Estimates of Exponential Stability for Solutions of Stochastic Control Systems with Delay by Irada A. Dzhalladova, Jaromír Baštinec, Josef Diblík, Denys Y. Khusainov

“…Sufficient conditions for the exponential stability are derived by using Lyapunov-Krasovskii functionals of quadratic form with exponential factors. Upper bound estimates for the exponential rate of decay are derived.…”
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Increasing the MSMEs performance through cutting edge innovation capability by Muhammad Yamin Siregar, Warsani Purnama Sari, Ahmad Prayudi, Alfifto

“…Cutting Edge Inno¬vation Capability is innovation capabilities that combine product innovation, process innovation, market innovation, and organi¬zation innovation as: Sensing Capability, Seizing Capability, Trans¬forming Capability, Break¬through Concept Capability, and Superior Marketing Capability. …”
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Bandage Contact Lens Application Reduces Fibrotic Wound Healing of Flap Margins after FS-LASIK: A Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial by Li-Quan Zhao, Liang-Mao Li, Jun Liu, Peng Li

“…Postoperative pain and photophobia were milder in the BCL group than in the control group (P=0.041 and P=0.003, respectively), but patients felt more foreign-body sensation in the eye with a BCL than in the control eye (P=0.001). …”
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ARGUMENTAÇÃO JURÍDICA UTILIZADA PELOS TRIBUNAIS BRASILEIROS AO TRATAR DAS UNIÕES HOMOAFETIVAS by Claudia Rosane Roesler, Paulo Alves Santos

“…Este artigo versa sobre a argumentação desenvolvida pelos tribunais brasileiros, sobretudo a corte constitucional, ao lidar com questões relativas às uniões homoafetivas. inicialmente, realizou-se uma análise das decisões judiciais proferidas nos conflitos que envolvem o tema em âmbito estadual, observando os posicionamentos adotados pelos tribunais de justiça e os argumentos utilizados por eles para justificar suas posturas. Os dados colhidos foram sistematizados e apresentados de forma descritiva, situando o posicionamento das correntes interpretativas que se desenvolveram a partir da controvérsia em debate. em seguida, avaliou-se a decisão do Supremo Tribunal Federal no julgamento da ADI 4.277, a fim de determinar como os argumentos suscitados no debate nacional foram, ou não, enfrentados pela Corte Suprema e o grau de solidez da fundamentação apresentada para o acórdão prolatado.…”
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Fundamental Investigation on Seismic Retrofitting Method of Aging Concrete Structural Wall Using Carbon Fiber Sheet-Constitutive Law of Rectangular Section by Kazuhiro Hayashi, Tomoya Matsui, Taiki Saito, Roy Reyna

“…Furthermore, authors proposed evaluation formulas for the constitutive law of concrete elements with rectangular cross sections including the longitudinal ratio which exceeds 2 reinforced by carbon fiber sheets and confirmed that the formulas can reproduce the test results with good accuracy.…”
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Movement of Overlying Strata and Mechanical Responses of Shallow Buried Gas Pipelines in Coal Mining Areas by Jiashu Han, Zhanguo Ma, Junyu Sun, Peng Gong, Pengfei Yan, Chuanchuan Cai, Mingshuo Xu, Tianqi She

“…During surface subsidence, separation between the pipeline and surrounding soil was observed, leading to the formation of a soil-arching effect. The development of the soil-arching effect increased soil pressure on the top of the pipeline, while soil pressure at the bottom of the pipeline increased on the outer side of the subsidence area and decreased on the inner side. …”
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ADAMDEC1 promotes the malignant progression of cholangiocarcinoma by regulating NF-κB signaling pathway by Shuo Zhou, Yuhang Yang, Feiyu Qi, Wanliang Sun, Dengyong Zhang, Zheng Lu, Yongliang Chen

“…Abstract Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), a highly aggressive form of cancer, is known for its high mortality rate. …”
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An Acoustic Study of Romanian Stressed Vowels with Special Reference to Mid Central [ɨ] and [ə] by Daniel Recasens, Fernando Sánchez-Miret

“…To this end, acoustic data were collected for the Romanian stressed vowels [i e a o u ɨ ə] produced by six speakers in controlled consonantal context conditions and real and nonsense words. The formant frequency data reveal that [ɨ] and [ə] do not overlap along the F1 dimension, which may be ascribed to the need to set in contrast the two central vowels phonologically. …”
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Les aqueducs de Lyon dans la Carte archéologique nationale : une démarche au service de la recherche by Delphine Bellanca-Penel

