UAV-Aided Data Delivery Scheme Based on Opportunistic Virtual Intersections for Smart Transportation Networks by Wei Li, Xianxing Liu, Xiaoyong Ma, Xianwei Wang, Yi Zhou

“…Specifically, at an opportunistic virtual intersection, UAVs may act as a relay, which can relay data packets between two vehicles as an intermediate hop, or deliver data packets in a store-carry-and-forward manner. The data forwarding rules are devised based on expected delivery delay and delivery probability of data packets. …”
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Effect of sales growth, capital intensity and debt to equity ratio on tax avoidance as moderated by firm size by Peter Winarta, Matondang Elsa Siburian, Enda Noviyanti Simorangkir, Wilsa Road Betterment Sitepu

“…This quantitative research focused on seventeen food and beverage manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) from 2018 to 2022. Data were analysed using Structural Equation Modelling with a Partial Least Square approach. …”
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Saving a Child’s Elbow Joint: A Novel Reconstruction for a Tumour of the Distal Humerus by Calogero Graci, Czar Louie Gaston, Robert Grimer, Lee Jeys, Korhan Ozkan

“…Extracorporeal irradiation and reimplantation is a valid and inexpensive technique for the treatment of bone tumors when there is reasonable residual bone stock. With this procedure we have a precise fit being the patient’s own bone. …”
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‘Rents in the Veil of Time’: Annie Besant’s Auto-biographies of Giordano Bruno by Muriel Pécastaing-Boissière

“…Annie Besant published several autobiographical texts from 1878, starting with the preface to My Path to Atheism, when she was vice-president of the National Secular Society. …”
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Demographic Trends and Evolving Housing Needs in Latvia: Implications for Social Housing Policy by Sanchaniya Rashmi Jaymin, Černeckienė Jurgita, Patel Shruti Jitendrakumar, Kundziņa Antra

“…It also assesses the current housing landscape, including characteristics of housing stocks, homeownership rates, rental market dynamics, and social housing provision. …”
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Detection of Earthquake-Induced Damage in a Framed Structure Using a Finite Element Model Updating Procedure by Eunjong Yu, Seung-Nam Kim, Taewon Park, Sang-Hyun Lee

“…Damage of a 5-story framed structure was identified from two types of measured data, which are frequency response functions (FRF) and natural frequencies, using a finite element (FE) model updating procedure. …”
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Tivat’s urban regeneration-from arsenal to Porto Montenegro by Martinović Ksenija

“…This paper examines how and to what extent urban regeneration works in practice through the lens of Tivat’s regeneration. …”
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Drying and storage of Piptadenia gonoacantha (Mart.) J.F.Macbr. seeds by J. M. Freire, T. B. Breier, Z. M. Moreira, L. F. D. de Moraes, J. R. C. Rouws

“…The seeds were divided into two lots in the storage experiment: with previous drying (at 6.0% water content) and without previous drying (control, at 11% water content), and were stored for 36 months in a plastic bag in three conditions: refrigerator at 5 °C, freezer at -20 °C and natural condition (29 °C). …”
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Committed care in the shadow of fear: The experiences of emergency medical services staff encountering with COVID-19 patients by Mehdi Amirkhani, Mahmoudreza Peyravi, Camellia Torabizadeh, Mohammad T. Iman, Majid N. Kalyani

“…Data were collected using a semi-structured interview, and Graneheim, U.H. and Lundman, B. (2004) conventional content analysis method applied for their analysis MAXQDATA 2020 was used to store the interview data and codes. Till reaching data saturation, sampling was continued. …”
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Cyclic Behavior of Steel Beam to CFT Column Connections with Gusset Plates by Peng Wang, Zhan Wang, Jianrong Pan, Yanjun Zheng, Deming Liu

“…Experiment results indicated that the gusset plates in BBC (beam-brace-CFT) connections could effectively move the plastic hinge on beam away from the column face, reduce the strain concentration between the beam end and column face, and notably improve the hysteretic behavior; the plastic rotation was able to achieve at least 4% story drift angle before 20% strength degradation. …”
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The Effort of The Government and Its Impact on Maintaining the Stability of Cooking Oil Prices by Mohamad Nur Efendi, Shidqi Saifuddin Hamzah, Selvina Khomairoh, Nurul Izzati Septiana

