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The Rumble in the Meson
Abstract
We juxtapose global fits of two bottom-up models (an S 3 scalar leptoquark model and a...
“About Nothing Without Us”
Christopher B. R. Smith
Dec 29, 2016
Background: A growing body of literature demonstrates the value of autonomous organizations of people who use drugs (PUD) in education, mutual support, and policy debates. Simultaneously, over the past 10 years, Canada has...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
The Expansion of Approximant /r/ in Dutch
Renée Van Bezooijen
Sep 30, 2014
In present-day Standard Dutch as spoken in the Netherlands, three main categories of pronunciation variants of Irl can be distinguished, namely alveolar /r/, uvular /r/, and approximant /r/. Approximant /r/, the focus of this...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
Formal Analysis of Database Trigger Systems Using Event-B
Most modern relational database systems use triggers to implement automatic tasks in response to specific events happening inside or outside a system. A database trigger is a human readable block code without any formal...
Systems & Software Design Computer Science and Information Technology Systems and Software Engineering
Published by: IGI Global
Does the Technological Diversification and R&D Internationalization of eMNCs Promote Enterprise Innovation?
Under the background of digital economy, technological diversification and R&D internationalization are important strategic choices for eMNCs, represented by China, to seek advanced technological resources and create competitive...
Published by: IGI Global
A quantitative analysis 0f word-final /r/-deletion in Brazilian Portugese
Walcir Cardoso
Jul 18, 2013
This study provides a quantitative analysis for the process of word-final /r/-deletion in the dialect of Portuguese spoken in the city of Belem, in northern Brazil. Two linguistic and four extralinguistic factors are considered...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
Explanatory Adequacy in Phonology
Eric Russell Webb
Aug 01, 2013
This work reexamines phonological variation particular to the /R/ of convergent French, departing from the hypothesis that a deductive approach to this question can offer explanatory advantages. In contrast to data-driven...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
Maternal immunisation against Group B Streptococcus
Simon R Procter, Bronner P Gonçalves, Proma Paul, Jaya Chandna, Farah Seedat, Artemis Koukounari, Raymond Hutubessy, Caroline Trotter, Joy E Lawn, Mark Jit
Apr 14, 2023
Background
Group B Streptococcus (GBS) can cause invasive disease (iGBS) in young infants, typically presenting as sepsis or meningitis, and is also associated with stillbirth and preterm birth. GBS vaccines are under...
Humans Streptococcus Agalactiae Streptococcal Infections premature birth vaccines Immunization Vaccination Bayes Theorem Pregnancy Quality of life Infant Infant Newborn Cost-Benefit Analysis Female Stillbirth
Published by: PLoS Medicine
Trust, Risk and Alternative Website Quality in B-Buyer Acceptance of Cross-Border E-Commerce
Cross-border e-commerce (CBEC) has become an imperative mode for global trade. Research on cross-border e-commerce historically focuses mainly on the customer's behavior intention to purchase on a CBEC platform. However...
Published by: IGI Global
Performance Accretion in Delay Compensation of Networked Control System Using Markov Approach-Based Randomness Estimation in Smith Predictor
By the second decade of the 21st century, there has been a multi-faceted technological development in the field of networked control system (NCS). This progression in NCS has not only revealed its significant applications in...
Published by: IGI Global
Hidden Musicians
Published by: Faculty of Education
Bridging pre-surgical endocrine therapy for breast cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic
Rajiv V Dave, Beatrix Elsberger, Vicky P Taxiarchi, Ashu Gandhi, Cliona C Kirwan, Baek Kim, Elizabeth M Camacho, Charlotte E Coles, Ellen Copson, Alona Courtney, Kieran Horgan, Patricia Fairbrother, Chris Holcombe, Jamie J Kirkham, Daniel R Leff, Stuart A McIntosh, Rachel O'Connell, Ricardo Pardo, Shelley Potter, Tim Rattay, Nisha Sharma, Raghavan Vidya, Ramsey I Cutress, B-MaP-C study collaborative
Apr 17, 2023
PURPOSE: The B-MaP-C study investigated changes to breast cancer care that were necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Here we present a follow-up analysis of those patients commenced on bridging endocrine therapy (BrET), whilst...
