Effect of aging and soiling on the solar reflectance of high-albedo roofing materials by Muk, Jerome Jia Wei.

“…High-albedo roof coatings (or “Cool coatings”) show potential to aid reflecting solar irradiation from the sun on the surface of building roofs, which in turn keeps the surface temperature of the roof low. …”
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Web development for energy management system of a microgrid by Ngai, Alvin GuoMing

“…This is part of the Energy Information System to provide a more cost efficient energy information so as to reduce the unnecessary consumption of energy which in turn can save the resources and keeping the environment green. …”
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Cyclic compression of mesenchymal stem cells loaded scaffolds for bone tissue engineering by Guo, Fangfang

“…ALP activity was enhanced (1.35 fold) in cyclic loaded group at day 14, which in turn result in promoted mineralization. Conclusion can be drawn that cyclic compression enhances the osteogenesis and mineralization on well proliferated cellular scaffolds.…”
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The loss of 4 legged friends : supporting pet owners through pet bereavement by Yuen, Pei Yun

“…This project therefore aims to create a platform where pet owners can turn to for open emotional support and grief without societal judgement. …”
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Political market imperfections and the political incentives for the provision of social services : a case study of two states in India by Taisha Grace Antony

“…These imperfections, in turn, affect the political incentives for the provision for social services. …”
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Brand or friend? A study on relational mobility as the mediator between stress and brand identification by Chi, Boon See

“…Results showed a conditional indirect relationship, whereby stressful condition caused individuals to observe greater relational mobility, which in turn elicit greater perceived value of their favorite brand – only when they are looking at consumable brand specifically.…”
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The Capacities of Coast Guards to deal with Maritime Challenges in Southeast Asia by Prabhakaran, Paleri

“…Southeast Asia embarked on a determined journey towards progressive and sustainable socioeconomic well-being under the umbrella of ASEAN that will turn 32 this year. The result is visible. The vast and complex maritime dimension of Southeast Asia is a major determinant of the challenges the region face. …”
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Indonesia's direct local elections : background and institutional framework by Choi, Nankyung

“…Indonesians have always responded to the idea of decentralization in an ambivalent way, which has in turn affected the path of decentralization that their political leaders have taken amid sweeping political change. …”
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FOSS Compact Model Prototyping with Verilog-A Equation-Defined Devices (VAEDD) by Brinson, Mike

“…It has the same structure as the standard EDD but is built around compiled Verilog-A module code, which in turn is translated to C++ code and dynamically linked to the main body of the simulator code. …”
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Fiscal deficit and inflation: an empirical measure in view of Pakistan by Khan, Aurangzeb, Siddiqi, Masood Mashkoor, Khan, Ameerzeib, Khan, Shahbano

“…Expenditures incurred in these policies resulted in fiscal deficit, covered mostly by domestic and international borrowings and high tax rates that in turn may lead to increase inflation. For this purpose, an Autoregressive Distributed Lag Model (ARDL) is applied to time series data time span from 1971 to 2021, collected from various national and international reports and economic issues. …”
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Building common ground: how facilitators bridge between diverging groups in multi-stakeholder dialogue by Grimm, J, Ruehle, RC, Reinecke, J

“…Facilitating such dialogue in turn entails building common ground in form of joint knowledge, beliefs, and suppositions. …”

Recommendations to improve the interpretation of global flood forecasts to support international humanitarian operations for tropical cyclones by Speight, L, Stephens, E, Hawker, L, Baugh, C, Neal, J, Cloke, H, Grey, S, Titley, H, Marsden, K, Sumner, T, Ficchi, A, Prudhomme, C, Archer, L, Bazo, J, Dambo, J, Dolan, S, Huhn, AL, Moschini, F, Savage, J, Smith, A, Towner, J, Wanzala, M

“…International humanitarian organisations increasingly turn to forecast teams to support the coordination of efforts to respond to disasters caused by hazards such as tropical cyclones and large-scale fluvial floods. …”

Whole-brain turbulent dynamics predict responsiveness to pharmacological treatment in major depressive disorder by Escrichs, A, Sanz Perl, Y, Fisher, PM, Martínez-Molina, N, G-Guzman, E, Frokjaer, VG, Kringelbach, ML, Knudsen, GM, Deco, G

“…Importantly, our model-free approach enabled prediction of which patients would turn out to be non-responders. Finally, our model-based approach provides mechanistic evidence that non-responder patients are less sensitive to stimulation and, consequently, less prone to respond to treatment. …”

Can participation promote psychological ownership of a shared resource? An intervention study of community-based safe water infrastructure by Ambuehl, B, Kunwar, BM, Schertenleib, A, Marks, SJ, Inauen, J

“…In conclusion, this study supports the assumption that participation can foster psychological ownership, which in turn can support successful management of a shared resource.…”

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. As performative utterances, these abortive confessions ultimately perform little apart from their own undoing. …”

Ensuring sustainable water security through sustainable land management: Research evidences for policy by Dagnachew, M, Gebrehiwot, SG, Bewket, W, Alamirew, T, Charles, K, Zeleke, G

“…So far, only 18% of Ethiopia's cropland area is covered by SLM practices for the last 40 years of intensive interventions. Water security, in turn, is a powerful and multidimensional option that includes water availability, accessibility, use, and stability across time. …”

‘Can someone get me outta this middle class zone?!’ Pressures on middle class Kikuyu in Kenya's 2013 election by Burbidge, D

“…The tensions felt by middle class Kikuyu during the election period made them wish they were members of either of the two other classes, who were in turn viewed as able to influence politics through money or popular power. …”

Object level grouping for video shots by Sivic, J, Schaffalitzky, F, Zisserman, A

“…The outcome is that separate parts of an object that are not simultaneously visible (such as the front and back of a car, or the front and side of a face) are associated together. In turn this enables object-level matching and recognition throughout a video. …”

‘Hot stuff’: making food more desirable with animated temperature cues by Zhang, T, Desebrock, C, Okajima, K, Spence, C

“…Further, food image appeal was found to be a boundary condition for the effect of hot temperature cues: that is, when the food images is of low appeal, traces of steam which increased hot temperature perception, in turn enhanced freshness perception and food desirability, but not WTP. …”

'To know them thoroughly you must have their photographs': photographing Donatello in the 19th and early 20th centuries by Johnson, GA

“…It also considers how the academic, museological and even geopolitical concerns of art historians and curators working in Europe and North America in the second half of the nineteenth century and early years of the twentieth century influenced the kinds of illustrations that were produced of Renaissance sculpture—and, in turn, how the kinds of illustrations made available to scholars shaped the questions they asked. …”