« Le réveil de la conscience hakka de Taïwan » by Pei-yi Ko

“…In 1992, the region of Meinong, a Hakka farming village in the south of Taiwan, was strongly shaken by a large-scale state project to construct a water reservoir. …”
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Drought Monitoring and Analysis over Haihe River Basin Based on GRACE and MODIS Datasets by DU Yichen, CHEN Jiangzhaoxia, ZHANG Yuqi, SUN Ruiqi, YANG Haibo

“…The results show that: The water height of the Haihe River Basinindicates a significant annual change with a general downward trend; NDVI(Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) shows a strong seasonal correlation inthe time series, and shows a northwest-southeast band distribution in the spatialseries; There was a slight drought in the Haihe River basin between 2003 and2015, of which 2014 was the most severe; In terms of spatial distribution, thedrought mainly occurs in the Daqing River and the northern part of Yongding Riverin summer, while in Luanhe River and Zhangwei River in spring and autumn. …”
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Le développement durable face à sa crise : un concept menacé, sous-exploité ou dépassé ? by Jacques Theys

“…Another possible reason is the overuse – and misuse- which has been done of this badly defined notion during the last twenty years- with a weak efficiency: the ambiguity – which has strongly contributed to its historical success-, turns now to be a factor of distrust. …”
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Tumor budding is a prognostic marker for overall survival and not for lymph node metastasis in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma – Systematic Review Update and Meta-Analysis by Gouri S. Panchannavar, Punnya V. Angadi

“…Conclusion: Tumor budding though is strongly associated with LNM in OSCC did not show significant relationship in this systematic review but demonstrated a higher correlation with overall survival. …”
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Profile of Chlamydia vaccine research: A bibliometric analysis by Xuemei Wang, Qian Wang, Yidan Gao, Lijuan Jiang, Lingli Tang

“…After measurement analysis, the most influential papers were identified in this area, including highly cited papers, references with strong citation burst, and high co-citated papers. …”
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The Interaction of Src Kinase with β3 Integrin Tails: A Potential Therapeutic Target in Thrombosis and Cancer by Stephan Huveneers, Erik H. J. Danen

“…Moreover, recent evidence from patient material and in vivo studies strongly indicate that this oncogenic signaling complex, consisting of c-Src and αvβ3, underlies tumor progression of human tumors. …”
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Numerical Simulation Study on Hydrodynamic Characteristics of Offshore Floating Photovoltaics by Shuting Sui, Lu Cao, Yun Gao, Zhongyan Huo, Qi Chen

“…The heave motion of the floating body unit exhibits a strong linear relationship with wave height, increasing by 0.01 m for every 0.015 m increase in wave height. …”
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Exploring the Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction Factors Derived from Food and Beverage Services of Thermal Hotels by Ozan Kaya

“…Then, one-way ANOVA was performed to determine whether satisfaction levels of food and beverage service has an affect on overall hotel performance in the different categories of review. Results show the strong relationship between customers’ satisfaction on food and beverage services and overall thermal hotel satisfaction. …”
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Forest Fire Smoke Layers Observed in the Free Troposphere over Portugal with a Multiwavelength Raman Lidar: Optical and Microphysical Properties by Sérgio Nepomuceno Pereira, Jana Preißler, Juan Luis Guerrero-Rascado, Ana Maria Silva, Frank Wagner

“…The transportation time, within 1-2 days (or less), pointed towards the presence of relatively fresh smoke particles over the site. Some strong layers aloft were observed with particle backscatter and extinction coefficients (at 355 nm) greater than 5 Mm−1 sr−1 and close to 300 Mm−1, respectively. …”
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Innovative CDR grafting and computational methods for PD-1 specific nanobody design by Jagadeeswara Reddy Devasani, Girijasankar Guntuku, Nalini Panatula, Murali Krishna Kumar Muthyala, Mary Sulakshana Palla, Teruna J. Siahaan

“…The engineered PD-1 nanobody exhibits promising characteristics, making it a strong candidate for further testing in cancer immunotherapy applications.…”
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Multiplex-PCR technique to predict polymorphic antigens – M, N, S and s – and associations between their alleles and Mia-associated hybrid glycophorins by Thanaporn Kerdthip, Oytip Nathalang, Sarisa Chidtrakoon, Tanaporn Choychimplee, Dollapak Apipongrat, Kamphon Intharanut

