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First‐Principles Study of Optical Properties of Linde‐Type A Zeolite
Within the framework of density functional theory, electronic structures of Linde‐type A zeolite membranes are calculated, and based on the electronic structures, several key optical properties of zeolite membranes can be conveniently determined, with the method of the full‐potential linearized augmented plane wave under the random phase approximation ...
Roberto Núñez-González +7 more
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The Making of “La Gran Familia Mexicana”: Eugenics, Gender, and Sexuality in Mexico
Abstract This article examines the impact of Mexican eugenics on different programs relating to the family throughout the post‐Revolutionary period. It deals with how Mexican elites thought about the family and how these discussions delimited who should be part of or exist under the banner of “la gran familia mexicana”.
R. Sánchez‐Rivera
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The control of vibrations and damage in traditional reinforced concrete (RC) buildings under earthquakes is a difficult task. It requires the use of innovative devices to enhance the seismic behavior of concrete buildings. In this paper, we design RC buildings with buckling restrained braces (BRBs) to achieve this objective.
Victor Baca +10 more
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Zeus – a tool for generating rule‐based serious games with gamification techniques
Gamification refers to the use of rules and game design techniques to involve and motivate people to achieve their goals. This work proposes an application development architecture that can generate game applications with gamification techniques.
Humberto Marín-Vega +5 more
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The evolution of Smart Cities conveys continuous changes involving a great number of variables, which might hamper the development of evaluation tools and methodologies. Most of the metric models for Smart City are based on the selection of key performance indicators (KPI) according to the specific model objectives.
Elsa Estrada +5 more
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Observed trends in daily extreme precipitation indices in Aguascalientes, Mexico
Spatial distribution of trends in the maximum 1 day precipitation amount (RX1day) (a) and maximum 5 day precipitation amount (RX5day) (b) in Aguascalientes, Mexico. The RX1day index showed statistically significant (p ≤ 0.05) trends only at three weather stations.
Osias Ruiz‐Alvarez +4 more
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Background. Variation in the prevalence of sarcopenia is related to the skeletal muscle index cutoff points applied. The objective of this pilot study was to examine the recruitment process for testing different sarcopenia definitions (ASMI cutoffs) in older Mexican adults.
Heliodoro Alemán-Mateo +5 more
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Sustainable development generally includes three key dimensions: environmental, economic, and social. However, both in practice and in theory, the social dimension often receives less attention than the other two, even though it is just as important ...
Florencio Abraham Roldán-Castellanos +4 more
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Neste artigo são discutidos, a partir de algumas passagens de Vidas, de Plutarco, os gêneros biografia e história com vistas a refletir se, na perspectiva de Plutarco, eles constituiriam gêneros distintos ou um mesmo gênero que se localizaria, assim, na ...
Lorena Lopes da Costa
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The structure of the Plutarchan book [PDF]
This study focuses not on individual Lives or pairs of Lives, but on the book as a whole and its articulation across the full corpus. It argues that the Plutarchan book consists of up to four distinct sections: prologue, first Life, second Life ...
Duff, Timothy Elliott
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