'Remaking Greater Britain': Cecil Rhodes and imperial politics, 1880-1902 by Hunt, DM

“…It shows that Rhodes used a network of ideologically coherent lobbyists operating mainly in London, but also from South Africa, to influence British imperial policy in Westminster and Whitehall; it examines the techniques that he and this group deployed, including in relation to the press. …”

Ideological representations of people with mental illness in Malaysian online newspapers: a critical discourse analysis by Niveethene Murugaiah, Marlina Jamal, Manjet Kaur Mehar Singh

“…Findings revealed that the semantic macrostructures constructed from the news reports mainly centred on the topic of the dangerousness, vulnerability, and human rights of PwMI. …”
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The effect of nano-additives in natural ester dielectric liquids: a comprehensive review on stability and thermal properties by Farade, Rizwan A., Wahab, Noor Izzri Abdul, Mansour, Diaa-Eldin A.

“…Also, these can be potential candidates in heat transfer applications, capacitors, cables, circuit breakers, and tap changers. Vegetable oils are mainly natural esters extracted from natural products. …”

The effect of nano-additives in natural ester dielectric liquids: a comprehensive review on dielectric properties by Farade, Rizwan A., Abdul Wahab, Noor Izzri, A. Mansour, Diaa-Eldin

“…Also, these can be potential candidates in heat transfer applications, capacitors, cables, circuit breakers, and tap changers. Vegetable oils are mainly natural esters extracted from natural products. …”

A comparative analysis review of plant fibres in advanced bio-based material for sustainable drone construction by Shahar, Farah Syazwani, Hameed Sultan, Mohamed Thariq

“…Thus, many researchers are trying to develop a sustainable drone using plant fibres to reduce carbon emissions and ensure the circularity of materials. This review mainly compares the drones made from plant fibres and traditional materials such as plastics and synthetic fibres. …”
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Application of artificial intelligence in internal combustion engines – bibliometric analysis on progress and future research priorities by Abubakar, Shitu, Muhamad Said, Mohd. Farid, Abas, Mohd. Azman, Samaila, U., Ibrahim, Auwal A., Ismail, Najib Aminu, Narayan, Sunny, Kaisan, M. U.

“…Artificial intelligence (AI) techniques are increasingly used in internal combustion engines (ICEs) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) research, mainly for pre-diction, control, optimization, and classification task. …”

A comprehensive review on chemical route to convert waste cooking oils to renewable polymeric materials by Onn, Munirah, Jalil, Mohd. Jumain, Mohd. Yusoff, Noor Izyan Syazana, Bingak Edward, Evianie, Wahit, Mat Uzir

“…A large proportion of waste cooking oil (WCO) is currently being generated worldwide, which has led to crucial problems in its waste management due to absence of a proper disposal procedure. Most scholars mainly spotlight on the biodiesel production from WCO as alternative, despite the fact that there are other applications that require attention. …”

The Response Regulator OmpR Negatively Controls the Expression of Genes Implicated in Tilimycin and Tilivalline Cytotoxin Production in Klebsiella oxytoca by Varela-Nájera, Ramón G., De la Cruz, Miguel A., Soria-Bustos, Jorge, González-Horta, Carmen, Delgado-Gardea, Ma Carmen E., Yáñez-Santos, Jorge A., Cedillo, María L., Hirakawa, Hidetada, Fox, James G., Sánchez-Ramírez, Blanca, Ares, Miguel A.

“…Klebsiella oxytoca toxigenic strains represent a critical health threat, mainly due to their link to antibiotic-associated hemorrhagic colitis. …”
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Fatigue behaviors of square-to-square hollow section T-joint with corner crack I : experimental studies by Chiew, Sing Ping, Ji, Hong Li, Lee, Chi King, Lie, Seng Tjhen

“…Fatigue test results and crack geometry measurements showed that under cyclic loading, cracks will be initiated at one of the four corners of the brace-chord intersection and propagate mainly in the direction parallel to the chord wall. …”
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Development of engineering tools and design guidelines for FRP strengthened RC walls subject to near field blast loading by Fung, Tat Ching, Tan, Kang Hai, Werner Riedel, Yu, Qingjun, Del Linz, Paolo, Li, Gen, Tu, Huan

