Opportunities and Limitations of Earth Observation Technology for Environmental Justice Advocacy: A Case Study of Toxic Prisons in the U.S. by Ovienmhada, Ufuoma

“…Satellite EO systems also historically have not been designed with EJ end users in mind. This application is increasingly more pressing as space agencies like NASA are seeking information on how their data can be used to support underserved communities. …”
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Application of in vitro erythropoiesis from bone marrow derived progenitors to detect and study genotoxicity by Shuga, Joseph F. (Joseph Francis)

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Relevance judgment during health information seeking on a discussion forum by Pian, Wenjing

“…The objective of this study was to identify the detailed relevance criteria people use when browsing a health discussion forum, for three categories of information needs: when seeking for their own health issue, seeking for other people’s health issue, and browsing with no particular health issue in mind. An eye tracker system was used to capture users’ eye movement behavior, and the text they skim over and focus on during browsing. …”
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Component-based security under partial compromise by Dehnel-Wild, M

“…Large, real-world systems and protocols made up of multiple computers or components are rarely designed with verification or analysis in mind. By the same token, these same systems have very often proved tricky to analyse formally.…”

School Management System (SPS): factors affecting school effectiveness by Wan Mahmud, Wan Marfazila, Ab.Jalil, Habibah

“…The purpose of this research is to predict the influence of the School Management System’s (SPS) usability, acceptance, and changes toward school effectiveness, predict the gender of teachers responsible for moderating the influence of usability, acceptance, and change toward school effectiveness, and build a prediction model suitable for the usability, acceptance, and changes in the management of the SPS, with school effectiveness in mind. This research was done for four districts which had been chosen at random, according to the states and zones in Peninsular Malaysia including Central Zone (Petaling Perdana district, Selangor), North Zone (North East district, Penang), East Zone (Kota Bahru district, Kelantan) and South district (Johor Bahru district, Johor). …”
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Development, validation and the effects of culturally specific guided imagery and progressive muscle relaxation audio for patients with functional abdominal bloating by Shen, Vincent Tee Wei

“…The Rome Working Team had recommended the use of brain-gut behaviour therapies in treating Disorders of Gut-brain Interaction (DGBI). Mind-body techniques, including Guided Imagery (GI) and Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) has been long used as therapeutic modalities for various disorders. …”
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POWER TO CHOOSE / by Sargent, Haydn, author 656354

Fiona Patrick - Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the degree of Doctor of Clinical Psychology (DClinPsych) by Patrick, F

“…Current NICE guidelines recommend cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), pharmacology and more recently acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) as interventions for chronic pain conditions broadly. Mindfulness-based approaches (MBA) have also been posited as useful, though have not yet been recommended. …”

Exploring COVID-19 circuit breaker (CB) restrictions at a migrant worker dormitory in Singapore: a case study and nested mixed-method analysis of stress management and mental healt... by Wong, Melvyn Chung Pheng, Tan, Chuen Seng, Chan, Alyssa Yenyi, Khaled, Nazrana, Hasan, Md Tahmid, Panchapakesan, Chitra, Tripathi, Shilpi, Afsana, Afsana, Lwin, May Oo, Chen, Mark I-Cheng, Hildon, Zoe Jane-Lara

“…Interview narratives concurrently revealed themes around job insecurity and the effects of the lockdown 'not being good for mind and body', the imposition of new rules and regulations compounded by the most emphasised concern - worry about family back home. …”
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Populism in foreign policy by Chryssogelos, Angelos

“…The same goes for trade: populists (particularly in the United States) are seen usually as ideological protectionists, but most often they do not mind striking trade deals if these favor their interests (see, e.g., Donald Trump’s discourse on this issue). …”
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Boronic acid and nitrofuranyl derivatives as potential therapeutics by Dey, AL

“…‘Rule of 5’, there has been extensive research on lead-like compounds other than those in the realm of small molecule drug-likeness. With this borne in mind Chapter 1, Antimicrobial Peptides – a New Chasm, introduces the concept of protein-protein interactions (PPIs), which could pave the way for development of promising therapeutic agents of various properties such as pacidamycin and muraymycin which are all peptide-based antibiotics that are concerned with PPIs. …”

A Learning Community of Reflective Teachers : From Whispers to Resonance / by Raghavan, Neeraja, translator 656168

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Export competitiveness in the context of Singapore by Chew, Kheng Lee, Phua, Chin Tiong, Yau, Puay Hiang

“…Last but not least, we must bear in mind that Singapore is only a small economy. Demand is given and it is important to Singapore. …”
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Essays on blood supply management by Senga, Juan Ramon Liboro

“…We further characterize a rationing and donor-build up policy in the lost-sales setting if few donors are available because of a resource-conserving and capacity building mind-set from blood banks. This is then extended to a more realistic scenario where donors are allowed to drop-off. …”
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Harmonized co-existence with robust interference management in femto-macro cellular architectures by Ponnu Jacob

“…Keeping these challenges in mind, the main focus of this thesis is on developing advanced co-existence techniques that support inter-cell cooperation and decentralized interference management in two-tier femto-macro network. …”
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Tsewang Norbu NGB by Cantwell, C, Mayer, R

“…</p> <p>An advantage of a Web publication is that it provides the opportunity to update the material more regularly than is possible with conventional book publication. With this in mind, we especially welcome colleagues to send us comments which we can take into consideration when making revisions.…”

Mastering Voice Interfaces : Creating Great Voice Apps for Real Users / by Thymé-Gobbel, Ann, author 642940, Jankowski, Charles, author 642941

Stability improvement and control optimization of isolated two-stage AC-DC-DC converter systems by Feng, Fan

“…The analysis results offer instructive implications to fine-tune the design rules of the DAB converters. Bearing the mind that the impedance model of the DAB converter is closely related to the modulation schemes, the impacts of three typical modulation methods on the DAB impedances are analyzed and compared. …”
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