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Colombia's Fork in the Road? President Santos' Treaty with The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
Ella Adriana Chirinos
Aug 22, 2017
Colombia is considered Latin America’s most stable democracy; meanwhile, it is war-torn by the internal conflict with the guerrilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The armed conflict with the FARC has...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Communication Overload in Online Communities in Higher Education
This paper presents part of a research project on the use of information technology by students and teachers to communicate with each other in online community contexts of higher education institutions. The part of this project...
Published by: IGI Global
Portuguese Mediterranean Diet as a Future Trend for Healthy and Sustainable Restaurant Consumption
Helena Real
Mar 04, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic brought new challenges to the way the world thinks about the sustainability of the planet and also brought new opportunities to emphasize conviviality, familiar links, cultural heritage, and exchange of...
Business and Management Hospitality, Travel, and Tourism Management Hospitality, Travel, & Tourism Management Government and Law Social Sciences and Humanities
Published by: IGI Global
Social Media Integration in Educational Administration as Information and Smart Systems
The proliferation and access to social media platforms that allow easy access to information systems and services, content creation, and sharing, in a convenient form, has taken education administration and management by storm....
Social Networking Education Educational Technologies Media and Communications Library and Information Science
Published by: IGI Global
A System Dynamics Model for Sales and Operations Planning
The use of system dynamics techniques to model the sales and operations planning (S&OP), associated with the economic and financial processes, is an innovative proposal. The objectives of this article are to model and simulate...
Published by: IGI Global
Ice Loading on the Confederation Bridge
Helena Greene
Apr 09, 2013
Icebergs and ice loading present a number of risks on the design, construction and operation of ocean bridges in harsh environments. In order to design and construct bridges that are structurally stable and safe, it is essential...
Civil Engineering COASTAL AND OCEAN ENGINEERING, 8751; CASE STUDY; CIVIL; CONFEDERATION BRIDGE; CONCRETE; ICE LOADS; CONSTRUCTION; FIELD RESEARCH
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
A Physiological-Monitoring Electronic Platform for Cattle Grazing Systems
Ricardo Santos, Fabiana Alves, Patrik Bressan, Ricardo Aguiar, Wellington Santos, Rafael Costa
Jul 01, 2020
In this work, we present a non-invasive electronic platform for physiological data acquisition on cattle grazing systems. The platform can be used for dairy and beef cattle to continuously monitor physiological variables such as...
Environmental Technologies Environmental, Agricultural, and Physical Sciences Environmental Science and Technologies
Published by: IGI Global
Female Voice Classification and the Choral Director
Audrey Helena Dillon
Oct 29, 2013
Published by: Faculty of Education
Developing a Safety Climate Assessment Tool for Omani Construction Industry
One of the methods which could improve the safety performance of construction organizations is the safety climate approach which is helpful to know the existing maturity level of the safety climate and to develop plans to...
Published by: IGI Global
Exploring the Competitiveness of Cambodia as an IT Outsourcing Destination
Using assessment criteria from the A.T. Kearney global services location index, the authors explore Cambodia's competitiveness in the global IT outsourcing market (ITO), identifying how the country could become more competitive....
Published by: IGI Global
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Computer vision and image processing procedures could obtain crop data frequently and precisely, such as vegetation indexes, and correlating them with other variables, like biomass and crop yield. This work presents the...
Environmental Technologies Environmental, Agricultural, and Physical Sciences Environmental Science and Technologies
Published by: IGI Global
Ingestive Behaviour Activities Based on Bioacoustic Signals in Grazing Cattle
This work focuses on the development of an autonomous, electronic platform based on bioacoustic techniques to monitor animal sounds related to ingestive activities and sub-activities in beef cattle. The authors have developed an...
Environmental Technologies Environmental, Agricultural, and Physical Sciences Environmental Science and Technologies
Published by: IGI Global
Benefits Measurement of a Plan to Reduce Hypertension in a Healthcare Foundation Using the BCTool
Leandro Pereira, Vânia Patrício, António Fernandes, José Santos, Ricardo Santos, Carlos Jerónimo, Francisco Simões
Nov 01, 2021
The hypertension is a well know problem and associated with a high salt consuming is one of the commonest chronic diseases.To measure the impact of this consuming it has been applied the methodology provided by the Business Case...
