Delay-and-pay: prolonging pharmaceutical patent protection without paying the ‘price’ by Foss-Solbrekk, K

“…<p>This thesis argues that actors use the patent system as part of a ‘delay-and-pay’ strategy to preserve drug prices for as long as possible by delaying generic/biosimilar market entry – and that they have a significant incentive to do so. …”

Whence came these plants most foul? Phylogenomics and biogeography of Lowiaceae (Zingiberales) by Niissalo, Matti A., Gardner, Elliot M., Khew, Gillian S., Šída, Otakar, Poulsen, Axel Dalberg, Leong-Škornicková, Jana

“…There is no evidence of long-distance dispersal, only a later extension in distribution to Peninsular Malaysia which coincides with the presence of a land bridge. …”
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Lithium Concentration from Salt-Lake Brine by Donnan-Enhanced Nanofiltration by Foo, Zi Hao, Rehman, Danyal, Bouma, Andrew T, Monsalvo, Sebastian, Lienhard, John H

“…Our data set comprises over 750 original ion rejection measurements, spanning five salinities and two pH levels, collected using brine solutions that model three salt-lake compositions. …”
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Multidecadal Morphodynamic evolution of shorelines and coral reefs along the Arabian Sea Coast of Oman: Bar Al Hikman Peninsula by Teillet, T, Bois, P, Homewood, P, Mettraux, M, Samimi-Namin, K, Vahrenkamp, V

“…This study examines the morphodynamic evolution of the shoreline and coral reef coverage along the Arabian Sea coast of Oman over the past five decades (1972–2022). The Peninsula of Bar Al Hikman, the largest low-lying coastal area in Oman (550 km2; elevations &lt; 10 m), hosts unique, monospecific coral reefs developing under a monsoon climate. …”

A diminished large carnivore guild with contrasting species-habitat associations persists outside national parks in Namibia's central-eastern landscape by Verschueren, S, Hofmann, T, Briers-Louw, WD, Kakove, M, Leirs, H, Bauer, H, Marker, L, Cristescu, B

“…We conducted a large-scale camera trapping survey in five systematic grids across central-eastern Namibia to identify drivers of large carnivore occupancy and to predict occurrence across a broader mixed-use landscape spanning 161,629 km2. …”

The effect of C:P ratio of plant residues added to soils of contrasting phosphate sorption capacities on P uptake by Panicum maximum (Jacq.) by Umrit, Gunshiam, Friesen, Dennis K.

“…Residues were incorporated into two highly weathered Malaysian soils (Ultisols and Oxisols) treated with five levels of inorganic P labeled with 32P and cropped with Panicum maximum (Jacq.). …”
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Fragrance carrier based on zeolite-A modified bentonite as a controlled release system in air freshener applications by Kusrini, Eny, Anwar Usman, Ayuningtyas, Karina, Wilson, Lee D., Putra, Nandy, Prasetyo, Agus Budi, Rahman, Arif, Nugrahaningtyas, Khoirina Dwi, Santosa, Sri Juari, Noviyanti, Atiek Rostika

“…ZAB4 has the highest efficiency and was used for regeneration test studies that was carried out over 10 cycles using HCl and NaOH, where the adsorption efficiency was 94.5 and 75.4%, respectively. The activated ZAB4 composite using HCl has a long life time until more than 5 weeks and more than 10 regeneration cycles. …”
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Cutting-edge innovations in bio-alcohol reforming: Pioneering pathways to high-purity hydrogen: A review by Liew, Wei Man, Nurul Aini, Razali

“…These approaches give long-term paths to hydrogen by utilizing sustainable bio-alcohols. …”
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Ancient Art, Modern Tech: Experiencing the Digital Reinvention of the Mogao Grottoes by Zhao, Celina

“…Built from the 4th to 14th century, the Mogao Grottoes in the deserts of northwestern China is the greatest repository of Buddhist art in the world. It has long faced a range of threats from natural disasters to imperialistic plunder. …”
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Portfolio Optimization Using a Hybrid Machine Learning Stock Selection Model by Masuda, Joshua S.

“…In this paper, seven machine learning techniques are used for stock price prediction: Linear Regression, Support Vector Machine, Random Forest, Recurrent Neural Network, Long Short-Term Memory, Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory, and LightGBM. …”
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Web application with spatio-temporal analytics on soccer game data by Sin, Bryan Chong Wen

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New hope group : the growth of a Chinese giant. by Leow, Kar Gea., Lim, Nigel Cyril Wing Yeung., Yeo, Shao Wei.

“…Akin to other Chinese companies, New Hope Group always focused on its corporate fundamentals, and stressed the importance of its long term goals. However, what set it apart was the way it enacted upon these long term goals, leading to the eventual expansion of the company past China’s shores and to the rest of the world. …”
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Transcriptional profiling and network-based gene annotations of human malaria parasite plasmodium falciparum by Hu, Guang An

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Are privately owned shipping companies more succesful than public listed ones? by Zhang, Allen Tongren

“…However, being a public listed company not necessary to imply the company is successful especially for shipping companies where long term planning is more crucial to achieve business success. …”
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Antigen–antibody complex density and antibody-induced HLA protein unfolding influence Fc-mediated antibody effector function by Murali, TM, Gu, Y, Minhat, RA, Yap, J, Wood, KJ, Wang, C, Gascoigne, NRJ, Anantharaman, V, MacAry, PA

“…Donor-specific antibodies (DSAs) targeting mismatched human leukocyte antigen (HLA) molecules are one of the principal threats to long-term graft survival in solid organ transplantation. …”

Degradation monitoring and characterization in lithium-ion batteries via the asymptotic local approach by Couto, LD, Reniers, J, Zhang, D, Howey, DA, Kinnaert, M

“…Degradation mechanisms affecting the long-term performance of lithium-ion batteries should be monitored and characterized. …”

Forecasting green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) landing in Sarawak using grey model by Abang Mohammad Hudzaifah Abang Shakawi, Ani Shabri, Ruhana Hassan

“…Using data from 1949 to 2016, GM (1,1) was found to be the most suitable model for the given dataset, exhibiting the lowest Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) and Mean Absolute Error (MAE) as compared to other statistical models such as Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA), Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) and Exponential Smoothing. …”
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Effect of low temperature blanching, cysteine-HCI, N-acetyl-L-cysteine, Na metabisulphite and drying temperatures on the firmness and nutrient content of dried carrots by Mohamed, Suhaila, Hussein, Rosli

“…Low temperature long time (LTLT) blanching (70C for 20 min) together with calcium treatment can be used to significantly improve the texture of rehydrated dried carrots when compared to high temperature short time (HTST) blanching (100C for 3 min). …”

Numerical methods for finite-size key rates with different entropic bounds in quantum key distribution by Chung, Rebecca Ru Byn

“…We then showed that the Renyi entropy indeed gives a tighter bound on the low-signal regime (N~10^5), and outperforms the bound using the von Neumann entropy in regimes of long channel distances and low signal number, thus paving the way for a better understanding of long-distance satellite-based QKD protocols in the presence of finite resources.…”
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Preliminary study on the preparation and characterization of novel organophilic membranes used for organic extraction by Xia, Yuan

“…These tests analyzed the membrane’s chemical robustness, long-term stability and effects of feed solution pH and hydrodynamic conditions on mass transfer rate. …”
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