A compendium of Colombian policing challenges : from Pablo to present by Jeapes, Anthony Christian John Lloyd

“…Contemporary Colombia saw violence continue with peasant revolts in the 1920s and 30s, la Violencia in the 1940s, the formation of the insurgent groups like the FARC and ELN in the 1960s, the creation of drug cartels in the 1970s and their transformation into narco-terrorist groups and then micro traffickers in the 1980s and 1990s. …”
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Unrolling the text: using scrolls to facilitate academic reading by Abegglen, Sandra, Burns, Tom, Middlebrook, Dave, Sinfield, Sandra

“…Drawing briefly on a literature review commissioned when part of the LearnHigher Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, we consider reading not just as a semantic or linguistic activity but as a socio-political one especially for those, like our students, who are typically placed as educational outsiders. …”
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Integral measures and framework for green lean six sigma implementation in manufacturing environment by Yadav, Vishwas, Gahlot, Pardeep, Rathi, Rajeev, Kumar, Anil, Yadav, Gunjan, Kaswan, Mahender Singh

“…In this study, GLSS integration has been proposed based on intangible features like enablers, toolsets, etc. Management dedication, participation, and team effort have been recognized as the most remarkable enablers to implement GLSS in the manufacturing sector. …”
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An assessment of performance and efficiency of team-based organizations: empirical evidence of English premier league (EPL) using data envelopment analysis (DEA) and naturalistic a... by Badmus, Shamisudeen Olusesan

“…This thesis addressed the changing focus in football management and many unresolved questions relating to Performance and Efficiency Measurement (PEM) of a team-based organisation like a Football Club (FC). At a certain point, every organisation needs to evaluate its operation in accordance with its specific objectives to assess its performance; measure the efficiency of its operation and determine if there is any need for corrective actions. …”
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CPW-fed printed UWB antenna with open-loop inverted triangular-shaped slot for WLAN band filtering by Shokri, Majid, Rafii, Vahid, Karamzadeh, Saeid, Amiri, Zhaleh, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…The antenna possesses a notch band functionality to filter out interfering C-band signals like wireless local-area network (WLAN). The notch band frequency is determined by physical parameters defining the TSS that allows fine control of the notch's location. …”
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The effect of Fractional Fourier transform angle in encryption quality for digital images by Elhoseny, Heba M., Faragallah, Osama S., Ahmed, Hossam E. H., Kazemian, Hassan, El-sayed, Hala S., Abd El-Samie, Fathi E.

“…The security investigation contains statistical tests like histogram and correlation coefficient, the maximum and the irregular deviation metrics, and the processing time. …”
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Exploring lean team development from the Tuckman's model perspective by Zirar, Araz, Muhammad, Noor, Upadhyay, Arvind, Kumar, Anil, Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo

“…Lean teams achieve synergy, support, and goal focus in the performing phase, delivering six functions. However, challenges like prioritisation disagreements due to project overload still exist. …”
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Socially assistive robot "sister robot" as a Covid-19 response and its future plans in health care and clinical applications by Malla, Dipawoli, Bhandari, Pawan

“…Furthermore, it also aims to highlight the possibility of the production of Socially Assistive Robots in developing countries like Nepal and their applications in healthcare.…”
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Qualified empathy: the spectator looking/not looking away by Keefe, John

“…As knowing spectators of (mimetic) empathetic moments, we look with a critical distance as well 'feeling in', 'there but for the grace...', or degrees of moral disengagement toward the other as subject-object. This other is an 'I' like me (I am subject-object to them) in reciprocal states of mutual homeostasis and shared affordances. …”
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AI/ML enabled automation system for software defined disaggregated open radio access networks: transforming telecommunication business by Kumar, Sunil

“…This disaggregated architecture is open, automated, software defined, virtual, and supports the latest advanced technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) Machine Learning (AI/ML). …”
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Prediction Model and Mechanism for Drying Shrinkage of High-Strength Lightweight Concrete with Graphene Oxide by Hong, Xiaojiang, Lee, Jin Chai, Ng, Jing Lin, Abdulkareem, Muyideen, Md Yusof, Zeety, Li, Qiansha, He, Qian

