An autonomous ultrasonic fastener holes inspection system of an aircraft lower wing skin by Lim, Chee Wei.

“…Fasteners like rivets and bolts bear a large part of the stress and thus require frequent inspection for cracks around the fastener's holes. …”
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China's collaboration with IndoChina countries in hydropower development in the Mekong region - how far can it go? by Phua, Pei Pei.

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A three-membered diazo-aluminum heterocycle to access an Al=C π bonding species by Yan, Chenting, Kinjo, Rei

“…An X-ray study shows that the anionic part of 5 bears a considerable short exocyclic Al-C bond, and computational studies involving molecular orbital and natural bond orbital analysis indicate the Al=C π bonding character. …”
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Linear A libation tables : a semitic connection explored by Eu Min, Niki Cassandra, Perono Cacciafoco, Francesco, Cavallaro, Francesco Paolo

“…Attempts to decipher the writing system have been unsuccessful for several reasons. Unlike the Linear B language (Mycenaean Greek), Minoan, the language hidden behind Linear A and still undeciphered, bears no apparent similarity to Greek, and any ‘translation’ of Linear A based provisionally on Linear B phonetic values has not produced any tangible result. …”
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Systematic assessment of COVID-19 host genetics using whole genome sequencing data by Schmidt, A, Casadei, N, Brand, F, Demidov, G, Vojgani, E, Abolhassani, A, Aldisi, R, Butler-Laporte, G, DeCOI host genetics group, Alawathurage, TM, Augustin, M, Bals, R, Bellinghausen, C, Berger, MM, Bitzer, M, Bode, C, Boos, J, Brenner, T, Cornely, OA, Eggermann, T, Erber, J, Feldt, T, Fuchsberger, C, Gagneur, J

“…Courses of SARS-CoV-2 infections are highly variable, ranging from asymptomatic to lethal COVID-19. …”

Investigating viral glycosylation pathways for drug and vaccine development by Brun, J

“…Compounds of a global anti-COVID-19 effort called the “Moonshot project” targeting the main protease of SARS-CoV-2 were also screened and promising compounds were progressed further to produce a specific direct-acting SARS-CoV-2 antiviral compound. …”

Signal processing for cooperative cognitive radio networks by Rabiee, Ramtin

“…Note that many studies have been done under simple assumptions such as AWGN sensing channel, perfect reporting channels, deterministic number of available sensing users and a low-traffic rate of the primary network. …”
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Enhancement of learning through the use of video protocols. by Ong, Eunice Mei Jing.

“…Also, majority of the students felt that the video has enhanced their knowledge. …”
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Sustainable rural tourism in Iran : a perspective from Hawraman village by Henderson, Joan C., Ghaderi, Zahed

“…Findings indicate that villagers are concerned about the use of local natural and cultural resources for tourism purposes, recognising negative consequences which seem to them to outweigh positive effects. Participation has been very limited in government rural tourism initiatives which are felt to yield few benefits for village inhabitants. …”
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Quad's India problem : no different from Beijing by Gupta, Sourabh

“…Australia, Japan and the US should first get New Delhi to revise its UNCLOS-related rules and regulations, which bear far greater similarity with Beijing’s than that of its Quad partners.…”
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Pregnant women admitted to hospital with covid-19 in 10 European countries: individual patient data meta-analysis of population based cohorts in International Obstetric Survey Syst... by Engjom, HM, de Bruin, O, Ramakrishnan, R, Aabakke, AJM, Äyräs, O, Deneux-Tharaux, C, Donati, S, Knight, M, Jonasdottir, E, Svanvik, T, Vercoutere, A, Vousden, N, Bleomenkamp, KWM

“…The dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus was the wild-type variant in all countries during the study period (1 March 2020 to 31 December 2020).…”

Adding spice to life : the influence of spicy food on group behaviour by Luar, Shu Qi

“…Spicy food has historically been eaten for practical and hedonic reasons despite the painful burning sensation it triggers. …”
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Xunzi's concern for yu (desire) and ritual approaches for its moral transformation by Zhou,Yalin

“…The bad felt quality is primarily rooted in its corrupted and disordered embodied affective experience. …”
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Assessment of earthquake ground motions in Singapore by Pan, Tso Chien, Brownjohn, James Mark William, Leong, Eng Choon

“…This project is to assess the Sumatran earthquakes that has frequently felt in Singapore in recent decades.…”
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Metrics to relate COVID-19 wastewater data to clinical testing dynamics by Xiao, Amy, Wu, Fuqing, Bushman, Mary, Zhang, Jianbo, Imakaev, Maxim, Chai, Peter R., Duvallet, Claire, Endo, Noriko, Erickson, Timothy B., Armas, Federica, Arnold, Brian, Chen, Hongjie, Chandra, Franciscus, Ghaeli, Newsha, Gu, Xiaoqiong, Hanage, William P., Lee, Wei Lin, Matus, Mariana, McElroy, Kyle A., Moniz, Katya, Rhode, Steven F., Thompson, Janelle, Alm, Eric J.

“…While wastewater surveillance has been applied at various scales to monitor population-level COVID-19 dynamics, there is a need for quantitative metrics to interpret wastewater data in the context of public health trends. 24-hour composite wastewater samples were collected from March 2020 through May 2021 from a Massachusetts wastewater treatment plant and SARS-CoV-2 RNA concentrations were measured using RT-qPCR. …”
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Regression analysis ofr characterization of materials for photovoltaic cells by Vundavalli, Bala Satya Manikanta

“…The traditional Design-of-Experiments (DoEs) adapted so far, are slow and the information obtained sometimes bears little relevance to optimizing the key performance parameters of merit. …”
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A perspective on the role of point-of-care "immuno-triaging" to optimize COVID-19 vaccination distribution in a time of scarcity by Zhang, Yi, Rogers, Angela, Nadeau, Kari, Gu, Jun, Yang, Samuel

“…Vaccine bears hope to bring COVID-19 pandemic under control. …”
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Characterisation of novel electroactive consortia from environmental samples enriched through potentiostatic growth by Doyle, Lucinda Elizabeth

“…Despite the great microbial diversity nature has to offer, a relatively small group of electrochemically-active microorganisms (EAM) has been discovered. This work aimed to explore the use of a three-electrode set-up to enrich and isolate novel EAM. …”
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Dengue versus COVID-19: comparing the incidence of cardiovascular, neuropsychiatric and autoimmune complications by Wee, Liang En, Lim, Jue Tao, Tan, Janice Yu Jin, Muhammed Ismail Bin Abdul Malek, Chiew, Calvin, Ng, Lee Ching, Chia, Po Ying, Leo, Yee Sin, Lye, David Chien Boon, Tan, Kelvin Bryan

“…Background: While persistence of chronic symptoms following dengue infection has been documented in small prospective cohorts, population-based studies are limited. …”
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Industrial policy refraction: how corporate strategy shapes development outcomes in Brazil by Zylberberg, E

“…For states seeking to catch up, the acquisition and assimilation of frontier technology has always been paramount (Abramovitz, 1986).</p> <p>Multinational firms based in industrialized countries have long been seen as sources of technology (Evans, 1979). …”