Improving literacy through storytelling in residential care by Irene Stevens, Ruth Kirkpatrick, Claire McNicol

“…South Lanarkshire Council used part of this funding to develop a storytelling project. This paper will outline the evaluation of the project, and highlight some of the factors which emerged and which could have wider applications in developing literacy for children and young people in residential child care.…”

Relationship between bacteria and nitrogen dynamics in wastewater treatment oxidation ponds by S. Saneha, T. Pattamapitoon, S. Bualert, O. Phewnil, W. Wararam, N. Semvimol, K. Chunkao, C. Tudsanaton, M. Srichomphu, U. Nachaiboon, O. Wongsrikaew, P. Wichittrakarn, C. Chanthasoon

“…This study was carried out in the oxidation wastewater treatment at the King’s Royally Initiated Laem Phak Bia Environmental Research and Development or LERD Project, in Phetchaburi, Thailand.METHODS: Wastewater samples were collected from the 1st–5th oxidation ponds at a depth of 30 centimeter from the water surface and analyzed for various quality parameters including temperature, dissolved oxygen, potential of hydrogen, biochemical oxygen demand, nitrates, ammonia, and total kjeldahl nitrogen. …”
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Clinical Trial of Human Fetal Brain-Derived Neural Stem/Progenitor Cell Transplantation in Patients with Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury by Ji Cheol Shin, Keung Nyun Kim, Jeehyun Yoo, Il-Sun Kim, Seokhwan Yun, Hyejin Lee, Kwangsoo Jung, Kyujin Hwang, Miri Kim, Il-Shin Lee, Jeong Eun Shin, Kook In Park

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Non-intrusive implementation of a wide variety of Multiscale Finite Element Methods by Biezemans, Rutger A., Le Bris, Claude, Legoll, Frédéric, Lozinski, Alexei

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Proposal and operational evaluation of a device for external and internal photodynamic therapy treatments by Enrique Navarrete de Gálvez, Pablo Fonda Pascual, José Aguilera Arjona, José Ramón de Andrés Díaz, María Navarrete de Gálvez, Shiran Perera Mohamed, María Victoria de Gálvez Aranda

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Integrating Pull Request Comment Analysis and Developer Profiles for Expertise-Based Recommendations in Global Software Development by Sara Zamir, Abdul Rehman, Hufsa Mohsin, Elif Zamir, Assad Abbas, Fuad A. M. Al-Yarimi

“…Determining a suitable software developer to match project needs within the Global software development (GSD) context requires detailed information. …”
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Effect of digital elevation model’s resolution in producing flood hazard maps by J.L. Ogania, G.R. Puno, M.B.T. Alivio, J.M.G. Taylaran

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Influence of Heat Treatment on Biocorrosion and Hemocompatibility of Biodegradable Mg-35Zn-3Ca Alloy by Jeong-Hui Ji, Il-Song Park, Yu-Kyoung Kim, Sook-Jeong Lee, Tae-Sung Bae, Min-Ho Lee

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Design of a Solar Dryer for Tomatoes. by Bwire, Samlex Sibagaya

“…The anticipated timeline is 3 months. The project budget will cover instrumentation for data collection during testing and potential travel for field testing. …”
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Dynamic Probability Analysis for Construction Schedule Using Subset Simulation by Shen Zhang, Xingyu Wang

“…Schedule management is an essential part of construction project management. In practical management affairs, many uncertainties may lead to potential project delays and make the schedule risky. …”
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OPTIMIZATION OF CONFIGURATION OF INDUSTRIAL ETHERNET NETWORKS DURING DESIGN OF THE AUTOMATED PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM by V. A. Kholopov, E. N. Kashirskaya, M. V. Gusev

“…The developed optimization method is a promising solution allowing to increase the efficiency of the APCS industrial network project design. The results of using the method are: reduction of the number of errors at the working project creation stage; design process structuring; clear requirements formalization; saving man hours of qualified employees in drawing up topologies, specifications and other project documents; reduction of the system cost.…”
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Crisis of the EU Eastern Policy by I. V. Bolgova

“…The results of the Vilnius summit of the EaP project and the consequent Ukrainian crisis with major international effects make possible questioning about the eventual scenarios of the EU eastern politics and possible configurations ofinternational interactions. …”
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Investigation of the TIG Welding Process for Joining AA6082 Alloy Using Grey Relational Analysis by G. Sathish Kumar, M. Ramesh, S. Dinesh, Prabhu Paramasivam, N. Parthipan

“…The goal of this project is to find optimization parameters in the TIG weld bead. …”
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La participation des acteurs locaux à l’élaboration et l’évaluation des politiques publiques de développement durable  en Nouvelle-Calédonie by Séverine Bouard, Jean-Michel Sourisseau, Gilles Pestana

“…These principles are based on the experiences of a research program built around the evaluation of a grassroots development project in the northern province of New Caledonia. …”
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Collaboration entre chercheurs et praticiens dans le cadre du projet Saines habitudes de vie – éducation physique et à la santé by Cecília Borges, Enrique García Bengoechea, Shirley Gray, Paula Bush, Suzanne Guay, Alain Lefebvre, Katherine Baker et Sandy Farr, Thierry Mélinge, Margaret Amos, Anne Sophie-Aubin et Joli-Anne Mercier

“…We present the main themes and findings of this project inspired by continuum training, action-research and collaboration, that involved both beginner and experienced teacher participants from one French and one English School Board on the island of Montreal.Based on data stemming from the evaluation of eight workshops involving twelve teachers, we present four fundamentals pillars of this project : the respective role of the practitioners and the researchers, their collaboration, the knowledge that they constructed together and the temporality in this process.…”
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Provocation: Journal experiments in overlay, data and provisionality by Tim Boon

“…A clear example is the special issue we produced to communicate the early concerns of researchers on the AHRC-funded Congruence Engine project: the combination of the capacity to publish very quickly – only a year into the project – whilst serving the funder’s Open Access requirement was ideal. …”
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Next-Generation Sequencing and Epigenomics Research: A Hammer in Search of Nails by Shrutii Sarda, Sridhar Hannenhalli

“…After the initial enthusiasm of the human genome project, it became clear that without additional data pertaining to the epigenome, i.e., how the genome is marked at specific developmental periods, in different tissues, as well as across individuals and species-the promise of the genome sequencing project in understanding biology cannot be fulfilled. …”
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Influence Factors on General Contractor Capability in the Context of Transforming China by Jie Yang, Hetong Yuan, Lin Zhang

“…General contracting has gradually become the mainstream mode of project production organizations and the breakthrough point for the transformation of construction industry in China with the deepening of project management and project implementation reform. …”
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Model and Algorithm for Human Resource-Constrained R&D Program Scheduling Optimization by Junjie Chen, Shurong Tong, Hongmei Xie, Yafei Nie, Jingwen Zhang

“…In resource-constrained project scheduling problems, renewable resources can be expanded into human resources with competency differences. …”
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Design of a GSM Based Energy Meter Monitoring and Tamper Detection System. by Bakenge Joshua

“…In order to adopt new technological advancements to cipher some of the recurring irregularities on the energy grid, in this project, a low voltage energy meter monitoring system with tamper proof measures using GSM technology is proposed. …”
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