How the Interpretation of Drivers' Behavior in Virtual Environment Can Become a Road Design Tool: A Case Study by Marco Pasetto, Stefano Damiano Barbati

Get full text

Exploring the relationship between facilitating factors and adherence to nursing ethical standards by Shima Bordbar, Gholamhossein Mehralian, Fatemeh Rezabeigi Davarani, Ali Reza Yusefi

“…This study aimed to assess nurses’ compliance with professional ethical codes and its relationship with factors that facilitate such compliance. …”
Get full text

DOA Estimation Performance Analysis and Verification of Dual Crossed-Loop/Monopole Antenna Array by Sijie Wang, Biyang Wen, Yingwei Tian

“…Besides, the single CLM antenna can estimate two signals simultaneously at most, but its effectiveness is challenged by the pattern distortion and the existence of coherent sources, which limits the application range of the compact HF radar. …”
Get full text

Laboratory-based x-ray phase contrast microscopy system for targeting in unstained soft-tissue samples by Michela Esposito, Nicole Schieber, Alessandro Olivo, Yannick Schwab, Marco Endrizzi

“…The systems performance is quantitatively assessed on a calibration standard. Its potential for soft-tissue microscopy is demonstrated on two biological specimens and benchmarked against gold-standard synchrotron data. …”
Get full text

Noise Reduction for Modal Parameter Identification of the Measured FRFs Using the Modal Peak-Based Hankel-SVD Method by Tianxu Zhu, Chaoping Zang, Gengbei Zhang

“…Thirdly, another iteration considering the narrow frequency bands near the modal peak frequencies is conducted to further eliminate the residue noise and get the noise-reduced FRF signal. …”
Get full text

Pathology of Measuring and Managing Customer Satisfaction in B2B Companies by Gholamreza Tavakoli, Omid Heidari, Majid Feyz Arefi

“…Data collection tools included a semi-structured interview and a researcher-made questionnaire; its reliability was calculated as α = 0.906 after validation. …”
Get full text

Realization of Yanus Korchak ideas in the scientific works of students of pedagogical universities by Lyubov A. Kochemasova

“…The pedagogy of Janusz Korczak and its methodology are characterized in the context of the popularization and continuity of the ideas of humanism in1 Lyubov A. …”
Get full text

Peripheral Blood NMLR Can Predict 5-Year All-Cause Mortality in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Li Y, Ge S, Liu J, Li R, Zhang R, Wang J, Pan J, Zhang Q, Zhang J, Zhang M

“…The peripheral blood (neutrophil + monocyte)/lymphocyte ratio (NMLR) can predict the clinical outcomes of several inflammatory diseases. However, its prognostic value in COPD remains unknown.Methods: This retrospective study included 870 patients with COPD due to acute exacerbation, and the 5-year all-cause mortality of these patients was recorded. …”
Get full text

Prediction of the Binding to the Nuclear Factor NF-Kappa-B by Constituents from <i>Teucrium polium</i> L. Essential Oil by Renilson Castro de Barros, Renato Araújo da Costa, Nesrine Guenane, Boulanouar Bakchiche, Farouk Benaceur, Omer Elkiran, Suelem Daniella Pinho Farias, Vanessa Regina Silva Mota, Maria Fani Dolabela

“…Chemical studies have already isolated different types of terpenes from the species, and studies have established its pharmacological potential. The present study evaluates the components of <i>T. polium</i> essential oil cultivated in the Algerian Saharan Atlas. …”
Get full text

High School English Language Learners’ Experiences and Perceptions of Independent Online Content-Based Instruction by Kent Lee, Marilyn Abbott

“…Fifty-six high school ELLs independently completed 30 online modules and then responded to a 12-item questionnaire about the web application, the module content, and their learning. …”
Get full text

Detection of gene clusters for biodegradation of alkanes and aromatic compounds in the Rhodococcus qingshengii VKM Ac-2784D genome by Yu. A. Markova, I. S. Petrushin, L. A. Belovezhets

“…To understand the catabolic properties of this strain, we have studied its gene clusters possessing such properties. The alkane destruction genes are represented by two clusters and five separate alkB genes. …”
Get full text

Islamic Sharia Between Aceh And The Middle East by Abdurrazak Abdurrazak, Akmal Fajri

“…Islamic Sharia in its implementation in Aceh and the Middle East is full of issues that hinder its implementation. …”
Get full text

Age of detection of congenital hearing loss in South Africa: A systematic review by Mukovhe Phanguphangu, Khomotjo Kgare, Andrew J. Ross

“…Furthermore, the implementation of evidence-based interventions to lower the age of identification of congenital HL to enable its early detection and intervention in this age group is recommended. …”
Get full text

Detecting Spatial Clusters via a Mixture of Dirichlet Processes by Meredith A. Ray, Jian Kang, Hongmei Zhang

“…To cluster spatial foci, a birth-death process was applied due to its advantage of easier jumping between different numbers of clusters. …”
Get full text

Effect of 3D Printing Orientation on the Accuracy and Surface Roughness of Polycarbonate Samples by Paweł Turek, Anna Bazan, Marcin Bulicz

“…The research indicated the validity of taking surface type into account when analyzing its microgeometry.…”
Get full text

Liver Fibrosis and Protection Mechanisms Action of Medicinal Plants Targeting Apoptosis of Hepatocytes and Hepatic Stellate Cells by Florent Duval, Jorge E. Moreno-Cuevas, Maria Teresa González-Garza, Carlos Rodríguez-Montalvo, Delia Elva Cruz-Vega

“…Treatment strategies should take into account the versatility of its pathogenesis and act on all the cell lines involved to reduce liver fibrosis. …”
Get full text

Active Antennas for Space Applications by Stefano Selleri, Giovanni Toso

Get full text

Postlecture Evaluation of a Positive Youth Development Subject for University Students in Hong Kong by Daniel T. L. Shek

“…Except for the last lecture, students were invited to respond to a 12-item postlecture questionnaire after each lecture. …”
Get full text

Novel mobile agent dynamic data integrity protection protocol by LI Peng-fei1, QING Si-han2, MA Heng-tai1, DENG Yong1

“…Integrity characteristics of dynamic data was redefined and classified by attacker capability,and then it was analyzed how to protect truncation attack with collusion.After that,a data protection protocol of free-roaming agent was presented.The protocol used a reverse chained signature to protect the integrity of roaming path,and protected the dy-namic data integrity based on this.Specially,the protocol provided truncation resilience in collusion condition,and its secure property was proved by formal method.…”
Get full text

Enhancement of systemic and lung-localized CD4⁺ T-cell immune responses by truncation of NS1 protein of a seasonal live influenza vaccine strain by Polina I. Prokopenko, Ekaterina A. Stepanova, Victoria A. Matyushenko, Alexandra Ya. Rak, Anna K. Chistyakova, Arina D. Kostromitina, Tatyana S. Kotomina, Igor V. Kudryavtsev, Artem A. Rubinstein, Alexey S. Komlev, Larisa G. Rudenko, Irina N. Isakova-Sivak

“…Importantly, the LAIV NS126 strain also had a more pronounced attenuated phenotype in mice than its classical counterpart.…”
Get full text