Editorial Vol4 no2 by Sandy Cameron

“…The commitment by government to invest in setting up a unique institute in the form of SIRCC sent out a clear signal that residential child care has an enduring and important place on the spectrum of services for those children and young people who need and will continue to need public care. …”

Enterprises’ Heterogeneous Preferences for Incentive Policies of Poverty Alleviation in China by Wei Liu, Xiyan Han, Guiqin Zhou

“…To enhance policy efficiency, the government should formulate policies that cater to the diverse preferences of enterprises. …”
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Structural Optimisation of a Suspension Control Arm Using a Bi-Evolutionary Bone Remodelling Inspired Algorithm and the Radial Point Interpolation Method by Carlos Oliveira, Ana Pais, Jorge Belinha

“…Since RPIM relies on a weak form equation to establish the system of equations, it is necessary to additionally discretise the problem domain with a set of background integration points. …”
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Prognostic significance of the logistic regression model for assessing the risk of recurrence in patients with prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy by S. A. Reva, A. V. Arnautov, O. A. Klitsenko, S. B. Petrov

“…The study’s objective is to investigate the influence of risk factors for recurrence of prostate cancer (PCa) after radical surgical treatment on the unfavourable course of recurrence of the disease with the formation of a set of the most significant factors of a model that reflects the likelihood of relapse.Materials and methods. …”
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Bioinformatics and Deep Learning Approach to Discover Food-Derived Active Ingredients for Alzheimer’s Disease Therapy by Junyu Zhou, Chen Li, Yong Kwan Kim, Sunmin Park

“…We employed the bioinformatics-integrated deep neural analysis of NCs for Disease Discovery (BioDeepNat) application in the data collected from chemical databases. Random forest regression models were utilized to predict the IC₅₀ (pIC₅₀) values of ligands interacting with AD-related target proteins, including acetylcholinesterase (<i>AChE</i>), amyloid precursor protein (<i>APP</i>), beta-secretase 1 (<i>BACE1</i>), microtubule-associated protein tau (<i>MAPT</i>), presenilin-1 (<i>PSEN1</i>), tumor necrosis factor (<i>TNF</i>)<i>-α</i>, and valosin-containing protein (<i>VCP</i>). …”
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Thermodynamic assessment of the Fe-Nb-Si system by Jiang Y., Li F., Li S.-R., Xu K., Chen L.-L., Deng X.-Z., Huang Y.-Y., Chang K.

“…With the aim to study the effect of Fe addition on the Nb–Si system and to design appropriate alloy composition, the Fe–Nb–Si ternary system was thermodynamically investigated using the CALPHAD (CALculation of PHAse Diagrams) approach aided with the formation enthalpies for ternary compounds at 0 K computed via ab initio calculations. …”
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Optimization and realization of SWIPT relay channel transmission rate based on rateless code by Weijia LEI, Minghao DONG

“…The optimization of the transmission rate and implementation of the simultaneous wireless information and power transfer in a relay system were studied.In a three-node two-hop system,the decode-and-forward protocol was employed by the relay node.One transmission period was divided into two phases.The first phase was the simultaneous transmission of the information and energy from the source to the relay.The received signal at the relay node was split to two parts.One part was used for information decoding,and the other was converted into energy for information forwarding in the second phase.In the second phase,the information was forwarded according to the decode-and-forward protocol by the relay.The power splitting factor was optimized to minimize the total time of the two hops for the transmission of a certain amount of information when the durations of the two hops were unequal.Furthermore,Raptor codes were combined with different modulation modes to realize different transmission rates on the two hops for the efficient utilization of the different channel capacities in the two hops.The selection mechanism of the codeword length of Raptor codes and modulation mode was given.The simulation proves that the two hops with unequal durations can achieve a higher throughput,and the capacity of the relay channel can be efficiently used by employing Raptor codes,and an efficient and reliable transmission is realized.…”
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Crónicas de ciudades discontinuas: Francesco Careri y Ciudad Juárez by Carles Méndez Llopis, Hortensia Mínguez García

“…Así, dirigidos a las sucesivas caminatas permitieron leer la ciudad de forma participativa, habitarla en ciertos momentos, para proyectar simbólicamente sus diferentes construcciones. …”
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A Critique on the Book A Critical Approach to Community-Based Development by Mokhtar Nouri, Homayoun Abbasabadi

“…According to him, community-based development forms the knowledge that is based on justice, equality, and democracy. …”
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Effectiveness of Retail Promotions in the Green Industry by Age Group: A Case Study by Hayk Khachatryan, Alicia Rihn

