The impact of founder personalities on startup success by McCarthy, PX, Gong, X, Braesemann, F, Stephany, F, Rizoiu, M, Kern, ML

“…The effects of founders’ personalities on the success of new ventures are, however, mainly unknown. Here, we show that founder personality traits are a significant feature of a firm’s ultimate success. …”

Evaluation of population immunity against SARS-CoV-2 variants, EG.5.1, FY.4, BA.2.86, JN.1, JN.1.4, and KP.3.1.1 using samples from two health demographic surveillance systems in K... by Lugano, D, Kutima, B, Kimani, M, Sigilai, A, Gitonga, J, Karani, A, Akech, D, Karia, B, Ziraba, AK, Maina, A, Lambisia, A, Omuoyo, D, Mugo, D, Lucinde, R, Owuor, S, Konyino, G, Newman, J, Bailey, D, Nduati, E, Githinji, G, Agoti, CN, Bejon, P, Scott, JAG, Agweyu, A, Warimwe, GM

“…The majority of these mutations mainly target the spike protein, allowing the new variants to escape the immunity previously raised by vaccination and/or infection by earlier variants of SARS-CoV-2. …”

Will a crude oil price band stabilise the market by Fattouh, B

“…The sharp rise in oil prices in 2008 has raised concerns about the role of non-fundamental factors (mainly speculative activity in the futures markets) in the determination of the oil price. …”

Systematic assessment of COVID-19 host genetics using whole genome sequencing data by Schmidt, A, Casadei, N, Brand, F, Demidov, G, Vojgani, E, Abolhassani, A, Aldisi, R, Butler-Laporte, G, DeCOI host genetics group, Alawathurage, TM, Augustin, M, Bals, R, Bellinghausen, C, Berger, MM, Bitzer, M, Bode, C, Boos, J, Brenner, T, Cornely, OA, Eggermann, T, Erber, J, Feldt, T, Fuchsberger, C, Gagneur, J

“…Here, we present the results of whole genome sequencing in 1,220 mainly vaccine-naïve individuals with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, including 827 hospitalized COVID-19 cases. …”

HCR-Net: a deep learning based script independent handwritten character recognition network by Chauhan, VK, Singh, S, Sharma, A

“…Handwritten character recognition (HCR) remains a challenging pattern recognition problem despite decades of research, and lacks research on script independent recognition techniques. This is mainly because of similar character structures, different handwriting styles, diverse scripts, handcrafted feature extraction techniques, unavailability of data and code, and the development of script-specific deep learning techniques. …”

Tree-ring δ 18 O and δ 2 H stable isotopes reflect the global meteoric water line by Arosio, T, Büntgen, U, Nicolussi, K, Moseley, GE, Saurer, M, Pichler, T, Smith, MP, Gutierrez, E, Andreu-Hayles, L, Hajdas, I, Bebchuk, T, Leuenberger, M

“…In contrast, local tree-ring δ 18O and δ 2H values are mainly controlled by plant physiological fractionation processes that mask the isotopic signature of precipitation. …”

Communication in the workplace: request mitigations in Instant Messaging (IM) among native Malay speakers by Petani Mohd Noor, Marlyna Maros, Kesumawati Abu Bakar, Normalis Amzah

“…Unfortunately, studies on requests among native Malay speakers have mainly focused on request cores, neglecting the investigation of request supportive moves. …”
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The cross-cultural adaptation of Chinese international students in Malaysia: a systematic review by Zhao, Wenwen, Osman, Mohd Nizam, Omar, Siti Zobidah, Yaakup, Hani Salwah

“…In addition, the research topic was relatively unitary; the 14 studies mainly discussed the factors affecting the cross-cultural adaptation of Chinese students in Malaysia and suggested suggestions to improve their adaptation. …”

Chemical composition and antimicrobial activities of the essential oils ofCinnamomum aureofulvum Gamb. by Mohd Ali, Nor Azah, Mohtar, Mastura, Shaari, Khozirah, Rahmanii, Mawardi, Ali, A. Manaf, Jantan, Ibrahim

“…The bark oil was found to be more effective than the leaf oil and their activity was mainly due to their respective major components.…”

Embracing the New Norms: The Role of Ar Rahnu Yapeim During COVID-19 (S/O 14958) by Md Nor, Mohd Zakhiri, Mohamad, Ani Munirah, Hussain, Mohammad Azam, Mohd Nasir, Nor Ashikin

