A push–pull–mooring view on technology-dependent shopping under social distancing: when technology needs meet health concerns by Wang, Xueqin, Wong, Yiik Diew, Liu, Feng, Yuen, Kum Fai

“…The findings also provide guidelines for retailing operators to direct consumers towards the contactless shopping channel as a responsive strategy to the pandemic.…”
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Binary nano-enhanced phase change materials (BNePCMs) integrated serpentine flow based photovoltaic thermal system: A new approach towards performance enhancement by Ali Laghari, Imtiaz, Pandey, A. K., Mahendran, Samykano, Rajamony, Reji Kumar, Bhutto, Yasir Ali, Soomro, Abdul Hameed, K., Kadirgama, Tyagi, V. V.

“…The effectiveness of the created PVT system was evaluated using three mass flow rates (0.3, 0.5, and 0.7 LPM). Further, as prepared BNePCM having thermal conductivity and latent heat of 179 % and 10 % higher than that of base PCM, respectively was integrated with PVT system. …”
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Benzene Adsorption from Dry and Humid Air on Activated Carbons from Japanese Cypress Wood Prepared by CO2 and K2CO3 Activation by Veksha, Andrei, Uddin, Md. Azhar, Sasaoka, Eiji, Kato, Yoshiei

“…The ACs were used for benzene adsorption at 5 ppmv concentration and relative humidities (RHs) of 0, 50 and 70 %. …”
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Rupture kinematics of the 2005 Mw 8.6 Nias-Simeulue earthquake from the joint inversion of seismic and geodetic data by Konca, A. Ozgun, Hjorleifsdottir, Vala, Song, Alex Teh-Ru, Avouac, Jean-Philippe, Ji, Chen, Sieh, Kerry, Helmberger, Don V., Briggs, Richard W., Meltzner, Aron J.

“…Our results indicate a relatively slow average rupture velocity of 1.5 to 2.5 km/sec and long average rise time of up to 20 sec. …”
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Impact of co-morbid common mental disorder symptoms in people with epilepsy in Ethiopia on quality of life and functional disability: cohort study by Tsigebrhan, R, Medhin, G, Belina, M, Newton, C, Hanlon, C

“….= -0.03, 95% CI-0.48,+0.54) or with moderate to high risk of alcohol use (β coef.= -1.31, 95% CI -5.89, 3.26). However, in the SEM model, functional disability at 6 months was predicted by both baseline CMD symptoms (B = 0.24, 95% CI 0.06, 0.41) and seizure frequency (B = 0.67, 95% CI 0.46, 0.87).…”

Reassessing the association: evaluation of a polyalanine deletion variant of RUNX2 in non-syndromic sagittal and metopic craniosynostosis by Walton, IS, McCann, E, Weber, A, Morton, JEV, Noons, P, Wilson, LC, Ching, RC, Cilliers, D, Johnson, D, Phipps, JM, Shears, DJ, Thomas, GPL, Wall, SA, Twigg, SRF, Wilkie, AOM

“…We compared observed allele frequencies to the non-transmitted alleles in the parent–child trios, and to the genome sequencing data from gnomAD v.4, which display Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium. …”

Incidence, prevalence, and survival of lung cancer in the United Kingdom from 2000–2021: a population-based cohort study by Corby, G, Barclay, NL, Tan, EH, Burn, E, Delmestri, A, Duarte-Salles, T, Golozar, A, Man, WY, Tietzova, I, Prieto-Alhambra, D, Newby, D

“…The IR of lung cancer was 52.0 [95% confidence interval (CI): 51.5 to 52.5] per 100,000 person-years, with incidence increasing from 2000 to 2021. …”

Investigating surgical site infection after hip fracture surgery by Masters, JPM

“…Eighteen patients were diagnosed with SSI according to the CDC criteria at 30 days-a rate of 4.2% (95% CI 2.5%-6.5%). At 120 days an additional new case of SSI was identified-a rate of 4.4% (95% CI 2.6%-6.8%).…”

Map matching algorithms for intelligent transportation system by Hou, Xiangting

“…Similarly, localization approaches based on V2V communication techniques are also investigated to localize the nearby vehicles detected by a target vehicle. …”
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Effects of positive education approach on academic boredom, intrinsic motivation, positive emotions and thought-action repertoire among private college students in Shaanxi Province... by Jie, Zheng

“…The profile plot indicated that there were increases in the mean score for PE from pre-test (M=26.57, SD=5.68) to post-test (M=28.43, SD=6.29) and TAR from pre-test (M=8.13, SD=5.20) to post-test (M=9.27, SD=5.70) that were not statistically significant; the TEA was not effective in reducing students’ LRB, CRB and increasing IM, PE, and TAR (p .01). …”
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Age differences in leadership positions across cultures by Vaughan-Johnston, Thomas, Imtiaz, Faizan, Lee, Albert, Ji, Li-Jun

“…Study 2 (N = 1,268) conceptually replicated these findings by showing that political leaders were once again older in Eastern vs. …”
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Career development of NTI students : recruitment, planning, prospects. by Wong, Irene Foong Heng.

“…This report presents the findings of a survey designed to determine what would be most useful for graduating students to know in order to get their first jobs as professionals. …”
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Modal phase-matched bound states in the continuum for enhancing third harmonic generation of deep ultraviolet emission by Abdelraouf, Omar A. M., Anthur, Aravind P., Wang, Renshaw Xiao, Wang, Qi Jie, Liu, Hong

“…We realized THG at a wavelength of 280 nm with a power of 14.5 nW by using a peak power density of 15 GW/cm2 excitation. …”
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Media laws in India by Rajan, R. V.

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Waring's problem with restricted digits by Green, B

A proof of the Nisan-Ronen conjecture --- an overview by Christodoulou, G, Koutsoupias, E, Kovacs, A

Integration of Syrian asylum seekers and refugees in Austria: the role of education and skills by Jolliffe, PM

A primer on Carroll gravity by March, E, Read, J

The Trapezuntine poems in Panagiou Taphou 370 by Lauxtermann, MD

Three-photon excitation of quantum two-level systems by Villafane, V, Scaparra, B, Rieger, M, Appel, S, Trivedi, R, Oliver, RA, Taylor, RA, Finley, JJ, Müller, K