Challenges of Studying Languages and Cultures in the Multicultural World by Arifi Teuta

“…Drawing on interculturalism theories by scholars such as Zapata-Barrero, Kymlicka, and Vertovec, this paper underscores the importance of creating a superdiverse world where multilingualism ensures cultural-linguistic inclusivity. The study further highlights the necessity of pragmatic approaches to integrate linguistic diversity into global and local policies, particularly in regions like Southeast Europe. …”
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Probiotics-Containing Mucoadhesive Gel for Targeting the Dysbiosis Associated with Periodontal Diseases by Giuseppe Giannini, Irene Ragusa, Giulia Nerina Nardone, Sara Soldi, Marina Elli, Piera Valenti, Luigi Rosa, Emanuele Marra, Daniela Stoppoloni, Emilio Merlo Pich

“…Here, we present data of a mucoadhesive gel containing probiotics, capable of ensuring a slow release of bacteria to prevent and treat periodontitis. …”
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A Novel Approach for the Grid-Serving Implementation of Charging Infrastructures and Their Techno-Economic Integration in the Existing Power Grid by Timo Alexander Hertlein, Ivana Mladenovic, Christian Weindl

“…On the other hand, grid expansion is an extremely expensive and time-consuming method of ensuring that the existing grid is not overloaded, and sufficient grid capacity is available. …”
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Nonlinear Dynamic Characteristic Analysis of a Landing String in Deepwater Riserless Drilling by Jun Liu, Hongliang Zhao, Simon X. Yang, Qingyou Liu, Guorong Wang

“…Determination of the dynamic characteristics of the landing string plays an essential role in its design for ensuring its safe operation. In this paper, a dynamic model is developed to investigate the dynamic response characteristics of a landing string, where a landing string in a marine environment is modeled as a flexible slender tube undergoing coupled transverse and axial motions. …”
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The Design of a Semi-Prefabricated LVL-Concrete Composite Floor by David Yeoh, Massimo Fragiacomo

“…This system proved to be an effective modular solution that ensures rapid construction. A design procedure based on the use of the effective flexural stiffness method, also known as the “gamma method” is proposed for the design of the composite floor at ultimate and serviceability limit states, in the short and long term. …”
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On-Chip DNA Assembly via Dielectrophoresis by Xichuan Rui, Lin-Sheng Wu, Xin Zhao

“…Helical forked electrode design has been optimized for compatibility with DEP, ensuring efficient control over target oligos. By applying an alternating current signal set at 2 MHz, we successfully achieve the desired directed movement of oligonucleotides. …”
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A dataset of annotated African plum images from Cameroon for AI-based quality assessmentKaggle by Arnaud Nguembang Fadja, Armel Gabin Fameni Tagni, Sain Rigobert Che, Marcellin Atemkeng

“…Captured under natural lighting using a consistent smartphone setup, the images were meticulously labeled by agricultural experts, ensuring high annotation accuracy. This resource is valuable for developing and testing computer vision, deep learning-based recognition systems and object detection models in agriculture, enabling automated evaluation of plum quality for commercialization. …”
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Principal Component and Cluster Analysis as a Tool in the Assessment of Tomato Hybrids and Cultivars by G. Evgenidis, E. Traka-Mavrona, M. Koutsika-Sotiriou

“…In conclusion, combing ability, yield components, and heterosis provided a mechanism for ensuring continued improvement in plant selection programs.…”
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Imprimer, collecter et concentrer l’image des villes : lieux d’édition et représentations urbaines en Europe (fin du XVe siècle-milieu du XVIIe siècle) by Eric Grosjean

“…This standardisation was based on four factors: the renown and importance of the city in question, the presence of remarkable monuments that contributed to the immediate recognition of the city through its image and in themselves conveyed praise of the city, the existence of a production capacity for printed works that ensured the promotion and distribution of this representation, and the pre-existence of a large-scale plan or view of the city that served as a reference for European printed production.…”
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Restricción física segura y eficaz en el paciente adulto con agitación by Azalia Pintado González, Indra Danae Vargas-Mejía

