The Association between Endotoxin and Lung Function among Children and Adolescents Living in a Rural Area by Joshua A Lawson, James A Dosman, Donna C Rennie, Jeremy Beach, Stephen C Newman, Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan

“…Previous studies involving adults have demonstrated an association between high endotoxin levels and lower lung function. Apart from occupational settings, however, few studies have investigated the relationship between lung function and endotoxin exposure, such as environmental tobacco smoke, especially in children. …”
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Horticultural Therapy by Eva C. Worden, Theodora M. Frohne, Jessica Sullivan

“…Horticultural therapy is an adaptable tool for clients of all ages and abilities. …”
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A Graph Embedding Method Based on Sparse Representation for Wireless Sensor Network Localization by Xiaoyong Yan, Aiguo Song, Hao Yan

“…The Gaussian kernel function is used to evaluate the similarity between nodes, and the location of the unknown nodes will be commonly decided by all the nodes within communication radius through selection of sparse preserve projection self-adaptation and maintaining of the topological structure between adjacent nodes. …”
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GENETIC CONTROL OF ULTRA-EARLINESS IN CHINESE BARLEY LANDRACES by I. A. Zveinek, O. N. Kovaleva

“…New breeding source material with different times of heading to develop adaptable cultivars may be obtained by crossing these forms with later maturing commercial cultivars.…”
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Auditing the clinical usage of deep-learning based organ-at-risk auto-segmentation in radiotherapy by Josh Mason, Jack Doherty, Sarah Robinson, Meagan de la Bastide, Jack Miskell, Ruth McLauchlan

“…The audit identified changes in editing corresponding to vendor model changes, adaption of local contouring practice and reduced editing in areas of no clinical significance. …”
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St. Augustinegrass for Florida Lawns by Laurie E. Trenholm, John L. Cisar, J. Bryan Unruh

“…Augustinegrass is widely adapted to the warm, humid (subtropical) regions of the world. …”
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Hyperbolic (3+1)-Dimensional Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation: Lie Symmetry Analysis and Modulation Instability by Vikas Kumar, Ram Jiwari, Aloev Rakhmatullo Djurayevich, Mirzoali Urazaliyevich Khudoyberganov

“…Many researchers have studied the applicability and practicality of this model, but the analytical approach has been virtually absent from the literature. We adapted the lie symmetry analysis method to obtain a new complex solution in this work. …”
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Preparing Your Own Fish Feeds by Juli-Anne B. Royes, Frank A. Chapman

“… This paper presents examples of: 1) Experimental and practical fish feed blends or formulas which are nutrient balanced and adaptable to particular conditions; 2) The formulation and preparation of a semi-purified ornamental African cichlid fish diet that can be used in the laboratory or when small quantities of feed are needed; 3) The preparation of a gelatin-based diet that is often used to administer medicines or other chemicals.  …”
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EKONOMİK GELİŞME SÜRECİNE TARIMIN KATKISI: TÜRKİYE ÖRNEĞİ by Adem DOĞAN

“…Sektör, ülke nüfusunun önemli bir bölümünü istihdam etmekte, ülke nüfusunun beslenmesi için zorunlu gıda maddelerini üretmekte, sanayi sektörüne girdi sağlamakta, sanayi ürünleri için talep yaratmakta, tarımsal ürünler ihracı yoluyla toplam ihracata katkıda bulunmakta, ulusal gelirin önemli bir kısmını oluşturmakta ve göreli fiyatlar yoluyla sınai birikimi desteklemektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, Türkiye’nin ekonomik gelişme sürecine tarımın yaptığı katkıların somut olarak ortaya konulmasıdır.…”
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A new framework for shallow approximations of incompressible flows by Shourick, Nathan, Cheddadi, Ibrahim, Saramito, Pierre

“…The starting point of the proposed framework is a generic equation, easily adaptable to most problems of continuum mechanics, for which a thin-layer approximation is developed. …”
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Ensinar e Aprender na Évora Medieval by André Filipe Oliveira da Silva

“…Preserved by their ecclesiastical sanctuaries, the erudite culture, the writing and reading and school education expand during the Late Middle Ages, with an augmenting supply adapted to its recipients and their motivations. The social mobility that a good education could bring, the needs of an increasingly demanding ecclesiastical hierarchy, the specialization within the central and local administrations, the specificities of the religious minorities, as well as the prestige associated with high culture, are some of the factors responsible for the creation of these new schools. …”
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INCREASING THE AGREEMENT OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDUSTRY AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN REGIONS: IMPROVING THE SYSTEM OF STRATEGIC SOFTWARE DOCUMENTS by Y. Gaskova

