China's "nine-dash line" claim : US misunderstands by Ye, Qiang, Jiang, Zongqiang

“…It has confused China's "dash-line" claim.…”
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The geometry and matching of lines and curves over multiple views by Schmid, C, Zisserman, A

“…The methods are applicable to line/curve matching in stereo and trinocular rigs, and as a starting point for line/curve matching through monocular image sequences.…”

Planar grouping for automatic detection of vanishing lines and points by Schaffalitzky, F, Zisserman, A

“…Examples of automatically computing groupings, together with their vanishing points and lines, are given for a number of real images.</p>…”

Resolving anticipatory grief and enhancing dignity at the end-of life : a systematic review of palliative interventions by Patinadan, Paul Victor, Tan-Ho, Geraldine, Choo, Ping Ying, Ho, Andy Hau Yan

“…This study is a systematic review of empirical interventions or interventional components that were observed to lessen or adaptively direct the experience of anticipatory grief for patients at the end of life and their family members. A search of 5 major databases found 13,718 articles, of which 10 high-quality randomized controlled trials were included for final review. …”
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Compressive strength and fire resistance of mortar containing crushed cockle shell as fine aggregate replacement by Hanis Nadiah, Ruslan, Khairunisa, Muthusamy, Mohd Faizal, Md Jaafar, Nabilla, Mohamad, Nur Farah Aziera, Jamaludin

“…Thus, the current study investigates the influence of substitution of crushed cockle shell as a partial fine aggregate on the compressive strength and fire resistance of mortar. …”
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The enduring importance of the “fine cuts” approach to psychology: EPS Mid-Career Award Lecture 2024 by Bird, G

“…In this article, I take a selective review of work undertaken by my colleagues and me in an attempt to show the enduring importance of the “fine cuts” approach to psychology. This approach highlights the importance of causal, specific, and falsifiable psychological models, and the rigorous experimental designs needed to test them. …”

Long-term fine particulate matter exposure on lung cancer incidence and mortality in Chinese nonsmokers by Chen, Z, Meng, X, Han, Y, Mou, Y, Ji, C, Zhu, X, Yu, C, Sun, D, Yang, L, Sun, Q, Chen, Y, Du, H, Dai, J, Hu, Z, Lv, J, Jin, G, Ma, H, Kan, H, Li, L, Shen, H

“…<p><strong>Rationale:</strong> The association between fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) and lung cancer incidence in non-smokers (LCINS) remains inconsistent. …”

Spherical mask: coarse-to-fine 3D point cloud instance segmentation with spherical representation by Shin, S, Zhou, K, Vankadari, M, Markham, A, Trigoni, N

“…Coarse-to-fine 3D instance segmentation methods show weak performances compared to recent Grouping-based, Kernel-based and Transformer-based methods. …”

Burnout in humanitarian work: A qualitative study on the life experiences of workers in Malaysia by Cheong, Sue Jen, Ng, Chong Guan, Shoesmith, Wendy Diana, Yau Koh, Eugene Boon, Ping Pang, Nicholas Tze, Wider, Walton, Udang, Lester Naces

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The pivotal role of sleep in mediating the effects of life stressors and healthy habits on allostatic load in mid-life adults by Buller-Peralta, I, Gregory, S, Low, A, Dounavi, M, Bridgeman, K, Ntailianis, G, Lawlor, B, Naci, L, Koychev, I, Malhotra, P, O'Brien, JT, Ritchie, CW, Dauvilliers, Y, Muniz-Terrera, G

“…Objectives: We assessed the modulation of allostatic load (AL) by engagement in healthy habits and life stressors, mediated through resilience and the perceived influence of the stressors. …”

Developing a system that uses ultrawide-band inertial measurement units to quantify selected 10-Pin skills in real-time by Wee, Joel Jiewei

“…Ten-pin bowling is a unique abstract sport that requires bowlers to deliver a 11-to-16-pound ball in a five-step approach for the ball to travel down the oiled lane to knock down 10 pins. …”
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Volumetric enhancement of Raman scattering for fast detection based on a silver-lined hollow-core fiber by Chu, Qian, Jin, Zhiqiang, Yu, Xingtao, Li, Caoxin, Zhang, Weihua, Ji, Wenbing, Lin, Bo, Shum, Perry Ping, Zhang, Xuping, Wang, Guanghui

“…In order to solve those problems, we proposed a portable Raman cell, by using metal-lined hollow-core fibers (MLHCF) with large bandwidth, good field confinement, extremely large numerical aperture and arbitrary length. …”
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Exercises in Ephemerality : positive death acceptance in life by Hsu, Li

“…Exercises in Ephemerality is a series of objects created to promote strategies for positive death acceptance, showing that confronting one’s own death, whilst intimidating, can be a rewarding experience that can help to enrich life.…”
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TRANSIT : an astrological understanding of the quarter-life crisis by Saw, Li Ying

“…Although the role and reputation of astrology has gone through countless revisions across multiple cultures and eras, the ancient discipline of astrology still remains relevant, controversial, and surprisingly commonplace in this generation ruled by scientific knowledge and rational thought.TRANSIT aims to deconstruct the experience of a quarter-life crisis — a transitory period characterised by uncertainty and doubt “during which individuals relentlessly question their future and how it will follow the events of the past” (Robbins & Wilner, 2008) — through the symbolic language of astrology.…”
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Automation acceptance for sustainable digital daily life by Vrain, E, Wilson, C

“…Digitalisation facilitated by algorithms and automation holds significant potential for reducing energy consumption, enhancing efficiencies and fostering sustainable energy systems. While various daily life activities have seamlessly integrated automation, such as bill payments and streaming recommended entertainment, those with substantial energy impacts, like home energy management, face challenges in gaining end-user acceptance. …”

Queue time approximation for a production line with large variability by Chua, Kurtz Yuan Feng

“…Queuing networks are surprisingly common in a wide range of real-life scenarios. They can be found in service systems like commercial, transportation, internal and even social service systems. …”
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Journey into genetics: taking the twists and turns of life by Rosli, Rozita

“…Although genetics has a pervasive influence in every sphere of life, the focus of my research is on human and medical genetics. …”
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THE BEAUTY OF FALLING : A Life in Pursuit of Gravity / by Rham, Claudia de 656071

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SEEING FLOWERS : Discover the Hidden Life of Flowers/ by Chace, Teri Dunn, author 656225, Llewellyn, Robert, photographer 640947

Critical evaluation and correlation of tool-life data by Colding, Bertil N.

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