Development of an air conditioning compressor for a 2-in-1 electric motor for electric vehicles by N. Satheesh Kumar

“…Data published by Mitsubishi Motors reveals that the air-conditioning system reduces the cruise-range of the EV by as much as 50% when operated at full capacity. Keeping this in focus, the objective of the present thesis is to design a new 2-in-1 motor electric motor for EVs that integrates the air-conditioning compressor, its motor and the traction motor in a single system. …”
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Fictions of youth: childness in selected West African novels, 1991-2009 by Moellenberg, T

“…</p> <p>Chapter 3 continues to explore the figure of the child as a complex and multivalent symbol. However, it finds that Helen Oyeyemi's <em>The Icarus Girl</em> (2005) and Yaba Badoe's <em>True Murder</em> (2009) do not disavow children's personhood, as Iweala and Jarrett-Macauley appear to do. …”

English newspaper coverage of financial education on old age savings by Ng, Chooi Fun

“…Through this study, the findings could be used (1) as input to enhance policy making decisions in terms of setting, adopting and implementing a standardized FE Curriculum for adult Malaysians, (2) as a basis to improve the cooperation between various stakeholders and FE on OAS Providers, (3) to support the financial education initiatives to include all segments of adult Malaysians facing different financial circumstance and preparing for different life goals and finally (4) to increase awareness on the need to expand the current initiatives undertaken by Malaysian newspapers to include all relevant FE on OAS Themes, FE on OAS Providers, all segment of population using various methods of presenting the contents in the articles. …”
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Fast Broadcast in Highly Connected Networks by Chandra, Shashwat, Chang, Yi-Jun, Dory, Michal, Ghaffari, Mohsen, Leitersdorf, Dean

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Verify / by Hoover, Colleen, author 595716

“…But as Lowen's feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his wife's words. …”

THE FEVER CODE / by Dashner, James, 1972- 593391

“…This is the book that holds all the answers. How did Wicked find the Gladers? …”

Beyond Color: Lattice Gauge Theory for Strongly-Coupled Physics by Oare, Patrick R.

“…Despite the focus on QCD, lattice methods find significant utility in studying other strongly-coupled gauge theories related to and unrelated to QCD. …”
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The role of p53 and ASPP2 in neurodegenerative disease by Turnquist, C

“…Δ133p53 functions as a dominant-negative regulator of full-length (FL)Lp53 and represses senescence, while p53β as a co-activator of FLLp53, promotes senescence. …”

Remote digital cognitive assessment reveals cognitive deficits related to hippocampal atrophy in autoimmune limbic encephalitis: a cross-sectional validation study by Shibata, K, Attaallah, B, Tai, X-Y, Trender, W, Hellyer, PJ, Hampshire, A, Irani, SR, Manohar, SG, Husain, M

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Interpretation:</strong> These findings demonstrate that subtle cognitive deficits in patients with chronic ALE, who often show full recovery in measures of disability and dependence on daily activities, are detectable using a remote online platform, which also relates to hippocampal atrophy. …”

Electrical characterization of Si Nanowire based devices – transistors and SONOS memory by Xiong, Tian Zhong.

“…A vertical gate-all-around (GAA) non-volatile memory (NVM) SONOS and PMOS vertical gate-all-around (GAA) Silicon Nanowire with the height of 150nm and diameter of ~20nm for the memory and height of 600~700nm and diameter of ~5nm is being study. …”
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Understanding lived experiences of bereaved parents of children with chronic life-threatening Illness : towards a culture-specific and meaning-oriented narrative E-writing interven... by Dutta, Oindrila

“…Qualitative framework analysis of post-intervention feedback highlighted participants’ satisfaction with the opportunity to reflect on their caregiving experiences, acceptance of an internet-and-narrative-based platform for self-expression and structured counseling support, and compatibility of the NeW-I therapeutic-protocol with participants’ needs. Taken together, findings from this pilot investigation indicate that NeW-I could enhance holistic pediatric palliative services in Singapore and a full-scale community trial with a larger and more diverse sample is warranted. …”
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Public confidence in the auditing profession by Loh, Mei San, Ng, Meow Ling, Tay, Janice Su-Ting

“…How do the users of audited financial information perceive the profession and the work performed by the auditors with all the happenings to the profession? Is the profession able to maintain its credibility and usefulness now? …”
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Use of functional magnetic resonance imaging to identify cortical loci for lower limb movements and their efficacy for individuals after stroke by Choi, Minseok, Kim, Hyun-Chul, Youn, Inchan, Lee, Song Joo, Lee, Jong-Hwan

“…Background Identification of cortical loci for lower limb movements for stroke rehabilitation is crucial for better rehabilitation outcomes via noninvasive brain stimulation by targeting the fine-grained cortical loci of the movements. However, identification of the cortical loci for lower limb movements using functional MRI (fMRI) is challenging due to head motion and difficulty in isolating different types of movement. …”
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Sentiment analysis and summarization of movie reviews across genres. by Tun, Thura Thet.

“…A prototype for sentiment summarization of movie review, which utilizes the fine-grained sentiment analysis results, was implemented. …”
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Developing optogenetics for use in vascular research by Rorsman, N

“…Isolated SMCs obtained from these mice demonstrated blue light induced depolarising whole-cell currents. Fine control of artery tone was attained by varying the intensity of the blue light stimulus. …”

Mortality rates among patients successfully treated for hepatitis C in the era of interferon-free antivirals: population based cohort study by Hamill, V, Wong, S, Benselin, J, Krajden, M, Hayes, PC, Mutimer, D, Yu, A, Dillon, JF, Gelson, W, Velásquez García, HA, Yeung, A, Johnson, P, Barclay, ST, Alvarez, M, Toyoda, H, Agarwal, K, Fraser, A, Bartlett, S, Aldersley, M, Bathgate, A, Binka, M, Richardson, P, Morling, JR, Ryder, SD, Barnes, E

“…Poisson regression was used to identify factors associated with all cause mortality rates. Results: 1572 (7%) participants died during follow-up. …”

Cytomegalovirus infection is associated with an increase in aortic stiffness in older men which may be mediated in part by CD4 memory T-cells by Kirkham, Frances, Pera, Alejandra, Simanek, Amanda M., Bano, Aalia, Morrow, George, Reus, Bernhard, Caserta, Stefano, Smith, Helen Elizabeth, Davies, Kevin A., Rajkumar, Chakravarthi, Kern, Florian

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Understanding lay conceptions of workplace criers: a prototype analysis by Tan, Terri Su-May

“…To investigate this possibility, four studies utilising the prototype approach were conducted with full-time employees in Singapore. In Study 1 (n = 163), participants freely listed their conceptions of workplace criers, which were coded into 51 features of differing frequency. …”
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Application and control for virtual synchronous generators by Guo, Yian

“…In the quest to harness the full potential of VSG technology, this paper delves deep into the foundational principles that govern its operation. …”
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Comparative effectiveness of manual therapy, pharmacological treatment, exercise therapy, and education for neck pain (COMPETE study): protocol of a systematic review with network... by de Oliveira-Souza, AIS, Barbosa-Silva, J, Gross, DP, da Costa, BR, Ballenberger, N, Pereira, TV, Dennett, L, Armijo-Olivo, S

“…NMAs will be conducted to rank interventions according to their effectiveness and safety (when possible), allowing a comprehensive analysis of all available evidence, with different nodes specified for all conservative interventions of interest, placebo, sham therapy, and non-intervention control. …”