Multi-criteria decision framework for seismic retrofitting of low-rise buildings by Pashaei, Reza

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Adaptive function modal learning neural networks by Kang, Miao

“…A multi-layer approach, a Multi-layer ADFUNN (MADFUNN) is introduced to solve highly complex datasets. It aims to find a suitably restricted subset of neuron activation functions which has a good representational capacity and enables efficient learning for complex models with large datasets. …”
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‘You could start a new country, but you would need to discover new land’: exploring understandings of statehood with primary school pupils in England by Saddington, L, McConnell, FR

“…This paper draws upon participation observation of this activity with 441 pupils from 17 classes across 10 state-maintained primary schools in England. We find that children have complex geopolitical understandings of the world which encompass nuanced articulations of the politics of difference, legitimacy, the act of recognition, and legacies of colonial practices. …”

Neural mechanisms of perceptual decision-making in the fruit fly by Wong, LHT

“…Third, I bidirectionally manipulate the activity of these neurons during the perceptual task to test for behavioural consequences in speed and accuracy. I find that photostimulation quickens reaction times as a function of odour contrast and light intensity. …”

Wages, family background, on-campus performance and gender: an investigation of Chinese graduates’ first job salaries by Liu, S

“…This thesis provides little evidence to support the marketized transition theory, as we find graduates’ first job salaries are still largely affected by their political/ideological attainments in university. …”

The influence of L1 Tibetan and L2 Chinese on Tibetan university students' L3 English listening and speaking: an exploratory analysis by Weber, J

“…The Scalpel Model best predicted the results, but the study did not find conclusive evidence that any model can fully explain L3 phonological acquisition. …”

Competitive overlap as a signal in expert partner choice: evidence from patent law firm selection by Borchhardt, G, Kovacs, B, Rogan, M

“…Hence, firms may prefer partners with competitive overlap. We find support for our claims in the patent law firm selection context. …”

Broadleaf afforestation impacts on terrestrial hydrology insignificant compared to climate change in Great Britain by Buechel, M, Slater, L, Dadson, S

“…For these three aims we run simulations using (i) past climate with proposed land cover changes and known floods and drought events; (ii) past climate with independent changes in precipitation, temperature, and CO₂; and (iii) a potential future climate (2020–2050). We find the proposed scale of afforestation is unlikely to significantly alter regional hydrology; however, it can noticeably decrease low flows whilst not reducing high flows. …”

Strategy and regeneration in the seventeenth and twenty-first centuries by Parr, A

“…</p> <br> <p>Progressing from history to law and agriculture, the research seeks not only to learn the lessons of history but to find ways to apply them urgently and strategically in this ‘crisis of time’, in Culpeper’s words.…”

Leadership-as-spiritual practice: a practical pneumatology of leadership in the Church of England by Bennet, HJ

“…Through content analysis, I find the person of the Spirit is under-represented as subject in leadership texts.…”

Network analysis and data science for finance: from traditional markets to decentralised exchanges by Miori, D

“…Lastly, we analyse data on liquidity provision, consumption, and price formation on competing decentralised exchange venues, to find a model for the prediction of incoming trading volume at block-level.…”

Performance and stability analysis of all-perovskite tandem photovoltaics in light-driven electrochemical water splitting by Wang, J, Branco, B, Remmerswaal, WHM, Hu, S, Schipper, NRM, Zardetto, V, Bellini, L, Daub, N, Wienk, MM, Wakamiya, A, Snaith, HJ, Janssen, RAJ

“…The system retains over 60% of its peak performance after operating for more than 180 h. We find that the performance loss is mainly due to the degradation of the photovoltaic component. …”

The Athenian dramatic chorus in the fourth century BC by Jackson, LCM

“…Amid the recent scholarly interest in the rapid expansion of the theatre industry from the late fifth-century BC onwards, no study has been made of a central, defining even, element of ancient Greek drama at that time – the chorus. Instead, what we find is a widespread assumption concerning the fourth-century dramatic chorus, particularly with regard to the comic chorus, still prevalent in today’s scholarship: ‘The history of the dramatic chorus is one of decline both quantitatively and qualitatively’, states one of the more detailed recent reviews of the evidence for dramatic choral culture in the ancient world (Csapo and Slater 1995:349).…”

Income change and sympathy for right-wing populist parties in the Netherlands: the role of gender and income inequality within households by Roll, Y, De Graaf, N

“…The implications of these findings are discussed.…”

Do the ‘big four’ orders of insects comprise evolutionarily significant higher taxa with coherent patterns of selection on protein-coding genes? by Février, PJ, Barraclough, T

“…Analysing orthologous genes from whole genome sequence data for multiple species per order, we find that, in most genes, selection on roughly one fifth of codons is conserved within each order but differs significantly among orders. …”

Brain change trajectories in healthy adults correlate with Alzheimer's related genetic variation and memory decline across life by Roe, J, Vidal Pineiro, D, Sørensen, Ø, Grydeland, H, Leonardsen, E, Iakunchykova, O, Pan, M, Mowinckel, A, Strømstad, M, Nawijn, L, Milaneschi, Y, Andersson, M, Pudas, S, Bråthen, AC, Kransberg, J, Falch, E, Øverbye, K, Kievit, R, Ebmeier, KP, Lindenberger, U, Ghisletta, P, Demnitz, N, Boraxbekk, C-J, Drevon, C, Penninx, B, Bertram, L, Nyberg, L, Walhovd, K, Fjell, A, Wang, Y

“…We first show genetic risk links with more brain loss than expected for age in early Braak regions, and find this extends beyond APOE genotype. Next, we run machine learning on AD-control data from the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative using brain change trajectories conditioned on age, to identify AD-sensitive features and model their change in healthy adults. …”

Disruption of seasonal influenza circulation and evolution during the 2009 H1N1 and COVID-19 pandemics in Southeastern Asia by Chen, Z, Tsui, JL, Cai, J, Su, S, Viboud, C, du Plessis, L, Lemey, P, Kraemer, MUG, Yu, H

“…The internal movement structure within Southeastern Asia markedly diverged during the COVID-19 pandemic season, and to a lesser extent, during the 2009 A/H1N1 pandemic season. Our findings provide insights into the heterogeneous impact of two distinct pandemic-related disruptions on influenza circulation, which can help anticipate the effects of future pandemics and potential mitigation strategies on influenza dynamics.…”

Evaluating new malaria vaccine candidates by Noé, A

“…Vaccine-induced protection from liver-stage malaria requires high numbers of CD8+ T cells to find and kill <em>Plasmodium</em>-infected liver cells. …”

Essays on time series econometrics and financial econometrics by Xu, W

“…We apply the test to a panel of macroeconomic and financial variables in the UK and find the evidence of unstable factor structure during the recent financial crisis.…”

Another world is possible: reconceptualizing the “safe space”metaphor at a feminist safer space in New York City by Dlugatch, R

“…I argue that Pocketbooks act as a feminist counterpublic whereby people of subordinated and sociospatially-excluded populations can find community and self-expression, acquire skills to reduce the extent of their marginalization elsewhere, develop language to articulate their identities and experiences, and even unlearn violent habitus. …”