Gamson going global? Cabinet proportionality in comparative perspective by Chaisty, P, Power, T

“…Using a sample of 1551 country-years of coalitional government in 97 countries from 1966 to 2019, and comparing all main constitutional formats (parliamentary, presidential, and semi-presidential), we find that Gamson’s Law does not travel well outside its context of origin. …”

Designing and delivering research-into-use programmes in the WASH sphere: experience from SHARE, REACH and the Urban Sanitation Research Initiative by Charles, K, Esteves Mills, J, Balls, E, Norman, G

“…In fact, achieving policy change may not necessarily be more difficult in low-income contexts than in wealthier contexts (for example, Rwanda and Kenya outlawed plastic bags almost overnight, whereas even the most ambitious EU countries set targets 3-5 years into the future). Nonetheless, it’s clear that using research to drive meaningful change is far from straightforward. …”

¿Hacia una ciudad vasca? Aproximación desde la innovación social by Calzada, I

“…Thereafter, he was awarded with a Postdoctoral Fellowship by Ikerbasque, Basque Science Foundation, for three years (2012-2014) and the RSA Early Career Grant (2014-2015), to compiled a eight-cases benchmarking gathered and disseminated in www.cityregions.org. …”

“It would be pretty immoral to choose a random algorithm”: Opening up algorithmic interpretability and transparency by Webb, HM, Patel, M, Rovatsos, M, Davoust, A, Ceppi, S, Koene, A, Dowthwaite, L, Portillo, V, Jirotka, M, Cano, M

“…In recent years, significant concerns have arisen regarding the increasing pervasiveness of algorithms and the impact of automated decision-making in our lives. …”

Exploring fashion geometric pattern design process using a semiotic method by Cui, Can, Shaari, Nazlina

“…In recent years, the rapid growth of the economy and increasing degree of globalization have led to a continuous increase in demand for cross-cultural design. …”
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Moderating effect of self-efficacy on cognitive, emotional and social intelligence towards job performance in banking industry by Amrollahifar, Jamak, Ali, Mass Hareeza, Dato Mansor, Zuraina, Jaharuddin, Nor Siah, Yajie, Guo

“…Meanwhile, the banking sector of Malaysia has gone through profound and rapid changes in the last few years. This study aims to examine the moderating effect of self-efficacy on the relationship between cognitive, emotional and social intelligence towards job performance in the Malaysian local commercial banks using survey data obtained from 436 employees. …”
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Predictions of PM2.5 using air pollutants and meteorological factors with COVID-19 cases in Malaysia and Indonesia: a comparative study using feature selection and robust regressio... by Salsabila, Norin Binta, Jalaludin, Juliana, Suhaimi, Nur Faseeha, Wan Mansor, Wan Nurdiyana, Sumantri, Arif

“…Analyzing data from 2020 and 2021, the research found notable correlations: COVID-19 cases in Cheras were positively associated with relative humidity (RH) and carbon monoxide (CO) but negatively with ozone (O₃) and RH in different years. In Kelapa Gading, COVID-19 cases were positively correlated with pollutants like sulfur dioxide (SO₂) and CO, while ambient temperature (AT) showed a negative correlation. …”

A randomized waitlist-controlled trial of an intergenerational arts and heritage-based intervention in Singapore: project ARTISAN by Ho, Andy Hau Yan, Ma, Stephanie Hilary Xinyi, Tan, Michael Koon Boon, Bajpai, Ram Chandra

“…This holistic intervention framework that integrates stories, arts and heritage for bridging and empowering lives fills a critical gap in knowledge and practice between the arts, health and citizenship, paving the way for further research in creating a more caring and inclusive society with the arts. Clinical Trials Registration:www.ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier: NCT03048708.…”
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Conductive materials stimulated direct interspecies electron transfer and application in anaerobic digestion by Yan, Wangwang

“…The working principles were carefully investigated. The results indicated CM promoted organic degradation via promoting sludge conductivity, acting as electron conduit for interspecies electron transfer, enriching electron shuttles within EPS, and altering microbial community. …”
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Fedratinib combined with ropeginterferon alfa-2b in patients with myelofibrosis (FEDORA): study protocol for a multicentre, open-label, Bayesian phase II trial by McIlroy, G, Gaskell, C, Jackson, A, Yafai, E, Tasker, R, Thomas, C, Fox, S, Boucher, R, Ghebretinsea, F, Harrison, C, Mead, AJ, McMullin, MF

“…Background: Myelofibrosis (MF) is a clonal haematopoietic disease, with median overall survival for patients with primary MF only 6.5 years. The most frequent gene mutation found in patients is JAK2V617F, causing constitutive activation of the kinase and activation of downstream signalling. …”