“…Material y métodos: La búsqueda de información se realizó en las bases de datos SciELO, Elsevier, Google Académico, Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde y PubMed, entre el periodo enero-marzo de 2024, utilizando los descriptores de salud «agitación», «restricción física», «enfermería», «seguridad» «eficaz» y empleando el operador booleano «AND». …”
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Belt conveyor idler fault detection algorithm based on improved YOLOv5 by Cen Pan, Qing Tao, Hao Pei, Biao Wang, Wei Liu

“…The safe and stable operation of belt conveyor idlers is crucial not only for ensuring efficient coal production but also for safeguarding the lives of coal mine workers. …”
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Transparent Runtime Migration of Loop-Based Traces of Processor Instructions to Reconfigurable Processing Units by João Bispo, Nuno Paulino, João M. P. Cardoso, João Canas Ferreira

“…The ability to map instructions running in a microprocessor to a reconfigurable processing unit (RPU), acting as a coprocessor, enables the runtime acceleration of applications and ensures code and possibly performance portability. …”
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Incremental Structure from Motion for Small-Scale Scenes Based on Auxiliary Calibration by Sixu Li, Jiatian Li, Tao Yang, Xiaohui A, Jiayin Liu

“…In three real-world experiments, the average re-projection errors were 0.5245, 0.4151, and 0.4996 pixels, outperforming competing methods. This approach ensures robust pose estimation and facilitates precise 3D reconstructions.…”
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Surgical Management of Gestational Gigantomastia: A Case Report Highlighting Therapeutic Intervention by Misha A. Lemma, MD, Yisihak S. Debodina, MD, Martha F. Gebremedhin, MD, Meki K. Aman, MD, Don Eliseo III Lucero-Prisno, MD, MSc, PhD

“…Therefore, the consideration of surgical management as an alternative approach becomes crucial, particularly when bromocriptine is not accessible or proves ineffective. This approach ensures the appropriate management of gestational gigantomastia, with the choice of treatment tailored to the individual patient’s needs and resource availability.…”
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Transformation of the EU Foreign Economic Policy in the Contemporary Scientific Literature by Alexandra I. Mochalova

“…Special attention is paid to the issue of transformation of the EU Commission’s foreign economic policy formulation due to the implementation of the 2021 trade policy strategy, aimed at ensuring «strategic autonomy» of the Union. This article reviews existing discussions regarding the definition of this concept, as well as regarding its main instruments. …”
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Tracking solid electrolyte interphase dynamics using operando fibre-optic infra-red spectroscopy and multivariate curve regression by Cédric Leau, Yu Wang, Charlotte Gervillié-Mouravieff, Steven T Boles, Xiang-Hua Zhang, Simon Coudray, Catherine Boussard-Plédel, Jean-Marie Tarascon

“…Abstract As batteries drive the transition to electrified transportation and energy systems, ensuring their quality, reliability, lifetime, and safety is crucial. …”
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El movimiento indígena ecuatoriano y la política del reconocimiento by Marc Saint-Upéry

“… No quiero entrar aquí en un análisis detallado del levantamiento indígena de enero-febrero de 2001. Me parece que los aportes de los otros contribuyentes a este debate contienen muchos elementos muy satisfactorios en este sentido. …”
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A Proactive Approach of Robotic Framework for Making Eye Contact with Humans by Mohammed Moshiul Hoque, Yoshinori Kobayashi, Yoshinori Kuno

“…In this paper, we proposed a conceptual model of eye contact for social robots consisting of two phases: capturing attention and ensuring the attention capture. Evaluation experiments with human participants reveal the effectiveness of the proposed model in four viewing situations, namely, central field of view, near peripheral field of view, far peripheral field of view, and out of field of view.…”
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Does the Use of Solid Cooking Fuels Increase Household Out-Of-Pocket Medical Expenses? Evidence from Indonesia by Theo Ojahan Pardamean Siagian, Djoni Hartono

“…Implementable policies include providing assistance with clean energy cooking equipment and ensuring the availability of clean energy in areas in need. …”
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Hydraulic Simulation of Leakage in Post-Earthquake Water Supply Pipeline Network and Its Algorithm Improvement by Tianyang Yu

“…The linear search and backtracking algorithm was used to control the iterative step size of the nonlinear equations of the pipe network nodes, which ensures the global convergence of the low-pressure hydraulic analysis of the pipe network.…”
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