Astley's Amphitheatre and the early circus in England, 1768-1830 by Kwint, M

“…</p> <p>The chapters introduce the main artistic and organisational developments at Astley's and its rivalry with the neighbouring Royal Circus. …”

The marble statuettes from the Athenian Agora, first century BC to fourth century AD by Martens, B

“…<p>This study presents the full range of marble statuettes and statuette fragments, certainly or probably carved between the first century BC and the fourth century AD, that have been found during excavations of the Athenian Agora conducted by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. …”

Stereoselective cyclisation cascades mediated by carbon electrophiles to access novel polycyclic scaffolds by Aynetdinova, DA

“…The results and all the experimental data are discussed in detail in the corresponding chapters.</p> <p><strong>Chapter 1</strong> provides a literature overview of the current stereoselective polyene cyclisation and heterocyclisation methodologies. …”

Introduction by Mander, WJ

“…This introductory chapter briefly surveys the main philosophical developments of the nineteenth century, contextualising the chapters that follow. …”

Social medicine : polarisation and perspectives by Dorling, D

“…Unequal health: The scandal of our times by Danny Dorling [...] gives a flavour of one of the major themes: social medicine and contains three chapters from the book, preceded by an all-new introduction specially written by Danny Dorling. …”

Mobile app for battery prognostic by Li, Zhengfan

“…However, safety risks and aging challenge their reliability and durability, often leaving end-users lacking expertise to bear these risks. This study introduces an intelligent battery management system (BMS) integrated into a mobile application to provide intuitive decision-making support. …”
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Popular safe haven assets, do they really exist for stock markets? Analysis on gold, Japanese yen and Swiss franc. by Liu, Chang., Ho, Pauline., Xu, Qiong.

“…After further classifying the stock market data into bull and bear periods, then by looking at the days of extreme negative returns in each situation, we realize that the safe haven effect in these assets tends to be stronger in bearish stock markets. …”
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Scenes of misrecognition (Koltès, Duras) by Killeen, M-C

“…What is most fascinating about these works is the curious way in which they appear to bear all the markings of confessions yet pointedly refuse to behave like them, thwarting the desire for revelation, catharsis, and closure at every turn. …”

Qualitative Research : Bridging the Conceptual, Theoretical, and Methodological / by Ravitch, Sharon M, author 609533, Carl, Nicole Mittenfelner, author 656054

“…Whether you are new to qualitative research or not, the goal for this book is to develop and deepen your understanding of an approach to research that seeks, designs for, and engages criticality in qualitative research. Every chapters begins with an overview and key objectives for the chapter. …”

The role of ideology in radicalisation by Ramakrishna, Kumar

“…This chapter seeks to examine the role of ideology in radicalisation into violent extremism, be it Islamist or far-right. …”
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Leadership-as-spiritual practice: a practical pneumatology of leadership in the Church of England by Bennet, HJ

“…In my search phase, chapters 1-5, I question how ecclesial leadership discourse ‘speaks’ of God. …”

Enhancing early warning: A DNA biosensor with polyaniline/graphene nanocomposite for label-free voltammetric detection of saxitoxin-producing harmful algae by Chwan Chuong Chin, Jeremy Jason, Akbar, Muhamad Afiq, Mohd Yusof, Nurul Yuziana, Pike, Andrew, Goh, Choo Ta, Mustapha, Shuhadah, Tan, Ling Ling

“…The quantification of A. minutum cells from pure algal culture by the electrochemical DNA biosensor has been well-validated with traditional microscopic techniques. …”
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The human right to health & its intersection with multiculturalism by Muyskens, Kathryn Lynn

“…Human rights have been a popular topic in political philosophical literature. …”
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Programmable morphing, electroactive porous shape memory polymer composites with battery-voltage Joule heating stimulated recovery by Lai-Iskandar, S., Li, Wenhao, Tsang, S. H., Lee, Y. H., Teo, Edwin Hang Tong

“…Our method can be compatible with kirigami techniques for the design of hierarchical and combinatorial shape-change structures. 3DC not only serves as an intrinsic heater but, during synthesis, its cell walls also act as a confinement framework for architecting porosity within 3DC-eSMPCs, which can be actuated with low-voltage (7.5 V, <2 W). …”
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Taking data feminism to school: A synthesis and review of pre‐collegiate data science education projects by Lee, Victor R, Pimentel, Daniel R, Bhargava, Rahul, D'Ignazio, Catherine

“…In this review paper, we draw on principles from data feminism to review 42 different educational research and design approaches that engage youth with data, many of which are educational technology intensive and bear on future data-intensive educational technology research and design projects. …”
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Comparison of Machine Learning-Based Methods for Narrowband Blind Adaptive Beamforming by Shonkwiler, Lara

“…Traditional blind source separation methods such as CMA, SOBI, JADE, and FastICA tend to be highly effective at beamforming datasets with moderate to large sample supports, but they do not perform well when they only have access to a limited number of data samples. They also bear the disadvantage that the appropriate algorithm must be selected based on the properties of the expected signal. …”
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Easing the “second-shift” burden : grandparental childcare and the subjective wellbeing of working mothers in Singapore by Cheo, Rachel Ka Yang

“…However, it is still common for working mothers to bear the brunt of both domestic and paid work. In the present study, I explored the role of grandparents as providers of childcare for their grandchildren in contemporary Singapore. …”
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The other side of the Elbe River: interventions in art, modernity, and coloniality in Poland by Michalska, DJ

“…<p>The artistic practices of Zofia Stryjeńska (1891-1976), Władysław Hasior, (1928-1999), Teresa Murak (1949-) and Roman Stańczak (1969-) all bear testimony – in their own distinct ways – to the ‘shock of the new’, the massive rupture brought by modernisation and capitalism in twentieth-century Poland. …”

Computer program to predict path loss in a mobile radio channel environment by Cheng, Weng Lock.

“…Matlab® computing language is chosen because it is easier to program mathematical models into computing language. In this thesis, chapters 1, 2 and 3 are devoted to explanation of basic radio channel concepts, its complexities of prediction and the impact of the advantages of path loss prediction.…”
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Polymeric nanoparticles and organic fluorophores for cancer sensing and therapy by Ang, Chung Yen

“…Cancer has been ranked as one of the top killer diseases around the world. …”
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