Syngas Generation from Methane Using a Chemical-Looping Concept: A Review of Oxygen Carriers by Kongzhai Li, Hua Wang, Yonggang Wei

“…The oxygen carrier is recycled between the two steps, and the syngas with a ratio of H2/CO = 2.0 can be obtained successively. Air is used instead of pure oxygen allowing considerable cost savings, and the separation of fuel from the gaseous oxidant avoids the risk of explosion and the dilution of product gas with nitrogen. …”
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Exploring the Feasibility of Green Hydrogen Production Using Wind Energy in India by Garlapati Nagababu, Patel Kunj, Patel Yagna

“…Furthermore, the study quantified the carbon emissions mitigated using wind energy for hydrogen production instead of conventional methods. Additionally, the study assessed the hydrogen storage capacity. …”
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Flexural Vibration Analysis of Nonuniform Double-Beam System with General Boundary and Coupling Conditions by Lujun Chen, Deshui Xu, Jingtao Du, Chengwen Zhong

“…In conjunction with the Rayleigh–Ritz procedure, the transverse modal characteristics of nonuniform double-beam system can be obtained by solving a standard eigenvalue problem. Instead of solving the certain value of nonideal boundary conditions, the continuous spring stiffnesses of the boundary conditions are considered, and the rotational restrains are introduced in the coupling beam interface. …”
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Declarative Terrain Modeling for Military Training Games by Ruben M. Smelik, Tim Tutenel, Klaas Jan de Kraker, Rafael Bidarra

“…We present a novel way for instructors to model terrain for their training games: instead of constructing a terrain model using complex modeling tools, instructors can declare the required properties of their terrain using an advanced sketching interface. …”
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Evaluation of Shared Space to Reduce Traffic Congestion by Colin Frosch, David Martinelli, Avinash Unnikrishnan

“…A different approach known as shared space aims to solve the same problems with a less structured and defined environment which instead places more reliance on human interaction and perception. …”
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Research on the Impact of Ecological Civilization Construction on Environmental Pollution Control in China—Based on Differential Game Theory by Liuwei Zhao, Shuai Jin

“…The results have shown that enterprises’ equilibrium pollutants output is negatively correlated to Ecological Civilization Index. Instead, the government’s efforts to curb pollutions are positively correlated to the environmental review. …”
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Path-Based Approach for Expanding Rail Transit Network in a Metropolitan Area by Anjun Li, Dian Wang, Qiyuan Peng, Lisha Wang

“…We prove that the pricing subproblem in column generation can be decomposed into multiple shortest path problems, which can be solved efficiently and separately, based on O/D pairs instead of individual travelers. A rail transit network along a metropolitan corridor was studied as an example. …”
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Ophiocordyceps salganeicola, a parasite of social cockroaches in Japan and insights into the evolution of other closely-related Blattodea-associated lineages by João P. M. Araújo, Mitsuru G. Moriguchi, Shigeru Uchiyama, Noriko Kinjo, Yu Matsuura

“…Our analyses also show that O. sinensis could have originated from an ancestor infecting termite, instead of beetle larvae as previously proposed.…”
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The Impact of Recent Generic Drug Price Policies on Pharmaceutical Innovation: A Theoretical Rationale and Proposal of a Method Supporting Innovation in Areas of Unmet Medical Need by Pierre-Alexandre Dionne, Farzad Ali, Mendel Grobler

“…In order to promote innovation in therapeutic fields with unmet medical needs, a compromise would be to include the comparator’s patented price in the CEA instead of the generic drug. By identifying the relevant disease areas, decision makers and HTA authorities could therefore convey the importance of investing in these therapeutic areas to manufacturers.…”
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Facial dominance overrides gender in children’s stereotypes about intelligence by Ryno Kruger, Stella F. Lourenco

“…Here we tested whether the stereotype about intelligence may, instead, be rooted in facial dominance, such that faces higher in dominance are considered smarter than faces lower in dominance. …”
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Effect of Oral PUVAsol on the Quality of Life in Indian Patients Having Chronic Plaque Psoriasis by Pratik Gahalaut, Nitin Mishra, Puneet S. Soodan, Madhur K. Rastogi

