A blockchain based federated learning for message dissemination in vehicular networks by Ayaz, Ferheen, Sheng, Zhengguo, Tian, Daxin, Guan, Yong Liang

“…It also outperforms other blockchain approaches in reducing 65.2% of time delay in consensus, improving at least 8.2% message delivery rate and preserving privacy of neighbor vehicle more efficiently. …”
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Dōgen’s “Leaving Home Life” (Shukke 出家) : a study of aesthetic experience and growth in John Dewey and Dōgen by Bender, Jacob

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Meeting the innovation challenge : leadership for transformation and growth / by 428723 Isaksen, Scott G., Tidd, Joseph, 1960- 259143

High capacity cathode materials for lithium ion batteries by Li, Jindan.

“…Based on the scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and charge-discharge curve the working performance can be obtained and some adjustments on the parameters were carried out. Last but not least, suggestions will be given in the last part of report to further improve the production and performance of the resulting mixture.…”
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Genetic relatedness of Candida strains isolated from women with vaginal candidiasis in Malaysia by Chong, Pei Pei, Lee, Yee Lean, Tan, Boon Chong, Ng, Kee Peng

“…Six yeast species were detected: Candida albicans, Candida glabrata, Candida lusitaniae, Candida famata, Candida krusei and Candida parapsilosis. …”

Exploring microbial diversity in green honey from Pulau Banggi Sabah: a preliminary study by Rajindran, Nanthini, Abdul Wahab, Roswanira, Nurul Huda, Nurul Huda, Oyewusi, Habeebat Adekilekun, Ida Bagus Wayan Gunam, Ida Bagus Wayan Gunam, Mohd. Shariff, Amir Husni, Ismail, Norjihada Izzah, Huyop, Fahrul

“…Molds were only detected in raw green honey, while osmophilic yeast counts were higher in raw green honey (16000 ± 0.03 cfu/g) compared to processed green honey (120 ± 0.02 cfu/g). …”
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Is there an Islamic problem? : essays on Islamicate societies, the US, and Israel / by Alam, M. Shahid (Mohammad Shahid), 1950- 193141

Green concrete incorporating local waste material by Kok, Pooi Yee.

“…In this project, another recycled material, Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBS) to substitute certain percentage of cement. 80% GGBS was mixed with varies size and proportion of RCF was designed and properties tested according to varies tests. …”
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Profiting from prestige: the political economy of mega-events in Azerbaijan by Laporte, J

“…Focusing on the development of Azerbaijan’s events industry in the 2000s and 2010s, the article uses available evidence and process tracing techniques to develop the hypothesis that Azerbaijan’s elites sought out hosting rights, at least in part, to diversify their sources of private rents. …”

Chen Wen Hsi: more than Chinese painting by Lee, Ju-Lyn

“…These are followed by findings on his other involvements in exhibitionary activities, such as being part of selection panels for exhibitions, with focus on a 1976 exhibition he “organised” and “hosted”, and the two galleries he owned. …”
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'Women in an extraordinary time': the transnational network and educational spaces of the Canadian Eiwa Girls' mission schools in 1920s and 1930s Japan by Dugal, A

“…The students, graduates, missionaries, and Japanese educators of these three institutions were physically and intellectually part of a transnational network of Christian women and organizations in 1920s and 1930s Japan. …”

The sound of metal: amateur brass bands in southern Benin by Hoh, LM

“…<p>This thesis contributes an empirically informed understanding of postcolonial experience and musical expression in West Africa through an ethnographic study of amateur brass bands (<em>fanfares</em>) in the Republic of Benin. …”

Lions select larger prey in a Central African protected area with increasingly effective management by Fraticelli, C, Zayed, AA, Leirs, H, Bauer, H

“…Scarcity of large prey in many West and Central African ecosystems has been described as leading to a preference for hunting smaller prey in smaller groups. …”

Joint client-and-sample selection for federated learning via bi-level optimization by Li, Anran, Wang, Guangjing, Hu, Ming, Sun, Jianfei, Zhang, Lan, Tuan, Luu Anh, Yu, Han

“…Extensive experiments comparison against eight state-of-the-art baselines on six real-world datasets in the presence of data noise and heterogeneity shows that FedMW-CSS achieves up to 28.5% higher test accuracy, while saving communication and computation costs by at least 49.3% and 1.2%, respectively.…”
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Online estimation of key battery states for management of vanadium redox flow battery by Wei, Zhongbao

“…To address this issue, the first part of this thesis proposes to use an online adaptive battery model to reproduce the battery dynamics accurately. …”
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Understanding sudden larch death – from epidemiology to host resistance by Dun, H

“…Older stands with >95% mortality had occasional very healthy trees at least seven years after first reported infection. …”

Pareto Adaptive Robust Optimality via a Fourier–Motzkin Elimination lens by Bertsimas, Dimitris, ten Eikelder, Stefan C. M., den Hertog, Dick, Trichakis, Nikolaos

“…A worst-case optimal solution pair of here-and-now decisions and wait-and-see decisions is PARO if it cannot be Pareto dominated by another solution, i.e., there does not exist another worst-case optimal pair that performs at least as good in all scenarios in the uncertainty set and strictly better in at least one scenario. …”
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Clustering-based solutions for energy efficiency, adaptability and resilience in IoT networks by Shivaraman, Nitin

“…We find that DeCoRIC improves the power efficiency of the network by at least 70% and extends its life- time by at least 42% over existing solutions while making the network adaptable and resilient to faults. …”
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The first person pronoun in archaic Chinese, with a note on duplex characters by Benedict, Paul K.

“…The widely represented *nga, from Chepang, Chang (Northern Naga), and Trung (Nungish) on the north(/west) and Tujia (west-central China) on the east to Burmese-Lolo on the south(/east), as our "mouse," is at times firmly in the paws of our TM "cat": Waling (Kiranti) angka < *-nga-ga '1 p. prn.' …”
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Roles of the actin cytoskeleton in structuring the cortical endoplasmic reticulum. by Huang, Daniel Wenwei.

“…This rearrangement is thought to be dependent on actin cytoskeleton in yeast. The actin cytoskeleton consists of three structures: actin cables, actin patches and actomyosin rings. …”
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