“…Surprisingly, men are the driving force in this age group (with a 125% increase) who spent approximately $441 per household (in 2012) with most of the expenditures being on food producing/edible plants (i.e. fruit trees, berries, vegetables and herbs).  …”
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Fundos soberanos de investimento e imunidade de jurisdição by Ely Caetano Xavier Junior

“…Essa atuação tem suscitado diversos questionamentos jurídicos, que se estendem desde a forma societária escolhida para a operação dos fundos até a motivação política dos investimentos realizados. …”
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DETERIORO URBANO Y CALIDAD DE VIDA EN LAS GRANDES URBES: LA PARTICIPACIÓN DE LAS MUJERES EN LAS ORGANIZACIONES VECINALES by PATRICIA SAFA BARRAZA, JUAN MANUEL RAMÍREZ SÁIZ

“…Las asociaciones vecinales se forman para solventar, sobre todo, los asuntos cotidianos que preocupan a sus integrantes como habitantes de una parte de la ciudad y para mejorar sus condiciones materiales de vida urbana. …”
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Un aménagement de berge antique sur l’Auron, pour la villa de Lazenay à Bourges (Cher) by Alain Ferdière, Emmanuel Marot

“…The port development consists of a “quay” with a wooden frame and a rubble stone structure, forming the corner of a small basin set back from the left bank of the Auron river. …”
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DİJİTAL HETEROTOPYALAR: “BAŞKA” BİR BAĞLAMDA YENİ MEDYA by Göksel Göker

“…Bu nedenle bu metin yeni medya ve sosyal medyayı, çağdaş dünyanın ürettiği yeni bir heterotopya formu olarak ele almakta; sosyal medyanın temel dinamiklerini bu bakış açısından hareketle belirlemeye çalışmaktadır.…”
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Evaluation of the Effects of Different Surface Configurations on Stability of Miniscrews by Tolga Topcuoglu, A. Altuğ Bicakci, M. Cihat Avunduk, Z. Deniz Sahin Inan

“…Four mini-screws were inserted in fibulas of each rabbit, and 115 G of force was immediately applied. Four miniscrews were inserted in the other fibula, on which no force was applied. …”
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Flores, sueños y barricadas. Los Écrits de Lacan by Gibrán Larrauri Olguín

“…En el fondo, pretende ser una respuesta crítica a las difamaciones comunes sobre la forma de escribir y de pensar de Lacan. Para tal efecto, se retoman los dichos que él mismo pronunció en múltiples foros sobre las características de sus Escritos. …”
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Biology and Control of Japanese Climbing Fern (Lygodium japonicum) by Patrick J. Minogue, Stella Jones, Kimberly K. Bohn, Rick L. Williams

“…Published by the UF School of Forest Resources and Conservation, May 2009. FOR 218/FR280: Biology and Control of Japanese Climbing Fern (Lygodium japonicum) (ufl.edu) …”
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Combination Therapy with GABA and MgSO4 Improves Insulin Sensitivity in Type 2 Diabetic Rat by Shahla Sohrabipour, Mohammad Reza Sharifi, Mohammadreza Sharifi, Ardeshir Talebi, Nepton Soltani

“…Therefore, we studied the effect of combination therapy with GABA and MgSO4 to improve insulin sensitivity in diabetes induced by streptozotocin as well as high-fat diet in a diabetic rat model. Design and Methods. Forty randomly selected rats were assigned to four groups: nondiabetic control group was fed the normal diet, insulin-resistant diabetic rat model was induced by streptozotocin and high-fat diet, GABA + MgSO4 group received GABA and MgSO4, and insulin group was treated with insulin. …”
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Construção de fractais usando o software GeoGebra by Teresinha Aparecida Faccio Padilha, Maria Madalena Dullius, Marli Teresinha Quartieri

“…De acordo com as análises feitas e tendo por base as respostas do questionário, a produção dos alunos e as observações registradas durante o desenvolvimento da intervenção pedagógica ficou evidenciado que: o trabalho contribuiu na obtenção de uma forma motivadora, interativa e viável da abordagem da Geometria Fractal; o software GeoGebra foi importante ferramenta de apoio na construção dos fractais; a Geometria Fractal é uma possibilidade interessante de associar a geometria e a álgebra numa proposta diferenciada de forma a contemplar as duas áreas de conhecimento. …”
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Ecogeographical Amplitude and Habitat of Two Species of the Genus- <i>Terminalia</i> (Combretaceae) In the Central Niger Delta Areas in Rivers State by NL Edwin-Wosu, T Omara-Achong, BL Nyannanyo

“…Terminalia ivorensis does occur wildly and in abundant in the forest than T. catappa, which is frequently cultivated around homes and residential areas, though occurred more in fresh water ecozone. …”
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