The Role of Iran’s «Soft Power» in Confronting Iranophobia by S. M. Mirmohammad Sadeghi, R. Hajimineh

“…«Soft power» is a set of activities designed by a government or regional and international actors aimed to influence external public opinion, promote external image or attract support for a particular policy, which is implemented through all the available tools and new technologies. …”
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The effect of urban sprawl in emerging of transportation flows and urban air pollution in Tehran metropolitan region

“…The research findings indicate that due to the intensity of transportation flows in Tehran metropolitan, the suburb to the suburb, the suburb to the central city (Tehran) and vice versa, Air pollution center Rise cannot be attributed to Tehran alone, as the area of pollutant sources has been distributed within the "Tehran metropolitan region ".So, the amount of spatial correlation between air pollution maps and transportation flow maps in selected days (2 Bahman 1392, 5 Bahman 1393 and Dec. 7, 1395), in all cases indicated high spatial relations (more than 75%), Confirmation the idea of this paper. …”
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Novos Rumos na aprendizagem da matemática by Dora Soraia Kindel

“…Mas  apresentar  sugestões  de atividades que atendam  os novos paradigmas e que sejam frutos das reflexões acerca das dificuldades do ensinar-aprender matemática ainda são pouco divulgadas. …”
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TÜRKİYE'DE ANİMASYONUN GELİŞİMİ by Selçuk Hünerli

“…Yugoslavya'daki bir canlandırma festivaline katılmak isteyen Türk sanatçısı Ateş Benice'nin yapıtının, Türkiye'de canlandırma geleneğinin bulunmaması gerekçesiyle geri çevrilmesi, Türk canlandırmacılarının düşünmesi gereken en önemli sorundur.…”
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A Hybrid Fuzzy Wavelet Neural Network Model with Self-Adapted Fuzzy c-Means Clustering and Genetic Algorithm for Water Quality Prediction in Rivers by Mingzhi Huang, Di Tian, Hongbin Liu, Chao Zhang, Xiaohui Yi, Jiannan Cai, Jujun Ruan, Tao Zhang, Shaofei Kong, Guangguo Ying

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The Structure of Artefacts of Management Control in the Innovation Process: Does Exist Association with the Strategic Profile? by Fábio Frezatti, Diógenes de Souza Bido, Ana Paula Capuano da Cruz, Maria José de Camargo Machado

“…These findings reflect the alignment between strate gic types, the availability of instruments and intensity of innovation, which is useful inform ation with which to understand organisations and their market activities. …”
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Evidências Empíricas de Modelos de Estimação do Custo do Capital Próprio by Eliseu Martins, Fernando Caio Galdi, Gerlando Augusto Sampaio Franco de Lima, George Anthony Necyk, Cesar Henrique Shogi Abe

“…Este artigo investiga se existem diferenças estatisticamente significantes entre os valores estimados para o custo de capital próprio de empresas brasileiras através de 4 modelos e suas variantes: Gordon, CAPM, APM e Ohlson-Juettner. …”
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Afroturismo nos sítios dos patrimônios mundiais brasileiros: desafios e oportunidades com ênfase em uma narrativa decolonial by Ana Maria Vieira Fernandes, Gabrielle Cifelli

“…Considerando a redução narrativa existente nos discursos de patrimonialização, que frequentemente destacam o patrimônio colonial hegemônico, essa pesquisa busca esclarecer como esses Patrimônios Brasileiros estão sendo revelados por meio do Afroturismo, a partir de uma narrativa decolonial, e até que ponto a comunidade local desempenha um papel central no desafiador processo de revelação da memória afro-brasileira e de seus bens culturais materiais e imateriais.…”
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A tecnologia a serviço da segurança pública: caso PMSC mobile by Carolina Cutrupi Ferreira, Beatriz Rossi Corrales, Larissa Costa Cote, Mariana Toledo Teixeira

“…Resumo Este trabalho objetiva analisar como a adoção de inovações tecnológicas pode afetar o desempenho de atividades ligadas às práticas e aos procedimentos realizados pelos órgãos do sistema de justiça criminal. …”
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Adherence patterns, risk factors and complications among patients with tuberculosis: a cross-sectional study at Nsawam Government Hospital by Abraham Norman Nortey, Amanda Adjoda, Amidu Alhassan, Godfred Yawson Scott

“…In this study, we determined the level of TB medication adherence, risk factors and complications of TB in outpatients attending the Nsawam Government Hospital.Method This cross-sectional study randomly recruited 277 patients with TB attending the Nsawam Government Hospital for care. …”
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Ketahanan dan Kualitas Visual Watermarked Image Menggunakan Integer Wavelet Transform (IWT) dan Chinese Remainder Theorem (CRT) by Bambang Harjito, Eka Tri Kustanti