“…A modified ACI209 model with a GO content factor was demonstrated to have high accuracy based on the comparison of typical prediction models. (3) GO not only refines the pores but also forms flower-like crystals, which results in the increased drying shrinkage of HSLWC. …”
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Use of Moringa Oleifera Seeds as Coagulant for Groundwater Treatment in Batch Scale Study by Hashim, Nor Haslina, Santharan, Hema Rathi, Awang, Zarizi, Mohd. Arish@Arshad, Nur Aini

“…A full 71% of the Earth’s surface is covered with water and most mammals, like humans, are made up of 55-75% water [1]. Groundwater is the water that fills cracks and other openings in the bed of rocks and sand where each drop of rain that soaks into the soil moves downward to the water table, which is the water level in the groundwater reservoir. …”
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Power Factor Correction – A Simulation Approach by Che Ros, Ziana, Nordin, Muhammad Faris, Anuar, Muhammad Abdullah, Abdul Razak, Muhammad Hazim

“…Industrial facilities tend to have a "lagging power factor", where the current lags the voltage (like an inductor). Some industrial sites will have large banks of capacitors strictly for the purpose of correcting the power factor back toward one to save on utility company charges. …”
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A robust digital image watermarking using repetition codes against common attacks by Hassan, Abdullahi Mohamud

“…The proposed methods have undergone several simulation attacks tests in order to check up and compare their robustness against various attacks, like salt and pepper, speckle, compress, Gaussian, image contrast, resizing and cropping attack. …”
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Tensile property of melt mixing co-polypropylene with waste polymer at different composition ratios by Sufian, N. A., M. Rus, A. Z., Syah, A. Shahrizan, M. J., Farhana Hazwanee, M., Noraini, I., S. Aida

“…It can be reused via "sink-float" technique and mixed with another binder like co-polypropylene (co-PP) to enhance the mechani-cal properties of the material. …”

Phase-mismatch dependence of the four-wave mixing effect in semiconductor optical amplifiers by Kharraz, O. M., Connelly, M. J., M. Supa’at, A. S., Abas, A. F., Alresheedi, M. T., Mahdi, M. A.

“…The results reveal a sinc-like behavior in the intensity of FWM conjugate as a function of wavelength separation between transverse electric (TE)/transverse magnetic (TM) pumps due to induced confinement factors difference. …”
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Power quality improvement using dynamic voltage restorer in electrical distribution system: an overview by Mohammed, Ali Basim, Mohd Ariff, Mohd Aifaa, Ramli, Sofia Najwa

“…The DVR is one of the economic solutions to overcome the voltage disturbances like voltage sag/swell and harmonics. It is widely used to mitigate the voltage disturbances in the power distribution system, especially in the medium and low distribution networks. …”
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Chronic Organophosphate Pesticide Exposure and Coronary Artery disease : finding a bridge by Abdullah, Nor Zamzila, Ishaka, Aminu, Samsuddin, Niza, Mohd Rus, Razman, Mohamed, Abdul Hadi

“…Reports showed low PON1 activity among OPs-exposed individuals, while low PON1 activity was associated with a high risk of coronary artery disease (CAD). The link between chronic OPs exposure and lipid parameters which are known risk factors of CAD has not yet been reported. …”
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Oxidized-low density lipoprotein level among Organophosphates (OPs) pesticide exposed workers by Abdullah, Nor Zamzila, Ishaka, Aminu, Samsuddin, Niza, Mohd Rus, Razman

“…Low PON1 activities were reported in OPs exposed individuals, while in different studies it was associated with a higher risk of coronary artery disease (CAD). However, a link between chronic OP exposure, PON1 activity and ox-LDL which is known for its contribution in the development of atherosclerosis has not yet been reported. …”
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Ontogenetic shift in dietary preference and low dietary overlap in rohu (Labeo rohita) and common carp (Cyprinus carpio)in semi-intensive polyculture ponds by Rahman, Mohammad Mustafizur, Hossain, Md Yeamin, Jo, Qtae, Kim , Su-Kyoung, Ohtomi, Jun, Meyer, Carl G

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