Measurement of population agglomeration, dynamic change characteristics, and motivations in metropolitan agglomerations-A case study of the Xi'an metropolitan area. by Ke Liu, Xu Bo, Wang Zhaoping, Ran Du, Chen Heng

“…Through the convergence models of α and β, the analysis suggested that there was no significant α convergence between the population agglomeration level of the Xi'an metropolitan agglomeration and that of other metropolitan agglomerations. Instead, there was a significant β divergence, indicating that the gap between the Xi'an metropolitan agglomeration's population agglomeration level and that of other metropolitan agglomerations is gradually widening. …”
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Dynamic Warping Network for Semantic Video Segmentation by Jiangyun Li, Yikai Zhao, Xingjian He, Xinxin Zhu, Jing Liu

“…Furthermore, we introduce the temporal consistency loss including the feature consistency loss and prediction consistency loss to explicitly supervise the warped features instead of simple feature propagation and fusion, which guarantees the temporal consistency of video segmentation. …”
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Examining the Ethical Considerations of Placing Elderly Parents in Nursing Homes: A Perspective on Maqasid Sharia and Social Welfare by Abdul Helim, Syarifuddin Syarifuddin, Aris Sunandar Suradilaga

“…The results of this study indicate that entrusting parents to juvenile homes does not necessarily imply a rupture in the relationship between children and parents. Instead, it allows for the maintenance of positive relations with parents while avoiding the negative consequences of neglecting them. …”
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Anti-aging versus positive-aging language in scientific literature: Raising questions for future research by Akbar Azizi-Zeinalhajloo, Haidar Nadrian, Nafiseh Ghassab-Abdollahi, Elham Lotfalinejad, Hassan Rezaeipandari, Devender Bhalla

“…Terms such as "old people," "old age," "elderly", "the elderly" and "the aged" are in the form of anti-aging speaking, and it is recommended that the terms "older people", "older adults", "seniors" and "later life" be used instead of the latter mentioned terms, indicating there is a growing sense that emphasis on a positive perception and illustration of aging. …”
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Seven Guiding Principles for Building Fellowship in SoTL by Anita Acai, Mandy Frake, Melanie Hamilton, Patrick Maher, Roselynn Verwoord, Cherie Woolmer

“…Much like Felten, our objective was not to craft a detailed, step-by-step guide for fellowship. Instead, we have provided a series of reference points intended to help people clarify and demystify their own SoTL communities and networks, whether these communities are formal or informal in nature. …”
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The EU Methodology of Security and Defense Planning by M. V. Alexandrov

“…Similarly to the US and NATO, the EU defence planning relies very little on the strategic forecasting. Instead the EU makes the principle of “strategic uncertainty” the corner stone of its policies. …”
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Iris from Iridectomy Used as Spacer underneath the Scleral Flap: The Iridenflip Trabeculectomy Technique by Veva De Groot, Liselotte Aerts, Stefan Kiekens, Tanja Coeckelbergh, Marie-José Tassignon

“…A retrospective case series of patients with medically uncontrolled open angle glaucoma underwent trabeculectomy. Instead of performing a classical iridectomy, the iris was used as spacer underneath the scleral flap. …”
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Comparison of Predictability Using Barrett Universal II and SRK/T Formulas according to Keratometry by Kei Iijima, Kazutaka Kamiya, Yoshihiko Iida, Nobuyuki Shoji

“…The Barrett Universal formula, instead of the SRK/T formula, may be clinically helpful for improving the refractive accuracy, especially in eyes with steep or flat corneas.…”
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Photorheologic Silicone Composites with Adaptive Properties by Utilizing Light‐Degradable Organosilica Nanoparticles as Fillers by Florian Klodwig, Laura Finck, Nina Ehlert, Peter Behrens, Henning Menzel, Sebastian Polarz

“…The present publication focuses on bringing stimuli‐responsive properties to a composite material by changing the chemical composition and structure of the filler particles. Instead of creating a responsive polymer, the concept is to use photo‐degradable organosilica nanoparticles that can change the mechanical properties of a polymer/filler composite after it has been prepared. …”
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Hybrid Intersection Over Union Loss for a Robust Small Object Detection in Low-Light Conditions by Twahir Kiobya, Junfeng Zhou, Baraka Maiseli, Maqbool Khan

