Social Marketing and the School Library: An Effective Path to Collaboration? A Review of: Immroth, Barbara and W. Bernard Lukenbill. “Teacher-School Library Media Specialist Collab... by Gayle Bogel

“…They suggest that these two strategies may be most helpful in situations that have less than optimal environments for collaboration, where librarians have not been successful, or are not considered equal to the tasks.…”
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Simulating the Fast Prediction Strategy of the Sensorimotor System by Andrea Biscarini

“…For increments <inline-formula>τ<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi mathvariant="sans-serif">τ</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula> significantly greater than the maximum <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi>t</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula> among the differences <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mrow><mo>|</mo><mrow><msub><mi>t</mi><mi>n</mi></msub><mo>−</mo><msub><mi>t</mi><mrow><mi>n</mi><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub></mrow><mo>|</mo></mrow></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, the error associated with truncation of the U-expansion at a given order closely equalizes the error of the corresponding Taylor series (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>t</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>) truncated at the same order. …”
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Migraine among women with endometriosis: a hospital-based case-control study in BangladeshAJOG Global Reports at a Glance by Samina Sultana, MS, Touhidul A. Chowdhury, FRCS, Tanzeem S. Chowdhury, MRCOG, Nusrat Mahmud, MSc, Rebeka Sultana, FCPS, Naushaba T. Mahtab, FCPS, Yushuf Sharker, PhD, Firoz Ahmed, PhD

“…A total of 190 patients with confirmed endometriosis cases and an equal number of controls without endometriosis were enrolled, maintaining the age distribution of the controls similar to that of the cases. …”
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Social Reform in Times of Transition. Reflections on Martin Conway’s The Sorrows of Belgium by Nico Wouters

“…A Belgian-Dutch difference on the other hand, is that the Dutch did succeed in seamlessly combining an equally conservative post-war restoration with restarting a revitalised collective national identity. …”
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Platelet-rich plasma injection for adults with acute Achilles tendon rupture: the PATH-2 RCT by Joseph Alsousou, David J Keene, Paul Harrison, Philippa Hulley, Susan Wagland, Jacqueline Y Thompson, Scott R Parsons, Christopher Byrne, Michael M Schlüssel, Heather M O’Connor, Susan J Dutton, Sarah E Lamb, Keith Willett

“…Conclusions: This trial design and standardised PRP preparation gives the first robust RCT evidence about PRP’s role in managing ATR, which suggests that PRP offers no patient benefit. Equally robust evidence to investigate PRP application in tendon and soft tissue injuries is required. …”
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Identifying and Determining the Length of The Greenhouses Cultivation Period Using Aerial Photos and Sentinel-2 Images by Neda TahmasebiZadeh, Hamid Reza Ghafarian Malamiri

“…The reflection of the plant below the plastic cover of the greenhouse in the NIR, Narrow NIR, Red Edge and SWIR bands increases by an equal amount in comparison with the reflection from the vegetation in the open space. …”
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دراسة بعض الخصائص التقنية للمركب الآلي لزراعة الشعير عند مستويات مختلفة من السرع والحراثة الدنيا والصفرية.... by سهيل برباره, أويديس أرسلان, منى ياغي

“…As it is found that system N7 need the shortest time 2932.43  s/ha, and less fuel consumption 3.43 L/ha , equal to two percentages of reduction 68% -67 % respectively, and thus required minimum rate of required work 91.20 MJ/ha. …”
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Existence of the Limit of Ratios of Consecutive Terms for a Class of Linear Recurrences by Renato Fiorenza

“…It is well known that the <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo movablelimits="true" form="prefix">lim</mo><msub><mi>F</mi><mrow><mi>n</mi><mo>+</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub><mo>/</mo><msub><mi>F</mi><mi>n</mi></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> exists and equals the Golden Mean. If, more generally, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msubsup><mrow><mo>(</mo><msub><mi>F</mi><mi>n</mi></msub><mo>)</mo></mrow><mrow><mi>n</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow><mo>∞</mo></msubsup></semantics></math></inline-formula> is an order-<i>k</i> linear recurrence with real constant coefficients, i.e., <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>F</mi><mi>n</mi></msub><mo>=</mo><msubsup><mo>∑</mo><mrow><mi>j</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow><mi>k</mi></msubsup><msub><mi>λ</mi><mrow><mi>k</mi><mo>+</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>−</mo><mi>j</mi></mrow></msub><msub><mi>F</mi><mrow><mi>n</mi><mo>−</mo><mi>j</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> with <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>n</mi><mo>></mo><mi>k</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>λ</mi><mi>j</mi></msub><mo>∈</mo><mi mathvariant="double-struck">R</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>j</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>,</mo><mo>…</mo><mo>,</mo><mi>k</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, then the existence of the limit of ratios of consecutive terms may fail. …”
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On the Nature of Information: How FAIR Digital Objects are Building-up Semantic Space by Hans-Günther Döbereiner

“…In Statistical Physics, classical Shannon entropy measures system order which in equilibrium just equals the heat exchanged with the environment. In cell biology, each protein carries certain functions which create specific information. …”
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Alignment of marketing and business strategies with the financial performance of organizations by Mazyar Ganjoo, Sohrab Khalili Shavereini, Mahmood Alborzi, Seyed Mohammad Zargar

