The GCSE attainment gap: assessing the influence of permanent school exclusion by Hills, Stephen, Walker, Matthew, Guinn, James, Kent, Aubrey

“…Therefore, considering that the GCSE attainment gap found is equally attributable to both permanent exclusion and disadvantageous pupil characteristics, policymakers should both limit permanent exclusion to being a last resort and provide additional support for pupils at risk of being permanently excluded. …”
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The legacy of polders: Diagnosing complex flooding processes and adaptation options in the coastal region of Bangladesh by Adnan, MSG

“…The results answer the questions of (i) how the pattern of land use/land cover (LULC) change influences flood risk at present and continue to do so in the future; (ii) how LULC change and flood risk impact poverty spatially. </p> <p>The last section of the thesis focuses on estimating the impacts of potential Tidal River Management (TRM) on elevating the floodplains and reducing the annual probability of flooding. …”

Archaia Phusis: the original nature of the soul in Plato’s Middle Dialogues by Körner, H

“…Do we desire our fully realized state because it ‘belongs’ (is <em>oikeion</em>) to us or because it is good? Last but not least, what do we make of the fact that immortality and the theory of recollection seem to play no role in the <em>Symposium</em>? …”

The political psychology of personality and attitudes towards immigrants by Buettner, N

“…However, immigration has turned into an extraordinarily influential topic over the last ten years, markedly shaping Western politics, which makes answers to the question why natives differ in their attitudes about immigrants and immigration increasingly high in demand and pressing.…”

Lamaholot of East Flores: a study of a boundary community by Modh, SV

“…These payments were not necessarily tied to marriage and did not serve as bridewealth. In the last century outer social factors, such as the Catholic mission and the creation of the Dutch colonial state, have resulted in that many of the traditional practices at the fieldsite have been replaced with traditions from Lamaholot elsewhere. …”

Assessing the efficacy and safety of STOP (successful treatment for paranoia)—an app-based cognitive bias modification therapy for paranoia: a randomised clinical trial protocol by Yiend, J, Taher, R, Fialho, C, Hampshire, C, Hsu, C, Kabir, T, Keppens, J, McGuire, P, Mouchlianitis, E, Peters, E, Ricci, T, Shergill, S, Stahl, D, Vamvakas, G, Jacobsen, P

“…Sessions are completed weekly and last around 40 min. STOP is completely self-administered with no therapist assistance. …”

The characterisation of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and Klebsiella pneumoniae in a teaching hospital in Malaysia by Lau, Min Yi, Ponnampalavanar, Sasheela, Chong, Chun Wie, Dwiyanto, Jacky, Lee, Yee Qing, Woon, Jia Jie, Kong, Zhi Xian, Jasni, Azmiza Syawani, Lee, Michelle Chin Chin, Obaidellah, Unaizah Hanum, Teh, Cindy Shuan Ju

“…In CRAB, multivariate analysis identified age, ethnicity, the presence of a mechanical ventilator, and patients who experienced previous exposure to clindamycin in the last 90 days as associated with an increased risk of in-hospital mortality. …”
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Dual chamber solar dryers: Maximizing thermal performance for diverse product drying by Prabhu, C. Naveen, Dhanushkodi, S., Sudhakar, K.

“…Notably, the hybrid forced mode proved twice as fast as open sun drying, presenting versatile drying solutions for small-scale farmers. …”
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Analog Quantum Variational Embedding Classifier by Yang, Rui, Bosch, Samuel, Kiani, Bobak, Lloyd, Seth, Lupascu, Adrian

“…The increase of the number of training parameters when the size of our model increases is therefore not as fast as that of a neural network. Our algorithm presents the possibility of using current quantum annealers for solving practical machine-learning problems, and it could also be useful to explore quantum advantage in quantum machine learning.…”
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Scalable mesenchymal stem cell enrichment from bone marrow aspirate using deterministic lateral displacement (DLD) microfluidic sorting by Tan Kwan Zen, Nicholas, Zeming, Kerwin Kwek, Teo, Kim Leng, Loberas, Mavis, Lee, Jialing, Goh, Chin Ren, Yang, Da Hou, Oh, Steve, Hui Hoi Po, James, Cool, Simon M., Hou, Han Wei, Han, Jongyoon

“…Taken together, we envision that the developed DLD platform will enable fast and efficient isolation of MSCs from BMA for effective downstream cell therapy in clinical settings.…”
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Active learning for optimal intervention design in causal models by Zhang, Jiaqi, Cammarata, Louis, Squires, Chandler, Sapsis, Themistoklis P., Uhler, Caroline

“…This acquisition function is evaluated in closed form, allowing for fast optimization. The resulting algorithms are theoretically grounded with information-theoretic bounds and provable consistency results for linear causal models with known causal graph. …”
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A cloud platform for sharing and automated analysis of raw data from high throughput polymer MD simulations by Xie, Tian, Kwon, Ha-Kyung, Schweigert, Daniel, Gong, Sheng, France-Lanord, Arthur, Khajeh, Arash, Crabb, Emily, Puzon, Michael, Fajardo, Chris, Powelson, Will, Shao-Horn, Yang, Grossman, Jeffrey C.

