Study on the Effect of Surface Roughness on the Spectral Unmixing of Mixed Pixels by Haonan Zhang, Xingping Wen, Junlong Xu, Dayou Luo, Ping He

“…At this time, it is still a better choice to use a linear spectral mixing model to decompose the mixed pixels.…”
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The Response of Creatine Kinase Specific Activity in Rat Pituitary to Estrogenic Compounds and Vitamin D Less-Calcemic Analogs by D. Somjen, N. Mirsky, S. Tamir, J. Vaya, G. H. Posner, A. M. Kaye

“…In conclusion, rat female pituitary is estrogens-responsive organ, suggesting to consider its response for HRT in postmenopausal women for both beneficial and hazardous aspects.…”
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The Significance of the 2014 Corporate Governance Code of the Bank of Russia by A. V. Shashkova

“…Compliance is a system based on binding rules of conduct contained in the regulations which are mandatory for the company. In order to fulfill best practices and implement local acts on the most important issues for the company, many foreign companies as well as large Russian companies have formed special Compliance departments. …”
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Del Vaingka al Choqueo. Sociabilidad y ritual de los angaité a partir de la colonización del Chaco (1880) by Rodrigo Villagra Carron

“…I intend to show how the Vaingka has been replaced by the Choqueo since the Paraguayan colonization of the Angaité territory and the Chaco (between 1880 and 1943), and the correlative development of cattle ranches, which constituted the new socio-economic and geographical pattern of reproduction of the indigenous population. …”
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Sport in the Swiss Research and Innovation Landscape by Hippolyt Kempf

“…A number of studies are currently being carried out to learn more about the situation research and development in sport and determine how and in which areas sport could become more and better embedded in Switzerland strong research and innovation system. …”
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Chaotic Dynamics-Based Analysis of Broadband Piezoelectric Vibration Energy Harvesting Enhanced by Using Nonlinearity by Zhongsheng Chen, Bin Guo, Congcong Cheng, Hongwu Shi, Yongmin Yang

“…Nonlinear magnetic forces are always used to enlarge resonant bandwidth of vibration energy harvesting systems with piezoelectric cantilever beams. However, how to determine properly the distance between two magnets is one of the key engineering problems. …”
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Automated Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease: A Review and Workflow by Qurat-ul-ain Mastoi, Teh Ying Wah, Ram Gopal Raj, Uzair Iqbal

“…The protocol of review methods is identifying best methods and classifier for CAD identification. …”
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A Case of Stercoral Perforation Detected on CT Requiring Proctocolectomy in a Heroin-Dependent Patient by William H. Seligman, Fahreyar Alam, Andy Planner, Roderick J. Alexander

“…There are very few reports in the literature describing cases of stercoral perforation and questions have been asked about the importance of preoperative cross-sectional imaging. …”
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Faculty Perceptions on the Roles of Mentoring, Advising, and Coaching in an Anesthesiology Residency Program: Mixed Methods Study by Sydney Nykiel-Bailey, Kathryn Burrows, Bianca E Szafarowicz, Rachel Moquin

“…Targeted training and operational investments could enable programs to actualize immense benefits from high-quality resident support modalities. …”
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Pseudoporphyria Associated with Nonhemodialyzed Renal Insufficiency, Successfully Treated with Oral N-Acetylcysteine by A. C. Katoulis, D. Ferra, E. Toumbis, E. Papadavid, A. Kanelleas, I. Panayiotides, D. Rigopoulos

“…It was initially described in renal failure patients on dialysis. Thereafter, it has been associated with several aetiological factors. …”
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Eldologiasodás a Globális Társadalmi Gyárban. Lukács jelentősége a kapitalizmus globális szemléletében by Gergely Csányi

“…Ezért az informális, illetve nem bérmunka jellegű munkaformák is végső soron értéktöbbletet termelnek a tőkének. …”
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Weight-RSS: A Calibration-Free and Robust Method for WLAN-Based Indoor Positioning by Zengwei Zheng, Yuanyi Chen, Tao He, Fei Li, Dan Chen

“…Wi-Fi fingerprinting has become a promising solution for indoor positioning with the rapid deployment of WLAN and the growing popularity of mobile devices. …”
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INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE OF METAL FITTING IN THE HEATING FURNACE ON TRANSFORMATION OF THE CRACKS RECEIVED AT CRYSTALLIZATION OF CONTINUOUSLY CASTED STEEL SLUGS OF GRADE S355J2 by I. A. Kovaleva, N. A. Hodosovskaja, A. V. Vengura, V. V. Gordienko

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School Leadership and the Civic Nationalist Turn: towards a typology of leadership styles employed by Head Teachers in their enactment of the Prevent Duty and the promotion of fund... by Hazel Bryan, Lynn Revell

“… British schools are teeming with cultural richness and have long been at the heart of a celebration of heritage.   …”
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Micellization Studies on Binary Mixture of Methionine with Polyoxyethylene (10) Cetyl Ether (Brij-56) and Polyoxyethylene (20) Cetyl Ether (Brij-58) by B. S. Bhadane, T. J. Patil

“…Considering cloud point as threshold temperature of the solubility, the energetic of clouding process (ΔG0cl, ΔH0cl and ΔS0cl) have been evaluated using “Phase Separation Model" It is found that the overall clouding process is exothermic and ΔH0cl > TΔS0cl indicating that the process of clouding is guided by both enthalpy and entropy. …”
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Bi-targeting of thioredoxin 1 and telomerase by thiotert promotes cell death of myelodysplastic syndromes and lymphoma by Qiangan Jing, Yunyi Wu, Yanchun Li, Chaoting Zhou, Junyu Zhang, Jun Xia, Keyi Li, Yuhuan Shen, Hongfeng Yao, Xiangmin Tong, Jing Du, Lushan Yu, Ying Wang

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Lifetime Health Care Costs of the Danish Population by Jan Sørensen, Rikke Søgaard

“…The analysis suggests that longevity of life accounts for 78% of the difference in health care costs between men and women. **Conclusion:** This study presents cost data for the general population that can be used to inform general economic models assessing the impact of aging populations, but also comparative models that seek to assess the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of new technologies. …”
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Effect of visceral fat area on prognosis of patients undergoing radical gastrectomy and construction of nomogram by Zhicheng Huang, Baohua Zheng, Zhiwei Wang, Xiaobin Chen, Yu Wang

“…The ROC curve shows that VFA can predict the prognosis of patients with gastric cancer significantly better than BMI (AUC = 0.826 vs. AUC = 0.707, P = 0.016). …”
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Employees’ perceptions of symbolic corporate identity elements and employer-employee relationships at Lonmin Platinum by Lida Holtzhausen, Lynette Fourie, Annelie Naudé

“…While the relationship between corporate image and stakeholder management has been debated, the impact of symbolic corporate identity elements on specific relationship dimensions has not yet been investigated and is addressed in this article by means of the following research question: What is the relationship between employees’ perceptions of symbolic corporate identity elements and employer-employee relationships at Lonmin Platinum? …”
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Optimizing bioethanol production from sweet sorghum stem juice under very high gravity fermentation and temperature stress conditions by Phon Thatiyamanee, Pattana Laopaiboon, Lakkana Laopaiboon

“…Response surface methodology based on a Box-Behnken design was employed to optimize initial sugar (267 g/L), urea (3.24 g/L), and cell concentration (1.32 × 108 cells/mL) for maximization of ethanol concentration (PE), productivity (QP), and sugar consumption (%SC). …”
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