Bionics in Engineering Education Considerations, Experiences and Conclusions by Ralf Neurohr, Cristian Dragomirescu

“…Based on this request for bionic expertise in engineering, the faculty for teaching engineering in foreign languages (FILS) at ‘Politehnica’ University of Bucharest started a course in bionics in SS 2007, which was supported by the expertise of the German ‘Bionik-Kompetenz-Netz’, one of the leading organizations in bionics. …”
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Hydraulic Optimization of Inflow System of Bidirectional Drainage Pumping Station in Pump-sluice Complex Engineering by XIAO Zhiqiao, FEI Zhaodan, QIAN Shangtuo

“…The numerical results indicate that: the circling flow occurred in the forebay due to the effect of lateral contraction, resulting in recirculation flow forming in the suction sump due to the combination of circling flow and downward swirling flow. …”
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Grafiti: exposición de la religiosidad de las pandillas de San Luis Potosí by Jaime Bernal Boyzo

“…These graffiti reveal important aspects about both gangs, such as their foreign influence, the rivalry between them, and, most importantly, their close relationship with religious images, like the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe and that of St. …”
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Análise da universalização, investimento e governança do serviço de esgoto sanitário de sedes municipais das Bacias Hidrográficas do Leste (BHL) na Bahia by Joanna Isis Chaves Carvalho, Guilhardes de Jesus Júnior, Ronaldo Lima Gomes

“…Para tanto, possui natureza quali-quantitativa, utilizando-se de dados retirados do Sistema Nacional do Saneamento Básico (SNIS), Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) e de requerimentos enviados para as prefeituras municipais através do Sistema de Informação ao Cidadão em sua forma eletrônica (e-SIC) e física.…”
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New Frequency-Dependent Trigonometric Interpolation Functions for the Dynamic Finite Element Analysis of Thin Rectangular Plates by Supun Jayasinghe, Seyed M. Hashemi

“…The Dynamic Finite Element (DFE) formulation is a superconvergent, semianalytical method used to perform vibration analysis of structural components during the early stages of design. …”
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Very Fast and Accurate Procedure for the Characterization of Photovoltaic Panels from Datasheet Information by Antonino Laudani, Francesco Riganti Fulginei, Alessandro Salvini, Gabriele Maria Lozito, Salvatore Coco

“…In this paper we present a fast and accurate procedure for obtaining the parameters of the five-parameter model by starting from its reduced form. The procedure allows characterizing, in few seconds, thousands of photovoltaic panels present on the standard databases. …”
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Fuzzy multi-objective optimization model to design a sustainable closed-loop manufacturing system by Sajida Kousar, Asma Alvi, Nasreen Kausar, Harish Garg, Seifedine Kadry, Jungeun Kim

“…A multi-objective mathematical model has been formulated, incorporating financial and environmental constraints, to minimize overall costs, energy consumption, and CO2 emissions within the manufacturing framework. …”
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Jardins imaginaires en partage by Cécile Regnault, Magali Paris

“…Based on the analysis of the representations produced by students, our perspective as researchers demonstrates how these imaginary spaces are not confined to the virtual world but are situated somewhere between design and production and rely on a form of imagination which focuses on creating rather than reproducing.…”
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Analytical Dimensions for Identifying Social Innovations: Evidence from Collective Enterprises by Ângela Maria Maurer, Tânia Nunes da Silva

“…Drawing on a multiple case study, the results showed that the analytical dimensions of social innovation identified the main elements involved in developing solutions with a significant number of actors, which indicates they are appropriate for understanding the formation of collective enterprises in the handicraft sector. …”
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A Critical Review of Archaeology and History of Third Millennium Iran by Hasan Basafa, Mohammad Sadeghdavari

“…The present paper tries to study and analyze the book in terms of its form and content-especially formal comprehensiveness, logical order and principles-according to the author's approach, which is of analytical approaches to urban archeology and finally its strengths and weaknesses are explained. …”
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From European to World War: Dynamics of ‘Totalization’ and ‘Globalization’ of the Warfare in September 1939 — December 1941 by I. E. Magadeev

