Extracting Realistic Pedestrian, Cycling, and Driving Street Networks from OpenStreetMap by J. P. Duque, M. A. Brovelli

“…To address this, we propose a methodology which employs a set of filters and post-processing algorithms in a selective removal process to mitigate such inconsistencies and generate networks that are realistic and usable for various applications like routing and analysis. …”
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From Research Project to Research Portfolio: Meeting Scale and Complexity by Jonathan Linton, Nicholas Vonortas

“…A coupling of research quality review by peers with more systematic portfolio meta-analysis of recommended projects is both possible and essential. …”
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Evaluation of the Tahfiz Al-Qur'an Program for High School Students by Tawakkal Tawakkal, St Wardah Hanafie Das, Raya Mangsi, M. Nasri Hamang

“…The implementation process runs routinely, but still faces obstacles in terms of time allocation and limited facilities. …”
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An adaptive defense mechanism to prevent advanced persistent threats by Yi-xi Xie, Li-xin Ji, Ling-shu Li, Zehua Guo, Thar Baker

“…To select the defense strategy, in the second stage, the attack and defense process is modelled as a two-player general-sum Markov game and the optimal defense strategy is acquired by quantitative analysis based on the first stage. …”
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The Commemorability Principle in Akan Personal Name Construction by Yaw Sekyi-Baidoo

“…Guided by these considerations, concepts are placed within a value ranking system to determine their ‘commemorability’, with items that rank as ‘honourable’ normally selected and processed as personal names. In the construction itself, there is a preference for the cognitive over the physical and the general beyond the specific, and there is an overriding preference for the use of general commemorability concepts which represent <i>excellence</i>, <i>prominence</i>, <i>fullness</i>, <i>abundance</i>, <i>inexhaustibility</i>, <i>strength</i>, <i>endurance</i>, and <i>resilience</i>, among others, which are used both as base-concepts for family names or as ‘amplifier’ concepts in the construction of extension names.…”
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Information management technologies in customer service management by A. N. Aleksakhin, S. A. Aleksakhina, M. A. Shoshin, V. A. Shumeiko

“…The information and material basis for studying client service management technologies is the empirical base of Russian organizations, as well as analytical data from news agencies and websites. Generalization, analysis and interpretation of the obtained results were carried out using methods of a general scientific nature, as well as complex and empirical methods. …”
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Thrombin cleavage of the hepatitis E virus polyprotein at multiple conserved locations is required for genome replication. by Danielle M Pierce, Frazer J T Buchanan, Fraser L Macrae, Jake T Mills, Abigail Cox, Khadijah M Abualsaoud, Joseph C Ward, Robert A S Ariëns, Mark Harris, Nicola J Stonehouse, Morgan R Herod

“…These viral polyproteins must undergo proteolysis (also termed polyprotein processing) to generate functional protein units. This proteolysis can be performed by virally-encoded proteases as well as host cellular proteases, and is generally believed to be a key step in regulating viral replication. …”
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Student Opinions on the Assessment and Evaluation Applications Performed During the Covid 19 Pandemic in Higher Education by Ebru Ünay, Zehra Birol, Yurdagül Günal

“…The collected data were analyzed through the MAXQDA-2020 qualitative data analysis program. As a result of the analyzes made, six themes were determined regarding measurement and evaluation, including obstacles encountered, exam applications, homework applications, general success status, preferences regarding measurement and evaluation tools, and suggestions for measurement and evaluation applications. …”
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Sulphurizing of Metal Surfaces by Electrospark-Discharge Alloying. Pt. 2: Tribological Properties of Electrospark Depositing Sulphur-Containing Coating by V.B. Tarelnyk, O.P. Haponova, N.V. Tarelnyk, and Ye.V. Konoplianchenko

“…A generalization of the available data and results in the literature concerned with the ESA process has been made. …”
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Characteristics of Pumice from Cicurug and Its Application as a Bleacher for Crude Palm Oil by Haryono, Atiek Rostika Noviyanti, Hersandy Dayu Kusuma, Irwan Kurnia

“…Bleaching is one of the stages in processing crude palm oil into palm cooking oil. In the cooking oil industry, the bleaching of crude palm oil generally uses bentonite as a bleacher. …”
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High-resolution high-throughput spatiotemporal strain imaging reveals loss mechanisms in a surface acoustic wave device by Tao Zhou, Alexandre Reinhardt, Marie Bousquet, Joel Eymery, Steven Leake, Martin V. Holt, Paul G. Evans, Tobias Schülli

“…Abstract Surface acoustic wave devices are key components for processing radio frequency signals in wireless communication because these devices offer simultaneously high performance, compact size and low cost. …”
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Approaches to improve the quality of education and social life in the Russian Federation by Tat'yana V. Solov'eva, Dinara A. Bistyajkina, Elena G. Pan'kova, Ol'ga M. Lizina

“…The principal method of studying this problem is the system (integrative) method which demands the analysis of social, economic, legal, and other supportive measures for the veterans and senior citizens. …”
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Pathology of the Economic Council in Pahlavi 2nd's period Concerning the Economic Development, A Historical Review by Rahim Abedini, Abolhasan Fayyaz Anosh, Morteza Dehqannejad

“…Moreover, the report of evaluations of various departments of the Program and Budget Organization regarding construction plans has been considered and used to confirm the analysis. The findings of the research clarify that due to the lack of coherence and the lack of a general view in the economic decisions, heterogeneity in dealing with different economic sectors and the how of making decisions in this council, its results could not lead to a balanced and sustainable development of Iran.…”
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Characterization of Women with Endocrine Infertility by Annia Quintana Marrero, Elodia María Rivas Alpízar, Jan Oneil González Ramos

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Combining First-Person Video and Gaze-Tracking in Medical Simulation: A Technical Feasibility Study by Adam Szulewski, Daniel Howes

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ACTIVITIES’ TRANSPARENCY OF INSURERS AND ITS INFLUENCE ON INSURANCE MARKET DEVELOPMENT by О. В. Слободянюк

“…The goal of the article is grounding of theoretical principles of concept disclosure of the insurers’ transparency and its impact on the national insurance market’s development. In the research process the following methods were used: systematic approach, theoretical generalization and comparison, analysis and synthesis. …”
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The Role of Good Governance in Affecting Technology Based Media on Sustainable Development (Case Study: Higher Education Students in University of Tehran) by Leila Nasrolahi Vosta

“…Several factors play a role in the process of sustainable development and are able to affect the process of development. …”
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Supporting antiretroviral therapy uptake and adherence: the SUPA research programme and RCT by Rob Horne, Caroline Sabin, Trudie Chalder, Vanessa Cooper, Lucy Campbell, Elizabeth Glendinning, Iris Mosweu, Paul McCrone

“…This analysis determined the acceptability of the SUPA intervention and explored the process of change. …”
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Professional competences for the development of multipotential abilities of future teachers in university training by A. M. Garifullina

“…Multipotency is interpreted as multiple human capabilities in various fields and spheres of life. In general, the little-studied concept is of particular importance today. …”
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Evaluation of the Functional Performance of the Teachers of Physical Education Using Technique 360° by اسيل حميد عبيد ا.م.د. لمياء عبد الستار

“…Thomas Secondary School for Girls, with one form for each of the physical education school, one specialist, the secondary supervisor and two female teachers. Analysis of the results Using the mean of arithmetic mean, average mean and variance, this study found a negative gap of (1.182) between the responses of the two parties to the evaluation process, which shows an exaggerated individual in the presence of evaluation criteria, The school of Physical Education at the St. …”
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