A Novel Contextual Information Recommendation Model and Its Application in e-Commerce Customer Satisfaction Management by Feipeng Guo, Qibei Lu

“…In the current supply chain environment, distributed cognition theory tells us that various types of context information in which a recommendation is provided are important for e-commerce customer satisfaction management. …”
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A Fast Algorithm for Solving a Class of the Linear Complementarity Problem in a Finite Number of Steps by Yamna Achik, Asmaa Idmbarek, Hajar Nafia, Imane Agmour, Youssef El foutayeni

“…This is the reason which drives us to create an algorithm with a finite number of steps to solve this kind of problem with a reduced number of iterations compared to existing methods. …”
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Readiness for Perception and Action: Towards a More Mechanistic Understanding of Phasic Alertness by Christian H. Poth

“…As a result, the discussion provides us with a research program yielding the theoretical and empirical basis for mechanistic and computational models of phasic alertness and its neurophysiological underpinnings.…”
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Cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica) Biology, Ecology, and Management in Florida Grazing Lands by Brent A. Sellers, Jason A. Ferrell, Gregory E. MacDonald, Kenneth A. Langeland, Stephen Luke Flory

“…Cogongrass is found on every continent and is considered a weedy pest in 73 countries. In the U.S., cogongrass is found primarily in the Southeast. …”
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Sous le règne de la terreur. La répression franquiste dans la bande dessinée espagnole. Le cas de Pablo Uriel et de Miguel Núñez by Benoît Mitaine

“…Following this, the analysis will focus on the memoir that Uriel and Núñez left us on the question of Franco's repression. Finally, we will study through the analysis of some emblematic pages the adaptive strategies adopted to transform these memoirs into comics and to try to figure the terror.…”
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Preventing Foodborne Illness: E. coli “The Big Six” by Susanna Richardson, Renée M. Goodrich-Schneider, Keith R. Schneider

“…In addition to E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has identified six serogroups (or “strains”), known as the “big six,” which includes E. coli O26, O45, O103, O111, O121, and O145. …”
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Latest news from the bonobos: Pan paniscus myths and realities by David Beaune

“…New published insights from recent years allow us to better know Pan paniscus. This review describes the most recent findings: bonobos, chimpanzees, and humans ought to be part of the same genus (Homo or Pan) according to our genetics. bonobos have impressive cognitive ability to communicate with lexigram and sign-language, solve problems and use tools. …”
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On Metric Dimension of Subdivided Honeycomb Network and Aztec Diamond Network by Xiujun Zhang, Hafiz Muhammad Bilal, Atiq ur Rehman, Muhammad Hussain, Zhiqiang Zhang

“…For instance, hexagons help us in many models to construct honeycomb network, where n is the number of hexagons from a central point to the borderline of the network. …”
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A Binary Intuitionistic Fuzzy Relation: Some New Results, a General Factorization, and Two Properties of Strict Components by Louis Aimé Fono, Gilbert Njanpong Nana, Maurice Salles, Henri Gwet

“…We provide, for a continuous t-representable intuitionistic fuzzy t-norm 𝒯, a characterization of the 𝒯-transitivity of an IFR. This enables us to determine necessary and sufficient conditions on a 𝒯-transitive IFR 𝑅 under which a strict component of 𝑅 satisfies pos-transitivity and negative transitivity.…”
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Analysis of the food and medicines provision in the northern regions of the USA and Canada by A. S. Moiakunova

“…The author considers in detail the work of support mechanisms in hard-to-reach places in Alaska and the Northwest Territories of Canada, where there is no transport communication all year round. The content of the U.S. government programs on drug coverage (Medicare and Medicaid), mechanisms of subsidizing food and essential commodities (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Women/Infants and Children Program (WIC), Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP), Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (FMNP), Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP)) were analyzed. …”
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Creative occupations as knowledge practices: Innovation and precarity in the creative economy by Hearn Greg

“…However, we discovered that occupational codes provide a much more fine-grained account of work that would enable us to disaggregate and track economic activity that corresponded to creative industries terminology. …”
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L’innovation de méthodes en urbanisme : freins et leviers d’une entreprise incertaine by Nadia Arab, Elsa Vivant

“…As experimental approaches, they thus merit special attention as well as updated techniques that allow us to immerse ourselves within them and sense experience them in new ways. …”
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Technology for Training Creative Graduates in Engineering Bachelor’s Programs by A. P. Isaev, L. V. Plotnikov

“…The data from an empirical study have been considered; they allow us to substantiate the conclusion that the integration of projectand problem-based learning in the form of a holistic technology is effective for developing students’ creative capacities.…”
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Pedicle Temporalis Fascial Flap with Axial Scalp Flap Obviates Need of Free Flap in Extensive Scalp Wound by F. W. Nangole, S. O. Khainga

“…A sixty-eight-year-old patient presented to us with a Marjolin’s ulcer on the vertex of the scalp. …”
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Signaling Pathway Puts the Break on Fat Cell Formation by Ormond A. MacDougald

“…Obesity is the second leading cause of death from “unnecessary” causes in the U.S. (after smoking), and costs individuals and society billions of dollars worldwide to treat. …”
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Student Engagement Cultures in Russian Student Representation: Party-Goers, Pragmatists and Citizens by Dmitry B. Efimov, Alexey S. Batishchev, Alexander A. Kostyuk, Angelina M. Makhson, Matvey Yu. Svoyski

“…The analysis results allow us to highlight three main student cultures of participation in representation bodies: the basic one is characterized by a predominant focus on personal socialization and individual development, the pragmatic one emphasizes the importance of financial and career incentives, while the civic one includes an orientation towards social recognition, helping others, and addressing public issues. …”
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Skin Matters: Identifying Pain Mechanisms and Predicting Treatment Outcomes by Edward A. Shipton

“…The somatosensory neurons that innervate our skin constantly update our brains on the objects and environmental factors that surround us. Cutaneous sensory neurons expressing nociceptive receptors such as transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 channels and voltage-gated sodium channels are critical for pain transmission. …”
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Thermodynamic Limit in High-Multiplicity Proton-Proton Collisions at s=7 TeV by Natasha Sharma, Jean Cleymans, Boris Hippolyte

“…It is shown that for the highest multiplicity class the three ensembles lead to the same result. This allows us to conclude that this multiplicity class is close to the thermodynamic limit. …”
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UK in European Security: New Opportunities or a Path to Nowhere? by D. V. Shikhov

“…Today London remains among key opponents to the European defence but the paradox is that EU defence integration without Britain - which is along with France a leading EU military power-would be at least ineffective. With US activities gradually shifting from Europe to Asia-Pacific Britain may well take the lead in European security without any damage to Transatlantic Relations.…”
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Strategic analysis of the external environment by Gogić Nemanja

“…The results of the research show us that if companies master these methods and techniques of strategic management on the one hand and have quality management on the other hand, they can largely predict the emergence of potential threats from the external environment. …”
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