From the Reindeer Path to the Highway and Back – Understanding the Movements of Khanty Reindeer Herders in Western Siberia by Stephan Dudeck

“…By accessing everyday practices and motivations instead of ready-made explanations it is revealed that the Khanty are not doomed to adapt to new situations, but they try to negotiate and manipulate them in their favour. …”
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Big Data-Based E-Commerce Transaction Information Collection Method by Bingwen Yan, Chunqiong Wu, Rongrui Yu, Baoqin Yu, Nafang Shi, Xiukao Zhou, Yanliang Yu

“…In this paper, a new Naive Bayes model is established by using HBase distributed database instead of traditional database. Based on the optimization and extraction of the important transaction information in the product, the dataset of e-commerce transaction information is updated. …”
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PRESEE: An MDL/MML Algorithm to Time-Series Stream Segmenting by Kaikuo Xu, Yexi Jiang, Mingjie Tang, Changan Yuan, Changjie Tang

“…Previous algorithms for segmenting mainly focused on the issue of ameliorating precision instead of paying much attention to the efficiency. …”
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Five-Axis Tool Path Generation of Injection Mold Represented by T-Spline Surface by Ce Shang, Hongyao Shen, Jianzhong Fu, Yangfan Sun, Shuhua Yue, Jianfeng Zhang

“…This work uses T-spline surface with extraordinary control points instead of NURBS to represent freeform surfaces in mold models. …”
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Design and Characterization of a Centrifugal Compressor Surge Test Rig by Kin Tien Lim, Se Young Yoon, Christopher P. Goyne, Zongli Lin, Paul E. Allaire

“…Also, they exhibit the characteristics of mild and classic surge instead of deep surge. Finally, the change in the compressor performance due to variation in the impeller tip clearance is experimentally examined, and the results support the potential of the tip clearance modulation for the control of compressor surge. …”
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Bias Correction in Monthly Records of Satellite Soil Moisture Using Nonuniform CDFs by Shan Wang, Huiling Shan, Chi Zhang, Yuexing Wang, Chunxiang Shi

“…We also applied the new nonuniformly spaced sampling method to a shorter time series. Instead of processing a whole year of data at once, we divided it into 12 datasets and used three nonuniformly spaced samples to approximate the model data’s CDF for each month. …”
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Coastal moderation of Holocene fire and vegetation change on the Pacific coast of Canada by Maggie E. Duncan, Marlow G. Pellatt, Marlow G. Pellatt, Karen E. Kohfeld, Karen E. Kohfeld

“…Contrary to other sites, the coastal western hemlock forest at this site remained cool and moist with low fire activity throughout the xerothermic period. Instead, peak fire frequencies were observed during the cool and moist Neoglacial period (4.5 kcal BP – present), when human activity became prevalent. …”
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Dual-Vehicle Heterogeneous Collaborative Scheme with Image-Aided Inertial Navigation by Zi-Ming Wang, Chun-Liang Lin, Chian-Yu Lu, Po-Chun Wu, Yang-Yi Chen

“…This paper introduces a GPS-denied method based on scene image coordinates instead of real-time GPS signals. Our approach harnesses advanced image feature-recognition techniques, employing an enhanced scale-invariant feature transform algorithm and a neural network model. …”
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An Improved Car-Following Model considering Desired Safety Distance and Heterogeneity of Driver’s Sensitivity by Lei Zhang, Shengrui Zhang, Bei Zhou, Shuaiyang Jiao, Yan Huang

“…A new optimal velocity function incorporating the desired safety distance instead of a preset constant is presented first to describe the abovementioned car-following behavior dynamically. …”
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Investigation of reactive power referring to recent studies of time-averaged stored energy density by Jiangwei Chen, Jiacheng Qiu

“…In this work, the transmission, dissipation, and storage of electromagnetic energy of either a sinusoidal alternating current or an electromagnetic wave traveling in a transmission line are addressed; a positive definite expression of time-averaged stored energy density instead of the usual non-positive definite one is proposed. …”
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Current Advances in Red Blood Cell Generation Using Stem Cells from Diverse Sources by Yoojin Seo, Kyung-Hwa Shin, Hyung Hoi Kim, Hyung-Sik Kim

