Life-Cycle Management Strategy on Steel Girders in Bridges by Kevin K. L. So, Moe M. S. Cheung, Eric X. Q. Zhang

“…Bridges of different structural forms, at different locations or under different climates, may suffer from various degrees of deterioration. …”
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Measuring child food poverty: understanding the gap to achieving minimum dietary diversity by Sebastian Vollmer, Arnaud Laillou, Nora Albers, Simeon Nanama

“…Design: We pooled individual level data form the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Multi Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS). …”
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Large Language Model Approach for Zero-Shot Information Extraction and Clustering of Japanese Radiology Reports: Algorithm Development and Validation by Yosuke Yamagishi, Yuta Nakamura, Shouhei Hanaoka, Osamu Abe

“…Natural language processing plays a crucial role in structuring free-form radiology reports, facilitating the interpretation of textual content, and enhancing data utility through clustering techniques. …”
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Un arquitecto español en Asia. La influencia de la vida en Manila (Filipinas) en la obra de Abelardo Lafuente by Alvaro Leonardo Pérez

“…Esa decisión trasciende dos generaciones al menos, y los intereses arquitectónicos del padre precursor, llegan a ser el germen formal de la increíble carrera profesional de su hijo del mismo nombre que será el primer y único arquitecto español en China en el siglo XX. …”
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Compelling reading skills in English classes through guided discovery strategy by Katherine Castro Vélez, Samantha Vega Zambrano, GABRIEL BAZURTO, Jhonny Villafuerte Holguin

“… The purpose of this paper is to present a review of how the guided discovery strategy favors the development of reading comprehension skills and at the same time allows the acquisition of vocabulary and improvement of grammar in the teaching of English as a foreign language. The problem arises from a niche in which it found that the guided discovery strategy is conducive to develop reading comprehension skills, however a problem is generated by the motivation shown in students by the type of texts used for the development of reading comprehension, based on this it have raised the development of it research, considering that several studies indicate that compelling reading has a positive influence on reading skills. …”
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Climatic, Regional Land-Use Intensity, Landscape, and Local Variables Predicting Best the Occurrence and Distribution of Bee Community Diversity in Various Farmland Habitats in Uga... by M. B. Théodore Munyuli

“…Bee species richness declined very steeply with forest distance. Bee species richness and abundance were negatively affected by land-use intensity (). …”
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Inter-municipal cooperation in Serbia: Opportunities and practical scope by Stančetić Veran

“…European experiences indicate numerous forms of inter-municipal cooperation, ranging from simpler forms aimed at more efficient and rational management (such as joint local public enterprises or shared administrations) to integrative forms where inter-municipal unions are formed, possessing legal subjectivity and their own governance structure (union assembly, president, budget, etc.). …”
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Secular-Believing Diasporic Jews: The Grassroots Theology of Paul Simon and Leonard Cohen by Hagar Lahav

“…Drawing on contemporary theories of lived religion and post-secular spirituality, it explores how their lyrics articulate distinctive forms of Jewish spirituality outside traditional frameworks. …”
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Biomimetic Rotary Tillage Blade Design for Reduced Torque and Energy Requirement by Yuwan Yang, Jin Tong, Yuxiang Huang, Jinguang Li, Xiaohu Jiang

“…Therefore, the GC of five fore claws of mole rats could inspire the development of efficient tillage or digging tools for reducing soil resistance and energy consumption.…”
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“Para que nunca más sea”: O Memorial da Democracia e a Pedagogia da Memória by Antônio Fernando de Araújo Sá

“…As a place of memory, his proposal seeks to articulate the concepts of truth, memory, justice and human rights, as a manifestation of disagreement with the policy of forgetting established during the transition to democracy in Brazil. …”
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Optimization of the Screw Conveyor Device Based on a GA-BP Neural Network by Qiang Guo, Yunpeng Zhuang, Houzhuo Xu, Wei Li, Haitao Li, Zhidong Wu

