Performance study of digital communication over high frequency channel by Andrews, Jinto

“…Different modulations schemes like BPSK and BFSK are tested over different types of channels like additive white Gaussian noise channel, Rayleigh channel, Rician channel and finally the high frequency Ionospheric channel. …”
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Performing feminism : the evolution of the female in the legend of Robin Hood by Ess, Aubrey Gabrelyn

“…Consequently, the performance of feminism reveals a complexity to popular legends like Robin Hood, deserving of greater attention in gender or theatrical studies.…”
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Predicting marsh vulnerability to sea-level rise using Holocene relative sea-level data by Horton, Benjamin Peter, Shennan, Ian, Bradley, Sarah L., Cahill, Niamh, Kirwan, Matthew, Kopp, Robert E., Shaw, Timothy Adam

“…Holocene records indicate that marshes are nine times more likely to retreat than expand when RSLR rates are ≥7.1 mm/yr. …”
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A stochastic thunderstorm model for dynamic response assessment by School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

“…The thunderstorm downdraught rushes down vertically and spreads out radially like a wall-jet. Highest wind speeds are registered at locations which are nearest to the storm cell centre.…”
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Modelling familiarity : towards age-friendly exergame design by Zhang, Hao

“…Study I aims to evaluate the effectiveness of familiarity on improving older adults' ability and motivation to exergames. 44 Singaporean older adults were involved in this study to play Ping Pong exergame, which is infused with table tennis activities. …”
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Experimental and numerical studies of S960 ultra-high strength steel welded I-section columns by Su, Andi, Liang, Yating, Zhao, Ou

“…A testing programme, including initial geometric imperfection measurements and ten pin-ended column tests, was conducted. The testing programme was accompanied by a numerical modelling programme, where finite element models were firstly developed and validated against the test results, and then employed to perform parametric studies to generate further numerical data. …”
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Structure-activity relationships of photo-activated soft tissue Adhesive by Wicaksono, Gautama

“…Soft tissue fixation relies on mechanical means such as sutures, pins, and screws, with potential complications such as concentrated tissue damage, perforation, and the need for secondary surgeries. …”
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Discovery of a new predominant cytosine DNA modification that is linked to gene expression in malaria parasites by Hammam, Elie, Ananda, Guruprasad, Sinha, Ameya, Scheidig-Benatar, Christine, Bohec, Mylene, Preiser, Peter Rainer, Dedon, Peter C., Scherf, Artur, Vembar, Shruthi S.

“…Here, we report the first identification of a hydroxymethylcytosine-like (5hmC-like) modification in P. falciparum asexual blood stages using a suite of biochemical methods. …”
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READY PLAYER ONE / by Cline, Ernest, author 655943

“…Famine, poverty, and disease are widespread. Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes this depressing reality by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia where you can be anything you want to be, where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets. …”

Hedonic and non-hedonic bias toward the future by Greene, Preston, Latham, Andrew J., Miller, Kristie, Norton, James

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The ethics of silence : reading the lover's discourse in contemporary trauma narratives by Goh, Pei Hua

“…In Testimony, Felman and Laub contend that a historical and collective trauma like the Holocaust cannot be represented, and cannot be understood, because it lacks a frame of reference. …”
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Functional characterization of orexin system by Chua, Peiling

“…Orexin, which has been known to be involved in feeding and sleep-wake cycle, might have antidepressant-like effects. Researches indicate that depression might be associated with nucleus accumbens and its dopaminergic inputs from ventral tegmental area, which make up the mesolimbic dopamine system. …”
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Sound and smoke propagation models for virtual crowd environments by Vaisagh Viswanathan Thattamparambil

“…Virtual crowd simulations are important for various applications like defense, social studies, etc. While literature exists on agent design and sensor modeling, there is still no generic model for sound and smoke propagation that can be integrated into existing virtual crowd simulation frameworks. …”
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Behavioural and biochemical abnormalities in a mouse model for Parkinson's disease. by Ten, Rachel Rui Xian.

“…In addition to motor abilities, 2 and 4 months old LRRK2R1441G mice were tested in the elevated plus-maze for anxiety-like behaviour, and in the tail suspension test and forced swim test to assess depression-like behaviour. …”
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Thematic Analysis : A Practical Guide / by Braun, Virginia, author 541348, Clarke, Victoria (Associate Professor in Sexuality Studies), author 643784

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Multi-Agent cubature Kalman optimizer: A novel metaheuristic algorithm for solving numerical optimization problems by Zulkifli, Musa, Zuwairie, Ibrahim, Mohd Ibrahim, Shapiai

“…MACKO is evaluated on the CEC 2014 benchmark suite with 30 optimization problems, and its performance is compared with nine existing metaheuristic algorithms. Simulation results demonstrate that MACKO is superior, outperforming the benchmark algorithms, as indicated by Friedman's test with a 5 % significance level.…”
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Decarbonizing airport using solar and wind farm: A case of Biratnagar, Nepal by Yadav, Bharosh Kumar, Yadav, Ramhit, Jahangiri, Mehdi, Priya, S. Shanmuga, Bajracharya, Tri Ratna, Sudhakar, Kumarasamy

“…The combined 15 kW wind turbine-grid scenario is superior to the grid scenario for wind speeds of more than nine m/s and interest rates of less than 10 %. These findings increase airport authorities' and stakeholders' confidence in the investment in greener airports.…”
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Centering Patient and Clinician Voices in Developing Tools to Address Pain Related School Impairment: A Phase I Study of a Virtual Reality School Simulation for Children and Adoles... by Logan, Deirdre E., Khanna, Karina, Randall, Edin, O’Donnell, Shealyn, Reks, Talis, McLennan, Logan

“…These themes guided the development of our vRS prototype. Nine patients and eleven treating clinicians then engaged with the vRS prototype and provided feedback via semi-structured interviews and validated self-report measures. …”
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Inter-laboratory comparison of eleven quantitative or digital PCR assays for detection of proviral bovine leukemia virus in blood samples by Pluta, Aneta, Jaworski, Juan P., Droscha, Casey, VanderWeele, Sophie, Taxis, Tasia M., Valas, Stephen, Brnić, Dragan, Jungić, Andreja, Ruano, María J., Sánchez, Azucena, Murakami, Kenji, Nakamura, Kurumi, Puentes, Rodrigo, De Brun, MLaureana

“…DNA samples were extracted from blood of BLV-seropositive cattle and lyophilized to grant a better preservation during shipping to all participants around the globe. Twenty nine out of 44 samples were correctly identified by the 11 labs and all methods exhibited a diagnostic sensitivity between 74 and 100%. …”
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Rotator cuff tendons of the shoulder joint : anatomy and investigation of strain profile by Sheng, Jia-Min

“…The objective of this project is to investigate the effect of arm positions, tendon tears and surgical repair on the strain profile of the rotator cuff tendons. Nine fresh-frozen shoulders were tested using displacement variable reluctance transducers (DVRTs) to measure the strains of the supraspinatus, infraspinatus and subscapularis tendons simultaneously with the glenohumeral joint intact at various arm positions. …”
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