Open Access Publishing by Amelia Hadfield, Andrej J. Zwitter

“…Universities, libraries, publishers and even govern­ments are paying attention to this new movement often referred to with the acronym A2K (access to knowledge).…”
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Not yet another journal on nationalism? by Andreas Stynen, Luc Boeva

“…In 2008 an international research, heuristic and archival platform of scholars and institutes was established: NISE, acronym for National movements and Intermediary Structures in Europe. …”
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Developing SMART Goals for Your Organization by Henry M. Cothran, Allen F. Wysocki

“…It then describes a process based on the acronym SMART for developing and implementing goals. …”
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Regional decentralization of mathematics curriculum in primary and secondary Spanish education during the nineties by Modesto Sierra, Carmen López Esteban

“…However, this assumption was not effective until 1990 with the enactment of the LOGSE (Spanish acronym for General Regulation Law of Educative System). …”
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Machine Recognition as Representation and Search by Zhao, Feng

“…We present a comparative framework for the evaluation of different approaches, particularly those of ACRONYM, RAF, and Ikeuchi et al. The strengths and weaknesses of these approaches are discussed and compared and the remedies are suggested. …”
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Rheological properties of hydrophobically modified alkali soluble associative polymer solutions by Ng, Wei Kiat.

“…The polymer is a class of hydrophobically modified polyelectrolyte system and it has been commonly given an acronym HASE. Studies on dilute solution properties show that HASE systems obey the classical Huggins and Kraemer expression. …”
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Recognised the abilities of differently-abled persons by Abd Razak, Dzulkifli

“…Like the group of students, Ray Charles ( www.raycharles.com ), would fondly be known as orang kelainan upaya, OKU for short, in the USM campus. The acronym OKU literally trans lates as "differentlyabled persons" who otherwise are commonly re ferred to as "disabled persons" or orang kurang upaya by society.…”
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Wheat Import Demand in Mexico: Evidence of Quantile Cointegration by Ramón Valencia-Romero, José C. Trejo-García, Humberto Ríos-Bolívar

“…Through a quantile extension of the ARDL model (with the acronym QARDL), we then found that the change in imports, and the relevance of the determinants, differed across import levels. …”
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The Italian experience and its contribution to the Union Civil Protection Mechanism in reinforcing cultural heritage protection through the Proculther project by Veronica Piacentini

“…In the meantime, the drafting of standard operating procedures specifically addressing the protection of vulnerable cultural heritage emerged as a result of a keen collaboration between the Italian Ministry of Culture (Italian acronym MiC) and the National Civil Protection Department (Italian acronym DPC). …”
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On semasiological princiles of constructing and usage of medical eponyms in Spanish, English and Russian languages by M Yu Chernyshov

“…Pragmatic and social-cultural (ethic) motives of generation, extensive usage and variations of both eponyms and their acronym forms as the tools for renewal of the respective terminological systems are explained. …”
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SALAMA by Arvi Hurskainen

“… SALAMA is an acronym for Swahili Language Manager. It is a computerised working environment, where it is possible, with the help of a set of programs and user-defined utilities, to perform a multitude of tasks. …”
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Spawning Potential Ratio: A Key Metric Considered in Managing Florida’s Fisheries by Nicholas Fisch, Edward V. Camp

“… From red drum to red snapper, many of Florida’s fisheries are managed with specific consideration given to a quantity called the Spawning Potential Ratio (SPR). This conspicuous acronym is an important metric to fisheries biologists and managers. …”
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Estrategias de cooperación interinstitucional para la construcción de Recursos de Información para los tomadores de decisión: caso Perú by Marta Bryce, Diana Huamán, Flor Elisa Trillo Tinoco

“…This paper shares the experiences derived from adopting the regional model of the Peru's Health Virtual Library created by the Regional Medicine Library (BIREME, acronym in Portuguese), currently known as the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences information. …”
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Near field communication system development by Zhao, Yuehan

“…NFC is the acronym for Near Field Communication which is a short-range wireless communication technology that enables the exchange of data between devices. …”
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Robotic HIFU system for non-invasive breast cancer surgery by Chauhan, Sunita.

“…This document briefly describes the background and the formulation-to-implementation of a novel non-invasive robotic surgery system, named FUSBOT-(acronym for - Focal Ultrasound Surgery Robot for Breast Surgery). …”
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Canomad presenting without ophthalmoplegia and responding to intravenous immunoglobulin. by Kam, C, Balaratnam, MS, Purves, A, Mills, K, Riordan-Eva, P, Pollock, S, Bodi, I, Munro, N, Bennett, D

“…The acronym CANOMAD encompasses chronic ataxic neuropathy combined with ophthalmoplegia, M protein, cold agglutinins, and anti-disialosyl antibodies.Herein we describe 2 patients presenting with progressive ataxic neuropathy who only developed ophthalmoplegia after a significant delay post-presentation, which in 1 case had features indicative of brainstem dysfunction. …”

Cut the red tape for R&D funding by Abd Razak, Dzulkifli

“…Under the new brand, "Pecipta", an acronym for International Conference and Exposition of Inventions in Institutions of Higher Learning, it aims to bridge the perceived gap between universities and the industry and community. …”
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Cut the red tape for R&D funding by Abd Razak, Dzulkifli

“…Under the new brand, "Pecipta", an acronym for International Conference and Exposition of Inventions in Institutions of Higher Learning, it aims to bridge the perceived gap between universities and the industry and community. …”
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Is Pethidine Safe during Labor? Systematic Review by Rogevando Rodrigues Nunes, Paulo Giordano Baima Colares, Juliana Pinto Montenegro

“…Methods Systematic review in the Capes Periodicals/PubMed and MEDLINE/Virtual Health Library (BVS, in the Portuguese acronym) databases. Results A total of 17 studies published from January 1st, 2000, to September 2nd, 2016, with a total of 1,688 participants involved were included in the present review. …”
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THE COLLEGE AND ITS REALITIES by Laurencia Barraza-Barraza, Isidro Barraza-Soto

“…This document presents the research findings on the faculty collaboration at IFAD’s (by their acronym in Spanish) at Durango State. A case study was used with a qualitative approach, with data obtained from open-answer questionnaires. …”
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