Wire on Covers by Gordana Čupković

“…The examples are categorized according to the distinct semantic characteristics of acting on the body and enclosing space, and the presented research model confirms that the pronounced artistic and critical functionality of the motif of barbed wire lies precisely in the potential of establishing an antithesis that is simultaneously also an element of the satirical dialectic and the source of metaphoric interpretations. Keywords: barbed wire, satire, symbol, conceptual metaphor, semanticsWriting a summary for the history of barbed wire, from the prairies and war trenches to concentration camps, Razac (2009) stops at the control points of contemporary urbanism, where virtual surveillance is implemented through a sophisticated selection of social characteristics, implying a gradual but complete transformation of physical wire into a collection of virtual nodes. …”
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Student support and motivation in online learning: evidence from pilot online course implementation by Rasa Tamulienė, Alina Liepinaitienė, Edvinas Ignatavičius

“… Teaching and learning in a virtual environment bring many changes in the implementation of study content. …”
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Verification of the Dose Reduction Effect via Diluted Injection in Dual-Energy Computed Tomography Using a Human Blood Flow Phantom by Hironobu Tomita, Koichi Shibata

“…We sought to examine the possibility of reducing the contrast medium dosage in dual-energy imaging using a saline-mixed injection with a virtual monochromatic energy method of dual-source computed tomography (CT). …”
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Industry 4.0: digital twins characteristics, applications, and challenges in-built environments by Heni Zribi, Taycir Ben Abid, Abdelkarim Elloumi, Yasmina Hani, Besma Bechir Graba, Aderrahman Elmhamedi

“…The emergence of Digital Twins (DT) represents a significant technological innovation aimed at enhancing the design, construction, and operation of built assets. DT are virtual representations of physical objects, allowing an effective management across various stages within the construction and infrastructure sectors. …”
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Numerical Simulation on Self-Propulsion Characteristics of Bionic Flexible Foil Considering Ground Wall Effect by Yongcheng Li, Nan Zhang, Xinyuan Tang, Ziying Pan, Pengfei Xu

“…A virtual model of NACA0015 foil undergoing travelling wavy motion was adopted, and the research object included 2D and 3D models. …”
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Oxygen Depletion in Lake Waters May Skew brGDGT‐Inferred Temperatures by More Than 10°C by Jonathan H. Raberg, Gregory A. deWet, Áslaug Geirsdóttir, Julio Sepúlveda, Gifford H. Miller

“…These observations highlight a large and hitherto unquantified source of uncertainty in brGDGT‐based paleotemperature reconstructions and underscore the need for further research.…”
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Real-time perception and intelligent early warning technology for power grid control operations based on multi-dimensional data fusion by Wei Li, Chao Hu, Bo Zhou, Weibo Peng

“…Abstract With the increasing complexity of power grid regulation scenarios, traditional monitoring systems rely on a single data source and cannot fully reflect the real-time status of the power grid, resulting in delayed fault detection and response. …”
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Rational Design for Improving the Thermostability of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Nicotinamide Riboside Kinase 1 by WANG Yao, SHEN Taisong, LI Sichen, SHI Hongling, YAO Lunguang, TANG Cunduo

“…In order to improve the thermal stability of nicotinamide riboside kinase 1 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (ScNRK1), six single-point mutants of ScNRK1 were virtually designed using computer-aided technology, and their expression using site-directed mutagenesis and enzymatic characterization were carried out. …”
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An Investigation on the Mechanical Characteristics of Railway Locomotive Axle Box Bearings with Sensor-Embedded Slots by Longkai Wang, Can Hu, Lin Hu, Fengyuan Liu, Hongbin Tang

“…The intelligent bearing with an embedded sensor is a key technology to realize the running state monitoring of railway locomotive axle box bearings at the source end. To investigate the mechanical properties of axle box bearings with embedded sensor slots, based on nonlinear Hertzian contact theory and the bearing fatigue life theory, a mechanical equivalent analysis model with a virtual mandrel is established for double-row tapered roller bearings used in axle boxes with sensor-embedded slots, which integrally considers the effects of external forces. …”
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Service-Oriented Radio Architecture: A Novel M2M Network Architecture for Cognitive Radio Systems by Xu Dong, Shengqun Wei, Ying Li, Lifeng Wang, Lin Bai

