Environmental tax reform roles and strategies of local governments: A quasi-natural experiment from China by Tianyang Chu

“…Expansion analyses show that although environmental tax reform inhibits overall market segmentation, it is more significant in southern cities and insignificant in northern cities. Finally, with active local government cooperation, environmental tax reform could reduce pollution emissions and promote green economic transformation.…”
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Oiseleurs en temps d’extinction by Charles Stépanoff, Tiffany Chérix Dorsaz, Léa Filiu, Gabriel Tropini

“…It documents communication with birds, the relationship with decoy birds, forest shelters constructed for hunting, as well as the sharing of captures and their role in local commensality. Finally, it outlines an analysis of the cosmological foundations of long-standing conflicts related with bird trapping.…”
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Recent Advances of Tannase: Production, Characterization, Purification, and Application in the Tea Industry by Zhanhui Tang, Liyu Shi, Shuang Liang, Junfeng Yin, Wenjiang Dong, Chun Zou, Yongquan Xu

“…The advantages and disadvantages of various methods for measuring Tannase activity and their enzymatic characterization are summarized, and the concentration and purification methods of Tannase are emphasized. Finally, the application of Tannase to reduce the formation of tea precipitate, enhance antioxidant capacity, increase the extraction rate of active ingredients, and improve the flavor of the tea infusion is described. …”
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Constant Ductility Site-Specific Yield Point Spectra for Seismic Design by Duofa Ji, Weiping Wen, Changhai Zhai

“…The results indicate that compared with the effects of the damping ratio, the effects of the postyield stiffness ratio and P-delta effect on YPS are more profound. Finally, a prediction equation is proposed accounting for four soil sites and six ductility factors.…”
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A Service Based Adaptive U-Learning System Using UX by Hwa-Young Jeong, Gangman Yi

“…We subsequently applied the learning process to fit on their learning performance and preferences. Finally, we demonstrate how the proposed system outperforms learning effects to learners better than existing techniques.…”
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The Interval Parameter Optimization Model Based on Three-Way Decision Space and Its Application on “Green Products Recommendation” by Mingxia Li, Kebing Chen, Caiyun Liu, Baoxiang Liu

“…Through adjusting interval parameters of the lattice structure, we could find that when parameter α is roughly 0.6, more credible decision rules will be mined and decision-making becomes more clear than that under the condition α is less than 0.6; finally, we verify the model by a “Green Products Recommendation” example.…”
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A Statistical Channel Model for Stochastic Antenna Inclination Angles by Gang Liu, Ming Zhang, Yaming Bo

“…Furthermore, based on the statistical analysis, a semiempirical probability density function of antenna inclination angles is presented. Finally, a novel statistical channel model for stochastic antenna inclination angles is proposed, and the ergodic channel capacity is analyzed.…”
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Effects of climate warming and precipitation change on the relationship between plant diversity and community productivity and its stability in grassland by A Wang1, 2, 2, 2, 2, LÜ Wangwang, SUN Jianping, LI Bowen, WANG Shiping

“…Second, we provide a detailed overview of recent studies on the relationship between plant diversity and productivity and its stability in response to climate warming and changing precipitation, based on field experiments and other methods. Finally, we explore how dynamic changes in plant species composition play a crucial role in regulating the stability of community productivity. …”
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Explainable AI chatbots towards XAI ChatGPT: A review by Attila Kovari

“…This will be followed by a discussion of the balance between explainability and performance, then the role of human judgement, and finally the future of verifiable AI. These are the avenues through which insights can be used to guide the development of transparent, reliable and efficient AI chatbots.…”
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Le mahdi oublié de l'Inde britannique : Sayyid Ahmad Barelwî (1786-1831), ses disciples, ses adversaires by Marc Gaborieau

“…In a third step, the posthumous career of Sayyid Ahmad as a mahdi is reconstitued through colonial sources. Finally, a study of Persian documents written before the death of Sayyid Ahmad corrects the colonial view, but also proves that, in his lifetime, Sayyid Ahmad was already considered by his disciples as a mahdi « of the middle of the ages », akin in many ways to the mujaddidas conceived by the Naqshbandis.…”
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Sliding Mode Control Approach for Vision-Based High-Precision Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Landing System Under Disturbances by Hao Wu, Wei Wang, Tong Wang, Satoshi Suzuki

“…The experimental results reveal a 75% reduction in maximum velocity tracking error and an 80% reduction in maximum landing error with the proposed controller. Finally, extensive real-flight tests confirm the stability and feasibility of the system.…”
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La(dé)mobilisation scolaire : les enjeux de la socialisation par les pairs by Lucie Hernandez, Nathalie Oubrayrie Roussel, Yves Prêteur

