Influence of Tianjiaotan Hydraulic Project on Ecology of Mangrove Forest in Xinying Bay by WEN Jizhou, ZHAO Guanghui, WANG Lang, ZHANG Zhiguang, ZHANG Shalong, LI Mei

“…The construction and operation of Tianjiaotan Reservoir have changed the hydrological characteristics of Beimen River channel under the dam and affect the area of dilution zone,salinity,saltwater intrusion distance,and sediments in Beimen River estuary,which will further affect the growth and reproduction of the mangrove forest in Xinying Bay.This article investigates the current ecological status of the mangrove forest in Xinying Bay of Beimen River and establishes a mathematic model for planar two-dimensional salinity diffusion in Beimen River estuary by adopting three key factors affecting the growth and reproduction of the mangrove forest,such as the area of dilution zone,salinity,and saltwater intrusion distance.In addition,the article analyzes the influence of Tianjiaotan hydraulic project on the ecology of the mangrove forest.The results show that the salinity change of the estuary has little effect on the adult plants in the mangrove forest (with growth stress mainly observed) but limits the growth and development of seedlings.The increase in saltwater intrusion distance in the flood season can stimulate the upward development of the mangrove forest along the river;the decrease in the area of dilution zone in Xinying Bay may change the structure of the mangrove community in the estuary in a way that benefits the growth of salt-tolerant mangrove plants such as Avicennia marina and Rhizophora stylosa and affects the growth and development of salt-intolerant mangroves plants.The research results can provide a theoretical basis for the ecological conservation of the mangrove forest in Xinying Bay.…”
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AN EXAMINATION OF GOVERNANCE AND SECURITY IN KADUNA STATE SINCE 1999 by SABO Anche Ugah, Sunday Vincent Akwashiki, Aminu Davidson Bowo

“…The study will help the government to enlighten her citizens on the importance of education, tolerance, true dialogue, and reconciliation among others to serve as tools with which to douse the security challengesfaced by the state which will ensure the peaceful co[1]existence of members of the different religion’s groups and ethics,and thereby promotes harmonious living, restoration of peace, security, growth, and stability, and order in the State. …”
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The Value of CME Arrival Time Forecasts for Space Weather Mitigation by M. J. Owens, M. Lockwood, L. A. Barnard

“…Thus, even perfect knowledge of CME arrival time will provide “actionable” forecast information only in operational situations where false alarms can be tolerated. Of course, any CME transit model used to predict CME arrival time must also produce an estimate of CME speed at Earth. …”
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Impacts of Land Cover and Greenness Change on Soil Loss and Erosion Risk in Damota Area Districts, Southern Ethiopia by Mamush Masha, Teshome Yirgu, Mulugeta Debele

“…However, still, the rate of soil erosion is high compared to the soil loss tolerance of 1–6 t ha−1 yr−1 for the Ethiopian highlands.…”
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Management of an Oral Ingestion of Transdermal Fentanyl Patches: A Case Report and Literature Review by Andrew C. Faust, Ralph Terpolilli, Darrel W. Hughes

“…Fentanyl is available as a transdermal system for the treatment of chronic pain in opioid-tolerant patients; however, it carries a black box warning due to both the potency of the product and the potential for abuse. …”
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Reconstruction of LDPC code check matrix based on random extraction at high bit error rate by Zhongyong WANG, Zhenghao LI, Kexian GONG, Peng SUN, Qingtao LI

“…In order to improve the performance of the sparse check matrix reconstruction algorithm of LDPC codes at high BER, an open set recognition algorithm of the check matrix with strong fault tolerance under the condition of sufficient and insufficient number of received code words was proposed.Firstly, a new code word space was constructed by randomly extracting part bits of the code words for many times.Gaussian elimination method was used to solve the dual vector and restore the check vector in a lower dimension.Secondly, using the check vector, the proportion of error-free code groups in the received data was continuously increased by using the methods of “eliminating error code words” or“flipping the lowest unreliable bits” for iterative processing.Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm is superior to comparison algorithm under different bit error rates, different code lengths, different code rates and different number of code words.For (648,324) LDPC codes in IEEE 802.11n protocol, when the number of received code words is sufficient, the reconstruction rate of check matrix can reach more than 95% under the condition of bit error rate of 0.003.When the number of received code words is insufficient (the number of code words is 450), the reconstruction rate of check matrix can reach more than 90% under the condition of bit error rate of 0.0015.…”
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Theoretical frameworks for constructing a model for analysis of Islamic discourse on YouTube: one view from Serbia by Predrag Pavlićević

“…Designing a framework for understanding reality and through associated eschatology, the rules of everyday action, principles and limits of tolerance, and identity – especially through discursive strategies and argumentation and beliefs that establish enemies – Islamic discourse on YouTube interprets reality, constructs and impose the only possible reality, and the necessity of achieving the ideal universal Islamic perfection.…”
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Levels and Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Soil, Water, and Vegetables of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania by David Sylvester Kacholi, Minati Sahu

“…The average daily intake for Pb (63 mg/person/day) was above the permissible maximum tolerable daily intake of 0.21 mg/person/day endorsed by WHO/FAO. …”
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A Case Report of Mania and Psychosis Five Months after Traumatic Brain Injury Successfully Treated Using Olanzapine by Giordano F. Cittolin-Santos, Jesse C. Fredeen, Robert O. Cotes

