Simulating human behavior under earthquake early warning by Matthew Wood, Sara K. McBride, Xilei Zhao, Dare Baldwin, Elizabeth S. Cochran, Xiaojian Zhang, Nicolas Luco, Ruggiero Lovreglio, Tom Cova

“…These systems can provide advance warning to predetermined geographic regions that an earthquake is in progress, which may result in individuals receiving warning seconds before significant shaking is felt at their location. This additional time could allow individuals to take more effective protective actions during the immediate disaster. …”
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Best approximation of Hartley-Bessel multiplier operators on weighted Sobolev spaces by Ahmed Chana, Abdellatif Akhlidj

“… The main goal of this paper is to introduce the Hartley-Bessel \(L^2_\alpha\)-multiplier operators and to give for them some new results as Plancherel’s, Calderon’s reproducing formulas and Heisenberg’s, Donoho-Stark’s uncertainty principles. Next, using the theory of reproducing kernels we give best approximation and an integral representation of the extremal functions related to these operators on weighted Sobolev spaces.      …”
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Calcium Fertilization in Peanuts: Importance, Sources, and Considerations by Satinderpal Singh, Melinda Thoms, Hardeep Singh, Barry Tillman, Emma Matcham, Ethan Carter

“…The purpose of this article is to share knowledge about calcium fertilization in peanuts among crop advisors, Extension agents, and farmers. …”
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Appropriate Weight Gain During Pregnancy by Stephanie Allen, Linda Bobroff

“…"Many people these days are concerned about weight gain. Pregnant women often share these concerns; however, it's important for pregnant women to understand that weight gain during pregnancy is critical to their babies' health." …”
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Designing Educational Programs for Older Adults by Martie Gillen, Carolyn Wilken, Jenny Jump

“…This revised 4-page fact sheet discusses marketing to older adults, location and timing of programs, and how to successfully share information with older adults. Written by Martie Gillen, Carolyn Wilken, and Jenny Jump, and published by the UF Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, November 2012. …”
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Respek vir die liturgiese teks: J. Calvyn en J.S. Bach by L. F. Schulze

“… Despite obvious differences in terms of historical and theological aspects between Calvin and Bach, both share a respect for the priority of the Biblical text in worship.The anomaly between Calvin’s engagement in the versification of the Psalter and Bach’s preference for the literal (rather than a versified) use of the Biblical text (for example in his St. …”
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Effects of Corporate Social Responsibility on Financial Performance of Manufacturing Companies in Nigeria by Adetosoye Kayode Solomon Kayode Solomon

“…Specifically, the study assessed the effect of corporate social responsibility on the financial performance (return on assets, earnings per share, dividend per share and return on equity) of listed companies in Nigeria. …”
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Financial Management Practices and Performance of Saving and Credit Scheme Organisation in Uganda. A Case Study of Rukiga SACCO in Rukiga District-Uganda. by Nyirazihawe, Aphia Jane

“…Therefore, the study recommends that additional work should be put into task segregation, independent auditing, and risk management to realize loan portfolio expansion, profitability growth, and market share growth as essential components of Rukiga SACCO's performance in Rukiga District.…”
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Resourcing and the sustainability of Donor funded Potatoes Projects in Kabale District, Southwestern Uganda by Turyasingura, John Bosco, Moses, Agaba, Meza, Orach, Zombeire, Jotham, Kyabarongo, Benon

“…Results: Largely for all the paradigms of project resourcing (land, cost sharing, organic fertilizer and labour) donor funded potato projects have got challenges of sustainability Conclusion: Project resourcing affects the sustainability of donor-funded potato projects in Kabale District Recommendations: For effective sustainability of donor-funded potato projects, donors should allow potato project beneficiaries to participate in the project resourcing through the provision of land, inorganic manure, as well as cost-sharing so they know that, they have a stake in the project they are implementing…”
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Kartagener Syndrome: A Rare Cause of Infertility by Kadir Bakay, Davut Güven, İdris Koçak