“…Similarly, adolescents “withdrawn”, independent, autonomous and solitary are also engaged in their schooling. Finally, students too dependent of group and with a representation of friendship based on power relations, conflict or conformity (“neglected” and “scapegoat”) are disengaged. …”
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D’un scandale l’autre: l’affaire Renaud Camus et la faillite de la critique intellectuelle by Ivan Jaffrin

“…The impossibility of solving the underlying dispute reflects a coercive principle in the dispute which this article seeks to identify by pointing out a few paralogisms. Finally, I argue that this dispute saw the demise of a certain form of intellectual critique and made way to a new state of the “social discourse” (Angenot, 1989) revolving around the notion of “multiculturalism”.…”
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MILLING OF WEAK RIGID PARTS BASED ON MRF FLEXIBLE AUXILIARY SUPPORT by ZHANG YongLiang, ZHANG ShuaiShuai, ZHANG Zhan, QIU Tao

“…Use the finite element method to simulate the device’ s magnetic induction intensity through COMSOL software,study the support force provided by it,use engineering mechanics knowledge to perform mechanical analysis on the processed workpiece,theoretical deformation calculation and finite element processing deformation simulation on the processed workpiece,the research is different The influence of the auxiliary supporting device of the magnetorheological fluid on the deformation of the processed workpiece under the state of loading current. Finally,build a test stand,perform milling experiments under the conditions of different milling parameters and magnetorheological auxiliary support devices loading different currents and measure the surface roughness and flatness of the processed workpiece, study the milling parameters and magnetorheological auxiliary support on the workpiece processing surface The impact of quality. …”
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Decay Heat Removal and Transient Analysis in Accidental Conditions in the EFIT Reactor by Giacomino Bandini, Paride Meloni, Massimiliano Polidori, Maddalena Casamirra, Francesco Castiglia, Mariarosa Giardina

“…The results of the SIMMER-III code have been then used to support the RELAP5 1D representation of the natural circulation flow paths in the reactor vessel. Finally, the thermal-hydraulic RELAP5 code has been employed for the analysis of LOHS accidental scenarios.…”
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Integrated Workflow of Geomechanics, Hydraulic Fracturing, and Reservoir Simulation for Production Estimation of a Shale Gas Reservoir by Taeyeob Lee, Daein Jeong, Youngseok So, Daejin Park, Munseok Baek, Jonggeun Choe

“…Then, an appropriate combination is chosen from the whole simulation results of a pad to reduce the uncertainty. Finally, production estimations of the four wells which have slightly different fracture design are compared with seven-year production history. …”
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A Piecewise Hysteresis Model for a Damper of HIS System by Kaidong Tian, Bangji Zhang, Nong Zhang, Xuhui Liu, Jinchen Ji

“…The numerical simulation results are compared with the testing results to validate the accuracy and effectiveness of the proposed model. Finally, to further verify the proposed model’s wide applicability under different excitation conditions, its results are compared to the testing results in three-dimensional space. …”
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Ternary polynomial based key management scheme for wireless sensor network by Zhi-tao GUAN, Yue XU, Jun WU

“…A ternary polynomial based key management (KMTP) scheme was proposed,which is effective in cluster based wireless sensor networks.Firstly,the base station will give each node one unique identi ier to ensure the validity of the node.Then,algorithm of the inner-cluster and inter-cluster key pre-distribution based on the ternary polynomial of the same order was stated,which can ensure the value of the cracking threshold is bigger than the number of nodes of a clus-ter and all clusters separately,which means it's very hard to be cracked even all nodes of a cluster or all clusters are com-promised.To assure the communication security,inter-cluster multi-hop routing mechanism was designed based on con-structing secure conjunct neighbor table.Finally,the updating parameter and the updating authentication number were in-troduced in rekeying phase.The analysis shows that the proposed scheme can meet the security requirement of key man-agement,and it also has less computation cost and storage cost than the existing schemes.…”
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Fault Identification of Rolling Bearing Using Variational Mode Decomposition Multiscale Permutation Entropy and Adaptive GG Clustering by Tianjing He, Rongzhen Zhao, Yaochun Wu, Chao Yang

“…After that, the MPE values of the reconstructed signal are calculated as feature vectors which can differentiate machinery conditions. Finally, low-dimensional sensitive features obtained by principal component analysis (PCA) are fed into the adaptive GG clustering algorithm to perform fault identification. …”
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Unveiling DNA methylation: early diagnosis, risk assessment, and therapy for endometrial cancer by Minzhen Li, Minzhen Li, Zhili Xia, Ruiyu Wang, Ruiyu Wang, Mingrong Xi, Mingrong Xi, Minmin Hou, Minmin Hou

“…Additionally, we outline the role of DNA methylation in EC risk assessment, such as carcinogenesis risk, feasibility of fertility preservation approaches, and overall prognosis, aiming to provide personalized treatment decisions for patients. Finally, we review researches on DNA methylation in resistance to first-line treatment of EC and the development of new drugs, and envision the future applications of DNA methylation in EC.…”
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