Analysis and Prediction of Body Test Results Based on Improved Backpropagation Neural Network Algorithm by Zhanju Ma, Yao Wang

“…The mining and analysis of student achievement data is of great importance to teaching management. Using the relevant data of college students’ physical fitness test and sports performance as the object of research, a BP neural network model is developed to predict performance. …”
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Virtual Learning Environments from localization point of view by Valentina Dagienė, Tatjana Jevsikova

“… For better learning achievements in a networked society the great variety of virtual learning environments (VLE) is being developed and used. …”
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Port Logistics Function Evaluation Model Based on Entropy Weight TOPSIS Method by Zeyun Chen

“…The experimental results show that to realize the effective use of port resources and the protection of the port environment, it not only needs to conduct port logistics function evaluation but also take into account the efficiency of port logistics. It is of great significance to study the capacity and efficiency of port logistics for improving the core competitiveness of port enterprises and driving the sustainable economic development of surrounding areas.…”
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The Unhomed Vietnam Veteran: “Queer Houses” in Tim O’Brien’s Vietnam Works by Cristina Alsina-Rísquez

“…One of the ways Vietnam War fiction has represented the issue of homelessness and estrangement from the homeland has been to resort to one of the most pervasive metaphors in US literature: that of the imperfect, crumbling haunted house. A great number of the houses featured in Vietnam War literature are imperfect and uncanny. …”
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Vitamin D Binding Protein and Bone Health by Ishir Bhan

“…As a result, functional vitamin D status may differ greatly between individuals with similar total 25(OH) D levels. …”
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Experimental Study of Awash Soil under Static and Cyclic Shear Loading by Tigistu Abu Arficho, Argaw Asha Ashango

“…The dynamic soil properties (shear modulus and damping ratio) are of great importance for the analysis and design of geotechnical structures subjected to dynamic loads such as earthquake. …”
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Efficient authentication scheme with tag-identity protection for EPC Class 2 Generation 2 version 2 standards by Hung-Yu Chien

“…Generation 2 version 2 is a super set of several existent radio-frequency identification standards. It opens up great opportunities of novel radio-frequency identification applications that could not be implemented using conventional radio-frequency identification standards and products. …”
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Tess of the d’Urbervilles du roman à l’écran : les ambiguïtés du point de vue by Isabelle Gadoin

“…Even though the notion of « point of view » in fiction naturally involves a visual metaphor, the transposition of point of view appears to be one of the great challenges of adaptations of novels into films. …”
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Economic Contributions of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Food Industries in Florida in 2014 by Alan W. Hodges, Mohammad Rahmani

“…Direct employment in agriculture, natural resources, and food industries in Florida grew from 1.252 million jobs in 2001 to a peak of 1.351 million jobs in 2008, before declining during the Great Recession of 2009/10, and then recovering to 1.565 million jobs in 2014, which was 24.9 percent higher than 2001, representing an average annual growth rate of 1.9 percent. …”
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Determination of the learning needs of doctors working in the Mountain Plan in Cienfuegos province. by Manuel Fernández Urquiza

“…<strong>Introduction: </strong>It is of great importance for the country´s educational strategy the constant studying of the staff already formed either technically or professionally . …”
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The Matthean community according to the beginning of his gospel by F. P. Viljoen

“…Within the discussion with regard to the Matthean community, the great commission (Matt. 28:18-20) is often seen as the key to understanding the whole book and particularly the community. …”
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Le care en éducation et la posture éthique de l’enseignant : une place pour la valeur-actitude altruisme ? by Tommy Terraz

“…The foundations of the care ethics approach has great positive elements but also some deficiencies to overcome. …”
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The Differences in Understanding Hominized Being in the Art Philosophy of Šliogeris and Heidegger by Tomas Kavaliauskas

“…Šliogeris interprets the picture of The Great Pine Tree by Paul Cézanne, whereas Heidegger – the picture of A Pair of Shoes by Vincent van Gogh. …”
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Modeling and Optimization for Automobile Mixed Assembly Line in Industry 4.0 by Lixiong Gong, Bingqian Zou, Zhiqun Kan

“…The optimized results show that the proposed model can greatly increase manufacturing efficiency and practical application in industry 4.0.…”
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How to resist fear. ETA terrorism and Basque Socialism, 1995-2011 by Sara Hidalgo García de Orellán

“…It will be seen how emotional suffering greatly shaped the socialist experience in this period, whose experience has been codified with elements such as pressure and social isolation, threats and aggressions, or the lack of freedom of movement (due to the obligation to carry an escort). …”
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Assessing the Instantaneous Stiffness of Cracked Reinforced Concrete Beams Based on a Gradual Change in Strain Distributions by Chunyu Fu, Dawei Tong, Yuyang Wang

“…The instantaneous stiffness is proven to greatly depend on the crack number and depth. This dependence can be exactly reflected by the proposed method through simulating the gradual change in concrete strain distributions.…”
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La idea de España en la Institución Libre de Enseñanza. Análisis de los primeros cinco años del Boletín (1877-1882) by José R. de Arellano

“…The ILE’s contribution to the development of a country in great need of an educational impetus contrasts with the criticisms of anti-patriotism or Black Legend that it still receives today (Krausist philosophy, uncritical adoption of «Europeanness» as a model, etc.). …”
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Theoretical Dispute About the Relationship Between Interest and Growth Rates by Überblick

“…Both the theory and the policy implication have elicited a great deal of attention at academic conferences. …”
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AMERİKAN FELSEFESİNİN YENİDEN CANLANIŞI: JOHN J. MCDERMOTT by Celal Türer

“…John McDermott has played a primary role in the great renascence of interest in the history of American philosophical thought since 1958 and he has contributed and continues to contribute to advancement of that tradition in numerous areas. …”
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Discernment in Origen of Alexandria by P. B. Decock

“… Origen was the first Christian writer to reflect more systematically on the theme of discernment; his views have greatly influenced later spiritual writers. This article aims at situating Origen’s understanding of discernment within his view of creation, of anthropology and of spiritual growth. …”
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