“…The emphasis on the inter-level coordination of goals and objectives and the high importance of the relationship with the program documents of the infrastructure sector was placed, and the importance of a key intermediary, the regional authority, was shown. The model can be adapted for different industries, types of infrastructure and various subjects of the federation taking into account the specifics.…”
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EKONOMİK GELİŞME SÜRECİNE TARIMIN KATKISI: TÜRKİYE ÖRNEĞİ by Adem Doğan

“…Sektör, ülke nüfusunun önemli bir bölümünü istihdam etmekte, ülke nüfusunun beslenmesi için zorunlu gıda maddelerini üretmekte, sanayi sektörüne girdi sağlamakta, sanayi ürünleri için talep yaratmakta, tarımsal ürünler ihracı yoluyla toplam ihracata katkıda bulunmakta, ulusal gelirin önemli bir kısmını oluşturmakta ve göreli fiyatlar yoluyla sınai birikimi desteklemektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, Türkiye’nin ekonomik gelişme sürecine tarımın yaptığı katkıların somut olarak ortaya konulmasıdır.…”
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Du paysage au terroir viticole de forte pente : à la recherche des leviers du management territorial by Étienne Delay

“…Steep slope vineyards are perfect examples of human adaptations to environemental constraints. Through time, some of these slopes, such as the Lavaux or the Cinque Terre vineyards, have succeeded "in climbing" to a high level of recognition by being integrated into the very closed circle of Unesco World Heritage sites. …”
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IPEX as a Result of Mutations in FOXP3 by Hans J. J. van der Vliet, Edward E. Nieuwenhuis

“…Their deficiency is the hallmark of IPEX and leads to severe autoimmune phenomena including autoimmune enteropathy, dermatitis, thyroiditis, and type 1 diabetes, frequently resulting in death within the first 2 years of life. Apart from its clinical implications, IPEX illustrates the importance of immunoregulatory cells such as CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells.…”
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New records of pollinating flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae, Mythicomythiidae, Syrphidae, and Conopidae) from Slovakia by Marek Semelbauer, Alois Čelechovský, Jindřich Roháček, Ján Samay

“…Eleven species of flies from four families are recorded as new for the fauna of Slovakia: the bee flies (Bombyliidae) Apolysis szappanosi Papp, 2005, Bombylisoma unicolor (Loew, 1855), and Lomatia lachesis Egger, 1859; the micro bee fly (Mythicomyiidae) Platypygus bellus Loew, 1869; the hoverflies (Syrphidae) Callicera aurata (Rossi, 1790), C. spinolae Rondani, 1843, Eumerus hungaricus Szilády, 1940, Myolepta potens (Harris, 1780), Paragus tibialis (Fallén, 1817), and Riponnensia splendens (Meigen, 1822); and the thick-headed fly (Conopidae) Zodion nigritarsis (Strobl, 1902)…”
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SEÇİLMİŞ OECD ÜLKELERİNDE ENERJİ TÜKETİMİ İLE EKONOMİK BÜYÜME ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİNİN ANALİZİ: YAPISAL KIRILMALI EŞBÜTÜNLEŞME TEKNİĞİNDEN KANITLAR by Güray Enes Karaağaç, Reşat Ceylan

“…Buçalışmanın temel amacı, seçilmiş OECD ülkelerinde enerji tüketimi ile ekonomikbüyüme arasındaki uzun dönemli ilişkiyi araştırmak ve bu ilişkinin yönünübelirlemektir. …”
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Augmenter le nombre de plurilingues en Union européenne en créant des itinéraires différents pour y parvenir by Alain Braun

“…Pourtant les systèmes d’enseignement ont peu évolué pour s’adapter aux besoins. Apparaissent toutefois ici et là des dispositifs plus originaux pour répondre aux attentes plurilingues ET aux profils des apprenants. …”
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DIVERSIFICATION OF FOREIGN TRADE RELATIONS BETWEEN AFRICAN COUNTRIES AND RUSSIA by A. Sapuntsov

“…Such goods need to be adapted to the African market.…”
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A Scatter Search Approach for Multiobjective Selective Disassembly Sequence Problem by Xiwang Guo, Shixin Liu

“…An improved scatter search (ISS) is adapted to solve proposed multiobjective optimization model, which embodies diversification generation of initial solutions, crossover combination operator, the local search strategy to improve the quality of new solutions, and reference set update method. …”
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