“…Olanzapine was effective and well tolerated for the treatment of mania following TBI.…”
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Adaptive Vibration Control System for MR Damper Faults by Juan C. Tudón-Martínez, Ruben Morales-Menendez

“…Simulation results show that the fault observer has good performance with robustness to noise and road disturbances and the proposed AVCS improves the comfort up to 24% with respect to a controlled suspension without fault tolerance features.…”
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Les Noces Chymiques de Johann Valentin Andreae dans Die Geheimnisse et Das Märchen de Goethe by Annie Zdenek

“…The themes outlined in the Mysteries (such as the idea of beautiful humanity and tolerance) would later permeate Goethe’s work: they can be found in Wilhelm Meister (1795-1796, 1821-1829), and more especially in The Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily (1795) which concludes the Conversations of German Emigrants (1795). …”
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New Diagnostic Techniques for Esophageal Disorders by A Lazarescu

“…Capsule pH-metry is useful in children and in patients who cannot tolerate the conventional pH-metry catheter. It has the advantage of not interfering with a patient’s usual meals and activities during the 24 h study. …”
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The Potential of Curcumin in Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury by Raghavendra Sanivarapu, Vijayalakshmi Vallabhaneni, Vivek Verma

“…We critically and systematically summarize available data, discuss clinical implications, and propose further testing of this well-tolerated compound in both the preclinical and the clinical realms. …”
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Immunological Regulation of Fibrosis During Heart Failure: It Takes Two to Tango by Vinay Kumar, Shyam S. Bansal

“…Immune activation, trafficking, and extravasation are tightly regulated to ensure a targeted and effective response against non-self antigens/pathogens while preserving tolerance towards self-antigens and coordinate fibrotic responses for efficient scar formation, a distinction that is severely compromised during chronic diseases. …”
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Turkish Version of Cognitive Behavioural Avoidance Scale: Psychometric Properties and Psychopathological Correlates by Selmin Erdi-Gok, Ozden Yalcinkaya Alkar

“…Concurrent validity studies on CBAS-TR indicated significant correlations with depression, anxiety, tolerance to distress, psychological inflexibility, and suppression. …”
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Competitive interactions for food resources between invasive Ponto-Caspian gobies and their native competitors in the context of global warming by Piotr Kłosiński, Jarosław Kobak, Tomasz Kakareko

“…These fish are considered temperature-tolerant, highly invasive freshwater fish in Europe. …”
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Principle of Limiting Factors-Driven Piecewise Population Growth Model I: Qualitative Exploration and Study Cases on Continuous-Time Dynamics by Héctor A. Echavarria-Heras, Cecilia Leal-Ramírez, Guillermo Gómez, Elia Montiel-Arzate

“…Formulation relies on what we develop as the principle of limiting factors for population growth, adapted from the law of the minimum of Liebig and the law of the tolerance of Shelford. The ensuing paradigm sets natality and mortality rates to express through extreme values of population growth determining factor. …”
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Reconstruction of Velocity Distribution in Partially-Filled Pipe Based on Non-Uniform Under-Sampling by Yulin Jiang, Qingmin Pu, Wenbin Ding

“…Secondly, by using the relative deviation between the initial approximation curve and each sampled point, new feature points were added where the curve allowable deviation exceeded the specified tolerance, and then a new interpolation fitting curve was obtained. …”
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Radio frequency energy harvesting-combined collaborative energy-saving computation offloading mechanism by Bei TANG, Qian WANG, Siguang CHEN

“…In order to fit the differentiated energy demands in vertical markets and ensure that internet of things (IoT) devices can hold an efficient and sustainable operation mode, a radio frequency energy harvesting-combined collaborative energy-saving computation offloading mechanism was studied.Specifically, a system energy consumption minimization problem was formulated under the joint optimization consideration of computation offloading decision, uplink bandwidth resource allocation, downlink bandwidth resource allocation and base station power splitting.Meanwhile, by combining the concept of penalty function, a new evaluation index was introduced, and then an adaptive particle swarm optimization-based collaborative energy saving computation offloading (APSO-CESCO) algorithm was proposed to solve the problem.The proposed algorithm constructed dynamic inertia weight and linearly adjusted penalty factor, which could alternate the spatial distribution density of the particle community in real-time during the iterative search process, and the optimal computation offloading policy with tolerable punishment could be well-generated.Furthermore, to prevent particles from exceeding exploration range, the velocity boundary was introduced which could also reduce the generation probability of invalid solutions and improve the actual exploration effectiveness.Finally, the simulation results show that the proposed algorithm can achieve higher convergence efficiency and solution accuracy, and compared with other common benchmark schemes, the system energy consumption can be reduced by 34.09%, 14.72%, and 6.86%, respectively.…”
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Investigating Thermal Comfort and User Behaviors in Outdoor Spaces: A Seasonal and Spatial Perspective by Kuo-Tsang Huang, Tzu-Ping Lin, Hsiao-Chi Lien

“…Compared to neutral temperatures, people demonstrated higher heat tolerance to the hot season. The results indicated that more than 75% of users preferred to remain in shaded areas and stayed longer than in the sunlight. …”
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