From the Ocean to the Gulf: One Region’s Identity in the Context of Neomodernity by V. A. Kuznetsov

“…According to the author, its key characteristics are to include volatility, flexibility, and instability which, in their turn, will engender a multitude of collective identities and a multitude of foreign policy narratives, a growing role of ideological factors and an increasing securitization of international relations. …”
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Acceleration Frequency Characteristics of the Freight-Train-Induced Vibration of the Beijing-Harbin Railway Subgrade by Yingying Zhao, Xianzhang Ling, Ziyu Wang, Weiming Gong, Guoyu Li

“…Train formation, load, and distance from the track have a great influence on the amplitude of each frequency band.…”
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Chemical Potential-Based Modeling of Shale Gas Transport by Jisheng Kou, Lingyun Chen, Amgad Salama, Jianchao Cai

“…In this paper, a new mathematical model of gas flow in shale formations is proposed, which uses gas density instead of pressure as the primary variable. …”
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High cycle fatigue assessment of steel load-carrying cruciform welded joints: an overview of recent results by song wei, Xuesong Liu

“…A bulk of experimental data taken from tests and the literature is assessed by the proposed solutions as the forms of SED, NSIF and peak stress. The results show that the SED-based analytical solutions for steel LCWJ are effective for high cycle fatigue failure analyses.…”
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The role of violence in the classics of Brazilian Social Thought by Bruno de Souza Lessa, Jaqueline Silinske

“…By analyzing how the issue was treated in Casa-Grande & Senzala, Raízes do Brasil, and Formação do Brasil Contemporâneo, we aimed at defending the argument that, although the emergence of violence appears to be, to certain common sense, a new phenomenon, its widespread employment has been an integrative element of social interactions in Brazil, but is mainly used against more vulnerable segments of society. …”
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Clinical case of heart transplantation in the conditions of «the recipient-to-donor» transportation by B.M. Todurov, O.O. Samchuk, G.I. Kovtun, A.O. Shpachuk, M.V. Goncharenko, I.M. Kuzmich, O.M. Druzhina, O.A. Loskutov, O.I. Kvasha, S.M. Sudakevich, A.Yu. Melnik, Yu.I. Golik, R.V. Domashich, I.Z. Humenny

“…Transportation of the recipient to the location of the potential donor in such cases is a forced measure, as it increases the risk of adverse cardiovascular events in the recipient during transportation. …”
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The Requirements of the Contemporary Labour Market for Professionals by Tetiana Balanovska, Barbara Wyrzykowska

“…The findings of the article single out the role and significance of logical thinking as a component of forming successful managers.…”
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Access control security model based on behavior in cloud computing environment by Guo-yuan LIN, Shan HE, Hao HUANG, Ji-yi WU, Wei CHEN

“…In view of the current popular cloud computing technology,some security problems were analyzed.Based on BLP(Bell-LaPadula) model and Biba model,using the access control technology based on behavior to dynamic adjusting scope of subject's visit,it put forward the CCACSM ( cloud omputing access control security model).The model not only guarantees the cloud computing environment information privacy and integrity,and makes cloud computing environment with considerable flexibility and practical.At last,it gives the model's part,safety justice and realization process.…”
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Digitalization of public governance in the EAEU countries by V. A. Sapryka, A. V. Pastyuk, N. I. Kulakova

“…In this regard, it is required to form a unified model of digitalization of public administration of the Eurasian Economic Union on the basis of a unified strategy.…”
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Development and validation of a prediction model for coronary heart disease risk in depressed patients aged 20 years and older using machine learning algorithms by Yicheng Wang, Yicheng Wang, Yicheng Wang, Chuan-Yang Wu, Hui-Xian Fu, Jian-Cheng Zhang, Jian-Cheng Zhang, Jian-Cheng Zhang

“…Eight machine learning algorithms are applied to construct the models, among which the Random Forest model has the best performance, with an (Area Under Curve) AUC of 0.987 for the random forest model in the training set, and an AUC of 0.848 for the PR curve. …”
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Research on the Value at Risk of Basis for Stock Index Futures Hedging in China Based on Two-State Markov Process and Semiparametric RS-GARCH Model by Liang Wang, Tingjia Xu, Longhao Qin, Chenge Liu

