Leveraging Local Community Capacities for Sustainable Security: A Case Study of the Border Villages in Darmiyan and Sarbisheh Counties by Javad Mikaniki

“…Based on the results, it is suggested that in addition to prioritizing native and local values and strengthening effective social institutions (e.g., Dispute Resolution Council), attention should be paid to people with social influence. …”
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Observations of Microlensed Images with Dual-field Interferometry: On-sky Demonstration and Prospects by Przemek Mróz, Subo Dong, Antoine Mérand, Jinyi Shangguan, Julien Woillez, Andrew Gould, Andrzej Udalski, Frank Eisenhauer, Yoon-Hyun Ryu, Zexuan Wu, Zhuokai Liu, Hongjing Yang, —, Guillaume Bourdarot, Denis Defrère, Antonia Drescher, Maximilian Fabricius, Paulo Garcia, Reinhard Genzel, Stefan Gillessen, Sebastian F. Hönig, Laura Kreidberg, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Dieter Lutz, Florentin Millour, Thomas Ott, Thibaut Paumard, Jonas Sauter, T. Taro Shimizu, Christian Straubmeier, Matthias Subroweit, Felix Widmann, (The GRAVITY+ Collaboration), Michał K. Szymański, Igor Soszyński, Paweł Pietrukowicz, Szymon Kozłowski, Radosław Poleski, Jan Skowron, Krzysztof Ulaczyk, Mariusz Gromadzki, Krzysztof Rybicki, Patryk Iwanek, Marcin Wrona, Mateusz J. Mróz, (The OGLE Collaboration), Michael D. Albrow, Sun-Ju Chung, Cheongho Han, Kyu-Ha Hwang, Youn Kil Jung, In-Gu Shin, Yossi Shvartzvald, Jennifer C. Yee, Weicheng Zang, Sang-Mok Cha, Dong-Jin Kim, Seung-Lee Kim, Chung-Uk Lee, Dong-Joo Lee, Yongseok Lee, Byeong-Gon Park, Richard W. Pogge, (KMTNet Collaboration)

“…Interferometric observations of gravitational microlensing events offer an opportunity for precise, efficient, and direct mass and distance measurements of lensing objects, especially those of isolated neutron stars and black holes. …”
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U.S.-UK Voting Cohesion in the United Nations General Assembly: Important Votes (2001–2019) by A. O. Mamedova

“…-UK voting cohesion on important resolutions was relatively high. Nevertheless, under Republicans George W. …”
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The new information about the seizure of church valuables from the Peter and Paul Court Cathedral in Peterhof in 1917. Items search perspective by Zelenyanskaya, Yulia V.

“…The study of issues of redistribution of museum objects between different institutions of the People’s Commissariat of Education of the RSFSR as well as the transfer of unique objects of “luxury and antiquity” in 1920s to the State Museum Fund, State Repository of Valuables and Antique Export Fund revealed new data on the requisition of unique objects from the range Peterhof churches. …”
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The Analysis of Conformity of Proliferation Security Initiative Rules with International Law by Mehdi Hatami

“…The finding of this article is that regardless of the justifications and support formed by this initiative, such an arrangement cannot be considered in conformity with treaty law and customary international law as well as the Security Council resolutions. The Proliferation Security Initiative is an illegal arrangement worthy of persistent objection, non-recognition and tries to prevent it from becoming the customary rule of international law.…”
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Quand l’air reprend son souffle by Zoé Brioude

“…Things and bodies can release ecstasies, to form what Böhme called aesthetic atmospheres. Neither objective nor subjective, they blur the boundaries between subjects and objects, actors and acted, and open up a new materialism that resolutely takes the side of matter against economical and anthropocentric materialism in the context of the ecological crisis. …”
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L’intervention développementale comme outil d’expansion de l’activité d’animation d’ateliers de slam de poésie by Élodie Géas, Vincent Grosstephan, Stéphane Brau-Antony

“…Developmental interventions represent an alternative form of research that is resolutely activist and interventionist, supporting the efforts of actors to reconceptualize and transform their activity, thus questioning their respective places. …”
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Multibranch semantic image segmentation model based on edge optimization and category perception. by Zhuolin Yang, Zhen Cao, Jianfang Cao, Zhiqiang Chen, Cunhe Peng

“…This may cause some effective information to be mistaken for redundant information and discarded, which in turn causes object segmentation confusion. As a convolutional layer deepens, the loss of spatial detail information makes the segmentation effect achieved at the object boundary insufficiently accurate. …”
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DeBo: Contrast enhancement for image registration using binary differential evolution and bat optimization. by Muhammad Adeel Akram, Tallha Akram, Umer Javed, Muhammad Rafiq, Mehvish Naz, Di He

“…The image registration process relies on the identification of numerous reliable features; thus, low resolutions, poor lighting conditions, and low image contrast substantially diminish the number of dependable features available for registration. …”
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Vidas no sufoco nos transportes na pandemia: um App de mapeamento colaborativo para alerta de lotação na Região Metropolitana de São Paulo (RMSP) by Ricardo Barbosa da Silva

