Is Affirmative Action Fair? : The Myth of Equity in College Admissions / by Warikoo, Natasha Kumar, 1973-, author 655000, John Wiley & Sons (Online service) 647106

“…Affirmative action in college admissions - considering whether an applicant is part of an underrepresented group when making selection decisions - has long been a topic of heated public debate. Some argue that it undermines racial equity. …”
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The Mnemosyne number and the rheology of remembrance by Jamali, Safa, McKinley, Gareth H.

“…However, this construct does not help quantify the importance of long transients and nonmonotonic stress jumps that are often observed in more complex time-varying systems. …”
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Dynamic actuation enhances transport and extends therapeutic lifespan in an implantable drug delivery platform by Whyte, William, Goswami, Debkalpa, Wang, Sophie X., Fan, Yiling, Ward, Niamh A., Levey, Ruth E., Beatty, Rachel, Robinson, Scott T., Sheppard, Declan, O’Connor, Raymond, Monahan, David S., Trask, Lesley, Mendez, Keegan L., Varela, Claudia E., Horvath, Markus A., Wylie, Robert, O’Dwyer, Joanne, Domingo-Lopez, Daniel A., Rothman, Arielle S., Duffy, Garry P., Dolan, Eimear B., Roche, Ellen T.

“…Fibrous capsule (FC) formation, secondary to the foreign body response (FBR), impedes molecular transport and is detrimental to the long-term efficacy of implantable drug delivery devices, especially when tunable, temporal control is necessary. …”
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Effects of the preheating temperature on flame-assisted spray pyrolysis of nickel-rich cathode materials by Zhang, Jianan, Muldoon, Valerie L, Deng, Sili

“…Much research effort has been devoted to develop novel synthesis methods for LIB cathodes, since traditional methods such as coprecipitation suffer long synthesis time and complex steps. In contrast, flame-based spray methods have great potential in manufacturing LIB cathode materials due to their features such as continuous, fast, and scalable operation. …”
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Design and Performance Comparison of Multi-Frequency Inductors for Megahertz Wireless Power Transfer by Yang, Rachel S., Nikiforidis, Ioannis, Pucci, Nunzio, Joisher, Mansi V., Wagle, Prateek, Mitcheson, Paul D., Perreault, David J.

“…IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Long Beach, CA, USA, 25-29 February 2024…”
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Polymer folding through active processes recreates features of genome organization by Goychuk, Andriy, Kannan, Deepti, Chakraborty, Arup K, Kardar, Mehran

“…From proteins to chromosomes, polymers fold into specific conformations that control their biological function. Polymer folding has long been studied with equilibrium thermodynamics, yet intracellular organization and regulation involve energy-consuming, active processes. …”
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Domain Adversarial Convolutional Neural Network Improves the Accuracy and Generalizability of Wearable Sleep Assessment Technology by Nunes, Adonay S., Patterson, Matthew R., Gerstel, Dawid, Khan, Sheraz, Guo, Christine C., Neishabouri, Ali

“…Wearable accelerometers are widely used as an ecologically valid and scalable solution for long-term at-home sleep monitoring in both clinical research and care. …”
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Synthesis, structure, and magnetic properties of extended 2-D triangular lattices by Bartlett, Bart M

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Spatiotemporal assessment of water security in China: an integrated supply-demand coupling model by Liu, Bin, Zhang, Feilian, Qin, Xiaosheng, Wu, Zhe, Wang, Xiaolan, He, Yuanyuan

“…This study also highlighted the prominent water security problems in various regions, which provided a valuable reference for relevant authorities in their long-term water resources planning and management.…”
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Remote sensing applications of machine learning processes: satellite imagery road extraction using few shot segmentation by Ong, Grace Hui Lee

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On propagation characteristics of ultrasonic guided waves in helical strands by Zhang, Hongyan, Li, Jian, Jiang, Can, Chen, Shili, Fan, Zheng, Liu, Yang

