From Ontology to Semantic Similarity: Calculation of Ontology-Based Semantic Similarity by Mingxin Gan, Xue Dou, Rui Jiang

“…Nevertheless, with a variety of methods available, how to choose a suitable method for a specific application becomes a problem. …”
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ASSESSMENT OF DEMAND FOR GRADUATES OF THE PROGRAMME «PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION by Ruslan A. Abramov, Natalya M. Zabaznova, Elena Yu. Khalatenkova

“…Informants' answers helped to count out the percentage of graduates whose occupation is connected with public administration, to understand the reasons of choosing the relevant master course, to assess the significance of acquired competences and qualification for job placement at governmental organizations. …”
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Research on group decision making in capital investment based on fuzzy technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) by Kamala Aliyeva

“…This paper shows the application of this method when choosing the best alternative, considering the choice of vehicle.…”
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Additive Linking in Second Language Discourse: Lexical, Syntactic and Discourse Organizational Choices in Intermediate and Advanced Learners of L2 German with L1 French by Audrey Bonvin, Christine Dimroth

“…It addresses the questions of which additive devices intermediate and advanced learners produce; which possibilities of syntactic integration in relation to the added constituent they use; and whether they choose target-like information units in order to establish additive relations across utterances. …”
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Airspace closures due to reentering space objects by Ewan Wright, Aaron Boley, Michael Byers

“…In response, national authorities may choose to preemptively close airspace during reentry events; some have already done so. …”
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Persistent Lymphadenopathy due to IgG4-Related Disease by Benjamin Smith, Matthew B. Carroll

“…Treatment consists of high dose glucocorticoids as a first line therapy with some patients choosing instead to simply undergo observation. This case illustrates the difficulty in diagnosis and the need for increased awareness among medical professionals.…”
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Legal and economic dilemmas of sustainable development in times of global crisis by Maciej Rudnicki

“…Therefore, such extraordinarily essential conditions for choosing and fulfilling ecological needs as regards first-class existential needs that have a vital influence on the quality of life and ecological awareness, are based chiefly on understanding the rules of sustainable development. …”
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The Effect of Economic Factors on Coffee Consumption in Rukungiri District, South-Western Uganda by moses Agaba

“…Simple random and purposeful sampling methods were used to choose a sample of 123 respondents. The thematic analysis method was utilized to assess the qualitative data, while SPSS Version 23.0 was used to analyze the quantitative data. …”
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Determinants of Shea Nut Marketing Arrangements in Northern Uganda. by Akatwetaba, Deborah, Okello Daniel, Micheal, Kasharu, Apollo, Egeru, Anthony, Mugonola, Basil

“…A formal contract was the least common marketing arrangement among all the actors. The probability of choosing each marketing arrangement was influenced by several factors including experience, education, income level, access to extension, training, access to credit, awareness of innovations in the shea value chain, awareness of value addition supporting institutions, main occupation (farming), distance to the market, access to information and means of transport used (head portage). …”
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Status of Digital Health Technology Adoption in 5 Vietnamese Hospitals: Cross-Sectional Assessment by Duc Minh Tran, Nguyen Thanh Dung, Chau Minh Duc, Huynh Ngoc Hon, Le Minh Khoi, Nguyen Phuc Hau, Duong Thi Thu Huyen, Huynh Thi Le Thu, Tran Van Duc, Lam Minh Yen, C Louise Thwaites, Chris Paton

“…However, the wide adoption of international standards, such as HL7 and DICOM, is a facilitator for the adoption of new DHTs in these hospitals.…”
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Microanalysis of Organic Pigments in Ancient Textiles by Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering on Agar Gel Matrices by Marilena Ricci, Cristiana Lofrumento, Emilio Castellucci, Maurizio Becucci

