Insights into Factors Influencing Thermoplastic Elastomer (TPE) Foam Production and the Role of Induced Crystallization by Nigus Maregu Demewoz

“…TPE foams excel in versatility and cost-effectiveness, yet their production faces several challenges, that significantly impact their final characteristics. The examination encompasses a range of factors, including solubility, diffusivity, interfacial tension, rheology, foaming parameters, nucleating agents, and the intricate influence of induced crystallization on TPE foam structure and performance. …”
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The Role of Court Experts in Protecting the Interest of the Child in Domestic Civil Procedures by Danuta Anna Michałowska

“…In court procedures, the role of court experts and their opinions is important for the final decisions. It is generally accepted that the court appoints experts and makes decisions based on – among other things – specialised expertise and opinions of these experts. …”
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Research and application of XGBoost in imbalanced data by Ping Zhang, Yiqiao Jia, Youlin Shang

“…The main idea is to combine SVM-SMOTE over-sampling and EasyEnsemble under-sampling technologies for data processing, and then obtain the final model based on XGBoost by training and ensemble. …”
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A Decomposition Algorithm for Learning Bayesian Networks Based on Scoring Function by Mingmin Zhu, Sanyang Liu

“…The last step is combining directed subgraphs to obtain final BN structure. The theoretical and experimental results show that our algorithm can efficiently and accurately identify complex network structures from small data set.…”
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Bibliometry, an eficcient to assess the postgraduate scientific activity by Edita Solano López, Sara J. Castellanos Quintero, María Magdalena López Rodríguez del Rey, Juana I. Hernández Fernández

“…<p>This paper discusses about the importance of bibliometric studies in order to assess the postgraduate scientific activity and proposes indicators to evaluate the scientific production in the postgraduate education in its variant the Master Course and its final product: The Master Thesis, which constitutes the best way to satisfy the ever growing social needs within a context that demands the production and diffusion of knowledge which also requires a constant evaluation.…”
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Engaged Scholarship and Its Discontents by Tebeje Molla

“…These pitfalls create an environment where scholars may hesitate to engage fully, despite the pressing need for their contributions to public discourse. In the third and final section, the article emphasises the moral imperative of using research for social change and advocates for the creation of supportive ecosystems to help scholars navigate the challenges of public engagement.…”
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Exploring Children's Requirements for Game-Based Learning Environments by Tuula Nousiainen, Marja Kankaanranta

“…Moreover, we present issues related to design collaboration with children, especially in terms of the children's feeling of ownership over the final outcome.…”
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On the Uses and Abuses of Eschatology for Life by Sara Brill

“…El artículo examina el papel del mito final del Fedón dentro del contexto de la totalidad del diálogo y argumenta que la exploración que hace el mito de la relación entre acción, condición del alma y forma de vida brinda importante información acerca de la concepción platónica del tipo de entorno político que favorece el florecimiento del ser humano. …”
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Exponential Synchronization of a Class of N-Coupled Complex Partial Differential Systems with Time-Varying Delay by Wenhua Xia, Yiping Luo, Bifeng Zhou, Guanghui Liu

“…Two example applications are presented in the final section of this paper to verify the proposed theoretical result.…”
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La soberanía monetaria en Colombia. Análisis político-económico, 1991-2021 by Liliana Pardo Montenegro

“…Presentamos un análisis político económico del periodo de 1991 a 2021 de la historia colombiana, al caracterizar la dinámica de la política monetaria, a fin de comprender el funcionamiento de la estructura socioeconómica a partir de los lineamientos de la superestructura política, lo cual brinda posibles respuestas sobre cómo avanzó la maniobra de la “política económica de confianza inversionista” frente al control de la inflación en el auge de los capitales externos. Al final se presentan unas breves conclusiones orientadas a sostener la permanencia del criterio de la soberanía monetaria.…”
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De la rage métaphysique au calme scientifique : religion et sciences naturelles chez Flaubert by Juliette Azoulai

“…In his correspondence Flaubert never ceases to praise the natural sciences as a remedy against metaphysicians’ and theologians’ “rage to conclude” and thus as a healing method, through the study of facts in themselves, independent of any analysis of root and final causes. However, Flaubert’s characters, confronted with the naturalist’s knowledge, are far from reaching any ataraxic wisdom and, on the contrary, appear to be overwhelmed by intense feelings and emotions: terror, fear and fascination. …”
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Palmprint Authentication System Based on Local and Global Feature Fusion Using DOST by N. B. Mahesh Kumar, K. Premalatha

“…The local and global matching distances of the two palmprint images are fused to get the final matching distance of the proposed scheme. The results show that the fusion of local and global features outperforms the existing works on the available three datasets.…”
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Special aspects of the measurement of the internal geometric parameters of the channel parts of small size by S. V. Zakhorevich, I. V. Borisovets, I. P. Lazebnikova

“…The complex method of measuring the external and internal geometric characteristics of a carbide die, given in the article, allows to measure the geometric parameters of small-size parts and to give a final assessment of the product for compliance with the requirements of the project technical documentation.…”
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Autour de Brecht et Buenaventura by Cristian Bedoya

“…Ces analyses indépendantes, appuyées notamment sur les écrits théoriques de Brecht, mais également sur des entretiens, des articles et des pièces de « El Maestro », aboutissent à un chapitre final qui essaie de rendre compte de l'influence décisive que l'auteur de Mère courage a exercé sur Buenaventura.…”
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“What are we eating?” A theological-ethical analysis of the effects of food additives on human beings, especially in South Africa by L. Kretzschmar

“…Throughout, and especially in the final section, a theological-ethical analysis of the use of food additives, especially in a South African context, is provided. …”
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(Recovering) China’s Urban Rivers as Public Space by Kelly Shannon, Chen Yiyong

“…Initiated by the government, three case studies highlighting the recovery of the urban, scenic, cultural, and functional nature of rivers inside Ningbo, Kunming, and Qian’an by design firm Turenscape are examined in the final part of this paper.…”
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"Bevrydende waarheid?" Nagedink oor die aard van gereformeerde belydenis by D. J. Smit

“…A second section discusses some aspects of the nature of Reformed confession by focusing on issues related to the authority of confessional documents — their relation to Scripture, their historical, contextual and linguistic nature, the fact that they are human products and therefore fallible, as well as the need for ongoing confession and the possibility of new situations calling for new forms of confession. A final section underlines the intimate relationship between confession and embodiment — both ecclesiologically and ethically— according to the Reformed understanding of the nature of confession. …”
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An exact bound for tail probabilities for a class of conditionally symmetric bounded martingales by Dainius Dzindzalieta

“…We can interpret the result as a final and optimal upper bound ℙ{Mn ≥ x} ≤ Dn(x), x ∈ ℝ, for the tail probability ℙ {Mn ≥ x}. …”
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‘Exotic Eroticism’: Gwendolen Harleth and Daniel Deronda by Julia Kuehn

“…The essay looks once more at the relationship between the two protagonists of George Eliot's final novel. It argues that rather than through issues of class, as scholars have conventionally argued, Gwendolen Harleth's interest in Daniel Deronda must be understood through the ethnic otherness he represents. …”
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Evaluating the Development Level of Agriculture in Kermanshah Province's Townships by Jafar Tavakkoli

“…To do this we employed 52 indicators, and after removing the differencs among indicators from various scales and weighing them using factor analysis method the final compositional indicator was determined. The results show that the most variation coefficient exists for agricultural infrastructures, work force and institutional composite indexes; Also Kermanshah and Eslamabad- e Gharb placed first and second in developmental ranking and Pave and Salas & Babajani ranked eleventh and twelfth. …”
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