Women’s quest for home: spatial imaginary in Kazuo Ishiguro’s a pale view of hills by Ling, Xu, Awang, Mohammad Ewan, Singh, Hardev Kaur Jujar

“…This paper examines the meanings of home in A Pale View of Hills by drawing upon Blunt’s and Dowling’s concept of home as a spatial imaginary. …”
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Experience and perceptions of mental ill-health in people with epilepsy in rural Ethiopia: A qualitative study by Tsigebrhan, R, Newton, CR, Selamu, M, Hanlon, C

“…Introduction: Understanding the lived experience of mental health and illness in people with epilepsy has been little investigated in Africa and yet is essential to inform person-centered care. …”

One day at a time. by Ho, Qi Yi.

“…People who suffer from mental illness are often misunderstood as deviants of the society. …”
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An empirical bioethical examination of Norwegian and British doctors' views of responsibility and (de)prioritization in healthcare by Everett, JAC, Maslen, H, Nussberger, A-M, Bringedal, B, Wilkinson, D, Savulescu, J

“…Such policy should account for the distinctions we draw between responsibility-sensitive and prognostic justifications for deprioritization.…”

Information structure of subordinate clauses in Miriwoong by Sim, Michelle Jia En

“…Finally, paratactic clauses were found to 1) express sequential events or 2) draw a relation between two observations.…”
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The social determinants of mental health and disorder: evidence, prevention and recommendations by Kirkbride, JB, Anglin, DM, Colman, I, Dykxhoorn, J, Jones, PB, Patalay, P, Pitman, A, Soneson, E, Steare, T, Wright, T, Griffiths, SL

“…Given the breadth of this topic, we focus on the most pervasive social determinants across the life course, and those that are common across major mental disorders. We draw primarily on the available evidence from the Global North, acknowledging that other global contexts will face both similar and unique sets of social determinants that will require equitable attention. …”

Between City and Self: Reading Beirut in Mohamed Soueid’s Tango of Yearning by Anouti, Ghida

“…Accordingly, I ask how Soueid’s private image-making apparatus draws an image of Beirut through his own autobiographical narration.…”
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China and the “Singapore Model” : perspectives from mid-level cadres and implications for transnational knowledge transfer by Liu, Hong, Wang, Tingyan

“…Although this phenomenon has been studied, no attention has been drawn to the perspectives of those mid-level cadres who took part in the training and what those perspectives might imply. …”
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Linking short-term to long-term convergent tectonics using geodetic observations, geological constraints and numerical simulations by Mallick, Rishav

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Is moral understanding a kind of moral vision? by Hills, A

Doctor, Will You Pray for Me? : Medicine, Chaplains, and Healing the Whole Person / by Klitzman, Robert, author 655971

“…These spiritual care providers reframe and construct narratives of illness and notions of spirituality, draw on psychotherapeutic approaches, and provide fresh eyes, uncovering vital information that can assist in medical care. …”
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At the frontiers between penal and psy discourses: judicial constructions of the mentally dis/ordered defendant in Hong Kong sentencing judgments by Chiu, TCU

“…In particular, ‘mental disorder’ is ill-defined in Hong Kong sentencing jurisprudence, and judicial determinations of what constitutes disorder and its effects on the final sentence remain unexamined in the limited research available. …”

The political economy of oil and economic diversification: a neglected research field Robert Mabro would certainly like us to revive by Aissaoui, A

“…The less obvious reason is that multiple country case studies can help reflect the diversity of contexts and conditions and draw on distinct sources of evidence to discern national idiosyncrasies.…”

A cognitive model of psychological resilience by Parsons, S, Kruijt, J, Fox, E

“…Future research directions targeted at testing hypotheses drawn from the Resilient Bias Model are discussed.…”

Microfluidic chip for blood sample processing by Chalapathy Raja Shobana

“…Blood is perhaps the most important window through which person’s illness and health are determined. The results of these tests will trigger further testing. …”
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An innovative design of household civil defence shelters by Khong, Zhi Cong.

“…Two aspects related to the hollow steel section filled with RCA design were further studied. The effects of RCA size and the presents of grout were studied with respect to their penetration resistance. …”
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Those swans, remember: Graeco-Celtic relations in the work of J.M. Synge by Currie, A

“…When the Celtic world began to be scrutinised in the eighteenth century, its borders could, therefore, be filled with concepts drawn from other antiquities. …”

Impact of BPL penalty functions and PSF models in PET/CT radial spatial resolution recovery by Si, Wang Jie

“…A capillary tube was used to draw the selected drop, creating the point source with volume 1 mm3. …”
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Novel material composites for dielectric elastomer actuators by Ankit

“…Generally, researchers have tried to modify either of these properties with addition of solid conductive or ceramic fillers, or chemical modification of the elastomer, and this has led to undesirable changes on the other material properties. Drawing inspiration from biological materials like skin, which is a soft material system filled with fluids, a novel composite is synthesized utilizing a solid polymer matrix and a high dielectric constant liquid filler, an ionic liquid. …”
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Stock prediction using support vector regression by Manasa, Abburu.

“…The results were compared to results generated using BP and an inference was drawn as to why SVM-R is a better performing alternative to financial market data prediction as compared to BP. …”
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