Interaction of phenol-formaldehyde condensates with isoprene rubber by Roca Perez, Rafael

“…Using zinc(II) chloride as catalyst, a study is made of the effectiveness of five different polyfunctional phenol- formaldehyde condensates as vulcanizing agents for isoprene rubber. …”
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The Euro Crisis and the Future of EU Foreign Policy by Victor, Kyle

“…For scholars interested in European foreign policy, it is crucial to note that he trouble in the Eurozone struck at a time when European foreign policy was already in flux: Greece reached agreement with the IMF over its first bailout package only five months after the Lisbon Treaty went into effect, creating the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the post of High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR). …”
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Walking the talent tightrope : becoming a 'top cop' in the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) by Heritage, Tamsyn J.

“…Specifically, the thesis sets out five recommendations for wider consideration by the police Human Resources (HR) community. …”
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What helps children learn difficult tasks: a teacher's presence may be worth more than a screen by Kostyrka-Allchorne, Katarzyna, Holland, Amanda, Cooper, Nicholas R., Ahamed, Woakil, Marrow, Rachel K., Simpson, Andrew

“…Addressing this question, we manipulated a teacher’s presence (on-screen vs. present) and activity (observing vs. doing) while teaching children about the properties of geometric shapes. Five-year-olds (n=215) completed two shape-sorting tasks in which they distinguished between typical, atypical and non-valid shapes. …”
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Exposing the London piano industry workforce (c. 1765-1914) by Kent, Marie E.

“…Drawing on six principal sources -local parish registers, the censuses of England, social history archives, London's historical directories, the national press, and the online wills of the National Archives - five resulting studies examine those identified in terms of their work, gender, succession, solvency, location, migration, nationality, inter-connection and social demographic. …”
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The Countenance Divine & 'nothing more important than trifles': critical reflections on The Countenance Divine by Hughes, Michael Edward

“…in 1777 an apprentice engraver called William Bloke has a defining spiritual experience; thirteen years later this vision returns, and leads him towards a daring act of creation. In J888, five women are brutally murdered and mutilated in the East End by a troubled young man in thrall to a mysterious master. …”
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Young children's apprenticeship in number by Young, James Stark

“…The research data emanates from five different sources, home video recordings, preschool video recordings, parent interviews, parental diary studies, and nursery teacher interviews. …”
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Probe request attack detection in wireless LANs using intelligent techniques by Ratnayake, Deepthi N.

“…Five Genetic Algorithms (GA) are utilised to optimise the NN using training, validation, and testing sample percentages and number of neurons of the hidden layer. …”
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Poststructuralism, postmodernism and British academic attitudes: with special reference to David Lodge, Malcolm Bradbury and Gabriel Josipovici by Bostock, Paddy

“…Chapter Four shows how his major works of fiction contextualize these concerns, particularly in regard to the liberal humanist's relationship with different versions of historical determinism. Chapter Five elucidates Gabriel Josipovici's 'lessons of modernism' as they are outlined in his critical writing and explores his reference to the Middle Ages and Renaissance in his understanding of both modernism and realism. …”
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The psychological adjustment of West African men post myocardial infarction: a counselling psychology study using interpretative phenomenological analysis by Coventry, Shirley

“…More specifically this study attempts to investigate the adjustment experience of these men (their cognitive appraisal and coping strategies), seeking to assist in explaining their low attendance of health programmes, and highlight any specific needs that the cardiac teams and psychological services must address. Method: Five West African men, post myocardial infarction, were interviewed about their experiences using a semi-structured format. …”
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Aspects of the biology of fish populations from the Medway Estuary, based on power station intake sampling with special reference to parasitism and pollution by Van den Broek, Willem Louis Frits

“…Selected fish, and some of their dietary constituents, were analysed for organochlorine pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls and five heavy metals. Heavy metal levels were low in comparison with other A literature values. …”
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Strategic drivers to overcome the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic: implications for ensuring resilience in supply chains by Moktadir, Md. Abdul, Paul, Sanjoy Kumar, Kumar, Anil, Luthra, Sunil, Ali, Syed Mithun, Sultana, Razia Sultana

