No One Wants To Be A Parasitologist: The Shrinking Field of America's Least Favorite Animals by Richter, Hannah

“…One main question is on parasitologists’ minds: How can they convince people to discover, catalog, and understand the world's parasite biodiversity before parasites, the field’s leaders, and their valuable knowledge die off?…”
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Exploring EFL teachers’ perceptions of the use of peer assessment in external exam-dominated writing classes by Meletiadou, Eleni, Tsagari, Dina

“…Findings indicated that teachers were initially reluctant to use PA with their students but changed their minds during its implementation and reported that PA facilitated learning by making the educational process easier for learners. …”
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涂涂写写 = Alchemy of color and brushwork by Ng, Woon Lam

“…To me, lines and brushworks are meant to define forms, while colors seek to emotionally enrich the image. …”
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Injectable cell transplantation system for cytokine-based cancer immunotherapy by Gerard Nathanael Adrianus.

“…The construct was able to exert toxicity to two malignant cell lines, MCF-7 and HepG2, but no effect was observed in HeLa and H1229 cells. …”
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Evaluation and selection of rice mutants for high yield and quality fodder production by Abisola, Oladosu Yusuff

“…Evaluation over two locations, mutant lines ML21, ML10, ML4, ML6 and ML9 performed better in terms of yield production compared to other mutants. …”
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Poggers in the chat : an analysis of in-group communication on Twitch by Tay, Debbie Si Ting

“…Survey participants were also observed to be sensitive to context differences that affected their choice of emote and were more mindful of whether or not to make references to emotes outside of Twitch.…”
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Poetics of the urban, poetics of the self: a comparative study of selected works by Jorge Luis Borges and Jacques Réda by Puello Alfonso, SL

“…Their objective is to restore, through the prism of their minds and their physical investment in space, the provincial spirit of Buenos Aires and Paris, hidden behind the dynamism of the modern metropolises they have become. …”

Identification of a Gene Signature That Predicts Dependence upon YAP/TAZ-TEAD by Kanai, Ryan, Norton, Emily, Stern, Patrick, Hynes, Richard O., Lamar, John M.

“…We found that the genes in this signature are TEAD-dependent in several melanoma cell lines, and that their expression strongly correlates with YAP/TAZ activation in human melanomas. …”
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AI Comes Out of the Closet: Using AI-Generated Virtual Characters to Help Individuals Practice LGBTQIA+ Advocacy by Pillis, Daniel, Pataranutaporn, Pat, Maes, Pattie, Sra, Misha

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Metamorpheus: Interactive, Affective, and Creative Dream Narration Through Metaphorical Visual Storytelling by Wan, Qian, Feng, Xin, Bei, Yining, Gao, Zhiqi, Lu, Zhicong

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From Opinion Dynamics to Collective Action: How Identity-Based Tolerance Leads to Political Extremism by Liang, Chen E.

“…Current sociological theories attribute the recent surge in political extremism to mechanisms of opinion “homophily” (i.e., like-minded individuals interact more while dissimilar ones might distance) and “assimilation (i.e., interactions homogenize opinions),” which collectively suggest a social world dominated by extreme views. …”
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Forest warrior : a virtual reality application to enhance climate change awareness by Sankar, Ahkshara

“…The stark distinction in the colour scheme and the barren land following the scene of the forest burning is built to create a long-lasting impression in the users' minds. The art of storytelling was entwined to directly interact with the users to highlight the consequences of deforestation and motivate them to take responsibility for the current environmental destruction, further urging them to take control of their actions. …”
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Importance of population support in counterinsurgency : a case of the Taiping rebellion by Ha, Yu Xin

“…The defeat of this rebellion with strong population support by military means appeared to undermine the importance of population support in COIN victory, contradicting the classical population-centric COIN made famous by theorists such as David Galula and the "winning hearts and minds" strategy of British COIN in Malaya. While many classical COIN theorists believe that population support is important for domestic COIN victory in that the population-centric approach appeared more effective than the enemy-centric approach, recent research providing empirical evidence for the enemy-centric approach's effectiveness in successful COIN and the possibility of combining approaches prompted this dissertation to view the importance of population support from a different perspective. …”
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Evaluation of popular science translation : a case study on the Universe in a Nutshell by Huang, Qingling

“…Each primary dimension can be further expanded into finer evaluation components. Mindful of the apprehension and reservation critics have on substandard translations in popular science genre, the analysis in the present case study draws heavily on unsatisfactory or erroneous translations in formulating the assessment tool and hopefully that will help raise awareness about potential pitfalls. …”
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Overaccommodation in a Singapore Eldercare Facility by Cavallaro, Francesco, Seilhamer, Mark Fifer, Chee, Yi Tian Felicia, Ng, Bee Chin

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Hong Kong’s media representations of China amid COVID-19: a corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis by Hu, Xiaolin, Kasimon, Diyana Nawar, Wan Abas, Wan Anita

“…The Hong Kong media's coverage of mainland China will affect China's national image in the minds of Hong Kong people. This study aims to examine what discourses are used by the Hong Kong news media in their coverage of China's fight against the epidemic and what kind of national image of China is presented to the Hong Kong and global audiences. …”
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WHISPERS OF THE WIND / by Grace, Jeyna, author 655424

“…From the hazardous trip behind enemy lines to the festive East Asian-esque Meihua; from the kingdom hovering above the clouds to the military-driven Bevattna; from the heterogeneous society of a tunnelled realm to Aithan’s duel with the heir of Tentazoa, every step in his journey uncovers a gem of his past, present, and future. …”

Chris Ryan Extreme : Night Strike / by Ryan, Chris, author 329350

“…Shadowed every step of the way by a ruthless CIA hitman, Bald soon finds that the lines between friend and enemy are blurred, and he'll have to call on all his warrior instincts to stay alive...…”

Role of angiopoietin-like 4 in tumor growth. by Zhu, Pengcheng.

“…Herein, by using human tumor tissue arrays, tumor cell lines and human skin tumor samples, we found that elevated ANGPTL4 expression is widespread in most known tumor types. …”
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Dealing, music and youth violence: neighbourhood relational change, isolation and youth criminality by Alexander, James

“…The study considers the emergence of drill music, county lines and the lowering of the threshold of when weapons are used to explore the isolated social environments so many young people find themselves in. …”
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