TEACHING ROMANIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE TO MEDICAL STUDENTS AN EVER-GROWING CHALLENGE by Oana BADEA

“…Academic education practices must provide the students with an open access of education and equality through mediated learning in all universities all over Romania. The present article represents a case study assessing the Romanian language course for foreign students studying medicine enrolled in the English program within the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova. …”
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Terre ancestrale ou parc national ? entre légitimité sociale et légalité à Madagascar by Cécile Bidaud Rakotoarivony, Mialy Ratrimoarivony

“…In Madagascar, the Bemaraha program, within the ANGAP (National  Association for the Management of the Protected Areas) is sponsored by the European Union. …”
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Shear strengthening of reinforced concrete beams using epoxy bonded steel plates, CFRP sheets and externally anchored stirrups by Ha Minh, Hiroshi Mutsuyoshi

“…In this study, an experimental program including two series of twelve specimens was carried out to investigate the behavior of RC beams strengthened with the above methods. …”
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ALICE FoCal overview by Park Jonghan

“…These proceedings introduce the FoCal physics program and its corresponding performance. Additionally, the performance of the FoCal prototype will be presented.…”
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Research on data encryption system and technology for cloud storage by Peiyi HAN, Chuanyi LIU, Jiahui WANG, Shaoming DUAN, Hezhong PAN, Binxing FANG

“…To order to address the problem of cloud storage data security,the generic proxy-based data protection system was proposed,which could automatically and transparently secure sensitive data in browser-based cloud storage applications.A novel dynamic program analysis technique was adopted based on JavaScript API function hooking for automatically extending to various cloud applications.And a novel proxy executed searchable encryption solution was presented so that it could achieve data encryption while maintaining the original functions of cloud applications.Experimental results show that the system can support a variety of typical cloud services,effectively protect sensitive data,and bring a relatively low overhead.…”
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POST-WORLD WAR II PREFABRICATION AND INDUSTRY IN CENTRAL-SOUTHERN ITALY: TWO CASE STUDIES, IN CAMPANIA AND LAZIO by Stefania Mornati, Laura Greco, Francesco Spada

“… The paper presents two emblematic examples located at the extremes of the most significant phases of building industrialization in Italy. …”
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Is It Worth Switching from Natural Service to Artificial Insemination? A Comparison of Reproductive Performance and Profitability in Dairy Herds by Klibs N. Galvão, Eduardo S. Ribeiro, Jose Eduardo P. Santos

“…A considerable portion of dairy producers in the United States still use NS in at least part of their breeding program. This 3-page fact sheet presents the results of papers that compared the reproductive performance and profitability of dairy cows submitted to natural service or a combination of timed AI and natural service. …”
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Dependence of the mechanical fracture energy of the polymeric composite material from the mixture of filler fractions by E. M. Nurullaev, A. S. Ermilov

“…This paper for the first time presents an equation for calculating the mechanical fracture energy of the polymeric composite material (PCM) with regard to the basic formulation parameters. …”
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Qualitative Study of Solutions of Some Difference Equations by Hamdy El-Metwally, E. M. Elsayed

“…Some figures have been given to explain the behavior of the obtained solutions in the case of numerical examples by using the mathematical program Mathematica to confirm the obtained results.…”
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Using Mindfulness Techniques to Improve Student Wellbeing and Academic Performance for University Students: A Pilot Study by Monika Goretzki, Ania Zysk

“…This paper examines the effectiveness of a three week mindfulness group program as a tool for improving academic performance, managing study stress and improving overall well-being. …”
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VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN THE SYSTEM OF SATISFYING THE NEED OF ECONOMY IN MIDDLE LEVEL WORKERS by Andrey E. Shklyaev

“…The article assesses the present situation in providing personnel with vocational education and shows principle directions of its further development. …”
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SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF INCREASE OF PENSION AGE IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION by Arkady K. Solovyev

“…In present social and economic conditions the problem of increase of pension age in Russia has got a special sharpness.…”
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THE RESEARCH TECHNIQUES FOR ANALYSIS OF MECHANICAL AND TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF COATING-SUBSTRATE SYSTEMS by Kinga CHRONOWSKA-PRZYWARA, Marcin KOT, Sławomir ZIMOWSKI

“…The article presents research techniques for the analysis of both mechanical and tribological properties of thin coatings applied on highly loaded machine elements. …”
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Studying Problem Solving through Group Discussion in Chat Rooms by Inna Kozlova

“…In the present article we use a chat conversations’ corpus to study the process of resolving language problems. …”
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Introduction. Politiques urbaines et inégalités en Méditerranée by Hend Ben Othman Bacha, Olivier Legros

“…Cas méditerranéens”, program led by Nora Semmoud (UMR CITERES EMAM, University of Tours/CNRS). …”
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THE GREAT RUSSIAN SCIENTIST M.V. LOMONOSOV by G.L. Mikirtichan

“…This article presents reflections on the contribution of the great Russian scientist, one of the most prominent world science stars Mikhail Lomonosov (8/19.11.1711–4/15.04.1765) in connection with the 300th anniversary of his birth celebrated in 2011. …”
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GLASÚN 1.0: A new data management and prompting system for research in acoustic phonetics by Mark Gibson, Ignacio de Lorenzo Rodríguez

“… This methodological study presents the results of an initiative to create a new data management and prompting system which can be interfaced with acoustic data for research in acoustic phonetics. …”
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Is It Worth Switching from Natural Service to Artificial Insemination? A Comparison of Reproductive Performance and Profitability in Dairy Herds by Klibs N. Galvão, Eduardo S. Ribeiro, Jose Eduardo P. Santos

“…A considerable portion of dairy producers in the United States still use NS in at least part of their breeding program. This 3-page fact sheet presents the results of papers that compared the reproductive performance and profitability of dairy cows submitted to natural service or a combination of timed AI and natural service. …”
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Naturaliser la genèse des idéalités géométriques by Nicolas Millot

“…Secondly, we show that these approaches are partially theoretically incompatible with the genesis of geometric idealities as conceived by Husserl, and we extract three constraints that should guide any attempt to naturalize it. Finally, we present a program to carry out this naturalization that is based on current research.…”
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DISTRIBUTED LEDGER TECHNOLOGY IN THE BANKING SECTOR: ANALYSIS OF THE VALUE OF Information technology IN REDUCING THE FINANCIAL LOSS OF THE COMMERCIAL BANK by A. Mikhaylova

“…The article presents the results of a study of a business-engineering project for a commercial bank. …”
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