On the relative merits of interpolation schemes for the immersed boundary method: a case study with the heat equation by Willian Carlos Lesinhovski, N. L. Dias, L. S. Freire, A. C. F. S. Jesus

“…The best option, which was the only one to maintain the second order of convergence of the discretization, is to consider non-symmetric extrapolation with bilinear interpolation, instead of using inverse distance weighted interpolation with symmetric or non-symmetric extrapolation. …”
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Robust Sliding Mode Control of Robot Manipulators Using the Fourier Series Expansion in the Presence of Uncertainty by Abdullah Hadipoor, Siamak Azargoshasb, Abdolrasool Ghasemi

“…The effect of uncertainty estimation based on the Fourier series expansion is studied instead of using the sign function. The proposed method is also compared with Legendre polynomials. …”
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TEI and Project Bamboo by Quinn Dombrowski, Seth Denbo

“…In addition, Bamboo seeks to model a paradigm for tool integration that focuses on tools as discrete services (such as a morphology annotation service and a geoparser service, instead of a web-based environment that does morphological annotation and geoparsing) that can be applied to texts, individually or in combination with other services, to enable complex curatorial and analytical workflows. …”
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Reliability-Based Analysis of Recycled Aggregate Concrete under Carbonation by Flora Faleschini, Mariano Angelo Zanini, Lorenzo Hofer

“…Less research is devoted instead on recycled aggregate concrete (RAC), about which limited experimental works exist aimed at assessing the carbonation coefficient in accelerated tests. …”
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Forest Tent Caterpillar, Malacosoma disstria Hübner (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) by James R. Meeker

“…Although this univoltine insect is called a tent caterpillar, it is unlike other Malacosoma species in that the larvae do not construct tents. Instead, forest tent caterpillars spin silken mats on the trunks and large branches where they congregate to molt or rest from feeding. …”
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Energy Efficient Tree-Based Routing Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks by Ni Chen, Rong Wen

“…The routing tree is updated at dynamic intervals instead of every round to reduce energy consumption. …”
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Direct Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt in Budd-Chiari Syndrome: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by V. Chandra, E. Wajswol, M. Shahid, A. Kumar, S. Contractor

“…Herein a case in which a 39-year-old female underwent DIPS without the use of ultrasound guidance is presented. Instead, a hepatic venogram generated using collateral circulation was used to opacify and guide access to the portal vein.…”
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BENEATH THE CHURCH EPITAPH “TO THE GLORY OF GOD” SCREAM THE VOICES OF THE UNEMPLOYED by K.T. Resane

“…They are robbed of their dignity through short-term interventions instead of proactive initiatives that can make them employable and streamline them into job accessibility. …”
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Impact of Mesoscale Motions on Monin-Obukhov Similarity and Surface Energy Balance over a Homogeneous Surface by Yang Guo, Hongchao Zuo

“…However, when turbulent mixing is weak, even if mesoscale motions are excluded, the EBR is still relatively low, which is possibly due to the fact that the energy is mainly transported by mesoscale motions instead of turbulence.…”
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Quantification of Limit Cycle Oscillations in Nonlinear Aeroelastic Systems with Stochastic Parameters by C. C. Cui, J. K. Liu, Y. M. Chen

“…Surprisingly, increasing the nonlinear stiffness alone does not necessarily reduce the vibration amplitude as expected. Instead, it may sometimes induce disastrous subcritical LCOs with much higher vibration amplitudes.…”
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Producing the Popular: John Monk Foster and the ‘Industrial Romance’ by Michael Sanders

“…The article argues that despite its resolutely and recognisably proletarian milieu, class conflict is almost entirely absent from A Pit-Brow Lassie which posits instead a cross-class moral code based on the work ethic. …”
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Bloch-Siegert shift under a bias magnetic field along arbitrary direction by Zhichao Ding, Weipeng Wang

“…The numerical and analytical solutions of the evolution equation under special conditions are compared, verifying the rationality and necessity of using the numerical solution instead of approximate analytical solution to study the Bloch-Siegert shift under the bias magnetic field in any direction. …”
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Fighting Another’s War: Imperialist Projections on the Victorian Novel’s Continent by Tamara Wagner

“…Set in the late-1840s, Wilkie Collins’s sensation novel The Woman in White uses the Italian War of Independence as more than a background. Instead, it becomes a renegotiation of both Britain’s involvement—diplomatic or cultural as well as on the battlefield—in the wars waging in Europe at the time and, by metaphorical extension, its own “little wars” in the colonies. …”
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The effect of iron and oxidizing flux addition on the fire assay of low grade pyritic refractory gold ores by Turan A., Yucel O.

“…In this study, experiments were conducted to understand the effects of different quantities of additional iron and oxidizing flux (Na2O2) on the direct fire assay of low grade pyritic refractory gold ores instead of performing any pre-treatment like roasting before fire assay. …”
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Comment une ville traditionnelle turque a-t-elle réussi à attirer les citadins en opérant une transformation historique et naturelle pour répondre aux attentes urbaines ? by Janna Leann Rose

“…Perhaps this play and interaction leads to the valuation of traditional ways in a positive instead of negative light.cultural transformation, rural tourism, natural landscapes, identity reconfiguration, turkish villages…”
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Glow-Worms, Railroad-Worms (Insecta: Coleoptera: Phengodidae) by Marc Branham

“…Males of these species are not larviform, but instead resemble other beetles, though their first pair of wings (elytra) are less then half as long as their hind wings and the males of most species have very elaborate, feather-like antennae. …”
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Consumption of boutique hotel experiences as revealed by electronic word-of-mouth by Carolina Fiuza Parolin, Ricardo Boeing

“…This study’s approach was based on a different perspective than that of Pine and Gilmore’s work, utilising instead the experience economy, postmodern consumer analysis and boutique hotel concepts. …”
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Denosumab usage in atypical cemento-osseous dysplasia involving the entire mandible: a case report by Chieh Ling Chiang, Tzu Huan Huang

“…The patient declined total mandible resection and opted for off-label denosumab use instead. Although rapid ossification of the osteolytic lesion was observed after 9 months of treatment, the lesion volume remained unchanged. …”
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Retroperitoneal Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma Can Mimic a Hydatid Cyst by Gurcan Erbay, Serife Ulusan, Zafer Koc, Emine Tuba Canpolat, Kenan Calıskan

“…However, the postoperative histopathology did not agree with the radiological findings and instead showed a malignant fibrous histiocytoma. The computed tomography and ultrasound/Doppler ultrasound findings of this retroperitoneal mass mimicked a type CE 5 hydatid cyst. …”
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Reading the Background: The Textual and the Visual in Steve Tomasula’s The Book of Portraiture by Pawel Frelik

“…The article demonstrates how these graphic elements of The Book of Portraiture, which include not only the images mentioned above but also elements of textual layout, coloring and framing of pages, do, in fact, function as an integral part of Tomasula’s project, whose recurrence and distribution are not merely ornamental or decorative. Instead, they constitute an important layer of the narrative, whose significance can only be glimpsed when the reader has re-focused their attention from the textual foreground to the visual background.…”
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