Numerical analysis of the effect of opposite baffles on the heat transfer enhancement of non-newtonian Nano fluid through a backward facing step by Kourosh Javaherdeh, Mehdi Moslemi, Motahare Mahmoodnezhad

“…Results demonstrate that using non-Newtonian fluid instead of Newtonian fluid enhances heat transfer and reattachment length. …”
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Paupertas (poverty) in John Calvin's Institutes by R. M. Britz

“…In his inscrutable Deitas Dei the Father of Christ is, and remains, unconditional even when poverty strikes. Instead of examining the causes of poverty, Calvin emphasises the living presence of God in terms of his relational and biblical thinking. …”
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Unpacking the Area-Based Approach for Sustainable Urban Development in Europe: Policies and Challenges for Migrants Inclusion in the Metropolitan Area of Venice by Paola Briata, Carlotta Fioretti

“…In particular, the paper acknowledges the attention to broader scales ‘beyond the neighbourhood’ that frames current EU policies for urban areas, but considers it insufficient. Instead, attention should also be given to a more granular scale that in certain cases, may involve single streets, part of streets, or even single buildings. …”
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A Novel DBSCAN Based on Binary Local Sensitive Hashing and Binary-KNN Representation by Qing He, Hai Xia Gu, Qin Wei, Xu Wang

“…Also, we propose a seed point selection method, which is based on influence space and k neighborhood similarity, to select some seed points instead of all the neighborhood during cluster expansion. …”
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A Novel Approach for Safeguarding Kurdish Text Files via Modified AES-OTP and Enhanced RSA Cryptosystem on Unreliable Networks by Newroz Nooralddin Abdulrazaq

“…The modified RSA cipher system is based on randomly selecting two large co-prime numbers under the restriction, each having at most two factors, instead of two large prime numbers.…”
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How to understand the parables of Jesus. A paradigm shift in parable exegesis by R. Zimmermann

“…From the perspective of the literary form of the parables, all internal differentiation must be made invalid by the New Testament text record itself. Instead, the discussion of a comprehensive genre of “parable” utilises the genre consciousness of the early Christian authors; a genre that can be precisely defined by means of a literary-critical description in terms of the criteria of narrativity, fictionality, relation to reality, metaphor, appeal structure and co-/contextuality. …”
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Sociological and Marxist Analysis of Surveillance in the Process Leading to Data Surveillance by Eyüp Al

“…In order to understand this transformation, this article examines how surveillance reaches a more fluid and mobile form, and the actions performed in digital environments are followed on the data axis instead of tracking the body. As a result, it is concluded that the forms of surveillance move away from oppression, individuals are included in surveillance voluntarily, data surveillance is used for economic and political interests, and data provides much more efficient, individual and instant information without any time and place limits.…”
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Impact of carbonation on reinforced concrete structures, considering the increase of CO2 due to climate change in Brazil by Chiara Pinheiro Teodoro, Rogério Carrazedo

“…Additionally, the diameter of reinforcements greatly influences failure probability for excessive displacement, with a 311% increase over 45 years using a 5 mm diameter instead of 10 mm. These findings underscore the urgency of adapting construction practices to consider accelerated carbonation rates in urban environments and the need for ongoing research to refine predictive models and update construction standards accordingly.…”
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Teachers' judgment accuracy: A replication check by psychometric meta-analysis. by Esther Kaufmann

“…We conclude that ignoring artifacts, as in classical meta-analysis, may lead one to erroneously conclude that moderator variables, instead of artifacts, explain any variation. We describe how online data repositories could improve the scientific process and the potential for using psychometric meta-analysis to synthesize results and assess replicability.…”
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The Influence of Loading Rate on Direct and Indirect Tensile Strengths: Laboratory and Numerical Methods by Jie Liu, Gangyuan Jiang, Taoying Liu, Qiao Liang