“…Ultrasonic nondestructive testing technology has become an ideal testing method for long-distance metal structures in recent years due to the advantages of long detection distance and high efficiency. …”
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Design and implementation of a smart Internet of Things chest pain center based on deep learning by Li, Feng, Bi, Zhongao, Xu, Hongzeng, Shi, Yunqi, Duan, Na, Li, Zhaoyu

“…This leads to problems such as long processing times, high potential for errors, an inability to access patient data in a timely manner and an increasing workload. …”
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HFENet: hybrid feature encoder network for detecting salient objects in RGB-thermal images by Sun, Fan, Zhou, Wujie, Yan, Weiqing, Zhang, Yulai

“…Cross-modal features across layers are often fused in a single step, resulting in inadequate cross-modal feature extraction. 2) Feature long-range dependence problem in multilayer feature decoding. 3) Image boundary blurring. …”
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The golden bull : is it coming? (current prospects of gold trading) by Lim, Wee Beng, Lim, Daniel Chih Ming, Leong, Kum Hoe

“…What motivates the writing of this report is the potential, we see, in this long- neglected area of investment. We must admit that over the past few years, the price of gold has been in its doldrums and has seemingly been contained within a narrow band of prices. …”
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Ballistic spin transport in exciton gases by Kavokin, A. V., Vladimirova, M., Jouault, B., Liew, Timothy Chi Hin, Leonard, J. R., Butov, L. V.

“…The challenges for the realization of long-range electron spin transport include rapid spin relaxation due to electron scattering. …”
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Enhanced stress and changes to regional seismicity due to the 2015 Mw 7.8 Gorkha, Nepal, earthquake on the neighbouring segments of the Main Himalayan Thrust by Chan, Chung-Han, Wang, Yu, Almeida, Rafael, Yadav, R.B.S.

“…Our goal is to validate this approach as a rapid response tool for seismic forecasting after large earthquakes. We propose a long-term seismic forecasting model of the Main Himalayan Thrust using the historical earthquake catalogue and regional paleo-seismicity. …”
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Don't mind the cat: potential for intraguild interactions with lions does not affect spotted hyaena habitat selection by Periquet, S, Courbin, N, Banda, E, Loveridge, A, Macdonald, D, Revilla, E, Fritz, H, Valeix, M

“…As expected, hyaenas did not avoid areas intensively used by lions, and there was even a positive effect of the long-term risk of encountering lions on habitat selection by hyaenas. …”

Symptom flares in women with chronic pelvic pain: questionnaire study within a cohort study (translational research in pelvic pain (TRiPP)) by Coxon, L, Lugt, C, Horne, AW, Evans, E, Abreu- Mendes, P, Arendt-Nielsen, L, Aziz, Q, Becker, CM, Birch, J, Charrua, A, Demetriou, L, Ferreira-Gomes, J, Hoffman, A, Hummelshoj, L, Krassowski, M, Lunde, CE, Meijlink, J, Missmer, SA, Perro, D, Zondervan, KT, Sieberg, CB, Cruz, F, Nagel, J, Vincent, K

“…Seventy-six per cent of women with CPP have ever experienced symptom flares of at least one length (short, medium and/or long). Flares are associated with painful and non-painful symptoms. …”

Τhe burial rite of Enchytrismos in Attica, Euboea and Boeotia during the Late Geometric and Archaic periods. Towards an understanding of its social significance by Vlanti, AD

“…<p>Inhumation inside ceramic vessels, conventionally termed “enchytrismos” in modern scholarship, is a long-lasting practice attested in the Aegean world and beyond. …”

Fragrance carrier based on zeolite-A modified bentonite as a controlled release system in air freshener applications by Kusrini, Eny, Anwar Usman, Ayuningtyas, Karina, Wilson, Lee D., Putra, Nandy, Prasetyo, Agus Budi, Rahman, Arif, Nugrahaningtyas, Khoirina Dwi, Santosa, Sri Juari, Noviyanti, Atiek Rostika

“…The quality of air fresheners with low cost production can be improved by using a carrier matrix such as synthetic zeolite to increase the long-lasting properties of fragrance product by encapsulation technique. …”
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