Effective Semiactive Base Isolation System under Multiple Earthquakes by Mohtasham Mohebbi, Hamed Dadkhah

“…For numerical simulations, a scaled three-story base-isolated frame subjected to different scaled real earthquakes as well as filtered white noise excitations and the proposed method has been applied to design semiactive base isolation system under multiple earthquakes. …”
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(Auto)pathography, Photography, Trauma in Aleksandar Hemon’s The Lazarus Project by Angeliki TSETI

“…As this paper will argue, thanatography offers a starting point for the writer to address, perhaps even reclaim, his own traumatic experience and foster a sense of a collective identity marked by a history of victimhood. …”
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Enhancing Predictive Models in E-Commerce: A Comparative Study Using XGBoost Across Diverse Scenarios by Zhang Jianhao

“…However, sudden demand spikes during holidays or special events can disrupt market equilibrium, causing stock shortages and logistical challenges. To address these sudden surges in demand, this study utilizes existing online sales data, transforming it into actionable insights. …”
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Tuning of a Viscous Inerter Damper: How to Achieve Resonant Damping Without a Damper Resonance by Jan Høgsberg

“…The resonant damper performance by the non-resonant viscous inerter damper is illustrated by a numerical example with a 20-story building model, for which the desired resonant modal interaction requires an inertance of almost ten times the entire translational building mass.…”
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Phase Change Memory: A Review on Electrical Behavior and Use in Analog In‐Memory‐Computing (A‐IMC) Applications by Mattia Boniardi, Matteo Baldo, Mario Allegra, Andrea Redaelli

“…In the present work, A‐IMC networks based on resistive memories and on the Phase Change Memory (PCM) technology, in particular, are extensively discussed. …”
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Exodus 2:1–10 and Dialectics on Maternal Virtues in Contemporary Igboland, Nigeria by Onyekachi Chukwuma

“…The pericope reports the story of the birth of Moses, who was born at the climax of a chaotic situation in Egypt. …”
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Investigating the Effect of Investor Pressure on Dividend Policy by Seyed Reza Seyed Nezhad Fahim, Ayat Balali, Fereshteh Hasanzadeh

“…On the other hand, many shareholders with short-term investment horizons want to distribute cash dividends, so managers must constantly balance their interests and profitable investment opportunities to maximize wealth. …”
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Analysis of symbol-centered interpretations in Attar's poetry by Majid Rastandeh, Vahid Mobarak

“…Surveys show that in Attar's poetry some of the symbols such as Gheble, the verse of light, the story of Ibrahim and the fight with Namroud, the slaughter of Ismail, Feron, and Gharoun, have a significant effect that elucidates his especial care to the history of prophets. …”
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TR-SDTN: Trust Based Efficient and Scalable Routing in Hostile Social DTNs by Zhenjing Zhang, Maode Ma, Zhigang Jin

“…A delay tolerant network (DTN) presents a new communication model, which uses a store-carry-forward approach to deliver messages due to the nature of the network. …”
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Ion Channel Activities in Neural Stem Cells of the Neuroepithelium by Masayuki Yamashita

“…This response is caused by Ca2+ release from intracellular Ca2+ stores, which are comprised of the endoplasmic reticulum and the nuclear envelope. …”
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Learning from knockout reactions using a dispersive optical model by M. C. Atkinson, W. H. Dickhoff

“…A similar DOM-DWIA description of the proton-induced knockout from 40Ca, however, does not currently fit in the consistent story of its electron-induced counterpart. With the main difference in the proton-induced case being the use of an effective proton–proton interaction, we suggest that a more sophisticated in-medium interaction would produce consistent results.…”
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Is frozen taxidermy an alternative method for demonstration of dermatopaties? by Beste Demirci, Murat Erdem Gültiken, Mehmet Önder Karayiğit, Kerem Atalar

“…The calf with ichthyosis foetalis was prepared for dehydration and saved in the cold weather at -5 0C store for six months. After the taxidermy was thawed at room temperature, it was investigated for histo-pathologically and microbiologically. …”
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Seismic performance evaluation of the Central Laboratory Universitas Andalas building with expansion joints by Fauzan, Aryo Agista Geby, Al Jauhari Zev

“…Additionally, the seismic performance of buildings complies with current Indonesian earthquake regulations, specifically regarding dynamic characteristics, inter-story drift, horizontal irregularity, and vertical irregularity.…”
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Salonica Fire of 1890 and its Impacts on the Transformation of the City by Özer Özbozdağlı

“…The existing wooden building stock of these neighbourhoods was the most important cause of the fires. …”
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Beyond the immediate: exploring the long-term effects of COVID-19 on urban retail in Seoul, South Korea by Kyeong Hee Seo

“…We analyze how distancing policies affected retail revenues based on area type, pre-pandemic revenue, franchised store proportion, proximity to public transportation, and Points of Interest. …”
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Le roman anglais du XVIIIe siècle à l’opéra : la sentimentalité, Pamela et The Maid of the Mill by Michael Burden

“…Among the most important formative work in this ‘sentimental’ style is Richardson’s novel, Pamela, that came to the attention of the writer Isaac Bickerstaffe (1733?…”
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The Influence of Fair Value Measurement on the Pledge of Overconfident Major Shareholders Based on Multiple Regression and Fisher Test by Wei Wang, Xiao-Hui Qu, Jian-Ju Du, Jia-Ming Zhu

“…The study found that overconfident major shareholders increase the probability of equity pledge and increase the proportion of equity pledge; further inspection found that if the level of accrued earnings management is higher, the adjustment effect of fair value measurement is also higher; when the risk of stock price collapse is higher, fair value measurement obviously increases the probability and ratio of overconfident major shareholders’ equity pledge. …”
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Racio analysis of companies in the textile industry of Serbia: Comparison of financial results with online and offline scope of work by Đalić Tamara, Vesić Anđela, Cvetković Dragan

“…The results of the case study show that it is already necessary today to have an adequate internet presentation, upgraded with content on social networks and an e-store, with the possibility of simpler purchases, payments, cheaper delivery, i.e. the entire package of products and services.…”
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Flights-to-and-from-Quality with Islamic and Conventional Bonds in the COVID-19 Pandemic Era: ICEEMDAN-Based Transfer Entropy by Ahmed Bossman, Samuel Kwaku Agyei, Peterson Owusu Junior, Ellen Animah Agyei, Patrick Kwashie Akorsu, Edward Marfo-Yiadom, George Amfo-Antiri

“…We revisit the flight-to-quality (FTQ) and flight-from-quality (FFQ) occurrences vis-à-vis the stock-bond nexus across differing investment time scales in the COVID-19 era, using a novel technique hinged on a denoised frequency-domain transfer entropy. …”
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Das natürliche Vorbild der Harmonielehre . Naturwissenschaftliche Modelle in Rameaus Musiktheorie by Anna Hausmann

“…Dabei sind seine Ideen stark vom Naturverständnis des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts geprägt. …”
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