After COVID-19: time to agree a biosecurity code of conduct under the biological and toxin weapons convention (book chapter) by Whitby, Simon, Tang, Cheng, Shang, Lijun, Dando, Malcolm

“…Largely out of sight of most people, States Parties to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) have been meeting at the United Nations in Geneva over the last two decades trying to find ways to strengthen the Convention following the failure to agree on a Protocol during the 1990s. …”

Qualitative network analysis for migration studies: beyond metaphors and epistemological pitfalls by Ryan, Louise, Dahinden, Janine

“…We draw upon the early roots of social network research, within anthropology, to find inspiration and consider the contribution of qualitative approaches to analysing dynamic social relationships and to including neglected aspects like meaning making and agency. …”
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Second generation South Asian Muslims' conceptualisations of religious and ethnic identity by Hai, Nadeem

“…How do young South Asian Muslims find their place within British society? How can the indigenous population understand the particular issues? …”
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Reading suburban narratives by Pope, Gerald

“…The thesis discusses London's suburban fiction from the 1860s to the present day and each chapter focusses on different aspects of this struggle to see the truth of, and find meaning in, the suburbs. Suburban fiction presents a chronicle of compromised seeing. …”
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A study of the legal effect of the main provisions of the income tax treaty between France and the United Kingdom by McKee, Sophie A. Hoquet

“…It is hoped that this work will extend beyond British and French frontiers and that some of the suggestions and recommendations made in it will find a place in a worldwide context. An attempt has been made to make some contribution towards an improvement in the negotiation of double taxation agreements at Government level and an amelioration of their application by taxpayers, tax authorities and jurisdictions.…”
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Paradoxes of ‘career’ and ‘progress’ in the neoliberal university: a self-critique and deconstruction by Gee, Ricky, Lundy, Craig, Oldridge, Louise, Brown, Steven D.

“…Whilst aware of the role ‘progress’ plays in framing a ‘traditional career’, academics find themselves having to navigate the contours of the university – where matrices shout to the tide of ‘progress’ and where what gets measured supposedly gets done. …”
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Optimal design and synthesis of rice supply chain by Lim, Jeng Shiun

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Hydrodynamic interactions and relative motions of floating bodies in waves by Abyn, Hassan

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Performance of steel sections strengthened with carbon fibre reinforced polymer plate under tropical climate by Gholami, Mehran

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Multi-criteria decision framework for seismic retrofitting of low-rise buildings by Pashaei, Reza

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Stabilize machining condition of electrical discharge machining to minimize friction of hip implant by Mahmud, Nazriah

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A hybrid of bekk garch with neural network for modeling and forecasting time series by Pung, Yean Ping

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Dynamic effect of structural shocks on private investment in Iran by Akbari, Mehrad

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Hysteresis effects on shear strength of an unsaturated laterite soil by Ismail, Siti Saidatul Azween

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Enhanced cluster based trust management framework for mobile Ad hoc networks by Abdelrahman, Malik Nasereldin Ahmed

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Imbalanced functional link between executive control network and reward network explain online-game seeking behaviors in internet gaming disorder by Dong, Guangheng, Lin, Xiao, Hu, Yanbo, Xie, Chunming, Du, Xiaoxia

“…Nucleus accumbens (NAcc) was selected as the node to find the interactions between these two networks. …”
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The colouring, sealing and abrasion resistance of anodic oxide coatings by Smith, Marilyn

“…The assumption is made that Yt (25[degrees]C ) = a + bt and linear regression has been used to find b. It has been found that for batches having a range of thicknesses but a common sealing time, the linear relation is a reasonable assumption when the gradient is <+10. …”
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New approach to suppress mutual coupling between longitudinal-slotted arrays based on SIW antenna loaded with metal-fences working on VHF/UHF frequency-bands: study, investigation,... by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Khalily, Mohsen, See, Chan, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The proposed structure should find application in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) and radar systems.…”
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Determination of adjusted reference intervals of urinary biomarkers of oxidative stress in healthy adults using GAMLSS models by Chamitava, Liliya, Garcia-Larsen, Vanessa, Cazzoletti, Lucia, Degan, Paolo, Pasini, Andrea, Bellisario, Valeria, Corsico, Angelo G., Nicolis, Morena, Olivieri, Mario, Pirina, Pietro, Ferrari, Marcello, Stasinopoulos, Dimitrios, Zanolin, Maria E.

“…Generalized additive models for location, scale and shape (GAMLSS) were used to find determinants of the biomarkers among gender, age, season and distance from collection (DFC), and to predict their RI. …”
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mGlu5 receptors and cellular prion protein mediate amyloid-β-facilitated synaptic long-term depression in vivo by Hu, Neng-Wei, Nicoll, Andrew J., Zhang, Dainan, Mably, Alexandra J., O’Malley, Tiernan, Purro, Silvia A., Terry, Cassandra, Collinge, John, Walsh, Dominic M., Rowan, Michael J.

“…Blocking Aβ binding to cellular prion protein with antibodies prevents the facilitation of long-term depression. Our findings uncover an overarching role for Aβ-PrP(C)-mGlu5R interplay in mediating both LTD facilitation and LTP inhibition, encompassing NMDAR-mediated processes that were previously considered primary.…”
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