Disaster Planning Tips for Older Adults by Carolyn S. Wilken, Linda B. Bobroff, Emily Minton

“…Communications often are down early in a disaster, so knowing where to meet loved ones or friends ahead of time is helpful. Use the special tips in this 4-page revised fact sheet to plan and prepare for any emergency. …”
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Need for Action and Reform Options After the Federal Election by ZG Überblick

“…What steps should the next federal government take to meet the challenges ahead? The differences in the election programmes of the FDP and the Greens as well as possible lines of compromise are discussed. …”
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30-S: La vulnerabilidad del liderazgo de la Revolución Ciudadana y de la Institucionalidad en Ecuador (Coyuntura). by Santiago Ortiz

“…En el texto se repasan tanto las coincidencias como las diferencias en relación a tres golpes de Estado previos (Bucaram, 1997; Mahuad, 2000; Gutiérrez, 2005); destacando en el del 30-S tres elementos que se analizan: reivindicaciones de base corporativa, una sublevación armada sincronizada en todo el país y acciones dirigidas a desestabilizar el régimen democrático. …”
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Blockchain-based noisy data sharing control protocol by Qingqing XIE, Nianmin YANG, Xia FENG

“…Blockchain provides a trusted channel for information sharing in an untrusted network.However, blockchain ledgers are public and transparent.Hence, the sensitive data stored in plaintext on the blockchain will compromise user privacy.Considering privacy preservation, users are more inclined to provide noisy data.And in different application scenarios, the level of data noise that users need to provide also varies.To this end, a secure, efficient, and searchable noisy data sharing control protocol was proposed based on the blockchain and smart contract technology with the ciphertext policy attribute-based encryption (CP-ABE) algorithm.First, an outsourced CP-ABE algorithm was introduced to reduce the computing burden on the user side.Secondly, smart contract was implemented to perform data search on ciphertext, which could prevent malicious operations by malicious servers.Third, the proposed protocol reduced the data update complexity to O(1), which is friendly to the scenarios with real-time data update.Finally, security analysis and simulation experiments demonstrate the security and feasibility of the proposed protocol.…”
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Analysis and improvement on identity-based cloud data integrity verification scheme by Shaohui WANG, Xiaoxiao PAN, Zhiwei WANG, Fu XIAO, Ruchuan WANG

“…Many individuals or businesses outsource their data to remote cloud.Cloud storage provides users the advantages of economic convenience,but data owners no longer physically control over the stored data,which introduces new security challenges,such as no security guarantees of integrity and privacy.The security of two identity-based cloud data integrity verification schemes by Zhang et al and Xu et al respectively are analysed.It shows that Zhang et al.’s scheme is subjected to secret key recovery attack for the cloud servers can recover user’s private key only utilizing stored data.And Xu et al.’s scheme cannot satisfy security requirements of soundness.Based on Xu et al.'…”
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Les envahisseurs de l’espace sont parmi nous : vers une esthétique quotidienne du pixel by Anne Besson

“…Cet article montre comment certaines icônes d’une science-fiction populaire et ludique – en tout premier lieu les « Space Invaders » d’un des premiers et des plus fameux jeux d’arcade (Taïto, 1978) – en sont venues à occuper le premier plan d’un jeu avec et contre « l’artificialisation du monde » (Couchot et Hilaire), où il s’agit faire sortir la fiction de ses lieux pour organiser son invasion du réel. …”
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BİLİŞİM TEKNOLOJİSİNİN EĞİTİM -ÖĞRETİM KI RI MLARINDAKİ ÇALIŞMALAR ÜZERİNDEKİ ETKİSİ by Vicdan Altınok

“…Kurumların yaşamsal sorunlarından biri olan iletişim konusu giderek daha çok önem kazanmaktadır. Günümüz toplumlarında gündelik yaşamın hızlı temposu içinde iletişimin daha hızlı gerçekleşebilmesi için teknolojik gelişmelerde hızla devam edip gitmektedir. …”
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ÖĞRENCİLERİN KİŞİLİK ÖZELLİKLERİNİN MESLEĞİN GELECEĞİNE BAKIŞ AÇILARINA ETKİSİ: HİLVAN MYO ÖRNEĞİ - THE EFFECTS OF THE PERSONAL PROPERTIES OF THE STUDENTS ON THE PROFESSION FUTURE... by Kayhan Ahmetoğulları, Melike Güneş

“…Ayrıca, alt değişkenlerdenyeni yaşantılara açık olmanın kariyer yapma üzerinde anlamlı ve pozitif yönlüetkisi gözlenmiştir. Dahası, yeni yaşantılara açık olmanın çalışma imkânlarıüzerinde de anlamlı ve pozitif etkisi doğrulanmıştır.…”
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Near tip strain evolution of a growing fatigue crack by M.-L. Zhu, Y.-W. Lu, C. Lupton, J. Tong

“…Strain ratchetting is observed ahead of the growing fatigue crack tip and found to be dependent on the distance to the crack tip; whilst normal strains appear to stabilise behind the crack tip.…”
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Near tip strain evolution of a growing fatigue crack by M.-L. Zhu, Y.-W. Lu, C. Lupton, J. Tong

