BORDER ANGELS / by Quinn, Anthony (Anthony J.), author 656203

“…A charred corpse and a set of footprints in the snow lead Celcius Daly into the twilight world of people trafficking. …”

Pull production system in a food packaging company by Yong, Kevan Cai Chim

“…High inventory holding costs and the competition of lead time are concerns of a food packaging manufacturer. …”
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从流传和演变角度探析民间童话故事《虎姑婆》的教育意义 = An investigation of the transmission and educational implication of the folk tale “Aunt Tiger” by 黄思蓉 Wong, Sirong

“…The story was circulated to different areas in China and Taiwan, and as time went by, the title of the story took different forms such as “Grandma Fox”, “Grandma Bear”, “Grandma Tiger”, and “Mother Tiger”. My main goal in this thesis is to compare the story patterns of the same story that appeared in China and Taiwan. …”
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Community health workers: efficacy, taxonomy, and performance by Ballard, M

“…</p> <p><b>Conclusion:</b> In bringing the tools of evidence based practice to bear on community health worker interventions, this dissertation has contributed to the theoretical, methodological, and empirical evidence base from which the field can continue to advance.…”

Enhancing early warning: A DNA biosensor with polyaniline/graphene nanocomposite for label-free voltammetric detection of saxitoxin-producing harmful algae by Chwan Chuong Chin, Jeremy Jason, Akbar, Muhamad Afiq, Mohd Yusof, Nurul Yuziana, Pike, Andrew, Goh, Choo Ta, Mustapha, Shuhadah, Tan, Ling Ling

“…Yearly reports of detrimental effects resulting from harmful algal blooms (HAB) are still received in Malaysia and other countries, particularly concerning fish mortality and seafood contamination, both of which bear consequences for the fisheries industry. The underlying reason is the absence of a dependable early warning system. …”
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The attribution of February extremes over North America: a forecast-based storyline study by Lee, D, Sparrow, S, Leach, N, Osprey, S, Lee, J, Allen, M

“…–Canadian border, simultaneously leading to troughing with anomalous cold events and ridging over Alaska and northern Canada with abnormal warm events. …”

Steering perovskite precursor solutions for multijunction photovoltaics by Hu, S, Wang, J, Zhao, P, Pascual, J, Wang, J, Rombach, F, Dasgupta, A, Liu, W, Truong, MA, Zhu, H, Kober-Czerny, M, Drysdale, JN, Smith, JA, Yuan, Z, Aalbers, GJW, Schipper, NRM, Yao, J, Nakano, K, Turren-Cruz, S-H, Dallmann, A, Christoforo, MG, Ball, JM, McMeekin, DP, Zaininger, K-A, Liu, Z, Noel, NK, Tajima, K, Chen, W, Ehara, M, Janssen, RAJ, Wakamiya, A, Snaith, HJ

“…Multijunction photovoltaics (PVs) are gaining prominence owing to their superior capability of achieving power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) beyond the radiative limit of single-junction cells^1-8, where improving narrow bandgap tin–lead perovskites is critical for thin-film devices⁹. …”

Towards a Prime Factorization of Proteins by Radev, Simeon

“…The further development of this work could lead to a greater understanding of the organizational complexity of natural phenomena, and in particular, as it relates to the uniquely complex relationship between protein structures and their function.…”
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Artificial intelligence and power in public service management by Vogl, TM

“…This chapter will explore whether design decisions in the development of digital tools in UK local authorities and the use of these tools in practice lead to empowerment within organizations to better achieve their service objectives or if they instead lead to the exercise of power by one part of the organization over another. …”

Pengeluaran optimum dan mampan: aplikasi pelan caruman tertakrif di Malaysia by Zarul Khaliff Kamal, Noriszura Ismail, Zaidi Isa, Nurul Hanis Aminuddin Jafry

