Dopamine Nation : Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence / by Lembke, Anna, Dr., author 655980, Penguin Publishing Group (Online service) 655981

“…Condensing complex neuroscience into easy-to-understand metaphors, Lembke illustrates how finding contentment and connectedness means keeping dopamine in check. The lived experiences of her patients are the gripping fabric of her narrative. …”
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Ultra-thin bulk silicon thinning of advanced microprocessors & graphics processors fabricated in Sub-20 nm technology by Teo, Wee Siang

“…As a means for precise material removal, the milling rate was first characterised on different systems before the resulting milling finish was studied as a function of the beam parameters. …”
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Dynamic properties of structures integrated with tuned liquid sloshing dampers analyses by Gospel, Jessica Vania

“…Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) provides a means to analyse frequency content, decomposing signals into frequency components. …”
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Intelligent diagnostic feedback in virtual learning environment by Guo, Ruisheng

“…The findings are analyzed and lead to the conclusion that under certain conditions online diagnostic feedback is an effective means of enhancing student learning across a wide range of subject.…”
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Divine authority and covenant community in contemporary culture by Billingham, J

“…This is further explored by means of qualitative research with one-to-one interviews conducted in a Baptist church in York. …”

On the eigenfunction expansions of the dyadic green's functions for multilayered biisotropic and bianisotropic media by Tan, Eng Leong.

“…Many new, generalized, unified and/or condensed fundamental results are derived employing simple and direct means. In particular, a simple approach based on the theory of distributions is presented for deriving the singularities and discontinuities associated with the eigenfunction expansions of the dyadic Green's functions for biisotropic media.…”
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The US election: expectations vs. outcomes by Garfinkle, Adam

“…As those with varying interests and equities try to anticipate what the election outcome means for them, one question stands out above all others: What kind of American demos would choose a man to be President of the world’s most powerful democracy who has shown consistent disrespect for both its democratic rules and its classical liberal principles?…”
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Parallel volume rendering for 3D medical images by Mu, Katherine Qing.

“…Parallel rendering is by no means a mature field, in fact efficient parallel rendering is an elusive goal. …”
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Port service quality in the supply chain management context by Poh, Patricia Xiang Qi.

“…Besides the traditional function of being the facilitator, providing of infrastructure and equipment, contemporary ports have now been integrated into supply chains. This essentially means that ports are now considered as only an element in a supply chain, instead of a standalone entity. …”
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Religion and new media : a study on Facebook and Christianity. by Tan, Rystine.

“…The religious and the spiritual is increasingly defined by new means of communication, and Christian religious authority are increasingly using social media to reach out to their congregants and with the constant sharing of information, they use social media as a tool to help enhance the congregants’ spiritual experiences and build relations with their congregants. …”
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Electrokinectic effects in closed microchannels by Macros

“…For instance, electroosmosis has been utilized as a powerful pumping means to precisely transport and manipulate liquid samples in microfluidic devices used for chemical analyses and biomedical diagnoses. …”
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A smart home system by O, Chee Xian

“…The Raspberry Pi and Mobile app communicate within the same network which means both have to be connected to the same WIFI. …”
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Information systems practice for the age of consequences by Silberman, MS

“…Building on the view that bottlenecks in addressing environmental problems are more ‘institutional’ than ‘technical,’ but that technology development can be understood as ‘politics by other means,’ the paper makes two main contributions to LIMITS. …”

The embodied, relational self: extending or rejecting the mind? by Gough, J

“…I argue that it cannot, before considering what this means for the mind and its relationship to selves and persons.…”

Detection of mutations and polymorphisms in the human B-globin gene and hepatitis B virus precore region by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) by Phang, Beng Hooi.

“…Mutations can be identified by physical, chemical or enzymatic means. In this study, mutations in the human (3-globin gene and HBV pre-core gene were used to evaluate the sensitivity of Denaturing Gradiënt Gel Electrophoresis (DGGE). …”
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Biomechanical model of index finger by Fok, Kim Seng.

“…The model had been verified by means of three simulations: flexion-extension ofjoints, pinch grip and power grasp. …”
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The moneychase : a persuasive computer game designed to encourage financial literacy by Tang, Eugene Hon Fye.

“…As the field of persuasive technology is focused on developing computing systems that attempt to change attitudes and behavior, review of literature from psychology and health sciences suggest that employing goal-setting in persuasive technologies might be an effective means of supporting behavior change. Several studies showed that financial literacy is positively related to self-beneficial financial behavior, and have suggested that when financial education is developed with input from the individuals themselves, it can improve their knowledge of debt management, savings and budgeting and can influence positive change in those behaviors as well.…”
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Liver tumor volume estimation by Lu, Rui

“…The first method involves a combination of thresholding, morphological operations and Fuzzy c-Means clustering techniques. Results show that tumor lesions, except the ones close to the liver brink, can be effectively extracted from the CT images. …”
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Seed trekking using radio-frequency identification (RFID) by Lim, Amos Ern Tze

“…This technological solution provides a means of tracking the seeds’ location. To achieve optimal results, the antenna needs to be portable and has strong signal gain to read the RFID tags, from which the tag information will be displayed on the eChain software.…”
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Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2024: Poverty amid conflict by United Nations Development Programme, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative

“…The report examines some of the ways in which poverty and conflict intersect and reflects on what this means for poverty reduction. Overall, the findings clearly point to the urgent need for peace.…”