How should we do racially just research? learning from a qualitative study on COVID-19 pandemic experiences in the UK by Rai, T, Dowrick, A, Qureshi, K, Munro, H, Wild, C, Douglas, J, Ziebland, S

“…The methods health researchers employ in designing and conducting research can replicate the same inequalities, with important implications for the creation of new knowledge. In this paper, we retrospectively and critically analyse the thinking and methods we employed during two qualitative studies about the diverse experiences of people and families during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK. …”

Mill before Liberalism (parts I and II) by Ghosh, P

“…Current understanding of Mill as a founding father of liberalism is a Cold War creation. Discarding this conception opens the way to a general reassessment of his thought: who was the historical Mill? …”

Russia’s power market reforms at the crossroads by Beyer, S

“…A decade of efforts were made to reform and liberalize the Russian electricity sector, with the unbundling of electricity networks and generation, the creation of an institutional governance framework and a wholesale electricity market, together with the privatization of generation assets. …”

A review: Deep learning for 3D reconstruction of human motion detection by Yang, Junzi, Ismail, Ajune Wanis

“…3D reconstruction of human motion is an important research topic in VR/AR content creation, virtual fitting, human-computer interaction and other fields. …”
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Tango 2: Aligning Diffusion-based Text-to-Audio Generations through Direct Preference Optimization by Majumder, Navonil, Hung, Chia-Yu, Ghosal, Deepanway, Hsu, Wei-Ning, Mihalcea, Rada, Poria, Soujanya

“…Generative multimodal content is increasingly prevalent in much of the content creation arena, as it has the potential to allow artists and media personnel to create pre-production mockups by quickly bringing their ideas to life. …”
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Teaching and learning guide on the ethics of human enhancement by Giubilini, A

“…Often the term ‘human enhancement’ is associated with the idea of super‐humans, or ‘post‐humans’, but whether enhancement will lead to the creation of a new breed of humans depends on how enhancing technologies will be used and distributed. …”

Animated installations for immersive spaces : developing a design process to enhance the experiences of cultural heritage in China, using an exhibit design for the Western Xia Impe... by Luo, Shenshen

“…This thesis is a study of developing a design process to enhance the experiences of cultural heritage in China, using the Western Xia Imperial Tombs Museum and Archaeological Site as a case history, in which the focus is on creating effective animated installations with content from China’s culture past and present. …”
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Optimizing Disjunctive Queries with Tagged Execution by Kim, Albert, Madden, Samuel

“…However, tagged execution brings its own challenges, and the question of what tags to create is a nontrivial one. Careless creation of tags can lead to an exponential blowup in the tag space, with the overhead outweighing the benefits. …”
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Cultural elements’ influence on visual preferences in urban waterfronts’ walkways in Malaysia by Liu, Tun, Mohd Yunos, Mohd Yazid, Muthuveeran, Adam Aruldewan S., Mundher, Riyadh, Ismail, Nor Atiah

“…Ultimately, incorporating these elements in the early design stages can contribute to the creation of culturally connected and visually appealing urban waterfront spaces in Malaysia.…”
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E-Module in TVET: unveiling brazing and riveting methods through VAK learning by Hashim, Suhaizal, Mohamad Ali, Nur Alianni, Masran, Saiful Hadi

“…This research focuses on the creation of an educational e-module for vocational colleges, specifically targeting the refrigeration and air conditioning program. …”
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PUERTO RICO : A NATIONAL HISTORY / by Meléndez Badillo, Jorell A., author 656083

“…US colonization may have involved forced Americanization, but it also provoked a multi-layered resistance to those projects, from passive disobedience to armed insurrections. The creation of the Puerto Rican Commonwealth in 1952 involved using a number of institutions to create the notion of cultural nationalism that was detached from the island's colonial status, included Puerto Ricans in the diaspora and was not contingent on obtaining national sovereignty. …”
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Thermodynamics of complexity and pattern manipulation by Vedral, Vlatko, Gu, Mile, Garner, Andrew J. P., Thompson, Jayne

“…Many organisms capitalize on their ability to predict the environment to maximize available free energy and reinvest this energy to create new complex structures. This functionality relies on the manipulation of patterns—temporally ordered sequences of data. …”
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AI assists in design of corrosion-resistant alloys by Venugopal, Vineeth

“…Within the broader context of advanced materials design, researchers have explored the creation of various alloys, including ferrous, high-entropy materials, and nonferrous metallic compositions, employing data-driven methodologies. …”
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Multiscale materials innovation from the bottom up, at the nexus of biology, engineering, and computation by Buehler, Markus J.

“…Over the years, MRS has broadened its publication portfolio and innovated in a number of directions, including via the creation of the new Impact section of MRS Bulletin, and an increased focus on broader societal contexts in which fundamental materials research is placed.…”
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Climate change VR by Tan, Kenrick Yong Heng

“…This project is tasked with the creation of an interactive 3D climate change VR game that shows various effects of climate changes and being able to see the changes take place. …”
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Rapid hardening of electrospun foam in water for minimally invasive surgery by Dinesh S/O Chandran

“…In this report we explore the fabrication of the 3D structure creation of the TPU Samples. With the development in nanotechnology, this material has the potential to be used in intricate medical applications and make a positive impact in the medical industry.…”
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Security enhancement of fingerprint authentication by Alias, Joe

“…The variations in making a fake finger cause the creation of a much coarser surface in the case of a fake finger.…”
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Nanosized silica particles for chiral drug separation by Tan, Timothy Thatt Yang.

“…Two publications, 1 accepted and 1 submitted, have been produced from this work. 2 more publications will ensue. The creation of silica nanoparticles for rapid chiral and achiral separation will open up new areas in separation technologies.…”
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Poetry as postmodern by Zhang, Jieqiang

“…It will undertake a study of Denis Donoghue’s On Eloquence, and attempt to show how Donoghue’s description of literary eloquence correlates with postmodernism, in its yearning for non-referentiality, its impulse for anarchy, its desire for play, its devotion to pleasure, its creation of textual worlds, and its gesture toward language’s metaphoric nature. …”
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Measuring sustainability : a holistic approach for a more sustainable future. by Chia, Xing Hua., Swathi Eswaramurthi.

“…The eventual product of this research is not an ideal sustainability ranking, but the first step towards the creation of one.…”
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