The Chinese expansion and language coexistence in Modern China by LaPolla, Randy J.

“…This chapter outlines the history of the development and spread of what became what we now know as the Sinitic (Chinese) languages and the effects that migrations, cultural contact, and national policies had on the development. …”
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A scandal in the British Empire: child guardianship, theosophy, sexuality and fatherhood in Besant v. Narayaniah by Tan, Fidellithy

“…The initial chapter delves into Annie Besant, examining how her self-representation as a maternal figure shaped her positioning as the boys' guardian in court. …”
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Lewis acid-catalyzed reactions of alcohol pro-electrophiles as novel strategies for C-C and C-N bond formation by Rao, Weidong

“…In Chapter III, a novel strategy to highly conjugated indenes involving unexpected iron(II) chloride-catalyzed dimerization of 1,1,3-trisubstituted-prop-2-yn-1-ols was described. …”
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Nanoporous gold nanostructures : morphological design and their energy conversion applications by Yang, Zhe

“…The detailed controllability of NPG coated shape memory polymer movement is systematically studied in chapter 4. In chapter 5, I directly synthesize NPG-molybdenum sulfide hybrid structure by exploiting the photothermal effect to significantly increase localized temperature to initiate reduction of molybdenum sulfide precursors. …”
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Impact of interspecific competition on African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) in an ecosystem with artificial perennial water provision by Sandoval Serés, ME

“…Thirdly, I evaluated if African wild dogs avoid large competing predators (leopards, lions and hyaenas) reactively or proactively in space and time at different spatial and temporal scales, using camera trap data to perform generalized linear mixed models, activity pattern overlap and time-to-event analyses (Chapter 4). Finally, I discussed water management strategies to help decrease the level of interspecific competition on African wild dogs and assist in their conservation (Chapter 5). …”

Flexible single-mode delivery of a high-power 2  μm pulsed laser using an antiresonant hollow-core fiber by Lee, Elizabeth, Luo, Jiaqi, Sun, Biao, Ramalingam, Vincent, Zhang, Ying, Wang, Qijie, Yu, Fei, Yu, Xia

“…The effect of bending on the fiber output power and beam profile is also investigated. The Gaussian-like output beam profile is maintained up to a 7.5 cm bending radius. …”
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Localized transverse flow measurement with dynamic light scattering line-scan OCT by Han, Le, Tan, Bingyao, Schmetterer, Leopold, Bizheva, Kostadinka

“…The new approach allows for separation of the flow velocity component along the line-illumination direction of the imaging beam from other orthogonal velocity components, from particle diffusion motion, and from noise-induced distortion in the OCT signal's temporal autocorrelation. …”
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Global relations and workers at the border by López, María E.

“…This chapter examines how work ‘at the border’ is driven by the market‑oriented economic approach, neoliberalism, which drives cheap production. …”
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Air-gapped microaxial transmission line technology for Si-based microwave integrated circuits by Tian, Yang

“…The organization of the thesis is summarized at the last part of this chapter.…”
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A comprehensive study on spectral clustering by Lu, Siyao

“…Firstly, a guideline on the selection of similarity matrices, adjacency matrix and Laplacian matrix, under different conditions is proposed through a large number of simulations in Chapter 2. Next, an improved spectral clustering method with more general input metrics is investigated with satisfying performance in Chapter 3. …”
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Academic publishing as a novice lesbian scholar: an intersectional experience by Encinas, Mabel

“…This chapter uses an intersectional lens to discuss some of the meanings of being a lesbian migrant early-career scholar striving to publish in the UK. …”
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Artificial intelligence and power in public service management by Vogl, TM

“…This chapter is based on interview data, open ended survey responses, and publicly available documents and recordings. …”

Introduction: exponential inequalities: what can equality law do? by Atrey, S, Fredman, S

“…The purpose of the introductory chapter is twofold: first, to explain the meaning of the term 'exponential inequalities' which is the subject of this book; and, secondly, to set out the context and significance of the research in the individual contributions and the book as a whole. …”

Dynamic measurement by multi-point laser Doppler vibrometer by Chang, Haoming.

“…A vibration measurement of a cantilever beam using a multi-point laser Doppler vibrometer (LDV) with single detector is conducted in this dissertation. …”
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Instability Scaffolding: Enacting Strategic Instabilities to Produce Authentic Premium Wine by Zhang, Alan

“…Chapter Three offers insight into the modern-day operations of a world-renowned fine wine producer. …”
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Development of (Z)-alkenylsilane coupling methodology and application towards the synthesis of incednine by Kuper, C

“…This is followed by a chapter focusing on the development of a novel strategy to access more reactive dimethyl alkenylsiloxanes and their applications. …”

Graphene metamaterials for intense, tunable, and compact extreme ultraviolet and X-ray sources by Pizzi, Andrea, Rosolen, Gilles, Wong, Liang Jie, Ischebeck, Rasmus, Soljačić, Marin, Feurer, Thomas, Kaminer, Ido

“…For 5 MeV electrons, a metamaterial of 50 layers and length 50 µm, and a beam current of 1.7 µA, it is, for instance, possible to generate X-rays of intensity 1.5 × 107 photons sr-1 s-1 1%BW, 580 times more than for a single-layer design. …”
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Temporal and Spatial Variations of the Solar Radiation Observed in Singapore by Jayaraman, Ramkumar, Maskell, Douglas Leslie

“…Meteorological phenomena, such as fast moving clouds, cause rapid changes in the terrestrial direct beam radiation. This introduces transients in both the temporal and spatial measurements of global horizontal radiation. …”
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Contentious consensus: challenges of diversity to identity-based language policies by Jain, Ritu

“…The chapter concludes with a discussion of the implications of linguistic representation of collective identities to the management of pluralist populations. …”
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Islam in Late Antiquity: state-making, the Bedouin, and the end of empires by Wakeley, JM

“…After grappling with the menagerie of historiographical problems attendant on the period in Chapter One, Chapter Two focuses on Muḥammad’s foundation of a community at Medina. …”