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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
Novel 2-D Histogram-Based Soft Thresholding for Brain Tumor Detection and Image Compression
The objective of image compression is to extract meaningful clusters in a given image. Significant groups are possible with absolute threshold values. 1-D histogram-based multilevel thresholding is computationally complex and...
Published by: IGI Global
Meaning at the Crossroads
Stephen Costello
Mar 16, 2022
Stephen J. Costello holds a BA, MA, and PhD in philosophy. He has addressed two parliaments—Stormont on human rights and the European Parliament in Brussels on mental health. He has twenty-five years’ experience giving seminars...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Effects of Frequent Interaction with Non-Native Speakers on English Dialect
Keiko Hirano
Nov 19, 2013
/T,d/ deletion was chosen as a speech token to test modifications to usage by native speakers of English due to frequent interactions with non-native anglophones in Japan. Approximately 250 tokens per each of thirty-nine...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
An Improved Firefly Algorithm-Based 2-D Image Thresholding for Brain Image Fusion
In this article, an attempt is made to diagnose brain diseases like neoplastic, cerebrovascular, Alzheimer's, and sarcomas by the effective fusion of two images. The two images are fused in three steps. Step 1. Segmentation: The...
Published by: IGI Global
An Improved Firefly Algorithm-Based 2-D Image Thresholding for Brain Image Fusion
In this article, an attempt is made to diagnose brain diseases like neoplastic, cerebrovascular, Alzheimer's, and sarcomas by the effective fusion of two images. The two images are fused in three steps. Step 1. Segmentation: The...
Medical, Healthcare, and Life Sciences Medical Diagnosis and Practice Medical Imaging Computer Science and Information Technology Media and Communications
Published by: IGI Global
Dans cet article, nous discutons de l’interaction apprenant-tâche-dictionnaire à l’ordinateur. Nous faisons un survol de la littérature en lexicographie pédagogique dédiée...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
Deaf Culture in Inclusive Schools
Carrie Woods
Jan 07, 2022
The purpose of this chapter is to examine the culture of students who are d/Deaf and hard of hearing within the broader context of inclusive schools, specifically as demonstrated though their learning experiences, socialization...
Published by: IGI Global
Dual-Population Co-Evolution Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithm and Its Application
In the multi-objective optimization algorithm, the parameter strategy has a huge impact on the performance of the algorithm, and it is difficult to set a set of parameters with excellent distribution and convergence performance...
Published by: IGI Global
Determinants of Digital Divide in Africa and Policy Implications
Stephen Aikins
Jan 01, 2019
This article investigates the reasons most African households are not using the internet and discusses the policy implications for bridging the digital divide. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) reports that at the...
Published by: IGI Global
Open Innovation in R&D
Breakthrough innovations are crucial drivers of economic progress, often depending on external knowledge sources to complement internal knowledge. Co-patenting is one way to achieve this by implementing open innovation within...
Published by: IGI Global
Epidemic Healthcare Kiosk
One of the most difficult tasks for the physicians is to analyze, manage, and plan suitable diagnoses and treatments for society, especially in an epidemic situation like Corona virus disease (COVID-19). Hence, the mortality...
Published by: IGI Global
Automated Classification of Sleep Stages Using Single-Channel EEG
The main contribution of this paper is to present a novel approach for classifying the sleep stages based on optimal feature selection with ensemble learning stacking model using single-channel EEG signals.To find the suitable...
Published by: IGI Global
3D Virtual Learning Environment for Acquisition of Cultural Competence
As educational systems emphasize and experiment with forms of online and remote learning, it is increasingly important to investigate the cultural competence of instructional designers. This chapter addresses the experiences of...
Virtual Communities & Virtual Reality Computer Science and Information Technology Human-Computer Interaction Media and Communications Social Sciences and Humanities
Published by: IGI Global
The Impact of Industry Expert Adjuncts on Students' Course Experiences
As a reality of modern higher education, the use of adjunct instructors to teach courses is a common practice, often viewed through institutional constraints. This paper uses a different lens to examine the experiences of...
Published by: IGI Global
Occupational Stress and Psychological Health of Employees of University Libraries in Osun State, Nigeria
This study examined the influence of occupational stress on the psychological health of the employees of university libraries in Osun State, Nigeria. A random sample of 32 participants from selected university libraries in Osun...
Published by: IGI Global
Effect of Technological Innovation Inputs on Global Value Chains Status
Under the backdrop of the continuous escalation of the Sino—U.S. trade friction, China's industrial development environment in global value chains (GVCs) has further deteriorated, research on the improvement GVC status of the...
Published by: IGI Global
Emotional Agents in Educational Game Design
Evaluating the subjective playing experience and engagement in learning is important in the design of advanced learning technologies (ALTs) that respond to the learners' cognitive and emotional states. This article addresses...
Published by: IGI Global
Alleviation of Health Complaints Following Regular Consumption of Filtered Tap Water (AcalaQuell®) Is Independent from Placebo Effects
Rainer Schneider
Jan 01, 2022
Recently, it was shown that regular consumption of a standardized amount of filtered tap water improved the self-reported physical complaints. However, since individuals were fully aware of the type of water they consumed it was...
Published by: IGI Global
Emotional Agents in Educational Game Design
Evaluating the subjective playing experience and engagement in learning is important in the design of advanced learning technologies (ALTs) that respond to the learners' cognitive and emotional states. This article addresses...
Gaming Media and Communications Digital Media Computer Science and Information Technology Social Sciences and Humanities
Published by: IGI Global
3D Virtual Learning Environment for Acquisition of Cultural Competence
As educational systems emphasize and experiment with forms of online and remote learning, it is increasingly important to investigate the cultural competence of instructional designers. This chapter addresses the experiences of...
Virtual Learning Environments Education Educational Technologies Computer Science and Information Technology
Published by: IGI Global
Regulation of immune responses in primary biliary cholangitis
Victoria Mulcahy, Evaggelia Liaskou, Jose-Ezequiel Martin, Prasanti Kotagiri, Jonathan Badrock, Rebecca L Jones, Simon M Rushbrook, Stephen D Ryder, Douglas Thorburn, Simon D Taylor-Robinson, Graeme Clark, Heather J Cordell, Richard N Sandford, David E Jones, Gideon M Hirschfield, George F Mells
Apr 17, 2023
BACKGROUND AIMS: In patients with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), the serum liver biochemistry measured during treatment with ursodeoxycholic acid-the UDCA response-accurately predicts long-term outcome. Molecular...
A 2D Histogram-Based Image Thresholding Using Hybrid Algorithms for Brain Image Fusion
In this article an effort is made to identify brain tumor disease such as neoplastic, cerebrovascular, Alzheimer's, lethal, sarcoma diseases by successful fusion of images from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed...
Published by: IGI Global
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