Predicting Bitcoin Prices Using Machine Learning by Athanasia Dimitriadou, Andros Gregoriou

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Alfred W. Bennett and the Photographic Gift Book by Steven F. Joseph

“…The article evaluates Bennett’s career and impact, covering the following topics: the Quaker context that influenced Bennett’s activity as a publisher and photograph dealer; Bennett’s invention of the photographic gift book as a genre; synergy with Lovell Reeve, another pioneering photographic book publisher; the crucial importance of literary tourism for Bennett’s output; assimilation of the concept of the Picturesque within photographic illustration; the extension of subject matter to Continental Europe; and the decline of the photographically illustrated book business in the hands of Bennett’s successor Abraham Provost. …”
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Die intellektuele geskiedenis van bruin intelligentsia: ’n herbesoek aan P. J. Philander (1921–2006) by Steward van Wyk

“…This would also explain his disenchantment with the apartheid regime and his consequent decision to emigrate to the United States of America where he pursued a long and illustrious career as an educator at a Quaker School in New York. I analyse two texts with an autobiographical purview to indicate these strands of liberal influence and thought. …”
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Poetry for Students. Presenting Analysis, Context and Criticism on Commonly Studied Poetry / by Ruby, Mary K., editor 652226, Gale Group (Online service) 651863

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Hmong and Lao Refugee Women: Reflections of a Hmong-American Woman Anthropologist by Dia Cha

“…The research project she describes was funded by the United Nations Development Fund for Women and executed by the American Friends Service Committee (The Quaker Services). Ms. Jacquelyn Chagnon joined Ms. …”
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Holding Our Nerves—Experiments in Dispersed Collective Silence, Waking Sleep and Autotheoretical Confession by Grace Denton

“…The power of collective silence is harnessed by many doctrines: in Quaker meetings for worship, in the practice of Zen Buddhism, and in the Memorial observance of a minute’s silence. …”
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Strategic Management : Concepts and Cases / by Thompson, Jr. Arthur A., author 364340, Strickland III, A.J., author 627189

“…Gallo Winery -- Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc -- PFS: Daisytek's Growth Strategy -- Music on the Internet: Transformation of the Industry by Sony, Amazon.com, MP3.com, and Napster -- The Chicagotribune.com -- eBay in 2002: The Challanges of Sustained Growth -- Nucor Corporation in 2001: Pursuing Growth in a Troubled Steel Industry -- FedEx Corporation: Structural Transformation through e-Business -- South African Breweries: Achieving Growth in the Global Beer Market -- Unilever's Acqusitions of Slimfast, Ben & Jerry's, and Bestfoods -- PepsiCo's Acquisition of Quaker Oats -- Avid Technology, Inc -- Robin Hood -- Moss Adams LLP -- Perdue Farms, Inc.: Responding to the 21st-Century Challenges -- Southwest Airlines, Inc -- Gordon Bethune and the Turnaround of Continental Airlines -- Conseco's Implementation Strategy for a Web-Based Cash Management System -- West Indies Yacht Club Resort: When Cultures Collide -- AES Corporation: Values, Culture, and Operating Practices at a Global Power Company -- Optivus Technology -- Nike's Dispute with the University of Oregon -- DoubleClick Inc.: Gathering Customer Intelligence.…”

TiO2 nanoparticles affect the bacterial community structure and Eisenia fetida (Savigny, 1826) in an arable soil by Katia Berenice Sánchez-López, Francisco J. De los Santos-Ramos, Elizabeth Selene Gómez-Acata, Marco Luna-Guido, Yendi E. Navarro-Noya, Fabián Fernández-Luqueño, Luc Dendooven

“…Treatments were soil amended with ten earthworms (Eisenia fetida (Savigny, 1826)) with fully developed clitellum and an average fresh mass of 0.5 to 500 g dry soil, 1.75 g tyndallized Quaker® oat seeds Avena sativa (L.) kg−1, or earthworms plus oat seeds, or left unamended. …”
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Scale-up of ABC care bundle for intracerebral haemorrhage across two hyperacute stroke units in one region in England: a mixed methods evaluation of a quality improvement project by Stephen Cross, Camilla Sammut-Powell, Emily Birleson, Adrian R Parry-Jones, Hiren C Patel, Sarah E Knowles, Ruth Boaden, Natalie Greaves, Lisa Brunton, Clare McQuaker, Kyriaki Paroutoglou, Omran Alzouabi, Appukuttan Suman, Khalil Kawafi

