Exploration of female academic staff experiences in a conservative and gendered society : a case study of selected universities in Pakistan by Fakhr, Zainab

“…It also investigated female academic career progression and work-life conflict which impacts their lives. The research also explored how multiple identities are adopted by these academics in their attempt to adjust to institutional life. …”
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Beauty and the beast: confronting contrasting perceptions of nature through design by Moxon, Sian

“…When we encounter less of the wild world in our daily lives, we can forget its joys and fixate on its threats, from pests to untidiness. …”
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Women's experiences of pregnancy related pelvic girdle pain: A systematic review by Mackenzie, Jo, Murray, Esther, Lusher, Joanne

“…Pain from pelvic girdle pain impacted on women's daily lives both at home and the workplace. This had a negative emotional and psychological impact on women as it took away their feeling of independence. …”
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Beauty and the beast: confronting contrasting perceptions of nature through design by Moxon, Sian

“…When we encounter less of the wild world in our daily lives, we can forget its joys and fixate on its threats, from pests to untidiness. …”
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Knowing what I know now : black women talk about violence inside and outside the home by Kanyeredzi, Ava

“…There is a notable gap in empirical studies on Black women’s lived experiences in the UK in general and of violence in particular. …”
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Women's experiences of gender and sexuality within football contexts in England and Wales by Caudwell, Jayne Clare

“…The findings demonstrate that informal play and the spaces within playgrounds and housing estates are central to the women's initial involvement. 75% of the questionnaire participants commit between 4-6 hours a week to playing and for the women interviewed playing exists as a normalised and routinised aspect of their lives. That said, the findings expose the gender relations in football. …”
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Algerian immigrants in London (United Kingdom) and Valencia (Spain): towards a new migration and labour model? by Djilali Beloufa, Kouider

“…The in-depth interviews in use favoured a downright consideration of the system "émigré-immigre" (Sayad, 1997), as well as the active role of migrants in shaping their lives before, during and after migration. There was a wide diversity of motives for migration and various patterns of insertion and mobility within the labour market, as well as outcomes for migrant workers. …”
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Are mindfulness groups more mindful face to face or online? A comparison of delivering a mindfulness based well-being group for parents of children with a chronic health condition by Portnoy, Sara, Korchak, Gina, Foxall, Anna, Hurlston, Rosie

“…Introduction and aims: Mindfulness has been shown to be an effective group intervention for adults and children living with a range of medical conditions. Recently, research has also explored the impact of mindfulness interventions offered to parents of children with health conditions. …”

What influences parents’ decisions to use sustainable mode (public bus) with their children? A case study in Batu Pahat, Johor by Mohd Yahya, N A S, Ahmad Termida, N, Daniel, B D, Othman, M H

“…The survey method via questionnaire has been distributed through face-to-face (self-administered questionnaire) and online method (via Google Form) among 100 adults (aged 18 and above, and married) who lives in Batu Pahat, Johor. Then, the data were analyzed by applying Mean Score Method and multiple linear regression analysis using Microsoft Excel. …”
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Flood indicator system (FIS) by Jamil, Muhammad Faiz Irsyad, Ikhsan, Muhammad Faiz, Mohd Irwan, Wan Muhammad Izzat Fitri, Idris, Nur’Ain

“…In this project, the functions of the flood indicator system program to help the evacuation of community when facing the flood that can avoid major losses and loss of lives. The outcome of this study, FIS is programed to help detect the increase of water and possibility of flood using the water sensor and send an alert message as early precaution to help evacuation. …”
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The Maltese gift : tourist encounters with the self and the other in later life by Avellino, Marie

“…The second examines the relationship through the ‘exchange lens' which is manifested along social and cultural lines within the Maltese tourism landscape context. …”
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Millimeter-wave high-gain SIW end-fire bow-tie antenna by Dadgarpour, Abdolmehdi, Zarghooni, Behnam, Virdee, Bal Singh, Denidni, Tayeb A.