“…The Patriarche database is enriched mainly through the analysis of all the available archaeological reports (filed subsequent to completion of their related excavations), diagnostic operations and surveys prescribed by the SRA. For the former Rhône-Alpes region (Centre-Est of France), Patriarche currently includes 47,405 sites –called archaeological entities (EA)–, for an area that represents 12 departments and one metropolis.The database integrates a wide range of information, such as the types of remains, their chronology, the related artefacts, as well as information regarding context, operations, sources and protection. …”
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Optimal Acceleration-Velocity-Bounded Trajectory Planning in Dynamic Crowd Simulation by Fu Yue-wen, Li Meng, Liang Jia-hong, Hu Xiao-qian

“…The first one is that the urgent individuals move forward along a given path around dynamic obstacles and other crowd members. …”
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El virus HHV-6 y su relación con los trastornos del neurodesarrollo. by Alma Dzib Goodin

“…Posee dos subtipos que se diferencian por el tamaño y la forma de infección que son el HHV-6A y el HHV-6B. …”
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Compras públicas no Brasil: Indícios de fraudes usando a lei de Newcomb-Benford by Adilson Sampaio, Paulo Figueiredo, Elisabeth Loiola

“…Constata-se também que os pregões com primeiro dígito de números 4, 8 e 9 são os que apresentaram maiores diferenças entre o valor observado e o valor esperado, fortalecendo a hipótese de que esses representam os pregões com maior incidência/probabilidade de desvios. …”
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Giant pit craters on the modern seafloor above magma-induced hydrothermal vent complexes of Scotia Sea, offshore Antarctica by L. Somoza, K. M. Andreassen, A. Plaza-Faverola, T. Medialdea, J. Gafeira, F. J. González, G. R. Dickens

“…Age estimates for sill emplacement and crater formation come from correlations of seismic reflectors with bore hole data collected on IODP Expedition 382. …”
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La responsabilidad colectiva ante la crisis moral y política colombiana by Rodolfo Arango

“…En este artículo se aborda en tres pasos la pregunta sobre la responsabilidad que el propio pueblo colombiano tiene frente a la situación de crisis que se vive: (i) se explorarán algunos factores que pueden ofrecer luces sobre la actual crisis moral y política de Colombia, (ii) se analiza la aceptabilidad de extender el concepto de responsabilidad a colectividades políticas y la importancia que dicha extensión tiene para la construcción de una ética pública, y (iii) se sugieren algunos campos de acción que permitan aprender de la actual situación y tomar algunas medidas con miras al fortalecimiento de la democracia.…”
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Improving bandwidth utilization by compressing small-payload traffic for vehicular networks by Jianan Sun, Ping Dong, Yajuan Qin, Tao Zheng, Xiaoyun Yan, Yuyang Zhang

“…We propose to utilize a forwarding identifier to indicate the compressor’s location, separating the header compression process from the packet forwarding process. …”
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CELLULAR AUTOMATA SIMULATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF SHRINKAGE DEFECTS IN CASTING «BEARING HOUSINGS» WITH PROFITS AT DIFFERENT METAL LEADING by A. N. Chichko, S. G. Lihouzov, O. A. Sachek, Y. V. Jackiewicz, V. F. Sobolev, T. V. Matyushinets, O. I. Chichko

“…It is established that during the metal flow to the massive part, a bubbles up to 739 cm3 were formed, which is 69% less than in the same form without a head (2,355 cm3).…”
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Medicina en Colombia. Profesión mediada por preceptos externos y prestigios internos (siglos XVIII al XX) by Luis Rubén Pérez Pizón

“…La medicina es la profesión que desde sus orígenes institucionales coloniales ha estado más regulada y supervisada en sus procesos de formación y ejercicio. A los controles de los Protomedicatos coloniales, las Academias científicas de la República y las Asociaciones de Facultades durante el siglo XX se han sumado las políticas públicas y los procesos universitarios de acreditación de los programas con los mejores criterios de alta calidad a inicios del siglo XXI. …”
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Hybrid optimized artificial neural network using Latin hypercube sampling and Bayesian optimization for detection, classification and location of faults in transmission lines by Abdul Yussif Seidu, Elvis Twumasi, Emmanuel Assuming Frimpong

“…Using the strategic insight of LHS, optimal initial points were determined, which subsequently formed the basis for the Bayesian optimization to further refine the learning rate and training epochs. …”
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Cyclical issues of pricing of regulated services by A. S. Grunichev

“…The article reflects current issues of the formation and regulation of tariffs that have developed in the modern economy. …”
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A Peircean transcendental framework for conceiving human and non-human culture by Hünefeldt Thomas

“…It is suggested that the relation between culture and nature cannot be sufficiently accounted for in terms of the distinction between symbolic and non-symbolic semiosis, and that various forms of non-human culture, including non-animal and cross-species cultures, are conceivable.…”
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