“…In this brief case review we aim to share our experience concerning Kartagener’s syndrome from a gynecologic point of view regarding an unexplained infertility patient.…”
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Association between Immune Function and Development of Uterine Disease in Dairy Cows by Klibs N. Galvão

“…A sharp decrease in glucose and sodium during the transition to lactation makes dairy cows more susceptible to uterine disease. …”
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Spiny Amaranth (spiny pigweed) Control in Pastures by Jason A. Ferrell, Brent Sellers

“…SS-AGR-288, a 3-page illustrated fact sheet by Jason Ferrell and Brent Sellers, describes this summer annual with sharp spines which is common in Florida pastures, especially around feeding pens and water troughs. …”
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Managing Volunteer Programs: Educational Strategies for Adult Learners by Marilyn K. Lesmeister, Shannon Washburn, David Jones

“…Lesmeister, Shannon Washburn, and David Jones, describes the characteristics of adult learners and barriers to adult learning, and describes three strategies to engage adult learners with subject matter and one another: Think/Pair/Share, round robin discussion, and role-play. Includes references. …”
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A Localized Model for Branding in the Iranian Dairy Industry by Shaghayegh Sabaghi, Alireza Rousta, Farzad Asayesh

“…This surge has led to a sharp rise in competition among these companies. …”
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Symbolism itself does not improve memory for elements on the periodic table by Brady R. T. Roberts, Sophia H. N. Tran, Myra A. Fernandes

“…These stimuli were selected because they all share the same visual features and the former two share the same meaning. …”
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Fourth World Congress of Sports Physical Therapy Scientific Abstracts by International Federation of Sports Physical Therapy, International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy

“…This sharing of ideas helps to encourage worldwide dialogue among researchers, clinicians, and educators that will ultimately contribute to the sports physical therapy body of knowledge. …”
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Developing an Optimal Antiviral Method for the Air-filtration System of Subway Stations by Dae Hoon Park, Jungho Hwang, Dongho Shin, Younghun Kim, Gunhee Lee, Inyong Park, Sang Bok Kim, Keejung Hong, Bangwoo Han

“…Using a dry aerosol coating process, along with a spark discharger and carbon-brush-type ionizer, we developed a high-performance antiviral air filter. …”
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Poetics of Friction by Nadja Ben Khelifa, Étienne Allaix, Jörg Sternagel

“…Called by these questions, our panel attempts to collaboratively work on corresponding responses within a poetics of friction that is rehearsed, acted out, and tried out in a setting where forces come into play that resist relative motions of solid approaches and beliefs sliding against each other: Whereas the three panelists – a multimedia artist, a cultural theorist, and a philosopher – call with their spoken words, screened images and handout materials, the members of the audience respond to these calls: Like the wheel that needs the concrete surface against its rubber to spin in movement, or the piece of wood that needs the wooden stick rotating against its bark to spark a flame, members of Performance Philosophy need frictions with which both Performance artists and Philosophy scholars slide against each other to spin, to move, to carry on, to reflect, to struggle, to doubt, to aim, to spark flames of inspiration. …”
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Актуальность применения педагогических идей Антона Макаренко в современных условиях by Volodymyr V. Khmelko, Natalia M. Khmelko

“…The authors of this article share their personal experience of establishing the street children rehabilitation center of the 90s, in which they used methods, which are mainly based on the well-known method of education of Makarenko. …”
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İlhanlı Döneminde Önemli Bir Merkez: Sugurluk (Taht-i Süleyman) by Özkan Dayı

“…Özellikle İlhan Abaka zamanından itibaren oldukça etkin bir şekilde kullanılan Sugurluk, devlet işlerinin görüşüldüğü, İlhanlı hanedanının özel hazinelerinin koruma altına alındığı ve devlet adamlarının konakladığı bir yazlık saray yerleşkesi veya av köşkü işlevinde hizmet vermiştir. …”
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