Bandwidth extension of planar antennas using embedded slits for reliable multiband RF communications by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Naser-Moghadasi, Mohammad, Sadeghzadeh, Ramazan Ali, Virdee, Bal Singh, Limiti, Ernesto

“…This is accomplished by embedding capacitive slits in the rectangular patch with a truncated ground-plane, and exciting the antenna through a meandered strip-line feed. The proposed antenna was fabricated on standard FR-4 substrate with permittivity of 4.6, thickness of 0.8 mm and loss-tangent of 0.001. …”
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Towards a broader approach to the community interpreter’s role: on correspondence between role perceptions and interactional goals by Kaczmarek, Lukasz

“…The various respondents seemed to differ in their perceptions of the interpreter’s role, ostensibly reflecting their own conversational goals, but not necessarily in line with their status as service provider, service recipient or interpreter.…”
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Isolation and characterisation of anti-diabetic pharmacological activities of phytoestrogens and components of Moringa peregrina (Forssk) Fiori by Roostaei, Davoud

“…A preliminary assessment of the effect of active extracts on expression of the main glucose transporter of HepG2 cells, GLUT1, by western blotting indicated no large changes in expression. …”
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Novel miniature microwave quasi-elliptical function bandpass filters with wideband harmonic suppression by Riaz, Muhammad

“…Traditional microwave bandpass filters are designed using quarter-wavelength distributed transmission-line resonators that are either end-coupled or side-coupled. …”
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The role of prostate cancer microvesicles in epithelial mesenchymal transition by Alokozai, Sarah

“…Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) has been linked to malignancy in many carcinomas of epithelial origin. …”
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Bond behaviour of grouted spiral and splice connection under direct axial and flexural pullout load by Hosseini, Seyed Jamal Aldin

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Developing strategies to retain organizational insurers using a clustering technique: evidence from the insurance industry by Kambiz, Shahroodi, Avakh Darestani, Soroush, Samaneh, Soltani, Adeleh, Eisazadeh Saravani

“…Formulating strategies to maintain policyholders is one of the main challenges for most insurance companies in Iran. …”
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Experiences of geophagy during pregnancy among African migrant women in London: implications for public health interventions by Madziva, Cathrine, Chinouya, Martha J., Njoroge, Kezia

“…Vomiting, nausea, spitting, appetite challenges, and cravings were cited as the main reasons for clay ingestion during pregnancy. …”
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FOSS Compact Model Prototyping with Verilog-A Equation-Defined Devices (VAEDD) by Brinson, Mike

“…It has the same structure as the standard EDD but is built around compiled Verilog-A module code, which in turn is translated to C++ code and dynamically linked to the main body of the simulator code. Essentially a VAEDD is a tiny Verilog-A module with a standardised internal code structure. …”
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Turkey and the Balkans: bringing the Europeanisation/de-Europeanisation nexus into question by Alpan, Başak, Öztürk, Ahmet Erdi

“…This article is about the main framework and the rationale of the special issue, which deals with Turkey’s increasing ethno-religious, pragmatic and complicated involvement and activism in the Balkans since 2002, under the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi - AKP). …”

Regulation of labour market intermediaries and the role of social partners in preventing trafficking of labour by Paraskevopoulou, Anna, Fromm, Andrea, Clark, Nick

“…The main focus of the report is on trafficking for the purpose of labour exploitation and does not cover trafficking for sexual exploitation. …”
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In silico identification of metabolites contributing to type 2 diabetes by integrating specific metabolic pathways by Shia, Yoke Lin

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Effect of darkness on speed-flow-density relationship for Malaysian roads by Sundara, Parameswary

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The effects of mobile engagement on psychological experience among millennial tourists in an urban destination by Mohd., Nur Shuhadah

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New CRLH-based planar slotted antennas with helical inductors for wireless communication systems, RF-circuits and microwave devices at UHF–SHF bands by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Naser-Moghadasi, Mohammad, Sadeghzadeh, Ramazan Ali, Virdee, Bal Singh, Limiti, Ernesto

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Examining the relationship between health behaviours and mental health in a Luxembourg sheltered work environment : a quantitative study by Kohl, Diane

“…This research project seeks to explore the potential link between multiple health behaviours (being active daily, eating healthy, not smoking, drinking alcohol in moderation, and being in a healthy weight range) and different mental health diagnoses. …”
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Sustained-release multiple-component cellulose acetate nanofibers fabricated using a modified coaxial electrospinning process by Yan, Jie, White, Kenneth, Yu, Deng-Guang, Zhao, Xu-Yao

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Parenting styles and aggression among young adolescents: a systematic review of literature by Masud, Hamid, Ahmad, Muhammad Shakil, Cho, Ki Woong, Fakhr, Zainab

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Exploring the potential of the recombinant human collagens for biomedical and clinical: a short review by Chen, Zhuoyue, Fan, Daidi, Shang, Lijun

“…HLC was initially used as a coating to modify the tissue engineering scaffold, and then used as the scaffold after cross link agents were added to increase its mechanical strength. …”
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Preschoolers fast map and retain artifact functions as efficiently as artifact names, but artifact actions are the most easily learned by Holland, Amanda, Hyde, Grace, Riggs, Kevin J., Simpson, Andrew

“…Retention of the action–artifact link was above chance levels, whereas retention of function and the name was not. …”
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