Mode Competition Phenomena and Impact of the Initial Conditions in Nonlinear Vibrations Leading to Railway Curve Squeal by Jacobo Arango Montoya, Olivier Chiello, Jean-Jacques Sinou, Rita Tufano

“…This study investigates this aspect for a curve squeal model based on falling friction and a modal reduction of the wheel and provides some insights on the mode competition phenomena and the nature of the final limit cycles obtained. …”
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Cumulative Effects of a Week’s Training Loads on Shoulder Physical Qualities and Wellness in Competitive Swimmers by Matias Yoma, Lee Herrington, Tanya Anne Mackenzie

“…Rating of perceived exertion (RPE) of the whole week was recorded after the follow-up session…”
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ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN THE METAVERSE: ROLES OF INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL AND SERVICE INNOVATION PERFORMANCE IN HOTELS by Omar ALSETOOHY, Samar SHEIKHELSOUK, Omaima MUNAWAR ALBADRY, Viju MATHEW, Fuad MOHAMMED ALHAMDI, Mahmoud ABOU KAMAR

“…The concept of the "metaverse" has the potential to fundamentally alter interactions between hotels and individuals within fully connected virtual worlds. …”
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Exposure to Lead (Pb) influences the outcomes of male-male competition during precopulatory intrasexual selection by Rosemary Patrick, Kim Colyvas, Andrea S. Griffin, Michael Stat, Wayne A. O’Connor, Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman, Mallavarapu Megharaj, Geoff R. MacFarlane

“…Abstract Male-male competition is a component of Darwin’s theory of precopulatory intrasexual selection, where males compete for access to resources important for reproduction and successful males pass on traits that endow greater competitive ability to their offspring, thereby exaggerating the trait(s) over evolutionary time. …”
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Effectiveness of combined techniques vs passive recovery in competitive squash players: A crossover study by Wilder Geovanny Valencia-Sánchez, Jorge M. Celis-Moreno, Nelson Esteban Valle Graciano

“… Objective: This study examined the effects of two recovery techniques, combined techniques and passive recovery, on physiological, neuromuscular, and psychophysiological performance in competitive squash players during three days of simulated matches. …”
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Productivity of selection numbers of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) in the nursery of competitive variety testing by Volodymyr Oleksiak, Lesia Baistruk-Hlodan, Oleg Stasiv, Hryhorij Konyk

“…In the competitive variety trial for haymaking, 2 selection numbers of perennial ryegrass (PFZ 02082 and PFZ 02514) were distinguished by plant height; 4 numbers – by leafiness (PFZ 02082; PFZ 02136; PFZ 02320; PFZ 02514), 2 numbers (PFZ 02082; PFZ 02514), 2 numbers – by green mass yield (PFZ 02082; PFZ 02514), and 2 numbers (PFZ 02082; PFZ 02514) – by dry matter yield. …”
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Pawpaws prevent predictability: A locally dominant tree alters understory beta‐diversity and community assembly by Anna C. Wassel, Jonathan A. Myers

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An Economic Model Evaluating Competitive Wheat Genotypes for Weed Suppression and Yield in a Wheat and Canola Rotation by Thomas L. Nordblom, Saliya Gurusinghe, Pieter-Willem Hendriks, Greg J. Rebetzke, Leslie A. Weston

“…The model applied a local weather sequence and predicted wheat production potential, costs and benefits over time. …”
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COMPETITIVE METHODS FOR CHALLENGE BETWEEN SHIPPING LINES IN CASE OF BUILDING AND PRFORMING SEA SHIPPING CONTAINER LINES by E. Fadeev, T. Bogdanova, S. Goncharenko

“…In this work we found historical economic aspects of competition of international container shipping lines and possibilities to enter the world container market for new entities.…”
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A study examining the effects of changed rules of wrestling competitions on the muscular damage levels of the elite wrestlers by C. Berkan Alpay, Hasan Eker, Ozkan Isık, Serkan Hazar

“…Some blood samples of 5 cc each were taken from each wrestler's forearm vein by means of the vacutainer (a closed blood taking system) for the two competitions separately before and after the competitions; and on 24th, 48th, and 72nd hours following the competitions in the research. …”
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Other proprietary brand assets and competitive advantage in beer products in Kabale District, South Western Uganda by Moses, Agaba, Sunday, Arthur

“…Materials and Methods This is a descriptive questionnaires-based survey of 1,783 wholesalers, retailers, customers, brand and marketing managers of Nile Special Lager, Eagle Lager, Senator Extra Lager, Club and Bell beer products sold in Kabale District of Uganda. …”
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A narrative review on the role of cognition, nutrition and energy availability in athletes of competitive sports to combat RED-S by Subalatha M., Dhanush Rachaveti, Amutha S., Ponpandi M.

“…Nutrition is vital in creating an athlete’s cognitive ability and physical needs required to participate in competitive sports. The reduction in the intake of nutrients required before, after and during sports participation could result in relative energy deficiency in sports (RED-S), affecting the parts of the body. …”
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Synergistic effect of magnetic magnetite and greigite nanoparticles dispersed pinewood biochar for aqueous lead(II) and cadmium(II) adsorption by Prashan M. Rodrigo, Raghava R. Kommalapati

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Competitive interactions for food resources between invasive Ponto-Caspian gobies and their native competitors in the context of global warming by Piotr Kłosiński, Jarosław Kobak, Tomasz Kakareko

“…We found that although the gobies did not show higher aggression than the natives, they more actively accessed food compared to the latter, irrespective of temperature. Our results suggest that, in the wild, the invasive fish have a competitive advantage over the native ones due to better resource allocation (gaining food without incurring the costs of aggression) and will maintain this advantage as water warming continues.…”
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Inclusion of Women Architects into the Cultural Field of Spanish Competitions: Struggling for Professional Recognition from the Periphery (1978-2008) by Asunción Díaz García, José Luis Oliver-Ramírez

“…These open and anonymous competitions provided a framework in which many women architects were able to ascend through merit, even attaining important positions within the process: firstly, as recognised participants and later as jury members. …”
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Novel Orthobiologic Preparation and Regenerative Rehabilitation of a Complex Shoulder Injury in a Competitive Adolescent Female Athlete by James Escaloni, Danesh Mazloomdoost, Ian Young

“… # Case Presentation A 15y/o competitive female wrestler with a complex shoulder injury presented to the clinic after unsuccessful conservative rehabilitation. …”
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Analysis of Different R&D Co-Competition Modes of Asymmetric Duopoly Enterprises under the Uncertainty of R&D Success by Yinghua Song, Xiaoyan Sang, Zhe Wang, Hongqian Xu

“…The collaborative R&D of new products between enterprises is prone to the “free-rider effect” due to knowledge spillover. To avoid that, this paper establishes a three-stage dynamic game to explore the collaborative R&D co-competition behavior between asymmetric horizontal supplier enterprises. …”
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Permanence and Periodic Solutions for a Two-Patch Impulsive Migration Periodic N-Species Lotka-Volterra Competitive System by Zijian Liu, Chenxue Yang

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Digital Transformation of Manufacturing Enterprises: An Empirical Study on the Relationships between Digital Transformation, Boundary Spanning, and Sustainable Competitive Advantag... by Fang Xue, Xiaokang Zhao, Yunqing Tan

“…This paper investigates the relationships between digital transformation, boundary spanning, and sustainable competitive advantage of manufacturing enterprises through an analysis of data from 127 manufacturing enterprises. …”
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Feedback Control Variables Have No Influence on the Permanence of a Discrete n-Species Schoener Competition System with Time Delays by Qianqian Su, Na Zhang

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