Mapping History; Surveying the Unfathomable in Pynchon’s Mason & Dix by Marwan Maho Abdi, Sherzad Shafie Babo

“…Through a close examination of Pynchon's non-linear and complex narrative structure, this article highlights the manners in which Mason & Dixon counters the conventional notions of truth, hence inviting the reader to question any constructed nature either, maps or historical representation. …”
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Affine Tensor Product Model Transformation by József Kuti, Péter Galambos

“…The proposed model form describes the affine geometric structure of the parameter dependencies by a nearly minimum model size and enables a systematic way of geometric complexity reduction. …”
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Enhancement of mechanochemical self-blocking and self-healing of early minor damages in polymers through hyperbranched architecture by M. X. Li, M. Z. Rong, M. Q. Zhang

“…Moreover, the experimental results indicate that the specific structure of hyperbranched macromolecules, which possess plenty of functional groups and great mobility, benefits to construct a stronger network with rapid response than that derived from the linear macromolecules. …”
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The effects of strain rate on nonlinear seismic behavior of concrete gravity dam by sara saemi ghassabmale, Amir Javad Moradloo

“…The complete fluid-structure interaction was considered in the analyses. …”
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The influence of socioeconomic factors on the knowledge of reptiles and mammals in the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Northeast Brazil by Pedro Victor Cardoso dos Santos, Felipe Silva Ferreira, Samuel Vieira Brito

“…Data were collected through semi-structured questionnaires and open-ended interviews, resulting in records of 36 species (plus 6 identified only at genus level) in 33 families and 10 orders, of which 53% were non-avian reptile and 47% mammals. …”
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From Crisis to Opportunity: Digital Transformation, Digital Business Models, and Organizational Resilience in the Post-Pandemic Era by António Cardoso, Jorge Figueiredo, Isabel Oliveira, Margarida Pocinho

“…Data were collected through a structured online survey with 320 valid responses from decision-makers across various sectors. …”
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Application of the Double Approximation Method for Constructing Stiffness Matrices of Volumetric Finite Elements by P. P. Gaidzhurov, N. A. Saveleva

“…Moreover, the error of the numerical solution increases drastically in the case when the structure, in comparison to conventional deformations, undergoes significant displacements as a rigid whole. …”
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The impact of different DNA extraction kits and laboratories upon the assessment of human gut microbiota composition by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. by Nicholas A Kennedy, Alan W Walker, Susan H Berry, Sylvia H Duncan, Freda M Farquarson, Petra Louis, John M Thomson, UK IBD Genetics Consortium, Jack Satsangi, Harry J Flint, Julian Parkhill, Charlie W Lees, Georgina L Hold

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Determining bacterial community structure in fecal samples through DNA sequencing is an important facet of intestinal health research. …”
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An examination of the relationship between self-confidence and bullying among adolescent athletes and non-athletes by Satmyrza Mamikov, Ainur Abdullayeva

“…Methodology: a quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted with 300 adolescents, categorized as athletes and non-athletes. participants completed a structured questionnaire on bullying and self-confidence. analyses included logistic regression, Chi-square tests, One-way ANOVA, MANOVA, and multiple linear regression for moderation effects. …”
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Analyzing Uncertainty and Hesitation in Refereeing Decision using Neutrosophic Vague N-Soft Sets: A Case Study of Officiating Ability Evaluation for National-Level Volleyball Refer... by Haikui Zhou, Xiang Zhong

“…Our framework integrated expert linguistic evaluations across multiple criteria into a structured NVNSS decision matrix. Then, we propose a risk-aware degree of support to quantify each referee’s performance under uncertainty, followed by a discrete rating assignment. …”
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The statistical relationship between sweet consumption and academic achievement among Palestinian university students: a cross-sectional study by Inad Nawajah

“…Data on academic performance (self-reported GPA), sweet consumption frequency, and potential confounders (demographics, BMI, parental education, income, breakfast consumption, physical activity, and mental health via the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire) were collected using structured questionnaires. Multiple linear regression models were used to assess associations. …”
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Optical neuromorphic computing via temporal up-sampling and trainable encoding on a telecom device platform by Manuylovich Egor, Stoliarov Dmitrii, Saad David, Turitsyn Sergei K.

“…Our up-sampling approach utilizes a trainable encoding mask, where each input symbol is replaced with a structured sequence of masked symbols, effectively increasing the representational capacity of the feature space. …”
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A New Technique to Solve Game Matrix with Neutrosophic Payoffs by Jitendra Singh, Ritika Chopra, Ratnesh R. Saxena, Pankaj Kumar Garg

“…This article develops a more structured technique to solve neutrosophic game matrix with payoffs as Single Valued Trapezoidal Neutrosophic (SVTrN) numbers. …”
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The impact of fall armyworm on subsistence farmers in the Limpopo Province of South Africa by Tlou D. Raphela, M. Mafadza

“…Lastly, the study assessed the impact of the fall armyworms on the food security of the farmers and their families. The study used a structured questionnaire to collect the data and applied several Generalized Linear Models (GLMs) and one ordinal Regression to analyse the data for this study with a sample size of 82. …”
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FE Models of GFRP and CFRP Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Beams by Kasidit Chansawat, Tanarat Potisuk, Thomas H. Miller, Solomon C. Yim, Damian I. Kachlakev

“…Analysis results are compared with data obtained from full-scale beam tests through the linear and nonlinear ranges up to failure. It was found that the FE models could identify qualitatively trends observed in the structural behavior of the full-scale beams. …”
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Fractal approach to geological and economic assessment of germanium-bearing lignites by O. I. Bilous, M. S. Burlutskyy

“…Traditional methods of estimating lignite reserves and predicting germanium content frequently fail to consider the complex structural and genetic heterogeneity of coal deposits. …”
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Madness in Teleorman: Chaos and Order by Eda Bayrakcı

“…Numerous studies have been carried out in the West to interpret literary texts from different aspects –thematically or structurally- based on Chaos theory. This article aims to analyze Caryl Churchill’s Mad Forest issuing the Romanian Revolution from a modernist and surrealist way via key terms of Chaos theory with respect to theme and structure. …”
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Causal Directions Matter: How Environmental Factors Drive Convective Cloud Detrainment Heights by Dié Wang, Simon Lee, Tao Zhang, Christian Lackner, Daniel Kirshbaum, Michael Jensen

“…Through a novel application of the Linear Non‐Gaussian Acyclic Model (LiNGAM), we discover causal structures between environmental variables and LMD, observed at six tropical sites operated by the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility. …”
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A modular and adaptable approach for automated morphological feature extraction in meibography images by Itziar Fernández, Andrea Novo-Diez, María J. González-García

“…The proposed method leverages piecewise linear modeling to derive clinically interpretable metrics that capture key structural characteristics of MGs. …”
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Dusty streaks on the Moon: fingerprints of multiphase flow instabilities by J. Sebastian Rubio, Neil S. Rodrigues, Yinghe Qi, Meet Patel, Matthew T. Gorman, Miguel X. Diaz Lopez, Jesse Capecelatro, Paul M. Danehy, Rui Ni

“…This instability creates vortical structures that entrain and eject particles. The number of streaks exhibits an interesting scaling with the jet pressure ratio, which can be modeled with linear instability theory and shows excellent agreement with scaled-down experiments, simulations, and actual observations in landing videos. …”
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