A technique to suppress mutual coupling in densely packed antenna arrays using metamaterial supersubstrate by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Limiti, Ernesto, Virdee, Bal Singh, Shafai, Lotfollah

“…The consequence of implementing the MTM-DS patch is significant reduction in mutual coupling between adjacent radiating patches by 60%, improvement in impedance match by 200% and substantial increase in the antenna’s fractional bandwidth by 369%. Since the ground plane is unaltered the front-to-back ratio is unaffected too. …”
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'I get up in the night to cry’: the impact of homelessness on higher education students in London, UK by Mulrenan, Patrick, Atkins, Julia, Cox, Simon

“…While the higher education landscape has changed radically since the late 1980s, a consistent feature of government policy has been to widen participation to students who were disproportionately excluded previously. …”

Book review : American Islamophobia: understanding the roots and rise of fear by Haynes, Jeffrey

“…According to Beydoun, Islamophobia, understood as dread or hatred of Islam, is a key feature of American politics and society, which has been growing in significance since the Iran “hostage crisis” of 1979–81, when 62 US diplomats were detained by Iran’s revolutionary government for 444 days. …”
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Twenty-nine years of the BIR annual survey, part 1: technological change by Tredinnick, Luke

“…This paper is the first part of a review of the Business Information Review Annual Survey, which has been published annually since 1991. The paper explores technological change as it has been revealed by the surveys. …”
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Is the European Court of Human Rights satisfied with the Russian criminal justice system? by Voskobitova, Maria R.

“…All these matters have already been considered many times at the Court, but it is quite some time since the Court addressed violations in the Russian criminal process in respect of the requirements of ‘justice’ under Art. 6 of the Convention.…”
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Right-wing populism and religion in Europe and the USA by Haynes, Jeffrey

“…The aim of this paper is to examine comparatively the growth and political effectiveness of right-wing populism in Western Europe, Central Europe, and the USA since 9/11. The focus is on such politicians’ vilification of Islam as a faith and Muslims as a people. …”
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Tradition and historicism in the remodelling of Tate Britain by Frost, Christian W.

“…Since the late 1870s when the first legal moves were made to protect Britain’s built heritage many buildings and monuments have been set aside for special treatment. …”
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Trade unionism and governance in Nigeria: a paradigm shift from labour activism to political opposition by Nwoko, Kenneth Chukwuemeka

“…The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has, since Nigeria’s return to democracy in 1999, been the platform for the Nigerian people to query government policies, actions and inaction, not only for the Nigerian working class, but the entire Nigerian peoples. …”
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Brazilian science fiction: the construction of national identity by Araújo Santos, Naiara Sales

“…This thesis sets out an analysis of Brazilian science fiction since the 1960s to the present emphasizing, in particular, the relationship between this genre and Brazilian national identity. …”
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The constraints of habit: craft, repetition, and creativity by Ross, Wendy, Glăveanu, Vlad

“…Rather, this paper proposes habitual learned movements as an important concept in a pragmatist-informed theory of creativity since they mark the skilled co-ordination of material, tool and maker, at once constraining and enhancing the creative craft process.…”
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Beyond populism and into the state: the political economy of national-conservatism by Altinors, Gorkem, Chryssogelos, Angelos

“…This article argues that the crises of neoliberal globalisation since the 2000s have given rise to a new transnational political family that we call ‘national-conservatism’. …”
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The role of fenugreek in the management of type 2 diabetes by Haxhiraj, Melina, White, Kenneth, Terry, Cassandra

“…There is an urgent need to develop better therapeutics for the prevention and management of this complex condition since current medications often cause unwanted side effects, and poorly managed diabetes can result in the onset of related comorbidities. …”
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The unintended consequences of improving police recording of rape in England and Wales by Lovett, Jo, Kelly, Liz, Vera-Gray, Fiona

“…We argue that changes to the Home Office Counting Rules since 2014 have resulted in the recording of a significant proportion of cases which are not reports from victim-survivors and which they did not consent to. …”
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The Characterization of Recycled Concrete Aggregate (RCA) as Vertical Filter For Removing Phosphorus by Adnan, Suraya Hani, A Roni, Norwardatun, Hamidon, Nuramidah, Tuan Ismail, Tuan Noor Hasanah

“…Besides, it is a sustainable method since RCA is a recycled product from the construction site.…”
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Measuring the performances of covariates using exponential survival analysis with partly-interval censored simulation data by Muhamad Jamil, Siti Afiqah, Lai, Jessintha, Abdullah, Mohd Asrul Affendi

“…As a result, when dealing the data without censored observations, the exponential distribution significantly fit the simulation data since low values of error measurements appeared when the data included the exact and complete types of simulation. …”
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New modification of the hestenes-stiefel with strong wolfe line search by Japri, Nur Athira, Basri, Srimazzura, Mamat, Mustafa

“…The method of the nonlinear conjugate gradient is widely used in solving large-scale unconstrained optimization since been proven in solving optimization problems without using large memory storage. …”
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A review of graphene materials-based sensors by Wibowo, Kusnanto Mukti, Talib, Azman, Che Ani, Norhidayah, Ahmad, Norazlina, Muslihati, Atqiya, Mohd Rosni, Nurliyana

“…Graphene is a 2D material with superior properties, since it has the advantage of being both conducting and transparent. …”
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Transmission service charge methodology for pool power market by Nur Hanis, Mohammad Radzi

“…It is hard to identify the power contribution of each user in a line since the power output from different power plants are "pooled" together to meet the load demand. …”
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Moringa oleifera seeds as natural coagulant for water treatment by Ali , Eman N, Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu, Salleh, Hamzah Mohd., Salleh, Mohd Ramlan M., Alam, Md. Zahangir

“…The cost of water treatment is increasing and the quality of river water is not stable due to suspended and colloidal particle load caused by land development and high storm runoff during the rainy seasons especially in a country like Malaysia. During the rainy seasons the turbidity level increases and the need for water treatment chemicals increase as well, which leads to high cost of treatment which the water treatment cannot sustain. …”
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Bioprotein Production from Agricultural Waste and Cheaper Carbon Source: Fulfilling the Hope of Millions by Jamal, Parveen, Tompang, Mohamad Fahrurrazi, Alam, Md. Zahangir, Abdul Karim, Mohamed Ismail, Salleh, Hamzah Mohd.

“…Therefore, this study emphasized on microbiological transformation of pineapple waste, which contains valuable components like sucrose, glucose, fructose and other nutrients. …”
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