“…As such, this teaching case aims to evaluate current Ar Rahn products, mainly Ar Rahnu Care offered by YaPEIM during Covid-19, to compare Ar Rahnu Care YaPEIM and PEMERKASA Bank Simpanan National Berhad during Covid-19, Ar Rahnu Care YaPEIM with Ar Rahnu Bank Islam and Ar Rahnu Bank Muamalat on tawarruq model within Ar Rahnu Industry. …”
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Research on basic mechanical properties of different modulus alkaline excited ECC by Che, Jialing, Yang, Renze, Wang, Jun, Liu, Haifeng, Hu, Yun xiang, Doh, Shu Ing

“…Combined with EDS and XRD hydration analysis, the hydration products were mainly C–S–H, C-A-H and Ettringite.…”
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Particle focusing in a wavy channel by Mao, Xinyu, Bischofberger, Irmgard, Hosoi, A.E.

“…Experiments in wavy channels with varying amplitudes at channel Reynolds numbers ranging from 5 to 250 are consistent with the predictions of the focusing locations, which are mainly governed by the channel Reynolds number as well as the competition between the inertial lift and the oscillatory straining effects.…”
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Iron- and calcium-based biogrouts for porous soils by Chu, Jian, Ivanov, Volodymyr, Stabnikov, Viktor

“…Therefore, suitable geotechnical applications of the calcium-based and iron-based biogrouts at a precipitated metal content of 1·5% w/w or less would be mainly the bioclogging of porous soils for the sealing of aquaculture or wastewater treatment ponds and landfill sites, and for plugging of the piping in dams and retaining walls in sandy soil.…”
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Stability improvement for three-phase grid-connected converters through impedance reshaping in quadrature-axis by Fang, Jingyang, Li, Xiaoqiang, Li, Hongchang, Tang, Yi

“…In these applications, power converters should always synchronize with the mains grid so that active and/or reactive power can properly be regulated while maintaining desired waveforms of grid currents. …”
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High throughput discovery of effective metal doping in FeVO4 for photoelectrochemical water splitting by Nguyen, Thi Hiep, Zhang, Mengyuan, Septina, Wilman, Ahmed, Mahmoud Gamal, Tay, Ying Fan, Abdi, Fatwa F., Wong, Lydia Helena

“…The replacement of Cr3+ to Fe3+ in FeVO4 crystal lattice helps to mainly improve the catalytic activity for charge transfer, which results in the enhancement of photoresponse of the FeVO4 photoanode.…”
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Effects of infilled wall opening on load resisting capacity of RC frames to mitigate progressive collapse risk by Qian, Kai, Lan, Dong-Qiu, Fu, Feng, Li, Bing

“…This could be explained as the first peak load of infilled frames was attributed into equivalent struts of infill walls while the first peak load of bare frame mainly attributed in the flexural action of the beams. …”
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Site characterization of reclaimed lands based on seismic cone penetration test by Wang, Hao, Wu, Shifan, Qi, Xiaohui, Chu, Jian

“…The derived correlations for the fill materials are found to be significantly different from those proposed for intact soils in literature, mainly due to the difference in geological history and material composition. …”
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Evaluating biological inspiration for biologically inspired design: an integrated DEMATEL-MAIRCA based on fuzzy rough numbers by Zhu, Guoniu, Ma, Jin, Hu, Jie

“…Due to the lack of knowledge at the early stage of product design, the risk assessments mainly depend on experts' subjective judgments, which values are vague, imprecise, and even inconsistent. …”
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Continuous thermally regenerative electrochemical systems for directly converting low-grade heat to electricity by Li, Xiaoya, Li, Jia, Yun, Jeonghun, Wu, Angyin, Gao, Caitian, Lee, Seok Woo

“…In this system, two identical electrochemical cells operating at different temperatures are combined in a unit; thus, electricity can be generated continuously by periodically alternating between two temperatures. This concept is mainly demonstrated with a copper hexacyanoferrate cathode and a Cu/Cu2+ anode, with this system achieving an energy conversion efficiency of 1.76% (14.19% of Carnot efficiency) when operated between 10 and 50 °C without heat recuperation effects. …”
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Nanopore sequencing analysis of integron gene cassettes in sewages and soils by An, Xin-Li, Abass, Olusegun K., Zhao, Cai-Xia, Xu, Mei-Rong, Pan, Ting, Pu, Qiang, Liao, Hu, Li, Hu, Zhu, Yong-Guan, Su, Jian-Qiang

“…The resistance gene cassettes mainly carried the ARGs conferring resistance to aminoglycoside and beta-lactams in soils and sewages, some of which were persistent during the sewage treatment. …”
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