsourcing low-level repetitive labor to machines—a common promotional strategy for contemporary AI writing aids—truly novel, or would it instead have already been familiar to Kafka himself?…”
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Inflation in Orange Juice Prices and Consumer Responses by Sungeun Yoon, Marisa Zansler, Lisa House

“…Consumers are aware of the ongoing inflation in orange juice prices and reduced their orange juice purchases in quantity and frequency instead of discontinuing consumption altogether. Despite the significant barrier of high prices, the proportions of active orange juice consumers and those with a positive perception of orange juice remained steady and strong. …”
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NEW METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF ALUNINUM SILICON ALLOYS by V. K. Afanasiev, E. L. Marukovich, M. N. Churik, V. V. Gertsen, A. V. Gorshenin, V. A. Samon

“…A new approach to the preparation of aluminum-silicon alloys, based on the concept of the leading role of hydrogen in determining the structure and properties of alloys consists in using as charge materials of silicon dioxide (silica) and hydrogen instead of crystalline silicon was described. Practical ways to implement the new method were proposed on the example of industrial alloys prepared on charge synthetic alloy. …”
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Adaptive Optimal 𝑚-Stage Runge-Kutta Methods for Solving Reaction-Diffusion-Chemotaxis Systems by Jui-Ling Yu

“…In this paper, we propose an adaptive optimal time stepping strategy for the explicit 𝑚-stage Runge-Kutta method to solve reaction-diffusion-chemotaxis systems. Instead of relying on empirical approaches to control the time step size, variable time step sizes are given explicitly. …”
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Accumulare afflizione. Il tempo, la testimonianza e l’indicibile by Barbara Pinelli

“…Tracing how refugee women relate to their own violation experience/trajectories and subjectivity, the article challenges the bureaucratic multiple encounters, showing how this violation is instead an accumulation of suffering. Like many other refugee stories, the story presented shows how the accumulation of suffering navigates inside and outside the social bonds and classifications that the language of state and humanitarian apparatuses struggle to code. …”
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Implementation Aspects in Simulation Extrapolation-Based Stocking–Lord Linking by Alexander Robitzsch

“…This article evaluates two computational shortcuts to SIMEX-based SL linking through a simulation study: a quasi-Monte Carlo method that replicates items and a proposal using an approximate noniterative estimation instead of the iterative one in the SIMEX application of SL linking. …”
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Chilean s-deletion and aspiration: against a Stratal OT account by Sonia Colina

“… In Chilean Spanish (Bros̀ 2018, 2019), s-aspiration is an opaque process in which [h], coda realization of /s/, surfaces morpheme internally as expected, but it overapplies in word-final prevocalic position; in absolute word-final position and in word-final preconsonantal position, deletion takes place instead. Bros̀ argues that a Stratal OT account is necessary to explain the data. …”
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A Bird’s-Eye Overview of Leptin and Female Reproduction —with Mammalian Comparisons by Sadequllah Ahmadi, Takeshi Ohkubo

“…In mammals, leptin affects steroidogenesis, folliculogenesis, and hormonal regulation through the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis. Instead, in avian species, leptin-controlled mechanisms are poorly understood, because birds do not produce leptin in adipocytes. …”
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The oldest scene of the Entrance of the Virgin Mary into the Temple? A new identification of wall paintings from the Faras Cathedral by Magdalena Łaptaś

“…Interpretations to date have linked the first painting with the Apostles or Christ teaching in the Temple and the second one with the Resurrection cycle or treated both scenes as unidentified. I propose, instead, that both paintings belonged to the cycle of the Childhood of the Virgin and showed her entrance to the Temple and being fed by an angel. …”
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Analyzing North Macedonia’s Size and Power in the Context of its Foreign Policy Conduct by Gjeraqina Leka, Shefik Shehu, Ebrar Ibraimi

“…The purpose of this article is to explore the smallness and weakness of the Republic of North Macedonia by observing its foreign policy behavior since its independence to the present day. Instead of focusing on criteria that rely on internal determining factors, the aim of this paper is to investigate the size and power of a state by observing its external behavior. …”
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Origin of Meteoric Fluids in Extensional Detachments by Paul D. Bons, Enrique Gomez-Rivas

“…We therefore propose that fluid movement was upward instead of downward. In our model, the pore space within sediments and exhumed rocks below an unconformity is filled with meteoric and possibly seawater fluids. …”
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Fuzzy sliding mode control based on an adaptive sliding surface and extended state observer for automotive electric power steering by Tuan Anh Nguyen

“…The system disturbances and state variables are estimated by an extended state observer instead of being measured by expensive sensors. Combining the above techniques is a new contribution to the article to improve the system’s control performance. …”
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Antropologia dell’apprendimento come esperienza applicata by Roberta Bonetti

“…Through this experience, the students became more aware of how a physical space – the wall, in this case – is not necessarily a limit, or an inert barrier that demarcates one space from another, but can be, instead, be experienced as a limine, or a transition, in fact, a creative opportunity to playfully and imaginatively experiment with a new way of inhabiting and using space.…”
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Oral Health and Hygiene Content in Nursing Fundamentals Textbooks by Rita A. Jablonski

“…The most common areas for inaccuracy included the use of foam sponges for mouth care in dentate persons instead of soft toothbrushes and improper denture removal.…”
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