Published by: IGI Global
Forming Suitable Groups in MCSCL Environments
Given the peculiarities of mobile computer-supported collaborative learning (MCSCL) environments, forming suitable groups in such learning environments represents a hard and time-consuming task. This is because many conditions...
Published by: IGI Global
Impact of Leadership on the Relationship Between Innovation and Performance
Leadership, innovation, and performance are essential factors to achieve the desired sustainable profitability of companies. The relationship between these variables is one of the keys to the organizational success, although...
Business and Management Hospitality, Travel, and Tourism Management Hospitality, Travel, & Tourism Management
Published by: IGI Global
Developing a Commercial Ethics Framework for Analysing Marketing Campaigns
This study integrates the relationship of business ethics in marketing campaigns and the importance of the repercussion on organizational performance with the aim of creating a guide of business ethics in marketing campaigns for...
Published by: IGI Global
Antigen discrimination by T cells relies on size-constrained microvillar contact.
Edward Jenkins, Markus Körbel, Caitlin O'Brien-Ball, James McColl, Kevin Y Chen, Mateusz Kotowski, Jane Humphrey, Anna H Lippert, Heather Brouwer, Ana Mafalda Santos, Steven F Lee, Simon J Davis, David Klenerman
Apr 17, 2023
T cells use finger-like protrusions called 'microvilli' to interrogate their targets, but why they do so is unknown. To form contacts, T cells must overcome the highly charged, barrier-like layer of large molecules forming a...
T-Lymphocytes microvilli Receptors Antigen T-Cell Antigens Lymphocyte Activation Signal Transduction
Published by: Nature Communications
Blocking dPerk in the intestine suppresses neurodegeneration in a Drosophila model of Parkinson's disease.
Rebeka Popovic, Amrita Mukherjee, Nuno Santos Leal, Lydia Morris, Yizhou Yu, Samantha H Y Loh, L Miguel Martins
Apr 17, 2023
Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterised by selective death of dopaminergic (DA) neurons in the midbrain and motor function impairment. Gastrointestinal issues often precede motor deficits in PD, indicating that the gut-brain...
Animals Drosophila Drosophila melanogaster Parkinson Disease Drosophila Proteins Unfolded Protein Response Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
Published by: Cell Death & Disease
A Multimethodology for Supporting the Boundary Selection of System Dynamics Models
Leandro Duarte dos Santos, Sandro Schlindwein, Erwin Filho, Caroline Vaz, Mauricio Maldonado, Alfredo Fantini, Mischel Belderrain
Oct 01, 2021
System dynamics models can produce knowledge for decision-makers and, consequently, provide better choices. To be effective in its purpose, a model must reproduce an observed problem situation effectively. Hence, the...
Published by: IGI Global
Profiling IT Security and Interoperability in Brazilian Health Organisations From a Business Perspective
Rui Rijo, Ricardo Martinho, Adicinéia Oliveira, Domingos Alves, Zilma Reis, Cátia Santos-Pereira, Manuel Correia, Luís Antunes, Ricardo Cruz-Correia
Apr 01, 2020
The proliferation of electronic health (e-Health) initiatives in Brazil over the last 2 decades has resulted in a considerable fragmentation within health information technology (IT), with a strong political interference. The...
Published by: IGI Global
Prediction of recurrence from metabolites and expression of TOP2A and EZH2 in prostate cancer patients treated with radiotherapy.
Features Selection Study for Breast Cancer Diagnosis Using Thermographic Images, Genetic Algorithms, and Particle Swarm Optimization
Amanda Rodrigues da Silva, Maíra Araújo de Santana, Clarisse Lins de Lima, José Silva de Andrade, Thifany Silva de Souza, Maria Jacinto de Almeida, Washington Azevedo da Silva, Rita Fernandes de Lima, Wellington Pinheiro dos Santos
Jul 01, 2021
Early detection of breast cancer is critical to improve treatment efficiency and chance of cure. Mammography is the main method for breast cancer screening; however, it has some limitations. Infrared thermography is a technique...
