Introduction — a roundtable on The Woman of Colour (1808) : pedagogic and critical approaches (Roundtable) by Sinanan, Kerry

“…While the novel remains in many ways trapped within the plot conventions and gendered norms of the Romantic period, it simultaneously rejects them and offers trajectories of emancipation that unsettle gender, race, and nation. …”
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The Malaysian 'Islamic' state versus the Islamic state (IS) : evolving definitions of 'Terror' in an 'Islamising' nation-state by Chan, Nicholas Wai Yeap

“…At the end, following the emergence of a transnational insurgent/quasi-state/ terrorist/ideology hybrid, the Islamic State (IS), we argue that the Malaysian state is now embroiled in an ' Islamic state versus Islamic State' trap, where the state after appropriating and normalising the ' Islamic state' ideal, has no choice but to contend with what is fundamentally a ' terrorist' group (by the state's own definition) in religious terms. …”
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A pilot study on peptidylarginine deiminases and protein deimination in animal cancers across vertebrate species by Inal, Jameel, Hristova, Mariya, Lange, Sigrun

“…In addition, the tissue samples were assessed for total protein deimination and histone H3 deimination (CitH3), which is strongly associated with human cancers and also indicative of gene regulatory changes and neutrophil extracellular trap formation (NETosis). Cancers were selected from a range of vertebrate species: horse, cow, reindeer, sheep, pig, dog, cat, rabbit, mink, hamster, parrot, and duck. …”
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Identifying factors mediating the carnivore richness-productivity relationship across a precipitation-driven ecotone by Sultaire, S, Millspaugh, J, Montgomery, R

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Location</strong> western Great Basin, USA</p> <br> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> We deployed a camera-trap grid across a strong precipitation –and corresponding productivity– gradient and estimated carnivore species richness using a novel application of a multisession community occupancy model. …”

Electronic and optoelectronic devices using chemical vapour deposited 2D materials by Fan, Y

“…A close link between the large gain and trapped states between WS2 and metal contact is revealed. …”

Methodology development and synthesis of a biologically relevant natural product and targeted scaffold discovery for serine hydrolase inhibition by Kornahrens, A

“…The successful development of a novel "interrupted- hydrogen-borrowing" method allowed the use of iridium and methanol to trap the reactive enone intermediates by preventing the subsequent "hydrogen returning". …”

Computational and experimental study of a platinum thin-film based oil condition and contamination sensor by Sridhar, V, Chana, KS, Singh, D

“…These sensors have some major drawbacks: prone to surface contamination, non-linearity, insensitive to detect extremely small particulates or false detection such as trapped bubbles. <br> A new sensor based on platinum thin film heat transfer gauges has been developed at the University of Oxford that works on the principle of measuring the change in thermal product of the material that is in contact. …”

Key environmental factors underlying terrestrial arthropod abundance and diversity in alley-cropping and monoculture oil palm plantations by Ashraf, Mohamad, Hosaka, Tetsuro, Norhisham, Ahmad R., Sanusi, Ruzana, Tohiran, Kamil A., Zulkifli, Raja, Azhar, Badrul

“…We sampled terrestrial arthropod using 840 pitfall traps under seven treatments: oil palm alley-cropping systems with Bactris, bamboo, black pepper, cacao, and pineapple; and two oil palm monoculture systems. …”
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Monolayer tungsten disulfide in photonic environment : angle-resolved weak and strong light-matter coupling by Zhang, Xuewen, Wu, Lishu, Wang, Xu, He, Silin, Hu, Hanwei, Shi, Guangchao, Zhang, Xingwang, Shang, Jingzhi, Yu, Ting

“…When 1L-WS2 sits on top of a dielectric layer on silicon, the resonant trapped photon weakly couples with the exciton, in which the minimum of reflection dip shifts at both sides of the crossing angle while the emitted exciton energy remains unchanged. …”
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Long-wave-instability-induced pattern formation in an evaporating sessile or pendent liquid layer by Wei, Tao, Duan, Fei

“…In the two-dimensional simulation, we observe well-defined capillary ridges on both sides of the valley under positive gravity and main and secondary droplets under negative gravity, while a ridge can be trapped in a large-scale drained region in both cases. …”
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Modification of Agro-wastes Reinforced onto the PET Fabric for Decolorisation of Palm Oil Mill Effluent by Suradi, Siti Samahani, Kamaruzaman, Muhammad Zarif Hazim, Mohd Dali, Muhammad Izz Zakwan, Abu Bakar Sidik, Dilaeleyana, Bujang, Hazirah, Abdullah, Nurmina, Hairom, Nur Hanis Hayati, Dzinun, Hazlini, Rosley, Rozainita

