Novel UWB communication pulse design method by LIN Zhi-yuan, WEI Ping

“…The comparison were presented for the bit error rate （BER） performance analyses of the pulse position modula- tion time hopping ultra wideband （PPM TH UWB） impulse radio （IR） communication system employing the iterative combination pulse or the second derivative Gaussian pulse in the additive white Gaussian noise （AWGN） channel, multi- ple user interference （MUI） and multiple path channel. Several numerical experiments demonstrate the efficiency of this method.…”
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Multivitamin Supplementation and Fertility Outcome: A Retrospective Single-Center Cohort Study and the Clinical and Medicolegal Value of Nutritional Counseling by Giuseppe Gullo, Simona Zaami, Adriana Vita Streva, Sofia Burgio, Valentina Billone, Yulia Kotlik, Elena Chitoran, Silvia Ganduscio, Giovanni Baglio, Antonio Perino, Gaspare Cucinella

“…Primary endpoints to be evaluated were the number of mature follicles developed (>16 mm), total oocytes and Metaphase II (MII) oocytes retrieved, fertilization rate, number of embryos/blastocysts obtained, and semen quality. …”
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TSH Variability of Patients Affected by Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Treated with Levothyroxine Liquid Solution or Tablet Form by Carlo Cappelli, Ilenia Pirola, Elena Gandossi, Claudio Casella, Davide Lombardi, Barbara Agosti, Fiorella Marini, Andrea Delbarba, Maurizio Castellano

“…A significant increase in TSH values (median) was observed in patients taking tablets [TSH (min–max): 0.28 (0.1–0.45) versus 0.34 (0.01–0.78) mIU/L, p=0.041] as compared to those taking liquid formulation [TSH (min–max): 0.28 (0.1–0.47) versus 0.30 (0.1–0.55) mIU/L, p=0.345]. …”
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Effect of a tailor-made hydrotherapy on physical functions in patients after unilateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty—A feasibility study by Wai-Wang Chau, Mei-Yan Lau, Tsz-Lung Choi, Gloria Yan-Ting Lam, Michael Tim-Yun Ong, Kevin Ki-Wai Ho

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Linearity as Metadiscourse in Murray Bail’s Fiction by Marie Herbillon

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From Margaret Thatcher, a woman of power, to Jane Davidson, a woman in power: women’s position in the National Assembly for Wales by Stéphanie Bory

“…Ces deux aspects sont aujourd’hui illustrés par l’Assemblée nationale pour le pays de Galles, mise en place en 1998 et comptant parmi ses membres presque autant de femmes que d’hommes, tout comme le gouvernement gallois. …”
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Determinants of customers’ adoption of mobile banking in Tanzania: Further evidence from a diffusion of innovation theory by Neema Mori, Rosallia Mlambiti

“…The descriptive results revealed that the majority of respondents used mobile banking once to three times a week to check their balance, download a mini-statement, pay different bills, transfer funds from their account to a mobile telecom network, and buy airtime. …”
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Ecstasy’s Alembic: H.D.’s Poetics of Magic and Psychoanalysis in World War Two by Jane Augustine

“…Cet article retrace les contours de la culture mystique qui non seulement nourrit l’œuvre de H.D., mais informe sa vie spirituelle et sexuelle. …”
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Cognitive Distortions in Depressed Women: Trait, or State Dependent? by Sedat BATMAZ, Sibel KOCBIYIK

“…The participants were diagnostically interviewed by the MINI according to the DSM-IV criteria. The participants were asked to complete the Cognitive Distortions Scale and the severity of their depression was measured by the Inventory for Depressive Symptomatology. …”
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From the pseudo-cleft to the the-N-is construction in spoken English: the birth of a new paradigm by Florine Berthe

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Functional analysis of school refusal: An exploratory study in the Indian context by Arun Singh Yadav, Kiragasur Madegowda Rajendra, Lakshmi Sravanti, John Vijay Sagar Kommu, Shekhar Seshadri, Satish Chandra Girimaji

“…Materials and Methods: Thirty-six subjects (6–17 years) presenting to a tertiary Child and Adolescent Psychiatry service with school refusal behavior (SRB) were evaluated using the MINI-KID 6.0 and School Refusal Assessment Scale-Revised (SRAS-R). …”
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Multiplex genome editing for climate-resilient woody plants by Madhab Kumar Sen, Sunil Kanti Mondal, Rohit Bharati, Lucie Severova, Karel Šrédl

“…By simultaneously targeting multiple genes, multiplex CRISPR enables efficient modification of polygenic traits that govern stress tolerance, disease resistance, and other crucial resilience factors. This mini-review examines the potential of multiplex CRISPR technologies in forest management, breeding, and agroecological practices, showing how they can improve tree resilience and support sustainable forestry in response to the growing challenges of climate change.…”
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How salient are sarcastic questions? by Efrat Levant, Nicole Katzir

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Quelles conditions à l’acceptation d’un dispositif incitatif de politique publique en agriculture ? by Jean-Pierre Del Corso, Geneviève Nguyen, Charilaos Képhaliacos

“…Proven as relatively successful, the experience of a MAET-DCE launched in the Midi-Pyrénées Region is used as a case study. From a conceptual point of view, the contributions of authors, such as Amartya Sen, Daniel Bromley and Arild Vatn, help to better understand how actors can collectively update their believes and the “sufficient reasons” for action, and how, by doing so, they can legitimize a change in farming practices recommended by public policy. …”
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The Interaction of Topicalization and Left-Dislocation in English by Betty J. Birner, Gregory Ward

“…In Type I, the fronted constituent is syntactically complex, with LD+TOP simplifying what would have been difficult to process as either LD or TOP alone. In Type II, an alternate member of the poset has been explicitly evoked and an open proposition (OP) is salient; here, LD+TOP serves a contrastive function, with both the preposed constituent and the focus of the OP being contrasted within their respective posets. …”
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Common mental disorders among women in reproductive age group: An analysis of national mental health survey, India 2016 by Harshitha H. Annajigowda, Lakshmi P. Nirisha, Sundarnag Ganjekar, Girish N. Rao, Gopalkrishna Gururaj, Mathew Varghese, Vivek Benegal, NMHS National Collaborators group

“…The diagnosis was based on Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview 6.0.0. …”
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Converging accommodation in the Black Country Dialect by Lyndon Higgs

“…The variety of English spoken here contains many non-standard grammatical features, especially in the realisation of auxiliaries and pronouns. …”
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A natural-language semantics approach to infinitival and gerund-participial complementation in English by Patrick Duffley

“…Le postulat de base de l’analyse est que ce sont les signifiés des formes linguistiques et les relations conceptuelles entre ceux-ci qui conditionnent en premier lieu les possibilités expressives des constructions comportant un complément. …”
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USE OF RAPID METHODS FOR TESTING MEAT, VISCERA AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS by A. V. Tyunev, M. V. Alekseyeva

“…TEMPO® BMerieux system was used for quantitative determination of QMAFAnM and coliforms; VIDAS and miniVIDAS instruments were used for the diagnosis of Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes; immunochromatographic test-systems Singlepath were also used. …”
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Women, Power and Conflict: The Gothic heroine and "Chocolate-box Gothic" by Avril Horner

“…Cet article parcourt une ligne qui va du dix-huitième siècle au présent. On y soutiendra que l’un des caractères principaux des romans gothiques écrits par des auteurs féminins est l’accent qui y est placé sur la prise et la perte d’autonomie chez les femmes. …”
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