“…Documentary analysis was also used, based on the decrees and resolutions related to the public management of the pandemic. …”
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Development of particle flow algorithm with GNN for Higgs factories by Murata Tatsuki, Suehara Taikan

“…Various detector concepts are designed to maximize the effect of particle flow to be able to separate each particles inside jets and improve the resolutions. For the standard particle flow algorithm, PandoraPFA is used for long in ILC studies. …”
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Die kerkorde van die Ned. Geref. Kerk: uitgangspunte ten opsigte van Skrif, belydenis en kerkorde by P. J. Strauss

“…The Scriptures are regarded as the objective Word of God. With regard to the confessions, quia does not necessarily mean that one supports every reference or remark, but it indicates that the doctrine it confesses and formulates is according to the Scriptures. …”
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Safety and Efficacy of Second-Generation Drug-Eluting Stents in Real-World Practice: Insights from the Multicenter Grand-DES Registry by You-Jeong Ki, Kyung Woo Park, Jeehoon Kang, Chee-Hoon Kim, Jung-Kyu Han, Han-Mo Yang, Hyun-Jae Kang, Bon-Kwon Koo, Hyo-Soo Kim

“…Objective. In this study, we sought to compare the efficacy and safety of the Xience Prime/Xience V/Promus EES and Biomatrix/Biomatrix Flex/Nobori BES with resolute integrity/resolute ZES using the grand drug-eluting stent (Grand-DES) registry. …”
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Similarity and quality metrics for MR image-to-image translation by Melanie Dohmen, Mark A. Klemens, Ivo M. Baltruschat, Tuan Truong, Matthias Lenga

“…Abstract Image-to-image translation can create large impact in medical imaging, as images can be synthetically transformed to other modalities, sequence types, higher resolutions or lower noise levels. To ensure patient safety, these methods should be validated by human readers, which requires a considerable amount of time and costs. …”
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Comparative Analysis of CBCT vs Intraoral Radiography for Interproximal Caries Detection: A Prospective Diagnostic Study by S. Ganesan, Kavitha Ramachandran, Nagaland Tirupati, Arishah Gulzar, H. Cyril Benedict, P. Sai Archana

“…Background: Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) and intraoral radiography are important imaging modalities for detecting interproximal caries, but their comparative diagnostic accuracy is not well established. Objective: This prospective clinical study aimed to compare the diagnostic accuracy of CBCT and intraoral radiography in detecting interproximal caries. …”
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SMART AGENT-BASED FRAMEWORK FOR MULTIPLE SIMULTANEOUS BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS TO SUPPORT BUSINESS PROCESSES by Adina-Georgeta CREȚAN

“…Negotiation serves as a means for all microgrids within the collaborative network to reach mutually acceptable resolutions. The paper presents a negotiation approach wherein intelligent agents assess and modify offers and counteroffers, supported by a communication protocol among these agents.…”
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Relationships that promote and threaten family hope during pregnancy and care for high-risk newborns by Bruna Camargos de Lima Ramos, Renata de Oliveira Costa, Lucila Castanheira Nascimento, Patrícia Pinto Braga

“…ABSTRACT Objective: To understand the relationships that promote and threaten family hope during pregnancy and in the care of high-risk newborns. …”
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Designing a Web Page to Improve Tutors’ Role in Nursing Students Formation by Juan Carlos Alvarado Peruyero, Zulema Bos Rodríguez, Nancy Ester Sosa Botana, Lourdes Montenegro Arias, Ariel Barceló Bos

“…In this model, tutors play a key role, but their preparation to work with undergraduate nursing students is often insufficient. <strong>Objective: </strong>To design a web page containing the necessary information to improve tutors’ role in their work with undergraduate nursing students. …”
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The Galaxy Activity, Torus, and Outflow Survey (GATOS). VII. The 20–214 μm Imaging Atlas of Active Galactic Nuclei Using SOFIA by Lindsay Fuller, Enrique Lopez-Rodriguez, Ismael García-Bernete, Cristina Ramos Almeida, Almudena Alonso-Herrero, Chris Packham, Lulu Zhang, Mason Leist, Nancy A. Levenson, Masatoshi Imanishi, Sebastian Hoenig, Marko Stalevski, Claudio Ricci, Erin Hicks, Enrica Bellocchi, Francoise Combes, Ric Davies, Santiago García Burillo, Omaira González Martín, Takuma Izumi, Alvaro Labiano, Miguel Pereira Santaella, Dimitra Rigopoulou, David Rosario, Daniel Rouan, Taro Shimizu, Martin Ward

“…We provide the total fluxes of our sample using aperture photometry for point-source objects and a 2D Gaussian fitting for objects with extended host galaxy emission, which was used to estimate the unresolved nuclear component. …”
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Challenges and Opportunities in Fog Computing Scheduling: A Literature Review by Wu Chia Chuan, Shams Ul Arfeen Laghari, Selvakumar Manickam, Erum Ashraf, Shankar Karuppayah

“…The integration of the Internet of Things (IoT) has significantly transformed the way physical objects communicate, facilitating a wide range of applications. …”
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