Face Recognition using Deep Learning and TensorFlow framework by Makrem Beldi

“…With the advancement of machine learning, the techniques of detection and recognition have become more accurate and precise than ever before. However, machine learning remains a relatively complex field that could feel intimidating or inaccessible to many of us. …”
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Can Libya survive as a single State? by George Joffé

“…Ever since the Qadhafi regime collapsed in late October 2011, the survival of the Libyan state has been opened to increasing question. …”
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National Information Infrastructure and the realization of Singapore IT2000 initiative by Cheryl Marie Cordeiro, Suliman Al-Hawamdeh

“…Being a small island and without any natural resource, Singapore has much to depend on its human potential and investment in National Information Infrastructure (NII) in order to find its place in the ever competitive global world economies. From Singapore's first experience with the setting up and accessing of the Internet in 1991, the Singapore Government has expended so much creative and financial energy into using information technology to spearhead Singapore's success in terms of enticing and encouraging economic growth and achieving national competitiveness on a global scale. …”
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Perspectives locales et globales pour la gestion des terres des régions montagneuses du Nord de l'Éthiopie by Jan Nyssen, Amaury Frankl, Jean Poesen, Amanuel Zenebe, Jozef Deckers

“…As a result, the total production of cereals in Ethiopia is now higher than ever, and production per capita for 2005-2010 rose by 60% as compared to 1985-1990. …”
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Evaluation of post-education and training to determine alumni performance quality by Nia Kurniawati

“…Through an effective and continuous evaluation, we can identify the strengths and weaknesses of training programs, provide recommendations for appropriate improvements, and improve the quality of education and training alumni to face competition in the ever-evolving world of work. The method used in this research is a descriptive method using a literature study approach. …”
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Nicolas Garnier, Dynamiques du récit comique bref : le Roman de Renart et les fabliaux by Nicolas Garnier

“…While the common themes of these texts have often been described, no study has ever really analyzed the divergences that occurred in these themes, especially in the way they are used in two genres whose organization is very different, since we have a serial narrative on one hand, and independent stories on the other hand. …”
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Research progress on moving target defense for SDN by Jinglei TAN, Hongqi ZHANG, Cheng LEI, Xiaohu LIU, Shuo WANG

“…Software-defined network is based on flexible and open standards,which manages network functions and services by the control layer.And it has the unique advantages of control-separation and centralized control.The moving target defense technology is dedicated to build an ever-changing environment to increase the uncertainty of the network system,which requires a flexible and customizable,centralized and controllable network architecture to implement it.Therefore,the combination of moving target defense and software-defined network have become a more valuable research hotspot.Firstly,the basic concepts of software-defined network and moving target defense were introduced,the security threats of software-defined network was summarized,and the realization model of moving target defense for SDN network was described.Secondly,the technical methods for moving target defense were summarized respectively form the data layer,control layer and application layer of the SDN.Finally,summing up the challenges of existing SDN dynamic defense,and looking forward to the development direction of moving target defense technologies for the SDN.…”
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Preparing Schrödinger Cat States in a Microwave Cavity Using a Neural Network by Hector Hutin, Pavlo Bilous, Chengzhi Ye, Sepideh Abdollahi, Loris Cros, Tom Dvir, Tirth Shah, Yonatan Cohen, Audrey Bienfait, Florian Marquardt, Benjamin Huard

“…Scaling up quantum computing devices requires solving ever more complex quantum control tasks. Machine learning has been proposed as a promising approach to tackle the resulting challenges. …”
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Veterans in Ruins: The Soldier’s Impossible Homecoming in Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried by Lucie Jammes

“…The bedimming of differences between the structural polarities of the “here” and the “elsewhere” enables the emergence of paradoxical esthetics based on the notions of conflation and reversal, which thwart the prospect of ever returning home by rendering the very notion of return nonsensical and unachievable. …”
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Les enjeux du végétal dans une ville du « Sud »  by Mustapha El Hannani, Aude Nuscia Taïbi, Naïma Brabra, Sigrid Giffon

“…The palm groves and rows of trees have been retreating with encroaching urbanisation, golf courses, tourist complexes and villas, ever since the colonial period and increasingly in recent decades. …”
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La sátira de costumbres como artefacto ideológico. En torno a un opúsculo de 1808 by Claude Morange

“…This reminds us, if we ever needed being reminded, that in 1808, patriotic uprising was not always synonymous with political revolution.…”
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Utilizing e-commerce platforms as a tool for online business practicum by Mochamad Agung Wibowo, Deborah Juniar Debbi, Novti Nurlaila Ramadhanti

“…This is closely related to the need to equip students with skills and knowledge relevant to the ever-changing business landscape. This research aims to identify the utilization of e-commerce as a tool for online business practicum at SMK Pasundan 1 Bandung. …”
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The Mustachioed Woman, or The Problem of Androgyny in Victoria Cross’ Six Chapters of a Man’s Life by Ana Raquel Rojas

“…The male narrator, Cecil, finds himself first attracted to and then frustrated by the ever-shifting gender identity of his female lover, Theodora, who secretly cross-dresses as a man, Theodore, so that they may travel together unmarried. …”
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Disease, Deformity and Health Terrors in 19th-Century Cartoons: A Cultural History of Science by Ainhoa Gilarranz-Ibáñez

“… This article analyses the changes that took place in the image of disease during the nineteenth century. Ever since the Enlightenment movement introduced the scientific discourse into popular knowledge in the eighteenth century, a popular scientific culture had developed and been disseminated. …”
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Funding for research on cryptococcal disease: an analysis based on the G-finder report by Iraine Duarte, Marcio L. Rodrigues

“…Funding for cryptococcal research started being tracked by G-finder in 2013 and has continued to appear in the annual reports ever since. In total, 15 institutions were reported as major funders for research on cryptococcal disease over the years. …”
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Correction: Design of an RCT on cost-effectiveness of group schema therapy versus individual schema therapy for patients with cluster-C personality disorder: the QUEST-CLC study pr... by Iuno Z. Groot, Anne-Sophie S. M. Venhuizen, Nathan Bachrach, Simone Walhout, Bregje de Moor, Kasper Nikkels, Susanne Dalmeijer, Myrte Maarschalkerweerd, Joël R. van Aalderen, Hinde de Lange, Renske Wichers, Agatha Ph. Hollander, Silvia M. A. A. Evers, Raoul P. P. P. Grasman, Arnoud Arntz

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The Potential of Silence in Education: Methodological and Didactic Prerequisites by A. D. Korol

“…The author substantiates that in the world of ever-augmenting speaking, the student’s silence is manifested as a stage, when there is nothing to say for oneself. …”
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Recent results from NA61/SHINE by Rybicki Andrzej

“…Particular attention is devoted to (1) the first-ever direct measurement of open charm production in nucleus-nucleus collisions at SPS energies (2) the difference observed between charged and neutral meson production in Ar+Sc reactions, up to now not understood by existing models, and (3) the importance of baseline effects in the search for the critical point of strongly interacting matter.…”
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How I Grow: Months Nine and Ten by Millie Ferrer, Anne M. Fugate

“…It is the foundation of a lifetime of learning. As much as ever, your baby needs you to encourage and nurture her curiosity. …”
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Migratory trajectory and recomposing of Alpine societies by Thierry Amrein

“…On the one hand, we questioned the motivations behind the ever-increasing number of migrants settling over the past two or three decades in 14 villages situated in the Bagnes and Entremont valleys, as well as a commune in the Rhône plain, and the way in which they have managed to become “social actors” and put down roots in their respective communities. …”
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