Encoding Static and Temporal Patterns with a Bidirectional Heteroassociative Memory by Sylvain Chartier, Mounir Boukadoum

“…This paper describes such a BAM, one that can encode patterns of real and binary values, perform multistep pattern recognition of variable-size time series and accomplish many-to-one associations. …”
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SMALLHOLDERS’ PRIORITIES IN FINANCING: MATHEMATICAL APPLICATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF A POST-TRANSITION ECONOMY by Ivana JANESKA STAMENKOVSKA, Ana SIMONOVSKA

“…Analyses of this kind, considering the bottom-up approach in valuing the smallholders’ opinions and needs of financing, are scarce in the practise, but they are very important in tailoring the financing offer and financial support measures in agriculture to the real needs of the smallholders.…”
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Presepsin as a sepsis biomarker by K. A. Trunova

“…The review includes 42 Russian-language and English-language  sources. Particular attention was paid to comparative studies on the role of presepsin and other bio-markers in the diagnosis of sepsis.Results. …”
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Quality of springs water and resistance profile of aerobic bacteria to antimicrobials under different land-use areas in the José Pereira River micro-basin (Itajubá – MG, Brazil)... by Rogério Melloni, Brenda Mayra Fernandes de Carvalho, Mariléia Andrade, Karina da Costa Sassi Bortoloti, Paulo Sérgio Marques

“…There was strong influence of season in microbial water quality, with higher average values for aerobic bacteria, Escherichia coli and total coliform bacteria for the rainy season. …”
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Pendekatan Muhasabah: Solusi Atasi Degradasi Moral Siswa Madrasah melalui Penilaian Sikap Sosial by Raikhan Raikhan

“…The research results show that consistent application of the muhasabah approach can increase students' self-awareness of moral values, improve social behavior, and reduce actions that conflict with religious and social norms. …”
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Confessional Model of Image of Person in Text of Old Believer Popular Print “Two roads — Two ways” by E. V. Bykova, О. M. Valova

“…The novelty of the research is due to the introduction of new sources into scientific circulation. The relevance of the work lies in the appeal to the modern processes of artistic creation in the Old Believer environment of chapel communities. …”
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Influence of Non-Price Factors of banks’ Activities on their Financial Results by V. D. Smirnov

“…The results of the study suggest areas for improvement for commercial banks in terms of the quality of values (non-price) offered to customers and approaches to understanding customer loyalty. …”
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LIGHTING ON UNREGULATED PEDESTRIAN CROSSING by S. N. Pavlov, Yu. V. Pavlova

“…The authors selected unregulated pedestrian crossings, which were the sources of accidents in dark period. The light level was measured using a Victor 1010A light meter. …”
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THE ROLE OF THE MULTINATIONAL JOINT TASK FORCE IN COUNTER INSURGENCY IN NORTH EASTERN NIGERIA: THE BOKO- HARAMINSURGENCY by ODO CHRISTOPHER UBA

“…The study recommends that good moral, values, religious education will serve as panaceas in controlling and bringing to an end religious insurgencies in the north eastern Nigeria and its environs. …”
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WebTephraCalc: a tephra fall volume estimation system using WebGIS and OGC web services by Joel Bandibas, Shinji Takarada

“…Mathematical models used to estimate tephra fall volume are based on the relationship between thickness and area of volcanic debris as these values change from the vent to the farthest distance covered by the deposit. …”
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Heritage-based Education 5.0: Zimbabwe’s decolonial approach to higher education by Evelyn Chiyevo Garwe

“…Departing from the traditional Education 3.0 banking model, which imposes Western-centric knowledge on passive students, this model recognizes and values students’ cultural heritage and community involvement as essential sources of learning and entrepreneurship. …”
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Strategy for developing human resources potential of Russian Railways by S. V. Lyukhanova, A. I. Solokhina

“…Reporting and forecasting materials of Russian Railways available in open Internet sources were used and analyzed when doing the research.…”
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“The Land That He Saw Looked Like a Paradise. It Was Not, He Knew”: Suburbia and the Maladjusted American Male in John Cheever’s Bullet Park by Harriet Poppy Stilley

“…Bullet Park may be read this way as not only critiquing the prevailing cultural view of suburbia as a pillar of postwar American security, stability, and social adjustment through its portrayal of a disturbing reality of insecurity, instability and maladjustment, but also as directly addressing the fractured principles of America’s traditional values and beliefs. Considering this late sixties text by Cheever as such, this essay hence works to highlight in what ways, and to what extent, the author’s portrayal of a disenchanted suburban ennui in Bullet Park treads the fault lines of laissez-faire capitalism, whilst furthermore succeeding in uncovering the sources of masculine dissatisfaction in their more true and underground origins.…”
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The Politics of Curriculum Implementation in Africa. by Ssempala, Fredrick, Namazzi, Winnifred Birabwa

“…The curriculum decisions made about teaching are not just about educational content, not about whose voices are heard, or whose knowledge is valued, but also how societies envision education. …”
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Climatic suitability and potential distribution of earleaf acacia and its candidate biological control agent Trichilogaster sp by Sara S. MacDonald, Emily J. Le Falchier, Lindsay P. Campbell, Ryan Zonneveld, Carey R. Minteer

“…Earleaf acacia occurrence data were sourced from surveys and databases and Trichilogaster sp. nov. occurrence data were sourced from native range surveys. …”
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Modern radiation-hygienic state of the territories of the Globus-4 and Gorizont-1 peaceful nuclear explosions in the Komi Republic by A. M. Biblin, K. V. Varfolomeeva, K. A. Sednev, S. A. Ivanov, V. S. Repin, A. G. Georgieva

“…The work provides an assessment of the radiation situation in terms of the main indicators: ambient dose equivalent rate, the content of anthropogenic radionuclides in soil, tritium in the water of water bodies and drinking water supply sources in the settlements nearest to the sites of the peaceful nuclear explosions. …”
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Patterns of nutrients and algal biomass in an intermittent Mediterranean river under intense human activity by Gabriela Córdoba-Ariza, Rafael Muñoz-Mas, Ramon J. Batalla, Josep Mas-Pla, Sergi Sabater

“…While TN and NO3- sources were diffuse, mainly agriculture, TP and PO43- levels were determined by the number of effluent point sources. …”
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A Two-Step Approach for Multi-Topology Identification and Parameter Estimation of Power Distribution Networks by Li Ma, Lei Wu, Nian Liu, Wei Pei

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Comparing the Efficiency of Sediment Rating Curve and ANN Models in Estimating River Bed-load by Jamal Mosaffaie, Amin Saleh pourjam, Mahmudreza Tabatabaei

“…Finally, the estimations of two models were compared with observed values using correlation coefficient and RMSE indices. …”
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The Impact of Chinese Foreign Direct Investment on US Industry by Baghirzade Manaf, Deniss Djakons, Daria Bilokon

“…It begins with the selection of twelve key industrial indicators – spanning labor, investment, innovation, and environmental impact – based on global FDI literature and sourced from reputable institutions. To ensure data comparability, missing values were imputed using ETS forecasting, and all variables were standardized through z-score normalization. …”
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