Data-driven approach to spatiotemporal dynamic risk assessment of urban flooding based on shared socio-economic pathways by Wang, Mo, Chen, Furong, Zhang, Dongqing, Chen, Zijing, Su, Jin, Zhou, Shiqi, Li, Jianjun, Chen, Jintang, Li, Jiaying, Tan, Soon Keat

“…Driven by the change in intense land use and land cover (LULC) due to fast urbanization, urban flooding events have become the most frequent and influential hazards over the last few decades. Accurately predicting possible flood-prone locations under the dynamic fluctuations of LULC is crucial for sustainable urban development. …”
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Cognitive enhancement in video game training: two separate routes of transfer? by Oei, Chie Ming

“…There has been considerable interest in the last decade on action video games’ effects on human perception and cognition, with many studies showing a positive effect of video game play on a variety of cognitive and perceptual measures. …”
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Essays in dynamic pricing, channel control and channel competition by Song, Boqian

“…For a distribution system with multiple independent channels or two dependent channels, we characterize the structural properties of the optimal channel control policy. Last, we study a dynamic price competition game between two sellers selling substitutable perishable products over a fixed horizon. …”
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Synthesis and reactivity of electron-deficient phosphorus(III) compounds by Dordevic, Nemanja

“…However, these attempts yielded reaction products derived from an unexpected P-N bond cleavage whose mechanistic details are disclosed. The last portion of this work is focused on the activation of enthalpically strong E-H bonds (E = B, Si, C) using carbodicarbene-stabilized P-dications. …”
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Novel nitric oxide donors for the dispersal and control of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms by Poh, Wee Han

“…In addition, antibiotic treatment is recommended for clearance of dispersed bacteria to reduce incidences of sepsis due to dispersed cells. In the last study, genes and proteins that may be involved in NO sensing and NO induced dispersal were tested for their response to NO treatment. …”
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Indicators of global climate change 2022: annual update of large-scale indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence by Forster, PM, Smith, CJ, Walsh, T, Lamb, WF, Lamboll, R, Hauser, M, Ribes, A, Rosen, D, Gillett, N, Palmer, MD, Rogelj, J, von Schuckmann, K, Seneviratne, SI, Trewin, B, Zhang, X, Allen, M, Andrew, R, Birt, A, Borger, A, Boyer, T, Broersma, JA, Cheng, L, Dentener, F, Friedlingstein, P, Gutiérrez, JM, Gütschow, J, Hall, B, Ishii, M, Jenkins, S, Lan, X, Lee, J-Y, Morice, C, Kadow, C, Kennedy, J, Killick, R, Minx, JC, Naik, V, Peters, GP, Pirani, A, Pongratz, J, Schleussner, C-F, Szopa, S, Thorne, P, Rohde, R, Rojas Corradi, M, Schumacher, D, Vose, R, Zickfeld, K, Masson-Delmotte, V, Zhai, P

“…This high rate of warming is caused by a combination of greenhouse gas emissions being at an all-time high of 54 ± 5.3 GtCO₂e over the last decade, as well as reductions in the strength of aerosol cooling. …”

Mediating effects of satisfaction in the relationship between motivation factors and continuous viewing intentions towards Chinese documentary programs by Mengyu, Li

“…Meanwhile, the factors of gender, age, and the year of study indicated significant effects on continuous viewing intentions among all socio-demographic factors except for subjects. At last, satisfaction as a mediating variable showed a significant effect. …”
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Metatheoretical study of Lijphart's power sharing theory by Mafakheri, Ramin

“…The researcher also in the two last chapters on the findings focused on the internalintellectual factors; in this regard, it was demonstrated that comparative politics, comparative methods, and new institutionalism have been the main influential methodological and theoretical contexts in the construction and development of power sharing theory. …”
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Tea leaf [Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze] extract-synthesized silver nanoparticles as antimicrobial agent against foodborne pathogens by Loo, Yuet Ying

“…Foodborne illness has emerged as an important public health problem in many countries in the last decade. The main purpose of this research is to study the antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles against foodborne pathogens. …”
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Fabrication and characterization of Algan/Gan high electron mobility transistors on silicon by Tham, Wai Hoe

