Floods of 18 and 19 November 2016 in Batouri (East Cameroon): Interpretation of the Hydro-Meteorological Parameters and Historical Context of the Post-Event Survey Episode by Paulin Sainclair Kouassy Kalédjé, Jules-Rémy Ndam Ngoupayou, Alain Fouépé Takounjou, Mireille Zebsa, Felaniaina Rakotondrabe, Joseph Mvondo Ondoa

“…The floods were particularly damaging in the city of Batouri, where a subdivision was submerged by the Boumbé (tributary of the Sangha) with water heights in the houses reaching 1.75 m, despite the presence of a dam allowing clipping floods upstream of the basin. …”
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HighDimMixedModels.jl: Robust high-dimensional mixed-effects models across omics data. by Evan Gorstein, Rosa Aghdam, Claudia Solís-Lemus

“…Our simulations provide new insights into the algorithm's behavior in these settings, and, comparing the performance of two popular penalties, we demonstrate that the smoothly clipped absolute deviation (SCAD) penalty consistently outperforms the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) penalty in terms of both variable selection and estimation accuracy across omics data. …”
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Endovascular Embolization of Ruptured Infundibular Dilation of Posterior Communicating Artery: A Case Report by Jinlu Yu, Honglei Wang, Kan Xu, Bai Wang, Qi Luo

“…The preferred treatment of such hemorrhages is surgical clipping through craniotomy. There are few reports about endovascular coil embolization in such cases. …”
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Bilateral Chylhotorax after Falling from Height by Vildan Akpinar, Fulya Yilmaz Duran, Elif Duman, Murat Yasar Özkalkanli, Özgür Duran, Burcu Horsanali

“…Treatment can be classified into 3 categories treatment of the underlying condition, conservative management (such as bed rest, nil by mouth or low fat medium chain triglycerides by mouth and total parenteral nutrition), and surgical management by ligation or clipping of the thoracic duct with open thoracotomy or video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. …”
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MODEL PENDIDIKAN KHULAFAUR RASYIDUN DAN IMPELEMENTASINYA BAGI PENDIDIKAN ISLAM DI INDONESIA by Riptono Riptono, Syamsul Bakri, Yusup Rohmadi

“…Abu Bakr as the first caliph to replace the Prophet Muhammad taught the educational model in the form of faith and moral education. …”
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Facial Expression Recognition Using a Novel Modeling of Combined Gray Local Binary Pattern by An H. Ton-That, Nhan T. Cao

“…This work proposes fresh modeling of Combined Gray Local Binary Pattern (CGLBP) for extracting features in facial expression recognition to enhance the recognition rate that can apply FER in the kind of devices and systems. …”
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The spirit that moves. A new society and its first publication by Pieter G. R. de Villiers

“… From text: As will become evident in this journal (cf. contributions of Kees Waaijman and Celia Kourie), the academic study of spirituality at institutions of advanced learning, is a major new development in the field of theology and religion, although writings about and the practice of spirituality are part of the oldest traditions in the history of Christianity. …”
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برنامج کالیبرCailber المجانى لادارة وتنظیم الکتب الالکترونیة دراسة تعریفیة تقییمیة تطبیقیة على الاستخدام فى مکتبات الأدیرة المسیحییة مع وضع خطة تطبیقیة لتعمیم الاستخدام بالهیئات... by د. تریزا ولیم عزمى William Azmi

“…Study aims at Identification of Caliber, An electronic program formanagement & organizing of E-Books. …”
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Hearing Loss and Kidney Dysfunction: Finding a Unifying Diagnosis by Praveena Iruku, Puja Karanth, Hannah Tiu, Charity Kankam, Khaldoon Shaheen

“…Microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) is a systemic vasculitis that affects small caliber vessels, with renal and lung compromise. Diagnosis can be challenging; timely diagnosis and treatment are important to prevent devastating complication, particularly renal failure. …”
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Developing a Machine Learning–Based Automated Patient Engagement Estimator for Telehealth: Algorithm Development and Validation Study by Pooja Guhan, Naman Awasthi, Kathryn McDonald, Kristin Bussell, Gloria Reeves, Dinesh Manocha, Aniket Bera

“…This dataset includes 1229 video clips, each lasting 3 seconds. In addition, we present experiments conducted on this dataset, along with real-world tests that demonstrate the effectiveness of our method. …”
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Absent Foveal Pit, Also Known as Fovea Plana, in a Child without Associated Ocular or Systemic Findings by Laura Hernandez-Moreno, Natacha Moreno Perdomo, Tomas S. Aleman, Karthikeyan Baskaran, Antonio Filipe Macedo

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Transoesophageal Echocardiography for Monitoring Liver Surgery: Data from a Pilot Study by Filipe Pissarra, Antonio Oliveira, Paulo Marcelino

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Avaliação de atividades remotas no Laboratório de Ensino de Matemática by Felipe Olavo Silva, Paula Monteiro Baptista, Rafael Filipe Novôa Vaz

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Micro failure analysis of adhesively bonded joints enhanced with natural cork particles: Impact of overlap length and particles volume fraction by Alireza Akhavan-Safar, Ana Queirs Barbosa, Lucas Filipe Martins da Silva, Majid Reza Ayatollahi

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Efeito Sunk Costs: O Conhecimento Teórico Influencia no Processo Decisório de Discentes? by Suliani Rover, Artur Filipe Ewald Wuerges, Eduardo Cardeal Tomazzia, José Alonso Borba

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Convergence in tourism management research: a bibliometric analysis by Cristina Estevão, Ana Rita Garcia, Sara Brito Filipe, Cristina Fernandes

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Creative tourism special issue - foreword by João Filipe Marques, Alexandra Rodrigues Gonçalves, Sónia Moreira Cabeça, Mirian Tavares

“…The second trend is cultural changes that have been designated as ‘the creative turn’ (e.g. an insistence on the ‘rhetoric of creativity’). Cities must be creative in order to attract not only tourists but also ‘creative industries’ (Tavares, 2014, 2015) and ‘creative classes’ (Cruz, 2016; Florida, 2003). …”
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Liminality and the possibilities for sex and romance at an international bike meeting: a structural modeling approach by Milene Lança, João Filipe Marques, Patrícia Pinto

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Investigating the history of psychology: methodological contributions by Ana Maria Jacó-Vilela, Adriana Amaral do Espírito-Santo, Filipe Degani-Carneiro, Lidiane de Oliveira Goes, Maira Allucham Goulart Naves Trevisan Vasconcellos

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The Phenomenon of «Islamic State» by A. V. Fedorchenko, A. V. Krylov

“…On the first day of the holy month of Ramadan July 29,2014, jihadist organization "Islamic State" (IG), formerly known as "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" (ISIS), announced the creation of a "caliphate" in the areas controlled by its militants in Iraq and Syria. …”
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