Published by: IGI Global
Features Selection Study for Breast Cancer Diagnosis Using Thermographic Images, Genetic Algorithms, and Particle Swarm Optimization
Amanda Rodrigues da Silva, Maíra Araújo de Santana, Clarisse Lins de Lima, José Silva de Andrade, Thifany Silva de Souza, Maria Jacinto de Almeida, Washington Azevedo da Silva, Rita Fernandes de Lima, Wellington Pinheiro dos Santos
Jul 01, 2022
Early detection of breast cancer is critical to improve treatment efficiency and chance of cure. Mammography is the main method for breast cancer screening; however, it has some limitations. Infrared thermography is a technique...
Medical, Healthcare, and Life Sciences Medical Technologies Medical Informatics Computer Science and Information Technology Science and Engineering
Published by: IGI Global
p53 and ovarian carcinoma survival
Martin Köbel, Eun-Young Kang, Ashley Weir, Peter F Rambau, Cheng-Han Lee, Gregg S Nelson, Prafull Ghatage, Nicola S Meagher, Marjorie J Riggan, Jennifer Alsop, Michael S Anglesio, Matthias W Beckmann, Christiani Bisinotto, Michelle Boisen, Jessica Boros, Alison H Brand, Angela Brooks-Wilson, Michael E Carney, Penny Coulson, Madeleine Courtney-Brooks, Kara L Cushing-Haugen, Cezary Cybulski, Suha Deen, Mona A El-Bahrawy, Esther Elishaev, Ramona Erber, Sian Fereday, Anna Fischer, Simon A Gayther, Arantzazu Barquin-Garcia, Aleksandra Gentry-Maharaj, C Blake Gilks, Helena Gronwald, Marcel Grube, Paul R Harnett, Holly R Harris, Andreas D Hartkopf, Arndt Hartmann, Alexander Hein, Joy Hendley, Brenda Y Hernandez, Yajue Huang, Anna Jakubowska, Mercedes Jimenez-Linan, Michael E Jones, Catherine J Kennedy, Tomasz Kluz, Jennifer M Koziak, Jaime Lesnock, Jenny Lester, Jan Lubiński, Teri A Longacre, Maria Lycke, Constantina Mateoiu, Bryan M McCauley, Valerie McGuire, Britta Ney, Alexander Olawaiye, Sandra Orsulic, Ana Osorio, Luis Paz-Ares, Teresa Ramón Y Cajal, Joseph H Rothstein, Matthias Ruebner, Minouk J Schoemaker, Mitul Shah, Raghwa Sharma, Mark E Sherman, Yurii B Shvetsov, Naveena Singh, Helen Steed, Sarah J Storr, Aline Talhouk, Nadia Traficante, Chen Wang, Alice S Whittemore, Martin Widschwendter, Lynne R Wilkens, Stacey J Winham, Javier Benitez, Andrew Berchuck, David D Bowtell, Francisco J Candido Dos Reis, Ian Campbell, Linda S Cook, Anna DeFazio, Jennifer A Doherty, Peter A Fasching, Renée T Fortner, María J García, Marc T Goodman, Ellen L Goode, Jacek Gronwald, David G Huntsman, Beth Y Karlan, Linda E Kelemen, Stefan Kommoss, Nhu D Le, Stewart G Martin, Usha Menon, Francesmary Modugno, Paul DP Pharoah, Joellen M Schildkraut, Weiva Sieh, Annette Staebler, Karin Sundfeldt, Anthony J Swerdlow, Susan J Ramus, James D Brenton
Apr 17, 2023
p53 ovarian cancer Prognosis Clear cell TP53 High-grade Serous Carcinoma Endometrioid Humans Carcinoma Endometrioid Ovarian Neoplasms Female Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 Carcinoma Ovarian Epithelial
Published by: The journal of pathology. Clinical research