Improved adaptive impedance matching for RF front‑end systems of wireless transceivers by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Shukla, Pancham, See, Chan, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The proposed automatic quantum genetic algorithm (AQGA) is used to find the optimum solution for a low-pass passive T-impedance matching LC-network inserted between an RF transceiver and its antenna. …”
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An analysis of UK retailers’ initiatives towards circular economy transition and policy driven directions by Upadhyay, Arvind, Kumar, Anil, Nur, Shaheda

“…For this reason, scholars are trying to find an effective solution to this problem by ensuring the re-use of the resources that are used. …”
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Nursery workers' narratives: what makes a 'good' nursery worker? by Mikuska, Éva

“…In order to find out what nursery workers think, know and feel about ‘good’ practice, twenty-two nursery workers from a wide range of nursery settings were interviewed. …”
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Geometric and homological methods in group theory: constructing small group resolutions by Gill, Olivia Jo

“…Our aim is to construct a free crossed resolution, A* --> G, by way of induction on the degree n, for any semidirect product G = K x H. First we show how to find a set Z1 of generators for the free group A1 and the corresponding unique epimorphism from the free group on those generators to the semidirect product. …”
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Online education management: a multivariate analysis of students' perspectives and challenges during online classes by Puiu, Silvia, Idowu, Samuel O., Meghisan-Toma, Georgeta-Madalina, Bădîrcea, Roxana Maria, Doran, Nicoleta Mihaela, Manta, Alina Georgiana

“…The aim of the present study is to find solutions for better management of online education, starting from students’ perspectives regarding the challenges they encountered in the last two years when online courses were imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Circular value creation through environmental entrepreneurship initiatives: a case-based exploration by Mohapatra, Subhalaxmi, Roy, Subhadip, Upadhyay, Arvind, Kumar, Anil

“…The findings support the theoretical tenets of circular value creation and circular entrepreneurship using an interpretive approach.…”
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FOSS CAD/EDA tools supporting the open access PDK initiative by Brinson, Mike, Grabinski, Wladek

“…To address the increasing need for well-trained workers worldwide, we need to find innovative ways to attract skilled talent and strengthen the local semiconductor workforce ecosystem. …”
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Do internally managed REITs manage earnings more than externally managed REITs? by Ajayi, Oluwaseun Damilola, Akinsomi, Omokolade

“…Using a sample of listed South African REITs for the 2013 - 2021 time period, we examine the relationship between management structures and earnings management. We do not find any aggressive practice in internally managed REITs during the study period. …”
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We’re too busy singing: acoustic analysis with apes by French, Fiona, Good, Stephen, Mokkadem, Karim, Frost, Naomi, Finch, Katherine

“…Ultimately, we are planning a deeper investigation of auditory perception, by developing interactive devices that offer agency to non-humans and enable us to find out more about the hearing capabilities of different species.…”
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Tony Fretton Architects: buildings and their territories by Fretton, Anthony

“…This monograph provides a long-awaited reference work to his oeuvre.…”

The energy and seidel energy of cayley graphs associated to dihedral, alternating and symmetric groups by Ahmad Fadzil, Amira Fadina

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Exploring men's experiences and understanding of binge eating disorder : an interpretative phenomenological analysis by Spyrou, Spyroula

“…The participants’ struggles with treatment were emphasised as they sought to find unavailable support and received what they felt to be inadequate treatment care. …”
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After COVID-19: time to agree a biosecurity code of conduct under the biological and toxin weapons convention (book chapter) by Whitby, Simon, Tang, Cheng, Shang, Lijun, Dando, Malcolm

“…Largely out of sight of most people, States Parties to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) have been meeting at the United Nations in Geneva over the last two decades trying to find ways to strengthen the Convention following the failure to agree on a Protocol during the 1990s. …”

Qualitative network analysis for migration studies: beyond metaphors and epistemological pitfalls by Ryan, Louise, Dahinden, Janine

“…We draw upon the early roots of social network research, within anthropology, to find inspiration and consider the contribution of qualitative approaches to analysing dynamic social relationships and to including neglected aspects like meaning making and agency. …”
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Second generation South Asian Muslims' conceptualisations of religious and ethnic identity by Hai, Nadeem

“…How do young South Asian Muslims find their place within British society? How can the indigenous population understand the particular issues? …”
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Reading suburban narratives by Pope, Gerald

“…The thesis discusses London's suburban fiction from the 1860s to the present day and each chapter focusses on different aspects of this struggle to see the truth of, and find meaning in, the suburbs. Suburban fiction presents a chronicle of compromised seeing. …”
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A study of the legal effect of the main provisions of the income tax treaty between France and the United Kingdom by McKee, Sophie A. Hoquet

“…It is hoped that this work will extend beyond British and French frontiers and that some of the suggestions and recommendations made in it will find a place in a worldwide context. An attempt has been made to make some contribution towards an improvement in the negotiation of double taxation agreements at Government level and an amelioration of their application by taxpayers, tax authorities and jurisdictions.…”
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Paradoxes of ‘career’ and ‘progress’ in the neoliberal university: a self-critique and deconstruction by Gee, Ricky, Lundy, Craig, Oldridge, Louise, Brown, Steven D.

“…Whilst aware of the role ‘progress’ plays in framing a ‘traditional career’, academics find themselves having to navigate the contours of the university – where matrices shout to the tide of ‘progress’ and where what gets measured supposedly gets done. …”
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Throw Away the Spoon! Making Life Difficult for Students by Hardman, David

“…In addition, several other ways of fostering long-term learning are discussed.…”
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Zinc’s time in the sun? Tracing the reopening of the Riso and Parina Valleys’ mines from precarious optimism to affective indeterminacy by West, Robin, Crowhurst, Isabel

“…This chapter addresses a peripheral feature of global extractivism and of the exclusionary practices discussed in this volume: the revitalization of European mining via renewed extraction activities in long-closed mines.…”
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