Nonlinear Hydroelastic Waves beneath a Floating Ice Sheet in a Fluid of Finite Depth by Ping Wang, Zunshui Cheng

“…The results obtained show that the thickness and Young’s modulus of the floating ice sheet all greatly affect the wave energy and wave profile in different water depths.…”
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Exploring the Performance of Tagging for the Classical and the Modern Standard Arabic by Dia AbuZeina, Taqieddin Mostafa Abdalbaset

“…Despite the previously reported accuracy of the Arabic model of the Stanford tagger, which is 96.26% for all tags and 80.14% for unknown words, the experimental results show that this accuracy is only 7.28% for the imperative verbs. …”
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Effect of Wood Preservatives on Surface Properties of Coated Wood by Turgay Ozdemir, Ali Temiz, Ismail Aydin

“…Wood preservatives did not affect the scratch resistance which was found to depend on properties of the coating. All the wood preservatives increased abrasion resistance.…”
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Visual and Refractive Outcomes of a Toric Presbyopia-Correcting Intraocular Lens by Alice T. Epitropoulos

“…Lens rotation was <5° and best-corrected VA was 20/25 or better in all eyes. Conclusion. The IOL effectively reduced refractive cylinder and provided excellent uncorrected distance and intermediate vision and functional near vision. …”
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Enhancing the Solubility of Curcumin Metal Complexes and Investigating Some of Their Biological Activities by Tran Quang Hieu, Doan Thi Thanh Thao

“…Antioxidant capacity (DPPH, %I) of curcumin complexes was higher than that of curcumin-free complexes. All of these curcumin complexes revealed antimicrobial activities, in which calcium complex had the best resistance against Salmonella, followed by Fe(III) complexes. …”
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Environmental Attitude Scale for Secondary School, High School and Undergraduate Students: Validity and Reliability Study by Naim Uzun, Kenneth L. Gilbertson, Ozgul Keles, Ilkka Ratinen

“…The EBSS had 13 items, EOSS 11 items and EESS 16 items, all using a 5-point Likert scale. The Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient for the whole scale was found to be α=.94, and reliability coefficient of the first subscale was found to be α=.91, second subscale α=.82 and third subscale α=.94 and the Spearman Brown coefficients were found to be .85, .83, .80 and .85, respectively. …”
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EDUCATORS PEDAGOGICAL COMPETENCE IN ONLINE LEARNING AND ITS IMPACT ON STUDENTS' LEARNING OUTCOMES by Muhamad Sholikhun, Zulfatus Soraya, Siswanto Siswanto, Milna Wafirah

“…Bold learning ultimately requires educators to be proficient in using technology, but not all educators are ready to use technology in learning. …”
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University Network Capital as an Element of the City’s Social Capital by R. A. Zayakina

“…It is determined that trust and solidarity are not only central, but necessary structural elements of the university’s network capital, first of all, because the peculiarities of the organization of network interaction dictate the preferred strategies of network behavior, into which these phenomena are embedded. …”
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ASSESSMENT OF COMMERCIALIZATION OF PEARL MILLET AMONG FARMING HOUSEHOLDS IN SELECTED NORTHERN NIGERIA STATES by Sheu-Usman Oladipo Akanbi, Muhammed-Sanna Olanrewaju Moshood, Toyin B Ajibade, Adedayo Adekunle, Zainab Abdulrafiu

“…It is alarming that pearl millet, with all its advantages, is still being grown majorly on a subsistence basis throughout Northern Nigeria. …”
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A Rough Penalty Genetic Algorithm for Multicast Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks by Chih-Hao Lin, Chia-Chun Chuang

“…Remarkably, the method can address a variety of constrained multicast routing problems even though the initial routes do not satisfy all QoS requirements.…”
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Operation and Economic Analysis for Ring Road: Baqubah City as Case Study by Raquim Nihad Zehawi, Ali Hussein Hameed, Yassir Nashaat A Kareem

“…The traffic data was collected for all entries, and then the fractions of traffic that expected to utilize the new ring road were estimated and projected for the design lifetime of the road taken as 20 years after two years of design and construction. …”
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In vitro permeation studies of phenolics from horse chestnut seed gels prepared with different polyacrylic acid polymer derivatives by Zelbienė Eglė, Draksiene Gailute, Savickas Arunas, Kopustinskiene Dalia, Masteikova Ruta, Bernatoniene Jurga

“…Our results showed that peppermint oil decreased the viscosity of the gels and permeation of phenolic compounds from all gel samples. Results show that the highest content of phenolic compounds (1.758 μg cm-2) permeated in vitro from gel based on Carbopol Ultrez 20 without peppermint oil added (p < 0.05 vs. other tested polymers).…”
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The Influence of Multimedia Input Mode Based on Complex System Discrete Model on College Students’ English Ability by Xiaoge Wang, Weihong Zhao, Yuanyuan Xu

“…Due to the generation of data, complex system discrete model technology is also widely used in all walks of life. Multimedia learning is a popular teaching mode in the world. …”
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Iterative Algorithms for Variational Inequalities Governed by Boundedly Lipschitzian and Strongly Monotone Operators by Caiping Yang, Songnian He

“…Consider the variational inequality VI(C,F) of finding a point x*∈C satisfying the property 〈Fx*,x-x*〉≥0 for all x∈C, where C is a level set of a convex function defined on a real Hilbert space H and F:H→H is a boundedly Lipschitzian (i.e., Lipschitzian on bounded subsets of H) and strongly monotone operator. …”
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Pedagogy in the Era of the Post-Non-Classical Science by V. L. Benin

“…However, our pedagogy retains the position of the New Time classical methodology not complying with the non-classical paradigm, all the more so with the post-non-classical science. …”
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Blog : un journal intime comme mémoire de soi by Nolwenn Hénaff

“…Yet, whether to overcome a crisis, keep the memory of a powerful experience, or, more generally, recount his travels and his vacation, the journal is positioned above all as a space of freedom: one writes when one wants to and the way she wants to. …”
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Optical Channel Capacity Upgrade Based on Multiwavelength Conversion XGM Using Semiconductor Optical Amplifier for Access Networks by Mohammad Syuhaimi Ab-rahman, Abdul Hameed Almabrok Swedan

“…The technique implemented at 20 km and the power of all channels were adequate to provide a splitting ratio of 1/64 for the launched pump power 3 dBm.…”
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Activation of Brain Attention Systems in Individuals with Symptoms of ADHD by P. Dennis Rodriguez, Gordon C. Baylis

“…The control group consistently exhibited a higher P3 amplitude than all the ADHD groups. The main difference occurred at the frontal site, indicating that individuals with ADHD symptoms have deficits in the anterior attentional system, which mediates signal detection. …”
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Directions for improving the pension indexations mechanism in the context of Russian economy’s transformation by M. L. Dorofeev

“…Based on the results obtained, it was concluded that, all other things being equal, it is not possible to fundamentally improve the level of pension provision and it is necessary to continue to carry out significant reforms of the Russian pension system. …”
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Circulating Adipokines in Healthy versus Unhealthy Overweight and Obese Subjects by Assim A. Alfadda

“…It is now well established that not all obese subjects are at increased risk of cardiometabolic complications; such patients are termed the metabolically healthy obese. …”
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