Synthesis, physical properties, and anion recognition of two novel larger azaacenes : benzannelated hexazaheptacene and benzannelated N,N'-dihydrohexazaheptacene by Li, Gang, Wu, Yuechao, Gao, Junkuo, Li, Junbo, Zhao, Yang, Zhang, Qichun

“…Two novel larger azaacenes with six or ten N atoms in their backbones, benzannelated 9,11,13,22,24,26-hexazatetrabenzo[a,c,l,n]heptacene (HATBH, 1) and benzannelated 9,26-dihydro-9,11,13,22,24,26-hexaza-tetrapyrido[3,2-a: 2′,3′-c: 3′′,2′′-l: 2′′′,3′′′-n]heptacene (DHATPH, 2), have been successfully synthesized in two steps. …”
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Sleep and circadian difficulties in schizophrenia: presentations, understanding, and treatment by Freeman, D, Waite, F

“…We describe key techniques and their typical order of implementation for the ten presentations. Sleep problems are an important issue for patients. …”

Effects of electromagnetic field on proliferation, differentiation, and mineralization of MC3T3 cells by Teoh, Swee-Hin, Suryani, Luvita, Too, Jian Hui, Hassanbhai, Ammar Mansoor, Wen, Feng, Lin, Daryl Jimian, Yu, Na

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Improving hydration and carbonation of reactive magnesium oxide cement by Tye, Wenkai

“…It was then used in the second half of the study, where samples were treated with sodium bicarbonate, high initial curing temperature or by introduction of nano-silica as seeds. Only seeding using nano-silica improved the compressive strength of concrete when compared to the control mix (without use of enhanced curing techniques). …”
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Mobile app for battery prognostic by Li, Zhengfan

“…However, safety risks and aging challenge their reliability and durability, often leaving end-users lacking expertise to bear these risks. This study introduces an intelligent battery management system (BMS) integrated into a mobile application to provide intuitive decision-making support. …”
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Popular safe haven assets, do they really exist for stock markets? Analysis on gold, Japanese yen and Swiss franc. by Liu, Chang., Ho, Pauline., Xu, Qiong.

“…After further classifying the stock market data into bull and bear periods, then by looking at the days of extreme negative returns in each situation, we realize that the safe haven effect in these assets tends to be stronger in bearish stock markets. …”
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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. …”

Embedded Object Detection and Mapping in Soft Materials Using Optical Tactile Sensing by Solano-Castellanos, Jose A., Do, Won Kyung, Kennedy, Monroe D.

“…We show the performance of our methodology using ten different configurations of the beads where the proposed approach is able to approximate the underlying configuration. …”
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On the stability of moral preferences: a problem with computational elicitation methods by Boerstler, K, Keswani, V, Chan, L, Schaich Borg, J, Conitzer, V, Heidari, H, Sinnott-Armstrong, W

“…We address this possibility here by asking the same survey participants the same moral questions about which patient should receive a kidney when only one is available ten times in ten different sessions over two weeks, varying only presentation order across sessions. …”

Empirical analysis on the paradoxes of loyalty programs in the Singapore hotel industry. by Guo, Meixi., Lim, Gladys Gu Yan., Tan, Siew Teng.

“…The research aims to find out the effectiveness of generating loyalty amongst customers through the implementation of Loyalty Programs, particularly across different hotel grades in Singapore by empirically analyzing ten possible paradoxes. Analysis on whether individual hotel grade hotels should invest in loyalty programs will then be evaluated.…”
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Taking data feminism to school: A synthesis and review of pre‐collegiate data science education projects by Lee, Victor R, Pimentel, Daniel R, Bhargava, Rahul, D'Ignazio, Catherine

“…In this review paper, we draw on principles from data feminism to review 42 different educational research and design approaches that engage youth with data, many of which are educational technology intensive and bear on future data-intensive educational technology research and design projects. …”
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Comparison of Machine Learning-Based Methods for Narrowband Blind Adaptive Beamforming by Shonkwiler, Lara

“…Traditional blind source separation methods such as CMA, SOBI, JADE, and FastICA tend to be highly effective at beamforming datasets with moderate to large sample supports, but they do not perform well when they only have access to a limited number of data samples. They also bear the disadvantage that the appropriate algorithm must be selected based on the properties of the expected signal. …”
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Easing the “second-shift” burden : grandparental childcare and the subjective wellbeing of working mothers in Singapore by Cheo, Rachel Ka Yang

“…However, it is still common for working mothers to bear the brunt of both domestic and paid work. In the present study, I explored the role of grandparents as providers of childcare for their grandchildren in contemporary Singapore. …”
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The other side of the Elbe River: interventions in art, modernity, and coloniality in Poland by Michalska, DJ

“…<p>The artistic practices of Zofia Stryjeńska (1891-1976), Władysław Hasior, (1928-1999), Teresa Murak (1949-) and Roman Stańczak (1969-) all bear testimony – in their own distinct ways – to the ‘shock of the new’, the massive rupture brought by modernisation and capitalism in twentieth-century Poland. …”

Analysis of the Triple Helix model and Cabral-Dahab Paradigm in the context of Singapore Science Park. by Chiang, Yin La., Leong, Kelly Chee Mun., Tan, Wei Cheng.

“…With the two framework in mind, the authors try to apply the frameworks in the context of Singapore Science Park, examining if the ten elements (as proposed by Cabral-Dahab Paradigm) really exist in the park and value of their existence.…”
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Comparison for decentralized control multivariable process by Kyaw, Kyaw Htike.

“…In this dissertation, the design procedures of four typical decentralized PI/PID controller design methods: the biggest log modulus tuning (BLT) method, the gain and phase margin (GPM) method, the internal model control (IMC) method and the effective relative gain array (ERGA) method, are revisited first, and then implemented to ten different distillation systems that vary from two-input two-output systems up to four-input four-output systems.…”
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Identifying primary care clinicians' preferences for, barriers to, and facilitators of information-seeking in clinical practice in Singapore: a qualitative study by Lee, Mauricette Moling, Tang, Wern Ee, Smith, Helen Elizabeth, Car, Lorainne Tudor

“…Methods: A convenience sample of ten doctors and ten nurses was recruited. We conducted semi-structured face-to-face in-depth interviews. …”
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READY PLAYER ONE / by Cline, Ernest, author 655943

“…Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes this depressing reality by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia where you can be anything you want to be, where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets. And like most of humanity, Wade is obsessed by the ultimate lottery ticket that lies concealed within this alternate reality: OASIS founder James Halliday, who dies with no heir, has promised that control of the OASIS - and his massive fortune - will go to the person who can solve the riddles he has left scattered throughout his creation. …”

Behave The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst / by Sapolsky, Robert M., author 656050, Penguin Random House (Online service) 655978

“…Sapolsky's storytelling concept is delightful but it also has a powerful intrinsic logic: he starts by looking at the factors that bear on a person's reaction in the precise moment a behavior occurs, and then hops back in time from there, in stages, ultimately ending up at the deep history of our species and its evolutionary legacy. …”
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Southeast Asian space activities: recent trends in regional cooperation by Berthet, Maximilien

“…Though not new, it has increasingly flourished in the last ten years, especially in three areas: satellite engineering, space policymaking, and space entrepreneurship. …”
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