Prediction of mechanical behavior of friction stir welded joints of AA3003 aluminum alloy by I. Chekalil, A. Miloudi, M.P. Planche, A. Ghazi

“…The study of the interactions between these different parameters made it possible to establish a number of combinations of the different factors, for the purpose of achieving the quality optimization of the FSW joint by obtaining a tensile strength of the weld joint equal to of that of the base metal.…”
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Miniaturized Filters with a Controllable Number of Passbands by Embedding Serpentine Microstrip Resonators in SIW by Xiaohei Yan, Wenjing Mu, Minjie Guo

“…These resonators are composed of upper and lower parts, which form a single-passband filter when the lengths are equal and a double-passband filter when the lengths are unequal. …”
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Application of Color Sensor in the Determination of Tomato Fruit Ripeness (Solanum Lycopersicum, L) in Gravitation Type Fruit Sorting Tool (Gravitation Type) by Fadliansyah Putra, Taufik Rizaldi

“…The results of the design shows that this tool could accommodate 12 kg (equal to 60 tomatoes) of fruit. Tool performance testing shows that this tool could work effectively on a slope of 12Ëš withan effective capacity of 133.1 kg/hour (80%). …”
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Suitable Friction Sliding Materials for Base Isolation of Masonry Buildings by Radhikesh P. Nanda, Pankaj Agarwal, Manish Shrikhande

“…Green marble and geosynthetic are found to be better alternatives for use in friction isolation system with equal effectiveness of energy dissipation and limiting the earthquake energy transmission to super structure during strong earthquake leading to a low cost, durable solution for earthquake protection of masonry buildings.…”
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Triple product amplitude from chiral string by Yu-Ping Wang

“…We start with closed bosonic strings but left and right-moving momenta are not necessarily equal. Instead, they satisfy certain conditions. …”
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Comprehensibility of gender-fair language in German-language video lectures by Marcus C. G. Friedrich, Bianca Krenz

“…Gender-fair language is intended to represent all genders equally. Recently introduced forms such as the glottal stop and the gender star are intended to also represent people outside the male–female dichotomy on the linguistic surface. …”
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New Quasi-Coincidence Point Polynomial Problems by Yi-Chou Chen, Hang-Chin Lai

“…Let F:ℝ×ℝ→ℝ be a real-valued polynomial function of the form F(x,y)=as(x)ys+as-1(x)ys-1+⋯+a0(x), where the degree s of y in F(x,y) is greater than or equal to 1. For arbitrary polynomial function f(x)∈ℝ[x], x∈ℝ, we will find a polynomial solution y(x)∈ℝ[x] to satisfy the following equation: (*): F(x,y(x))=af(x), where a∈ℝ is a constant depending on the solution y(x), namely, a quasi-coincidence (point) solution of (*), and a is called a quasi-coincidence value. …”
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Modeling Campaign Optimization Strategies in Political Elections under Uncertainty by Christopher, Senfuka, Paul, Kizito Mubiru, Maureen, N. Ssempijja

“…In most political campaigns,the overall goal of every candidate is to maximize the number of voters during the election exercise.In such an effort,cost effective methods in choosing the optimal campaign strategy areparamount.In this paper, a mathematical model is proposed that optimize campaign strategies of a political candidate.Considering uncertainty in voter support and cost implications in holding political rallies,we formulate a finite state markov decision process model where states of a markov chain represent possible states of support among voters.Using daily equal intervals,thecandidates‟s decision of whether or not to campaign and hold a political rally at a given location were made using discrete time Markov chains and dynamic programming over a finite period planning horizon.Empirical data was collected from two locations on a daily basis during the campaign exercise.The data collected was analyzed and tested to establish the optimal campaign strategy and costs at the respective locations.Results from the study indicated the existence of an optimal state-dependent campaign strategy and costs at the respective political rally locations.…”
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Trecking the historical concerns for effi ciency and eff ectiveness in the study and practice of Public Administration by BC, Basheka, Dominique, Uwizeyimana

“…Undeniably, the need to promote administrative e ciency and e ectiveness has occupied the minds of classical and contemporary scholars and practitioners in almost an equal measure. e concerns of administrative e ciency and e ectiveness are debates which are as old as the discipline of public administration itself but also the concerns of the long journey of the practices of public administration have trekked the journey of civilization. …”
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Radicalization and Counter-Radicalization on the Internet (Roles and Responsibilities of Stakeholders in Countering Cyber Terrorism) by Raharjo Agus, Hapsari Retnaningrum Dwi, Sugeng Esmara, Saefudin Yusuf, Ismail Noorfajri

“…The sophistication of terrorists/terrorist organizations in utilizing the internet requires an equally sophisticated response in combating and countering cyberterrorism, combating them requires simultaneous integration of stakeholders in this field, namely law enforcement, academia, businesses (private security industry), society/community, media and internet users.…”
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Nutrition and Reproductive Health: Sperm versus Erythrocyte Lipidomic Profile and ω-3 Intake by Gabriela Ruth Mendeluk, Mariano Isaac Cohen, Carla Ferreri, Chryssostomos Chatgilialoglu

