Introduction au dossier spécial : Collaborations franco-japonaises en primatologie by James R Anderson, Tetsuro Mastuzawa

“…We hope that these collections of papers will provide the opportunity for scientists to look back at these collaborations, and to look forward to new ones.…”
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Being a Nursing Home Resident: A Challenge to One's Identity by Maria Riedl, Franco Mantovan, Christa Them

“…In order to be able to cope with these strains, they need the help of family members, professionals, and identity-forming conversations in new social networks in the nursing home. …”
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Cuadro de mando integral en una empresa constructora de obras de ingeniería by Dianelys Nogueira, Dayron López, Alberto Medina, Arialys Hernández

“…La aplicación del índice de eficiencia financiera mostró un comportamiento económico - financiero estable en la empresa; los modelos de calidad permitieron fortalecer las perspectivas de cliente y de procesos, en aras de elevar las expectativas del cliente externo y contribuir a la mejora de los procesos de la empresa.…”
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Qualitative evaluation of survey questions to assess treatment preference for daily oral or long‑acting injectable antiretroviral therapy among people living with HIV. by Cindy Garris, Irina Kolobova, Vasiliki Chounta, Alberto Díaz De Santiago, Robin Dretler, Tulika Singh, Gary Sinclair

“…During concept confirmation, participants endorsed concepts relevant to HIV treatment preference: fear of disclosure of HIV status (47%), forgetting to take daily oral medication (40%), and current treatment regimen as a bothersome daily reminder of HIV status (40%). …”
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PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMIC RELATIONS OF AFRICA AND THE EUROPEAN UNION by P. Kamara, T. Titus, N. Sekongo

“…The directions of diversification of forms, methods and mechanisms of the European-African cooperation are considered. …”
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Temperature compensated crystal oscillator design in Keysight ADS by A. N. Lyashuk, A. V. Kosykh

“…The article proposes an all-embracing approach to designing a temperature compensated crystal oscillator in Keysight ADS CAD system, which allows: to investigate the conditions for the occurrence of self-oscillations in a given oscillator circuit; analyze the temperature-frequency characteristics of the resonator; form requirements for the frequency control function; simulate noise characteristics of the generator; optimize the circuit according to the given parameters. …”
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Topological Design and Kinematic Performance Analysis of a New Parallel Mechanism with Two Translations and Two Rotations by Ji Encheng, Shen Huiping, Li Ju

“…Secondly, the topological characteristic kinematics of the mechanism is analyzed, and the forward and inverse position solutions of the mechanism are solved, which verifies the correctness of the forward and inverse solutions. …”
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Complications of Estimating Hatchery Introgression in the Face of Rapid Divergence: A Case Study in Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) by Bradley Erdman, Wesley Larson, Matthew G. Mitro, Joanna D. T. Griffin, David Rowe, Justin Haglund, Kirk Olson, Michael T. Kinnison

“…Such uncertainty is problematic for the conservation of native biodiversity as it hampers management agencies' ability to prioritize the conservation of indigenous locally adapted populations. Fortunately, genetic and genomic tools have allowed researchers to investigate these questions, often through the use of clustering or assignment approaches that are predicated on identifiable and consistent divergence between native populations and hatchery sources. …”
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The image of Nicholas I in sources of personal origin: Russian-Polish discourse by N. A. Cherkasskaya

“…Using historical and anthropological approach they have the opportunity to identify the features of the formation of emperor’s image. The historical-comparative method let us to analyze the characteristics that the emperor was endowed with by his contemporaries and to reconstruct the chronological evolution of the images of Nicholas I. …”
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The Influence of Direct Reduced Iron Size on EAF Smelting by Kang　Xu, Cao　Zhenwei, Wang　Qiang, Liu　Chong, Li　Shuangjiang, Zhang　Junfen

