Understanding health system responsiveness to public feedback at the sub-national level: Insights from Kilifi County, Kenya by Kagwanja, N, Gilson, L, Tsofa, B, Olivier, J, Leli, H, Molyneux, S

“…In this paper we share a system responsiveness framework to reflect this wider conceptualisation and illustrate how we used this framework combined with Aragon’s insights on organisational capacity, to explore system responsiveness practices at sub-national level in Kenya. …”

Strategies of rendering difficult syntactic structures in English-Arabic simultaneous interpreting by Abdulameer, Muhannad Hadi Abdulameer

“…When conducted between linguistically different language pairs, simultaneous interpreting encapsulates difficulties when choosing the strategies to be used with certain syntactic structures. The present study is a corpus-based study which examines how simultaneous interpreters employ certain interpreting strategies rather than others when rendering noun phrases and numbers in English-Arabic simultaneous interpreting. …”
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Pathogenic bacteria, antimicrobial susceptibility and ultrasonographic features of feline lower urinary tract disease by Mazda, Delna

“…Uroliths and emphysemateous cystitis were diagnosed by radiography, while bladder leakage and urethral stenosis were found on contrast cystography. Ultrasonography was used to diagnose pseudomembraneous cystitis, emphysemateous cystitis, cystitis and evaluate kidney size. …”
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Pre-shift anxiety and its factors influencing among nursing students during clinical placement in Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus by Ting, Veronica Lim Mei

“…Pre-shift anxiety is an anticipatory anxiety that is used to describe healthcare students or healthcare professionals experiencing anxiety symptoms right before starting their shift in the day. …”
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Cognitive dynamic airspace management by Wong, Cheryl Sze Yin

“…Furthermore, preference-based methods were used to help the solver focus on the particular region of interest on the approximate Pareto front. …”
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Security for automotive electrical/electronic (E/E) architectures by Mundhenk, Philipp

“…In this thesis, the Security Analysis for Automotive Networks (SAAN) is proposed. SAAN uses probabilistic model checking to calculate the security of automotive networks, based on the architecture and expert evaluations of components. …”
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Master curves for FENE-P fluids in steady shear flow by Yamani, Sami, McKinley, Gareth H.

“…The FENE-P (Finitely-Extensible Nonlinear Elastic) dumbbell constitutive equation is widely used in simulations and stability analyses of free and wall-bounded viscoelastic shear flows due to its relative simplicity and accuracy in predicting macroscopic properties of dilute polymer solutions. …”
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A Tensor Compiler with Automatic Data Packing for Simple and Efficient Fully Homomorphic Encryption by Krastev, Aleksandar, Samardzic, Nikola, Langowski, Simon, Devadas, Srinivas, Sanchez, Daniel

“…This lets compile large FHE programs efficiently, unlike prior FHE compilers, which either use inefficient layouts or do not scale beyond tiny programs. …”
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A Listeria monocytogenes aptasensor on laser inscribed graphene for food safety monitoring in hydroponic water by Cavallaro, Nicholas, Moreira, Geisianny, Vanegas, Diana, Xiang, Dong, Datta, Shoumen P. A., Gomes, Carmen, McLamore, Eric S.

“…In this manuscript, we have demonstrated the feasibility of a multi-aptamer approach for development of label-free aptasensors targeting L. monocytogenes in irrigation water for lettuce hydroponic production. We use screening studies with surface plasmon resonance to rationally develop mixtures of relevant aptamers for targeting L. monocytogenes. …”
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Timber-framed building damage from tephra fall and lahar : 2015 Calbuco eruption, Chile by Hayes, Josh L., Calderón B., Rodrigo, Deligne, Natalia I., Jenkins, Susanna F., Leonard, Graham S., McSporran, Ame M., Williams, George Thomas, Wilson, Thomas M.