“…In general, the statistical results rejected the equality of mean performance in different combinations of business and marketing strategy.According to the research findings, four bodies were identified. …”
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CMOS Integrated Circuits for the Quantum Information Sciences by Jens Anders, Masoud Babaie, Joseph C. Bardin, Imran Bashir, Gerard Billiot, Elena Blokhina, Shai Bonen, Edoardo Charbon, John Chiaverini, Isaac L. Chuang, Carsten Degenhardt, Dirk Englund, Lotte Geck, Loick Le Guevel, Donhee Ham, Ruonan Han, Mohamed I. Ibrahim, Daniel Kruger, Ka Meng Lei, Adrien Morel, Dennis Nielinger, Gael Pillonnet, Jeremy M. Sage, Fabio Sebastiano, Robert Bogdan Staszewski, Jules Stuart, Andrei Vladimirescu, Patrick Vliex, Sorin P. Voinigescu

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Examining China’s Behavioral Pattern in Relation to America and Structural order: Challenges and Consequences by hossein delavar, Rashid Recabian

“…First, the power gap between China and the United States will become almost equal, resulting in a dual superpower scenario where the United States will lose its superiority over China. …”
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Investigating the Effects of Information Technology Capability on the Competitiveness of Sports Stores with the Mediating Role of Social Innovation by Seyyede Khadije Taghinejad, Houriyeh Dehghanpouri, Mojtaba Rajabi

“…The results showed that technological capability has a positive and significant effect on the competitiveness of sports stores, and the amount of this effect is equal to 0.28. Technology capability has also a positive and significant effect on the social innovation of sports stores and the amount of this effect is 0.48. …”
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The Effect of Transormational Leadership on Job Burnout: The mediating Role of psychological Capital by Abdulwahab Pourghaz, Mohammad Norouzi, Shahin Dehghan

“…Cronbach’s reliability coefficient for each of the questionnaires of transformational leadership, psychological capital, and occupational burnout was estimated as equal to 0/72, 0/83, and 0/82, respectively, which indicate favorable reliability of the questionnaires. …”
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Dynamic Status of SII and SIRI Alters the Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases: Evidence from Kailuan Cohort Study by Li J, He D, Yu J, Chen S, Wu Q, Cheng Z, Wei Q, Xu Y, Zhu Y, Wu S

“…Jun Li,1,&ast; Di He,1,&ast; Jiazhou Yu,2,&ast; Shuohua Chen,3 Qiong Wu,1 Zongxue Cheng,1 Qiaohui Wei,1 Yuying Xu,1 Yimin Zhu,1,4 Shouling Wu3 1Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics and Department of Respiratory Diseases of Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 2Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Cardiology, Kailuan General Hospital, Tangshan, People’s Republic of China; 4Cancer Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Shouling Wu, Department of Cardiology, Kailuan General Hospital, 57 Xinhua East Road, Tangshan, People’s Republic of China, Email drwusl@163.com Yimin Zhu, Department of Respiratory Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital Affiliated to School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310020, People’s Republic of China, Email zhuym@zju.edu.cnBackground: Two novel systemic inflammation indices, SII and SIRI, are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). …”
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Nonparametric Estimation of Spatial Risk for a Mean Nonstationary Random Field} by Mohammad Moghadam, Mohsen Mohammadzadeh

“…The local linear model for the trend is given by μHs= e1TSsTWsSs-1 SsTWsZ≡  ϕTsZ, where e1 is a vector with 1 in the first entry and all other entries 0, Ss is a matrix with ith row equal to (1, (si-s)T), Ws = diag {KHs1 – s,…,KH(sn-s)}, KHu=H-1K(H-1u), K is a triple multiplicative multivariate kernel function and H is a nonsingular symmetric d×d bandwidth matrix. …”
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العوامل المؤهبة لنقص وزن الولادة by منير عثمان, أمل الحكيم, حسين الزازا

“…The study included  202 cases, which were divided in to two groups: 1- low birth weight Newborns (LBW) and they were 112 those weight was equal or less than 2500 g. 2- Control group “Normal” Newborns” and their weight was more than 2500 gr and their number was 90 newborn. …”
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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Maria Lenk, Antony Mason, Markus Rutsche

“…He combines nine indicators: forest degradation rate, share of low-carbon energy consumption, and carbon footprint in the environmental dimension; adjusted net savings, current account balance, and wealth in equality in the economic dimension; and primary pupil-teacher ratio, fertility rate, and GDP-adjusted child mortality in the social dimension. …”
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Does Risser Casting for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Still Have a Role in the Treatment of Curves Larger Than 40°? A Case Control Study with Bracing by Giovanni Andrea La Maida, Enrico Gallazzi, Donata Rita Peroni, Alfonso Liccardi, Andrea Della Valle, Marcello Ferraro, Davide Cecconi, Bernardo Misaggi

“…<b>Discussion:</b> Seriate Risser casting for AIS with larger curves (>40° Cobb) is effective in reducing curve progression when compared with full time bracing alone in treatment compliant patients. The treatment is equally effective in controlling T and TL/L curves; furthermore, a slight but non-significant decrease in TK was observed in patients treated with casting. …”
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Julius Kruopis – the pioneer of applied statistics in Lithuania by Vilijandas Bagdonavičius, Vydas Čekanavičius, Rūta Levulienė, Pranas Vaitkus

“…Under his supervision Vanda Bikelienė (Asymptotic distribution of sums of samples from finite populations, 1981) and  Natalja Kosareva  (Asymptotic analysis of statistics distributions in the scheme of sets of particles arrangement with equal probabilities, 1986) defended their doctoral theses in mathematics. …”
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