Masdar City: ‘City of Possibilities’ by Griffiths, S

“…Partly due to the global financial crisis of 2008 and partly due to experience gained from continued assessments of the original concept, Masdar has scaled back the initial ambitions for the city’s carbon and waste targets, as well as the development approach and time-line for the entire city. This, however, may ultimately prove to be the best outcome for Masdar City if it is truly to become a model for sustainable cities of the future.…”

Recognising rotationally symmetric surfaces from their outlines by Forsyth, DA, Mundy, JL, Zisserman, A, Rothwell, CA

“…The results additionally yield techniques for identifying the line in the image plane corresponding to the axis of a rotationally symmetric surface, and for telling whether a surface is rotationally symmetric or not from its outline alone.…”

Swift: poetical repurposer by Cox, O

“…He did so ironically, however, by lifting a line from John Denham's On Mr Abraham Cowley and putting it into the mouth of a hypothetical, ignorant critic elegizing “Swift”: Denham's “what he wrote was all his own” becomes Swift's “what he writ was all his own” (1–2). …”

English medium instruction in multilingual contexts: empirical evidence from Ethiopia by Opare-Kumi, J

“…These findings are in line with the international education literature on skill development, learning and second language acquisition. …”

Single view metrology by Criminisi, A, Reid, I, Zisserman, A

“…This minimal information is typically the vanishing line of a reference plane and a vanishing point for a direction not parallel to the plane. …”

Syarikat Abdul Rahman Pandak: Embarking Business Growth Strategy and Sustainability for Nestle Product (S/O 14810) by Badlishah, Shahrizal, Ab Hamid, Kamal

“…The findings from the discussion will help the user to propose an ideal understanding of total entreprenuership style that can serve as a dividing line between successful and unsuccessful business. …”
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WHAT A MUSHROOM LIVES FOR : Matsutake and the Worlds They Make / by Hathaway, Michael J., author 656068

“…They seek out other species to carry out their own life projects -- i.e., they make their own worlds. …”
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刘宗周《人谱》的改过思想及工夫论 = The idea of reform cultivation in Liu Zongzhou’s "Renpu" by 林彦慧 Lim, Dorothea Yan Hui

“…Hence, to correct late-Ming’s academic atmosphere, he created “Renpu”. “Ji Guo Ge” (〈纪过格〉), “Song Guo Fa” (〈讼过法〉) and “Gai Guo Shuo” (〈改过说〉) being the second part of “Renpu”, listed all kinds of wrong-doings and elaborated on the concise steps of reforming one’s wrongdoings. …”
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Time-series metagenomics reveals changing protistan ecology of a temperate dimictic lake by Krinos, Arianna I., Bowers, Robert M., Rohwer, Robin R., McMahon, Katherine D., Woyke, Tanja, Schulz, Frederik

“…Lake Mendota is a large, eutrophic natural lake that is a Long-Term Ecological Research site and among the world’s best-studied freshwater systems. …”
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Effects of plant functional group removal on CO2 fluxes and belowground C stocks across contrasting ecosystems by Grau-Andrés, Roger, Wardle, David A., Gundale, Michael J., Foster, Claire N., Kardol, Paul

“…Changes in plant communities can have large effects on ecosystem carbon (C) dynamics and long-term C stocks. However, how these effects are mediated by environmental context or vary among ecosystems is not well understood. …”
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Interface energetics and dynamics in organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites by Goh, Teck Wee

“…Organic-inorganic lead halide perovskites have gained a lot of attention over the past six years as a desirable class of materials for various devices which has been shown to possess desirable properties such as long diffusion lengths, large carrier mobility, low trap states. …”
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Creep and shrinkage performance of kenaf bio fibrous concrete composite by Ogunbode, Ezekiel Babatunde

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Reservoir system modelling using nondominated sorting genetic algorithm in the framework of climate change by Tukimat, Nurul Nadrah Aqilah

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Use of hormone replacement therapy and risk of breast cancer: nested case-control studies using the QResearch and CPRD databases by Vinogradova, Y, Coupland, C, Hippisley-Cox, J

“…The risk associated with past long term oestrogen-progestogen use, however, remained increased (1.16, 1.11 to 1.21). …”

THE DREAMS WE HARVEST / by Aidil Azizul, author 655919

“…After Covid-19 hits and most businesses begin to reopen, Hanan finds her family in a difficult situation. Living a humble life in a small town in Cameron Highlands, she and her mother, Puan Nafisah, grapple with the daunting task of keeping their family’s business afloat all the while trying to keep her late father’s culinary legacy alive. …”

Songs of The Runaway Heart / by Marisa Fendi, author 655832

“…Nine years pass. Haikal’s life revolves around his daughter rather than his motorcycle. …”

Pathways to early retirement: The determinants and motivational drivers by Nur Nadiah Salihah, Mat Razali, Fernando, Yudi

“…This choice is sustained by clear intentions to retire early and ultimately culminates in adapting to the novel life stage that arises from the permanent withdrawal from employment. …”
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Design of a battery operated portable DC power supply. Part 2 : output current monitoring and protection by Fu, Xinyu

“…These appliances have greatly improved the quality of our life in many ways. As the source of power that operate these products, electricity is becoming one of the most important energy in our daily life. …”
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Nanowatt power management circuit design AIoT device by Ho, Yeung Ken

“…This has brought about new challenges for designers, as they strive to optimize battery life while maintaining peak performance. As a result, power management units are crucial to regulate the voltage of the power supply, allowing IoT devices to operate more efficiently and with a longer battery life. …”
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Integrating human factors in the LNG industry in pursuit of zero harm goal by Cafirma, June Tejano

“…A comprehensive approach that encompassed the entire life cycle of an LNG facility, from its conceptualization, design, construction, to its operation and maintenance was taken. …”
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