Seroepidemiology and mathematical modelling of non-polio enteroviruses by Kamau, E

Sympathetic-neuron-derived neuropeptide Y (NPY) regulates adipose tissue immunometabolic homeostasis by Zhu, Y

Tips from an expert panel on the development of a clinical research protocol by Makram, AM, Elsheikh, R, Makram, OM, Van, NT, Nam, NH, Quan, NK, Duc, NTM, Nguye, NQT, Javes, GO, Elsheikh, SS, Imoto, A, Lee, P, Ohmagari, N, Aiga, H, Kamiya, Y, Endo, PT, Huy, NT

“…Specifically, the structure of a research protocol should contain the following items: (1) a title that is specific, catchy, and impressive within the word limitation; (2) an abstract that briefs the critical points of the study; (3) an introduction highlighting the study context from broad to narrow and defining the knowledge gap; (4) a justification underlining the significance of the proposed study; (5) Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-bound (SMART) objective(s) and aim(s); (6) a methodology covering seven sub-items, including [i] study design and settings, [ii] study subjects, [iii] sample size calculation and sampling, [iv] participants recruitment and follow-up, [v] questionnaire development, [vi] potential variables and outcomes, and [vii] data analysis plan; (7) dissemination of the results; (8) ethics and conflict of interests; (9) budgets analysis/ funding disclosure; and (10) references. …”

Study of ground vibrations induced by moving vehicles by Hao, Hong, Ang, Paul Thien Cheong

“…Impact induced ground vibrations due to pile driving are also included in the project and the findings are given in Appendix A.…”
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Hoteliers' perception of corporate crisis and crisis management in the Singapore hotel industry. by Chen, Jian Hao., Lee, Wei Lin., Ng, Yvonne Pei Ling.

“…This report looks at the perceptions of corporate crisis of four local hoteliers belonging to the 5-star, luxury hotel segment in the local industry, and their hotels’ crisis management plans. …”
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High-performance organic single-crystal field-effect transistors of indolo[3,2-b]carbazole and their potential applications in gas controlled organic memory devices by Hu, Wenping, Jiang, Hui, Zhao, Huaping, Zhang, Keke K., Chen, Xiaodong, Kloc, Christian

“…The hole mobility approaches values of up to 1.0 cm2 V−1 s−1 with an on/off ratio of ∼106. The transistors exhibit sensitivity to nitric oxide (NO). …”
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Rutting characteristics rolling-compacted open-graded friction courses by Phone Myint.

“…Gyratory- compacted specimens were prepared by Gyratory Compactor, while two rut slabs (with 5 percent of optimum binder) were fabricated by Rolling Wheel Compactor.…”
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Two notes on Táng-time Tibetan transcriptions of Chinese by Coblin, W. South

“…Hill romanizes this letter as v-, and in order to avoid confusion, I shall adopt this romanization here.…”
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Design and implementation of a synthesizable test-bench for testing the LDPC decoder IP by Yang, Shi

“…In order to ascertain that for certain range of signal to noise ratio, the bit error ratio of the delivery LDPC IP core meets the requirement of the 2.5G Ethernet system, a fully synthesizable test-bench which can support both simulation and emulation environments, has been designed and implemented during the project period. …”
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Crustal deformation at the Sumatran subduction zone revealed by coral rings by Ward, Steven N., Natawidjaja, Danny H., Suwargadi, Bambang W., Sieh, Kerry

“…At distances less than 110 km from the Sumatran trench, coral reefs are submerging as fast as 5 mm/y. At 130 and 180 km distance from the trench, they are emerging at similar rates. …”
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Clan, marriage practices and kinship terms amongst the Ao and Sema Nagas by Sreedhar, M. V.

“…In many Naga communities the bonds, duties and obligations of the clan cuts across religious bonds, for instance, the non-Christian Konyaks helping the Konyaks of the same clan in building a church in Wanching (Haimendorf: 1973:5). Conversely, despite conversion to Christianity. many Christian Nagas still observe the old customs (Sreedhar: 1980). …”
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The constraints of habit: craft, repetition, and creativity by Ross, Wendy, Glăveanu, Vlad

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Single-histogram class models for image segmentation by Schroff, F, Criminisi, A, Zisserman, A

“…</p> <br> <p>The approach is evaluated on the MSRC database [5] and it is shown that performance equals or is superior to previous publications on this database.…”

The moral inefficacy of carbon offsetting by John, TM, Askell, A, Wilkinson, H

Indigenous cosmologies of energy for a sustainable energy future by Mazzone, A, Fulkaxò Cruz, DK, Tumwebaze, S, Ushigua, M, Trotter, PA, Carvajal, AE, Schaeffer, R, Khosla, R

Algebraic identifiability of partial differential equation models by Byrne, HM, Harrington, HA, Ovchinnikov, A, Pogudin, G, Rahkooy, H, Soto, P

Near-term deployment of novel carbon removal to facilitate longer-term deployment by Nemet, GF, Gidden, MJ, Greene, J, Roberts, C, Lamb, WF, Minx, JC, Smith, SM, Geden, O, Riahi, K

“…<p>Scenarios&mdash;which account for the costs of and interactions among different mitigation options&mdash;show that we will need to remove hundreds of gigatons of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere over the course of the century to limit warming to well below 2&deg;C, make efforts to limit it to 1.5&deg;C, and ensure the sustained well-being of our planet. …”

A compact water window X-ray source based on inverse Compton scattering by Musat, V, Burrows, PN, Doebert, S, Granados, E, Herrador, J, Latina, A, Malyzhenkov, A

“…A brazing-free electron gun with a maximum beam energy of 7 MeV is considered, providing photon energies covering the full water window range. …”

L’enfant, sine qua non de la hiérarchie sociale? Le Tiers Livre de Rabelais by Kenny, N

Reviewing risk process integration effectiveness into Malaysia landscape architecture project lifecycle by S.Muthuveeran, Adam Aruldewan, Mohd Tahir, Osman, Ibrahim, Roziya, Abd-Karim, Saipol Bari

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