From Routine Work to Creative Initiative: How Do School and University Influence the Formation of Personal Qualities and Skills? by E. A. Kogan, E. I. Pronina

“…While at university, students learn to take the initiative, set goals and realize them, defend their opinion and solve non-standard tasks, be independent and flexible.The survey participants would like the school to be more focused on developing students’ creative abilities and their own opinions; they lack practice and interaction in the classroom and an individual approach. Nevertheless, many qualities and skills developed at school helped them study at university.…”
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Size of Left Cardiac Chambers Correlates with Cerebral Microembolic Load in Open Heart Operations by Elena Z. Golukhova, Anna G. Polunina, Svetlana V. Zhuravleva, Natalia P. Lefterova, Alexey V. Begachev

“…The present results demonstrate that increased size of left heart chambers is an influential risk factor for elevated cerebral microembolic load during open heart operations. Mini-invasive surgery and carbon dioxide insufflation into wound cavity may be considered as neuroprotective approaches in patients with high risk of cerebral microembolism.…”
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Les exclamations cachées de la forme It’s astonishing the amount of anxiety in our society : l’enchâssement du syntagme nominal, entre rupture syntaxique et continuité sémantique... by Olivia Reneaud-Jensen

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Cough in non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis by Ahmad Kantar, Woo-Jung Song, Andrew Bush, Grigorios Chatziparasidis

“…Moreover, mucus hyperviscosity contributes to compromised ciliary activity and the pathogenesis of the disease. This mini-review highlights the role of cough in NCFBE, especially with respect to mucus clearance. …”
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The Lion’s Share of Laughter: A French Angle on the Dramaturgy of Pyramus and Thisbe by Richard Hillman

“…Cet article explore la relation entre la « tragédie » de Pyrame et Thisbé mise sur scène, de manière burlesque, par les Artisans dans Le songe d’une nuit d’été et certains analogues français, dont deux particulièrement intéressants : un long poème de jeunesse par Antoine De Baïf (1572-73) reprenant le récit d’Ovide, ainsi qu’une courte pièce anonyme, basée sur l’Ovide moralisé, qui a été éditée (vers 1535) sous le titre de Moralité nouuelle, recreatifue, & profitable, a quatre personnaiges, pièce certainement destinée à la scène. …”
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A Study of Inflammatory/Necrosis Biomarkers in the Fracture of the Femur Treated with Proximal Femoral Nail Antirotation by Mariapaola Marino, Giuseppe Palmieri, Marco Peruzzi, Flavia Scuderi, Emanuela Bartoccioni

“…This is an excellent device for osteosynthesis because it can be easily and quickly inserted by a mini-incision providing stable fixation and early full mobilization. …”
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Pruning and optimization of optical neural network as a binary optical trigger by Bokun Zhao, Xuening Dong, Kaveh Rahbardar Mojaver, Brett H. Meyer, Odile Liboiron-Ladouceur

“…The result is a customized MZI-mesh topology, MiniBokun Mesh, whose structure provides adequate performance and robustness for a targeted task complexity. …”
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1776 Yılında Osmanlı Devleti’nin Ticaret Kalyonu İnşası Emri: Fermanlı Kalyonlar by Şenay Özdemir Gümüş

“…Böyle bir fermanın çıkarılmasındaki amaçlardan biri Küçük Kaynarca Anlaşması’ndan sonra Karadeniz’in uluslararası ticarete açılmasıyla birlikte Osmanlı Devleti için önemi daha da artan Mısır emtiasını nakledecek ticaret gemilerinin sayısının arttırılmasıydı. …”
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Faster model-based estimation of ancestry proportions by Santander, Cindy G., Refoyo Martinez, Alba, Meisner, Jonas

“…We present a new model-based approach, fastmixture, which adopts aspects from likelihood-free approaches for parameter initialization, followed by a mini-batch expectation-maximization procedure to model the standard likelihood. …”
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The status of when- and where- clauses without an overt antecedent by Bénédicte Guillaume

