Performance evaluation of insurance sector using balanced scorecard and hybrid BWM-TOPSIS: evidence from Iran by Rahmati, Sahar, Avakh Darestani, Soroush

“…The outline of our approach is as follows: First, via theoretical studies, the primary criteria were identified in four BSC performance dimensions and they were provided to experts. Then, nine criteria were selected to measure the performance of insurance companies based on BSC, where Best Worst Method (BWM) was used to weight the criteria. …”
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Exploring effeminate gay men’s experiences of dating using gay dating and hook-up applications: an interpretative phenomenological analysis by Neill, Stewart Robert Ferguson

“…Findings: This study produced three superordinate themes (the evolving gender identity, the impact of femmephobia, and the effects of romantic and sexual rejection) and nine sub-themes. Conclusion: Throughout this study, the findings appear to be underpinned by toxic masculinity regulated by femmephobia, which continues to marginalise and subordinate EGM. …”
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Epidemiology trend with particular spatio-temporal distribution of DIR in Malaysia by Jamil, Nur Izzah, Che Him, Norziha, Mohd Hamdan, Siti Fatimah Az-Zahra, Rusiman, Mohd Saifullah

“…Dengue cases that recorded in the nine district of Selangor state over seven years' period were used to ample evidence of dengue and peak transmission occurred in 2014, 2015 and 2019. …”
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Relationship between construction waste generation and recycling practices in Southern Johor by Nadarason, Kageishieny

“…The construction waste data was collected over a period of nine months using observation, direct measurements and indirect measurements approaches. …”
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Framework for sustainable TVET-Teacher Education Program in Malaysia Public Universities by Hamdan, Nor Hidayah

“…This study had adopted an Exploratory Sequential Mix-Method design, which involves a semi-structured interview (phase one) and survey method (phase two). Nine experts had involved in phase one chosen by using Purposive Sampling Technique. …”
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Nevertheless, she resisted: the body as a site of resistance in "The Autopsy of Jane Doe" by Beddows, Amy

“…Yet portraying misogyny and violence - especially sexual violence - on screen without replicating the messages that perpetuate these complex issues (such as that women’s bodies are objects for male pleasure, or that female sexual agency is deviant), is a tricky line for filmmakers to tread. Women’s bodies are often used as a site for horror, with bloody wounds interspersed with bare skin and sexualised scenarios and the complications of combining terror and titillation are still debated today. …”
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Bandwidth enhancement of dielectric resonator reflectarray antenna by Ahmadi, Farzaneh, Forooraghi, Keyvan, Atlasbaf, Zahra, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…These results were validated using the transmission-line method.…”
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Opinion on the compatibility of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) with the European Convention on Human Rights & the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights by Korff, Douwe, Brown, Ian

“…It follows a request to find out “if the final Version of ACTA and its foreseen legislative procedure is in line with the Treaties of the European Union and which legal possibilities there are for the European Parliament to challenge this in front of the European Court of Justice.” …”
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Book review: The urban enigma: time, autonomy and postcolonial transformation in Latin America by Simone Vegliò by Levy, Helton

“…The book discusses the projects’ ambitions in line with the vision of modernity at their time while contrasting their aims with the demands of social inclusion, justice, and the continuation of colonial ideas.…”
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Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy experimentation and applications by Haider, Zuhaib, Tufail, Kashif, Roslan, Sufi, Munajat, Yusof

“…Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) is one of the highly potential techniques to compete in this competitive arena for rapid elemental analysis which can be further used for real-time composition monitoring in the production line, post-production inspection, scrap sorting and even for classification of biological samples. …”
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Magnesium doped hydroxyapatite/sodium alginate biocomposite for bone implants application by Kanasan, Nanthini

“…From the observation, a noticeable precipitation of bone-like apatite on the surface of pure HA, HA/SA, and Mg-doped HA/SA was observed for 1 day, 7 days, and 14 days of immersion period. …”
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Low magnetic field exposure alters prostate cancer cell properties by Lange, Sigrun, Inal, Jameel, Kraev, Igor, Dart, Dafydd Alwyn, Uysal-Onganer, Pinar

“…This study investigated the effects of LMF exposure (20 nT) by magnetic shielding on the prostate cancer cell line PC3 compared to the prostate epithelial cell line PNT2 under short-term (4 h) conditions. …”
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The influence of biosynthesis zinc oxide nanoparticles by using fruit extracts of ananas comosus towards the performance of PSF/ZNO membrane by Raja Ahmad, Raja Puteri Nurul Adibah

“…The bandgap energy value of the ZnO (C) and ZnO (P) was 2.20 eV and 3.17 eV respectively which in line with the photocatalytic activity as many as 66.4% and 96.2% for ZnO (C) and ZnO (P) respectively in this study. …”
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Architecture, sinon repression: a journey through the narrow layer where the State meets the land by Oropallo, Gabriele

“…Striation is the result of the intervention of man who, while colonising a territory, drew lines on it like on a wax tablet. This intervention progressively created homogeneity and facilitated movement through the territory. …”
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Iraq’s democratic dilemmas: from entrenched dictatorship to fragile democracy by Abdulla, Namo

“…Saddam and his former like-minded people created a culture capable of producing as many dictators as it wants. …”
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British and Irish Diasporas: Societies, cultures and ideologies by MacRaild, Donald

“…People from the British and Irish Isles have, for centuries, migrated to all corners of the globe.Wherever they went, the English, Irish, Scots, Welsh, and and even sub-national, supra-regional groups like the Cornish, co-mingled, blended and blurred. …”

Parallel querying of distributed ontologies with shared vocabulary by Aslam, Sharjeel, Vassilev, Vassil, Ouazzane, Karim

“…However, although SPARQL is well-established standard for querying semantic repositories in RDF and OWL format and there are commonly used APIs which supports it, like Jena for Java, its parallel option is not incorporated in them. …”
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The pecking order by Scarso, Jacek Ludwig

“…Drawing on surveillance techniques such as CCTV cameras and internet data monitoring, bird-like characters watch over Tate Modern in a performative/VR intervention. …”

Protea / Extraction by Arkomanis, Ektoras, Shummo, Mae, Medina Uriarte, Lucia

“…Central to the installation is a trophy-like bronze relief of the outline of Protea Village, an area adjacent to Kirstenbosch, the National Botanical Garden of South Africa, located in Western Cape. …”
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Using Passive Strategies to prevent overheating and promote resilient buildings by Brotas, Luisa, Nicol, Fergus

“…This paper assesses the likelihood of a model dwelling in London overheating in line with climatic predictions for the year 2030, 2050 and 2080. …”
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