Plotting against our nation: COVID-19, nationalisms, and conspiracy theories in five European countries by Malešević, Siniša, Uzelac, Gordana, Carol, Sarah, David, Lea

“…We focus on the two main issues: 1) the intensity and character of belief in the COVID-19 conspiracy theories across five European societies: Germany, England, Ireland, Serbia, and Sweden; and 2) how is the commitment to specific nationalist ideologies linked with the belief in conspiracy theories. The data indicates that those who described themselves as highly religious and politically right-wing are more prone to believe in the strong versions of conspiracy theories. …”
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Heroes, villains and naked nations: micro-solidarity and grounded nationalism in times of crisis by David, Lea, Carol, Sarah, Malešević, Siniša, Uzelac, Gordana

“…We utilize the notion of “naked nations” to show that, in times of crisis, people’s selfhood is profoundly grounded in micro-solidarity encounters that are tightly linked to nation-states.…”
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Body composition, lung function, blood pressure, and muscular strength: a comparative study by Sadeghimakki, Roham

“…Background: The loss of balance between components of body composition is significantly linked to a wide range of adverse clinical outcomes. …”
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Copper complexes of dinucleating octa-azamacrocyclic ligands by Dancey, Keith Philip

“…Three types of dinacleating tetraimine macrocycles have been prepared from 4,7-diaza-2,3;8,9-dibenzodecane-l,10-dione by condensation with the appropriate polyamine; I, large-ring octa-aza macrocycles e.g. the 28—membered ring compound 5,6,7,8,15,16,23,24,25,26,33,34— dodecahydrotetrabenzo(e,m,s,a’) (1,4,11,15,18,22,25) octaaza- cyclooctacosine and related 30- and 36- membered ring compounds; II, the "fused" bis(tetra-azamacrocycle) 5,6,7,8,22,23,24,25-octahydrotetrabenzo (f,f’1,1’) benzo (1,2-b:4,5-b’)- bis(1,4,8,)tetraazacyclotetradecine; III, the "Linked" bis(tetra-azamacrocycle) 5,6,7,8,24,25,26,27-octahydrotetrabenzo (f,f’,1,1)diphenyl(3,4-b:3’,4’-b’)bis(l,4,8,11)tetraazacyclotetradecine. …”
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Qucs: improvements and new directions in GPL compact device modelling and circuit simulation tools by Brinson, Mike, Crozier, Richard, Kuznetsov, Vadim, Novak, Clemens, Roucaries, Bastien, Schreuder, Frans, Torri, Guilherme B.

“…Significant new features will include additional compact device modelling capabilities through the inclusion of the Berkeley Model and Algorithm Prototyping Platform (MAPP) linked to Octave and the Qucs/ADMS Verilog-A “turn-key” modelling system, a choice of circuit simulation engine from Qucs built-in software, ngspice and Xyce GPL simulators, plus an increased number of circuit design aids.…”
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FOSS Compact Model Prototyping with Verilog-A Equation-Defined Devices (VAEDD) by Brinson, Mike

“…It has the same structure as the standard EDD but is built around compiled Verilog-A module code, which in turn is translated to C++ code and dynamically linked to the main body of the simulator code. Essentially a VAEDD is a tiny Verilog-A module with a standardised internal code structure. …”
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Factors that contribute to hIAPP amyloidosis in type 2 diabetes mellitus by Sevcuka, Adriana, White, Kenneth, Terry, Cassandra

“…HIAPP can misfold and form amyloid fibrils which are preceded by pre-fibrillar oligomers and monomers, all of which have been linked, to a certain extent, to β-cell cytotoxicity through a range of proposed mechanisms. …”
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Insight with stumpers: normative solution data for 25 stumpers and a fresh perspective on the accuracy effect by Ross, Wendy, Vallée-Tourangeau, Frédéric

“…Alongside normative data for 25 stumpers, we also demonstrate that insight is linked to certainty in the answer rather than whether the answer is correct or not and that certainty (subjective correctness) is a stronger predictor of the feeling of insight than objective correctness. …”
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Possibility thinking scale: an initial psychometric exploration by Glăveanu, Vlad, Karwowski, Maciej, Ross, Wendy, Beghetto, Ronald A.

