Economic Contributions of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Food Industries in Florida in 2013 by Alan W. Hodges, Mohammad Rahmani, Thomas J. Stevens

“…UF/IFAS researchers used the Implan regional economic modeling system to estimate economic multipliers for over 500 different industry sectors and evaluate their economic contributions in 2013. This 5-page executive summary was written by Alan W. Hodges, Mohammad Rahmani, and Thomas J. …”
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Determining Impacts on Non-Performing Loan Ratio in Romania by Adriana Daniela CIUREL, Tiberiu STOICA

“…This paper presents in the first place an executive summary of the main conclusions of the study, as well as a reference to the origin of the data used and the methodology applied. …”
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Toward a neuroaesthetics of interactions: Insights from dance on the aesthetics of individual and interacting bodies by Andrea Orlandi, Matteo Candidi

“…Summary: Neuroaesthetics has advanced our understanding of the neural processes underlying human aesthetic evaluation of crafted and natural entities, including the human body. …”
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PRAWO ŁASKI NA POZIOMIE STANOWYM W USA by Wojciech Kwiatkowski

“… The Right of Clemency at the State Level in the United States Summary The article discusses the core issues related to state-level clemency in the United States of America. …”
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South Africa’s male homicide epidemic: Who is killing men and why do we ignore the victims? by Richard Matzopoulos, Morna Cornell, Brett Bowman, Lorna J. Martin, Rachel Jewkes, Naeema Abrahams

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In-Situ Determination of Buildings’ Thermo- Physical Characteristics by Arash Rasooli

“…In this context, accurate determination of building’s thermo-physical characteristics is a necessity in the processes which lead to execution of energy conservation strategies in existing buildings. …”
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Perspectives on the impact of microplastics (MPs) on fish of the Amazon that exhibit air-breathing and aquatic surface respiration by LAUREN ZINK, ADALBERTO L. VAL, CHRIS M. WOOD

“…Finally, we relate our perspectives with the recently published Executive Summary of the Status of Water Quality in the Amazon Basin to highlight the importance of considering microplastics alongside other pollutants threatening the ecological, economical, and cultural values of the Amazon.…”
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THE ROLE OF CREDIT BROKERS IN INCREASING THE STABILITY OF THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM IN RUSSIA by D. K. Mashtakeeva

“…The article contains recommendations for legislative and executive authorities and gives a summary of the ACBR activities. …”
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GLOSA DO WYROKU NSA W WARSZAWIE Z DNIA 11 STYCZNIA 2012 R. II GSK 1365/10 by Jan Szulc

“… a GLOSS ON VERDICT II GSK 1365/10 ISSUED ON 11TH JANUARY 2012 BY THE POLISH SUPREME ADMINISTRATIVE COURT IN WARSAW Summary The verdict in question concerns the possibility of pharmacies providing services which are not specifically defined in the applicable legal regulations, in this case facilities for patients to take their own blood pressure. …”
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A VANET-Based A* Route Planning Algorithm for Travelling Time- and Energy-Efficient GPS Navigation App by Ing-Chau Chang, Hung-Ta Tai, Feng-Han Yeh, Dung-Lin Hsieh, Siao-Hui Chang

“…Finally, simulations for six route planning algorithms are executed by VANET simulator The ONE, in one congested and one noncongested time period, respectively. …”
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Distinct cortico-striatal compartments drive competition between adaptive and automatized behavior. by William H Barnett, Alexey Kuznetsov, Christopher C Lapish

“…In summary, this model describes how circuits of the dorsal striatum are dynamically engaged to control behavior and how the impairment of executive control by the PFC enhances inflexible behavior.…”
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Frontiers of Biogeography: taking its place as a journal of choice for the publication of high quality biogeographical research articles by Robert J. Whittaker, Joaquín Hortal, Dov F. Sax, David J. Currie, David M. Richardson, Alycia L. Stigall, Michael N Dawson

“…<p><strong>Executive summary.</strong> Through this editorial we seek your support and engagement as authors, readers and reviewers as we take the next steps in developing <em>Frontiers of Biogeography </em>as a leading international journal of biogeography and related subdisciplines. …”
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Identifying student help-seeking behavior patterns and help-seeking tendencies from student problem-solving and help-seeking behavior data: An educational data mining approach by Chih-Yueh Chou, Wei-Han Chen

“…One was static instrumental help-seeking and the other was static instrumental and executive help-seeking. Third, executive help-seeking and static instrumental and executive help-seeking patterns could be used as at-risk predicators of poor performance. …”
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Response–Response Binding: New Evidence from Event-Related Potentials Data by Biye Wang, Lu Wang, Tao Tao, Wei Guo

“…Background: Response–response (RR) binding, involving the integration of independently planned and executed responses, presents a novel perspective on action control. …”
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Perceptual learning and neural correlates of virtual navigation in subjective cognitive decline: A pilot study by Amir Amedi, Shahar Shelly, Nira Saporta, Merav Catalogna

“…Summary: Spatial navigation deficits in age-related diseases involve brain changes affecting spatial memory and verbal cognition. …”
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Deterministic Safety Technology for RBMK Reactors by F. D'Auria, S. Soloviev, D. Mazzini, C. Sollima

“…A top-down approach is pursued in structuring the executive summary that includes the following sections: (i) the safety needed for the RBMK NPP, (ii) the roadmap, (iii) the adopted computational tools, (iv) key findings, (v) Emphasis is given to the multiple pressure tube rupture (MPTR) issue and the individual channel monitoring (ICM) proposal.…”
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The improvement students learning achievement by applying work based learning combined with teaching factory concept by Hasan Maksum, Wawan Purwanto, Toto Sugiarto, Nuzul Hidayat, Siman Siman, Hanapi Hasan

“…The results indicate that the WBL-TEFA learning model introduced novel elements to the model syntax through the following activity steps: (1) initiation, (2) receiving orders, (3) gathering necessary information, (4) generating and sorting possible solutions, (5) executing orders, (6) quality control, and (7) assessment. …”
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Atomic and privacy-preserving cyclic cross-chain protocol based on chameleon hash function by Mengyan Li, Maoning Wang, Meijiao Duan

“…The pre-swap phase is firstly executed to determine the swap order. Then, users ensure atomicity via serial asset locking in the commit phase, and each receiver obtains swap assets from the corresponding sender via CH collision in the decommit phase. …”
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Impact of pre-stroke cognitive decline on rehabilitation effectiveness and cognitive-functional status of patients in the acute period of ischemic stroke by Anastasya M. Tynterova

“…Summary. The aim was to assess the influence of premorbid cognitive deficit on the effectiveness of rehabilitation using VR technologies and cognitive-functional status of patients in the acute period of ischemic stroke based on statistical methodology. …”
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