“…The extraction system was modulated according to the chemical properties of the target analyte by choosing appropriate reagents for the extraction and optimizing the extraction time. …”
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Hydroxyapatite-based coatings on Mg and Ti-based implants: A detailed examination of various coating methodologies by M. Rafiei, H. Eivaz Mohammadloo, M. Khorasani, F. Kargaran, H.A. Khonakdar

“…The results of this comprehensive study provide valuable and key guidance for choosing the most suitable coating and coating method according to the type of medical application considered for metal implants.…”
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Genetic Variation of Flavonols Quercetin, Myricetin, and Kaempferol in the Sri Lankan Tea (Camellia sinensis L.) and Their Health-Promoting Aspects by Brasathe Jeganathan, P. A. Nimal Punyasiri, J. Dananjaya Kottawa-Arachchi, Mahasen A. B. Ranatunga, I. Sarath B. Abeysinghe, M. T. Kumudini Gunasekare, B. M. Ratnayake Bandara

“…The flavonol profiles can be effectively used in choosing parents in tea breeding programmes to generate progenies with a wide range of flavonol glycosides.…”
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Is the Linear Modeling Technique Good Enough for Optimal Form Design? A Comparison of Quantitative Analysis Models by Yang-Cheng Lin, Chung-Hsing Yeh, Chen-Cheng Wang, Chun-Chun Wei

“…How to design highly reputable and hot-selling products is an essential issue in product design. Whether consumers choose a product depends largely on their perception of the product image. …”
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Novel Optimized Support Vector Regression Networks for Estimating Fresh and Hardened Characteristics of SCC by Babak Naeim, Ali Javadzade Khiavi, Parisa Dolatimehr, Behnam Sadaghat

“…Overall, the HGSO-SVR model beats PSO-SVR, showing the capacity of the algorithm to choose the most effective parameters for the method under examination.…”
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Sensory Precipitation Forecast Using Artificial Neural Networks and Decision Trees by Ünal Kızıl, Hakkı Fırat Altınbilek, Sefa Aksu, Hakan Nar

“…In the Decision Tree (DT) a model score of 0.96 was obtained by choosing the maximum depth of 20. The artificial neural network (ANN) yielded a classification score of 0.92 using 4 hidden layers and 100 epochs in the artificial neural network model.…”
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NETWORK FORM OF MASTER'S PROGRAMMES: PROBLEMS OF COMPETENCE-BASED APPROACH IMPLEMENTATION by Valeriy I. Nikiforov, Mikhail M. Radkevich, Vadim V. Karmanov, Svetlana V. Karmanova

“…The general organizational and methodological provisions are the following: full-time studies for all categories of students; mutual exchange of students between the universities cannot exceed one term; in the third semester students can choose the partner university to study; network training program should be implemented according to the principles of cooperation and the general methodological principles of educational process organization; the main types of students' activities are technology project activities, design and construction and research activity. …”
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Entomopathogens Isolated from Invasive Ants and Tests of Their Pathogenicity by Maria Fernanda Miori de Zarzuela, Luis Garrigós Leite, José Eduardo Marcondes, Ana Eugênia de Carvalho Campos

“…The defensive behaviors of ants, such as grooming behavior and colony budding, must be considered when using fungi and nematodes for biological control of ants.…”
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After Ontology, After Essence: Recasting the ‘Human’ from within the Socio-Eco-Techno Interface by S. Romi Mukherjee

“…Or, l’humain ne peut pas être réduit à l’homo-duplex simple, mais devrait être construit dialectiquement et en relation avec ce qui le problématise en tant que structure absolue. …”
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Nutrient transport from the Ganga–Brahmaputra–Meghna River system to the Bay of Bengal: past and future trends by Hamdy Elsayed, Arthur Beusen, Alexander Felix Bouwman

“…Implementing nutrient reduction strategies in a sustainable scenario will reduce TN and TP loads and concentrations, but nutrient imbalances remain strong with continued risk of harmful algal blooms. These findings call for integrating nutrient stoichiometry with balanced nutrient reduction strategies to mitigate nutrient pollution in the GBM River basin.…”
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