“…At the same time， the slag discharged from the EAF with small-sized DRI is prone to forming iron thallium at the bottom of the slag tank. …”
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Assessing Hand Function in Trans-Radial Amputees Wearing Myoelectric Hands: The Virtual Eggs Test (VET) by M. Controzzi, L. Angelini, P. Randi, P. Mucci, A. Mazzeo, R. Ferrari, E. Gruppioni, C. Cipriani

“…The test is composed of 11 Virtual Eggs that collapse if the grasping force exceeds their breaking thresholds, ranging from 0.4 N to 11.5 N. …”
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New key management scheme of wireless sensor networks based on key relation table by HUANG Hai-ping1, WANG Ru-chuan1, SUN Li-juan1, CHEN Zhi1

“…Aimed at some security properties on key management for multicast such as forward confidentiality,backward confidentiality,resisting conspiracy-analysis,expansibility and robustness,and furthermore the obvious character of en-ergy-constraint,a new key management scheme based on threshold mechanism ＆ key relation table was proposed,which mapped keys’ value onto the three-dimensional curves and surfaces.Although computing complexity increases within a little scale,the performance optimization of memory complexity as well as communication complexity were proposed.…”
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Madres, transmisión cultural de la paz y orden discursivo sobre el cuidado by Eduardo Aguirre-Dávila, Yuri Alicia Chávez-Plazas

“…Del análisis de contenido resultaron cuatro temas: la convivencia pacífica; la transmisión de valores desde la experiencia de vida; formación en la tolerancia, solidaridad y respeto; el acompañamiento a los hijos para transformar formas de pensar y actuar; y el compartir los sentidos de la paz. …”
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Utilização do Instagram® como estratégia para disseminação de conhecimento acerca da ciência dos alimentos by Laíza Pereira Gonçalves SOUTO, Juliana Marciano AYALA, Analy Machado de Oliveira LEITE, Francisco Martins TEIXEIRA, Juliana Tomaz Pacheco LATINI, Jéssica Chaves RIVAS

“…Esperamos ter contribuído para a formação dos estudantes e divulgação de informações fidedignas para população, de forma a auxiliar na escolha por alimentos mais saudáveis e seguros. …”
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Key to Nine Common Smilax Species of Florida by Lynn Proenza, Michael Andreu

“…Written by Lynn Proenza and Michael Andreu and published by the UF Department of School of Forest Resources and Conservation, January 2013. …”
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Comparison between relining of ill-fitted maxillary complete denture versus CAD/CAM milling of new one regarding patient satisfaction, denture retention and adaptation by Maha Nagy Mohamed Kamal

“…Both groups were evaluated regarding patient satisfaction by a specially designed questionnaire, retention values were measured by a digital force gauge at denture insertion appointment and two weeks later, geomagic software was used to evaluate dentures adaptation to oral tissues. …”
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The Power of the Voice: From Voice-Over to Character? by Rim KHALED

“…As these two series showcase, voice-over narrators can be either homodiegetic or heterodiegetic. Accordingly, the former exists in the storyworld as a character, while the latter does not. …”
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Evaluation of Six Novel Protein Sources on Apparent Digestibility in Pacific White Shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei by Xiaoyue Li, Yongkang Chen, Chaozhong Zheng, Shuyan Chi, Shuang Zhang, Beiping Tan, Shiwei Xie

“…Then, six experimental diets were formulated to contain 70% CD and 30% test ingredients. …”
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Diferencias de género en la percepción de las estrategias de afrontamiento masculinas ante la muerte by Andrea Mancilla-Díaz, María José Arteaga-Herrera, Sergio Israel Cabrera-García, Gabriela Palomé-Vega

“…Las mujeres piensan que es la sociedad, el estilo de vida, las creencias y la cultura quienes impactan fuertemente en la forma de pensar y de actuar de los hombres al afrontar la muerte. …”
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Conflicts between indigenous and scientific concepts of landscape management for wildlife conservation: human-chimpanzee politics of coexistence at Bossou, Guinea by Gen Yamakoshi, Vincent Leblan

“…Environmental conservation policies in Africa have their origin in the forced establishment of nature reserves during the colonial era. …”
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