Introduction China's rapid urbanization fueled by the economic boom of the last three decades has transformed an agrarian society in many parts of China into an urbanized one at such a short time and large scale [1,2]. It is an unprecedented event in human history, which has attracted the...
A notable exception is [6], which also interviews EU Member States. However, compared to this contribution, our article provides more up-to-date information (interviews have been carried out in 2018 vs. 2013) and also the coverage of countries is substantially greater (19 vs. 14 countries)....
Determination of Flicker Contribution Level by Using Proposed Index Several mathematical properties of the EE distribution, including expectation, variance, moment generating function (mgf), asymmetry and kurtosis coefficients, among others, were studied by Gomez et al. Ristic-Balakrishnan extended exponentia...
This is by no means an autobiographical novel. but the wry reference to Margaret Atwood's own experience when she became, as she said at the time, *'a Thin;. '* is unmistakable. OnLv loan Foster is established in the present., and in Italy. tlashbacks take us through the story of...
rheumatoid arthritis; anti-citrullinated protein antibodies Key Contribution: This review highlights the periodontal pathogen Aggregatibacter actinomycetem- comitans as a likely trigger of rheumatoid arthritis by the production leukotoxin A, which is capable of inducing protein hypercitrullination in neutrophils...
Local governments can avoid catastrophes through their participation in efforts to build flood-proof roads, resilient water systems, more efficient electrical systems, enhanced waste recycling capacity, and other relevant conditions for DRR. In Chile, for example, risk reduction is part of the local ...
According to Barro and Sala-i-Martin, if all regions are converging to the same level of steady state, β-convergence is indicated. Barro and Sala-i-Martin [22] found that the process of convergence in European countries is similar to that in the United States and reaches about 2% a ...
The wave has sparked a fervor of investigation on why the variant initially appeared to propagate so much more rapidly than the other three variants of concerns (VOCs), whether it is more threatening in those other ways, and how its type of mutations, which induce minor changes in its ...
Safety, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China * Correspondence: xyzhehe@126.com Abstract: Sauce-aroma Baijiu is a distilled Baijiu well-known in China, and features a unique sauce- aroma style formed by a complex producing process in a specific geographical environment....
Introduction The relation between intelligence and personality is not only of high theoretical but also practical importance as personality and intelligence tests are often both applied in selection contexts. Knowing their relation gives a hint on the incremental and combined validity of both constructs ...