BRS-Based Robust Secure Localization Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks by Ning Yu, Lirui Zhang, Yongji Ren

“…In the first stage, the trust evaluation framework is established on the basis of beta reputation system. In the second phase, we employ the weighted Taylor-series least squares method to estimate the coordinates of sensor nodes. …”
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Basic Properties of Incomplete Macdonald Function with Applications by Jian-Jun Shu, Kunal Krishnaraj Shastri

“…The incomplete version of the Macdonald function has various appellations in literature and earns a well-deserved reputation of being a computational challenge. This paper ties together the previously disjoint literature and presents the basic properties of the incomplete Macdonald function, such as recurrence and differential relations and series and asymptotic expansions. …”
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Contributors to the Edition by Prof Ronit Frenkel

“…Over the last decade, The Thinker has gained a reputation as a journal that explores Pan-African issues across fields and times. …”
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Les opportunités marketing de Twitter : dépasser le discours « SoLoMo » by Jean-Claude Domenget

“…However, despite the opportunities related to strengthening the brand in customer loyalty, prescription ordinary relationship marketing, or on e-reputation company, several limitations are discussed. …”
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Coexistence, contacts and conflicts in the precordillera of Tacna during the Late Intermediate Period (AD 1100-1450) by Romuald Housse

“…The precordillera of Tacna, between the communities of Sitajara and Tarata, has long had the reputation of being a zone of cohabitation between local, altiplano and coastal populations. …”
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D’imagier à ymaginero : la présence de sculpteurs septentrionaux en Espagne aux xve-xvie siècles by María Teresa Rodríguez Bote

“…Many of these foreign carvers enjoyed a solid professional reputation and developed a highly successful career.…”
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CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS EDITION by Prof Ronit Frenkel

“…Over the last decade, The Thinker has gained a reputation as a journal that explores Pan-Af rican issues across fields and times. …”
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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF EFFECTIVE ACTIVITY OF ORGANIZATION by Zi Gunchao

“…The reasons, why CSR should become an integral part of the effective activity of the organization: moral obligation, sustainability, license to act and reputation, have been highlighted in the article. The problem of CSR integration into corporate goals has been considered. …”
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THE WAYS OF ABSCONDING FROM SUPERVISION OF FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICES THROUGH BANKING SYSTEMS OF CLIENT EXCHANGE by B. Loginov

“…It is easy to use assistance of these systems by clients for transferring current accounts from one bank into another one and by banks for switching unwanted clients, who can undermine bank reputation. These systems must be thoroughly analysed by financial intelligence units of all countries with relation to the set of risks disrupting effective antimoney-laundering performance and in order to find an adequate response to these new challenges.…”
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Assessing the Impact of Social Media Usage and Performance of the Selected Small and Medium Businesses in Ntungamo District. by Nyamwija, Bonitah

“…The study findings further assessed the challenges encountered when small business owner-managers in the Ntungamo district use social media in their business and these included time constraints, limited expertise, Negative feedback and online reputation management, and keeping up with algorithm changes. …”
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Géographie et politiques de l’aide d’urgence au Bangladesh ; les désastres engendrés par le typhon Sidr, le 16 novembre 2007 by Marianne Viot, Mouhssine Ennaïmi

“…Sidr typhoon struck the Southern districts in Bangladesh on November 16, 2007 (4000 victims, 8 millions of displaced people / homeless). The discussed reputation of this country supports the attention of the international opinion to him. …”
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No Smoke without fire? Mrs Garnett and the Russian Connection by Claire Davison-Pegon

“…Throwing light on the historical and ideological context of the translations, it becomes clear that Mrs Garnett’s subsequent reputation owes more to her era than former commentators may have allowed. …”
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Setting Transparent Expectations for Successful Group Work by Cecilia E. Suarez, Jarred A. Shellhouse

“… Regardless of workspace or class setting, group work has gotten a reputation for being less than pleasant. However, when individuals have the opportunity to prepare for group work via understanding their personal strengths, expectations, and perspectives, the not-so-popular group work can often turn into pleasant, productive, and collaborative engagement. …”
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Tariq Jaffer. Rāzī Master of Qurʾānic Interpretation and Theological Reasoning. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017. 244 pp. ISBN 978-0-19-066351-3. by Muammer İskenderoğlu

“…Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (d.606/1210) is one of the few Muslim thinkers whose significance, reputation and influence on later generations in different fields of learning are acknowledged by both classical and modern scholars of Islamic studies, and a number of studies appeared on his works on jurisprudence, theology, and philosophy. …”
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The tourism image of Estonia in Spain: a formulative approach by Katlin Savva, Arta Antonovica, Javier de Esteban Curiel

“…Tourism is a way of selling the image of a country and the reputation and word of mouth generated from tourism activities are priceless to the image of a destination. …”
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A Trust Value-Based Spectrum Allocation Algorithm in CWSNs by Qing-Qi Pei, Zi Li, Li-Chuan Ma

“…The concept of trust value in reputation management is introduced. All the factors are applied to solve the realistic problems of spectrum allocation. …”
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Bevorworten, Befürworten. Postkoloniale Solidarität in Paratexten von Jean-Paul Sartre und Amilcar Cabral by Lisa Brunke, Christian Wimplinger

“… Das Vorstellen einer Person in neue soziale Kreise birgt Risiken, da es die Reputation des Empfehlenden mit dem Verhalten der eingeführten Person verknüpft. …”
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Faire connaissance avec une mulier religiosa dans les Pays-Bas méridionaux du xiiie siècle by Anne-Laure Méril-Bellini delle Stelle

“…Thus, behind the topoi of the reputation of holiness and the divine intercession exerted through them, a range of social practices and of specific relationship emerge as a watermark of these scenes.…”
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Setting Transparent Expectations for Successful Group Work by Cecilia E. Suarez, Jarred A. Shellhouse

“… Regardless of workspace or class setting, group work has gotten a reputation for being less than pleasant. However, when individuals have the opportunity to prepare for group work via understanding their personal strengths, expectations, and perspectives, the not-so-popular group work can often turn into pleasant, productive, and collaborative engagement. …”
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Intérpretes e notáveis da literatura e da cultura popular do Maranhão by Igor Gastal Grill, Eliana Tavares dos Reis

“…We analyzed Academic Profiles and Popular Culture Profiles taking into consideration: (i) the social and political position of the agents (biographers and biographiers), defined by the resources on which their “reputation” and their inscriptions are based on cultural and political struggles; (ii) the structuring strategies of the works, observing the selection and hierarchization of the cases, available space, assigned classifications, among others; (iii) and the contents, adjectives, definitions, finally, the representations explained in the pre-texts and laudatory texts. …”
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