“…This is the first report indicating that membrane lipids of different tissues do not equally metabolize the fatty acid elements upon supplementation. …”
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Effects of Rotation at Different Channel Orientations on the Flow Field inside a Trailing Edge Internal Cooling Channel by Matteo Pascotto, Alessandro Armellini, Luca Casarsa, Claudio Mucignat, Pietro Giannattasio

“…Simulations were performed at a Reynolds number equal to 20000, a rotation number (Ro) of 0, 0.23, and 0.46, and channel orientations of γ=0∘, 22.5°, and 45°, extending previous results towards new engine-like working conditions. …”
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Relativistic Binary Precession: Impact on Eccentric Massive Binary Black Hole Accretion and Hydrodynamics by Stanislav DeLaurentiis, Zoltán Haiman, John Ryan Westernacher-Schneider, Luke Major Krauth, Jordy Davelaar, Jonathan Zrake, Andrew MacFadyen

“…Here, we study the GR apsidal precession of eccentric equal-mass massive binary BHs in circumbinary disks via two-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations. …”
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Equative Constructions in the Laki Language by Parisa Najafi, Seyed Najm al-din Shahrokhi, Mohammad Hosseini

“…The findings indicate that speakers mainly use seven strategies to convey the concept of equality in Laki. Furthermore, the data show that in numerous equative constructions in Laki, there is a preference for omitting the standard marker while retaining the degree marker…”
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BONE REGENERATION MATERIALS IN SUBSTANCE LOSS by Chiriac Marta, Mușat Mihaela, Vizitiu Oana, Tibeica Andreea, Radu Ioan Alexandru, Norina Forna

“…As yet the osteogenic capacity of autogenous bone has not been equalled by biomaterials. Tissue engineering has caused great interest because of its many possibilities, although more studies are necessary in order to achieve the ambitious expectations when it comes to tissue or organ regeneration in the human body.…”
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Burn Severity in Canada's Mountain National Parks: Patterns, Drivers, and Predictions by Weiwei Wang, Xianli Wang, Wanli Wu, Futao Guo, Jane Park, Guangyu Wang

“…Results show that fuel type had the most significant influence on burn severity, whereas the three groups of continuous variables (topography, vegetation, and climate) contributed equally to the model, indicating the complex mechanism of environmental controls on fire behavior in this heterogeneous mountain region. …”
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How to Attract Women in STEM and Help Them Become Successful: The Review of Practices of Overcoming Gender Stereotypes by N. G. Maloshonok, I. A. Shcheglova, K. A. Vilkova, M. O. Abramova

“…Despite the widespread “myth of gender equality” in Russia, this problem is also relevant for our country. …”
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Comparisons of Brightness Temperatures of Landsat-7/ETM+ and Terra/MODIS around Hotien Oasis in the Taklimakan Desert by Yoshinari Oguro, Seiji Ito, Kiyoshi Tsuchiya

“…The brightness temperature (BT) of Taklimakan Desert retrieved from the data of Landsat-7/ETM+ band 6 and Terra/MODIS band 31 and 32 indicates the following features: (1) good linear relationship between the BT of ETM+ and that of MODIS, (2) the observation time adjusted BT of ETM+ is almost equal to that of MODIS, (3) the BT of Terra/MODIS band 31 is slightly higher than that of band 32 over a reservoir while opposite feature is recognized over desert area, (4) the statistical analysis of 225 sample data of ETM+ in one pixel of MODIS for different landcovers indicates that the standard deviation and range of BT of ETM+ corresponding to one pixel of MODIS are 0.45∘C, 2.25∘C for a flat area of desert, while respective values of the oasis farmland and shading side of rocky hill amount to 2.88∘C, 14.04∘C, and 2.80∘C, 16.04∘C.…”
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Attentional Capture and Inhibition of Saccades after Irrelevant and Relevant Cues by Heinz-Werner Priess, Nils Heise, Florian Fischmeister, Sabine Born, Herbert Bauer, Ulrich Ansorge

“…Attentional capture is usually stronger for task-relevant than irrelevant stimuli, whereas irrelevant stimuli can trigger equal or even stronger amounts of inhibition than relevant stimuli. …”
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Design and simulation of membership fuzzy function generator circuit by assistance of low-power linguistic variables by Hamid Shahbazi, Mojdeh Mahdavi, Mahdi Zare

“…The proposed structure is presented in 0.35 μm technology, and the simulation results show that at a supply voltage of 1.3 V, the values of power consumption and error are respectively equal to 0.0036 μw and 0.8%, indicating the improvement of the proposed structure in terms of error and power consumption compared to the best relevant structures in the literature.…”
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