Associations between violence in childhood, depression and suicide attempts in adolescence: evidence from a cohort study in Luwero district, Uganda by Akunzirwe, R, Carter, DJ, Hanna, L, Zinke-Allmang, A, Akim, A, Datzberger, S, Parkes, J, Knight, L, Atuhaire, L, Nakuti, J, Mirembe, A, Allen, E, Naker, D, Devries, K, Bhatia, A

“…Methods: Data came from the Contexts of Violence Against Children (CoVAC) cohort study in Luwero District, Uganda, involving 2773 participants aged 11–14 years at Wave 1 (2014) and 15–18 years at Wave 2 (2018). …”

Heart failure risk stratification using artificial intelligence applied to electrocardiogram images: a multinational study by Dhingra, LS, Aminorroaya, A, Sangha, V, Pedroso, AF, Asselbergs, FW, Brant, LCC, Barreto, SM, Ribeiro, ALP, Krumholz, HM, Oikonomou, EK, Khera, R

“…<p><strong> Results</strong></p> Among 231 285 YNHHS patients, 4472 had primary HF hospitalizations over 4.5 years (inter-quartile range 2.5–6.6). In UKB and ELSA-Brasil, among 42 141 and 13 454 people, 46 and 31 developed HF over 3.1 (2.1–4.5) and 4.2 (3.7–4.5) years. …”

Handbook of Research on Education Institutions, Skills, and Jobs in the Digital Era / by Ordóñez de Pablos, Patricia, 1975-, editor 656401, Zhang, Xi, 1982-, editor 540571, Almunawar, Mohammad Nabil, 1960-, editor 623326, IGI Global Scientific Publishing (Online service) 655412

“…The evolution of information technologies, mobile devices, social media, and the needs of students, workers, and academics has experienced rapid changes in the past several years. This complex and dynamic reality requires new forms of education delivery and teaching methodologies for academics. …”
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The use of carbon based materials for improving methane production from ethanol anaerobic fermentation : Viability analysis and fertilizer recovery by Siddique, Md Nurul Islam, Zaied, Khalid, Noraaini, Ali, Mohd Zamri, Ibrahim, Shahrul, Ismail

“…The time required to recoup investment was calculated to be 3.72 years. This study suggested that the impact of surface characteristics of carbon-based sources on methane generation in anaerobic fermentation and proposes a novel method for reusing discarded tea grounds.…”
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Effectiveness of influencer marketing tactics and our understanding of consumers psychology in the digital era by Muhammad Ashraf, Fauzi, Farghaly, Ahmed Taiseer, Nur Sofia Nabila, Alimin

“…Social media became very popular lately and social media influencers became a main driver in the marketing strategies in the last years, they also have the ability to influence a wild numbers of audience behaviours and their preference when it comes to purchasing decisions and all this became possible because of social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok, This paper aims to improve our knowledge of marketing through social media influencers by studying how influencer attributes effects customers behaviour, attributes such as expertise, trustworthiness, similarities, and attractiveness , this paper will provide some important ideas on how to improve influencers marketing strategies and will make us understand customers purchasing behaviour, the results of this paper might deliver a very useful insights on how to develop brands ethical marketing and will provide suggestions to help brands in implementing influencers marketing in their marketing strategies to be able to reach their target audience through better and real cost efficient manner…”
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Characterizing Image Recognition Difficulty in Artificial and Biological Visual Processing by Cummings, Jesse E.

“…In recent years, computational models trained to do object recognition have become increasingly capable. …”
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Radio map position inference algorithm for indoor positioning systems by Liu, Wei, Ng, Bing Qiang, Liu, Bin, Guan, Yong Liang, Leow, Yan Hao, Huang, Jun

“…Indoor positioning systems (IPS) have gain significant attention in the recent years; due to their relative low cost and high accuracy. …”
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Tilted magnetisation for domain wall pinning in racetrack memory by Jin, Tianli, Tan, Funan, Ang, Calvin Ching Ian, Gan, Weiliang, Cao, Jiangwei, Lew, Wen Siang, Piramanayagam, S. N.

“…The interest in spintronics devices based on domain wall (DW) motion has gained attention for many years. However, the stochastic behaviour of DW motion is still a fundamental issue for the practical implementation of DW devices. …”
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Imagining Malaya, practising multiculturalism : the Malayan consciousness of Singapore Chinese intellectuals in the 1950s by Quah, Sy Ren

“…Singapore in the 1950s had undergone a series of transitions, from 150 years of British colonial rule, followed by Japanese Occupation in the Second World War, to the anti-colonial independence movement, and presented a multifaceted, complex and active state in all social, political and cultural aspects. …”
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Peptide asparaginyl ligases—renegade peptide bond makers by Tam, James P., Chan, Ning-Yu, Liew, Heng Tai, Tan, Shaun J., Chen, Yu

“…Our work in the past five years has validated that butelase-1 is a potent and versatile ligase. …”
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