“…The reduction of the color value of effluent showed the hydrophobicity of the integrated palm oil waste coated with PET, which enables to trap of the particles in the effluent, thus this composite has potential use in the filtration of water treatment.…”
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Interface energetics and dynamics in organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites by Goh, Teck Wee

“…Organic-inorganic lead halide perovskites have gained a lot of attention over the past six years as a desirable class of materials for various devices which has been shown to possess desirable properties such as long diffusion lengths, large carrier mobility, low trap states. At present, some important topics in this research have not been adequately addressed, like interface energetics, hot carrier dynamics and problems with UV degradation. …”
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Assessment of novel pre-erythrocytic malaria vaccines in humans by Venkatraman, N

“…In addition to humoral immunity, it is widely recognised that T-cell mechanisms are likely to play an important role in malaria immunity and heterologous prime-boost regimes using viral-vectored vaccines have been shown to induce potent T-cell responses. ChAd63-MVA ME-TRAP is a regime that has been developed in the Jenner Institute and the first of the clinical trials described in Chapter 3 assesses the safety and immunogenicity of adjuvanting this regime with a novel saponin-based adjuvant, Matrix-M^TM. …”

Lane-aware image enhancement for lane detection in rain (part B - communications) by Tian, Zichen

“…Besides, RVPGNet features in four innovative combination layers and algorithms: 1) To save computational resources, a new information combination layer, called the 4-tiling layer, was proposed and applied; Two new feeding schemes, called 2) N-map layer and 3) 2-D Gaussian feeding layer, were designed to utilize the vanishing point better and avoid training being trapped at the saddle point; 4) The network is implemented in Caffe framework and currently under construction in PyTorch framework. …”
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Vapour deposition of metal halide perovskite semiconductors by Yuan, Q

“…The presence of Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) planar defects is uncovered in these Cs-rich films whilst intensified trap-mediated recombination dynamics are revealed, which correlate to the number density of RP defects in γ-CsPbI₃.…”

Unravelling the degradation pathways and charging mechanism in the Li-O2 battery: the role of singlet oxygen by Zor, C

“…In the LOB literature, ¹O₂ is mainly detected and quantified using DMA, a ¹O₂ trap. Here, it is revealed that DMA can react with superoxide depending on the salt-solvent combination and DMAO₂, the reaction product of ¹O₂ with DMA, can degrade into by-products depending on the solvent environment. …”

Inhibition of endoplasmic reticulum stress using 4-phenyl butyrate mitigates osteoporosis in a mouse model of hindlimb suspension by Al-Daghestani, Hiba Saad Subhi

“…Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and osteocalcin (OC) expressions were downregulated, while cathepsin K (Cat K), Tartrate resistant Acid Phosphatase (TRAP), and sclerostin were upregulated. Taken together, these characteristics of bone reflect poorer mineralization, less collagen crosslinking, and a pro-inflammatory effect. …”
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Shear-flow characteristics of rock fractures and implications for injection-induced seismicity by Ji, Yinlin

“…Harvesting heat trapped in geothermal reservoirs has the potential to offer an affordable and sustainable solution for reducing the current dependence on fossil fuels. …”
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Comparison of diabetic and non-diabetic human leukocytic responses to different capsule types of klebsiella pneumoniae responsible for causing pyogenic liver abscess by Lee, I. Russel, Sng, Ethel, Lee, Kok-Onn, Molton, James S., Chan, Monica, Kalimuddin, Shirin, Izharuddin, Ezlyn, Lye, David C., Archuleta, Sophia, Gan, Yunn-Hwen

“…DNA and myeloperoxidase levels were elevated in the plasma of KLA patients compared to uninfected individuals indicating neutrophil activation, but diabetic status had no effect on these neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) biomarkers in both subject groups. Clinical hvKP isolates universally stimulated KLA patient neutrophils to produce NETs ex vivo, regardless of host diabetic status. …”
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Combating Household Bankruptcy: Developing a New Integrated Financial Education Model for Malaysian (S/O 13585) by Sawandi, Norfaiezah, Abu Bakar, Abu Sufian, Shaari, Hasnah, Amran, Noor Afza, Saad, Ram Al Jaffri

“…Meanwhile, it is observed that main factors that lead to poor financial/debts management are lack of financial knowledge and skills, lack of discipline in managing or paying debts, poor self-control, inability or not afford to pay loans/debts as the amount of payments are too much as compared to amount of income earned as well as greed which cause someone to be trapped in financial scams such as ponzi scheme. Finally, the study has developed the new integrated, holistic financial education model, which has three vital elements, that aims to create a financial literate or savvy society who are competent and able to apply knowledge, as well as have the right attitude, skills, knowledge, and habits to make effective financial decisions and are able to avoid being the victims of financial fraud or scam.…”
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