“…Moreover, individuals with severe hematological abnormalities or rare blood phenotypes need alternative therapeutic approaches instead of conventional blood transfusion. In these aspects, the concept of in vitro/ex vivo production of blood cells has been emerging and many attempts have been focused on manufacturing mature erythrocytes, so-called red blood cells (RBCs), the most common and important component among the blood derivatives. …”
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Energy, Economic and Environmental Multi-objective Optimization of a Novel Hybrid Solar-geothermal Power Generation Using Organic Rankine Cycle for Off-Grid Application with Energy... by A. Mokhtari, A. Haqiqati

“…The use of renewable energy in thermodynamic cycles instead of a heat source causes these cycles to become popular from an environmental point of view. …”
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Clustering Universities According to Performance Indicators and Determination of Organizational Culture Types in Clusters by Maxat Aitimbetov, Dinmukhamed Kelesbayev, Gulzhamal Koptayeva, Gulshat Zhadigerova, Assylkhan Tursyn, Aripkhan Sadykov

“…In addition, since a data-oriented approach was preferred in this study, universities were classified based on objective data instead of predetermined criteria. Finally, SPSS 22.0 program and Organizational Culture Assessment Tool were used to analyze the validity of the obtained data and the relationships between the variables, and as a result, the organizational culture types of universities were revealed, the dominant organizational culture type among them was determined and suggestions were given based on empirical findings in the study. …”
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Digital Representation of Patients as Medical Digital Twins: Data-Centric Viewpoint by Stanislas Demuth, Jérôme De Sèze, Gilles Edan, Tjalf Ziemssen, Françoise Simon, Pierre-Antoine Gourraud

“…We argue that a single digital representation of patients cannot support all the data uses of digital twins for technical and regulatory reasons. Instead, we propose a data architecture leveraging three main families of digital representations: (1) multimodal dashboards integrating various raw health records at points of care to assist with perception and documentation, (2) virtual patients, which provide nonsensitive data for collective secondary uses, and (3) individual predictions that support clinical decisions. …”
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Big data predictions of Seasonal Fluctuations in Marine Traffic (using AIS data) by monitoring idle ships by Liliya Mileva

“…This relationship leads to an important inference: no unnecessary delays occur at the Port of Varna. Instead, any significant delays observed are primarily attributed to an increased number of ships during certain months. …”
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Caring for Form: Ali Smith and Contemporary Refugee Life-Writing by Miriam Nandi

“…It suggests that the ethical questions arising in “As-Told-To Life Writing” (Lindemann) remain in the shadow if seen only in terms of authenticity of voice. Instead of scrutinising the authority of the real-world author, it is worth redirecting the attention to the narrative discourse and the specific forms it takes. …”
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Design and Implementation of a Fuzzy Controller for a TRIGA Mark III Reactor by Tonatiuh Rivero-Gutiérrez, Jorge S. Benítez-Read, Armando Segovia-De-los-Ríos, Luis C. Longoria-Gándara, Javier C. Palacios-Hernández

“…The design does not require the current exact parameters of the point kinetic equations of the reactor. Instead, from a qualitative analysis of the actions taken by the operators during the reactor’s operation, a set of control rules is derived. …”
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Seismic Analysis of Coupled High-Speed Train-Bridge with the Isolation of Friction Pendulum Bearing by Xinmin Hong, Wenhua Guo, Zihao Wang

“…The results show that FPB with a friction coefficient no less than 0.05, instead of CSB, can reduce the dynamic response of the train greatly; the faster the train speed and the higher the pier, the greater the effect of FPB. …”
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Preliminary Study On Drinking/Utility Water in Bartın Province by Niyazi Erdem Delikanlı

“…The reason for this is thought to be the defects in the network lines. Instead of repairing and renewing the network lines, it is recommended to increase the amount of chlorination to protect public health. …”
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Quantitative Identification of Pulse-Like Ground Motions Based on Hilbert–Huang Transform by Zhen Liu

“…In this method, HHT is used to decompose ground motions instead of wavelet. HHT can overcome the dependence of wavelet analysis on the selection of mother wave, and thus more complex velocity pulses can be identified. …”
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