A comprehensive study on spectral clustering by Lu, Siyao

“…Firstly, a guideline on the selection of similarity matrices, adjacency matrix and Laplacian matrix, under different conditions is proposed through a large number of simulations in Chapter 2. Next, an improved spectral clustering method with more general input metrics is investigated with satisfying performance in Chapter 3. …”
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The Importance of Bystanders in Threat Assessment and Management by Borum, Randy, Rowe, Mary

“…Numerous studies of targeted violence (e.g., mass shootings and school shootings), have demonstrated that peers and bystanders often have knowledge of an attacker’s intentions, concerning communication, and troubling behavior before the attack occurs. This chapter describes—with empirical support—why threat assessment professionals should consider bystanders; outlines a model for understanding bystander decision making; reviews common barriers to bystander reporting; and suggests ways to mitigate those barriers, to engage bystanders at an individual level, and to improve reporting. …”
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Seoul-Hong Kong-Macau : love with an alien (1957) and postwar Korea-Hong Kong co-production by Lee, Sangjoon

“…This chapter presents a history of the 1950s cinematic co-production in Asia by exploring the historical, social, cultural, and intellectual constitution of the first South Korea and Hong Kong cinema network after the Korean War armistice. …”
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Designing Global Public Policies in the Twenty-First Century by Chou, Meng-Hsuan, Ravinet, Pauline

“…The rise of global initiatives in many policy sectors is an emerging phenomenon that deserves the attention of scholars interested in international relations, regional integration, and policy sciences, as well as practitioners seeking comparative examples beyond their national and regional borders. This chapter demonstrates the value-added of the design orientation in studying this phenomenon and the implications for the contemporary delivery of public services and goods. …”
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Studies towards the synthesis of bioactive natural products and development of new synthetic methods by Khanizeman, Rabi’ah Nisha

“…Therefore the content of this thesis describes the syntheses and development of new synthetic methods towards bioactive natural products containing 1,3-amino alcohol, 1,3-diamine, THP-ring as well as tri-aryl ethylene unit which represent the key themes of (+)-negamycin (Chapter 1), (-)-cernuine and (+)-cermizine D (Chapter 2), enigmazole A (Chapter 3) and tamoxifen (Chapter 4), respectively.…”
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Academic publishing as a novice lesbian scholar: an intersectional experience by Encinas, Mabel

“…This chapter uses an intersectional lens to discuss some of the meanings of being a lesbian migrant early-career scholar striving to publish in the UK. …”
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Evolved P450 mutants as general oxidation catalysts by Harwood, LA

“… <p><b>Chapter 1</b> introduces chemical methods for oxidation and noteworthy examples applied to total synthesis. …”

Optical Properties of Colloidal II-VI and III-V Semiconductor Nanocrystals: Single Nanocrystal Photon Correlation Spectroscopy by Berkinsky, David

“…In the fourth chapter, I develop an ensemble third-order correlation technique to elucidate the average single ZnSe/ZnS NC triexciton efficiency and dynamics. …”
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Computational history : from big data to big simulations by Nanetti, Andrea, Cheong, Siew Ann

“…The first section of this chapter gives an overview on how big data and their mathematical calculation enter in the historical discourse. …”
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Three essays on national and organizational cultures by Kawasaki, Shota

“…This chapter also shows that the relevance of organizational nostalgia to employee well-being becomes more pronounced when employees work in the office compared to when working remotely. …”
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Force transduction through the bacterial cell envelope by Williams-Jones, D

“…I also examine the cell-wide implications of reducing TolA function in such a manner, with respect to membrane stability and cell division (chapter three). Subsequent bioinformatic investigations into the phylogeny of the Tol-Pal system reveal its unexpectedly broad distribution throughout the kingdom of bacteria and hint at its evolutionary origin (chapter four). …”

Examining ‘The eye of the earth’ the Pan-Pacific idea & the British dominions, c. 1910-1940 by Phillips, SJ

“…Chapter 3 examines the attractions of the ‘political left’ to the Pan-Pacific, exploring the affiliation of trade unions in the Dominions to the Comintern-backed Pan-Pacific Trade Union Secretariat. …”

Joyce's Blake: troubling idealism by Harder, M

“…Chapter Five turns to Joyce’s interest in Blake’s non-orthodox theology and W. …”

Novel phosphorus precursors to group III-V semiconductor nanoparticles by Howley, J

“…</p> <p><strong>Chapter 2</strong> explores the reactivity of the parent phosphinecarboxamide (H2PC(O)NH2) in solution towards common InP QD precursors. …”

Kierkegaardian selfhood as pursuit of the Greatest Commandment by Callaway, DA

“…</p> <p>Following consideration of the relationship between nihilism and love of God in Chapter I, and in contrast to studies which equate nihilism (i.e., willed negation of self and world) with, for example, irony and despair, Chapter II argues that nihilism is profitably understood as a philosophy of will arising from a trajectory of thought tracking to Arthur Schopenhauer. …”

King Arthur's journey into the eighteenth century by Harris, Ellen T.

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Money, Politics, and Political Equality by Cohen, Joshua

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"Minimalist Historical Materialism" by Cohen, Joshua

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Neuronal control of cardiac excitability in pro-hypertensive states by Larsen, H

“…In particular, the role of Ca²⁺ and cyclic nucleotides in the facilitation of neurotransmission are explored.</p> <p><b>Chapter 2</b> details the methods used in this thesis. …”

Writing Hong Kong Sinophonicity : history, gender and ethnicity in Hong Kong fiction by Long, Chao

“…Chapter two expands the purview of the historical inquiry in chapter one with its discussion of the notion of gendered Sinophonicity that is constructed in Wong Bik-wan’s Portraits of Martyred Women (1999) and Children of Darkness (2013). …”
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