“…In this work, we describe a cloud-based platform to enable fast post-processing of the trajectories and to facilitate sharing of the raw data. …”
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Real-time identification and visualization of Egyptian blue using modified night vision goggles by Nicola, Marco, Gobetto, Roberto, Bazzacco, Alessandro, Anselmi, Chiara, Ferraris, Enrico, Russo, Alfonsina, Masic, Admir, Sgamellotti, Antonio

“…The device is based on night vision technology and allows an unprecedented fast, versatile, and user-friendly approach. It is employable by professionals including archeologists, conservators, and conservation scientists, as well as by untrained individuals such as students or tourists at museums and sites. …”
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Electrochemically driven optical and SERS immunosensor for the detection of a therapeutic cardiac drug by Chaudhry, Madeeha, Lim, Dong-Kwon, Kang, Jeon Woong, Yaqoob, Zahid, So, Peter, Bhopal, Muhammad Fahad, Wang, Minqiang, Qamar, Raheel, Bhatti, Arshad Saleem

“…The current study envisages replacement of conventional methodologies with small immunoassay chips using QDs and/or SERS-based tags with fast turnaround detection time as compared to conventional ELISA.…”
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Plasmoid Formation and Strong Radiative Cooling in a Driven Magnetic Reconnection Experiment by Datta, R., Chandler, K., Myers, C. E., Chittenden, J. P., Crilly, A. J., Aragon, C., Ampleford, D. J., Banasek, J. T., Edens, A., Fox, W. R., Hansen, S. B., Harding, E. C., Jennings, C. A., Ji, H., Kuranz, C. C., Lebedev, S. V., Looker, Q., Patel, S. G., Porwitzky, A., Shipley, G. A., Uzdensky, D. A., Yager-Elorriaga, D. A., Hare, J. D.

“…Time-gated x-ray images show fast-moving (up to 50  km s−1) hotspots in the layer, consistent with the presence of plasmoids in 3D resistive magnetohydrodynamic simulations. …”
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Effects of the preheating temperature on flame-assisted spray pyrolysis of nickel-rich cathode materials by Zhang, Jianan, Muldoon, Valerie L, Deng, Sili

“…In contrast, flame-based spray methods have great potential in manufacturing LIB cathode materials due to their features such as continuous, fast, and scalable operation. Nevertheless, flame-based spray methods also need improvement in controlling the morphology and improving the electrochemical performance of LIBs. …”
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Tectonics of the semi-permanent: Reassembling fit-out architecture by Schnitzler, Jenna

“…The uneven wearing that Bolton wrote about in 1911, appears again in the iconic shearing layers diagram from Frank Duffy and Stewart Brand, who make a very similar economic argument, demonstrating that the economically fast-wearing interior layer accumulates the most investment over time, rebuilt on a cycle of every 5-10 years. …”
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Avoiding electrochemical indentations: a CNT-cocooned LiCoO₂ electrode with ultra-stable high-voltage cycling by Zhu, Zhi, Xu, Shuanglong, Wang, Zhenjie, Yan, Xiaohui, Xu, Guiyin, Huang, Yimeng, Wu, Yuping, Zhang, Yin, Li, Ju

“…Here, we demonstrate that the limited electrochemical contact area between electronically conductive carbon and the LCO crystal causes “electrochemical indentations” (ECIs) during charging and discharging. Particularly in fast charging, the high local ΔcLi gradient in LCO would cause a local volume of the surficial lattice to shrink while the rest of the crystal is still under stretching, and hence, drive the ECI to cause cracking. …”
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Examining the adoption of electromobility concepts across social contexts for energy transition by K?hlke, Julia, Lechowicz, Adam, Fabikun, Oluwole, Bashir, Noman, Souza, Abel, Shenoy, Prashant, Lehnhoff, Sebastian

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Accelerating Urban Building Energy Modeling by Le Hong, Zoe, Wolk, Samuel

“…In order to address these challenges, we present a fast, flexible, and comprehensive UBEM methodology which can be used to reduce identified barriers to time-sensitive decision-making in building stock decarbonization spheres. …”
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