Ecosystem productivity has a stronger influence than soil age on surface soil carbon storage across global biomes by Plaza, César, García-Palacios, Pablo, Berhe, Asmeret Asefaw, Barquero, Jesús, Bastida, Felipe, Png, Kenny Guochen, Rey, Ana, Bardgett, Richard D., Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel

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Mechanical behaviors of individual core-shell microspheres and their polymeric composites under different strain rates by Zhang, Xin

“…The importation of STF capsules can improve the impact resistance of silicone gel dramatically since it can improve the energy absorption capacity of matrix material up to 70.16%. …”
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A coordination framework for multi-agent persuasion and adviser systems by Subagdja, Budhitama, Tan, Ah-Hwee, Kang, Yilin

“…Although adviser bots are getting smarter and gaining more popularity these days they are usually developed and deployed independent from each other. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 accessory protein 7b forms homotetramers in detergent by Surya, Wahyu, Queralt-Martin, Maria, Mu, Yuguang, Aguilella, Vicente M., Torres, Jaume

“…In SDS, 7b forms various oligomers, from monomers to tetramers, but only monomers when exposed to reductants. Combination of SDS gel electrophoresis and analytical ultracentrifugation (AUC) in both equilibrium and velocity modes suggests a dimer-tetramer equilibrium, but a monomer-dimer-tetramer equilibrium in the presence of reductant. …”
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Design for assembly and application using Hitachi assemblability evaluation method by Mohd Naim, Zakaria

“…The “perfect” part or assembly operation gets the maximum score, usually one hundred, and each element or difficulty is assigned a penalty. …”
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NetBlocks: Staging Layouts for High-Performance Custom Host Network Stacks by Brahmakshatriya, Ajay, Rinard, Chris, Ghobadi, Manya, Amarasinghe, Saman

“…We also introduce a novel Layout Customization Layer that allows "staging packet layouts" alongside the implementation, which is critical for getting the best performance out of the protocol when possible, while allowing the practitioners to maintain compatibility with existing protocol layers where needed. …”
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Development of compact power electronics inverter using gallium nitride (GaN) devices by Sinurat, Hendry Donald Hanesty

“…Electronic devices nowadays are getting shrink in dimension, yet the performance is forced to be upgraded or at least could achieve its normal merit of operation. …”
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Flood risk management of a polder terminal in Singapore by Loh, Yee

“…In order to reclaim land, sand is needed to be dredged and imported from other countries and this has been getting costlier as the years go by. With the increase in price of sand, different methods to reduce the imports of sand are developed with one being the concept of polder terminal. …”
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A study on the use of femtosecond laser to perform surface polishing on a selective laser melting manufactured type 316L stainless steel by Ong, Kenrick Jin Hao

“…It appeared to be the effect of more material getting ablated in the depth direction surrounding the particulate where the laser beam was directed to the surface for a longer period. …”
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Building fabric improvement and heat pump deployment: a set of policy conundrums by Killip, G, Topouzi, M, Fawcett, T

“…What should the balance be between mandating building fabric improvement and heat pump deployment, what are the choice criteria, and who gets a say?</p> <br> <p>The paper examines building interventions through the concept of 'trigger points.' …”

MetRoBERTa: Leveraging Traditional Customer Relationship Management Data to Develop a Transit-Topic-Aware Language Model by Leong, Michael, Abdelhalim, Awad, Ha, Jude, Patterson, Diane, Pincus, Gabriel L, Harris, Anthony B, Eichler, Michael, Zhao, Jinhua

“…Transit riders' feedback provided in ridership surveys, customer relationship management (CRM) channels, and in more recent times, through social media is key for transit agencies to better gauge the efficacy of their services and initiatives. Getting a holistic understanding of riders' experience through the feedback shared in those instruments is often challenging, mostly due to the open-ended, unstructured nature of text feedback. …”
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Researching Language and Health : A Student Guide / by Demjén, Zsófia, author 656135, Atkins, Sarah, author 656136, Semino, Elena, 1964-, author 656138

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Product development of an ankle brace using 3D printing by Chew, Zhi Yuan

“…One of the greatest fears that all athletes face is getting injured. A serious injury could potentially destroy an athlete’s career or even hinder the progress towards his or her goal. …”
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3D patient specific instrumentation for high tibial osteotomy by Wong, Gina Khay Fong

“…As the medical industry gets more advanced with the use of patient specific instruments, patient can have tailor-made instruments which is precise and accurate while greatly improving the surgical outcome of each operation. …”
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Android tablet game development for dementia patient - Games by Tong, Chee Tian

“…The game trains the memory skill of the patient by testing them on getting the items back to their original positions after mixing up the items order. …”
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Robust engineering in maintainability of building by Ismail, Neza

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The GCSE attainment gap: assessing the influence of permanent school exclusion by Hills, Stephen, Walker, Matthew, Guinn, James, Kent, Aubrey

“…In other words, the existing trajectory of disadvantage gets steeper following the permanent exclusion event. …”
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Let's move with Leon: a qualitative evaluation of a UK digital intervention to improve physical activity in people with a musculoskeletal condition by Webb, Justin, Allison, Heather, Mprah, Michael

“…The qualitative data suggest that participants used the intervention sporadically, dipping in and out due to other commitments, and competing programmes, their changing physical ability, confidence and motivation. Not getting off to a good start was detrimental to use; many wanted to come back to the programme at a more appropriate time. …”
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The Impact of Different Level of Education Towards Acceptance of Islamic House Financing by Abd Aziz, Noriza, Abu Bakar, Azizi, Abd Aziz, Ibrahim, Yusuff, Noraini, Ahmad Musadik, Siti Hajar Salwa

“…A natural sequence in life, after completing their studies and getting their „dream jobs?. Often times, following their nuptials, so that they could focus on raising a family in a proper environment, in their own homes. …”
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“British English is much more prestigious, everybody knows that!”: reproducing and resisting hegemonic language ideologies in Chilean English teacher education by Pérez Andrade, Gonzalo

“…References Gimenez, T., Salles El Kadri, M., and Cabrini Simões Calvo, L. (eds) (2018). …”
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