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Reaching and teaching diverse populations : strategies for moving beyond stereotypes / by 524469 Buckelew, Mary, Fishman, Andrea 524470

Interactive mechanism and friction modelling of transient tribological phenomena in metal forming processes: A review by Xiao Yang, Heli Liu, Lemeng Zhang, Yiran Hu, Denis J. Politis, Mohammad M. Gharbi, Liliang Wang

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The clinical outcome and toxicity of high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation in patients with myeloma or amyloid and severe renal impairment: a British Soci... by Bird, J, Fuge, R, Sirohi, B, Apperley, J, Hunter, A, Snowden, J, Mahendra, P, Milligan, D, Byrne, J, Littlewood, T, Fegan, C, McQuaker, G, Pagliuca, A, Johnson, P, Rahemtulla, A, Morris, C, Marks, D

Assessing the production potential of industrial hemp in the semi-arid west Texas by Preetaman Bajwa, Sukhbir Singh, Manpreet Singh, Arjun Kafle, Ved Parkash, Rupinder Saini

“…Therefore, multiple experiments were conducted at Quaker Research Farm of Texas Tech University to (1) evaluate the biomass productivity potential of several imported hemp cultivars under different planting dates in field conditions, and (2) test the seed germination capacity of hemp cultivars in a range of temperatures using a growth chamber. …”
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That we may eat and be healthy: A case of slowly digestible cookies from cardaba banana starch by Babatunde Olawoye, Oladapo Fisoye Fagbohun, Oyekemi Popoola-Akinola, Deborah Bolutife Adetola, Saka Olasunkanmi Gbadamosi, Charles Taiwo Akanbi

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Sectirische und begeisterte Weibes-Personen. On the Gynaeceum Haeretico Fanaticum by J. H. Feustking (1704) by Adelisa Malena

“…Next to these, there are many Quaker women, and women linked to Pietist groups, but also to Catholic Quietism and figures of “chretiennes sans église”: namely, restless consciences, and women who moved outside or at the margins of the confessional churches of the time.On examining the wide spectrum of cases dealt with in the Gynaeceum, the first question that comes to mind is: what did all these women have in common in Feustking’s eyes? …”
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Thomas Paine'in Peygamberlik Hakkındaki Görüşlerinin Değerlendirilmesi by Abdullah Namlı

“…Thomas Paine 1737’de İngiltere’nin Norfolk bölgesinde Thetford’da doğdu. 1809’da Amerika’nın Newyork şehrinde öldü. Babası Quaker, annesi ise Anglikan mezhebi üyesiydi. Paine, babasının mezhebi Quakerlikten çok etkilenmiştir. …”
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The Role of Oat Nutrients in the Immune System: A Narrative Review by Oliver Chen, Eunice Mah, ElHadji Dioum, Ankita Marwaha, Shobana Shanmugam, Nagappa Malleshi, Vasudevan Sudha, Rajagopal Gayathri, Ranjit Unnikrishnan, Ranjit Mohan Anjana, Kamala Krishnaswamy, Viswanathan Mohan, YiFang Chu

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Oats Lower Age-Related Systemic Chronic Inflammation (iAge) in Adults at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease by El Hadji M. Dioum, Kevin L. Schneider, David J. Vigerust, Bryan D. Cox, YiFang Chu, Jeffery J. Zachwieja, David Furman

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Pregnancy History at 40 Years of Age as a Marker of Cardiovascular Risk by Liv G. Kvalvik, Rolv Skjærven, Gerhard Sulo, Aditi Singh, Quaker E. Harmon, Allen J. Wilcox

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Design and manufacture of one-size-fits-all healthcare face shields for the NHS during the COVID-19 pandemic by Urvashi F. Gunputh, Gavin Williams, Adam Leighton, Wayne Carter, Hirbod Varasteh, Marzena Pawlik, Yiling Lu, Ruth Sims, Melinda Lyons, Jenny Clementson, Gyan Tripathi, Nick Chambers, Matt Roe, Paul Wood

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