Modified logistic model for mortality rates in Malaysia by Ah Khaliludin, Nur Idayu

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Secure satellite downlink with hybrid RIS and AI-based optimization by Kamal, Mian Muhammad, Abideen, Syed Zain Ul, Shah, Syed Sikandar, Sehito, Nabila, Khan, Salahuddin, Virdee, Bal Singh, Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Livreri, Patrizia

“…Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed beamforming strategy, highlighting significant performance improvements when utilizing hybrid-RIS compared to traditional passive RIS solutions in wireless communication systems.…”
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Women’s decision making process regarding prenatal diagnostic testing by Tzafettas, Marilena

“…Logistic regression analysis using the R version 3.0.3 revealed that none of the PDMQ factors had a significant impact on women’s decision to have an invasive test (CVS), whereas the following three factors had a significant impact on the decision to have a non-invasive test (NIPT): negative attitude to doctors and an internal locus of control were associated with the uptake of NIPT, whereas a negative attitude to medicine was associated with rejection of NIPT When risk status was included in the model it was found that uptake of NIPT was predicted by the presence of some level of risk for T21 or T13/T18. …”
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Are you disabled? Social and cultural factors in understanding disability in Trinidad and Tobago by Rolston, Yansie

“…The research findings and analysis add to the existing disability scholarship by exploring the cultural impositions and social structures that impact on disability experiences in a country of the Global South, and pinpoint some of the limitations present in hegemonic Western discourse when applied in these settings. It highlights the importance of the legacies of colonialism and challenges assumptions that systems of Western modernisation and development can be easily transferred to countries of the South without considering whether or not they are socially or culturally appropriate. …”
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Optical properties of concentrated dispersions by Molloy, Peter J.

“…This showed that information about particle orientation can be obtained through multiple scattering systems when subjected to an aligning field. Kubelka-Munk two flux theory was used to relate R and T to the diffuse flux scattering parameter S. …”
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Snow, Wilson and the Scientific Revolution by Sheldrake, John

“…First, however some background to the period – a period when post-war austerity was rapidly giving way to rampant consumerism.…”
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Europe and the Unitary Patent: Progress Towards Reshaping the European Patent Landscape by Radcliffe, Bertie

“…It is surprising that the European Union has failed to create a Unitary Patent which would fully liberalise the flow of ideas as the single market facilitated the flow of capital and people. This is apparent when one considers that the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union explicitly mandates the Council and the Parliament of the EU to “establish measures for the creation of European intellectual property rights to provide uniform protection of intellectual property rights throughout the Union and for the setting up of centralised Union-wide authorisation, coordination and supervision arrangements”. …”
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How do counselling psychology trainees experience working with CBT in their placements? by Hedley, Andrew M.

“…Research and commentary by qualified and trainee counselling psychologists have expressed some concern about how well the profession’s values are upheld when they are working with CBT within the NHS and IAPT settings. …”
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The Lisson Gallery sketchbooks : Tony Fretton by Fretton, Anthony, Woodman, Ellis, Sergison, Jonathan

“…Catalogue of sketches and drawings of Tony (Anthony) Fretton. When we think of the Lisson Gallery we think of the building by Tony Fretton that presents its interior to the street and builds contemporary form from the different dialects of the city around it. …”

Children’s body fatness and prevalence of obesity in relation to height for age by Navti, Lifoter K., Samani-Radia, Dimple, McCarthy, H. David

“…Conclusion: A higher prevalence of excess weight, measured by BMI SDS among children taller for their age is replicated when using %BF and WC. Height for age measurement has potential in screening children for later risk of obesity.…”
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Prion 2016 poster abstracts by Terry, Cassandra, Wenborn, Adam, Gros, Nathalie, Sells, Jessica, Joiner, Susan, Hosszu, Laszlo L. P., Tattum, M. Howard, Panico, Silvia, Clare, Daniel K., Collinge, John, Saibil, Helen R., Wadsworth, Jonathan D. F.

“…Our preparations contain very high titres of infectious prions which faithfully transmit prion strain-specific phenotypes when inoculated into mice making them eminently suitable for detailed structural analysis. …”
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Usage and Consequences of Privacy Settings in Microblogs by Daehnhardt, Elena, Taylor, Nick K., Jing, Yanguo

“…Would microbloggers use Twitter more effectively when opening their content for everyone rather than protecting their profiles? …”
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Sport as a vehicle for health promotion: a shared value example of corporate social responsibility by Hills, Stephen, Walker, Matthew, Barry, Adam E.

“…The authors frame the study using a shared value perspective to demonstrate that sport managers can effectively promote health when the professional sport organization is concurrently attempting to deliver social and business value. …”
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'Unhappy and wretched creatures': charity, poor relief and pauper removal in Britain and Ireland during the Great Famine, 1847-50 by MacRaild, Donald, Darwen, Lewis, Gurrin, Brian, Kennedy, Liam

“…We argue that British poor law unions in areas heavily affected by the refugee crisis adopted rigorous removal policies, and that the non-settled Irish consequently only applied for relief when they required urgent medical attention, or after alternative sources of support (charity, employment, kin) were unavailable or inadequate. …”
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Cross-cultural perspectives of LGBTQ psychology from five different countries: current state and recommendations by Moreno, Alexander, Ardila, Ruben, Zervoulis, Karyofyllis, Nel, Juan A., Light, Earnest, Chamberland, Line

“…Key experts on LGBTQ concerns report distinctive challenges they have faced when promoting LGBTQ rights and developing LGBTQ psychology (e.g., the pathologization and criminalization of sexual diversity, neglect on the part of authorities, and rejection from religious groups). …”
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A novel downlink semi-persistent packet scheduling scheme for VoLTE traffic over heterogeneous wireless networks by Tabany, Myasar R., Guy, Chris G., Sherratt, R. Simon

“…Long-term evolution (LTE) is becoming the first choice of mobile network operators (MNOs) when constructing a wireless network infrastructure because of its high data rate, high throughput, and low latency. …”
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After COVID-19: time to agree a biosecurity code of conduct under the biological and toxin weapons convention (book chapter) by Whitby, Simon, Tang, Cheng, Shang, Lijun, Dando, Malcolm

“…The devastating COVID-19 disease outbreak in early 2020 is likely to cause a major rethink about the dangers of natural, accidental and deliberate disease outbreaks in humans, animals and plants when the outbreak is eventually brought under control. …”

A scoping review of qualitative research on perceptions of one’s own alcohol use by Morris, Stephanie, Stewart, Duncan, Madden, Mary, McCambridge, Jim

“…Many existing studies are focused largely on people’s ‘experiences’ of their own drinking behaviours, particularly when they were drinking in ways commonly understood as heavy, risky or problematic. …”
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How do therapists understand and use humour in their work with obsessive-compulsive clients? A grounded theory study by Densham, Rachel

“…‘Light’ and soothing humour promotes constructive outcomes (distancing while closely bonded, playfulness, normalising, reframing); while ‘dark’ and provocative humour risks negative results (defending, offending, rupturing). When making decisions about humour use, participants have regard to both in-the-moment, and longer term, feedback on the strength of the therapeutic relationship; as well as certain individual differences (religion, class, gender, age, etc. of the client) and intrapsychic variables (the participant’s own experience, training and professional reputation). …”
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Exchange rate forecasting: regional applications to ASEAN, CACM, MERCOSUR and SADC countries by Aljandali, Abdulkader

“…ARDL cointegration models had limited success in the forecasting exercise but were particularly relevant as a composite method and were the best performing models when combined with time series techniques.…”
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