The cognitive and neural basis of complex decision-making in the primate brain by Ramadan, Mahdi F.

“…In chapter two, I train two monkeys on the task and find that monkeys also adopt a hierarchical and revision strategy to solve the task, like humans. …”
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Spontaneous emission of a quantum emitter near a Chern insulator : interplay of time-reversal symmetry breaking and Van Hove singularity by Lu, Bing-Sui, Arifa, Kathee Zathul, Hong, Xing Ru

“…We also study the impact of a Van Hove singularity on the surface-induced correction to the transition rate, finding that it can enhance its amplitude by a few orders of magnitude compared to the case where the conductivity is set to its static value. …”
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Supply chain performance with target-oriented firms by Chen, Lucy Gongtao, Tang, Qinshen

“…We also investigate the role of outside option and retailer-type misidentification and find that both can alleviate the retailer’s disadvantage of being target-oriented.…”
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Traffic management proposed electronic road pricing system by Ho, Eng Foo, Lim, Choon Fong, Poh, Leong Wee

“…The survey aims to look at their travel pattern, to find out about their perceived impacts of the ERP's implementation, to determine their awareness and . …”
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An improvised three-dimensional slope stability analysis based on limit equilibrium method by using particle swarm optimization by Kalatehjari, Roohollah

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The Whole Picture : The colonial story of the art in our museums... and why we need to talk about it / by Procter, Alice, author 656024, Octopus (Online service) 656025

“…Each section tackles the fascinating and often shocking stories of five different art pieces, including the propaganda painting that the East India Company used to justify its control in India; the Maori mokomokai skulls that were traded and collected by Europeans as 'art objects'; and Kara Walker's controversial contemporary sculpture A Subtlety, which raised questions about 'appropriate' interactions with art. …”
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Learning from nature : experimental observation of mimosa pudica by Zhang, Yi

“…A box plot depicts groups of numerical data graphically through the five-number summary. The five-number summary includes: the minimum (0th percentile or Q0), the first quartile (25th percentile or Q1), the sample median (50th percentile or Q2), the third quartile (75th percentile or Q3), and the maximum (100th percentile or Q4). …”
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CLAROS - bringing classical art to a global public by Kurtz, D, Parker, G, Shotton, D, Klyne, G, Schroff, F, Zisserman, A, Wilks, Y

“…During 2009, a pump-priming grant from the University's Fell Fund enabled CLAROS to integrate on line more than two million records and images held in research centres in Oxford, Paris, Cologne and Berlin. …”

A diagnostic host-specific transcriptome response for Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia to guide pediatric patient treatment by Viz-Lasheras, S, Gómez-Carballa, A, Bello, X, Rivero-Calle, I, Dacosta, AI, Kaforou, M, Habgood-Coote, D, Cunnington, AJ, Emonts, M, Herberg, JA, Wright, VJ, Carrol, ED, Paulus, SC, Zenz, W, Kohlfürst, DS, Schweintzger, N, Van der Flier, M, de Groot, R, Schlapbach, LJ, Agyeman, P, Pollard, AJ, Fink, C, Kuijpers, TT, Anderson, S

“…Its lack of a cell wall makes it resistant to beta-lactams, which are the first-line treatment for typical pneumonia. Current diagnostic tests are time-consuming and have low specificity, leading clinicians to administer empirical antibiotics. …”

Investigating the role of factor inhibiting HIF (FIH) in tumourigenesis by Ma, J

“…<em>In vitro</em> characterisation of FIH-deficient macrophages reveals that FIH suppresses cell migration to C5a and CCL5, and affects the expression of several inflammatory mediators including PD-L1 and ARG1. …”

