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Journal of Geodetic Science, 2020 B-spline curves are a linear combination of control points (CP) and B-spline basis functions. They satisfy the strong convex hull property and have a fine and local shape control as changing one CP affects the curve locally, whereas the total number of ...
Kermarrec Gaël, Alkhatib Hamza
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Applied Sciences, 2015 Concentrated Solar Plants (CSPs) are used in solar thermal industry for collecting and converting sunlight into electricity. Parabolic trough CSPs are the most widely used type of CSP and an absorber tube is an essential part of them.
Maria Kogia +6 more
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The Importance of Family for a Gay Hmong American Man: Complicating Discourses of “Coming Out” [PDF]
Hmong Studies Journal, 2012 This article draws on research with a gay Hmong young man to illustrate the ways in which coming out discourses fail to take into account the central importance of family and kinship for gay Hmong Americans.
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CuCoMgAlOx Mixed Oxides as Selective Catalysts for the Hydrogenation of Furan Compounds
Hydrogen, 2023 Single phase CuCoMgAl-layered hydroxides were obtained by making fine adjustment to their composition through changing the (Co + Cu)/Mg = 0.5; 1; 2; 3 and Co/Cu = 0.5; 1; 2 ratios. The rise of Co/Cu in systems contributed to the increase in their thermal
Elena O. Kobzar +6 more
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Latent class analysis as a typology identification technique
INFAD, 2019 In Psychology, it is common to find situations in which some kind of classification of people in subgroups or classes is needed. There are multivariate analysis techniques such as Hierarchical Cluster Analysis (HCA) that are commonly used for this ...
Daniel Ondé Pérez +1 more
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Particle and Fibre Toxicology, 2022 Background Exposure to particulate matter air pollution is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but the underlying mechanisms are not yet understood.
Teng Wang +12 more
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Applied Sciences, 2022 Valorization of by-products in the dairy industry as a strategy to promote circular economies has become a priority around the globe. Cheese whey and its derivates from filtration technologies offer a source of valuable molecules such as proteins, fat ...
David Orrego, Bernadette Klotz-Ceberio
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The Transition of Wat Tham Krabok Hmong Children to Saint Paul Public Schools: Perspectives of Teachers, Principals, and Hmong Parents [PDF]
Hmong Studies Journal, 2007 In 2004, with the closing of the last Hmong refugee camp, Wat Tham Krabok, the latest group of Hmong refugees resettled to the US. To facilitate the language transition of approximately 1,000 school-aged newcomer Hmong children, the Saint Paul Public ...
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Antibacterial and Antimycotic Properties of Modified Carbon Sorbents
Антибиотики и Химиотерапия, 2023 The aim of the work was to study the biological activity of modifiers and carbon sorbent samples modified by them in relation to some types of microorganisms.Material and methods. The carbon sorbent under study and the modified samples were obtained
V. T. Dolgikh +6 more
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A Bayesian information criterion for singular models [PDF]
, 2016 We consider approximate Bayesian model choice for model selection problems that involve models whose Fisher-information matrices may fail to be invertible along other competing submodels.
Drton, Mathias, Plummer, Martyn
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