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Strategies to reconstruct 3D Coffea arabica L. plant structure. 重建阿拉伯咖啡（Coffea arabica L.）植物三维结构的策略。

SpringerPlus Pub Date : 2016-12-05 eCollection Date: 2016-01-01 DOI: 10.1186/s40064-016-3762-4

Fabio Takeshi Matsunaga, Jonas Barbosa Tosti, Armando Androcioli-Filho, Jacques Duílio Brancher, Evelyne Costes, Miroslava Rakocevic

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Complementary feeding practices among mothers and nutritional status of infants in Akpabuyo Area, Cross River State Nigeria. 尼日利亚克罗斯河州 Akpabuyo 地区母亲的辅食喂养方式和婴儿的营养状况。

SpringerPlus Pub Date : 2016-12-05 eCollection Date: 2016-01-01 DOI: 10.1186/s40064-016-3751-7

Ekerette Emmanuel Udoh, Olukemi K Amodu

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Chinese insurance agents in “bad barrels”: a multilevel analysis of the relationship between ethical leadership, ethical climate and business ethical sensitivity “坏桶”中的中国保险代理人:道德领导、道德氛围与商业道德敏感性关系的多层次分析

SpringerPlus Pub Date : 2016-12-05 DOI: 10.1186/s40064-016-3764-2

N. Zhang, Jian Zhang

引用次数: 15

Proposal for optimal placement platform of bikes using queueing networks 基于排队网络的自行车最优放置平台方案

SpringerPlus Pub Date : 2016-12-03 DOI: 10.1186/s40064-016-3703-2

S. Mizuno, Shogo Iwamoto, M. Seki, N. Yamaki

引用次数: 6

A C-band broadband ortho-mode transducer for radioastronomy polarimetry 用于射电天文偏振测量的c波段宽带正交模换能器

SpringerPlus Pub Date : 2016-12-02 DOI: 10.1186/s40064-016-3761-5

I. Ferreira, C. Tello, M. Bergano, T. Villela, D. Barbosa, G. Smoot