Intercultural Components in the Multimodal Structure of a Language Learning Website by Alejandro Fernández Benavides

“…This interpretative case study analyzes the semiotic structure of one lesson of the language learning website Livemocha in order to unveil the presence of intercultural elements in it. …”
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Investigation of the effect of cracks on the vibration processes in reinforced concrete structures by Igor Shardakov, Aleksey Shestakov, Roman Tsvetkov, Irina Glot

“…The validity of the mathematical model describing the propagation of vibrations in the reinforced concrete structures (RC structures) was verified by comparing the experimental and numerical data. …”
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Modeling of Regional Development Using a Structural Approach: Principles, Tools and Experience of Their Application by Yu. V. Vertakova, O. S. Prokopenko

“…To solve the priority task of the Russian Federation to ensure the effective socio-economic and sustainable development of the regions, it is necessary to carry out an adequate structural policy, the main purpose of which is to form a rational and balanced structure of the economy that can ensure the effective development of the region’s economy. …”
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Slope Protection Structures at Water Reservoirs in Belarus and Causes of their Deformations by V. E. Levkevich

“…Data of on-site investigations on protection have made it possible to assess the state of slope paving for various operational periods of retaining structures. …”
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Warming structure of the Kuroshio in the East China Sea since 1970 by Xiaoqian Li, Yuanlong Li, Kai Ge, Xiaohui Tang, Shouhua Liu, Shanliang Zhu

“…However, the vertical structure of the warming KC remains unclear. This study utilizes historical hydrographic observational data and ocean model experiments to investigate temperature changes of the KC in the East China Sea since 1970. …”
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Binary-Classification Physical Fractal Models in Different Coal Structures by Guangui Zou, Yuyan Che, Tailang Zhao, Yajun Yin, Suping Peng, Jiasheng She

“…After fitting with the measured attenuation data of partially saturated coal samples under variable confining pressures and variable temperature conditions, the results show that this model can effectively represent the attenuation characteristics of elastic wave propagation in coals with different coal structures. …”
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RADIOLOGY REPORT: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE by V. E. Sinitsyn, M. A. Komarova, E. A. Mershina

“…Although imaging modalities have undergone dramatic evolution over the past century, radiology reporting has remained largely static, in both content and structure. In recent years the necessity to create a structured reporting is widely discussed in the literature. …”
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Teaching the English Article System Using the Communicative/Structural Approach by Dounia SAADI

“…We will give a full account of the data obtained during the process of our research which seeks to examine the effectiveness of the Communicative/Structural Approach. …”
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How Have the CAP Reforms Contributed to Structural Development in Agriculture? by Kyösti Arovuori

“…Our analysis aims to reveal the impact of agricultural policy and policy reforms on the development of the defined target variable, given the general economic and structural development. The analysis is conducted as an econometric panel data analysis. …”
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The importance of structural or physical design to meet the compliance of artificial intelligence by Aleroev Muslim, Georgieva Maryana, Sokolov Vladislav

“…This paper explores the critical role of structural and physical design in maximizing the potential of AI, with a particular focus on mechanical engineering applications. …”
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Political Connections and Income Smoothing: Does Ownership Structure Matter? by Imanuela Wahyu Krisdina, Yeterina Nugrahanti

“…In addition, this study seeks to investigate whether ownership structure, as operationalized by institutional and managerial ownership, strengthens or weakens the relationship between political connections and income smoothing. …”
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Crack detection in beam-like structures by nonlinear harmonic identification by Paolo Casini, Fabrizio Vestroni, Oliviero Giannini

“…The dynamic behavior of beam-like structures with fatigue cracks forced by harmonic excitation is characterized by the appearance of sub and super-harmonics in the response even in presence of cracks with small depth. …”
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Ukrainian companies in Poland - conditions and structure of foreign direct investment by Glinkowska Beata

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Social Network Structure as a Factor of Success in Academic Performance by Kseniia S. Cherenkova, Ashot G. Mirzoyan

“…We analyze the peer effects in two compulsory subjects: Mathematical Analysis and Econometrics. Data on social network structure were collected through a survey. …”
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The Interplay Between Loss Functions and Structural Constraints in Dependency Parsing by Robin Kurtz, Marco Kuhlmann

“… Dependency parsing can be cast as a combinatorial optimization problem with the objective to find the highest-scoring graph, where edge scores are learnt from data. Several of the decoding algorithms that have been applied to this task employ structural restrictions on candidate solutions, such as the restriction to projective dependency trees in syntactic parsing, or the restriction to noncrossing graphs in semantic parsing. …”
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Durability Probabilistic Evaluation of RC Structures Subjected to Chloride Ion by Han Seung Lee, Mohamed Ismail, Mohd Warid Hussin

“…<p>Chloride attacks concrete structures becoming a primary factor that deteriorates the durability of concrete structures. …”
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Strength Analysis Modelling of Flexible Umbilical Members for Marine Structures by S. Sævik, J. K. Ø. Gjøsteen

“…Interaction between structural elements is handled by 2- and 3-noded contact elements based on a penalty parameter formulation. …”
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Factor structure of the CES-D in an impoverished African American sample by Youn-jeng Choi, Mitchell Porter, Sara Tomek

“…Thepresent study explores the factor structure in population sample consisting ofimpoverished African American parents (N=1,020), and the data werecollected from the Mobile Youth Study (MYS). …”
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CME Magnetic Structure and IMF Preconditioning Affecting SEP Transport by Erika Palmerio, Emilia K. J. Kilpua, Olivier Witasse, David Barnes, Beatriz Sánchez‐Cano, Andreas J. Weiss, Teresa Nieves‐Chinchilla, Christian Möstl, Lan K. Jian, Marilena Mierla, Andrei N. Zhukov, Jingnan Guo, Luciano Rodriguez, Patrick J. Lowrance, Alexey Isavnin, Lucile Turc, Yoshifumi Futaana, Mats Holmström

“…The evolution of CMEs, especially in terms of their magnetic structure, and the configuration of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) that influences the transport of SEPs are currently areas of active research. …”
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Matroidal Structure of Rough Sets Based on Serial and Transitive Relations by Yanfang Liu, William Zhu

“…In order to further study this matroidal structure, we investigate the inverse of this construction: inducing a relation by a matroid. …”
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