The Potential for a GPU-Like Overlay Architecture for FPGAs by Jeffrey Kingyens, J. Gregory Steffan

“…Through simulation of a system that (i) is programmable via NVIDIA's high-level Cg language, (ii) supports AMD's CTM r5xx GPU ISA, and (iii) is realizable on an XtremeData XD1000 FPGA-based accelerator system, we demonstrate the potential for such a system to achieve 100% utilization of a deeply pipelined floating-point datapath.…”
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Microplastic hotspots mapped across the Southern Ocean reveal areas of potential ecological impact by Aidan Hunter, Sally E. Thorpe, Arlie H. McCarthy, Clara Manno

“…This study is the first to map the threat of microplastics to the Southern Ocean ecosystem in a multi-stressor context, locating where microplastic monitoring programmes and mitigation measures may be considered a matter of urgency.…”
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Evaluating LEADER program support for local projects: insights from the Czech Republic and Hungary (2007–2013) by Adél Veselicz, Ondřej Konečný, János Pénzes, Csaba Patkós

“…The rural areas of the European Union are very multidimensiona, they have different social and economic problems. The LEADER programme tries to reflect on these issues and help rural areas by giving locals the ability to develop their environment according to their needs. …”
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Language Proficiency and Sonorant Devoicing in English Plosive-Sonorant Clusters by Klára Přečková, Pavel Šturm, Jan Volín

“…The study was created within the Charles University programme ‘Cooperatio’, scientific field Linguistics.…”
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Political economy of televangelism: by Keyan G Tomaselli

“…In the light of this perspective, in the first section below, we offer a political economy of televangelism Televangelism we define as exhortatory messages broadcast by nondemoninational preachers who finance their network and cable programmes by appeals to their viewers (Biernatzki 1991:1). …”
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BEYOND ENERGY: THE ROLE OF COLONIAL LEGACY IN THE EFFECT OF INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY ON RENEWABLE ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN WEST AFRICA by Musa Ilias Biala, Ololade Mistura Aromasodun

“…Policymakers and international organisations should consider the unique historical and institutional context of West African countries while designing renewable energy policies and programmes. …”
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Mentorship in undergraduate studies – building block for postgraduate success by Sindi Msimango

“…The need to improve access and throughput in higher education programmes in SA universities, especially in relation to the improvement of postgraduate and high-quality South African postgraduate publications continues to be a policy concern.  …”
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Here We Go Again by Kate Ngai

“…This article examines how individuals engage with scripted television programmes, focusing on fan behaviours associated with their fan objects. …”
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Le dialecte dans l’œuvre de Felix Mitterer by Delphine Choffat, Elisabeth Kargl

“…To do so, we rely on the translation of In der Löwengrube/Dans la fosse aux lions by Heinz Schwarzinger, alias Henri Christophe, as well as on the subtitling of the TV film Sommernachtsmord made by students of the APC and MCCI master programmes from the University of Nantes. We were able to show that in the case of Kein Platz für Idioten, a play with a universal resonance and written almost entirely in Tyrolean dialect, a transposition into a specific dialect is not necessary. …”
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FPGA-Jetson based hardware real-time co-simulation for smart grid by Tong DUAN, Venkata Dinavahi, Tianshi CHENG

“…Smart grid is a power-communication coupled cyber-physical power system (CPPS), where the two-domain coupling features make the real-time simulation difficult.Different from the existing software-based co-simulation methods, a FPGA-Jetson based real-time co-simulation platform for smart grid by leveraging the FPGA’'s programmable computation capability and Jetson’s real-time operating system was designed.The power system simulation was carried out on the FPGA board, the information communication system simulation was completed on Jetson platform, and the two-domain information interaction was simulated through the PCIe channel.By making full use of the computing and data transmission capabilities of each module, the real-time simulation of the combination of power grid and communication network was realized.Finally, the corresponding specific modeling and parameters were designed for the two representative smart grid scenarios: hybrid AC-DC transmission network and micro-grid, the validity and scalability of the proposed real-time co-simulation architecture were verified.…”
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Physical Activity Is Associated with Weight Loss and Increased Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Severely Obese Men and Women Undergoing Lifestyle Treatment by Eivind Aadland, Lesley Robertson

