Drought Occurrence in Central European Mountainous Region (Tatra National Park, Slovakia) within the Period 1961–2010 by Jaroslav Vido, Tsegaye Tadesse, Zbyšek Šustek, Radoslav Kandrík, Miriam Hanzelová, Jaroslav Škvarenina, Jana Škvareninová, Michael Hayes

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Chaos Enhanced Differential Evolution in the Task of Evolutionary Control of Selected Set of Discrete Chaotic Systems by Roman Senkerik, Ivan Zelinka, Michal Pluhacek, Donald Davendra, Zuzana Oplatková Kominkova

“…The optimizations were performed for three different chaotic systems, two types of case studies and developed cost functions.…”
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Induction of Glutathione Synthesis and Glutathione Reductase Activity by Abiotic Stresses in Maize and Wheat by Gábor Kocsy, Gabriella Szalai, Gabor Gáliba

“…Osmotic stress resulted in a great increase in the TG content in wheat and the GR activity in maize. …”
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Surface Modification of Biomaterials: A Quest for Blood Compatibility by Achala de Mel, Brian G. Cousins, Alexander M. Seifalian

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A Clinical and Pathological Variant of Acute Transplant Glomerulopathy by Miklos Z. Molnar, G. V. Ramesh Prasad, Darren A. Yuen, Serge Jothy, Jeffrey S. Zaltzman

“…We describe a unique case of a renal transplant recipient who developed rapid-onset nephrotic-range proteinuria and acute kidney injury secondary to C4d negative acute TG. Two courses of intravenous Rituximab resulted in significant improvement in proteinuria and allograft function. …”
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Improving TCR Gene Therapy for Treatment of Haematological Malignancies by Emma Nicholson, Sara Ghorashian, Hans Stauss

“…Adoptive immunotherapy using TCR gene modified T cells may allow separation of beneficial Graft versus tumour responses from harmful GvHD. …”
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Making Transparency Work: Experiences from the Evaluation of the Hamburg Transparency Law by Christoph E. Mueller, Bettina Engewald

“…Hence, this article presents the evaluation of the Hamburg Transparency Law (HmbTG)– Germany’s first FOIA that binds authorities to disclose government information proactively. …”
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Communication in Online Social Networks Fosters Cultural Isolation by Marijn A. Keijzer, Michael Mäs, Andreas Flache

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On Semi-c-Periodic Functions by M. T. Khalladi, M. Kostić, M. Pinto, A. Rahmani, D. Velinov

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Le tourisme sexuel vu du Sahara marocain : une économie de razzia ? by Corinne Cauvin Verner

“…With no price tag, or even payment requested, these interactions seem to be the starting point of more or less perennial liaisons. …”
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Prispevek k poznavanju favne pajkov zahodne Slovenije (Arachnida: Araneae) by Matjaž Kuntner, Rok Kostanjšek

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Linearization of a Matrix Riccati Equation Associated to an Optimal Control Problem by Foued Zitouni, Mario Lefebvre

“…The matrix Riccati equation that must be solved to obtain the solution to stochastic optimal control problems known as LQG homing is linearized for a class of processes. …”
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Decolonising biblical hermeneutics in the (South) African context by H. Ramantswana

“…The emergence of African biblical hermeneutics does not imply that the colonial systems have been overcome – coloniality is able to survive and thrive even under the tag “African”. …”
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Komunikacijski sistem mobilnih učesnika by Damir Gulin

“…Komunikacijski sistem mobilnih veza omogućava novi kvalitet u telekomunikacijama: dostupnost učesnika s bilo kojeg mjesta u bilo koje vrijeme. Zahvaljujući toj izvanrednoj prednosti, masovno je prihvaćen u svijetu. …”
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The nature of meaning in the age of Google. Google, Indexing, Web, Meaning by Terrence A. Brooks

“…Legacy methods of asserting meaning such as the META keywords tag and Dublin Core are inappropriate in the lawless meaning space of the open Web. …”
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SMEs IN THE ACTUAL CONTEXT by Catalina IANASI, Minodora-Maria PASARE

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Products of Toeplitz Operators on the 2-Analytic Bergman Space by Bo Zhang, Yixin Yang, Yufeng Lu

“…We show that if the product TfTg equals zero and one of f and g is a radial function satisfying a Mellin transform condition, then the other function must be zero.…”
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Negative association between 15 obesity- and lipid-related indices and testosterone in adult males: a population based cross-sectional study by Wei Guo, Shuo Zhao, Qinzheng Chang, Jiajia Sun, Yidong Fan, Jikai Liu

“…Conclusion Elevated levels of these 15 markers were inversely related to testosterone levels and were indicative of an elevated risk of TD. Among all indices analyzed, TyG-WHtR demonstrated the highest predictive value. …”
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Aspergilli Response to Benzalkonium Chloride and Novel-Synthesized Fullerenol/Benzalkonium Chloride Nanocomposite by Nikola Unković, Milica Ljaljević Grbić, Miloš Stupar, Jelena Vukojević, Vesna Janković, Danica Jović, Aleksandar Djordjević

“…In mycelial growth assay, nanocomposite was more potent, as fungicidal effect of 1.04/0.6 μg mL−1 was obtained in all but one of the isolates (A. niger), while proportional concentration of pure biocide (0.6 μg mL−1) completely inhibited mycelial growth of only three Aspergillus species. …”
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Effects of specific inspiratory muscle training combined with whole-body endurance training program on balance in COPD patients: Randomized controlled trial. by Bilel Tounsi, Amal Acheche, Thierry Lelard, Zouhair Tabka, Yassine Trabelsi, Said Ahmaidi

“…Functional balance was assessed by the Berg Balance Scale (BBS), the Timed-up and Go (TUG), the Single Leg Stance test (SLS), and the Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) scale. …”
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