Wave Mechanics in Constructed Oyster Reefs and the Design of Nature-Based Coastal Adaptation by Brice, James Vincent

“…There has been great interest in the potential of constructed oyster reefs (CORs) to function as nature-based coastal protection infrastructure, but most projects to-date are designed primarily for wave attenuation and fail to consider both the environmental conditions necessary for long-term oyster reef sustainability as well as the importance of education and outreach in fostering environmental stewardship. …”
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Genetic analysis of hominid behaviour by Wong, Simon Daniel Cheng Ji

“…This is an intriguing prospect as behaviour has been shown to be related to the genetics of animals and species, and in this case, the subjects, the Hominid or great apes as well. …”
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Design and development for a mobile-based Co-housing application for MSc students transition by Luo, Chongwei

“…Furthermore, extra procedures have been explored to protect the system's safety and security, such as content and text control; monitoring and filtering data, such as roommate profiles and messages. …”
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A fast sensing algorithm for spectrum detection in cognitive radios by Prashob Ramachandran Nair

“…CR promises to maximize the efficiency of spectrum utilization by seeking out spectral vacancies (holes) in the licensed band and using it for communication purposes. …”
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Endogenous institutionalism and the puzzle of gender quotas: insights from Latin America by Gatto, MLAC

“…Firstly, although previously identified, the resistance of male legislators towards gender quotas had never been systematically analysed in a comparative manner; focusing on the behaviour of male incumbents is thus a relevant contribution. …”

Concise Guide to APA Style : The Official APA Style Guide for Students / by American Psychological Association (Online service) 655223

“…The seventh edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect best practices in scholarly writing and publishing. …”
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The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player : Becoming the Kind of Person Every Team Wants / by Maxwell, John C., 1947-, author 272745

“…In The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player, Maxwell outlines the successes of team players who have been: Intentional – making every action count toward a long-term goalRelational – focused on othersSelfless – willing to take a subordinate role for the sake of the teamTenacious – hardworking and optimistic in the face of setbacks. …”
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Bergin and Garfield's Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change / by Barkham, Michael, editor 374493, Lutz, Wolfgang, editor 187254, Castonguay, Louis G., (Louis Georges), editor 584857, John Wiley & Sons (Online service) 647106

“…In recognition of the 50th anniversary, this edition contains a Foreword by Allen Bergin while the Handbook covers the following main themes: historical and methodological issues, measuring and evidencing change in efficacy and practice-based research, therapeutic ingredients, therapeutic approaches and formats, increasing precision and scale of delivery, and future directions in the field of psychotherapy research. Chapters have either been completely rewritten and updated or comprise new topics by contributors including: Characteristics of effective therapists; Mindfulness and acceptance-based therapies; Personalized treatment approaches; The internet as a medium for treatment delivery; Models of therapy and how to scale up treatment delivery to address unmet needs. …”
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Meta-Learning Frameworks for Imaging Applications / by Sharma, Ashok, 1977-, editor 319639, Sengar, Sandeep Singh, 1985-, editor 656390, Singh, Parveen, 1976-, editor 656391, IGI Global Scientific Publishing (Online service) 655412

“…Meta-learning, or learning to learn, has been gaining popularity in recent years to adapt to new tasks systematically and efficiently in machine learning. …”
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Recent Developments in Machine and Human Intelligence / by Rajest, S. Suman, 1988-, editor 656392, Singh, Bhopendra, 1974-, editor 656393, Obaid, Ahmed J., 1983-, editor 656394, Regin, R., 1985-, editor 656395, Chinnusamy, Karthikeyan, 1973-, 656396, IGI Global Scientific Publishing (Online service) 655412

“…Establishing the means to improve performance in healthy, clinical, and military populations has long been a focus of study in the psychological and brain sciences. …”
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GWTC-2.1: Deep extended catalog of compact binary coalescences observed by LIGO and Virgo during the first half of the third observing run

“…Of these candidates, 36 have been reported in GWTC-2. We also calculate updated source properties for all binary black hole events previously reported in GWTC-1. …”
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Towards depth-resolved multi-cubic-centimeter field of view endoscopic camera for intraoperative nerve identification. by Yoon, Yong-Chul

“…For these reasons, fluorescence-based nerve visualization has not yet been clinically adopted. Polarization-based optical coherence tomography (OCT) approaches to nerve visualization would inherently mitigate each of these translational challenges. …”
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Beyond Color: Lattice Gauge Theory for Strongly-Coupled Physics by Oare, Patrick R.

“…The primary focus of LGT in the 40 years since its inception has been the study of QCD, as the theory has direct physical relevance to so much of our universe, and the desire to understand QCD has driven many conceptual breakthroughs and advancements in LGT. …”
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Influence of water content and anisotropy on the strength and deformability of low porosity meta-sedimentary rocks under triaxial compression by Li, Diyuan, Wong, Louis Ngai Yuen, Liu, Gang, Zhang, Xiao-Ping

“…A reduction of uniaxial compressive strength (UCS) by the presence of water has been ascertained in many sedimentary rocks and even some metamorphic rocks experimentally. …”
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Nanostructured metal-organic conjugated coordination polymers with ligand tailoring for superior rechargeable energy storage by Xie, Jian, Cheng, Xue-Feng, Cao, Xun, He, Jing-Hui, Guo, Wei, Li, Dong-Sheng, Xu, Zhichuan Jason, Huang, Yizhong, Lu, Jian-Mei, Zhang, Qichun

“…Although recent studies heavily focus on the tailoring of metal centers in the complexes to achieve stable electrochemical performance, the effect on different substitutions of the bridging bonds has rarely been studied. An innovative tailoring strategy is presented toward the enhancement of the capacity storage and the stability of metal-organic conjugated coordination polymers. …”
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Studying the effect of Eu3+ ion doping in perovskite solar cells by Muhammad Amir Mohamad Kamal

“…Perovskite solar cells have been attracting a lot of attention recently due to rapid improvements in its power conversion efficiency over the last decade. …”
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Mix design of porous asphalt mix (PAM) using steel slag as coarse aggregates for value-add applications by Erni Farisha Nor'Azhar

“…Steel slag, a by-product from the steelmaking industry has been reused and recycled in the making of the wearing coarse of roads in Singapore. …”
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3D articulated skeleton extraction using a single consumer-grade depth camera by Lu, Xuequan, Deng, Zhigang, Luo, Jun, Chen, Wenzhi, Yeung, Sai-Kit, He, Ying

“…Articulated skeleton extraction or learning has been extensively studied for 2D (e.g., images and video) and 3D (e.g., volume sequences, motion capture, and mesh sequences) data. …”
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Late-life depressive symptomatology, motoric cognitive risk syndrome, and incident dementia: the "Nuage" study results by Beauchet, Olivier, Sekhon, Harmehr, Launay, Cyrille P., Gaudreau, Pierrette, Morais, José A., Allali, Gilles

“…Background: Late-life depressive symptomatology and motoric cognitive risk syndrome (MCR) have independently been associated with an increased risk for incident dementia. …”
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Activity and stability optimization of RuₓIr₁₋ₓO₂ nanocatalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction by tuning the synthetic process by Nguyen, Tam Duy, Nguyen, Hai Hong, Dai, Chencheng, Wang, Jingxian, Scherer, Günther G.

“…Therefore, many combined strategies have been proposed to utilize the advantages of both IrO2 and RuO2 catalysts in water electrolysis applications. …”
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