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THE BAGOURIA BARRAGE 1281 AH / 1864 AD:AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL ARCHITECTURAL STUDY [PDF]

Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists, 2019
(En) The Bagouria Barrage is one of the most important establishments that were built in the field of irrigation engineering in the governorate of Menoufia during the reign of Khedive Ismail in 1281 AH/ 1864 AD.
Badr Abdelaziz Badr
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Subterranean environments contribute to three‐quarters of classified ecosystem services

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Beneath the Earth's surface lies a network of interconnected caves, voids, and systems of fissures forming in rocks of sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic origin. Although largely inaccessible to humans, this hidden realm supports and regulates services critical to ecological health and human well‐being.
Stefano Mammola, David Brankovits, Tiziana Di Lorenzo, Isabel R. Amorim, Raluca Ioana Bancila, Adrià Bellvert, Enrico Bernard, Anna Blomberg, Paulo A.V. Borges, Martina Cappelletti, Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira, Rosalina Gabriel, Diana M. P. Galassi, Laura Garzoli, Vasilis Gerovasileiou, Grant C. Hose, Kathryn L. Korbel, Simone Martino, Ana Z Miller, Nataša Mori, Veronica Nanni, Giuseppe Nicolosi, Mattia Saccò, Troy S. Sakihara, Marconi Souza Silva, Anne E. Tamalavage, Maja Zagmajster, Efraín Chávez, Christian Griebler, Pedro Cardoso, Alejandro Martínez   +30 more
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A neuro‐behavioural model of neophobia

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Fear can be defined as the internal neurological state that releases a repertoire of behaviours an animal performs to reduce the effect of an aversive factor. Neophobia, the fear of novelty, is a fundamental behavioural trait observed across a wide range of species from arthropods to humans.
Arik Dorfman, Aziz Subach, Inon Scharf
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Prediction of Drilling Efficiency for Rotary Drilling Rig Based on an Improved Back Propagation Neural Network Algorithm

Machines
Accurately predicting the drilling efficiency of rotary drilling is the key to achieving intelligent construction. The current types of principle analysis (based on traditional interactive experimental methods) and efficiency prediction (based on ...
Cunde Jia, Junyong Zhang, Xiangdong Kong, Hongyu Xu, Wenguang Jiang, Shengbin Li, Yunhong Jiang, Chao Ai   +7 more
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The Degradation of Access‐Based Business Models: Customer Misbehavior and Shared Mobility

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Access‐based services are considered one of the strategies to embed sustainability in business models. Yet, because the evolution of these business models has been overlooked, we do not know whether their promise to create triple value is sustained.
Andres Camacho, Carmen Valor
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A Critical Analysis of Microsoft's Rhetoric and Reality of Sustainability Engagement

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study critically examines Microsoft's environmental, social and governance (ESG) rhetoric and operational reality, to offer insights that extend beyond conventional greenwashing or bluewashing. Drawing on over 20 years of Microsoft's sustainability reports (2003–2024), third‐party ESG evaluations and media investigations, it employs ...
Omaima A. G. Hassan, Iqbal Khadaroo
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Trends in Landcover Suitability for Sandhill Cranes Wintering in the Central Valley of California

Birds
The Central Valley of California provides critical wintering habitat for Sandhill Cranes (Antigone canadensis), which rely on wetlands, grasslands, and grain crops to meet their energetic needs.
Gary L. Ivey, Andrew J. Caven, Dorn M. Moore, Sara K. Gomez-Maier   +3 more
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Improving the Performance of MMPP/M/C Queue by Convex Optimization–A Real-World Application in Iron and Steel Industry

IEEE Access, 2020
Now the information system of the iron and steel industry is a typical sensor cloud computing system. The system has accumulated a lot of relevant manufacturing data.
Yanhe Jia, Zhe George Zhang, Te Xu
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Framing Modern Slavery: Do Stakeholders Talk Past Each Other?

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l'Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Modern slavery literature has thus far mostly adopted a downstream perspective, in the sense that researchers investigated corporate actors' responses after the enactment of transparency legislation. The common finding is that corporate disclosure is poor and ineffective, contributing to a failure to eradicate modern slavery.
Sylvain Durocher, Darlene Himick, Leigh Ellen Walsh   +2 more
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Body-coupled minimalist human-machine interface for multifunctional touch detection

Microsystems & Nanoengineering
Human-machine interfaces (HMI) are of paramount importance as they serve as essential conduits between humans and the digital realm. However, contemporary designs suffer from the following issues: large number of electrodes, complex wiring, redundant ...
Guoliang Ma, Hu Shen, Congtian Gu, Liaoyuan Pu, Shenao Xiong, Kaixian Ba, Dakai Wang, Bin Yu, Zhiwu Han, Luquan Ren   +9 more
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