“…Strain ratchetting is observed ahead of the growing fatigue crack tip and found to be dependent on the distance to the crack tip; whilst normal strains appear to stabilise behind the crack tip.…”
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Recent developments in multi-parametric three-dimensional stress field representation in plates weakened by cracks and notches by P. Lazzarin, M. Zappalorto, F. Berto

“…The paper deals with the three-dimensional nature and the multi-parametric representation of the stress field ahead of cracks and notches of different shape. Finite thickness plates are considered, under different loading conditions. …”
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Germany’s Labour Market at a Turning Point by Holger Bonin, Ulf Rinne

“…The shortage of skilled workers, which already hampered development ahead of the crisis, has now grown into a broader labour shortage and has also reached the low-wage sector. …”
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A Preliminary Report on the Use of Bench-Top X-Ray Micro-Computerised Tomography to Study the Malpighian Tubules of the Overwintering Seven Spotted Ladybird Coccinella septempuncta... by Duncan Bell, Lewis Woolnough, David Mortimore, Nick Corps, Diana M. Hudson, Mark K. Greco

“…The identification of the dense material found in our sample of ladybirds, its origin, and the process by which it accumulates in, and is processed by, the malpighian tubules is the challenge ahead. The authors speculate that a straightforward means of monitoring levels of metallic pollutants in the environment might emerge.…”
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Recent developments in multi-parametric three-dimensional stress field representation in plates weakened by cracks and notches by P. Lazzarin, M. Zappalorto, F. Berto

“…The paper deals with the three-dimensional nature and the multi-parametric representation of the stress field ahead of cracks and notches of different shape. Finite thickness plates are considered, under different loading conditions. …”
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The Effects of Poverty on Rural Lively Hoods: A Case Study of Bufumbo Sub-County and Bufumeo Sub-Couny, Mbale District. by Muduwa, Jennifer

“…Uganda has made progress towards poverty elimination in rural areas having successfully achieved the Millennium Development goal target of halving the number of people in extreme poverty way ahead of the 2015 deadline. Uganda is on course to achieve its national target of reducing this number to 10% by 2017. …”
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Postoperative Analgesic Effects of Quadratus Lumborum Block Versus Transversus Abdominis Plane Block in Pediatric Lower Abdominal Surgeries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Aldalati AY, Hussein AM, Ataya R, Alrabadi B, Odat RM, Idrees M, Al-dabagh A, Kamal Z, Aloudat O, Al-qaoud A

“…Abdullah Yousef Aldalati,1 Ayham Mohammad Hussein,2 Raghad Ataya,1 Bassel Alrabadi,1 Ramez M Odat,1 Muhammad Idrees,3 Ahmad Al-dabagh,4 Zaid Kamal,5 Osama Aloudat,6 Ahmad Al-qaoud7 1Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan; 2Faculty of Medicine, Al-Balqa’ Applied University, Salt, Jordan; 3Lahore General Hospital, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan; 4Faculty of Medicine, Sana’a University, Sana’a, Yemen; 5Department of General Surgery, Advent Health Medical Group, Tampa FL, USA; 6Department of Pediatrics of Saint Louis University School of Medicine, SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital, St. …”
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Agronomic characteristics, mineral nutrient content, antioxidant capacity, biochemical composition, and fatty acid profile of Iranian pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) cultivars by Ali Khadivi, Mohammadali Nikoogoftar-Sedghi, Yazgan Tunç

“…Flower buds varied from 4 (‘AhmadAghaei’) to 7 (‘Momtaz’), and fruit per bunch ranged from 11 (‘Abbasiali’) to 21 (‘Momtaz’). …”
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Retinal Artery Occlusion Associated with Prepapillary Arterial Loop: An Isolated Ocular Disease? Case Report and Literature Review by Mansour AM, Parodi MB, Casella AMB, Kheir WJ, Bashshur ZF

“…Ahmad M Mansour,1 Maurizio Battaglia Parodi,2 Antônio Marcelo Barbante Casella,3 Wajiha J Kheir,1 Ziad Fayez Bashshur1 1Department of Ophthalmology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon; 2Department of Ophthalmology, University Vita-Salute Milan, Milan, Italy; 3Department of Ophthalmology, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, BrazilCorrespondence: Ahmad M Mansour, Department of Ophthalmology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, Tel +961-337-7633, Email ammansourmd@gmail.comPurpose: When branch retinal artery occlusion is linked to prepapillary artery loop, is a systemic work-up necessary?…”
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The Church History Society of Southern Africa (CHSSA) attempting to come of age: the story of the CHSSA between 1991 and 2005 by J. W. Hofmeyr

“…After an introduction, attention is given to the proposals of an ad hoc committee that investigated the reorganization of the society into a more inclusive and representative organization, the different conferences, the journal, membership and management of the society, theological traditions and positions present in the society and some perspectives on the road ahead. Without trying to provide an official audit of the society, it is finally concluded that it is attempting to come of age and the prospects for the future are relatively positive. …”
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Cryptanalysis and improvement of several certificateless digital signature schemes by WANG Hua-qun1, XU Ming-hai2, GUO Xian-jiu1

“…In order to avoid these flaws,made use of the general certificateless digital signature scheme and the corresponding forking lemmas from Castro-Dahab（2007） to improve the original digital signature schemes. …”
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