Students’ Trust and Their Educational Trajectory after Graduation by I. S. Kuznetsov

“…When studying educational trajectories this hallmark of trust makes it possible to shift the focus from socio-economic, institutional, gender, and psychological factors that are regularly in the field of researchers’ attention to relational ones, which appear relatively rarely in their field of interest. …”
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Mechanism Analysis of a Low-Frequency Disc Brake Squeal Based on an Energy Feed-In Method for a Dual Coupling Subsystem by Yidong Wu

“…The greater the feed-in energy of a coupling subsystem is, the more likely it is that the maximum brake vibration mode will appear at this subsystem or its adjacent parts. The increase in brake oil pressure will eliminate some lower-frequency sounds but will not change the frequency of the original low-frequency brake squeals.…”
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Quantized <italic>l</italic>&#x2082;-<italic>l</italic>&#x221E; Control for Nonlinear Discrete-Time Systems With DoS Attacks by Ying Tian, Ming-Yang Qiao

“…The quantitative control problem of nonlinear discrete-time systems under DoS attacks is studied in this paper. The nonlinear part of the system is approximated linearly by T-S fuzzy model. …”
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Mixing of natural and urban dust along the Wasatch Front of northern Utah, USA by Jeffrey S. Munroe, Gregory T. Carling, Kevin D. Perry, Diego P. Fernandez, Derek V. Mallia

“…This urban-influenced dust is transported downwind, where it may contribute to elevated levels of cadmium, copper, and zinc in streams of downwind mountain watersheds. …”
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QFT Derivation of the Decay Law of an Unstable Particle with Nonzero Momentum by Francesco Giacosa

“…Its consequences are not yet fully explored but appear to be quite surprising (such as the fact that the usual time-dilatation formula does not apply); thus its firm understanding and investigation can be a fruitful subject of future research.…”
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Are You a Soft Target for Cyber Attack? Drivers of Susceptibility to Social Engineering-Based Cyber Attack (SECA): A Case Study of Mobile Messaging Application by Nuri Wulandari, Mohammad Syauqi Adnan, Chastio Bayu Wicaksono

“…Unfortunately, not much research has been conducted on the susceptibility factors that cause this to happen. This study attempts to understand what factors make a person susceptible to cyber attacks that can be seen from three perspectives: habitual perspective, perception perspective, and social and motivation perspective. …”
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Extended-Interval Gentamicin Dosing for Pulmonic Tularemia by Tyson Dietrich, Katelynn Garcia, Joe Strain, John Ashurst

“…A clinician should have a heightened suspicion in endemic areas or when outbreaks appear. Diagnosis is achieved through serological testing or polymerase chain reaction assays. …”
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Physicochemical and Heavy Metals Assessments of Leachates from Aperin Abandoned Dumpsite in Ibadan City, Nigeria by G. O. Adewuyi, M. A. Opasina

“…High concentrations of Iron, Manganese, Copper, Zinc, Nickel, Cadmium and Lead were also observed. …”
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Islam and Scholarship Tradition: Historical Trajectories and Future Challenges of Modernity by Mohammad Fadel

“…Various forms of modernity that appear in phenomena of secularism, capitalism, and democracy have been penetrating Muslim lives. …”
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Les processus de conservation différentielle du squelette des individus immatures by Silvia Bello, Michel Signoli, Emma Rabino Massa, Olivier Dutour

“…Moreover, the average API of sub-adult individuals appears to be in relation to age.Although the direct relation between the general state of preservation and the age of sub-adults is clear, it does not appear to have much influence on the palaeodemographic results of the three samples analysed.…”
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Diverse Spectrum of Presentation of Coronary Slow Flow Phenomenon: A Concise Review of the Literature by Muhammad A. Chaudhry, Marcus Smith, Elias B. Hanna, Ralph Lazzara

“…It can also have severe morbidity and mortality implications and can significantly hamper the quality of life of those affected. In this paper we present two patients with CSFP highlighting the diverse spectrum of presentation. …”
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Evaluation of Task Shifting in Community-Based DOTS Program as an Effective Control Strategy for Tuberculosis by André P. Gabriel, Charles P. Mercado

“…Limited government resources to screen and monitor disease progression of TB in third world countries hamper the eradication of the disease. In response, we have evaluated the efficiency and effectivity of a Community-Based Directly Observed Treatment, Short-Course (CB-DOTS), which is an equally effective alternative strategy to health center DOTS.…”
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Explaining Obesity- and Smoking-related Healthcare Costs through Unconditional Quantile Regression by Bijan Borah, James Naessens, Kerry Olsen, Nilay Shah

“…**Background:** This paper assesses obesity- and smoking-related incremental healthcare costs for the employees and dependents of a large U.S. employer. …”
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Improved Normalized Collinearity DV-Hop Algorithm for Node Localization in Wireless Sensor Network by Yunzhou Zhang, Shu Xiang, Wenyan Fu, Dongfei Wei

“…When the anchor nodes are located at almost a straight line, the collinearity phenomenon will happen and usually cause negative influence on positioning accuracy. …”
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Effect of Vacancy Defects on the Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of GaN by Lili Cai, Cuiju Feng

“…The level splitting is observed in the N2p states of GaN:VN and Ga3d states of GaN:VGa. New peaks appear in lower energy region of imaginary dielectric function in GaN:VN and GaN:VGa. …”
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Putative Factors That May Modulate the Effect of Exercise on Liver Fat: Insights from Animal Studies by Faidon Magkos

“…Concurrent loss of body weight or visceral fat does not appear to mediate the effect of exercise on IHTG, whereas sex (males versus females), prandial status (fasted versus fed), and duration of training, as well as the time elapsed from the last bout of exercise could all be affecting the observed exercise-induced changes in IHTG content. …”
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« Agriculture, and Commerce as its Handmaid » by Pierre Gervais

“…This paper presents the preliminary results of a work in progress, the aim of which is an integration of Jeffersonian and Hamiltonian visions of political economy with the kind of public opinion statements which began to appear in newspapers after the end of the Constitutional debate, more specifically during the year 1793. …”
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From Interfacial Water to Macroscopic Observables: A Review by Alberto Striolo

“…The goal of the present review is to compile recent results obtained along these research objectives, for the most part obtained by simulation studies, to discuss some experimental techniques that appear most adequate to validate the simulation results (specular X-ray reflectivity, ultrafast IR spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, and others), and to propose possible research topics to further develop this field. …”
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2019–2020 Florida Citrus Production Guide: Nutrition Management for Citrus Trees by Kelly T. Morgan, Davie M. Kadyampakeni, Mongi Zekri, Arnold W. Schumann, Tripti Vashisth, Thomas A. Obreza

“…Additional information on nutrients obtained since the publication was released appear in this document as "the effect of HLB" on various aspects of citrus nutrient management and are noted as such with published papers cited. …”
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Combined Effect of Buoyancy Force and Navier Slip on MHD Flow of a Nanofluid over a Convectively Heated Vertical Porous Plate by Winifred Nduku Mutuku-Njane, Oluwole Daniel Makinde

“…Three different water-based nanofluids containing copper (Cu), aluminium oxide (Al2O3), and titanium dioxide (TiO2) are taken into consideration. …”
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