“…Specifically, when the outer diameter of the spiral for screw conveyance in the straw baler was <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">D</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>320</mn><mo> </mo><mi>mm</mi></mrow></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, the pitch was <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">S</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>200</mn><mo> </mo><mi>mm</mi></mrow></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, and the rotational speed of the pickup shaft was <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>n</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>138</mn><mo> </mo><mi>r</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>min</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, the straw baler could achieve the maximum conveying capacity and the minimum power consumption. …”
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GENERAL JOB-EXCHANGES IN ROMANIA. A COMPARATIVE SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF VACANCY SUPPLY AND DEMAND BEFORE AND DURING THE CURRENT ECONOMIC – FINANCIAL CRISIS by IRENA MOCANU

“…Pendant cette crise, le nombre des agents économiques participants aux bourses générales d’emplois a enregistré uneévolution négative, à cause de la restreinte des activités économiques, avec des conséquences sur la croissance du surplus de force de travail. L’offre d’emplois a enregistré une dynamique sinueuse, mais la tendance a été négative, concrétisée par le passage pendant 2008 et 2010, de la classe supérieure (2001–2500 emplois et plus de 2501 emplois) à la classe inférieure, celle de 1001–2000 emplois. …”
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Enrichment Mechanism of the Upper Carboniferous-Lower Permian Transitional Shale in the East Margin of the Ordos Basin, China: Evidence from Geochemical Proxies by Zhifu Wei, Yongli Wang, Gen Wang, Ting Zhang, Wei He, Xueyun Ma, Xiaoli Yu

“…The TOC of Shanxi Formation is higher than that of Taiyuan Formation. …”
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A novel conceptual model for Dansgaard–Oeschger event dynamics based on ice-core data by J. O. Melcher, S. Halkjær, P. Ditlevsen, P. L. Langen, G. Vettoretti, S. O. Rasmussen

“…The study provides new insights into the underlying mechanisms driving these highly significant climate phenomena and the necessary timescale in which they are forced by allowing the new model's parameters to vary through time. …”
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Implementation of the 5IR for efficient service delivery in the public sector, South Africa by Amos Shibambu

“…Conclusion: The government has been forced into implementing the emerging technologies by the IT industry despite the lack of the regulatory framework; however, this can still be corrected retrospectively and prepare the way ahead with ongoing training and development of the public servants. …”
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Interplay between circulating von Willebrand factor and neutrophils: implications for inflammation, neutrophil function, and von Willebrand factor clearance by Alua Kuanyshbek, Hamideh Yadegari, Jens Müller, Nasim Shahidi Hamedani, Samhitha Urs Ramaraje, Johannes Oldenburg

“…Immunofluorescence imaging revealed an enhanced binding of VWF to neutrophils following stimulation with inflammatory agents (PMA, TNFα, and IL-8) and exposure to shear forces, highlighting a previously unknown interaction. …”
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Fazer Territó-rios na Amazônia by Martine Droulers

“…"Territoriver" refers to a territorial construction resulting from the adjustments and interrelations formed by the successive historical and economic periods which have placed the river systems at the center of territorial organizations increasingly meshed.The Amazon basin provides emblematic examples of "Territorivers" derived from the progressive control of rivers since the phases of their exploration, their occupation and finally their regional integration in a highly transformed Amazon…”
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Analysis of Flue Gas Emission Data from Fluidized Bed Combustion Using Self-Organizing Maps by Mika Liukkonen, Mikko Heikkinen, Eero Hälikkä, Teri Hiltunen, Yrjö Hiltunen

“…The goals of the study were to find dependencies between process variables and the concentrations of gaseous emission components and to create multivariate nonlinear models describing their formation in the process. First, a generic process model was created by using a self-organizing map, which was clustered with the k-means algorithm to create subsets representing the different states of the process. …”
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The Belgrade opus of architect Aleksandar Stjepanović: Residential architecture (1961-1992) by Banković Angelina

“…Following this, residential buildings that have been realized in Belgrade for which he was engaged in the design process are presented, with a more detailed analysis in relation to both the form and the internal organization of individual housing units also being provided.…”
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Skepticism in Hume's Politics and Histories by Peter S. Fosl

“…A causa de la defensa de Hume del uso de reglas generales producidas de forma reflexiva, pero que suspenden compromisos epistémicos o metafísicos, su pensamiento político no es intrínsecamente conservador. …”
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