“…In addition, the initiation stress instead of the peak tensile stress is closer to the tensile strength, obtained from the direct tests for the same loading rate.…”
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(Im)mobile phones by Alette Schoon, Larry Strelitz

“…This study demonstrates how, in a particular context, mobile phones and the mobile Internet do not necessarily facilitate a mobile world where individual networks allow an escape from local norms and structures, but may instead facilitate communal networks that bind users to the local and the co-present and so facilitate “stuckness”, a term we use to reflect social immobility and the inability to escape the disciplinary surveillance of the co-present. …”
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Adaptive Integral-Based Robust Q-S Synchronization and Parameter Identification of Nonlinear Hyperchaotic Complex Systems by Sami Ud Din, Muhammad Rafiq Mufti, Humaira Afzal, Majid Ali, Muhammad Abdul Moiz Zia

“…For chattering suppression, a continuous compensator of smooth nature is used instead of conventional control. The stability of the proposed algorithm is established in an impressive way, using Lyapunov criteria. …”
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Nourrir les morts ou « Celui qui fait vivre », les différents régimes de commensalité rituelle chez les Mixe (Oaxaca, Mexique) by Perig Pitrou

“…To demonstrate this, this article proposes a contrastive study between systems of meal-sharing associated with ceremonial deposits – poultry sacrifices – on the basis of whether these displays are intended for the dead or, instead, for an entity named « The One Who Makes Live ». …”
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Tracing embodied knowledge in the history of science and medicine: expanding the role of film in historical research by Paul Craddock, Anna Harris

“…We suggest that film can be an important research method to: a) trace the research process; b) enhance collaboration especially in group projects; c) analytically help researchers to amplify sensorial details, through the possibility to rewind, freeze and focus on embodied action; and d) as a means of sharing research instead of text. Thus, extending from Lucien Taylor’s suggestion that ethnography could be conducted ‘filmically’, we argue that, like anthropologists, historians and museum specialists might also accommodate film as part of a serious research methodology, especially when it comes to respecting the integrity of embodied contributions to the history of science and medicine. …”
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Arithmetic of the sound of silence by Robert Madoi Nasaba

“… The web 2.0 has revolutionised the way in which we communicate with the effect that marginalised groups, including women, can represent themselves – instead of being represented from another’s perspective. …”
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Influence of Fly Ash, Bottom Ash, and Light Expanded Clay Aggregate on Concrete by S. Sivakumar, B. Kameshwari

“…In addition, light expanded clay aggregate has been introduced instead of coarse aggregate to make concrete have light weight. …”
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Introduction: Urban-Rural Differences in Historical Demography by Christa Matthys, Jan Kok, Richard Paping

“…For many migrants, their migration was not a definitive break with the place of origin, and they did not assimilate completely to the dominant behavior in their destination. Instead, migrants often remained embedded in and influenced by trans-regional social networks.…”
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Static and dynamic stretching have same effects on lower extremity joints kinematics and muscular EMG variability in healthy active males during pedaling by Ali Abbası, Heydar Sadeghı, Mehdi Zamanıan

“…Contrary to previous studies that encouraged coaches and athletes to not use static stretching or to use dynamic stretching instead, the results suggest cyclists can benefits from both stretching types in warm-up programs.…”
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„Anwärter auf die Hölle“: Stepan Trofimowitsch und die Menippea der Pharisäer by Ruth Karin Lévai

“…This paper examines Stepan Trofimovich as the embodiment of the Menippean elements of Jesus’ interactions with the Pharisees in the Gospels, focusing specifically on the journey of Stepan Trofimovich’s idea as it is introduced in “Instead of an Introduction” to its ultimate defeat in his “last peregrination.” …”
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Indoor localization system based on virtual access points with filtering schemes by Dong Myung Lee, Boney Labinghisa

“…An improvement was added on the system by using relative distances instead of received signal strength indicator values in distance estimation and gave an error distance average of 1.85 m.…”
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