“…Property assessments typically contained observations and classification of damage to a house, and in some instances accessory buildings such as sheds, garages, and exterior storage rooms. In this study we used this unique damage data set to adapt damage state frameworks for tephra fall and lahar for classifying and analysing damage observations. …”
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Numerical investigations on an improved counterflow double-channel micro combustor fueled with hydrogen for enhancing thermal performance by Zuo, Wei, E, Jiaqiang, Lin, Rongming

“…Computational Fluid Dynamics software Fluent is used to conduct numerical investigations on the thermal performance comparison between the old and improved counterflow double-channel micro combustors. …”
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Encapsulated Co3O4/Co on N-PCFs as bifunctional electrocatalysts for rechargeable zinc-air batteries by Ang, Wei Jin

“…As a demonstration, Co3O4/Co@N-PCFs electrocatalyst is used in the air cathode of a Zn-air battery, which shows superior discharge and charge performance, large power density of 109.3 mW cm−2, small discharge-charge voltage gap of 0.759 V and high voltaic efficiency of 61.3% under ambient conditions. …”
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Supply chain resilience for global operations (2) : a re-evaluation of performance benchmarking (information sharing) by Tan, Tricia Zann Yinn

“…For instance, managers from the sharing end might find it difficult to determine the quantity or type of information to share, while on the receiving end, managers might ponder about the reliability and usefulness of that same information shared. As such, this study utilises the concept of benchmarking – a traditional methodology that enables organisations to pinpoint the best practices and help boost performance. …”
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Construction and utilisation of the adhesion test platform for the development of novel adaptive interfacial adhesives by Tan, Yee Yuan

“…Smart adhesives are widely used in both nature and human industries. Even though there are many breakthroughs and innovations in this field, many challenges such as requiring a releasable adhesion interface for 3D printing, possessing selective and controllable attachment and detachment for transfer printing, and having a strong, reversible, and fast adhesion response for soft robotics still exist. …”
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Opportunities and challenges of green logistics in Singapore by Kee, Jaclyn Chun Ling

“…The concern over the growing impact of logistics on the environment has led to countries employing the use of green urban logistics. Thus, this report has highlighted the importance of green logistics. …”
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Biological evaluation of synthetic aminoglycans as potential antimicrobial and protein delivery agents by Zhang, Xiaolin

“…However, current commercial TGase inhibitors all contain lipid tails resulting in poor pharmacokinetics in clinical uses. GlcNAc-anhMurNAc-P are natural PG fragments without lipid chains, chosen as potential substrates of TGase in this study. …”
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Rapid characterization of graded alloys fabricated by 3D printing by Bella Lee Hoondal

“…However, Cu is highly reflective to the laser commonly used in 3D printing, which makes it challenging to be fully melted and then fabricated without evident defects. …”
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Are vessel arrival and port operations affected by COVID-19? Evidence from the Hong Kong port by Chu, Zhong, Yan, Ran, Wang, Shuaian

“…Data from 2019 to 2022 on vessel arrivals and port operations are collected to examine whether, how, and why the pandemic has affected these arrivals and the related port operations. Specifically, we use four general indicators, namely the number of vessel calls, vessel total net tonnage (NT), vessel average gross tonnage (GT), and port total throughput, to comparatively evaluate the COVID-19 impact on vessel arrival. …”
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Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Bisphosphate Is an HCV NS5A Ligand and Mediates Replication of the Viral Genome by Cho, Nam-Joon, Lee, Choongho, Pang, Phillip S., Pham, Edward A., Fram, Benjamin, Nguyen, Khanh, Xiong, Anming, Sklan, Ella H., Elazar, Menashe, Koytak, Elif S., Kersten, Caroline, Kanazawa, Kay K., Frank, Curtis W., Glenn, Jeffrey S.

“…We investigated interactions between PI(4,5)P2 and hepatitis C virus (HCV) nonstructural protein 5A (NS5A) and effects on the viral life cycle. Methods: We used a combination of quartz crystal microbalance, circular dichroism, molecular genetics, and immunofluorescence to study specific binding of PI(4,5)P2 by the HCV NS5A protein. …”
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No Oral Modification clauses to the test: how relevant are they in the COVID-19 shock and beyond? by Magklasi, Ioanna, Magklasi, Eleni

“…The focus of this article will be on the function, use and judicial recognition of No Oral Modification clauses (NOM clauses). …”
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