“…In computer vision, most existing works about object detection focus on detecting objects in the good lighting conditions instead of low-light conditions. Even the few existing works that are centered on object detection in the low-light conditions, predominantly focus on the general object detection rather than the detection of small objects. …”
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Effect of Feeding Acid Oils on European Seabass Fillet Lipid Composition, Oxidative Stability, Color, and Sensory Acceptance by Paula Albendea, Alba Tres, Magdalena Rafecas, Stefania Vichi, Roser Sala, Francesc Guardiola

“…This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of the partial replacement of fish oil (FO) in diets by two AO instead of crude vegetable oils on the lipid composition, lipid oxidation and quality of fresh European seabass fillets, and after their commercial refrigerated storage for 6 days. …”
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Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Vibrational Frequency Calculations of Species in Liquid-Liquid Phase Separated MgSO4 Solution at 543 K by Mengzi Zhou, Xiancai Lu, Xiandong Liu, Yingchun Zhang, Xiaoyu Zhang, Kai Wang

“…Besides, the splitting peaks of v-980 Raman bands at ~980, 990, and 1005 cm-1 in homogeneous solution represent more monodentate Mg-Os (Os: O of SO42-) associations instead of certain species, which favors the formation of prenucleation clusters. …”
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Residual Stresses Characterisation of Hard Ceramic Coating (SiC-5wt%Al2O3) Using X-Ray Diffraction Technique by Samah R. Hassan, Mudhar. A. Al-Obaidi, Hamid M. Mahan, Konovalov Sergey

“…To resolve this challenge, X-ray elastic parameters are deployed instead of Poisson ratio (ν) and Young's modulus (E) values. …”
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Improved Multibody Dynamics for Investigating Energy Dissipation in Train Collisions Based on Scaling Laws by Heng Shao, Ping Xu, Shuguang Yao, Yong Peng, Rui Li, Shizhong Zhao

“…In IMM, the connection between two adjacent cars was expressed by a nonlinear spring and energy absorbing structures were equivalently represented by separate forces, instead of one force. IMM was able to simulate the motion of each car and displayed the deformation of structures at both ends of the cars. …”
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Combination of MLFMA and ACA to Accelerate Computation of Scattering from Underground Targets by Zhiwei Liu, Dan Tang, Zhanyang Zhang, Yueyuan Zhang, Xiaoli Wang, Shunli Jie

“…Since the combination of MLFMA and ACA can build a more efficient method to compute scattering from underground targets, adaptive cross approximation (ACA) is used to compress the impedance matrix instead of MLFMA for the coupling action between the rough surface and target. …”
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Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Complex Defensive Mechanisms in Salt-Tolerant and Salt-Sensitive Shrub Willow Genotypes under Salinity Stress by Dezong Sui, Baosong Wang

“…In addition, more DEGs encoding heat shock proteins were found in JW2372. Instead, transcription factors including ERF, MYB, NAC, and WRKY were found to be more differentially expressed in JW9-6 under salinity stress. …”
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Optimization of the Operation of Groundwater Intakes Using Two-Column Wells by V. V. Ivashechkin, J. A. Medvedeva

“…The article considers the optimization of the operation of groundwater intakes with uneven water supply due to the use of two-column water intake wells instead of typical single-column ones. It is shown that the use of powerful pumps in single-column wells of such water intakes causes a sharp decrease in the dynamic water level in the borehole. …”
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Solvothermal Synthesis of Zn2SnO4 Nanocrystals and Their Photocatalytic Properties by Guang Sun, Saisai Zhang, Yanwei Li

“…However, when the molar ratio of OH− : Zn2+ : Sn4+ was set as 10 : 2 : 1, a mixture phase of ZnO and ZnSn(OH)6 instead of Zn2SnO4 was obtained. Photodegradation measurements indicated that the Zn2SnO4 nanoparticles own better photocatalytic property to depredate methyl orange than the Zn2SnO4 nanopolyhedrons. …”
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Multiple Gamma-Ray Detection Capability of a CeBr3 Detector for Gamma Spectroscopy by A. A. Naqvi, F. Z. Khiari, F. A. Liadi, Khateeb ur-Rehman, M. Raashid, A. A. Isab

“…Use of multiple gamma-ray intensities in elemental analysis instead of a single one improves the accuracy of the estimated results. …”
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Detection of weeds in vegetables using image classification neural networks and image processing by Huiping Jin, Kang Han, Kang Han, Hongting Xia, Bo Xu, Xiaojun Jin

“…However, the wide variety of weed types and their complex distribution creates difficulties in rapid and accurate weed detection. In this study, instead of directly applying deep learning to identify weeds, we first created grid cells on the input images. …”
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