Les Caisses d’épargne face à l’avènement d’un groupe bancaire universel : le changement organisationnel entre ingénierie managériale de la mémoire et attachement au passé... by Julien Tassel

“…This approach, as operational as it may be, ignores the relationship to memory and the past generally, which is fundamental in order to understand changes.Based on ethnographic field studies carried out from 2003 and 2007 at a major financial institution (Caisse d'Epargne Group), this article purports to shed light on certain memory-based challenges induced by change: difficulties to recognise the company as it evolves, managerial efforts to link the current situation with the past, which has been altered by the changes, conducts of staff members influenced by a willingness to uphold the original mission of the organisation. …”
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An Approach to Self-Assembling Swarm Robots Using Multitree Genetic Programming by Jong-Hyun Lee, Chang Wook Ahn, Jinung An

“…To this end, multitree genetic programming is newly designed to efficiently discover a set of patterns necessary to carry out the mission of the self-assembling swarm robots. The obtained patterns are then incorporated into their corresponding robot modules. …”
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A blockchain-based secure path planning in UAVs communication network by Shubhani Aggarwal, Ishan Budhiraja, Sahil Garg, Georges Kaddoum, Bong Jun Choi, M. Shamim Hossain

“…It is gradually becoming an essential part of navigation as a consequence of high progress in military and civilian missions. Path planning of UAVs in military and civilian missions or in unknown and restricted environments is one of the biggest problems facing the operation of UAVs. …”
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Anonymous Aggregator Election and Data Aggregation in Wireless Sensor Networks by Tamás Holczer, Levente Buttyán

“…In mission critical cyber-physical systems, dependability is an important requirement at all layers of the system architecture. …”
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Analysis of stochastic pantograph differential equations with generalized derivative of arbitrary order by Devaraj Vivek, Elsayed M. Elsayed, Kuppusamy Kanagarajan

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Generation Z and its heroes by N. S. Evsegneeva

“…The results of the study showed that Generation Z is striving to acquire a social mission in their activities and the theme of heroism moves into the plane of everyday life: everyone can become a hero.…”
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Culture and tourism? Limits and potential of sustainable tourist development in Gorée, Senegal and Ilha de Moçambique, Mozambique by Elisa Magnani

“…The article presents the results of two fieldwork missions on the islands conducted by the Author, aimed at showing the weaknesses and strengths of the actual tourist management.…”
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DETERMINANTS OF FDI LOCATION CHOICE IN CHINA: A CASE OF TAIWANESE FIRMS by Phạm Thị Ngọc Dung

“…Therefore, attracting FDI into less-developed areas outside the FDI agglomeration areas is an important mission for sustainable development. This research analyses the impact of location determinants such as market size, living standard, market growth, labour cost and labour availability on firms’ decision to locate FDI outside the FDI agglomeration areas. …”
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Neutrosophic Logic-Based Document Summarization by O. G. El Barbary, Radwan Abu Gdairi

“…With increasing knowledge on the Internet, it turns out to be an extremely time-consuming, exhausting, and boring mission to read the whole content and papers and get the relevant information on precise topics…”
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The Societal Relevance of the “Rheinischer Merkur” by Regina M. Frey

“…It went beyond the Christian milieu in the fulfilment of its mission in the public arena. The closure of the Rheinischer Merkur obscures even today the decisive role it played in the elaboration of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany and the substantial quality of the paper. …”
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A Faith that Does Justice:The Public Testimony of Oliver Tambo by Jonathan D. Jansen

“… Throughout the 20th century, mission-educated black men rose to prominence in the African National Congress while simultaneously holding leadership positions in the church. …”
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Preliminary report on human remains from Qasr Shemamok (Erbil, Federal region of Iraqi Kurdystan). Season 2012 by Jacek Tomczyk

“…In 2012, a French archaeological Mission, guided by O. Rouault with a European team, and funded by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, came to work in Erbil, answering an invitation from the Kurdish authorities, and from the Erbil Salaheddin University, thanks to the strong support of the local French Consulate. …”
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TO UNITE OR NOT TO UNITE? A CASE STUDY OF PRESBYTERIANISM IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1897-1923 by G A Duncan

“… As from 1891, attempts to bring all Presbyterians of Scottish and Scottish mission descent in South Africa together into one church faced insuperable barriers. …”
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Modeling and Analyzing CSMA/CA Protocol for Energy-Harvesting Wireless Sensor Networks by Zhi Chen, Ya Peng, Wenjing Yue

“…Well-designed wireless sensor networks (WSNs) usually provide vital support for collecting, processing, and forwarding the real-time information in mission-critical applications where medium access control (MAC) protocols determine the channel access control capabilities and the energy consumption properties of these networks. …”
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The features of reconnaissance operations of the 3rd brigade of the Russian expeditionary corps on the Western front. December 1916–March 1917 by I. S. Silchenko

“…The author notes that, despite the inconsistency of the actions of artillery and infantry, the raids were quite well thought out, this allowed not only to carry out a combat mission, but also to save personnel.…”
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ECONOMIC SECURITY OF A TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY: CONCEPTUAL BASES by Sergey M. Dmitriev, Mikhail V. Shiryaev, Sergey N. Mityakov

“…The term “economic security of the technical university” is defined as a “state of university’s economic potential, which ensures the defense of its economic interests, the safety of the workers and students, and the effective development of theuniversity in accordance with its mission even under adverse external and internal conditions”. …”
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The Russian Brassicaceae collection – from N.I. Vavilov and E.N. Sinskaya till nowadays by A. M. Artemyeva, A. G. Dubovskaya, N. G. Kon’kova

“…Nowadays this one of the world’s richest collections encompasses more than 10,750 accessions of different status from 32 species and 11 genera: vegetable, fodder, oilseed, spicy, ornamental crops and continues to grow through collecting missions and exchange of material. The first intraspecific botanical  and agrobiological ecologo-geographical divisions of many crops – cole, turnip, radish, small radish, Swede – were performed by E.N. …”
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Observations of Radio Magnetars with the Deep Space Network by Aaron B. Pearlman, Walid A. Majid, Thomas A. Prince

“…The Deep Space Network (DSN) is a worldwide array of radio telescopes which supports NASA’s interplanetary spacecraft missions. When the DSN antennas are not communicating with spacecraft, they provide a valuable resource for performing observations of radio magnetars, searches for new pulsars at the Galactic Center, and additional pulsar-related studies. …”
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Christ’s redemption and giwu: Cultural contextualisation in Pamona, Indonesia by Pieter G.O. Sunkudon, Daud Daud, Juanda Juanda, Yewin Tjandra, Selmita Paranoan

“…Contribution: The results of this study are expected to enrich theological understanding and support the Christian mission within the Pamona community.…”
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Advances in Remote Sensing and Propulsion Systems for Earth Observation Nanosatellites by Georgios Fevgas, Thomas Lagkas, Panagiotis Sarigiannidis, Vasileios Argyriou

“…This paper presents a review of the latest public nanosatellite EO missions, their applications, and their propulsion systems. …”
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