Linear-size formulations for connected planar graph partitioning and political districting by Zhang, Jack, Validi, Hamidreza, Buchanan, Austin, Hicks, Illya V.

“…Nevertheless, we share our findings in hopes that others may find better ways to impose them.…”
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Underestimating global land greening: future vegetation changes and their impacts on terrestrial water loss by Chai, Y, Miao, C, Slater, L, Ciais, P, Berghuijs, WR, Chen, T, Huntingford, C

“…Our approach reduces uncertainty in global LAI projections by 37.7%–53.1%. We find that this uncertainty is primarily due to incomplete representations of the CO₂ fertilization effect. …”

Three essays on corporate finance by Zou, Kunru

“…Taken together, our findings imply that debt covenants, which are designed to alleviate creditor-shareholder conflicts, may have unintended consequences of exacerbating the conflicts between creditors and other stakeholders. …”
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Time-series metagenomics reveals changing protistan ecology of a temperate dimictic lake by Krinos, Arianna I., Bowers, Robert M., Rohwer, Robin R., McMahon, Katherine D., Woyke, Tanja, Schulz, Frederik

“…Our study identified long-term changes in the abundance of eukaryotic microbes and provided context for the known establishment of an invasive species that catalyzes a trophic cascade involving protists. Our findings are important for decoding potential long-term consequences of human interventions, including invasive species introduction.…”
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Development and characterization of collagen type I and hyaluronic acid (HA) based interlaced scaffolds for tissue engineered heart valves (TEHVS) by Nazir, R

“…While evaluated against the criterion for tissue engineered heart valve (TEHV), S-3 and S-4 among interlaced scaffolds/compositions not only matched mechanically but also showed high degradation resistance which potentially made them as '<b>close-fit</b>' candidates. Findings from this thesis indicated that collagen/HA interlaced scaffolds have the potential to fill in the niche for designing an ideal TEHV. …”

Information theory & quorum sensing by Chui, Wai Hon.

“…Next, the author compares the findings with three other conventional communication methods to provide a gauge of the effectiveness of quorum sensing. …”
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Improving Integrity Halal Supplier in Food Supply Chain: Scoping Review by Che Hassan, Muhammad Hamdi, Osman, Lokhman Hakim

“…In this review will identify what the main key finding will increase integrity in supplier and the objective of this review is to produce a comprehensive mapping next future research and the main themes related to halal supplier in food supply chain. …”
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Pilot study of a ketogenic diet in bipolar disorder: a process evaluation by P. Rigby, B, Needham, N, Grossi, H, Kamenska, I, H. Campbell, I, Meadowcroft, B, Creasy, F, Fisher, C, Bahuguna, P, Norrie, J, Thompson, G, C. Gibbs, M, Mitchell-Grigorjeva, M, McLellan, A, Moses, T, Burgess, K, Brown, R, J. Thrippleton, M, Campbell, H, J. Smith, D, A. Simpson, S

“…Reporting was guided by the COREQ checklist. Results: Five themes were identified in the qualitative data: (1) ‘Encouraging entry and supporting exit’ (e.g. recognising and managing participants’ varied motives and expectations, including around weight loss and symptom alleviation); (2) ‘Challenging but potentially transformational,’ which reflects that while it can be difficult to initiate and maintain a ketogenic diet day-to-day, many participants perceived physical and psychological benefits (e.g. significant weight loss, mood stability and enhanced ability to focus); (3) ‘Intervention facilitators,’ including a range of behavioural (e.g. goal setting), social (e.g. family and dietitians) and technological (e.g. apps for monitoring) support mechanisms; (4) ‘Intervention barriers’ (e.g. dietary preferences, concerns about the diet and its impact, the testing burden and capacity of the delivery team); and (5) ‘The wider context’ (e.g. the cost of living and sociocultural expectations) was a crucial factor explaining differential experiences. …”

Experimental medicine study with stabilised native-like HIV-1 Env immunogens drives long-term antibody responses, but lacks neutralising breadth by Pollock, K, Cheeseman, H, McFarlane, L, Day, S, Tolazzi, M, Turner, H, Joypooranachandran, J, Shramko, K, Dispinseri, S, Mundsperger, P, Bontjer, I, Lemm, N-M, Coelho, S, Tanaka, M, Cole, T, Korber, B, Katinger, D, Ward, A, Scarlatti, G, Sanders, R, Sattentau, Q, Shattock, R

