Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers / by Sapolsky, Robert M., author 656050, Holt (Online service) 655998

“…While most of the book focuses on the biological machinery of the body, the last chapter of the book focuses on self-help. Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers argues that social phenomena such as child abuse and the chronic stress of poverty affect biological stress, leading to increased risk of disease and disability.…”
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Conducting Psychological Assessment : A Guide for Practitioners / by Wright, A. Jordan, author 513562, John Wiley & Sons (Online service) 647106

“…This newest edition maintains the indispensable foundational models from the first edition and adds nuance and details from the author’s last ten years of clinical and academic experience. …”
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Quantitative Modeling for Guiding the Transition to Low-Carbon Logistics by Lehmann, Jonas

“…First, we investigate the operational requirements for leveraging low-emission delivery vehicles in a last-mile distribution system. Specifically, we provide exact and heuristic solution approaches to route goods through a two-echelon multi-modal last-mile distribution system with satellite facilities. …”
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Suitability of natural sounds to enhance soundscape quality in urban residential areas by Hong, Joo-Young, Lam, Bhan, Ong, Zhen-Ting, Gupta, Rishabh, Gan, Woon-Seng

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The Accident / by Pavone, Chris, author 656312

“…In Copenhagen, Hayden Gray, a veteran station chief, wary of the CIA's obsession with the Middle East, has been steadfastly monitoring the dangers that abound in Europe. …”

Robotic Bootcamp 2023 attracts students to explore STEM fields by Nur Ainaa Adhreena, Muhamad Shukri

“…PEKAN, 21 August 2023 - Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA), in collaboration with Sekolah Kebangsaan Assunta Convent, for the first time organised the Professor Turun Padang Programme with the concept of Robotic Bootcamp 2023 which will last for three days starting today.…”
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Modulation of matrix converters with improved performance by Rong, Run Jie.

“…Both the simulation results and experimental results are presented in the last part of the report.…”
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Information services in the real estate industry by Baharudin Nordin

“…Real estate has been a 'hot' issue in Singapore for the last decade. The escalating prices have made real estate a lucrative business. …”
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Random by Koh, Bryan Theng Hui, Chan, Melody, Tang, Weixin

“…The film follows the execution of the first MRT random killer in Singapore, who left the nation with a mysterious last word “bao”. Jia Hao, the son of one of the victims, begins his journey to search for an answer and closure – the motive behind the killing.…”
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Kite might by Xiong, Wei

“…Inspired by classic stories such as Aesop’s “Tortoise and the Hare” and hugely well-liked television series “Avatar: The Last Air bender”, Kite Might seeks to tell a humorous story and at the same time share simple morale lessons with its viewers.…”
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A parent-friendly Android application by Cao, Yuxuan

“…Another is to provide a place for the teachers to look out for students. Last is that allowing users to share experience in the free discussion forum. …”
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Indonesia's regional diplomacy : imperative to maintain Asean cohesion by Sebastian, Leonard C

“…Indonesia’s more aggressive stance in regional diplomacy following ASEAN’s failure to reach a consensus at last week’s ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM) is motivated by its desire to maintain regional cohesion and autonomy. …”
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How Scandinavian was the early Viking Age in the Northern Isles? by Griffiths, D

“…The two neighbouring North Atlantic archipelagos (Fig. 1) were the last substantive territorial additions to Scotland when, as the surviving insular parts of the Norse Earldom of Orkney, they were impignorated from the Danish to the Scottish crowns in 1468-1472. …”

Draft genome sequence of Enterobacter sp. strain EA-1, an electrochemically active microorganism isolated from tropical sediment by Rice, Scott A., Marsili, Enrico, Lauro, Federico M., Doyle, Lucinda Elizabeth, Williams, Rohan Benjamin Hugh

“…EA-1, along with a previously sequenced Enterobacter isolate from East Asia, forms a distinct clade within the Enterobacter genus.…”
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The other face of the coin : a reevaluation of the air war over Malaya 1941-42 by Cheang, Jia Wei

“…This essay thus attempts a reappraisal of the RAF’s position in the Far East by rejecting ‘European’ standards of aircraft performance. …”
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Design and verification of a fast low-dropout regulator for a high performance receiver chain targeting GNSS applications by Debaditya, Mullick

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Materiality of common good objects by Khonsari, Torange

“…This chapter uses one specific project from the commons organisation the author co-founded entitled Public Works in a neighbourhood in East London (Bow) where she initiated the project in 2014 after being asked to get involved by local residents. …”
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Book review : Africa's urban youth: challenging marginalization, claiming citizenship by Amy S. Patterson, Tracy Kuperus, and Megan Hershey by Haynes, Jeffrey

“…Ghana is in West Africa and the latter two are in East Africa. Ghana is a liberal democracy, and Tanzania and Uganda have authoritarian governments. …”
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Genomic perspective on the bacillus causing paratyphoid B fever by Hawkey, J, Frézal, L, Tran Dien, A, Zhukova, A, Brown, D, Chattaway, MA, Simon, S, Izumiya, H, Fields, PI, De Lappe, N, Kaftyreva, L, Xu, X, Isobe, J, Clermont, D, Njamkepo, E, Akeda, Y, Issenhuth-Jeanjean, S, Makarova, M, Wang, Y, Hunt, M, Jenkins, BM, Ravel, M, Guibert, V, Serre, E

“…Following its discovery in 1896, it circulated across Europe until the 1970s, after which it was mostly reimported into Europe from South America, the Middle East, South Asia, and North Africa. Antimicrobial resistance recently emerged in various genotypes of SPB PG1, mostly through mutations of the quinolone-resistance-determining regions of gyrA and gyrB. …”

Technological transmission of knowledge in Neolithic northwestern China: mineralogical and chemical analyses of Yangshao and Majiayao painted ware by Spataro, M, Hein, A

“…Sixteen sherds come from the early Yangshao-period Banpo site in the Wei River Valley, east of Xi’an, 17 from the eponymous site of Majiayao and five from Waguanzui in the upper Yellow River region in eastern Gansu province. …”