Stewardship and social justice: implications of using the precautionary principle to justify burdensome antimicrobial stewardship measures by Johnson, T

“…If that harm is uncertain but serious, the precautionary principle might apply to the issue, and might require taking ‘precautionary measures’ to avert the threat of antimicrobial resistance, including stewardship interventions like antibiotic prescription caps, bans on certain uses in farming sectors, and eliminating over-the-counter uses of antibiotics. …”

Urgency of controlling black carbon emissions in shipping by Ong, Min Yee

“…There has been a lot of discussion about sustainable shipping and decarbonisation in the maritime industry. The IMO 2020 sulphur cap was a big stride towards green shipping. However, there is still a significant amount of work that needs to be completed before the industry can be fully sustainable and carbon free. …”
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COVID alert’s privacy promises and surveillance risks by Cofone, IN

“…In the wake of the 2020 global pandemic, governments and corporations around the world are adopting unprecedented data-gathering practices to both stop the spread of COVID-19 and transition to safer and more economically stable futures. …”

Time Tango by Pyae Thein

“…This app provides a one stop solution for managing events, as well combining various information and features needed throughout the day, while also providing crucial information about the whereabouts of the users, and additional useful features to ease the pains of parenthood. …”
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Tie the knot - a step by step wedding planner by Alex Arvin S Susaipillai

“…The application serves as an all-in-one-stop wedding planning tool kit for a successfully and well-organized wedding. …”
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Drone fault tolerance strategy by allowing remaining rotor to pan and tilt by Zaludin, Zairil

“…This paper proposes a solution to improve attitude control in such a scenario by minimising roll, pitch, and yaw deviations when a single rotor has stopped. By enabling opposing motors to pan and tilt independently, the study demonstrates the feasibility of landing the drone safely. …”

Interventions for smoking cessation in hospitalised patients by Rigotti, NA, Munafo, MR, Murphy, MRG, Stead, LF, Munafo', MR

“…<p><b>Background</b></p> An admission to hospital provides an opportunity to help people stop smoking. Individuals may be more open to help at a time of perceived vulnerability, and may find it easier to quit in an environment where smoking is restricted or prohibited. …”

Longitudinal patterns in smoking abstinence in trials of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation: secondary analysis of data from a systematic review, with meta-analyses by Hartmann-Boyce, J, Chan, J, Zhitnik, E, Pesola, F, Hajek, P, Lindson, N

“…Further data are needed, especially on relapse rates in early quitters who use e-cigarettes versus those who use other or no stop-smoking aids.…”

A sociological analysis of Iranian popular music in the 21st century by Safideh, Mohammad Rezazadeh

“…The result of this investigation indicates that pop and rap genres with very simple, easy and repeatable rhythm and musical construction are currently the most popular music in Iran, and the younger generation (14–29 year old) makes the greatest number of consumers for popular music. …”
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Numerical and experimental investigation of thick composites manufacturing for wind turbines by Ammasai Sengodan, Ganapathi

“…This simulation procedure was extended to a three dimensional wind turbine blade spar cap manufacturing and the temperature and resin pressure distributions of the laminate and bleeder were obtained. …”
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Radio frequency fingerprints vs. physical unclonable functions - are they twins, competitors, or allies? by Zhang, Junqing, Chang, Chip Hong, Gu, Chongya, Hanzo, Lajos

“…Device identification is the first line of defense to detect and stop fraud. Conventional device authentication schemes using software addresses as identities or static pre-programmed secret keys are vulnerable to tampering and memory attacks. …”
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Innovative UWB phase shifters using groove gap-waveguide technology inspired by metasurfaces for beamforming networks operating at 100 GHz by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Zidour, Ali, Virdee, Bal Singh, Kouhalvandi, Lida, Shahid, Saleem, See, Chan Hwang, Limiti, Ernesto

“…This configuration provides a UWB stop-band over the 80–110 GHz spectrum, ensuring effective phase shifting at 100 GHz within the ultra-wideband range.…”
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Greenhouse gas emissions from solid waste by Lim, Vincent You Quan

“…With climate change and polar ice caps melting, it is of utmost importance to curb emissions from all over the world. …”
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Effect of magnetic nanoparticles on the morphology of polystyrene-b-poly(methyl methacrylate) diblock copolymer thin film by Yang, Ping, Wang, Shuchao, Teng, Xue, Wei, Wei, Dravid, Vinayak P., Huang, Ling

“…We report the effect of oleic acid-capped magnetic nanoparticles (mNPs, γ-Fe2O3) on the morphology and phase separation behavior of diblock copolymer thin film, polystyrene-b-poly(methyl methacrylate), PS-b-PMMA, under various experimental conditions such as the casting solvent, mNPs concentration, and the annealing time. …”
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running away, running towards: a collection of sestinas by Zhu, Alan Y.

“…They emphasize the intensity and quality of the mundane, with poems found in bus stops, bowls of soup, quiet mornings, and inkstains. …”
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Design and assessment of a 360° panoramic and high-performance capture system with two tiled catadioptric imaging channels by Song, Weitao, Liu, Xuming, Lu, Peng, Huang, Yetao, Weng, Dongdong, Zheng, Yuanjin, Liu, Yue, Wang, Yongtian

“…In the final design, the stop has been fulfilled for each field angle, and the ghost images have also been well optimized. …”
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Modelling of traffic control delays at priority junctions using artificial neural network by Mohammad Ali Sahraei

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Monitoring bubble size distribution using pressure fluctuations. by Foo, Jing Quan.

“…The basis of comparison used was the bubble cap diameter and volume diameter, the volume diameter showed accuracy of up to 89%.…”
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Experimental development of fabry-perot fiber-optic metal ion sensor based on layer-by-layer (chitosan/polystyrene sulfonate) substrate and ionophore (carboxymethyl 18-crown-6). by Yu, Feng Jen.

“…In this project, development of a novel label-free Fiber-Optic Fabry-Perot interferometry (FPI) metal ion detector based on a successful immunosensor with similar mechanism is proposed. 2 configurations of the sensor were proposed, one with an additional SMF cap and one without. Using the EDC / NHS coupling mechanism, the sensing element (ionophore) was attached to the polyelectrolyte substrate (Chitosan / Polystyrene Sulfonate) formed by performing polymeric layer-by-layer (LBL) self-assembly technique. …”
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Synthesis and characterisation of MoS2 - NaYF4:Yb, Er nanocomposite by Ann, Kai Heng

“…The results indicate that MoS2 and the UCNPs have fused together to form a nanocomposite with its surface capped with oleic acid and oleylamine. However, the UCNPs showed slight aggregation, and there is a significant distribution of MoS2 nanosheet sizes. …”
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