HYBRID FIREFLY AND PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM FOR DESIGN OF NON-LINEAR CHANNEL EQUALIZER by Vundavalli Ravindra, Pradyumna Kumar Mohapatra, Ravi Narayan Panda, Saroja Kumar Rout

“…Artificial Neural Network (ANN) equalizers have indeed proven to be effective tools for mitigating Inter-Symbol Interference (ISI) resulting from distortions introduced by the channel. …”
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“Obese Equals Lazy?” Analysis of the Association between Weight Status and Physical Activity in Children by F. Kreuser, K. Kromeyer-Hauschild, A. Gollhofer, U. Korsten-Reck, K. Röttger

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Research of forming and sintering processes of copper powder blanks for equal channel angular pressing by S. A. Kotov, R. A. Parshikov, S. V. Ganin

“…Based on preliminary experiments, the masses and forming modes of rectangular blanks that were used for equal channel angular pressing were calculated. Equal channel angular pressing was performed for two samples parties obtained using different sintering modes. …”
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Cluster clinic model reduces travel distance to access care and improves access equality by K. Johnstone, S. Turner

“…Shortest drivable distance from home to clinic was calculated for all children in Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire. Equality of access was assessed using a Gini coefficient, with values closer to 0 representing better equality, and 1 representing worse equality. …”
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Construction of inherent geometric pattern for equal-area hexagonal discrete global grid systems by Fuli Luo, Tengfei Cui, Lei Wang, Zheng Wang, Shupeng Gao, Li Han

“…This paper introduces a geometric pattern quantification method for equal-area hexagonal DGGSs by calculating inter-level attribute similarities to identify a reference level, segmenting the spatial distribution image at this reference level, and fitting the boundaries of these sub-images to create iso-feature lines. …”
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Women elite Italian football players' perceptions on gender equality and dual career opportunities by Flavia Guidotti, Simone Ciaccioni, Simone Ciaccioni, Sabrina Demarie, Piersanto Colombo, Cristina López De Subijana, Elvira Padua, Laura Capranica

“…Furthermore, the translation of evidence-based information into further policy implementation towards gender mainstreaming and equal dual career paths in football should be envisioned.…”
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Impact of multidisciplinary team discrepancies on comparative lung cancer outcome analyses and treatment equality by Torben Riis Rasmussen, Anja Gouliaev, Erik Jakobsen, Karin Hjorthaug, Lene Unmack Larsen, Peter Meldgaard, Jesper Thygesen, Rana Bibi, Lars B. Møller, Arman Arshad, Birgitte Folkersen, Anette Højsgaard, Zaigham Saghir, Klaus R. Larsen, Jesper Ravn

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Equalizing the In-Ear Acoustic Response of Piezoelectric MEMS Loudspeakers Through Inverse Transducer Modeling by Oliviero Massi, Riccardo Giampiccolo, Alberto Bernardini

“…To mitigate these limitations, we present a model-based digital signal equalization approach that leverages a circuit equivalent model of the considered MEMS loudspeaker. …”
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Exploring New Pathways to Gender Equality in Education: Does Information and Communication Technology Matter? by Ayesha Qaisrani, Ather Maqsood Ahmed

“… Through the use of the System Generalized Method of Moments Technique, this study aims to establish links between Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), gender equality in education and economic growth, for segregated levels of education. …”
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Truncation error bounds for branched continued fraction whose partial denominators are equal to unity by R. I. Dmytryshyn, T. M. Antonova

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A Comparative Study of Syrian Immigrants in Gender Equality Discourse and Integration in the UK and Sweden by Dias Pabyantara Swandita Mahayasa, Salma Kinanti Buldhani

“…This research uses a comparative method to analyze the gender equality discourse and integration experiences of Syrian refugees in the UK and Sweden. …”
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Asymmetric Optical Image Encryption With Silhouette Removal Using Interference and Equal Modulus Decomposition by Guangyu Luan, Aichuan Li, Zhengguang Chen, Caojun Huang

“…Numerical simulations were used to verify the validity and security of our proposed method.…”
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Golok-Golok Menthok: Exploring The Relationship of Religion and Culture in Transmitting Gender Equality Values by Jihan Avie Yusrina, Nujumun Niswah, Rubai Rubai

“…The method used is a descriptive qualitative approach. …”
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A field research on the effect of consumer sensitivity to equality in gender roles on their involvement in advertisements by Melis Gey, Cihan Becan

“…Furthermore, participants believed that the message conveyed in the ad could be beneficial in terms of gender equality sensitivity, but they also critically examined equality in household gender roles presented in the advertisement.…”
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Toward Interfaith Equality in Islamic Inheritance Law: Discourse and Renewal of Judicial Practice in Indonesia by Riyanta, Agus Moh. Najib, Ahmad Bahiej, Mohammad Bachrul Falah

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Enhanced nonlinear equalization for OFDM systems in IoT-based intelligent transportation using CGLS algorithms by Jafar Ababneh, Hani Attar, Zakaria Che Muda, Ilhami Colak, Mohanad A. Deif, Samir Bendoukha, Ahmed Solyman

“…This paper proposes a practical nonlinear equalization framework based on the conjugate gradient least squares (CGLS) method to tackle this problem. …”
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Superpixel Technique Enabled Spatial Phase Modulation Equalization for Power-Efficient Vortex Beam Generation by Ruhao Zhao, Junpeng Zheng, Cong Zhang, Meng Xiang, Gai Zhou, Yi Xu, Yuwen Qin, Songnian Fu

“…Here, we propose a superpixel method that consists of 2 × 2 adjacent pixels to equalize the imperfect SPM response, when the bias voltage is insufficient. …”
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Few-Mode Erbium-Doped Fiber with Three-Layer Center-Recessed Doping for Gain Equalization by Shengchen Bao, Yu Cheng, Yi Tang, Ming Chen, Shijie Deng, Libo Yuan

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Enabling Equalization and Soft Decision by k-Means for VCSEL-Based PAM-4 Optical Interconnection by Lin Sun, Jiangbing Du, Ke Xu, Bo Liu, Zuyuan He

“…Consequently, by using proposed k-means equalization and SD, improved signaling performance can be obtained by mitigating the level nonlinearity and level-dependent noise. …”
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