READY PLAYER ONE / by Cline, Ernest, author 655943

“…Famine, poverty, and disease are widespread. Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes this depressing reality by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia where you can be anything you want to be, where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets. …”

Hedonic and non-hedonic bias toward the future by Greene, Preston, Latham, Andrew J., Miller, Kristie, Norton, James

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The ethics of silence : reading the lover's discourse in contemporary trauma narratives by Goh, Pei Hua

“…In Testimony, Felman and Laub contend that a historical and collective trauma like the Holocaust cannot be represented, and cannot be understood, because it lacks a frame of reference. …”
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Putting distance through cleansing : the mediating role of temporal distancing on the embodiment of moral purity by Nurul Mira Fatin Abdulkahar

“…This study is instigated for the purposes of the latter, and aims to investigate the role of subjective distancing as a potential mediator to the embodied link in moral settings. More specifically, it is hypothesized that compared to individuals who do not clean their hands, those who do so after recalling a past immoral act would be more likely to temporally distance their present selves away from their past immoral selves so as to preserve favorable self-view, and hence are more likely to perceive their past moral transgressions as less severe than they would have normally believed. …”
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Functional characterization of orexin system by Chua, Peiling

“…Orexin, which has been known to be involved in feeding and sleep-wake cycle, might have antidepressant-like effects. Researches indicate that depression might be associated with nucleus accumbens and its dopaminergic inputs from ventral tegmental area, which make up the mesolimbic dopamine system. …”
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Sound and smoke propagation models for virtual crowd environments by Vaisagh Viswanathan Thattamparambil

“…Virtual crowd simulations are important for various applications like defense, social studies, etc. While literature exists on agent design and sensor modeling, there is still no generic model for sound and smoke propagation that can be integrated into existing virtual crowd simulation frameworks. …”
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Behavioural and biochemical abnormalities in a mouse model for Parkinson's disease. by Ten, Rachel Rui Xian.

“…In addition to motor abilities, 2 and 4 months old LRRK2R1441G mice were tested in the elevated plus-maze for anxiety-like behaviour, and in the tail suspension test and forced swim test to assess depression-like behaviour. …”
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Investigation of conductive ink for stretchable and flexible electronics by Chua, Markus Wangren

“…Conductive ink serves as the link to connect the wearable electronics, and is imperative for manufacturing of flexible electronics. …”
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Proceedings of Data Analytics and Management: ICDAM 2023, Volume 1

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Diagrammatic Representation and Inference : 12th International Conference, Diagrams 2021, Virtual, September 28-30, 2021, Proceedings / by Diagrams (Conference) (12th : 2021 : Online) 643173, Basu, Amrita, 1953-, editor 643175, Stapleton, Gem, editor 643176, Linker, Sven, editor 643177, Legg, Catherine, editor 643178, Manalo, Emmanuel, editor 643179, Viana, Petrucio, editor 643180

“…The papers are organized in the following topical sections: design of concrete diagrams; theory of diagrams; diagrams and mathematics; diagrams and logic; new representation systems; analysis of diagrams; diagrams and computation; cognitive analysis; diagrams as structural tools; formal diagrams; and understanding thought processes. 10 chapters are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.…”

Modeling and coordination control of AC/DC hybrid microgrids by Zhang, Zhe

“…By proportionally coupling the grid frequency and DC-link bus voltages, power converter DC-link capacitors serve as energy buffers and inertia supplies. …”
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Effects of ZnO nanoparticle exposure on wastewater treatment and soluble microbial products (SMPs) in an anoxic-aerobic membrane bioreactor by Zhang, Dong Qing, Eng, Chin Yee, Stuckey, David C., Zhou, Yan

“…The presence of ZnO NPs enhanced the production of amino acid-like (7.5–25.1%) and tryptophan protein-like compounds (31.7–38.1%), compared to the control (6.0–20.2% for amino acid-like compounds; and 28.5–36.7% for tryptophan protein-like compounds). …”
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Grid-connected energy storage systems: state-of-the-art and emerging technologies by Farivar, Glen G., Manalastas, William, Jr., Tafti, Hossein Dehghani, Ceballos, Salvador, Sanchez-Ruiz, Alain, Lovell, Emma C., Konstantinou, Georgios, Townsend, Christopher D., Srinivasan, Madhavi, Pou, Josep

“…Therefore, a survey of popular power converter topologies, including transformer-based, transformerless with distributed or common dc-link, and hybrid systems, along with some discussions for implementing advanced grid support functionalities in the BESS control, is presented. …”
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Intention to purchase family takaful: An extension of decomposed theory of planned behavior by Qazi, Mansoor Ahmad, Md Husin, Maizaitulaidawati

“…In this study perceived behavioral control with dimensions such as resource facilities and financial self-efficacy has a positive link with intention to purchase a family takaful. …”
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Investigation of structure and particle fabrication of ferritin by Fan, Rongli

“…In this thesis, we demonstrate ferritins and ferritin-like proteins are ideal model systems to investigate protein quaternary structure and to fabricate nanomaterials. …”
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Development of a hybrid utility/wind/solar power supply system for energy neutral building by Chooi, Kin Fei

“…The result of the system show that the power generate from Hybrid System has a promising future and it is suitable a limited space for a country like Singapore. Ever this system had been scale down, however, the data collected from the simulator show this system is working as designed and it can be done by using simple component like, Op-Amp, Ac to Dc Convector and etc. …”
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