“…Nous proposons de faire la différence entres les exemples ambigus (dont la signification varie en fonction du contexte) et les exemples hybrides (qui présentent un mixte de caractéristiques pouvant appartenir à plusieurs catégories différentes). …”
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Writing Johannesburg: Between the Labyrinth and the Map by Richard Samin

“…C’est dans le cadre de cette configuration que sont abordées, à travers plusieurs auteurs et ouvrages, les modalités des rencontres, des vies banales, des aventures, des dangers et des émerveillements que recèle cette ville mue par une extraordinaire énergie.…”
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A technique avoiding cardioplegia delivery complications: a case using systemic hyperkalemia cardiopulmonary bypass combined with circulatory arrest by Takeichi Tomohisa, Morimoto Yoshihisa, Yamada Akitoshi, Tanaka Takanori

“…We conducted a high-risk redo mitral valve replacement through a right mini-thoracotomy without rib spreading (redo-MICS MVR) under systemic hyperkalemia combined with circulatory arrest to circumvent complications associated with cardioplegia delivery. …”
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Effect of Tailings Fine Content on the Properties of Cemented Paste Backfill from the Perspective Packing Density by Haijun Wang, Xiaogang Sun, Jianwen Wang, Yun Duan, Changsuo Zhang, Jingping Qiu, Zhenbang Guo

“…Moreover, CPBs with different tailings fine contents were tested by the mini slump test, rheological test, uniaxial compressive strength (UCS) test, and mercury intrusion porosimetry test. …”
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Teaching the basics of Life Safety according to the specifics of the subject of educational material by I. G. Kretova, O. V. Belyaeva, Е. А. Koscova

“…All students agree that practical classes of «Fundamentals of health and safety» should be held offline and give preference to having tasks in mini-groups. The vast majority notes the insufficient number of classes for studying the discipline. …”
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River God Propaganda in a Septimius Severus Statue from Perge by Ahmet ÇELİK

“…However, with this extremely unique beard in the statue belonging to Fountain F2, Septi­mius Severus resembles a river god, and therefore, it may have been propagandised that he was a river god who brought water to the city or someone who resembled a river god.…”
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“Reading Between the Clauses”: an Exploration of Implicit Inter-clausal Relations in English by Fiona Rossette

“…Je décrirai ici le modèle d’interprétation dit «interactif» élaboré par Hoey (2001) et qui met en avant le travail d’anticipation effectué par le co-énonciateur. …”
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CAPS markers in plant biology by Y. N. Shavrukov

“…They have been developed for plant genetics and breeding and become especially useful. This mini-review analyzes information about the application of CAPS markers within the past3–5 years. …”
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Multifactor models of creativity: structural and dynamic approaches in psychological assessment by V. G. Gryazeva-Dobshinskaya, E. I. Koltunov, S. Yu. Korobova, V. A. Glukhova, E. S. Naboichenko

“…Research areas with less developed tools of psychological assessment were identified: the creative process at the pro-C and big-C level; the creative environment at the mini-C level; and co-creation at all levels of creativity. …”
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Data-Driven Approach to Evaluate the Level of Service (LOS) of Demand-Responsive Transport for the Disabled (DRTD) with an ANFIS Algorithm by Seohyeon Park, Sooyeon Park, Hosik Choi, Do-Gyeong Kim

“…Four variables, including the number of calls (or requests), the number of vacant vehicles, Medical Infrastructure Concentration Index (MICI), and Disabled Population Concentration Index (DPCI), were used as input variables for the ANFIS-based model. …”
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Acute Lumbar Burst Fracture Treated by Minimally Invasive Lateral Corpectomy by Rodrigo Amaral, Luis Marchi, Leonardo Oliveira, Thiago Coutinho, Luiz Pimenta

“…Here we report a case of acute lumbar burst fracture at L2 treated by minimally invasive true lateral approach posteriorly instrumented with percutaneous pedicle screws. …”
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