Red-to-black electrochromism of 4,9-dihydro-s-indaceno[1,2-b:5,6-b’]dithiophene-embedded conjugated polymers by Cho, Ching Mui, Ye, Qun, Neo, Wei Teng, Lin, Tingting, Song, Jing, Lu, Xuehong, Xu, Jianwei

“…Electrochromic devices showed a rare and reversible colour change between dark red at neutral state and black at oxidized state with optical switching contrast ratios of up to 50 % at λmax and 90 % at 1500 nm in the visible and NIR regions, respectively.…”
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The early years of Philippine studies, 1953 to 1966 by Luyt, Brendan

“…But this has not often been forthcoming, especially for regions of the world outside the Anglo-American core. …”
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Performance of horizontal drains in residual soil slopes by Rahardjo, Harianto, Santoso, Vera Amalia, Leong, Eng Choon, Ng, Yew Song, Hua, Chai Juay

“…In tropical and subtropical regions, shallow landslides often occur in residual soil slopes. …”
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Genomic perspective on the bacillus causing paratyphoid B fever by Hawkey, J, Frézal, L, Tran Dien, A, Zhukova, A, Brown, D, Chattaway, MA, Simon, S, Izumiya, H, Fields, PI, De Lappe, N, Kaftyreva, L, Xu, X, Isobe, J, Clermont, D, Njamkepo, E, Akeda, Y, Issenhuth-Jeanjean, S, Makarova, M, Wang, Y, Hunt, M, Jenkins, BM, Ravel, M, Guibert, V, Serre, E

“…Antimicrobial resistance recently emerged in various genotypes of SPB PG1, mostly through mutations of the quinolone-resistance-determining regions of gyrA and gyrB. This study provides an unprecedented insight into SPB PG1 and essential genomic tools for identifying and tracking this pathogen, thereby facilitating the global genomic surveillance of PTB.…”

Ancient bacterial genomes reveal a high diversity of Treponema pallidum strains in early modern Europe by Majander, K, Pfrengle, S, Kocher, A, Neukamm, J, du Plessis, L, Pla-Díaz, M, Arora, N, Akgül, G, Salo, K, Schats, R, Inskip, S, Oinonen, M, Valk, H, Malve, M, Kriiska, A, Onkamo, P, González-Candelas, F, Kühnert, D, Krause, J, Schuenemann, VJ

“…Together with non-venereal treponemal diseases, like bejel and yaws, which are found today in subtropical and tropical regions, it currently poses a substantial health threat worldwide. …”

Compute North vs. Compute South: the uneven possibilities of compute-based AI governance around the globe by Lehdonvirta, V, Wú, B, Hawkins, Z

“…Using a census of hyperscale cloud providers’ cloud regions, we observe that the world is divided into “Compute North” countries that host AI compute relevant for AI development (ie. training), “Compute South” countries whose AI compute is more relevant for AI deployment (ie. running inferencing), and “Compute Desert” countries that host no public cloud AI compute at all. …”

Strontium isoscape of sub-Saharan Africa allows tracing origins of victims of the transatlantic slave trade by Wang, X, Bocksberger, G, Arandjelovic, M, Agbor, A, Angedakin, S, Aubert, F, Ayimisin, EA, Bailey, E, Barubiyo, D, Bessone, M, Bobe, R, Bonnet, M, Boucher, R, Brazzola, G, Brewer, S, Lee, KC, Carvalho, S, Chancellor, R, Cipoletta, C, Cohen, H, Copeland, SR, Corogenes, K, Costa, AM, Coupland, C, Neil, E

“…Our study provides an extensive African 87Sr/86Sr dataset which includes scientifically marginalized regions of Africa, with significant implications for the archaeology of the transatlantic slave trade, wildlife ecology, conservation, and forensics.…”

Lions select larger prey in a Central African protected area with increasingly effective management by Fraticelli, C, Zayed, AA, Leirs, H, Bauer, H

“…Our results show that diet shifts due to prey losses can be reversed with restoration of prey populations thanks to improved management, and we speculate that this may be true across large carnivores and across regions. …”

Identification of selective SWI/SNF dependencies in enzalutamide-resistant prostate cancer by Gokbayrak, B, Altintas, UB, Lingadahalli, S, Morova, T, Huang, CF, Ersoy Fazlioglu, B, Pak Lok Yu, I, Kalkan, BM, Cejas, P, Kung, SHY, Fazli, L, Kawamura, A, Long, HW, Acilan, C, Onder, TT, Bagci-Onder, T, Lynch, JT, Lack, NA

“…We show that the chromatin occupancy of SMARCC2 and BRG1 is expanded in enzalutamide resistance at regions that overlap with CRPC-associated transcription factors that are accessible in CRPC clinical samples. …”

Tracing RNA biography: in situ transcriptome profiling by novel spatial omics technologies by Ren, Jingyi (Rena)

“…Additionally, the translation level varied across cell types and regions within intact mouse brain tissue.…”
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Electrical and optoelectronic studies of semiconductor nanostructures by Wong, Jen It.

“…The ARC is optimized so that it has a very low reflectance in the visible and near-infrared regions and a weak dependence on the incident angle. …”
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Improved life cycle assessment for desalination : handling the choices and uncertainties by Zhou, Jin

“…Both generic method and regional specific method have merits and limitations in desalination applications. …”
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Populism in foreign policy by Chryssogelos, Angelos

“…In terms of theoretical and methodological advancements, foreign policy scholars interested in populism are urged to embrace the large variety of conceptual approaches on populism (ideological, critical, discursive) and to build on the growing literature on cross-regional comparison of populist politics, something particularly pertinent in a world characterized by the presence and prominence of populism in almost all world regions.…”
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Urban development with financially sustainable bus transit service : a case study by Chen, Shihui.

“…A transportation model is set up to forecast the future trips in the regions. The probability of commuters taking bus is obtained so that the mode choice of commuters is known.…”
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Market research on a portable snake venom detection kit. by Thong, Hui Min.

“…Therefore, there is an urgent need for a snake venom detection kit specifically catered for South and Southeast Asian regions. The only commercially available diagnostic kit is from Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL) and it uses the Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) technique. …”
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Evaluating loss-aware update mechanisms for distributed virtual environments by Loo, Yan Long.

“…Distributed virtual environment (DVE) enables multiple users from different regions of the world connecting together to interact and communicate with each other in a common virtual environment. …”
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Characterization of hippocampal CA1 place cells. by Lau, Hwee Hui.

“…In 1971, O’Keefe & Dostrovsky discovered the highly selective firings of hippocampal principal cells when rats were in specific regions within an environment and prompted research on hippocampus role in spatial processing. …”
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Dual-channel vendor-buyer system with minimum purchase commitment and price-sensitive demand by Li, Bo

“…For the two channels, the direct channel is shipping from the vendor’s central distribution center (CDC) directly to the buyer’s warehouse, and the indirect channel is shipping from the CDC via vendor’s regional distribution center (RDC) to the buyer’s warehouse. …”
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The Chinese way: alternative policy perspectives and challenges by Nayak, Bhabani Shankar

“…This volume seeks to develop new narratives on China's alternative policy and challenges policy makers on gender, regional, income and wage inequalities among rural migrant workers in China. …”
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Structural study of enteroviruses by Qin, L

“…<p>Enteroviruses comprise a genus of picornaviruses causing global morbidity and regional outbreaks. These viruses are the causative agents of severe, widespread diseases such as hand-foot-and-mouth disease, poliomyelitis and aseptic meningitis. …”