“…PUVAsol has been successfully used for treating psoriasis instead of standard PUVA therapy in developing countries. …”
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Experimental Study of Prevention and Control of Rock Burst in Steeply Inclined Coal Seams by Mining Sequence and Filling by Zhihui Zhang, Yangyi Liu, Wenwen Zhu, Jian Liu, Tian Ma, Chunxue Xie

“…Experimental results show that the key reason for rock burst in a steeply inclined coal seam is the stress concentration of the rock pillar between B3+6 and B1+2 coal seams instead of the stress-lever-effect of a deeper rock pillar. …”
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Syrian Crisis in the Context of Emerging Multipolar International Order by M. S. Khodynskaya-Golenischeva

“…In the case of Syria, the new political realities literally "squeezed" Washington into political and legal sphere, and instead of US bombardment of Syria the world saw an agreement on the destruction of Syrian chemical weapons which was carried out under international community control. …”
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POSSIBLE OUTCOMES OF BREXIT FOR EUROPEAN UNION DEVELOPMENT by N. Y. Kaveshnikov

“…The most obvious consequence of the referendum is the collapse of ideology of continuous and progressing development of integration. Instead of endless, irreversible, a priori beneficial for everyone integration process, the European Union has become an organization that does not have a Messianic goal and obliged to prove its usefulness in everyday life. …”
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Specific features of African swine fever control activities in China by M. D. Lozovoy, S. V. Shcherbinin, A. K. Karaulov

“…Such aspects were supposed to complicate the eradication measures, but instead, they proved their effectiveness. The experience gained from the disease control in China is most certainly of interest for the Russian Federation, infected with African swine fever since 2008.…”
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Liquid Regionalism in Latin America: The Institutional and Trade Dynamics of the Latin American Integration Association by M. E. Morales-Fajardo

“…The study provides a comprehensive examination of the historical context, evolution, and institutional framework of LAIA, with a particular focus on intra-regional trade dynamics and the Association's interactions with other regions and countries.The analysis concludes that LAIA epitomizes liquid regionalism in Latin America, a characterization stemming from the limited commitment of its member states, the institutional flexibility that defines its operations, and the prioritization of extra-regional trade at the expense of achieving its original objectives of economic integration and cooperation.Although LAIA was conceived within the framework of open regionalism in Latin America, it has not developed into a fully-fledged regional integration process. Instead, its focus has remained narrowly confined to facilitating trade exchanges. …”
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Dual EMCV-IRES-integrated dengue virus can express an exogenous gene and cellular Mdm2 integration suppresses the dengue viral replication by Tadahisa Teramoto

“…Flaviviruses possess a 5′ cap in their genome RNA for translation, while the other genera utilize their internal ribosome entry site (IRES) sequences instead of a 5′ cap. In this study, the translational modification to add an IRES sequence was examined. …”
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Experimental Study on Tsunami Risk Reduction on Coastal Building Fronted by Sea Wall by Sadia Rahman, Shatirah Akib, M.T.R. Khan, S. M. Shirazi

“…Hence, it can be efficiently used instead of solid wall. Moreover, overtopped water that is stuck behind the wall is readily gone back to the sea through perforations releasing additional forces on the nearby structures.…”
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A Stochastic Wavelet Finite Element Method for 1D and 2D Structures Analysis by Xingwu Zhang, Xuefeng Chen, Zhibo Yang, Bing Li, Zhengjia He

“…A stochastic finite element method based on B-spline wavelet on the interval (BSWI-SFEM) is presented for static analysis of 1D and 2D structures in this paper. Instead of conventional polynomial interpolation, the scaling functions of BSWI are employed to construct the displacement field. …”
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Efficiently Modeling Lateral Vehicle Movement Including its Temporal Interrelations Using a Two-Level Stochastic Model by N. Neis, J. Beyerer

“…Existing models, however, exhibit limitations when it comes to their usage for the virtual validation of automated driving functions such as the replication of general instead of driver-specific behavior and complex calibration methods. …”
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