A Rate-Distortion Optimized Coding Method for Region of Interest in Scalable Video Coding by Hongtao Wang, Dong Zhang, Houqiang Li

“…Thus, the temporal constraints can be loosened during the encoding process. To do it in this way, the possible mismatch between generated reference frames and original ones is also considered during rate-distortion optimization so that a reasonable trade-off between coding efficiency and decoding drift can be made. …”
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On the Shape Simulation of Aggregate and Cement Particles in a DEM System by Huan He, Piet Stroeven, Eric Pirard, Luc Courard

“…Discrete element modeling (DEM) is commonly employed for simulation of concrete structure. To be able to do so, the assessed grain shape should be implemented. …”
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“Awakened Muse” by Ihor Kalynets in the interartistic dialogue with Oleksa Novakivskyi by Hryhorii Savchuk

“…Using the resources of geometric terminology, these gazes could be called “fleeting” because they lie in different planes and do not intersect. I. Kalynets interprets the expressions of the characters’ faces in different ways: the artist’s face is “wise and sharp” while Anna Maria’s face is “hopeless and beautiful”. …”
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Reflections on plague in African history (14th–19th c.) by Gérard Chouin

“…Would we understand and interpret the history of Western Europe or the Mediterranean as we do if we ignored that the plague had occurred? Here, I do not solve the plague conundrum in Sub-Saharan Africa; rather, I build on the persuasive arguments made by other contributors to this special issue about the presence of plague in different parts of Africa before the 19th century. …”
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The humble charm of modern stereotypes about fo­reigners and yasak in Russia during the 16th–17th centuries by Samigulov G.Kh.

“…According to the first stereotype, the unbaptized non-Russian population of the Russian state were not among the subjects of the Russian tsar, or at least not to the full extent. The authors usually do not provide any real justification for this point of view, but if they try to do so, they point to restrictions regarding unbaptized yasak and service people and to baptism as a way to obtain additional preferences (implementing a rise in social standing). …”
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Laser Induced Spectroscopy (LIBS) Technology and Environmental Risk Index (RI) to Detect Microplastics in Drinking Water in Baghdad, Iraq by Estabraq Mohammed Ati, Shahla Hussien Hano, Rana Fadhil abbas, Reyam Naji Ajmi and Abdalkader Saeed Latif

“…Drinking water contamination by microplastic particles is a global concern that is becoming increasingly common due to consumer abuse, and we use laser fractionation spectroscopy to examine what microplastic particles in water packaging can do. Several types of bottled water were sampled at several manufacturing facilities in Baghdad. …”
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Réinterroger le capitalisme contemporain : vers une économie politique de l’écologie by Louison Cahen-Fourot, Gaël Plumecocq, Franck-Dominique Vivien

“…The third avenue aims to re-interrogate the way in which contemporary capitalism shapes our relationship with nature and, in so doing, prescribes or justifies ways of managing it. …”
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Dynamiques socio-politiques et territorialités de l’immigration ivoirienne en Tunisie by Camille Cassarini

“…What place does Tunisia occupy in the strategies of Ivorian travellers, and around which spaces do their movements develop? And their integration? …”
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The Fake History: Soviet Totalitarianism and the Memory of the Guerrilla War by Bernardas Gailius

“…The historical studies do not come from the "structures of power" but from the inside of society. …”
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IŠ KO KYLA ŽMOGAUS TEISĖS? by Evaldas Nekrašas

“…Hence we need to prove that human beings really have specific rights even if a state does not grant them to its citizens and residents. How is it possible to do this without invoking metaphysical or religious notions? …”
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Le sens des rites scolaires by Denis Jeffrey

“…Teacher’s also have specific behaviours that make hime a teacher. In this way, we are saying that their are gestures, a way of being, a way of doing, a language, a dress code, that is a general self-composition, that identifies an individual as a teacher or a student. …”
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The use of medicinal plants and herbal medicines for patients in chemotherapy in an oncology center of Ijuí/RS by Gislaine Tisott Dal Molin, Aline Williens Cavinatto, Christiane de Fátima Colet

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Call for Papers: Demography Prize for Young Researches 2016/2017 by IF and FRFG

“…Are they conceptually sound and well operationalised? Do they allow for replication? • In a cross-sectional or time-series comparison, how well do “ageing societies” such as Germany, Sweden or Finland respond to the challenges of intergenerational justice? …”
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Applicability of the multifactor dimensionality reduction methodology to the analysis of variables in sanitary buildings by Alejandro Prieto-Fernández, Álvaro Carmona-Baltasar, Jaime Gónzalez-Domínguez, Manuel Botejara-Domínguez, Gonzalo Sánchez-Barroso, Justo García-Sanz-Calcedo

“…These numerous variables do not have direct and quantifiable interactions on energy consumption. …”
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Non-convex optimization with using positive-negative moment estimation and its application for skin cancer recognition with a neural network by P.A. Lyakhov, U.A. Lyakhova, R.I. Abdulkadirov

“…The main problem of using standard optimization methods is the need to change all parameters in same-size steps, regardless of the behavior of the gradient. A more efficient way to optimize a neural network is to set adaptive step sizes for each parameter. …”
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Task-irrelevant emotional expressions are not mimicked, but may modulate the mimicry of task-relevant emotional expressions by Heidi Mauersberger, Christophe Blaison, Ursula Hess

“…Hence, our studies suggest that emotional mimicry depends not only on emotional processing as such but also on the way participants prioritize one piece of information over another. …”
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Les femmes américaines et la guerre du Vietnam : mise en place et utilisation d’un processus de mimétisme by Alexandra Boudet-Brugal

“…Their historic identity has mainly been that of mother, and therefore that of those who do not make war. They are not to belong to this sphere; it is to remain masculine, a men’s world. …”
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Les musées amérindiens : des lieux de mémoire ou d’anti-mémoire ? by Gérard Selbach

“…But, according to a Navajo medicine man, they do not need museums. The memory of the tribe is a living one and the culture is lived daily. …”
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The effect of blended educational methods in communication skills in nursing with students’ interactions with patients: A quasi-experimental study by Seyed Hossein Kalati, Neda Ahmadzadeh Tori, Javaneh Kalati, Nastaran Norouzi Parashkouh, Hengameh Karimi

“…The results of an independent t-test do not indicate any significant difference between the two groups. …”
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