“…In addition, this work strongly demonstrates, for the first time, a moderate correlation between the GYPA*M/M and GYPB*s/s genotypes and Mia-associated hybrid GPs among Thai donors. …”
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Evolutionary Algorithms and Quantum Computing: Recent Advances, Opportunities, and Challenges by Junaid Ur Rehman, Muhammad Shohibul Ulum, Abdurrahman Wachid Shaffar, Amirul Adlil Hakim, Mujirin, Zaid Abdullah, Hayder Al-Hraishawi, Symeon Chatzinotas, Hyundong Shin

“…Synergies between these two computing frameworks demonstrate the potential of a strongly symbiotic relation that can contribute to the simultaneous advancements in both of these computing paradigms.…”
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Bioinformatics Analysis, Prokaryotic Expression and Biological Activity of Lysin from Vibrio parahaemolyticus Phage vB_VpP_1 by ZHANG Defu, YANG Wenjing, LIU Ke, LIU Qingqing, BAI Wutong, LI Fan, LÜ Xinran, BAI Xue, TAN Xiqian, LI Xuepeng, LI Jianrong

“…The purified bacteriophage vB_VpP_1 had a lysin activity of approximately (1 487 ± 182) U/mg, which showed a strong capacity to lyse V. parahaemolyticus with damaged cell walls but not V. parahaemolyticus with intact cell walls. …”
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Dielectric relaxation in BaTiO3–Bi(ZnZr)O3 by Qian Wang, Jian-Hong Hu, Jun-Yi Liu, Chun-Ming Wang, Chun-Lei Wang

“…Our results indicate that the relaxation behaviors in this BT–BZZ system show a strong deviation from the standard Debye model.…”
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Le roman anglais du XVIIIe siècle à l’opéra : la sentimentalité, Pamela et The Maid of the Mill by Michael Burden

“…The notion that goodness must triumph, that a poor but honest girl should ‘make good’, and that such goodness should form a binding force between humans, was such a strong force in late 18th-century culture that it has been used as a means to define it as an ‘age’. …”
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BOARD EDUCATION, DIRECTOR'S AGE AND EARNINGS MANAGEMENT OF LISTED DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS IN NIGERIA by Idris Ibrahim, Salami Suleiman, Luka Mailafia

“…Regression analysis yields strong evidence that the age distribution of directors and the board's educational background impact the profit management of these firms. …”
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Traditionalist identity pattern in inheritance among Serbs in the North of Kosovo and Metohija: The case of the city of Kosovska Mitrovica by Marjanović Milica M.

“…Gender stereotypes are shaped under the strong pressure of social customs and norms, while the main hypothesis of the paper is that tradition and customary law are still stronger than the law, as evidenced by the data from the register of case law. …”
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Monitoring Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Surface Salinity Around the Maltese Islands Using Sentinel-2 Imagery and the Random Forest Algorithm by Gareth Craig Darmanin, Adam Gauci, Monica Giona Bucci, Alan Deidun

“…The random forest algorithm demonstrated strong performance in predicting sea surface salinity and sea surface temperature, indicating its capability to handle dynamic parameters effectively. …”
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Antimicrobial Effect of Platelet-Rich Plasma against Porphyromonas gingivalis by Thuy Anh Vu Pham, Thao Thi Phuong Tran, Ngan Thi My Luong

“…However, PRP did not have a strong effect on the suppression of P. gingivalis biofilm. …”
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Combining Passive Infrared and Microwave Satellite Observations to Investigate Cloud Microphysical Properties: A Review by Mariassunta Viggiano, Domenico Cimini, Maria Pia De Natale, Francesco Di Paola, Donatello Gallucci, Salvatore Larosa, Davide Marro, Saverio Teodosio Nilo, Filomena Romano

“…In this framework, therefore, there is a strong need to study and exploit the synergy potential of the instruments currently in orbit or that will be put in orbit in the next few years. …”
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