“…To describe ‘globalization’ of the war the criteria are as follows: the geographical scale, the number of participants and the relative role and place of neutral powers, and, finally, the degree of the ‘bipolarization’ in the form of the two opposing coalitions. This paper concludes that the picture of WWII during the period under research was not identical to its textbook image of the total and global military conflict. …”
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Analysis of the composition, characteristics, and antifungal properties of cutin in goji berry fruits at different developmental stages by Yueli Zhou, Dayuan Chen, Cong Wang, Huaiyu Zhang, Lunaike Zhao, Junjie Wang, Qiding Peng

“…Fatty acids, alkanes, aromatic acids, and small molecule acids were the main components of goji berry cutin, which are related to the formation of cutin structures. Spore germination and germ tube elongation in A. alternata were significantly inhibited by treatment with cutin extracts from goji berries at different developmental stages. …”
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Adopción internacional y Trabajo Social en Cataluña: la voz de los profesionales by Urgell Poch Planas

“…Sin embargo, se aprecia un declive de la formación específica de los profesionales y de los espacios de reflexión en las instituciones. …”
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El Asesor Jurídico, una revista popular de jurisprudencia en vísperas de la Revolución (México, 1907-1909) by Daniela Marino

“…Therefore, we will analyze a gazette created by lawyers interested in spreading legal and administrative knowledge to actors of small cities and towns, as well as to support rural communities in the handling of procedures and administrative forms to achieve success in their agrarian affairs.…”
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Utilizing slip conditions on transport phenomena of heat energy with dust and tiny nanoparticles over a wedge by Nazir Umar, Khan Umair, Almujibah Hamad, Gündoğdu Hami

“…A two-phase approach considers a liquid phase and a dusty fluid, while a Darcy–Forchheimer law is used to model this fluid flow to capture motion and heat transfer. …”
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Applications of Indocyanine Green in Breast Cancer for Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping: Protocol for a Scoping Review by Feryal Kurdi, Yahya Kurdi, Igor Vladimirovich Reshetov

“…At that time, preliminary search of Scopus, MEDLINE, Embase, and PubMed identified no current or forthcoming systematic reviews or scoping reviews on the topic. …”
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Exploring therapeutic strategies for androgen-independent prostate cancer using a magnetic coculture platform by Anjani Chavali, Giles Fitzwilliams, Adam Germain, Sandra Khuon, Young-tae Kim

“…Employing this straightforward coculture method, we observed significant growth, motility, and cluster formation of prostate cancer cells upon direct contact with surrounding fibroblasts. …”
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Neoadjuvant or concurrent atezolizumab with chemoradiation for locally advanced cervical cancer: a randomized phase I trial by Jyoti Mayadev, Dmitriy Zamarin, Wei Deng, Heather A. Lankes, Giulio Pesci, Hayeon Kim, Junzo P. Chino, Barbara Banbury, Ned Sherry, Elad Sharon, Sharad A. Ghamande, Catherine Ferguson, Loren Mell, Laura Holman, Cara Mathews, David O’Malley, Alexander Olawaiye, Elizabeth Hopp, Charles Leath, Larry Copeland, Robert Mannel, Roisin O’Cearbhaill, Carol Aghajanian, Russell J. Schilder

“…Secondary objectives were safety and feasibility, 2-year disease-free survival (DFS), and predictive value of PD-L1 expression. Forty patients were randomized, 36 received treatment, and 25 were evaluable for the primary endpoint. …”
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Exploring happiness factors with explainable ensemble learning in a global pandemic. by Md Amir Hamja, Mahmudul Hasan, Md Abdur Rashid, Md Tanvir Hasan Shourov

“…We design two ensemble ML and DL models using blending and stacking ensemble techniques, namely, Blending RGMLL, which combines Ridge Regression (RR), Gradient Boosting (GB), Multilayer Perceptron (MLP), Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), and Linear Regression (LR), and Stacking LRGR, which combines LR, Random Forest (RF), GB, and RR. Among the trained models, Blending RGMLL demonstrates the highest predictive accuracy with R2 of 85%, MSE of 0.15, and RMSE of 0.38. …”
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Evaluation Model of Land Use Spatial Equilibrium Based on Regional Collaborative Remote Sensing Observation by Lu Huang

“…Moreover, this paper analyzes the existing land space assessment algorithms, identifies the shortcomings of the traditional algorithms, and improves the traditional methods by combining random forest classification and image texture features. …”
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