“…Neutralising antibody function correlated with binding to V1/V3 and V5 epitopes and peaked after the third injection.…”

Social Influence Leads to the Formation of Diverse Local Trends by Epstein, Ziv, Groh, Matthew, Dubey, Abhimanyu, Pentland, Alex

“…We successfully replicate the Music Lab's findings in the context of images, whereby social influence leads to an unpredictable winner-take-all market. …”
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Driven Factors to Sustainable Paddy Farming Production in Malaysia by Zahari, Fadhilah, Othman, Zakirah, Abu, Noor Hidayah, Salleh, Nurul Azita

“…System of Rice Intensification ( ability through improving paddy ecosystem, better sustainable economic due to improving paddy production and sales and social sustainability through local community development through community activity and health. This study aimed to find out whether the innovative practices of SRI affect the rice value chain and to determine the roles, activities of the actors in the value chain as well as challenges that impacted the value chain. …”
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A comprehensive survey of fake review detection technology by Quyyam, Tayybaha, Qicheng, Yu

“…The survey also offers future research directions and an easy way to find datasets, carry out pre-processing, and extract multiple features. …”
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Harry Potter and the SPELL against bullying by McKeown Jones, S

“…Please refer to the Supplementary Material section to find this article's Community and Social Impact Statement.…”

Bank resolution mechanisms revisited: towards a new era of restructuring by Hryckiewicz, A, Kryg, N, Tsomocos, DP

“…We use a unique granular bank-level dataset from 22 advanced economies covering the 1992–2017 period. We find that bank recapitalization without debt resolution measures does not resolve bank distress. …”

Encephalization is not a universal macroevolutionary phenomenon in mammals but is associated with sociality by Shultz, S, Dunbar, R

“…We show that there is wide variation across groups in encephalization slopes across groups and that encephalization is not universal in mammals. We also find that temporal changes in brain size are not associated with allometric relationships between brain and body size. …”

Executive's Cybersecurity Program Handbook : A comprehensive guide to building and operationalizing a complete cybersecurity program / by Brown, Jason, author 656359, Packt Publishing (Online service) 656336

“…What you will learn Explore various cybersecurity frameworks such as NIST and ISO Implement industry-standard cybersecurity policies and procedures effectively to minimize the risk of cyberattacks Find out how to hire the right talent for building a sound cybersecurity team structure Understand the difference between security awareness and training Explore the zero-trust concept and various firewalls to secure your environment Harden your operating system and server to enhance the security Perform scans to detect vulnerabilities in software Who this book is for This book is for you if you are a newly appointed security team manager, director, or C-suite executive who is in the transition stage or new to the information security field and willing to empower yourself with the required knowledge. …”
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DevOps for Databases : A practical guide to applying DevOps best practices to data-persistent technologies / by Jambor, David, author 656261

“…Database administrators looking to level up in the world of DevOps will also find this book helpful. Experience with cloud Infrastructure, basic development, and operations will help you get the most out of this book.…”
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Local multipliers in tradables and non-tradables by van Dijk, J

“…Using a reduced form regression with a shift-share instrument I find a significant local multiplier effect in Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the USA. …”

Analysis of electroencephalogram data activity during reading using scanning and survey question read recite review techniques by Rosnee Ahad, Rosnee Ahad, Lee, Lee Ming Foong, Mustafa, Mohamad Zaid, Ab Rahman, Azmanirah, Fuad, Norfaiza, Seri Kawi, Fatin Fatinah

“…Analysis revealed that three subjects showed higher effectiveness with the Scanning technique, while two favored the SQ3R technique. The findings indicate a correlation between each reading technique's evaluation scores and EEG data. …”
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A cross country analysis of private benefits of control by Toh, Ting Jun, Wiranegara, Cynthia, Abdullah Al Azad Adnan

“…We construct a measure of the private benefits of control in five countries and based on seven control transactions between 1984 and 2006. …”
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