Rational choice theory and religion: the case of Turkey by Fox, Jonathan, Öztürk, Ahmet Erdi

“…Also, while the motivation for transitioning from a secular regime to a religious monopoly may be due to a desire for religious legitimacy, the nature and timing of this transition may be influenced by the rise or decline of other bases for legitimacy. …”

The Hierarchy of Victimhood: Prisons and States’ Responsibility to Protect Every Victim of Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking by Jovanović, M, Topp, V, Fluhr, F

“…This positive development in the UK’s anti-slavery regime is overshadowed by its increasingly restrictive immigration legislation, which leaves those without lawful residence and victims involved in criminal offences excluded from the support and assistance otherwise guaranteed by domestic and international law. …”

Who reads the trade marks register? by Burrell, R, Handler, M

“…It will be seen that from a trade mark perspective there is reason to conclude that coffee is definitely a non-alcoholic beverage in Australia, is definitely not a non-alcoholic beverage under the European trade mark regime, and may or may not be such a beverage in the UK. …”

Dynamic scan chains : a novel architecture to lower the cost of VLSI test by Sitchinava, Nodari S. (Nodari Shalva), 1981-

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Segregation in carbon steels by Liong, Wei Hao.

“…The occurrence of an optimum temperature at which the segregation centerline is removed and the minimal loss of strength is discussed. In the concluding segment, a general overview of analysis is given and possible recommendations are proposed as well.…”
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Studies of bioactivity of proteins encapsulated in liposomes by Ho, Amelia May Teng.

“…The eye has a unique structure with barriers which pose challenges for drug delivery, especially to the posterior segment of the eye. As such, drug delivery systems such as liposomes have recently been investigated. …”
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Efficient feedforward categorization of objects and human postures with address-event image sensors by Chen, Shoushun, Akselrod, Polina, Zhao, Bo, Carrasco, Jose Antonio Perez, Linares-Barranco, Bernabe, Culurciello, Eugenio

“…The detected line features are organized into vectorial segments. After feature extraction, a modified line segment Hausdorff-distance classifier combined with on-the-fly cluster-based size and position invariant categorization. …”
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The geometry and matching of lines and curves over multiple views by Schmid, C, Zisserman, A

“…<br> A set of algorithms are then described for automatically matching individual line segments and curves between images. The algorithms use both photometric information and the multiple view geometric relationships. …”

Cross Section Measurement of Exclusive ϕ-Meson Electroproduction off the Proton at CLAS12 by Moran, Patrick

“…The mean-square gluonic radius of the proton ⟨b²⟩ subscript g is extracted from the t-dependence of the differential cross sections dσ / dt in the kinematic region 0.12 ≤ x subscript B ≤ 0.39, the first such measurement in the valence regime.…”
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Design and analysis of a slider-level piezoelectric sensor array for head-disk contact detection by Yuan, Yanhui, Du, Hejun, Chow, Kun Shyong, Zhang, Mingsheng, Yu, Shengkai, Liu, Bo

“…To realize higher areal densities towards 10 Tbit/in2, the ever decreasing flying height of the slider approaches the near-contact regime. It is essential to monitor head-disk interactions to prevent instability and damage to the head-disk interface. …”
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Electrically pumped mid-infrared random lasers by Liang, Hou Kun, Meng, Bo, Liang, Guozhen, Tao, Jin, Chong, Yidong, Wang, Qi Jie, Zhang, Ying

“…Electrically pumped random lasers, operating in the mid-infrared regime at λ ≈ 10 μm, are realized for the first time. …”
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The strategy of coercive isolation U.S. security policy by Timonthy W. Crawford

“…Finally, we examine the role and utility of coercive isolation in three problem areas of U.S. security policy—humanitarian intervention, counter-proliferation, and regime change.…”
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Civil military fusion : a cross-national assessment between Indonesia & Singapore from the 1990s to the 2010s by Yang, Ryan Xianzhe

“…Although Singapore and Indonesia have experienced very different forms of civil-military development in the past two decades, cross-national assessments between different regime-types remain uncommon and should be acknowledged as valuable in the examination of civil-military relations within the region. …”
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Interfacial phenomena and biological recognition of mammalian cells on biomimetic materials by Chan, Vincent.

“…Most biological processes leading to cellular functions and physiological regulations are driven by molecular interactions at the nano-scale regime. A good example is the specific recognition between protein and proteoglycan receptors embedded in cell membrane matrix and other biomolecules immobilized on extracellular matrix that trigger the signal transduction cascades of cells and tissues. …”
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Resolving the third Korean nuclear crisis : lessons from diplomatic engagement. by Koh, Swee Lean.

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The structure of coal market in China : pricing mechanism and market efficiency by Goh, Emilyn Shi Min, Chong, Phoi Yee, Tan, Jessica Shi Han

“…This study explores the market competitiveness and the pricing regime of the coal market structure in China by adopting quantitative research methods, namely the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) and the Marginal Cost-Pricing. …”
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Open water disposal of barged sediment by Er, Jenn Wei

“…The last part of the study investigated the formation of a new regime, within which sediments descend through the water column as sediment clumps.…”
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Shi'ism, politics, and identity in Bahrain by Tan, Feng Qin

“…A 'naive' view of identity sees it as straightforwardly and deterministically causative, but if so the 2011 Pearl Uprising in Bahrain appears a paradox - a primarily secular episode of political contestation in a country with a Shi'a majority, against a Sunni dominated regime, in a political realm with a Shi'a Islamist-dominated opposition. …”
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Disciplining the state: virtue, violence, and state-making in modern China by Thornton, P

“…Thornton offers a historical reading of the state-making process as a contest between central and local regimes of bureaucratic and discursive practice.…”

A comparison of methods for forecasting value at risk and expected shortfall of cryptocurrencies by Trucíos, C, Taylor, JW

“…Among them, long-memory processes, procedures taking into account the presence of extreme observations, procedures that include more than a single regime, and quantile regression-based models have performed substantially better than standard methods in terms of forecasting risk measures. …”