“…Hasil kajian mendapati bagi model pengeluaran optimum, pesara yang mempunyai kadar penghindaran risiko yang lebih tinggi dijangka melakukan pengeluaran yang lebih kecil di awal tahun persaraan untuk menikmati pengeluaran yang lebih besar di akhir tempoh persaraan. Bagi model pengeluaran mampan, pesara yang mempunyai kebarangkalian kemusnahan kewangan yang lebih rendah adalah pesara yang menyimpan wang persaraannya ke dalam Unit Amanah. …”
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Modal budaya dan kebergantungannya kepada generasi kedua kelapa sawit: kajian kes pekebun kecil sawit di Jengka 5, Maran, Pahang by Nur Dania Asyiqin Zulkifli, Azima Abdul Manaf

“…Industri pertanian merupakan sektor ketiga terpenting dalam ekonomi Malaysia dengan sumbangan besar kepada pengeluaran dan eksport minyak sawit global. …”
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Model Ramalan dan Klasifikasi bagi Sistem E-mel UUM (S/O 13438) by Packeer Mohamed, Shafinah Farvin, Ku Mahamud, Ku Ruhana, Ramli, Razamin, Abdullah, Kamarudin

“…Walaupun e-mel dapat meningkatkan kualiti komunikasi, para penyelidik mengakui bahawa terdapat banyak masalah yang dihadapi oleh pengguna e-mel, antaranya e-mel yang diterima berulang-ulang, e-mel spam, e-mel dengan fail lampiran bersaiz besar, dan ini menyebabkan peti simpanan e-mel cepat penuh. …”
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A decision-led evaluation approach for flood forecasting system developments: an application to the Global Flood Awareness System in Bangladesh by Hossain, S, Cloke, H, Ficchi, A, Gupta, Speight, L, Hassan, A, Stephens, E

“…Using lead-time dependent thresholds improves the false alarm ratio while reducing the probability of detection. …”

Determination of elemental composition in Infant formula and growing up formula Among different brands available in Malaysia by Shafie, Wan Norfaezah Wan

“…The objective of this study was to determine the elemental compositions, including trace elements (copper, zinc, iron, manganese and selenium) and heavy metals (lead, cadmium and chromium) in infant and growing up formula among different brands locally available in Malaysia. …”
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Design, synthesis, characterization and property study of topological structures of DNA by Li, Dawei

“…It is demonstrated in the current studies for the first time that the shapes of DNA writher (toroidal and interwound forms) can be precisely created sheerly through maneuvering the sequence of DNA and with no involvement of topological enzymes. …”
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Design and analysis of P-cycle-based survivable optical networks by Zhang, Zhen Rong

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Localized structural and bulk effects in hybrid organic-inoraginc perovskites by Wong, Walter Pei De

“…This thesis is a study on hybrid organic inorganic perovskites (HOIP) and systematically studies the effect of localized structural distortion and disorder in perovskites, which is indirectly observed in the 3-dimensional (3D) methylammonium lead iodide (MAPbI3), and directly observed in the reduced dimensional perovskites. …”
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Investigating the role of self-sacrificing prosociality in intragroup and intergroup contexts by Katna, Dashalini P.

“…Parochial cooperation theories assume that strongly self-sacrificing members primarily desire and seek to achieve ingroup-favouring outcomes, and consequently become prepared to bear extreme costs to themselves. This altruism to help, however, does not always extend into intergroup contexts. …”
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Inorganic nanoparticles–driven self–assembly of natural small molecules in water for constructing multifunctional nanocapsules against plant diseases by Liu, Li-Wei, Ding, Zheng-Hao, Ren, Gang-Gang, Wang, Guang-Di, Pan, Xin, Wei, Guo-Hai, Zhou, Xiang, Wu, Zhi-Bing, Jin, Zhi-Chao, Chi, Robin Yonggui, Yang, Song

“…Additionally, both the inner cavities and outer surfaces of nanocapsules bear abundant sites and spaces that can be further tuned for loading other pesticide molecules or flexible construct complex multifunctional nanoparticles. …”
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Toxicity prediction via algebraic graph-assisted bidirectional transformers by Ooi, Yen Sun

“…Drug lead optimization is a crucial stage in drug development that seeks to improve the efficacy and safety of potential drug candidates. …”
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