From private entrepreneurship to state monopoly: contracting Swiss soldiers for Dutch Service under Ancien Régime Fiscal- Military Practices (1693–1829) by Depreter, M

“…This contribution examines Dutch contracting practices to hire Swiss troops during the Ancien Régime, from the first contracts directly negotiated in the Protestant cantons by Petrus Valckenier (1693-1694) during the Nine Years’ War, seizing opportunities arisen from Louis XIV’s revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685) after a period during which the Dutch seem to have relied on uncertain access to Swiss manpower through French intercession, up to the end of a short-lived revival of Swiss foreign regiments in the newly-instated Kingdom of the Netherlands (1814-1829). …”

Understanding thermal unsteadiness in engine representative flows and improved methodologies for derived heat transfer calculations using thin-film gauges by Singh, D, Beard, PF, Cardwell, D, Chana, KS

“…The experiments with a radially varying NGV inlet temperature profile showed up to nine times higher thermal unsteadiness, compared to the uniform inlet. …”

"Workhorses": exploring how internal medicine residents learn efficiency by Ting, J

“…</p> <p><strong>Findings:</strong> Nine residents participated. Efficiency was a multifaceted skill involving a combination of clinical knowledge, mental organization, social skills, and an unwavering focus on maximizing patient safety and care. …”

Acoustic characteristics of Chinese first-level vowels production by Kazakh learners by Zhao, Zhongxing, Mahfoodh, Omer Hassan Ali, Boh, Phaik Ean

“…Each participant was recorded while producing the seven Chinese vowels, with each utterance being repeated nine times to ensure consistency and reliability. …”
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Lernea cyprinacea L. (Copepoda: Caligidea) in Helostoma temmincki Cuvier & Valenciennes: the dynamics of resistance in recovered and naive fish by Woo, P. T. K., Shariff, M.

“…In another experiment, all nine recovered fish were infected when the challenge infective dose was high. …”

Research on Guqin composition in Mainland China in the 1950s and 1960s: some works of Yu Shaoze [ 喻绍泽] by He, Zeng, Chiat, Loo Fung

“…This paper primarily focuses on the historical and morphological study of nine guqin pieces composed by Yu Shaoze [ 喻绍泽] (1903–1988), the earliest professional guqin music teacher in the west China, between 1956 and 1966. …”
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The role of smartphone applications as English learning tool among Chinese university students by Liu, Mengjie, Noordin, Nooreen, Ismail, Lilliati, Abd Rahim, Nur Aira, Zaremohzzabieh, Zeinab

Lean Manufacturing Adoption in Malaysia: A Systematic Literature Review by Osman, Azim Azuan, Othman, Abdul Aziz, Abdul Rahim, Mohd Kamarul Irwan

“…These articles were also grouped into nine meaningful research themes, named: (1) lean definitions, (2) sustaining lean adoption, (3) motivations to adopt lean, (4) lean benefits, (5) results from lean adoption, (6) lean implementation barriers, (7) lean success factors, (8) lean implementation/ assessment models, and (9) lean integration with other management practices. …”
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Launderama : a director's reflection by Soh, Hui Min

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Effect of inorganic fillers on the behaviour of LCP blends by Zhang, Long

“…In this study, a fine fumed silica powder filled polypropylene (PP) composite was blended with LC5000, a thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer (TLCP).…”
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Short film: tomorrow by Chin, Yong Leong

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When the kids come out to play by Loy, Joanne Mei Yee

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Cubed by Xue, En Ge

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Component-based security under partial compromise by Dehnel-Wild, M

“…Is there value in making the modelling and analysis as fine-grained as we can, or does the extra effort fail to buy us anything? …”

Quantifying the permeability reduction of biogrouted rock fracture by Wu, Chuangzhou, Chu, Jian, Wu, Shifan, Guo, Wei

“…However, the viscosity of cement grout is high and the particle sizes may not be fine enough to penetrate through fine rock joints. …”
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Optimization and scheduling of applications in a heterogeneous CPU-GPU environment by Karan Rajendra Shetti

“…Using state of the art StarPU scheduling framework and exhaustive benchmarks, it is shown that the fine grained approach in much more efficient for the CPU-GPU environment. …”
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Enhancing the microstructure and strength gain of sustainable cement binders by Lin, Shiyi

“…The result demonstrated that an increase of fine aggregate may have contributed to the high initial strength of MgO than PC due to the formation of hydromagnesite, nesquehonite and magnesite. …”
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Modeling polarity-driven laminar patterns in bilayer tissues with mixed signaling mechanisms by Moore, JW, Dale, TC, Woolley, TE

“…Motivated by cellular mechanisms that control cell-fate decisions in developing bilayer tissues, we use dynamical systems coupled with multilayer graphs to analyze the role of signaling polarity and pathway crosstalk in fine-grain pattern formation of protein activity. …”

Animatezoo: zero-shot video generation of cross-species animation via subject alignment by Xu, Y, Chen, Y, Huang, Z, He, Z, Wang, G, Torr, PHS, Lin, L

“…These components are specifically designed to capture essential appearance information, including identity and fine details. Second, we align shape features and addressconflicts from differing subjects by introducing a scale-information remover. …”

Optimizing Sustainable Concrete Strength With Laminated Waste Glass (Lwg): Insights From Waterto-Cement Ratios And Slump Values (0.35-0.5) by Mohd Roslan, Muhammad Lutfi Fitri, Mohd Zuki, Sharifah Salwa, Shahidan, Shahiron, Mohammad Azmi, Mohamad Azim

“…This study investigates the use of laminated waste glass (LWG) as a fine aggregate in concrete, with a focus on optimizing strength and workability through variation in water-to-cement (w/c) ratios. …”
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