“…Therefore, we believe that the Au-free low temperature metal scheme has great prospects and potential in the fabrication of AlGaN/GaN HEMTs on Si platform. Last but not least, the performance of AlGaN/GaN HEMT is usually restricted by the severe gate leakage and high access resistance between the source and gate. …”
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Long-term visual outcomes in spasmus nutans by Hennein, Lauren, Heidary, Gena, Gaier, Eric D., Gise, Ryan

“…Children with spasmus nutans benefit from ongoing ophthalmic follow-up until they are past the amblyopic age range, even after resolution of nystagmus.…”
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SoK: Understanding Design Choices and Pitfalls of Trusted Execution Environments by Li, Mengyuan, Yang, Yuheng, Chen, Guoxing, Yan, Mengjia, Zhang, Yinqian

“…Both commercial and academic TEEs have been proposed in the past few years, including Intel's SGX and TDX, AMD's SEV, ARM's CCA, IBM's PEF, and their academic counterparts built atop open-source RISC-V processors, such as Keystone, Sanctum, CURE, and Penglai. …”
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Refining Hardware of Desktop Fiber Extrusion Devices for Affordable Manufacturing and Novel Fiber Prototyping by Glasser, Kaili

“…This device translates industrial-scale fiber draw towers into a compact version, allowing users to experiment with different parameters to understand their effects on manufacturing processes. Over the past three years, successive groups of MEng students have refined FrED’s design with the goal of creating a robust, functional, and affordable device for in-house manufacturing at the MIT FrED Factory. …”
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Between City and Self: Reading Beirut in Mohamed Soueid’s Tango of Yearning by Anouti, Ghida

“…Hence, for him, the film is rooted in the past, yet I argue that it is a significant augury of Beirut itself as a palimpsest of urban memories sublimated by Soueid. …”
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Clinical Validation of Non-invasive Simulation-Based Determination of Vascular Impedance, Wave Intensity, and Hydraulic Work in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Repla... by Brown, Jonathan Y., Fernandez, Gabriela V., De La Torre Hernández, Jose M., Murphy, Michael, Wessler, Benjamin S., Edelman, Elazer R.

“…Aortic input impedance is the gold standard for comprehensively studying the contribution of the vascular system to total myocardial afterload, but in the past measurement has been challenging arising from the need for invasive catheterization or specialized equipment to precisely record time-resolved blood pressure and flow signals. …”
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Accounting for the Effects of Probabilistic Uncertainty During Fast Charging of Lithium-ion Batteries by Kim, Minsu, Schaeffer, Joachim, Berliner, Marc D, Sagnier, Berta Pedret, Findeisen, Rolf, Braatz, Richard D

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Renewing Our Focus on Vulnerable Populations Among People Living with HIV by Ayieko, James, Thorp, Marguerite, Ghebremichael, Musie

“…The global HIV landscape has changed over the past few decades, with great milestones achieved in both HIV treatment and prevention. …”
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Light Stage Super-Resolution: Continuous High-Frequency Relighting by Sun, Tiancheng, Xu, Zexiang, Zhang, Xiuming, Fanello, Sean, Rhemann, Christoph, Debevec, Paul, Tsai, Yun-Ta, Barron, Jonathan, Ramamoorthi, Ravi

“…The light stage has been widely used in computer graphics for the past two decades, primarily to enable the relighting of human faces. …”
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The future of the timeshare industry : will the brands dominate? : A summary of the vacation ownership industry and an analysis of the advantages that the brands have over smaller... by Bornstein, Ethan S., 1973-

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Vapor phase synthesis of organometal halide perovskite nanowires for tunable room-temperature nanolasers by Xing, Jun, Liu, Xin Feng, Zhang, Qing, Ha, Son Tung, Yuan, Yan Wen, Shen, Chao, Sum, Tze Chien, Xiong, Qihua

“…Semiconductor nanowires have received considerable attention in the past decade driven by both unprecedented physics derived from the quantum size effect and strong isotropy and advanced applications as potential building blocks for nanoscale electronics and optoelectronic devices. …”
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