Book review : Neoliberal citizenship: sacred markets, sacrificial lives by Luca Mavelli. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2022, 190 pp., £75 (hardback) ISBN 978-0-19-285758-3 by Haynes, Jeffrey

“…Impacted by the end of the Cold War, globalisation, increasing immigration, and the regional rise of right-wing populism, today's Europe faces the future with fear and trepidation. …”
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Innovative UWB phase shifters using groove gap-waveguide technology inspired by metasurfaces for beamforming networks operating at 100 GHz by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Zidour, Ali, Virdee, Bal Singh, Kouhalvandi, Lida, Shahid, Saleem, See, Chan Hwang, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The metasurface features a "bed-of-nails" structure, where metal pins are connected to a bottom layer and spaced <λ/4 from a top plate. …”
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Global governance and the United Nations: the ‘clash of civilisations’ and the ‘rise’ of RNGOs by Haynes, Jeffrey

“…Review article of the following books: The Global Right Wing and the Clash of World Politics / Bob Clifford. …”

A study of touching behavior for authentication in touch screen smart devices by Alariki, Ala Abdulhakim, Abdul Manaf, Azizah, Khan, Sheroz

“…Due to increasing demand for safer access in touch screen mobile phones, old strategies like pins, tokens, or passwords have failed to stay abreast of the challenges. …”
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Numerical investigation of the effect of spoilers configuration on wake vortex by Omar, Ashraf Ali, Asrar, Waqar

“…An initial study has been carried out on passive wake vortex alleviation by using delta wing (DW) as an add-on device. Simulations were performed using RANS turbulence model. …”
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Quantification of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in organic vegetables and chickens by Chang, W.S., L., Afsah-Hejri, ., Rukayadi, Khatib, Alfi, Lye, Y. L., Loo, YY, N., Mohd Shahril, Puspanadan, S, Kuan, CH, Goh, SG, John , YHT, ., Nakaguchi, ., Nishibuchi, Son, R

“…The highest prevalence of E. coli O157:H7 was observed in organic chickens (40%) purchased from groceries followed by four-winged bean (10%) and white radish (3.3%).…”
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The Political History of Classical Hollywood: Moguls, Liberals and Radicals by Wheeler, Mark

“…Mayer held deep right-wing convictions and became the vice-chairman of the Southern Californian Republican Party. …”
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Diagonal control design for atomic force microscope piezoelectric tube nanopositioners by Bhikkaji, Bharath, Yong, Yuen Kuan, Mahmood, Iskandar Al-Thani, Moheimani, S.O. Reza

“…Many commercial AFMs use piezoelectric tube nanopositioners for scanning. Scanning rates of these microscopes are hampered by the presence of low frequency resonant modes. …”
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Optimum KOH wet etching of cantilever tip for better image captured by nanoeducator by Edy Sutjipto, Agus Geter, Faris, Waleed Fekry, Adesta, Erry Yulian Triblas, Hanim, Hafizah

“…The development of the various scanning probe microscopy techniques has revolutionized the study of surface structure up to atomic scale. …”
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A hybrid of bekk garch with neural network for modeling and forecasting time series by Pung, Yean Ping

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Metamaterial based ultra-wideband antennas for portable wireless applications by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Naser-Moghadasi, Mohammad, Sadeghzadeh, Ramazan Ali, Virdee, Bal Singh, Limiti, Ernesto

“…Various approaches have been reported to reduce the physical size of RF antennas including using high permittivity substrates, shorting pins, reactive components, and more recently, metamaterials (MTM) based on composite right-/left-handed transmission-lines (CRLH-TLs). …”
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Internet search alters intra- and Inter-regional synchronization in the temporal gyrus by Liu, Xiaoyue, Lin, Xiao, Zheng, Ming, Hu, Yanbo, Wang, Yifan, Wang, Lingxiao, Du, Xiaoxia, Dong, Guangheng

“…The whole paradigm includes three phases, namely, pre-resting state fMRI (rs-fMRI) scan, 6-day Internet search training, and post rs-fMRI scan. …”
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Effects of MEMS material on designing a multi-band reconfigurable antenna by Alam, A. H. M. Zahirul, Islam, Md. Rafiqul, Khan, Sheroz, Mohd Sahar, Norsuzlin, Zamani, Norasyikin

“…Abstract—In this work, two adjacent patches and MEMS switches are proposed a reconfigurable antenna that is capable of operating at several frequencies. Optimization of wing patches is done to obtain more than three resonant frequencies of the antenna by selecting the MEMS cantilever bridge materials. …”
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Establishing the analytical relationships for mass and volumetric mass fractions for hybrid buoyant aircraft by UlHaque, Anwar, Asrar, Waqar, Syed Mohamed Ali, Jaffar, Sulaeman, Erwin

“…This situation becomes more critical when a wing is attached to the hull of airship and there is no proven algebraic formulation that is able to distinguish between electric and fuel powered propulsion. …”
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The dog that barked but did not bite: Greek foreign policy under the populist coalition of SYRIZA-Independent Greeks, 2015-2019 by Chryssogelos, Angelos

“…The election in Greece in 2015 of a governing coalition of populist parties—the radical left SYRIZA and the right-wing Independent Greeks (ANEL)—created questions about Greece’s foreign policy orientation, particularly its alignment with Euro-Atlantic institutions and a potential rapprochement with non-Western powers. …”
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Celebrity politics and cultural studies within the United States and United Kingdom by Wheeler, Mark

“…President Donald Trump and left-wing leaders including U.K. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn have established an “authenticity” in which they “occupy” a public space to define their candidacies. …”
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MSCT assessment of blunt abdominal trauma in paediatric and adolescent patients: our experience in Hospital Tengku AMpuan Afzan (HTAA), Kuantan, Pahang by Hassan, Radhiana, Abd. Aziz, Azian, Mohd Yusof, Mubarak, Che Mohamed, Siti Kamariah, Sa'at@Yusof, Azlin, Abdul Rashid, Mohd Amran

“…CT scan is the diagnostic technique of choice for the evaluation of abdominal injury due to blunt trauma in hemodynamically stable children. …”
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Plotting against our nation: COVID-19, nationalisms, and conspiracy theories in five European countries by Malešević, Siniša, Uzelac, Gordana, Carol, Sarah, David, Lea

“…The data indicates that those who described themselves as highly religious and politically right-wing are more prone to believe in the strong versions of conspiracy theories. …”
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Microbial induced calcite precipitation treatment on tropical residual soil by Tiong, Kenny Ping Chiet

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Development of International Islamic University Malaysia-Micro Aerial Vehicle (IIUM-MAV) by Omar, Ashraf Ali, Cheong, Zi Jian

“…Those problems were solved with the flying wing configuration incorporated into the latest models, i.e. …”
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