What We Talk About When We Talk About Books : The History and Future of Reading / by Price, Leah, author 656033, Hachette Books Group (Online service) 647103

“…The shelves of the world's great libraries, though, tell a more complicated story. Examining the wear and tear on the books that they contain, English professor Leah Price finds scant evidence that a golden age of reading ever existed. …”
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What we mean when we say semantic: Toward a multidisciplinary semantic glossary by Reilly, Jamie, Shain, Cory, Borghesani, Valentina, Kuhnke, Philipp, Vigliocco, Gabriella, Peelle, Jonathan E., Mahon, Bradford Z., Buxbaum, Laurel J., Majid, Asifa, Brysbaert, Marc, Borghi, Anna M., De Deyne, Simon, Dove, Guy, Papeo, Liuba

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When self-worth is threatened: the role of perfectionism and contingencies of self-worth in desire for social affiliation. by Wu, Jinghang.

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Governing in the face of a global crisis: when do voters punish and reward incumbent governments? by Duch, RM, Loewen, P, Robinson, TS, Zakharov, A

“…Classical accounts of responsibility are complicated when crises are pervasive, involve multiple valence dimensions, and where individuals can make relative assessments of performance. …”

Automate Your Busywork : Do Less, Achieve More, and Save Your Brain for the Big Stuff / by Tank, Aytekin, author 655218, John Wiley & Sons (Online service) 647106

“…In Automate Your Busywork: Do Less, Achieve More, and Save Your Brain for the Big Stuff entrepreneur, founder, and CEO of Jotform Aytekin Tank delivers a can't-miss blueprint to help you make the most of your most precious asset: time. …”
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UMP Career and Entrepreneurship Carnival offers more than 1,000 internship and job opportunities by Nur Ainaa Adhreena, Muhamad Shukri

“…PAYA BESAR, 11 June 2023 - More than 1,000 job and training opportunities were offered through the UMP Career and Entrepreneurship Carnival held for two days at the Astaka Hall, UMP Gambang Campus recently.…”
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The road more travelled : how user-generated content can lead to homogenized travel journalism by Duffy, Andrew

“…The implications for more self-reflexive and varied attitudes towards tourism and tourism media are discussed.…”
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Is self-explanation better than explaining to a fictitious student when learning from video lectures? by Pi, Zhongling, Zhang, Yi, Shi, Dongyuan, Guo, Xin, Yang, Jiumin

“…It is unclear whether explaining to oneself (self-explanations) is more beneficial than explaining to a peer (instructional explanations). …”
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An energy efficient power management solution for a fault-tolerant more electric engine/aircraft by Zhang, Yicheng, Peng, Gabriel Ooi Heo, Banda, Joseph Kiran, Dasgupta, Souvik, Husband, Mark, Su, Rong, Wen, Changyun

“…This paper provides the concept of design, implementation, and system integration of energy efficient power management solution for a fault-tolerant more electric engine/aircraft (MEE/MEA). The power management solution consists of three components, i.e., the power management system (PMS), the stability analysis module, and the condition-based control (CBC) module. …”
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The Lisbon Treaty : has it made the European Union a more effective global security actor? by Hong, Susan.

“…By aptly addressing the questions of the EU's leadership, ambition, political will, and resources and capabilities in these policy areas, and adopting Hill's "capability-expectations gap" framework, I shall conclude that the gap has widened and the Lisbon Treaty has not yet made the EU a more effective global security actor. This pessimistic outlook is underpinned by the fact that the intergovernmental nature of CFSP and CDSP continues to dominate the EU's decision- making process and hence, the political will of the member states will remain a hindrance to the Union's "capacity to act" on the global security scene.…”
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International differences in conservation priorities are more complicated than Global North-Global South divisions by Mutinhima, Y, Sibanda, L, Rono, B, Kulunge, S, Kimaili, D, Dickman, A, Madsen, E, Mandoloma, L, Tacey, J, Allred, S, Hare, D

“…Public debates suggest that people living in the Global North more strongly prioritise the interests of wild animals over people and the interests of individual animals over groups. …”

Comparing user behavior when targeted based on firm inferred interest vs. user stated interest by Cao, Yiqun(Scientist in business management)Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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The rise and fall of ‘girlsdrinkdiaries.com’: Dilemmas and opportunities when creating online forums to investigate health behaviour by Stepney, M

“…This paper explores the potential dilemmas and opportunities for setting up online discussion forums when undertaking research on health-related behaviour. …”

A methodology to evaluate the effectiveness of designers’ cognitive process when using multi-user virtual reality by Azizo, Adlin Shaflina, Ali, Kherun Nita, A.Iahad, Noorminshah, Mohd., Norhazren Izatie, Mat Dzahir, Mohd. Azwarie, Abdul Rahiman, Nafisah

“…This paper proposed the mixed-mode methodology to evaluate the effectiveness of the cognitive process when using Multi-user Virtual Reality (VR) in the design review sessions. …”
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What Do We Mean When We Write About Ethics, Equity, and Justice in Engineering Design? by Das, Madhurima, Roeder, Gillian, Ostrowski, Anastasia K, Yang, Maria C, Verma, Aditi

“…We conduct a review of three leading scholarly engineering design venues to investigate how, when, and why these terms — “ethics,” “equity,” and “justice,” and variations — appear in the engineering design literature and what scholars mean when they use them. …”
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What Do We Mean When We Write About Ethics, Equity, and Justice in Engineering Design? by Das, Madhurima, Roeder, Gillian, Ostrowski, Anastasia K, Yang, Maria C, Verma, Aditi

“…We conduct a review of three leading scholarly engineering design publications to investigate how, when, and why these terms—“ethics,” “equity,” and “justice,” and variations—appear in the engineering design literature and what scholars mean when they use them. …”
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When should lockdown be implemented? Devising cost-effective strategies for managing epidemics amid vaccine uncertainty by Doyle, NJ, Cumming, F, Thompson, RN, Tildesley, MJ

“…Furthermore, we show how uncertainty in these quantities can be accounted for when deciding which interventions to introduce. This research highlights the benefits of policy makers being explicit about the precise objectives of introducing interventions. …”

Beowulf opera scenes: classroom music pedagogy and knowledge when composing an opera with primary-school children by Axtell, I, Anderson, A, MacGregor, E, Nenadic, E, Fautley, M, Evans, N

Perceiving agency in a multi-agent context: more interactions with the environment yet reduced agency in depression by Jain, R

“…This thesis examines whether such co-absence events become more salient when other potential causes are present.…”

More than 1,500 attend RTM's Malaysia Aspiration Tour and UMPSA's Independence Day Celebration by Naqiah, Puaad

“…GAMBANG, 31 August 2024 – More than 1,500 people attended the RTM Malaysia Aspiration Tour and the Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA) Independence Night Celebration recently at the UMPSA Mini Stadium, Gambang Campus.…”
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