Translated and culturally adapted internet-delivered cognitive therapy for social anxiety disorder in Japanese clinical settings: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Yoshinaga, N, Thew, G, Hayashi, Y, Tanoue, H, Nakai, M, Clark, DM

“…Assessments will take place at baseline (week 0), mid-treatment (week 8), and post-treatment (week 15), with a further 3-month follow-up (week 27) for the iCT-SAD + TAU arm. …”

Towards the Realization of National Automotive Policy (NAP): Modelling the Malaysian Consumers’ Purchase Behavioral Intention towards Energy Efficient Vehicles (EEVs) (S/O 14165) by Mohd Noor, Nor Azila, Mohd Fadhil, Faudziah Hanim, Md Isa, Filzah, Salleh, Hayatul Safrah, Muhammad, Azli

“…However, people are not behave as predicted by those criteria and it might change over time. To fill this gaps, this study focuses on developing a comprehensive model to boost the marketability of energy efficient vehicles using the Theory of Consumption Values as the backbone. …”
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Human centric sensing by Android phones by Chua, Keng Guan.

“…These results can be further improved by extending to other OS of the smartphone then android which can help more people to find their way in the shopping mall or large indoor building.…”
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Surface engineering to manipulate solar energy for thermal management by Fei, Jipeng

“…The main contribution and finding of this work are an effective enthalpy reduction method through applying an external field that could be universally applied to different solar steam generators. …”
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Web-based interactive graph visualization by Ng, Chin Teck

“…Data visualization are techniques to process dataset into a visual object for the users to view it graphically, in order to help people find patterns, trends and correlation in the complex dataset, but to perform data visualization, analyst usually needs to install software on their computers. …”
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Editors’ introduction: Cynthia Ozick and the art of nonfiction by Mendelssohn, M, Tyson, C

“…Much of their interest resides in the linguistic virtuosity with which Ozick gives voice to attachments and aversions that some readers may find bewilderingly fierce. And then there is her magnificent...…”

An exploratory study for a new method to search for heavy neutrinos with data at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) by Tan, Cherlene Shu Ning

“…This report is an initial and simplified study of the CMS detector with the ultimate goal of finding out if mesons produced by the CMS could extend the search range of the HNL. …”
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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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Rumor cleanup : how easy it is? by Xia, Ji

“…Rumor spreading can be considered as a process of “infection of mind” and shares similar spreading dynamics as epidemic. …”
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Application of in vitro erythropoiesis from bone marrow derived progenitors to detect and study genotoxicity by Shuga, Joseph F. (Joseph Francis)

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Two Paths: Why States Join or Avoid China’s Belt and Road Initiative by Atkins, Eleanor, Fravel, M Taylor, Wang, Raymond, Ackert, Nick, Huang, Sihao

“…Although China’s motives for developing the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) have been well studied, scholars have yet to comprehensively examine why states seek to join the initiative. We fill this gap by examining how and why states join the BRI. …”
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Preparation and characterization of photo electrochemical cells based on nanostructured ZnO and multiwalled carbon nanotubes by Ayu, Aaron Alexander

“…The emphasis of this project is to find a cheap and suitable semiconductor and to study its potential and efficiency in water splitting, in order to generate H2 gas for usage as a renewable source of fuel. …”
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Reverse by Wang, Sijia

“…This fantasy novella tells the story of Harper, a girl from an East Asian family, who travels alone to a small town in Northern Europe to find solace before Christmas after breaking up with her girlfriend, because of her family’s objections. …”
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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. …”

Local climate action from the middle-out: the social potential of craft guilds to facilitate low-carbon installations in Germany by Wehden, S, Janda, KB, Jansen, J, Creutzig, F

“…Situated between policymaking and on-the-ground installation, guilds have unique agency and capacity qualities deriving from preferential access to the local implementers of low-carbon transitions and legal commissions with critical tasks including training, informing, and associating installers. However, we find that guilds suffer from resource constraints, membership declines, and a lack of deliberate activation. …”

Effects of the US Capitol Attack on political views in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile by Garcia III, George Reuben

“…The events of Jan. 6 thus act as a type of exogenous shock, thus allowing for an interrupted time series analysis. I find that satisfaction with democracy generally declined across all three countries but only in Chile did support for democracy and elections fall and populist attitudes rise.…”
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How easy is it to clean up a rumor by George, Kavya

“…Rumor spreading in social networks could be considered as “infection of the mind” of people. It could be detrimental to the social structure and it would be useful if we could better understand how to control this spread. …”
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Awkwardness in Marcel Proust's 'A la recherche du temps perdu' by Richardson, Y

“…The thesis explores the degrees of togetherness and separation Proust depicts, and compares well-known scenes and neglected moments to their mutual illumination. We find that awkwardness is essential to the novel’s depiction of society in a state of rapid flux – the consequence of accelerated social change is escalated awkwardness – and that uncomfortable encounters with other people develop the protagonist’s relation with his own mind.…”

Patterns of link reciprocity in directed, signed networks by Gallo, A, Saracco, F, Lambiotte, R, Garlaschelli, D, Squartini, T

“…Most of the analyses concerning signed networks have focused on the balance theory, hence identifying frustration with undirected, triadic motifs having an odd number of negative edges; much less attention has been paid to their directed counterparts. To fill this gap, we focus on signed, directed connections, with the aim of exploring the notion of frustration in such a context. …”

Relationship of sperm protamine content with bull breeding soundness evaluation and sperm DNA damage by Mohamed Abbad Alfadel, Fatima

“…Post hoc pairwise comparison showed an increased DNA damage in bulls with lower protamine values. The findings of this study concluded that sperm protamine can be used as a useful biomarker to predict semen quality and male potential fertility. …”
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