A review of Returned and Services League venues operating electronic gambling machines in Victoria, Australia and the level of funding contributed to veterans by Louise Francis, Charles Livingstone, Jonathan Hallett

“…Objective: Globally, funding ‘good causes’ is a legitimation tactic for gambling operations. This research aimed to determine if an Australian system allowing tax concessions to not-for-profits (NFPs) meets its primary intention of funding community purpose. …”
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A Multi-Scale Self-Supervision Approach for Bearing Anomaly Detection Using Sensor Data Under Multiple Operating Conditions by Zhuoheng Dai, Lei Jiang, Feifan Li, Yingna Chen

“…Our model not only eliminates the reliance on negative samples found in mainstream unsupervised methods but also captures data features more comprehensively, achieving superior fault detection accuracy under different operating conditions compared to related methods. Experiments on the widely used CWRU multi-condition-bearing fault dataset demonstrate that our method achieves an average fault detection accuracy of 96.97%. …”
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Technical Systems Under Stress: New Lifespan Models and Calculation Methods by Mine Doğan, Mehmet Gürcan

“…Secondly, a new expected value operator is proposed. Thanks to this operator, the average working time under stress can be calculated easily without deforming the working time distribution. …”
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Engagement factors affect academic success through study approaches among physical education and sport university students: a mediation analysis by Amayra Tannoubi, Amayra Tannoubi, Tore Bonsaksen, Tore Bonsaksen, Gry Mørk, Farruh Ahmedov, Edi Setiawan, Fairouz Azaiez

“…All engagement dimensions appear to influence academic success among these students.ConclusionThe influence of emotional engagement on academic success appears in part to be operating through its effects on study approaches. …”
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Compressive sensing and DNA coding operation: Revolutionary approach to colour medical image compression‐encryption algorithm by Xianglian Xue, Haiyan Jin, Changjun Zhou

“…The results show that, with a compression ratio of 0.5, average PSNR = 42.7153 dB and average MSSIM = 0.9779, key space is 2202, average entropy = 7.9986 bits, average histogram variance = 509.53, and the correlation coefficients are close to 0. …”
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Impact of Three Gorges Reservoir Operation on Water Level at Jiujiang Station and Poyang Lake in the Yangtze River by Yun Wang, Shenglian Guo, Xin Xiang, Chenglong Li, Na Li

“…The results show that, after the TGR was put into operation in 2003, the water level changes at JJS mainly occurred during the impoundment period, the annual average storage of TGR was decreased 6.9 billion m³, and the annual average runoff volume at JJS was decreased 11.5 billion m³, which resulted in the average water levels at JJS being decreased 1.74 m and 2.11 m in September and October, respectively. …”
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DETERMINING OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY IN AQUACULTURE ENTERPRISE TO BOOST FISH PRODUCTION FOR IMPROVED FOOD SECURITY IN SOUTHWEST, NIGERIA by Olaniran Anthony THOMPSON, Taiwo Timothy AMOS, Lawrence Olusola OPARINDE, Olajumoke Olamiposi OMOSOWONE

“…The net profit margin ratio was 21.96%, the operating expense ratio was 72.76% and the fixed cost ratio was 5.29%. …”
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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF IMMEDIATE RESULTS OF REOPERATIVE CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY DEPENDING ON THE PROCEDURE OF OPERATIVE INTERVENTION by D. L. Yurchenko, D. O. Denisyuk, V. E. Sharafutdinov, A. M. Volkov, N. N. Yakovlev, A. A. Pajvin

“…The operations of coronary artery bypass surgery were performed in 52 patients over the period of time since June 2004 till November 2012. …”
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An analysis of operational efficiency and its influencing factors in traditional Chinese medicine hospitals in Shaanxi Province, China by Jieming Zhang, Yan Li, Huiyang Qu, Penggang Chen