The iHealth-T2D study, prevention of type 2 diabetes amongst South Asians with central obesity and prediabetes: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Kasturiratne, Anuradhani, Khawaja, Khadija I., Ahmad, Sajjad, Siddiqui, Samreen, Shahzad, Khurram, Athauda, Lathika K., Jayawardena, Ranil, Mahmood, Sara, Muilwijk, Mirthe, Batool, Tayyaba, Burney, Saira, Glover, Matthew, Palaniswamy, Saranya, Bamunuarachchi, Vodathi, Panda, Manju, Madawanarachchi, Suren, Rai, Baldeesh, Sattar, Iqra, Silva, Wnurinham, Waghdhare, Swati, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Rannan-Eliya, Ravindra P., Gage, Heather M., van Valkengoed, Irene G. M., Valabhji, Jonathan, Frost, Gary S., Loh, Marie, Wickremasinghe, Ananda R., Kooner, Jaspal S., Katulanda, Prasad, Jha, Sujeet, Chambers, John C.

“…Endpoints: The primary endpoint is new-onset T2D at 3 years, defined as (i) HbA1c ≥ 6.5% or (ii) physician diagnosis and on treatment for T2D. …”
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Conflict abroad and political trust at home evidence from a natural experiment by Klymak, M, Vlandas, T

“…Further analyses using other surveys and previous conflicts suggest this effect depends on proximity to the conflict and the political regimes of the attacked country. These findings contribute to our understanding of the complex and indirect effects of conflicts on domestic political trust.…”

The Pascal Visual Object Classes (VOC) challenge by Everingham, M, Van Gool, L, Williams, C, Winn, J, Zisserman, A

“…We review the state-of-the-art in evaluated methods for both classification and detection, analyse whether the methods are statistically different, what they are learning from the images (e.g. the object or its context), and what the methods find easy or confuse. The paper concludes with lessons learnt in the three year history of the challenge, and proposes directions for future improvement and extension. …”

A spatial panel wage curve for Spain by Ramos, R, Nicodemo, C, Sanromá, E

“…Opposite to previous studies, we find that the wage equation is highly autoregressive and that regional spillovers are relevant to explain the relationship between unemployment and wages in the Spanish provinces. © 2014 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.…”

Do wars abroad affect attitudes at home? by Klymak, M, Vlandas, T

“…Our findings highlight the impact of foreign conflicts on a wide range of attitudes in countries that are externally threatened, but neither directly involved militarily, nor necessarily very close to the conflict. …”

Supercreative : unleashing creative potential. by Chee, Edison.

“…In 2012, Adobe’s State of Create study surveyed 5,000 adults across the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France and Japan. 80% of respondents said that unlocking creativity is critical to economic growth, and two-thirds feel that creativity is valuable to society. …”
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Tsewang Norbu NGB by Cantwell, C, Mayer, R

“…Of all the surviving editions, the Rig 'dzin Tshe dbang nor bu edition is the most lavishly produced, manufactured from good materials, finely decorated, and illustrated with many high quality hand-painted miniatures. …”

How to profit from pharmaceutical IPO first day returns. by Chew, Benjamin Wei Chiang., Chua, Hui Ting., Soon, John Hao Han.

“…This paper aims to create a model, with which retail investors can use historical financial information to find out if the IPO price is over or undervalued. …”
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Evolutionary origin of the chordate nervous system revealed by amphioxus developmental trajectories by Dai, Y, Zhong, Y, Liu, H, Pan, R, Yuan, L, Du, J, Li, M, Wang, X, Shi, C, Liu, G, Zhu, P, Shimeld, S, Zhou, X, Li, G

“…We characterized cell specification at the mechanistic level and generated mutant lines to examine the function of five key transcription factors involved in neural specification. …”

Serotype distribution and incidence of invasive early onset and late onset group B streptococcal disease amongst infants in Singapore by Kam, Kai-Qian, Thoon, Koh Cheng, Tee, Nancy Wen Sim, Ang, Michelle Lay Teng, Tan, Natalie Woon Hui, Yeo, Kee Thai, Li, Jiahui, Chong, Chia Yin

“…Results: A total of 71 infants were identified; 16 (22.5%) and 55 (77.5%) of them had EOD and LOD, respectively. …”
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