A randomised study of rituximab and belimumab sequential therapy in PR3 ANCA-associated vasculitis (COMBIVAS)
Mark E McClure, Seerapani Gopaluni, James Wason, Robert B Henderson, Andre van Maurik, Caroline C O Savage, Charles D Pusey, Alan D Salama, Paul A Lyons, Jacinta Lee, Kim Mynard, David R Jayne, Rachel B Jones
Apr 11, 2023
Background
Sequential B cell-targeted immunotherapy with BAFF antagonism (belimumab) and B cell depletion (rituximab) may enhance B cell targeting in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) through several...
Vasculitis Rituximab belimumab ANCA Humans Immunosuppressive Agents Antibodies Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Treatment Outcome Proteomics Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis
Published by: Trials
Security Threat Modelling With Bayesian Networks and Sensitivity Analysis for IAAS Virtualization Stack
Designing security mechanisms for cloud computing infrastructures has assumed importance with the widespread adoption of public clouds. Virtualization security is a crucial component of the overall cloud infrastructure security....
Published by: IGI Global
Alleviation of Delay in Tele-Surgical Operations Using Markov Approach-Based Smith Predictor
The acceptance of tele-robotics and teleoperations through networked control system (NCS) is increasing day-by-day. NCS involves the feedback control loop system wherein the control components such as actuators and sensors are...
Published by: IGI Global
Dependency, Satisfaction, and Psycho-Social Characteristics as Correlates of Cell Phone Use by Library and Information Science Undergraduate Students
Adeyinka Tella
Apr 01, 2021
The study examined dependency, satisfaction, and psychosocial characteristics as correlates of cell phone use by library and information science (LIS) undergraduate students. Using survey, 253 undergraduates represent the sample...
Published by: IGI Global
Visualizing Online Education in the COVID-19 Pandemic Based on the Bibliometric Method
Lei Liang
Jan 01, 2022
Online education has become the mainstream since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. This paper did a bibliographic review based on VOSviewer and CiteSpace. The author reviewed the definitions, pros and cons for teachers and...
Published by: IGI Global
Soft Biometrics Authentication
This manuscript presents the design of a new approach of human skin color authentication. Skin color is one of the most popular soft biometric modalities. Since a soft biometric modality alone cannot reliably authenticate an...
Published by: IGI Global
Relationship Between Physical Fitness Variables and Reaction Time in eSports Gamers
eSports gaming requires quick and accurate reactions in response to complex visual stimuli for optimal performance. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between components of physical fitness and reaction...
Published by: IGI Global
Design of Context Cluster and Load Balanced Video Recommendation System in Cloud Computing
Nowadays, in online social networks, there is an instantaneous extension of multimedia services and there are huge offers of video contents which has hindered users to acquire their interests. To solve these problem different...
Published by: IGI Global
An Empirical Study on the Network Model and the Online Knowledge Production Structure
Mass production has attracted much attention as a new approach to knowledge production. The R software system is a typical product of mass production. For its unique architecture, the R software system accurately recorded the...
Published by: IGI Global
Professional for a Day
Rosalynd Smith
Nov 19, 2013
This paper deals with a kind of music-making that is in a sense quite commonplace. Most large cities and many smaller ones have choirs of the kind I have referred to as symphonic choirs, and which are sometimes called...
Published by: Faculty of Education
Selection of Important Features for Optimizing Crop Yield Prediction
In agriculture, crop yield prediction is critical. Crop yield depends on various features including geographic, climate and biological. This research article discusses five Feature Selection (FS) algorithms namely Sequential...
Environmental Technologies Environmental, Agricultural, and Physical Sciences Environmental Science and Technologies
Published by: IGI Global
Segmentation of Pectoral Muscle in Mammograms Using Granular Computing
In this paper, pectoral muscle segmentation was performed to study the presence of malignancy in the pectoral muscle region in mammograms. A combined approach involving granular computing and layering was employed to locate the...
Published by: IGI Global
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