Association between COVID-19 outcomes and mask mandates, adherence, and attitudes by Adjodah, Dhaval, Dinakar, Karthik, Chinazzi, Matteo, Fraiberger, Samuel P., Pentland, Alex, Bates, Samantha, Staller, Kyle, Vespignani, Alessandro, Bhatt, Deepak L.

“…We extend previous studies on the impact of masks on COVID-19 outcomes by investigating an unprecedented breadth and depth of health outcomes, geographical resolutions, types of mask mandates, early versus later waves and controlling for other government interventions, mobility testing rate and weather. …”
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Assessing United States Energy Poverty Policy: Regulatory Design Alternatives and Resource Allocation by Heller, Peter J.

“…To improve the allocation of federal resources, I produce a novel machine learning approach based on sociodemographic and geographical information to estimate energy burden in each US census tract for 2015 and 2020. …”
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Figuring the Middle Ground: A Search for Authorship in Perceiving China's COVID-19 Lockdowns by Zhang, San

“…Witnessing and attempting to comprehend China’s controversial response to COVID-19 over the past three years from a geographically distant yet culturally and emotionally intimate standpoint, I have grappled with multiple perspectives, sometimes as an insider, sometimes as an outsider, and most of the time as an impostor to both. …”
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Imaging and processing of tree trunk by Hong, Yuan Ming

“…Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR) is traditionally used as a tool to detect objects beneath the geographical surface. It is a non-invasive method that uses electromagnetic waves (EM waves) in the microwave band as the propagation method. …”
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Topic-focused thread-based instant messenger by Ma, Weiming

“…Modern IM applications support a rich collection of multimedia capability such as voice recording, video conferencing and file sharing, facilitating an efficient and effective means of collaboration among geographically dispersed people. In IM conversations, people feel emancipated to express their ideas or views, possibly spanning a variety of topics. …”
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From housework to home-making: unpacking the experiences of Indonesian migrant domestic workers in Singapore by Tan Chin, Sarah Shahbal

“…For most respondents, ‘home’ remains tied to a singular geographical boundary at any one time, while emotional attachment to people or communities influences the intensity of ‘home’. …”
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Optimisation of smart grid comprising of renewable energy and electric vehicles using HOMER software and threshold decision method by Ho, Chang Fei.

“…However, renewable energy poses several problems in a real-site implementation due to high costs involved in initial construction and the limitations of regional conditions including weather condition and geographical location. To overcome current difficulties on renewable energy implementation, the student needs to analyse the feasibility and cost effectiveness of implementing the renewable energy hybrid system. …”
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Impact of BREXIT on key stakeholders of the maritime industry in UK by Ching, Claudia Loke Wei

“…The aim of this research paper is to identify the impacts of BREXIT on the UK maritime industry due to its geographical proximity, as well as the intensity of impacts experienced first-hand by the maritime sectors in UK. …”
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Reinterpreting politics in thirteenth-century south-west Wales by Brodie, HD

“…This thesis analyses the political behaviour of Welsh and Marcher lords in a geographically-distinct region: south-west Wales. It examines the challenges they faced and how they responded, and in the light of this, offers new perspectives on the political narrative of the period between the outbreak of war in south-west Wales following the accession of Richard I in 1189 and the end of Welsh lordship in the region with Rhys ap Maredudd’s revolt in 1287. …”

SyROCCo: enhancing systematic reviews using machine learning by Fang, Z, Arana-Catania, M, van Lier, F-A, Outes Velarde, J, Bregazzi, H, Airoldi, M, Carter, E, Proctor, R

“…Tools were developed for the following tasks: assigning publications into “policy area” categories; identifying and extracting key information for evidence mapping, such as organizations, laws, and geographical information; connecting the evidence base to an existing dataset on the same topic; and identifying subgroups of articles that may share thematic content. …”

A landscape of conflict? Rural fortifications in the Argolid (400 – 146 BC) by Blomley, AM

“…The introductory <strong>chapter 1</strong> discusses the study’s chronological framework, geographical scope, aims and structure, as well as the history of the scholarship on this subject.…”

Facilitators and barriers affecting the implementation of e-health for chronic respiratory diseases in remote settings: a qualitative evidence synthesis by Salmi, EM, Basile, FW, Khan, FA, Watt, L, Song, R, Bijker, EM

“…Intervention objectives, target population, geographical location, local culture, and available resources should be carefully considered when designing an e-health intervention. …”

Global cross-sectional survey on neonatal pharmacologic sedation and analgesia practices and pain assessment tools: impact of the sociodemographic index (SDI) by Arribas, C, Cavallaro, G, Gonzalez, J-L, Lagares, C, Raffaeli, G, Smits, A, Simons, SHP, Villamor, E, Allegaert, K, Garrido, F

“…We organized results based on geographical location. <p><b>Results</b></p> The survey collected 1304 responses, but we analyzed 924 responses after database cleaning. …”

Learning moral values through cartoons for Malaysian preschool-aged children by Abdullah, Muhammad Alif Redzuan

“…The analysis was limited by the small sample size and geographical location of this study. Thus, it was suggested that further studies are conducted to expand the economic strata and age groups.…”
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Medicine distribution pattern detection in pharmaceutical supply chains: a new Kth-proximity density-distance-based method by Delgoshaei, Aidin, Mohd Ariffin, Mohd Khairol Anuar

“…This research aims to propose a new method, named density-distance method, that works based on Kth proximity using patient features (including age, gender, education, inherent diseases, systemic diseases and disorders); geographical features (city, state, population, density, land area) and supply chain features (destination and transportation system). …”
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Enhancing construction site performance through technology and management practices as material waste mitigation in the Malaysian construction industry by Mohammed Abdullah Abkar, Mahdi, Yunus, Riduan, Gamil, Yaser, Albaom, Mohammed Abdo

“…Emphasizing the importance of contextual insights, the study addresses professionals involved in solid waste management within the Malaysian construction industry. The geographical specificity adds depth to the analysis, offering a comprehensive understanding of regional dynamics. …”
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A deep learning-based fault detection and classification in smart electrical power transmission system by Khaleefah, Shihab Hamad, Mostafa, Salama A., Gunasekaran, Saraswathy Shamini, Khattak, Umar Farooq, Siti Salwani, Yaacob, Alanda, Alde

“…Subsequently, various solutions have been introduced, including producing high-capacity electrical generating power plants, and applying the grid concept to synchronize the electrical power plants in geographically scattered grids. Electrical Power Transmission Networks (EPTN) are made of many complex, dynamic, and interrelated components. …”
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Identification of electromagnetic pre-earthquake perturbations from the DEMETER data by machine learning by Xiong, Pan, Long, Cheng, Zhou, Huiyu, Battiston, Roberto, Zhang, Xuemin, Shen, Xuhui

“…We have also found that the choice of the geographical region used to simulate the training set of non-seismic data influences, to a certain extent, the performance of the LightGBM model, by reducing its capability in discriminating electromagnetic pre-earthquake perturbations.…”
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Implications for spatial non-stationarity and the neighborhood effect averaging problem (NEAP) in green inequality research: evidence from three states in the USA by Gyanwali, Sophiya, Karki, Shashank, Jang, Kee M., Crawford, Tom, Zhang, Mengxi, Kim, Junghwan

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Development of metric system to measure an innovation district by Poh, Jin An

“…In this study, an innovation district is defined as a geographical area where clusters of world class institutions and companies are well-connected with business accelerators and start-ups to drive growth and increase productivity. …”
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