Strategic analysis of the business of the enterprise by Nikolić Miloš, Stošić-Mihajlović Ljiljana

“…In this paper the emphasis is placed on the most significant methods for strategic analysis of the businesses most commonly used in practice. By applying these methods, businesses come up with important environmental information that they need when formulating a business strategy. …”
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Variation of stress intensity factor and elastic T-stress along the crack-front in finite thickness plates by S. K. Kudari, K. G. Kodancha

“…Non-singular terms in the series expansion of the elastic crack-tip stress fields, commonly referred to as the T-stress. The T-stress is as an additional stress field characterizing parameter to stress intensity factor (K) in the analysis of cracked bodies. …”
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Oxidative Stress and Its Biomarkers in Cardiovascular Diseases by Julija Valaitienė, Agnė Laučytė-Cibulskienė

“…Abstract Background Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the most common cause of death worldwide. CVDs share heterogeneous pathophysiologic mechanisms, one of which includes increased oxidative stress. …”
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Role of interventions in diagnosis and management of lung disorders in rheumatic diseases by Venkata Nagarjuna Maturu, Chetan Rao Vaddepally, V Pratibh Prasad

“…Pulmonary manifestations of rheumatic diseases are common and lead to significant morbidity. Rheumatic diseases can affect the lung parenchyma, the interstitium, airways, pleura as well as the mediastinum. …”
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Efficient top-k string similarity query algorithms by Zi-yang CHEN, Yu-jun HAN, Xuan WANG, Jun-feng ZHOU

“…,given a query string σ and string set S,finding k similar strings to σ based on edit distance from S.Firstly,two adaptive filter strategies based on length-skip index are proposed,such that to reduce the times of edit distance computation between two strings.Then the lower bound of edit distance between query string and unmatched string set is proposed,such that to further reduce the times of edit dis-tance computation when processing strings that do not have common signatures with the query string.Finally efficient algorithms to return top-k similar strings are proposed.Experimental results on three real datasets verify the benefits over the state-of-the-art algorithm.…”
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Convergent Lady Beetle Hippodamia convergens Guérin-Méneville (Insecta: Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) by Luis F. Aristizábal, Steven P. Arthurs

“… The convergent lady beetle, Hippodamia convergens Guérin-Méneville, is among the most common lady beetle species throughout North America and is an important natural enemy of aphids, scales, thrips, and other soft-bodied insects. …”
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Changement et innovation en éducation : deux notions en résonance by Françoise Cros, Dominique Broussal

“…The concept of new is however common and it is in the treatment of this novelty and its realization that a possible comparison is made between the two terms. …”
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A Rare Case of Angioimmunoblastic T-Cell Lymphoma with Epstein-Barr Virus-Negative Reed-Sternberg-Like B-Cells, Chylous Ascites, and Chylothorax by Mathijs Willemsen, Arne W. J. H. Dielis, Iryna V. Samarska, Ad Koster, Arienne M. van Marion

“…The combination of B-cell and T-cell proliferations is common in AITL and the B-cell component may resemble Reed-Sternberg-like B-cells. …”
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Pesticide Safety Miniposter: Pesticide Formulations by Rebecca W. Baldwin, Stephanie K. Hill, Philip Koehler, P. A. Mitola, J. C. Medley

“…Do you need a quick training reference to common pesticide formulations? This poster introduces new pest control technicians to pesticide product formulations. …”
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Le paysagiste est-il un expert ? by Pierre Donadieu

“…We will discuss the distinction between the three categories of expertise, which have in common the emphasizing of the values giving sense to landscapes and perceived spaces. …”
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Specification of manual lactation traditional Chinese medicine technology by Siyao Wang, Ye Li, Xuejing Li, Yingyi Fan, Wei Xie, Xueting Mei, Ling Tang

“…Acute mastitis is one of the common diseases of postpartum lactating women, also known as lactational mastitis, which can occur during breastfeeding, especially in the postpartum 3–4 weeks. …”
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Slaves and Captives Between Castile, Granada, and the Canary Islands: Frontier and Judicial Dynamics in the 15th and 16th Centuries by Mirko Suzarte Škarica

“…Legal and judicial documents from this period show how common human trafficking was in the peripheries of the Spanish dominions even before the overseas expansion. …”
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Design of a New Type of Shear Fork Type Chain Hoist by Jiang Haiming, Lu Jianfu, Du Jianwei

“…The improvement design for commonly used in industrial machinery hydraulic,a screw rod,a tape carrier shear fork type top up machine is carried out,making full use of rigid and flexible characteristic of chain,the chain is designed to be always rotate,another is always a rigid,through chain drive,using the special structure of the chain,the horizontal chain is transformed into vertical lift,also originally vertical chain is transformed into horizontal movement,to achieve the purpose of lifting platform. …”
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Natal Fruit Fly, Natal Fly, Ceratitis rosa Karsch (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) by Howard V. Weems, Thomas R. Fasulo

“…The Natal fruit fly is a pest of orchard fruits throughout much of KwaZulu Natal Province, Republic of South Africa, and is considered to be the most common fruit fly of economic importance in Zimbabwe. 50 to 100 percent of plums were reportedly infested in a South African locality one year despite the application of control measures. …”
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Introduction to Dossier. Dispossession, Social Segregation of Space and Territories in Resistance in Latin America by Ivette Vallejo, Giannina Zamora, William Sacher

“…While the national and international elites obtain the economic benefits of said projects, new forms of dispossession of territories and common goods in the region are renewed. This article offers a conceptual approach of incarnated dispossessions. …”
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Paul Auster, Report from the Interior.“From you to you, and conversely” by Jean-Louis CLARET

“…As a matter of fact, this unconventional process causes the narrator and the reader to coalesce and to share a common life experience that they either piece together through remembering or discover through reading. …”
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The public university, religion, and a pluralist platform for communication by S. A. de Freitas

“…Although efforts at seeking a common language in public fora are important, it is also important to try to include differing communicative forms that are especially relevant when discussing the purpose of (higher) education. …”
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Une Analyse de long terme des dépenses sociales by Sandrine Michel, Delphine Vallade

“…This article proposes an economic interpretation of social spending by comparing and contrasting findings for each of these categories and by questioning their specific evolutions and common patterns. This comparison will be based on a “human development” indicator; the conceptual model is described here.…”
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Les paysages périurbains de Roumanie, un développement non contrôlé marqué par ses héritages by Nicoleta Ticana

“…In Romania, and especially in Bucharest, these spaces are knowing different facets, heaving also a common point: growing urbanisation, hence rural and agricultural eroding space. …”
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La correspondance, espace de partage et lieu de repli : l’échange épistolaire entre Gustave Flaubert et Ernest Feydeau by Catherine Thomas-Ripault

“…Their epistolary exchange is above all the space where common positions and values circulate: each one states a literary connivance with his addressee, and maintains the myth of a perfect complementarity. …”
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