Characterization and DNA barcoding of Zambian plant species used as inoculum in the traditional fermentation of Munkoyo; a cereal-based beverage by Mubonda Kalumbilo, David Chuba, Agripina Banda, Eddy J. Smid, Sijmen E. Schoustra, Gerlinde B. De Deyn

“…To validate their identification, we evaluated three DNA barcoding markers (matK, rbcL, and ITS2) for species discrimination. All markers showed 100% PCR amplification and sequencing success rates, with ITS2 displaying the highest genetic variability and species-level resolution. …”
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Temporal backscatter characterisation of ratoon rice crops based on Sentinel-1 intensity data by Vidya Nahdhiyatul Fikriyah, Roshanak Darvishzadeh, Alice Laborte, Jitender Rathore, Andrew Nelson

“…This study demonstrates the potential of SAR Sentinel-1 time series data to determine periods and SAR features for optimal main and ratoon rice discrimination, which offers advantages for future remote sensing-based rice ratooning mapping and rice production estimation.…”
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A data driven approach for soft tissue biomarker identification linked to Chiari-like malformation and syringomyelia by Jake Cumber, Jake Cumber, Emma Scales-Theobald, Emma Scales-Theobald, Clare Rusbridge, Clare Rusbridge, Clare Rusbridge, Kevin Wells, Kevin Wells

“…Four regions of interest were also identified as having robust discrimination for SM, with 84% sensitivity and 80% specificity. …”
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Use of a perforator-based flap from the ulnar palmar artery for the repair of defects caused by the treatment of severe contractures due to Dupuytren's disease by Jiangping Dai, Jiangping Dai, Hui Wang, Haifeng Wang, Haifeng Wang, Xinyang Sun, Xinyang Sun, Yihan Zhang, Yihan Zhang

“…The average two-point discrimination value of the flap was 5.52 ± 0.97 mm. The contracture of the affected hand was improved with a mean TAM of 229° ± 16.75°. …”
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In Situ Classification of Original Rocks by Portable Multi-Directional Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Device by Mengyang Zhang, Hongbo Fu, Huadong Wang, Feifan Shi, Saifullah Jamali, Zongling Ding, Bian Wu, Zhirong Zhang

“…To facilitate in situ raw rock discrimination analysis, a portable LIBS device was developed specifically for outdoor use. …”
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Short-sightedness in Youth Welfare Provision: The Case of RSA in France by Juliana Bidadanure

“…After analysing each argument, this paper concludes that the denial of RSA to young people is an illegitimate discrimination. It then proposes that we understand our duties towards young people through an account of prudence that reconciles both (1) concerns of distributive justice with concerns for social efficiency and (2) concerns for inter- and intragenerational justices.…”
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2003 Handbook of Employment Regulations Affecting Florida Farm Employers and Workers: Civil Rights and Antidiscrimination by Leo C. Polopolus, Michael T. Olexa, Fritz Roka, Carol Fountain

“… Civil rights and antidiscrimination regulations protect employees from workplace discrimination. That is, the various federal programs discussed in this paper require that employers hire all workers who are otherwise qualified without regard to race, color, religion, gender, citizenship, national origin, age, or disability.  …”
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The Classification of Traveling Wave Solutions to Space-Time Fractional Resonance Nonlinear Schrödinger Type Equation with a Special Kind of Fractional Derivative by Lianguang Jia, Li Tang

“…In this paper, the classification of single traveling wave solutions to a special kind of space-time fractional Schrödinger type equation with high-order nonlinearities is obtained by the complete discrimination system for polynomial method, where the fractional derivative is defined by Atangana’s conformable definition. …”
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Legal protection of street children as a result of economic exploitation based on the child rights convention 1989 by Vallencia Paramitha, Sukardi Sukardi