“…Tobit regression indicated that the total number of visits, number of discharged patients, and bed occupancy rate positively influenced efficiency scores (p < 0.05), whereas number of employees and average length of stay had a negative impact (p < 0.05).ConclusionThe development of TCM hospitals in Shaanxi Province remains uneven, and overall operational efficiency is suboptimal. …”
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Study of Optimal Base Station Deployment for UAM Operations in an Urban Environment Based on a Genetic Algorithm by Minsang Yoon, Jiseok Park, Bosung Park, Taekyeong Jin, Hosung Choo

“…In this paper, we propose a method for determining the optimal base station deployment to establish a stable communication environment for urban air mobility (UAM) operation in urban areas. To realistically model the UAM operating environment, we utilize DEM files that include data on terrain and buildings. …”
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Improving Offshore Wind Speed Forecasting with a CRGWAA-Enhanced Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System by Yingjie Liu, Fahui Miao

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Piecewise affine modeling of parallel boost converter in a DC microgrid and its control application by utilizing a Linear Matrix Inequality approach by Wakhyu Dwiono, Bambang R. Trilaksono, Tri Desmana Rachmildha, Arwindra Rizqiawan

“…Each duty-cycle region represents a distinct operational mode of the system characterized by unique dynamic equations. …”
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APPLICATION OF PULSE-PERIODICAL MODE FOR IMPROVEMENT OF LASER TREATMENT EFFICIENCY by V. V. Apollonov, O. G. Devoino, A. S. Kalinichenko

“…High frequency P-P laser systems with high average power working in mode of Q-factor modulation allow to realize principally other mechanism of irradiation interaction with materials that is an ablation. …”
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Expansion Planning of Electrical Distribution Systems Considering Voltage Quality and Reliability Criteria by Marco Israel Zuñiga Villarreal, Alexander Aguila Téllez, Narayanan Krishnan, Marcelo García

“…For the initial year of the IEEE 15-bus system, enhancements were suggested for lines L1–L2, L2–L3, L3–L4, L2–L6, L3–L11, and L11–L12, which allowed the system to operate without further modifications for five years, maintained the minimum voltages above 0.95 p.u., and reduced the average failure rate while demand continued to grow.…”
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Flood Routing of Tigris River in Baiji Station and Makhoul Dam Reservoir under Supposed Operation of the Dam by Ghassan Shalan Nida Al-Shahry, Sabbar Abdullah Saleh

“… The digital elevation models (DEM) used for geometric analysis of the reservoir, as essential requirement  in the study of flood routing in the reservoir and in Baiji station on Tigris river, the volume of storage, volume of island, positive and negative planner area and surface areas, residual capacity, reservoir average depth, and average thickness of the island, were estimated, at each hypothetical level from 108-160 meters above sea level, the geometric elements of storage volume and residual capacity are used directly for flood routing. …”
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Femtosecond and Dual-Wavelength Picosecond Operations of Nd,La:SrF2 Disordered Crystal Laser by Zhipeng Qin, Zhen Qiao, Guoqiang Xie, Peng Yuan, Jingui Ma, Liejia Qian, Dapeng Jiang, Fengkai Ma, Fei Tang, Liangbi Su

“…In dual-wavelength picosecond operation, the laser generated synchronously mode-locked pulses with an average power of 500 mW and pulse duration of 9.9 ps. …”
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Optimal Study on Windproof Facilities Transition Section for Improving EMUs’ Operational Safety in Strong Wind Conditions by XU Jun, LIU Tanghong, LIANG Xifeng

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Decision methods based on Bonferroni mean operators and EDAS for the classifications of circular pythagorean fuzzy Meta-analysis by Weiwei Jiang, Zeeshan Ali, Muhammad Waqas, Peide Liu

“…Further, we present the evaluation technique based on distance from average solution (EDAS) technique and the proposed operators. …”
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Triband Operation Enhancement Based on Multimode Analytics of Modified Rhombic Ring Structure with Fractal Ring Parasitic by Chatree Mahatthanajatuphat, Thanakarn Suangun, Norakamon Wongsin, Prayoot Akkaraekthalin

“…The average gain of the antenna is about 2 dBi. Also, the radiation patterns are omnidirectional for all operating frequencies.…”
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Computational Overhead Across Prioritizing Bioinformatics Traffic Packet Operations by Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) by Ala Abdulsalam Alarood

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