“…Across the four studies, we examined the factor structure of the PTS by comparing one- and three-factor models and tested the links between PT and relevant correlates: divergent thinking, creative agency factors, and facets of Openness and Extraversion. …”
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'There is a wide path and there is a narrow path' - transnational negotiations of ethnic and religious identity among Polish Roma Jehovah's Witnesses by Garapich, Michał P., Mirga-Wójtowicz, Elżbieta

“…At the same time, the movement's popularity is strongly linked to their migratory experience and their relations with non-Roma Polish-speaking members of congregations, pointing to the role of complex hierarchies of whiteness and belonging in Britain.…”

'She loved this place': memorial benches as death writing, life writing and life siting by Karpf, Anne

“…Finally, I consider memorial benches as relational narratives — cryptic but often emotionally-charged biographies linking self and other — and analyse some examples.…”
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Open source circuit simulation tools for RF compact semiconductor device modelling by Grabinski, Wladek, Brinson, Mike, Nenzi, Paolo, Lannutti, Francesco, Makris, Nikolaos, Antonopoulos, Anglos, Bucher, Matthias

“…This invited paper summarizes recent MOS-AK open source compact model standardization activities and presents advanced topics in MOSEFT modelling, focusing in particular on analogue/RF applications. The paper discusses links between compact models and design methodologies, finally introducing elements of compact model standardization. …”
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Methods or methodology: terms that are too often confused by Harvey, Orlanda, Regmi, Pramod Raj, Mahato, Preeti, Dhakal Adhikari, Shovita, Dhital, Rolina, Van Teijlingen, Edwin

“…Methodology is a broader concept as it refers to the overall approach to the research, includes a justification for this approach, and links to research philosophy, i.e., how we produce knowledge. …”
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Factors influencing the purchase intention of organic personal care products by Mohammad, Noorita

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Economic abuse as an invisible form of domestic violence: a multicountry review by Postmus, Judy L., Hoge, Gretchen L., Breckenridge, Jan, Sharp-Jeffs, Nicola, Chung, Donna

“…One frequently hidden or “invisible” form of abuse perpetrated within intimate partner relationships is economic abuse, also referred to as financial abuse in much of the literature. While the links between gendered economic insecurity and economic abuse are emerging, there remains a lack of consistency about definitions within the United States and globally, as there is no agreed upon index with which to measure economic abuse. …”

Investigating the drivers of student satisfaction : the application of regression analysis by Greenland, Steve

“…Regression can be used to determine the significant drivers of customer satisfaction by linking ratings of various aspects of service (the independent variables) to an overall measure of satisfaction (the dependent variable). …”
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A taxonomic re-appraisal of the Passeriformes (Aves) based on the morphology of the plantar surface of the foot by Mann, Clive F.

“…Some characters were found to be linked to the scansorial habit, others of reasonable use taxonomically, and yet others, not obviously adaptive, showed so much homoplasy as to be almost worthless taxonomically. …”
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The development of motility in spermatozoa by O'Toole, Christine M. B.

“…Motility and respiration of these spermatozoa are closely linked, probably because the ATP produced by respiration is used primarily by the dynein ATPase. …”
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Verilog-A Compact Semiconductor Device Modelling and Circuit Macromodelling with the QucsStudio-ADMS "Turn-Key" Modelling System by Brinson, Mike, Margraf, Michael

“…At the start of a QucsStudio simulation the software automatically detects any changes in Verilog-A model code, re-compiling and dynamically linking the modified code to the body of the QucsStudio code. …”
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Promoting good public governance and environmental support for sustainable economic development by Noja, Gratiela Georgiana, Cristea, Mirela, Sirghi, Nicoleta, Hategan, Camelia-Daniela, D’Anselmi, Paolo

“…Good governance promotes the fundamental grounds of participation and democracy in contemporary public administration, whilst institution building and the (in)effectiveness of public administration is linked to economic growth. This synergy brings forth sheer implications on the sustainable economic development. …”
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