“…In addition, the mean value and standard deviation of VaR obtained by the semiparametric RS-GARCH model are smaller than that of the parametric method, which can prove that the former model is more conservative in risk estimation.…”
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Nutrient composition databases in the age of big data: foodDB, a comprehensive, real-time database infrastructure by Peter Scarborough, Mike Rayner, Richard Andrew Harrington, Vyas Adhikari

“…Longitudinal analyses of 903 pizzas revealed that 10.8% changed their nutritional formulation over 6 months, and 29.9% were either discontinued or new market entries.Conclusions foodDB is a powerful new tool for monitoring the food and drink marketplace, the comprehensive sampling and granularity of collection provides power for revealing analyses of the relationship between nutritional quality and marketing of branded foods, timely observation of product reformulation and other changes to the food marketplace.…”
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Matfre Ermengaud, lecteur, maître et juge des troubadours by Valérie Fasseur

“…The treatment of the troubadour quotations contained in the Perilhos tractat, which forms the third branch of Matfre Ermengaud’s Breviari d’Amor, is a clever construction of authority, transferred from the former troubadours to the author of the Breviari. …”
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Estimation of aboveground biomass and carbon storage in mangroves along the coast of Banda Aceh City by Farahisah Harum, Nanda Muhammad, Haditiar Yudi, Khairunnisa

“…The coastal area of Banda Aceh has significant potential for mangrove forests as carbon stocks. This study aimed to estimate the carbon storage in mangrove vegetation along the Banda Aceh coast. …”
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Quantum GIS (QGIS): An introduction to a free alternative to more costly GIS platforms by Jeffry M. Flenniken, Steven Stuglik, Basil V. Iannone

“…Iannone III and published by the UF/IFAS School of Forest Resources and Conservation introduces the reader to a free GIS software package called Quantum GIS (QGIS), walking the reader through simple GIS processes that can be used to visualize spatial patterns of importance to a variety of fields, including natural resources, agriculture, and urban planning. …”
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Seismic Capacity Assessment of Confined Brick Masonry Building: An Experimental Approach by Asfandyar Ahmed, Imad Ahmad, Khan Shahzada, Muhammad Tayyab Naqash, Bashir Alam, Muhammad Fahad, Sajjad Wali Khan

“…In order to investigate and quantify the performance of brick masonry against the seismic forces by confining it through typical stiffer, line elements (column and beams), a full-scaled room model of an area 3048 × 3658 mm (10 × 12 ft) and height of 3353 mm (11 ft) was constructed using confined brick masonry. …”
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Implementation the combined approach of path analysis and fuzzy DEMATEL for the analysis of BPM factors by Mehdi Ajalli, Amin Farhadi

“…The sampling method is simple random and according to the Morgan table and the aforementioned formula, the sample size is 196 people. In this study, the designed questionnaire was provided to 250 managers, experts and specialists of the mentioned organization to express their views and opinions regarding the effectiveness of these factors. …”
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Longitudinal validation of King's Sarcoidosis Questionnaire in a prospective cohort with mild sarcoidosis by Janne Møller, Thomas Skovhus Prior, Ole Hilberg, Surinder Birring, Elisabeth Bendstrup

“…Results In patients (n=150), the KSQ had moderate to strong correlations with the Short Form-12 (Mental Component Summary), the King's Brief Interstitial Lung Disease questionnaire and the Fatigue Assessment Scale (r=0.30–0.70) and weak correlations with the Short Form-12 (Physical Component Summary) and FVC (r=0.01–0.29). …”
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Multifeature Fusion Detection Method for Fake Face Attack in Identity Authentication by Haiqing Liu, Shiqiang Zheng, Shuhua Hao, Yuancheng Li

“…In the pyramid model, image processing is performed in each layer by using block calculations that form multiple block images. The features of the image are obtained via two fused algorithms (MOLF), which are then trained and tested separately by an SVM classifier. …”
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Diagnosis Osteoporosis Risk: Using Machine Learning Algorithms Among Fasa Adults Cohort Study (FACS) by Saghar Tabib, Seyed Danial Alizadeh, Aref Andishgar, Babak Pezeshki, Omid Keshavarzian, Reza Tabrizi

“…Methods We analysed the data related to osteoporosis risk factors obtained from the Fasa Adults Cohort Study in eight ML methods, including logistic regression (LR), baseline LR, decision tree classifiers (DT), support vector classifiers (SVC), random forest classifiers (RF), linear discriminant analysis (LDA), K nearest neighbour classifiers (KNN) and extreme gradient boosting (XGB). …”
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