“…Thirty-five subjects (10 men, body mass index 43.2±5.1 kg/m2) who participated in a 10-month lifestyle treatment programme were included. The PA duration correlated only with weight change for men (r=-0.69, P=.027 versus r=-0.19, P=.372 for women). …”
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Die ondersteuning van okkulte-gerehabiliteerdes: 'n pastoraal-teologiese model vir die toerusting van fasiliteerders by B. M. J. de Beer, J. A. van den Berg

“…However, these specialists cannot assist the occultrehabilitee during the entire programme of orientation and reinstatement on account of their workload. …”
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From FPGA to Support Cloud to Cloud of FPGA: State of the Art by Rym Skhiri, Virginie Fresse, Jean Paul Jamont, Benoit Suffran, Jihene Malek

“…Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) draws a significant attention from both industry and academia by accelerating computationally expensive applications and achieving low power consumption. …”
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TOWARDS A SYSTEMIC CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT: A RESEARCH AGENDA FOR A FRAGMENTED INDUSTRY IN AFRICA by Williams Gyadu-Asiedu

“…The expected results is that improvements and developments programmes shall be focused on individual component parts whose interactions, if properly managed, will result in the development of the whole. …”
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Non-Volatile Reconfigurable Optical Digital Diffractive Neural Network Based on Phase Change Material by Qiaomu Hu, Jingyu Zhao, Chu Wu, Rui Zeng, Xiaobing Zhou, Shuang Zheng, Minming Zhang

“…Thanks to its reconfigurability and low energy supply, the digital optical diffractive neural network holds great potential to facilitate a programmable and low-power-consumption photonic processor for optical-artificial-intelligence.…”
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Physical activity to prevent older adult falls: an Aotearoa New Zealand approach by Lara Vlietstra, Katrina Pōtiki Bryant, Leigh Hale, Margaret Dando, Debra Waters

“…The world-renowned, home-based Otago Exercise Programme, the peer-led community-based Steady As You Go© and Aligned to Go, and Taurite Tū indigenous exercise program. …”
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Experience in Assessing Competencies in Self-Regulted Learning in Blended Learning Environments by S. M. Bakhisheva, G. B. Golub, A. M. Kemeshova, Z. G. Mukhtar, J. S. Kazhiakparova

“…The descriptors of competences characterising students’ appropriation of ways of activi-ty were formed; assessment tools have been developed in the form of practice-oriented tasks using the assessment methodology developed by the Samara branch of the RANEPA.The experiment was conducted with the participation of 51 students in the 1st year of the educational programme “Pedagogy and Psychology”. The results of the study allowed us to draw the following conclu-sions: students’ internal resources for regulating their own learning are general competences, which include the following aspects of activity: determining the request for information, extract-ing and primary processing (systematisation) of information, processing information, planning the learning process, evaluating the product and results of learning activities, evaluating and planning their own progression; methods and assessment tools are practice-oriented tasks.…”
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The impact of organisational culture as a context of interpersonal meaning on the management of organisational diversity by Charmain Dombai, Sonja Verwey

“…In an attempt to accelerate this process, companies are embarking on affirmative action and black empowerment programmes in order to develop previously disadvantaged groups and to assimilate these groups into existing organisation cultures. …”
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Prototyping high-fidelity multifunctional objects using single-nozzle multi-filament additive manufacturing system with active mixing by Teng Teng, Yefan Zhi, Masoud Akbarzadeh

“…First, we develop a Single-Nozzle Multi-Filament (SNMF) system equipped with active mixing to blend multiple filaments and deposit a programmable mixture. The system can also deposit gradient transitions between different materials within a single print. …”
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Prevalence of fasciola sp. infection in ruminants by M. Al Mamun, M. Jamal Uddin Bhuiyan, M. Ali Zinnah, M. Mahmudul Hassan, Mohammad Atikuzzaman, M. Bashir Uddin

“…<p> <b>Conclusion:</b> This result therefore calls for an improved disease control and adequate sanitation programme for ruminants.…”
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