“…Furthermore, an SORA-based cognitive radio testbed is implemented, where the standard web service technologies and open source software tools are used to support the characteristics of SORA.…”
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Boosting fast ignition heating through interaction between ultrahigh-contrast heating lasers and a cone-shaped target by Ryunosuke Takizawa, Alessio Morace, Yuki Abe, Yasunobu Arikawa, Baojun Zhu, Hiroki Morita, Zechen Lan, Jinyuan Dun, Takumi Tsuido, Yuga Karaki, Hiroki Matsubara, King Fai Farley Law, Chang Liu, Kazuki Matsuo, Akifumi Yogo, Akifumi Iwamoto, Hideo Nagatomo, Tomoyuki Johzaki, Mitsuo Nakai, Hiroyuki Shiraga, Ryosuke Kodama, Yasuhiko Sentoku, Shinsuke Fujioka

“…In pursuing a carbon-neutral society, inertial fusion energy is a pivotal technology, offering a sustainable and virtually limitless energy source. Enhancing plasma heating efficiency is crucial for inertial fusion energy, following the ignition success using the laser-indirect-drive central-ignition approach at the U.S. …”
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Study on the Impact of Drainage Noise in Residential Bathrooms Based on Finite Element Simulation by Yaping WANG, Xin DENG, Bingyuan CHI, Yanqiu CUI

“…Residential bathroom drainage noise is a primary source of indoor noise that directly affects quality of life and physical and mental health. …”
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Towards an Automated Computational Workflow to Assess Primary Stability in Total Hip Arthroplasty by Massimiliano Mercuri, Enrico Toccaceli, Xiaoshu Sun, Giuseppe Marongiu, Marco Viceconti, Antonino Amedeo La Mattina, Cristina Curreli

“…The pipeline is demonstrated using data from the open-source HFValid collection and a commercial implant. …”
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TV-Therapy: A Preliminary Theoretical Framework by MASTNAK WOLFGANG

“…On the basis of a random sample of qualitative data and meta-synthetic construction, the present article suggests a preliminary eight-dimensional theoretical framework of TV-therapy: (i) identity fusion and introjection, (ii) parallel worlds and escapism, (iii) subliminal mirroring and self-exploration, (iv) biographical work and self-integration, (v) therapeutic transference and creative coping, (vi) self-administration and self-regulation, (vii) social adjustment and virtual networking and (viii) TV as a source of topics and an incentive for people to communicate. …”
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Factors Shaping Exports of Cultural Goods from Pakistan by SABA SALIM, ZAFAR MAHMOOD

“…It has become an emerging and transformative force behind socio-cultural-economic development and an important source of inclusive growth. Once virtually unlocked, trade in cultural goods is now fast growing with world-wide market openings. …”
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Abu Ubaid’s Perspectives And The Dynamics Of Digital Currency In Modern Islamic Economics by Nadiyah Mu’adzah, Dedy Rachmad, Aam Slamet Rusydiana

“…This research uses secondary data from scientific journal articles published in 2017-2023. The data source in this research was obtained from the Dimension database. …”
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Digital twin-driven management strategies for logistics transportation systems by Junfeng Li, Jianyu Wang

“…Specifically, the proposed method leverages DT to integrate multi-source heterogeneous data and establishes a digital model of unmanned vehicles. …”
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Blast Pressure Simulation of a Suicide Vest Attack by Assal Hussein, Paul Heyliger

“…The current study utilizes a coupled Eulerian-lagrangian (CEL) approach in ABAQUS to numerically simulate blast wave propagation generated from a suicide bombing in free-air. A virtual scene of targeted area is proposed to assess the lethality of a fully vented burst. …”
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La Grande guerre qui n’a pas eu lieu – agir au futur dans l’historiographie by Albert Schirrmeister

“…The journal holds several temporal perspectives: One present for every day, who is expanded to a perspective of a short-time past but also to a future, formulating expectations – and finally a reflexive perspective, virtually out of all temporality.The second source, the « décade contenant la vie et les gestes de Henry le Grand, Roy de France et de Navarre IIII du nom » of Jean-Baptiste Legrain is a semi-official historiography. …”
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Research on Noise Control of Monitoring Room in Track Engineering Vehicle by FU Liang, ZHA Guotao, YAN Meng, HE Caichun, GUO Fulin

“…Sound insulation performance simulation model of the partition wall is established in LMS Virtual Lab and the corresponding increase of A-weighted sound insulation of partition wall is calculated as the thicknesses of light wall panel, sound-absorbing cotton, damping sheet and steel plate are increased respectively. …”
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