Extending the Touchscreen Pattern Lock Mechanism with Duplicated and Temporal Codes by Ashley Colley, Tobias Seitz, Tuomas Lappalainen, Matthias Kranz, Jonna Häkkilä

“…We investigate improvements to authentication on mobile touchscreen phones and present a novel extension to the widely used touchscreen pattern lock mechanism. …”
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Factors associated with death or volume replacement in patients with trauma due to penetrating injuries by Márcia Cristine Pires Travassos, Isabel Cristina Bandeira da Silva, João Paulo Bessa de Lima, Celso Martins Fonseca, Jacqueline de Almeida Gonçalves Sachett, Sibila Lilian Osis

“…Most who received volume greater than 2000ml, systolic blood pressure ≤90mmHg  and mean arterial pressure ≤65mmHg presented more mortality, with p <0.05, p <0.002 and p <0.003, respectively. …”
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Consumer skepticism towards organic beauty products Cross-country research by Raja Kifaya

“…More specifically, it investigated the role of environmental concern and environmental knowledge as a mediator, in the organic cosmetics background. …”
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La dissonance communicationnelle des « porteurs de l’alerte » climatique by Lionel Scotto d’Apollonia

“…It lights discursive strategies of researchers, who adopt more or less expert and/or political posture depending on different forums. …”
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La città di Ivrea tra salvaguardia e recupero del patrimonio architettonico del XX secolo by Giovanni Conca

“…The aim of this article is to present the dynamics of the valorisation process of modern architecture within the Italian regulatory framework for cultural heritage, and also to point out the difficulties of its safeguard due to various factors. …”
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An Examination of Academic Procrastination Levels among Undergraduate Kuwait University Students and their Effect on some Demographic Variables. by Djilali BOUHMAMA

“… The present research is aimed to investigate the academic procrastination levels among undergraduate Kuwait University students and to explore the effect of some demographic variables namely gender, and academic achievement. …”
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Effective and democratic long-term radioactive waste governance: Lessons from Europe by Romy Dekker, Rinie van Est

“… Radioactive waste management (RWM) presents a complex long-term governance challenge due to its decades-to-centuries-long timeframes and associated uncertainties. …”
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Occasional Combinatorial Lexicology as an Area of Study of Occasional Collocations by M. V. Vlavatskaya, A. V. Korshunova

“…The article is devoted to occasional combinatorial lexicology as a separate area of combinatorial linguistics, more precisely, to lexicology studying occasional collocations, or atypical, individually authored and non-reproducible word combinations created through deliberate violation of lexico-semantic compatibility for performing certain functionally expressive tasks within a specific text. …”
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Modelling Adhesive Using Non-Linear Truss Elements in Mode I Delamination Problems by Maedeh Ranjbar, Gordan Jelenić, Leo Škec

“…The method is robust for ductile interfaces, but for brittle interfaces more specific numerical techniques are required. …”
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Analysis of relay selection schemes in underlay cognitive radio non-orthogonal multiple access networks by Dongmei Yang, Cheng Li, Baoquan Ren, Hongjun Li, Kefeng Guo

“…Finally, Monte Carlo simulations are presented to validate the accuracy of the numerical results.…”
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On the Cross Correlation Properties of MIMO Wideband Channels under Nonisotropic Propagation Conditions by Ana Maria Pistea, Hamidreza Saligheh Rad

“…A mathematical solution to assess the frequency selective behavior of the UWB APP is also presented. The CCF reveals how the power spectral density (PSD) of the channel is influenced by bandwidth, nonisotropic propagation, and APP.…”
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THE MANAGEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE WORKERS – KEY FACTOR OF SUCCES by Claudia-Elena ŢUCLEA, Gabriela ŢIGU

“…Nowadays, organizations must recognize that power resides in the minds of their best people, who are diffused throughout the business and the organizations are becoming more dependent on people than ever before. The recruitment and the employment of knowledge workers are becoming very important issues from Romanian managers. …”
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REVIEW ON THE TOOLS USED IN THE LIFE CYCLE COST ANALYSIS by Ionela Mițuko VLAD, Ana Cornelia BUTCARU, Liliana BĂDULESCU, Gina FÎNTÎNERU, Ion CERTAN

“…An integrated life cycle evaluation study could combine more methods: Life cycle assessment (ISO 14040:2006), Life cycle cost analysis and social Life cycle assessment. …”
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The Disorder of Love and the Love of Disorder: Cognitive Interplay in Shakespeare’s "Twelfth Night" at the Middle Temple, 1602 by Richard Kemp

“… Twelfth Night presents both personal love and festive reveling as phenomena that create disorder. …”
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EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CENTER ‘MANAGEMENT’ AS MANAGERIAL INNOVATION: EXPERIENCE AND CHALLENGES by Mikhail N. Kulapov, Valeriy V. Maslennikov, Andrey E. Shklyaev

“…In present economic conditions raising competitiveness of teaching and research work of Russian higher education institutions is provided by self-identity of home education and restoration of educational programs high quality. …”
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Eco-innovative Activity of Ukrainian SMEs by Nataliya Horin

“…The analysis showed that SMEs are less eco-innovative in comparison with large enterprises, have fewer numbers of exporters than large firms, but exporters are more eco-innovative than non-exporters. Also, the size of the Eco-innovation Index for Ukraine was calculated. …”
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Using network partnerships in management consulting by A. A. Soblirov

“…Traditionally, the process of interaction between the client and the consultant is presented in such a way that only these two parties are the main participants in the consultation process. …”
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Use of antimicrobial Dialkyl Carbamoyl Chloride (DACC) surface dressings for the treatment of infected post-surgical complications in neonates with low risk of adverse reactions: c... by Biagio Nicolosi, Eustachio Parente

“… The skin of the child presents significant differences compared to that of the adult; this diversity is even more marked if the skin of the newborn is taken into consideration. …”
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« Never was there a happier partnership » : les illustrations d’Arthur Hughes pour At the Back of the North Wind de George MacDonald by Catherine Persyn

“…A reference to the unsuspected depths of the so-called children’s book, Where More is Meant Than Meets the Ear/Eye endeavours to highlight the subtlety of Hughes’s reading of the text and the efficacy of his choices. …”
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Predicting Bitcoin Prices Using Time Series Chaotic Neural Oscillatory Networks (TSCNON) in Quantum Finance by Lin Shiyu

“…This paper provides financial market participants with more accurate and reliable prediction tools and promotes the promotion of quantum financial technology in practical applications.…”
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