Wing-in-Ground Effect vehicle (WIG-craft) or ekranoplane landing direction optimization criteria is suggested which heeds the irregular sea waves features and provides the minimal mechanical strain on the vehicle body at hydrodynamic braking. The problem of automatic choice of the landing trajectory direction regarding the main direction of sea waves spread is under consideration. The peculiari...

This contrastive study focuses on the functions of first person subject pronouns in economics article introductions in French and English. It combines a qualitative analysis of the way the pronouns are used within a typical CARS (Create a Research Space) -type introduction (Swales 1990, 2004) with a more quantitative concordance-based analysis of the varying authorial roles played by the pronou...

In most B2C E-commerce websites, recommender systems make recommendations for each individual user based on his/her historical rating behaviors. Previous literatures focus on the overall performance of recommender system, while the performance of individual level receives little attention. In this paper, we discover that recommendation algorithms perform better on users who have strong judging ...

The use of Internet to search for information regarding a variety of topics of interest to users is still growing. The issue of how to manage and recommend that information is still an open area of research, namely concerning news recommendations. In this paper we use a recently developed approach to predict extreme and rare values of a variable to forecast the future importance of news items f...

During the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak, the installation of non-contact infrared (IR) thermal image sensors (NCIRTIS) at national entry and exit points aimed to stop people with acute, febrile respiratory illnesses leaving and entering SARS-affected regions (Fig). This was done in line with WHO recommendations but the exact method of fever detection for exit and entry scre...

Abstract The radon level was assessed in houses from two rural areas localized Northeastern Romania. Long-term measurements were performed for a period of four months using digital detector, model Corentium Home, AirThings 222 . In addition, every environment included the study, investigations concerning building materials, floor type, year and heating system made. Accordingly, Spearman’s corre...

OBJECTIVE Physical exercise recommendations become particularly effective when embedded into medical rehabilitation. However, little is known about long-term behaviour maintenance and its effect on sickness absence and subjective employability. The current longitudinal observational study investigated self-reported physical exercise, sickness absence and subjective employability over a period o...

In the present study, a case was reported concerning a patient with a bulky extremity soft tissue sarcoma treated with spatially fractionated Grid therapy and then followed by standard external beam radiotherapy. Treatment was performed using a Grid block to deliver 15 Gy in one fraction. There was one week interval break before EBRT treatment with 50 Gy in 25 fractions for the neoadjuvant exte...

OBJECTIVE To provide an update on current practices and policy development status concerning breastfeeding in the WHO European Region. DESIGN National surveys and studies conducted by national health institutions were prioritized. Sub-national data were included where no national data or studies existed. Information on national breastfeeding policies was collected mainly from the WHO Seventh ...