Insurgent envelopment: the emergency blanket and scenes of exposure at border zones by McCormack, D

“…Fabricated from metallised polymer films, emergency blankets are used commonly to provide thermal protection for bodies at risk of exposure in a range of situations. …”

Application of Judith Butler’s “gender performativity” in Asian cultures by Ding, Gary Yongping

“…One of Judith Butler’s best known theories, regarding Gender Performativity, draws inspiration from Beauvoir’s formulation. “Butler adopts the Beauvoirian position that gender is not something one is, but something one does, or as she puts it, “[g]ender is the repeated stylization of the body, set of repeated acts within a highly rigid regulatory frame that congeal over time to produce the appearance of substance, of a natural sort of being” (Salih 91). …”
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Current state-of-the-art of non-reverse osmosis-like forward osmosis technology by Chang, Zhen Hong, Sum, Jing Yao, Lau, Woei Jye, Ang, Wei Lun, Teow, Yeit Haan, Ooi, Boon Seng, Yeap, Swee Pin

“…While RSD and FSD are hardly unavoidable, proper selection of draw solutes for the intended application should consider the properties and costs of the draw solutes. …”

Effects of scaling and cleaning on the performance of forward osmosis hollow fiber membranes by Arkhangelsky, Elizabeth, Wicaksana, Filicia, Chou, Shuren, Al-Rabiah, Abdulrahman A., Al-Zahrani, Saeed M., Wang, Rong

“…Since mineral salt scaling is one of the major limitations for seawater desalination, the current study focused on the behaviors of thin film composite (TFC) FO hollow fibers, which were fabricated in our laboratory, under the circumstance of calcium sulfate (CaSO4) scaling with sodium chloride as draw solution. …”
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Influence of membrane active layer properties and support layer properties on organic and inorganic fouling in pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) process by Tan, Joelyn Yi Ying

“…Active layer towards draw solution (AL-DS) orientation was set-up for this experiment. …”
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Membrane structure-dependent limiting flux behavior and membrane selectivity loss during gypsum scaling : implications for pressure-retarded osmosis operation and membrane design by Fei, Jingyuan, Mai, Weiting, Cheng, Pak Shing, Shi, Jeffrey, Liu, Zongwen, She, Qianhong

“…We selected two typical osmotic membranes, thin-film composite (TFC) polyamide (PA) membrane and integrally asymmetric cellulose triacetate (CTA) membrane with different structures, for gypsum scaling tests in active-layer-facing-draw-solution orientation (an operating mode preferred for pressure-retarded osmosis). …”
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Echoes From the Stone Reframing Preservation in Syria Through Haurani Folklore by Alrifai, Hajar

“…This interdisciplinary chronicle draws from architecture, agriculture, literature, anthropology, and film, to reconstruct a social history of the village and speculate on alternate ways of dwelling, building, and preserving— reclaiming the archive, reinserting narrative, and reframing heritage through the folklore of Hauran.…”
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Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Glob... by Naghavi, M, Ong, KL, Aali, A, Almidani, O, Bandyopadhyay, S, Basnyat, B, Maude, R, Dolecek, C, Lacey, BWH

“…<p><b>Funding</b></p> Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.…”

Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-... by Schumacher, AE, Kyu, HH, Aali, A, Almidani, O, Bandyopadhyay, S, Basnyat, B, Maude, RJ, Bennett, D, Browne, AJ, Dolecek, C, Dunachie, SJ, Newton, CRJ, Rodriguez, JAB

“…<p><b>Funding</b></p> Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.…”

La diplomazia culturale americana, la Guerra fredda e il cinema di Hong Kong negli anni Cinquanta = American cultural diplomacy, Cold War, and Hong Kong cinema in the 1950s by Lee, Sangjoon

“…Drawing on archival materials from The Asia Foundation (Taf) Records at the Hoover Institution Archives, the University of Hong Kong's manuscripts and special collections, and the San Francisco International Film Festival Papers, this article is a focused account of the early history of Taf and its motion picture projects in Cold War Hong Kong. …”
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Between City and Self: Reading Beirut in Mohamed Soueid’s Tango of Yearning by Anouti, Ghida

“…Through a chronological reading of an otherwise nonlinear film, I extract a history of Beirut in three stages: its cosmopolitan yet polarized 1960s with a brimming arts, film, and literature scene; its violent war characterized by sectarianism and fragmented nationalism; and its amnesic postwar era in which the film was created. …”
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Reimagining traditional still art in an immersive and engaging form by Lim, Lai Ting

“…Clementine is meant to be an exploration of loss, embracing change and eventually coming into your own person. The film draws inspiration from various renowned artists of different time periods and art styles to create a visually rich and dynamic narrative experience that pays homage to the diversity and innovation of artistic expression throughout history.…”
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Agamemnon, a performance history by Macintosh, F, Kenward, C

“…Created by the University of Oxford’s Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama (the APGRD), the ebook draws on a unique collection of archive material and research at the APGRD and beyond; it uses images, film, bespoke interviews with creative practitioners and academics, and digital objects to tell the story of a play that has inspired countless interpretations onstage and onscreen, in dance, drama, and opera, across the globe from antiquity to the present day.…”

Lotte Reiniger re-imagined by Kang, Fabian Yong Sheng

“…Reiniger pioneered an avant-garde style of silhouette Trickfilm (animated film) using scissor paper-cuts and early stop-motion techniques. …”
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Medea, a performance history by Macintosh, F, Kenward, C, Wrobel, T

“…</p> <p>This multimedia/interactive ebook draws on a unique collection of archival material and research at the APGRD (Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama) at the University of Oxford and uses images, film, unique interviews and digital objects to tell the story of a play that has inspired countless interpretations, onstage and onscreen, in dance, drama and opera across the globe from antiquity to the present. …”

Essays on the market for corporate bonds by Levonmaa, A

“…Using intraday transaction data from the TRACE database, I analyse over 1,000 of the most liquid corporate bonds, a total of 9.5 million trades. Drawing on similar studies of other markets, the relationship between returns and order flow is modelled using a vector autoregression, and the information content of a trade is measured as the long-run price impact of a shock to order flow. …”

Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Feigin, VL, Abate, MD, Abate, YH, Bandyopadhyay, S, Bennett, DA, Lacey, B, Newton, CRJ

“…<p><b>Funding</b></p> Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.…”

Le christianisme laïc de Pierre Bayle by Hooks, JM

“…In his Pensées Diverses (1682), Bayle draws upon original sin, and in his Commentaire Philosophique (1686), Bayle uses the doctrine of the Imago Dei. …”

Global fertility in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2021, with forecasts to 2100: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Bhattacharjee, NV, Schumacher, AE, Aali, A, Almidani, O, Bandyopadhyay, S, Graham, SM, Lacey, BWH, Maude, RJ, Runghien, T, Rodriguez, JAB

“…Uncertainty from past data inputs and model estimation was propagated throughout analyses by taking 1000 draws for past and present fertility estimates and 500 draws for future forecasts from the estimated distribution for each metric, with 95% uncertainty intervals (UIs) given as the 2·5 and 97·5 percentiles of the draws. …”

Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2... by Brauer, M, Roth, GA, Aravkin, AY, Bandyopadhyay, S, Bennett, DA, Browne, AJ, Graham, SM, Rodriguez, JAB, Runghien, T, Sartorius, B

“…Estimates reported represent the mean value across 500 draws from the estimate's distribution, with 95% uncertainty intervals (UIs) calculated as the 2·5th and 97·5th percentile values across the draws. …”