“…The findings indicate that the top five drivers to defeat the impacts of COVID-19 are “high capability of reconfigurability,” “enhance the relationship with suppliers,” “develop health protocols to continue manufacturing,” “government support through incentives, subsidy, tax rebate, etc.,” and “set a policy to stable material supply”. …”
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A de novo Variant in CROCC identified in a Chinese family implies the potential association with Atlanto-occipital Fusion (AOF) by Tong, Huaiyu, Guo, Chongye, Liang, Liang, Mi, Hua, Li, Meng, Yin, Yiheng, Shang, Lijun, Mi, Shuangli, Yu, Xinguang

“…CROCC gene can be obtained in both healthy (n=220) and non-mutated AOF patient samples (n=68) but absented in five sporadic patients with the novel variant. Furthermore, abnormal of cilia was observed after editing the target sequence on CROCC using CRISPR-Cas9. …”
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Effects of chronic consumption of specific fruit (berries, cherries and citrus) on cognitive health: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials by Wang, Yueyue, Haskell-Ramsay, Crystal, Gallegos, Jose Lara, Lodge, John K.

“…Fourteen studies reported improvement or trend for improvement in cognition, five studies assessed mood and one study supplementing grape juice found trend for mood improvement. …”
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Participatory architecture workshops with asylum seekers and local people: experiences from the Crossing Cultures project in Southern Italy by Calissano, Federica, Denicke-Polcher, Sandra, Giacco, Domenico, Haenschel, Corinna

“…In the context of situated learning, the workshop brought together architecture students, Italians and asylum seekers, who by working together and learning from each other have formed a community of practice (CoP). the aim of this study was to explore experiences of members of this CoP and their beliefs on the benefits of this project and ways to improve it. Twenty-five asylum seekers, locals and students took part in in-depth interviews, which were later subjected to thematic analysis. …”
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Socially constructing healthy eating: a Foucauldian discourse analysis of healthy eating information and advice by Mackenzie, Joanna

“…Method: A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis was applied to a range of healthy eating texts from both state and commercial sources. In addition, five focus groups were carried out to determine how the participants positioned themselves within the text’s discourses and their sense of trust in the materials. …”
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Teaching person-centered practice to pre-registration physiotherapy students: a qualitative study by Killingback, Clare, Tomlinson, Amy, Thompson, Mark, Whitfield, Clare, Stern, Julian

“…Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Results: Five themes were identified: 1) understanding the person and their direction of travel; 2) contextual factors that impact on the delivery of person-centered practice; 3) awareness of personality traits; 4) doing the small things; and 5) the person-centered learning curve. …”
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Metamaterial inspired electromagnetic bandgap filter for ultra-wide stopband screening devices of electromagnetic interference by Al-Hasan, Muath, Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Sharma, Richa, Iqbal, Amjad, Althuwayb, Ayman A., Falcone, Francisco

“…The bandgap rejection of the single EBG unit-cell is better than − 30 dB, and the five element EBG unit-cell is better than − 90 dB. …”
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A survey examining the relationship between burnout, professional empowerment, and personality traits of midwives of an inner London NHS Trust by Soria, Juan, Zervoulis, Karyofyllis, Bolou, Angeliki

“…Three validated questionnaires were used: the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI), the Perception of Empowerment in Midwifery Scale (PEMS), and the Big Five Personality Trait Short Questionnaire (BFPTSQ). …”
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Exploring the application of ICTs in decarbonizing the agriculture supply chain: a literature review and research agenda by El Jaouhari, Asmae, Arif, Jabir, Samadhiya, Ashutosh, Naz, Farheen, Kumar, Anil

“…The review is supported by 57 research papers from the Scopus database. Five research areas analyze the applications of the technology reviewed in the agriculture supply chain: food safety and traceability, security and information system management, wasting food, supervision and tracking, agricultural businesses and decision-making, and other applications not explicitly related to the agriculture supply chain. …”
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