“…Nevertheless, in report D5, mass runs are mainly devoted to GFRP strengthened RC walls subject to near-field blast effects and fragment loading. …”
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Experimental investigations on heat and mass transfer performances of a liquid desiccant cooling and dehumidification system by Ou, Xianhua, Cai, Wenjian, He, Xiongxiong, Zhai, Deqing

“…Therefore, a more energy efficient Liquid Desiccant Cooling and Dehumidification (LDCD) system is developed in this study, which mainly composes of a cooling coil and dehumidifier. …”
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Heuristic cues as perceptual filters : factors influencing public support for nuclear research reactor in Singapore by Ho, Shirley S., Xiong, Rui, Chuah, Agnes Soo Fei

“…Based on the data from a nationally representative door-to-door survey of 1000 adult Singaporeans, we found that the public mainly depend on heuristics, such as religiosity, benefit perception, and trust in relevant authorities, to form attitudes towards the use of a nuclear research reactor, revealing a tendency to employ mental shortcuts for decision making. …”
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Carbon–metal compound composite electrodes for capacitive deionization : synthesis, development and applications by Tang, Kexin, Hong, Terence Zhi Xiang, You, Liming, Zhou, Kun

“…This study comprehensively reviews the use of carbon–metal composites as electrodes for efficient CDI desalination, mainly with respect to their design strategies, synthesis, structural and electrochemical properties and desalination performance, and the roles that the metal compounds play in altering the structure and properties of their carbon composites. …”
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Breakup of ultra-thin liquid films on vertical fiber enhanced by Marangoni effect by Ding, Zijing, Liu, Zhou, Liu, Rong, Yang, Chun

“…Nonlinear simulation also shows that the thin heated or non-heated film mainly breaks up in the absolutely unstable regime.…”
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Construction of hole-transported MoO₃₋ₓ coupled with CdS nanospheres for boosting photocatalytic performance via oxygen-defects-mediated Z-scheme charge transfer by Wu, Yan, Wang, Hou, Tu, Wenguang, Wu, Shuyang, Chew, Jia Wei

“…The improved performance of the CdS/MoO₃₋ₓ composite was found to be mainly attributable to the remarkable charge carrier separation and transfer between CdS and MoO₃₋ₓ based on the favorable hole-transporting nature and oxygen deficiencies of MoO₃₋ₓ. …”
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Flexible and deployable colon support structure for endoluminal interventions by Miyasaka, Muneaki, Liu, Jiajun, Cao, Lin, Lai, Wenjie, Li, Xiaoguo, Tiong, Anthony Meng Huat, Lim, Gerald Cheng Le, Quek, Banjamin Wei Jian, Kaan, Huang Leng, Dolgunov, Dmitrii, Ho, Khek Yu, Phee, Soo Jay

“…When performing endoluminal surgery inside the colon using a flexible endoscopic robot, there is a problem of losing visualization and task space due to the collapsing of the surrounding wall. This happens mainly because of the intra-abdominal pressure and peristalsis of the colon. …”
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Do we need ramsey taxation? Our existing taxes are largely corrective by Yan, Eric, Feng, Qu, Ng, Yew-Kwang

“…Due to the importance of environmental disruption (both in production and consumption), relative competition between individuals (including conspicuous consumption and keeping up with the Joneses), the diamond effect, excessive consumerism or the materialist bias, most taxes in most countries, though mainly designed for revenue collection, are largely corrective than distortive. …”
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Self-consistent learning of neural dynamical systems from noisy time series by Wang, Zhe, Guet, Claude

“…On a chaotic time series masked by additive Gaussian noise, we demonstrate that the denoising ability and the predictive power of the proposed method are mainly due to the self-consistency, insensitive to methods used for the state space reconstruction.…”
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4D printing of butterfly scale-inspired structures for wide-angle directional liquid transport by Liu, Xiaojiang, Li, Boyuan, Gu, Zhongze, Zhou, Kun

“…However, current research mainly focuses on linear liquid transport (transport angle α = 0°), which exhibits hindered lateral liquid spreading and low unidirectional transport efficiency. …”
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The role of rhetoric in crowdfunding success: effects of logos, ethos, pathos and kairos appeals by Yew, David

“…The essays build on rhetorical appeals theory and complement the signaling lens that has been mainly adopted in the crowdfunding field. Implications of these findings for research and practice are discussed.…”
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