“…Child protection is all activities to guarantee and protect children and their rights so that they can live, grow and develop, and participate optimally, in accordance with human dignity and protection from violence and discrimination. The purpose of this paper is to find out the synchronization between Law Number 35 of 2014 concerning Amendments to Law Number 23 of 2002 concerning Child Protection and the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child . …”
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Insights on historical milestones of mental health in Nepal: Country profile by Gayatri Khanal, Y. Selvamani, Prabhat Sapkota

“…Furthermore, this article throws insights on the main challenges to overcome the current situation on mental health and the associated treatment gap due to stigma toward mental illness, lack of appropriate budget allocation, shortage of human resources, and fear of discrimination.…”
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Les terrains de football à Yaoundé : usages et conflits d’accès aux espaces publics by Luc-Roger Mballa Bekolo, Antoine Marsac, Patrick Bouchet

“…This context leads to discrimination between the public. In the end, this situation proves to be unfavorable to leisure practitioners.…”
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2003 Handbook of Employment Regulations Affecting Florida Farm Employers and Workers: Civil Rights and Antidiscrimination by Leo C. Polopolus, Michael T. Olexa, Fritz Roka, Carol Fountain

“… Civil rights and antidiscrimination regulations protect employees from workplace discrimination. That is, the various federal programs discussed in this paper require that employers hire all workers who are otherwise qualified without regard to race, color, religion, gender, citizenship, national origin, age, or disability.  …”
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A Novel Dictionary Learning Model with PT-HLBP for Palmprint Recognition by Xiumei Guo, Weidong Zhou

“…PDPL is employed to learn an analysis dictionary and a synthesis dictionary which are utilized for image discrimination and representation. The proposed algorithm has been tested by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) database (v2) and ideal recognition accuracy can be achieved. …”
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La réélection de Lula et la Gauche au Brésil by Adilar Cigolini, Francisco Mendonça, Irani dos Santos

“…Contrary to the forecasts, Lula was massively re-elected in 2006 with the support of the most underprivileged populations for which it implemented social measures in particular against the hunger, ethnic discrimination or violence towards the women. In its first mandate, it promoted the action of the State by founding the participative democracy on the topics of health, education, installation, the environment or the human rights, which the middle class also appreciated. …”
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Comenius : l’université, un atelier de l’humanité ? by Martin Strouhal, Magdalena Kohout-Diaz

“…On the other hand, it mentions the increased development of discrimination, symbolic violence, and inequalities linked to certain aspects of so-called mass education, such as excessive attachment to status prerogatives (entitlement). …”
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Book review: Residential child care: prospects and challenges Andrew Kendrick, Editor by Irene Stevens

“…The book is divided into four helpful sections that cover: wellbeing and development; discrimination; conflict and response; and context and culture. …”

Une comparaison de la fragmentation internationale des chaînes d’approvisionnement automobiles allemande et française by Vincent Frigant

“…We show that the two countries organize differently their own supply networks with 1) a selective consolidation or decline according to the place of the part along the value chain and 2) a geographic discrimination of their imports (typically Eastern Europe for Germany and Western Europe for France). …”
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Multicultural Pentecostal Congregations: by D.N. Andrew, W.J. Schoeman, L.J.S. Botes

“… The study investigates the extent of gender discrimination and prejudice in multicultural Pentecostal congregations and the potential for a future in which gifts and ministry contributions of women are foregrounded. …”
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Competing Partisan Regimes and the Transformation of the Voting Rights Act, 1965-2015 by Jesse H. Rhodes

“…On June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court struck down the coverage formula enabling federal preclearance of proposed voting changes in jurisdictions with documented histories of racial discrimination. This paper interprets this event as the most recent symptom of a long-term partisan and institutional struggle over the scope of federal voting rights enforcement. …”
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«No tenía pretensiones, solo quería trabajar» Españolas en Francia, servicio doméstico y empleo informal (1939-1975) by Rocío Negrete Peña

“…Domestic service and work done at home are two economic fields highly feminised and largely occupied by migrants. Due to triple discrimination and lack of recognition, any academic discipline (excepting sociology) doesn’t have studied enough this work done by migrant women. …”
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