Introducing Philosophy Through Pop Culture : From Socrates to Star Wars and Beyond / by Irwin, William, 1970-, editor 654991, Johnson, David Kyle, editor 654992, John Wiley & Sons (Online service) 647106

“…"Though Trey Parker and Matt Stone haven't been killed for it (they did receive death threats after their 200th episode) the creators of South Park have faced accusations much like those that led to Socrates' execution: the corruption of youth and the teaching of vulgar , irreligious behavior. …”
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50 Studies Every Global Health Provider Should Know / by Walker, Andrea, (Andrea D.), editor 656214, Agarwal, Anup, editor 656215, Jain, Yogesh, editor 656217, Hochman, Michel E., editor 656218, Oxford University Press (Online service) 655242

“…50 Studies Every Global Health Provider Should Know presents a diverse series of studies that illustrate key issues in global health. The book has been divided into eight sections, encompassing health systems and delivery, social medicine and ethics, infectious disease, women’s health, child health, non-communicable disease, mental health, and surgery. …”
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Environmental, social, and governance and hierarchical network data envelopment analysis firm efficiencies of Japan Airlines' supply chain by Kweh, Qian Long, Ting, Irene Wei Kiong, Asif, Jawad, Lu, Wen-Min

“…Although environmental, social, and governance (ESG) have been recognized for its overall impact on firm efficiency, research on the effects of the three main and multiple sub elements of ESG, especially in the airline industry, has been lacking. …”
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Distribution mapping of building classification and air pollution exposure in the urban city areas by using GIS-based application: A pilot study by Norsaffarina, Aziz, Paramjothy, Navin Kumaran, Mohammad Adam, Adman, Syarifuddin, Misbari, Lee, Lim Fang

“…PM2.5 were measured at selected areas that have been classified as high-rise and low-rise building areas in the Kuantan city centre. …”
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Process optimization of alumina extraction from aluminium dross via response surface methodology by Mohamad Jamil Arif, Mansor, Yeoh, Yuan Xin, Siti Nor Amira, Rosli, Noor Intan Shafinas, Muhammad, Kittappa, Shanmuga, Sumaiya, Zainal Abidin

“…Various techniques including precipitation, leaching, sol-gel, and hydrothermal methods have been explored for alumina (Al2O3) extraction. However, there have been no specific studies reported on process optimization to date. …”
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Tuning the shear thickening of suspensions through surface roughness and physico-chemical interactions by Bourrianne, Philippe, Niggel, Vincent, Polly, Gatien, Divoux, Thibaut, McKinley, Gareth H.

“…This ubiquitous phenomenon has been documented in a broad variety of multiphase particulate systems, while its microscopic origin has been successively attributed to hydrodynamic interactions and frictional contact between particles. …”
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Paper or Tablet? The Impact of Digital Tools on Sketching During Engineering Design Concept Generation by Das, Madhurima, Huang, May, Yang, Maria

“…Sketch quantity during this early stage of design has been linked with eventual design outcomes and sketch quality has been linked with design perceptions. …”
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A History of Transparency Regulations: Interdisciplinary Strategies for Shaping Social Media Regulation and Self-Governance by Vergara, Caitlyn, Jain, Raghav, Mehta, Swapneel

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Unravelling the Antifibrinolytic Mechanism of Action of the 1,2,3-Triazole Derivatives by Rabadà, Yvette, Bosch-Sanz, Oriol, Biarnés, Xevi, Pedreño, Javier, Caveda, Luis, Sánchez-García, David, Martorell, Jordi, Balcells, Mercedes

“…A new family of antifibrinolytic drugs has been recently discovered, combining a triazole moiety, an oxadiazolone, and a terminal amine. …”
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PCN: a deep learning approach to jet tagging utilizing novel graph construction methods and Chebyshev graph convolutions by Semlani, Yash, Relan, Mihir, Ramesh, Krithik

“…However, the representation of jets as inputs to a deep learning model have been varied, and often, informative features are withheld from models. …”
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Inference of chemical kinetics and thermodynamic properties from constant-volume combustion of energetic materials by Kim, Suyong, Deng, Sili

“…Constant-volume combustion tests have been widely used to characterize the reactivity, the combustion efficiency, and the gas-generating performance of energetic materials. …”
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Resiliency Oriented Scenario Generation Framework for Natural Gas Infrastructure by Lahogue, Malo

“…Traditionally, NG's impact on power supply has been studied from a reliability perspective, focusing on frequent and low-impact events. …”
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The rickettsial effector Sca4 has a conserved interaction with host clathrin and a tick cell specific role in infection by Vondrak, Cassandra Joan

“…However, relatively few secreted effectors have been characterized in the Rickettsia genus and even fewer have been identified as multifunctional effectors. …”
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Electric field induced associations in the double layer of salt-in-ionic-liquid electrolytes by Markiewitz, Daniel M, Goodwin, Zachary AH, McEldrew, Michael, Pedro de Souza, J, Zhang, Xuhui, Espinosa-Marzal, Rosa M, Bazant, Martin Z

“…Upon dissolving alkali metal salts, such as Li or Na based salts, with the same anion as the IL, an intrinsically asymmetric electrolyte can be created for use in batteries, known as a salt-in-ionic liquid (SiIL). These SiILs have been well studied in the bulk, where negative transference numbers of the alkali metal cation have been observed from the formation of small, negatively charged clusters. …”
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Imagine Yourself: Explorations in Fostering Personal Expression with Generative AI by Chadha, Karishma

“…Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology has been promoted with many exciting promises to enhance human creativity. …”
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Enhancing local binary patterns distinctiveness for face representation by Ghahramani, Mohammad, Yau, Wei-Yun, Teoh, Eam Khwang

“…The Local Binary pattern (LBP) is a well-known feature and has been widely used for human identification. However, the amount of information extracted is limited which reduces the LBP discriminative power. …”
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Novel cyclotides and uncyclotides with highly shortened precursors from Chassalia chartacea and effects of methionine oxidation on bioactivities by Nguyen, Giang Kien Truc, Lim, Wei Han, Nguyen, Phuong Quoc Thuc, Tam, James P.

“…Currently, >200 cyclotides have been discovered but only three naturally occurring linear variants (also known as uncyclotides) have been isolated. …”
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What do social media say about makeovers? A content analysis of cosmetic surgery videos and viewers’ responses on YouTube by Wen, Nainan, Chia, Stella C., Hao, Xiaoming

“…We also found that tactics of persuasive communication—namely, related to message source and message sensation value (MSV)—have been used in Web-based social media to attract viewers’ attention and interests. …”
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Elastic shape memory polymeric materials for comfort fitting footwear by Wang, Taoxi

“…Such a kind of comfort fitting approach has yet been achieved using any other existing materials and technologies.…”
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A conjugated copolymer of N‐Phenyl‐p‐phenylenediamine and pyrene as promising cathode for rechargeable Lithium–ion batteries by Yao, Chang‐Jiang, Xie, Jian, Wu, Zhenzhen, Xu, Zhichuan, Zhang, Shanqing, Zhang, Qichun

“…A novel conjugated copolymer has been synthesized and employed as an organic cathode material in rechargeable Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). …”
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