“…However, these issues diminished over time as oil stock levels increased and enforcement actions against illegal activities were strengthened. …”
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Cushion Mechanism of Goat Hoof Bulb Tissues by Weijun Tian, Hai Liu, Qi Zhang, Bo Su, Wei Xu, Qian Cong

“…The cornified epidermal layer can resist the instant impact onto the ground, while the dermal papillae embedded in the dermal layer can store, release, and dissipate the impulsive energy, and the three parts synergically act in the cushion.…”
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Why cutting respiratory CO2 loss from crops is possible, practicable, and prudential by Jaya Joshi, Jeffrey S. Amthor, Donald R. McCarty, Carlos D. Messina, Mark A. Wilson, A. Harvey Millar, Andrew D. Hanson

Subjects: “…carbon capture and storage…”
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Socio-Economic Characteristics and Animal Feed Resources of Ruminant Farmers in Katsina State, Nigeria by A. Aruwayo, K.S. Ahmed, I.R. Muhammad

“…Some of the feedstuffs were not available at some periods of the month, a vivid picture of the time of their availability as shown in research could help the farmers to know when these feedstuffs are available and then buy at cheaper price and store for use at the time of scarcity. This will ultimately reduce cost of feeding and consequently, the cost of production. …”
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A Rationale for Pollutograph Evaluation in Ungauged Areas, Using Daily Rainfall Patterns: Case Studies of the Apulian Region in Southern Italy by Angela Gorgoglione, Andrea Gioia, Vito Iacobellis, Alberto Ferruccio Piccinni, Ezio Ranieri

“…The proposed procedure is based on the relationship between rainfall characteristics and pollutant wash-off. In particular, starting from the evaluation of the observed regional rainfall patterns by using a rainfall generator model, the storm water management model (SWMM) was applied on five case studies located in different climatic subareas. …”
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Chine-Malaisie (vue de Malaisie) : menace ou relation consensuelle inscrite dans la continuité ? by Elsa Lafaye de Micheaux

“…In October 2013, the two countries made plans to create a comprehensive strategic partnership. Given the stark asymmetry of their relative political powers, Malaysia recognizes the risks in closer economic ties with China, but views those risks as outweighed by the benefits reaped. …”
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Conceptual Framework of an Effective Decision Support System in Forest Fire Management by Kadir Alperen Coşkuner, Ertuğrul Bilgili

“…These subsystems are; i) Fire Information System; a smart database for fire managers to input, store, update and manage data easily, ii) Fire Occurrence Prediction System; forest fire risk and danger determiner using constant environmental variables iii) Fire Weather Index System; fire weather index calculator for the ignition potential of fuels, potential rate of spread and fire intensity, iv) Fire Behavior Prediction System; fire propagation simulator for predicting fire behavior under varying weather, fuel and topographic conditions. …”
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Management of Records and Clients Satisfaction at Magistrate Court at Kabale. by Atukwase, Sarah Loynet

“…The researcher also recommends that records staff should be given their computers connected to internet to store confidential information about the Magistrate court here the researcher based on the fact that a lot of records are kept in personal computers…”
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Community Development in the Rural Areas through Traditional Indigenous Knowledge by Godfrey, Barigye, Siraje, Kaaya

“…This progressive change is synonymous with sustainable development designed to improve the economic and social means that the total stock of environment (resources) be put into use in socio-economic and other related aspects to satisfy human needs.…”
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Pośrednictwo ubezpieczeniowe w polskim obszarze Jednolitego Rynku Europejskiego by Irena Jędrzejczyk, Jarosław Przybytniowski

“…Przedmiotem rozważań są zmiany w otoczeniu, które oddziałują na charakter i rolę pośrednictwa ubezpieczeniowego w polskim obszarze Jednolitego Rynku Europejskiego. …”
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