“Why do people kill each other?” (Tolstoy and empire) by Zorin, A

“…Tolstoy always believed that the resistance to invaders and the defence of land where humans were born, by which products they are fed and where they are going to life after death is natural, but considered this instinct as pre-moral and pre-Christian contradicting the personal moral conscience that unconditionally rejects all sorts of violence.…”

Simultaneous ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared continuous-wave lasing in a rare-earth-doped microcavity by Jiang, Bo, Zhu, Song, Ren, Linhao, Shi, Lei, Zhang, Xinliang

“…Microlaser with multiple lasing bands is critical in various applications, such as full-color display, optical communications, and computing. …”
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Multi-angle and full-Stokes polarization multispectral images using quarter-wave plate and tunable filter by Fan, A, Xu, T, Teng, G, Wang, X, Xu, C, Zhang, Y, Li, J

“…The MAFS-PMI dataset involves 73 fast axis angles (0° to 180°), four Stokes parameters, five polarization parameters, 35 spectral bands (520 nm to 690 nm), 400 × 400 pixels, and 12 distinct objects. …”

My garden of you by Chen, Zhi Lin

“…When my youngest brother was born, my paternal grandmother from Taiwan flew exactly 3,231 kilometres from home to be with my family to look after him when my parents were at work. …”
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Machine learning driven synthesis of two-dimensional materials by Chia, Jia Jun

“…No humans are born perfect and as such people tend to make mistakes or have limited capabilities in certain aspect as compared to machines. …”
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Soft cells and the geometry of seashells by Domokos, G, Goriely, A, Horváth, ÁG, Regős, K

“…Remarkably, these ideal soft shapes, born out of geometry, are found abundantly in nature, from cells to shells.…”

Developing hydroxyapatite CAPS coatings on metallic implants for tissue replacement by Montserrat Espanol Pons.

“…Hydroxyapatite (HA) is an appropriate ceramic for artificial teeth or bones due to its excellent biocompatibility and bioactivity. …”
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The rise and fall of Britain’s golden cohort: how the remarkable generation of 1925-1934 had their lives cut short by austerity by Hiam, L, Dorling, D

“…The British born between 1925 and 1934 experienced exceptional improvements in their annual mortality; earning them the title ‘the Golden Cohort’. …”

Constructions of Japan and the Japanese : war, memory and foreign policy in Singapore by Liu, Joseph Woon Keong

“…The collaborative mode of memory was born of the political and economic engagements with Japan since Singapore’s independence. …”
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Moral cultivation, meritocracy and the origin of petty people: a hypothesis by Lee, Sheng Yue

“…Specifically, one of the main problems in accounting for petty people is that everyone is born as a petty person and petty people are defined to be people who freely express their dispositions and do not pursue moral cultivation, but some are able to undergo ethical transformation and some remain as petty people. …”
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Rule Britannia: Brexit and the end of empire by Dorling, D, Tomlinson, S

“…In this wide-ranging and thoughtful analysis, now fully updated to cover the fallout from Brexit and the impact of coronavirus, Dorling and Tomlinson argue that if Britain can reconcile itself to its new place on the world stage, a new identity can be born from the ashes. <i>Rule Britannia</i> is a powerful call to leave behind the jingoistic ignorance of the past and build a fairer Britain, eradicating the inequality that blights our society and embracing our true strengths.…”

My research career by Ma, Xueliang

“…I was born in Rongcheng County in Shandong province on June 22. 1913. …”
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Modern Trends in Microelectronics Packaging Reliability Testing by Bender, Emmanuel, Bernstein, Joseph B., Boning, Duane S.

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Latent polyphenol oxidases from sago log (Metroxylon sagu): partial purification, activation, and some properties by Onsa, Galila Hassan, bin Saari, Nazamid, Selamat, Jinap, Bakar, Jamilah

“…Native PAGE analysis of the partially purified LPPO revealed three activity bands when stained with catechol and two bands with pyrogallol. …”

Rule Britannia: Brexit and the end of empire by Dorling, D, Tomlinson, S

“…In this wide-ranging and thoughtful analysis, now fully updated to cover the fallout from Brexit and the impact of coronavirus, Dorling and Tomlinson argue that if Britain can reconcile itself to its new place on the world stage, a new identity can be born from the ashes. <i>Rule Britannia</i> is a powerful call to leave behind the jingoistic ignorance of the past and build a fairer Britain, eradicating the inequality that blights our society and embracing our true strengths.…”

Mortality and probability: philosophical considerations in selected contemporary British and Irish literature by Lai, Zaneta Zhi Yan

“…In analysing four texts by four authors - David Mitchell’s Ghostwritten, Ali Smith’s Artful, Mike McCormack’s Solar Bones, and Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library, this thesis seeks to portray that death can be reworked as a compassionate and comforting thought instead of the conventionally bleak end of existence. …”
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Analysis of corporate governance and corporate performance in the 2007-2008 financial crisis by Tan, Kean Bu, Teo, Jing Jing, Jodi Yanto

“…Alan Greenspan described the recent financial crisis as a “once-in-a-century credit tsunami”, born of a collapse deep inside the US housing sector. …”
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Design and implementation of responsive registration and feedback system using unity3D by Liu, Hao

“…Science and technology are born to benefit humanity, especially in the era when the new industrial revolution commences. …”
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Louise Moillon by Stevenson, Lesley

“…The life and career of Louise Moillon (1609/10-1696) offers a fascinating case study of a supremely talented artist whose posthumous reputation has been mired in invisibility. Born and raised in Paris, Moillon was the sole woman in a circle of Calvinist Protestant émigrés who brought their tradition of still-life painting with them from Flanders. …”

Their Finest Hour Online Archive [Dataset] by Lee, S, Kidd, M, Carrington, N, Conisbee, C, Quinn, J

“…</p> <p>The project received over 2,000 stories and 25,000 digitised and born-digital objects submitted by members of the public - ranging from candid family photographs and diaries to personal items such as a “lucky rupee” and woollen gloves. …”