“…Kemudahan untuk mengakses dan berbagi media digital saat ini menimbulkan kekhawatiran mengenai pelanggaran hak cipta atau pembajakan. Sehingga perlu untuk memberikan identitas kepada setiap media digital agar tidak mudah dibajak atau diklaim oleh pihak-pihak yang tidak bertanggung jawab. …”
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Forest Futures in the Making: Legal Infrastructures and Multispecies Speculation in Planning Climate-Adaptable Forests by Irene van Oorschot

“…In so doing it creates the necessary empirical and conceptual space to attend to the way multiple temporalities become implicated in the making of “forests for the future”. …”
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The Relationship between Body Mass Index and Incident Diabetes Mellitus in Chinese Aged Population: A Cohort Study by M. L. Tang, Y. Q. Zhou, A. Q. Song, J. L. Wang, Y. P. Wan, R. Y. Xu

“…Previous studies reported that overweight older adults had a lower mortality after cardiovascular diseases attack, indicating being thinner might not always be better. …”
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Factors Influencing the Activities of Daily Living of Patients with Spinal Cord Injury in Community by Yiting XIE, Cai JIANG, Guanli XIE, Jia HUANG, Jingsong WU, Jing TAO

“…The anxiety self-rating scale and the depression self-rating scale were used to evaluate the patients'anxiety and depression levels; the modified Barthel index was used to assess patients'ability to perform activities of daily living.Results:Univariate analysis showed that family annual income, type of payment, rehabilitation, complications, anxiety level, and pain level were associated with activities of daily living in patients with spinal cord injury(<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05);two-class <italic>logistic</italic> regression analysis, after adjusting for other possible influencing factors, rehabilitation treatment(<italic>OR</italic>=0.927, 95%<italic>CI</italic>:0.329~0.977), annual household income(<italic>OR</italic>=0.347, 95%<italic>CI</italic>:0.073~0.524), payment type(<italic>OR</italic>=0.871, 95%<italic>CI</italic>:0.006~0.930)and pain level(<italic>OR</italic>=1.095, 95%<italic>CI</italic>:0.054~0.129)were independent factors influencing the activities of daily living of patients with spinal cord injury in the community.Conclusion:Rehabilitation therapy, family income, payment type and pain level are closely related to the improvement of daily living activities of patients with spinal cord injury in the community. Early attention to the key factors affecting the activities of daily living of patients with spinal cord injury in the community can effectively prevent its adverse effects and improve the patient's ability to perform activities in daily life, thereby improving the quality of life of patients with spinal cord injury in the community.…”
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Candida Biofilms and the Host: Models and New Concepts for Eradication by Hélène Tournu, Patrick Van Dijck

“…Biofilms define mono- or multispecies communities embedded in a self-produced protective matrix, which is strongly attached to surfaces. They often are considered a general threat not only in industry but also in medicine. …”
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Experimental investigation on polymer coated fibre bragg grating sensor for temperature measurement in sewer environment by Bharathi Raju, R Kumar, Samiappan Dhanalakshmi, Roman Hrbac, Lukas Demel, Narayanamoorthi R

“…Under sewer environments, atmospheric factors like temperature and humidity promotes Microbial Induced Corrosion which pose serious risks to structural integrity. …”
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Viseu - do governo condal ao reinado de D. Afonso Henriques (1096-1185). A renovação de um perfil urbano by Anísio Miguel de Sousa Saraiva

“…Sede da corte condal e defesa avançada da linha das fortalezas durienses e das localidades do litoral, Viseu ganhou projecção e viu reconfirmada a sua importância no xadrez político e religioso do novo reino iniciado por D. Afonso Henriques, através da restauração do seu estatuto de sede episcopal e da reconfirmação do seu quadro normativo concelhio fortemente marcado pelos dois principais poderes actuantes na cidade: a Sé catedral e o concelho municipal. …”
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Implantação da metodologia 5S na biblioteca do Centro de Habilitação de Menores (CHAME) de Itaú de Minas by Lo-Ruana Karen Amorim Freire Sanjulião, Wilton de Souza Paiva Junior, Thales Volpe Rodrigues, Vinícius José de Pádua Borges, Adna Amorim dos Santos

“…Conclui-se que apesar de algumas resistências encontradas, os objetivos foram atingidos e o resultado do trabalho foi satisfatório. …”
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Investigating POU3F4 in cancer: Expression patterns, prognostic implications, and functional roles in tumor immunity by Weiwei Chen, Yaya Ji, Rui Wang, Ruijie Ji, Yujian Lin, Yuhang Wu, Lehan Liu, Tianle Sha, Wen Li, Lei Zhang, Longfei Yang, Xinhua Zhang, Jianxiang Song

“…Based on data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia (CCLE), Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTE), and Gene Set Cancer Analysis (GSCA), we employed various bioinformatics approaches to investigate the potential carcinogenic effects of POU3F4. …”
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Design Space Approach in Optimization of Fluid Bed Granulation and Tablets Compression Process by Jelena Djuriš, Djordje Medarević, Marko Krstić, Ivana Vasiljević, Ivana Mašić, Svetlana Ibrić

“…Type of diluent and atomization pressure were selected as the most important parameters. …”
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