Oikeion, Agathon, and Archaia Phusis in Plato’s Symposium by Crüwell, HS

“…I argue that this interpretation of Diotima’s response to Aristophanes, which would render her position an ethical anomaly in Plato’s dialogues, should be rejected. …”

Jaya algorithm hybridized with extreme gradient boosting to predict the corrosion-induced mass loss of agro-waste based monolithic and Ni-reinforced porous alumina by Dele-Afolabi, T.T., Jung, D.W., Ahmadipour, Masoud, Azmah Hanim, M.A., Adeleke, A.O., Kandasamy, M., Gunnasegaran, Prem

“…The precision that can be obtained by modifying hyper-parameters with the Jaya method, combined with the well-known accuracy of XGBoost, renders the proposed model novel.…”
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Progress in prediction of photocatalytic CO2 reduction using machine learning approach: A mini review by Ali, Md Mohshin, Hossen, Md. Arif, Azrina, Abd Aziz

“…However, the traditional trial-and-error approach renders the process costly, time-intensive, and challenging to understand the comprehension of the underlying mechanisms governing reaction pathways, complicating the discovery of groundbreaking photocatalysts with improved performance for photocatalytic CO2 reduction (PC-CO2R). …”
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Envisioning Water: Sustainability and Future-Making in Dubai and Los Angeles by Christidi, Nadia

“…Second, I consider how these interests, forces, and effects emerge from and get mediated through entrenched structures like bureaucratic systems, accumulation regimes, and sunken investments, which produce a stickiness to infrastructures and infrastructural visions that renders change challenging, slow, and incremental. …”
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Cation-conduction dominated hydrogels for durable zinc–iodine batteries by Yang, Jin-Lin, Xiao, Tuo, Xiao, Tao, Li, Jia, Yu, Zehua, Liu, Kang, Yang, Peihua, Fan, Hong Jin

“…This all-round electrolyte design renders zinc-iodine batteries with high reversibility, low self-discharge, and long lifespan.…”
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Optimization of Financial Indicators in Shale-Gas Wells Combining Numerical Decline Curve Analysis and Economic Data Analysis by Soage, Andres, Juanes, Ruben, Colominas, Ignasi, Cueto-Felgueroso, Luis

“…We shed light on the rational origin of this phenomenon: while shale formations are abundant, areas prone to having a multi-parameter combination that renders the well profitable are less common.…”
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Evolutionary explanations and the debunking of moral beliefs by Cofnas, N

“…With power, a ruler can impose beliefs or practices on a whole population by diktat, rendering all of the forces represented in cultural evolutionary models irrelevant. …”

Data-driven forward and inverse analysis of two-dimensional soil consolidation using physics-informed neural network by Wang, Yu, Shi, Chao, Shi, Jiangwei, Lu, Hu

“…More importantly, PINN renders an efficient identification of unknown governing parameters from limited measurements with quantified statistical uncertainty, which diminishes as measurement data increase. …”
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Quantum scale biomimicry of low dimensional growth : an unusual complex amorphous precursor route to TiO2 band confinement by shape adaptive biopolymer-like flexibility for energy... by Choi, Dahyun, Sonkaria, Sanjiv, Fox, Stephen John, Poudel, Shivraj, Kim, Sung-yong, Kang, Suhee, Kim, Seheon, Verma, Chandra, Ahn, Sung Hoon, Lee, Caroline Sunyong, Khare, Varsha

“…The relative ease in adaptability of non-equilibrium phases renders host structures more shape compliant to congruent guests increasing the possibility of geometrical confinement. …”
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Robust optimal operation of future power systems under uncertainties by Lahanda Purage Mohasha Isuru Sampath

“…The proposed decomposition approach renders network security evaluations into standard OPF problems. …”
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Electrospun carbon-silica composite nanofibers for selective removal of oil and water by Tai, Ming Hang

“…The hierarchical TiO2 micro/nanostructure that grows on the surface of CNFs renders the membrane superhydrophilic and underwater superoleophobic. …”
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Aqueous-only exfoliation of pristine graphite to graphene : towards sustainable, multifunctional polymer nanocomposites by Seyed Ismail Seyed Shahabadi

“…The combination of self-healing and UV-stability renders these films highly durable. In the second work, graphene was used to produce multi-functional sensors. …”
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Studies of insulin transport across intestinal epithelium using nano-encapsulation for oral delivery by Zhang, Yiming

“…However, the nature of the protein renders huge difficulties as it attempt to overcome the defensive barriers of the body. …”
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Physical layer algorithms and architectures for accurate detection and classification in cognitive radios by Narendar Madhavan

“…The advent of new wireless communication services renders the electromagnetic spectrum congested. This congestion, coupled with rigid allocation of spectrum to the new wireless systems, leads to inefficient spectrum utilization and causes an apparent spectrum scarcity. …”
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Pulsed laser scan methodology for single event effect (SEE) qualification by Chua, Chung Tah

“…In overall, this proposed methodology has shown the potential to support radiation testing, especially in Singapore where limited land area renders particle accelerators as an impractical method of test. …”
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Deception in the Cotswolds / by Tope, Rebecca, author 647154

“…"In the wake of a series of unfortunate house-sitting experiences in the Cotswolds, Thea Osborne, accompanied by her spaniel Hepzibah, is perhaps optimistic about the English summertime and the possibilities of her latest assignment-house-sitting for transatlantic reptile breeder Harriet Young. Despite the ease with which Thea's new assignment in the secluded village of Cranham begins, she soon finds a dark side to the characters she encounters. …”

Voltage and frequency stability enhancement with an automatic voltage regulator and power system stabilizer in a ring-structured power system post generator loss by Zetty Adibah, Kamaruzzaman, Nur Zahirah, Mohd Ali, Ahmad Syahiman, Mohd Shah

“…Generator loss resulting from failures and inadequate circuit breaker response time can lead to uncontrolled oscillations and possibly system instability. …”
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Design and development of an online platform for peer tutorial scheme by Heng, Nadine Nyi Zheng

“…Tertiary institutions like Nanyang Technological University (NTU) were no exception. During the Circuit Breaker period, students were not allowed to go to school. …”
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Protection circuit design of wireless power transfer systems by Sim, Jia Ee

“…However, fault protection is need in any electrical system such as circuit breaker. In this Thesis, we study the protection method of using duty cycle of the inverter MOSFET to control the power supply of the WPT system…”
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Currency and conflict in colonial Nigeria by Pratten, D