“…The proposed antenna consists of a pair of bow-tie radiators, where each radiator is etched on the opposite side of the common dielectric substrate and fed through substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) feed-line. The bow-tie radiators are arranged to cross each other symmetrically by tilting the feed-lines by 30◦ to enhance the antenna gain and to obtain the required radiation pattern. …”
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Peptidylarginine deiminases post-translationally deiminate prohibitin and modulate extracellular vesicle release and microRNAs in glioblastoma multiforme by Kosgodage, Uchini S., Uysal-Onganer, Pinar, MacLatchy, Amy, Kraev, Igor, Chatterton, Nicholas P., Nicholas, Anthony P., Inal, Jameel, Lange, Sigrun

“…Pan-PAD inhibitor Cl-amidine affected EV release from GBM cells, and EV related microRNA cargo, with reduced pro-oncogenic microRNA21 and increased anti-oncogenic microRNA126, also in combinatory treatment with the chemotherapeutic agent temozolomide (TMZ). The GBM cell lines under study, LN18 and LN229, differed in PAD2, PAD3 and PAD4 isozyme expression. …”
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Super-Wide Impedance Bandwidth Planar Antenna Based on Metamaterial Concept for Microwave and Millimetre-Wave Applications by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, See, Chan, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The antenna comprises a symmetrical arrangement of four-square patches that are interconnected to each other with cross-shaped high impedance microstrip lines. The antenna array is exciting through a single feedline connected to one of the patches. …”
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Super-wide impedance bandwidth planar antenna for microwave and millimeter-wave applications by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, See, Chan, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The antenna comprises a symmetrical arrangement of four-square patches that are interconnected to each other with cross-shaped high impedance microstrip lines. The antenna array is excited through a single feedline connected to one of the patches. …”
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Quasi-elliptic dual-band planar BPF with high-selectivity and high inter-band isolation for 5G communications systems by Riaz, Muhammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Shukla, Pancham, Ouazzane, Karim, Onadim, Muhittin, Salekzamankhani, Shahram

“…The resonators are coupled electromagnetically to the stepped impedance resonators, which are inter-digitally coupled to the input/output feed lines. Altering the dimensions of the two stubs allow modification of the resonant mode and transmission zero frequencies. …”
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Interaction suppression technique for high-density antenna arrays for mm-wave 5G MIMO systems by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Althuwayb, Ayman Abdulhadi, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…High isolation between adjacent radiation elements was achieved by embedding a crisscrossed decoupling structure comprising slotted microstrip-lines and locating in the ground-plane under each slot a dielectric ring. …”
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The role of prostate cancer microvesicles in epithelial mesenchymal transition by Alokozai, Sarah

“…Most carcinomas are derived from epithelial cell lines, which normally adhere together tightly to form the structural foundations of many organs. …”
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Bringing gender into the subtitling classroom by De Marco, Marcella

“…Therefore, diverse approaches have been developing in order to face the new technological challenges and meet the needs of increasingly heterogeneous audiences. One of the recent lines of research which has highlighted the interdisciplinary nature of AVT, is the one which explores gender within and through screen translation (De Marco, 2006). …”

Salp swarm and gray wolf optimizer for improving the efficiency of power supply network in radial distribution systems by Ihsan Salman, Ihsan Salman, Khalid Mohammed Saffer, Khalid Mohammed Saffer, Hayder H. Safi, Salama A. Mostafa, Hayder H. Safi, Salama A. Mostafa, Salama A. Mostafa, Salama A. Mostafa, Bashar Ahmad Khalaf, Bashar Ahmad Khalaf

“…The SSA–GWO algorithm ensures generating the best size and site of one and multi-DGs on the radial distribution network to decrease real power losses (RPL) (kW) on lines and resolve voltage deviancies. Our novel algorithm is executed on IEEE 123-bus radial distribution test systems. …”
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