Beyond bans: A political economy of used vehicle dependency in Africa by Festival Godwin Boateng, Jacqueline M. Klopp

“…First, it advances used vehicle research by moving beyond the push-pull approach to incorporate the historical institutional drivers of used vehicle and automobile consumption generally in Africa. …”
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A simple method for Bayesian model averaging of regional climate model projections: Application to southeast Australian temperatures by Roman Olson, Yanan Fan, Jason P. Evans

“…However, they typically lack cross validation, pull the projections toward agreeing models (which can agree due to shared biases), and ignore model skill at reproducing internal variability when weighing the models. …”
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Balanced Multi-Class Network Intrusion Detection Using Machine Learning by Faraz Ahmad Khan, Asghar Ali Shah, Nizal Alshammry, Saifullah Saif, Wasim Khan, Muhammad Osama Malik, Zahid Ullah

“…Cybersecurity is gaining a high position in the IT sector. Connecting more devices to the internet smooths the way for hackers. …”
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A novel pedicle screw design to maximize screw-bone interface strength using finite element analysis and design of experiment techniques by Arvind Kumar Prajapati, Harikrishna Varma Parimanathukovilakom Ramavarma, Gurunathan Saravana Kumar, Chirathody Vayalappil Muraleedharan, Ganesh Divakar

“…The optimized pedicle screw exhibited a 15% increase in pull-out force compared to the control device. Conclusions The study proposes a novel pedicle screw design with better pull-out strength than the control device. …”
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Nature Conservation and Sustainable Tourism in a Former Baltic Sea Coastal Military Area by Egidijus Jurkus, Julius Taminskas, Arvydas Urbis, Ramūnas Povilanskas

“…The development of seaside tourism facilities is taking place both on the coast and in the hinterland, but the coast is used for tourism much more intensively than the hinterland. It is challenging to ‘pull’ tourists away from the linear beach to the areal hinterland. …”
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JUSTIFICATION OF TECHNOLOGICAL AND DESIGN PARAMETERS OF COULTER by A. K. Igamberdiev

“…The pilot field studies showed that soil bulldozing before a coulter increases at humidity of the soil less than 8-11 percent and hardness more than 1.6-2.0 MPas, and at humidity of 16-20 percent the building-up decreases. …”
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Active Inference-Driven Multi-Armed Bandits: Superior Performance through Dynamic Correlation Adjustments by Lin Xiaoqi

“…The findings suggest that incorporating inter-arm correlations with active inference can lead to more efficient and effective decision-making in adaptive systems, highlighting the potential of AIF-based MAB algorithms in addressing real- world challenges.…”
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Structural imbalance of medical resources amid population mobility and digital empowerment: a study of national and port-developed provinces in China by Haiwei Fu, Junjie Lu

“…High-tier hospitals exert a strong pull on population mobility, while the impact of primary care facilities is not evident; (2) Continuous population movements lead to a structural imbalance of medical resource, characterized by overburdened high-tier hospitals coexisting with underutilized primary care facilities; (3) Economic development has increased people’s emphasis on health and prevention of critical illnesses, making the aforementioned structural imbalance more pronounced in the port-developed provinces of China; (4) Digital empowerment offers a new perspective for addressing these issues. …”
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New Strategies Based on Hierarchical Matrices for Matrix Polynomial Evaluation in Exascale Computing Era by Luisa Carracciuolo, Valeria Mele

“…Advancements in computing platform deployment have acted as both push and pull elements for the advancement of engineering design and scientific knowledge. …”
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The Effect of Steel Fibers on the Interlocking Length between Reinforcement and Concrete and on Compressive Strength of Concrete by S. Kamil Akin, Mehmet Orhan

“…The use of steel fibers in a certain ratio in the concrete mixture can provide more energy dissipation to transitioning the concrete from a brittle material to a ductile material. …”
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Analysis the clinical data from 51 colorectal cancer patients undergoing natural orifice specimen extraction surgery by Luo Jun, Wang gang, Liu yong, Zhu Yuping, Feng Haiyang

“…Lesion diameter was less than 5 cm in 46 patients (90.2%) and more than or equal to 5 cm in 5 patients (9.8%). …”
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Stress Transfer Properties and Displacement Difference of GFRP Antifloating Anchor by Xiaoyu Bai, Xueying Liu, Mingyi Zhang, Yonghong Wang, Zheng Kuang, Nan Yan

“…This paper introduces pull-out experiments of GFRP antifloating anchors based on the FBG sensor strings technology. …”
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The burden of delayed diagnosis in Hirschsprung disease: insights from a Paediatric Colorectal Centre in South Africa by Emanuele Trovalusci, Tebogo Thelele, Paola Midrio, Catterina Bebington, Chris Westgarth-Taylor, Giulia Brisighelli

“…No differences have been noticed in terms of the type of pull-through performed, number of complications and additional procedures required. …”
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Detecting Postural Instability in Parkinson’s Disease From IMU-Based Objective Measures by Kendal Smith, Diego Torricelli, Miguel Gonzalez-Sanchez, Javier Ricardo Perez-Sanchez, Elisa Luque-Buzo, Francisco Grandas, Juan Miguel Marin, Jorge Andres Gomez-Garcia

“…This paper demonstrates the ability of certain IMU-derived features to distinguish between H&Y Stages II and III, presenting more straightforward and objective measurements compared to conventional pull test metrics. …”
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Load Modulation Affects Pediatric Lower Limb Joint Moments During a Step-Up Task by Vatsala Goyal, Keith E. Gordon, Theresa Sukal-Moulton

“…While the ankle and knee were the primary contributors to the support moments, the hip contributed more than expected in the pull-up phase. <i>Discussion:</i> Clinicians can use these results to contextualize movement differences in pediatric clinical populations, including in those with cerebral palsy, and highlight potential target areas for rehabilitation for populations such as adolescent athletes.…”
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Bond behaviour between H-shaped steel and concrete after freeze-thaw cycles by Yongjun Lin, Sihua Jiang, Shuiyun Zhong, Song Guo

“…Under the same F–T conditions, the pull-out force and bond strength of specimens with a 1.2% stirrup ratio were higher than those with 0.4%. …”
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Postgraduation strategies for youth of the digital generation: employment and migration by S. N. Apenko, A. V. Lukash

“…The migration neoclassical theory and the push-pull theory formed the methodological basis of the work. …”
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Nutritional, Functional and Microbiological Potential of Andean <i>Lupinus mutabilis</i> and <i>Amaranthus</i> spp. in the Development of Healthy Foods—A Review by Orlando Meneses Quelal, Marco Burbano Pulles

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Kemenangan Royal Simanjuntak dari Partai Kebangkitan Bangsa menjadi Anggota DPRD Kabupaten Tapanuli Utara by Terri Genta Sansui Siregar, Subillhar Subillhar, Heri Kusmanto

“…The strategy carried out by Royal Simanjuntak in his victory in the 2019 Legislative Election is by maximizing 9 elements of political marketing, the 9 elements are segmentation, positioning, policy, person, party, presentation, pull marketing, pass marketing and push marketing. …”
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An unanticipated failure of nasogastric tube placement due to peripancreatic collection: A case report by Pooja Gautam, Yashashvi Tarafdar, Om P. Sanjeev, Shyam Sundar

“…The procedure is very simple, yet difficulties and catastrophes of misplacement are much more than reported. We hereby report a case of failure of the NGT placement in a patient with acute pancreatitis with a huge abdominal collection and its interesting solution. …”
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