The physics of oil outflow from crude oil tankers during ship-ship collisions by Qu, Guan Lin

“…Ship sizes do not have significant effect on the percentage of oil outflow. However, VLCC seems to leak the largest amount due to its largest capacity.…”
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The prevention and management of chronic kidney disease among patients with metabolic syndrome by Zhu, D, Judge, PK, Wanner, C, Haynes, R, Herrington, WG

“…As we predict complementary and different mechanisms of nephroprotection and cardioprotection for these different interventions, it seems logical that they should be deployed together to maximise benefits. …”

Will a crude oil price band stabilise the market by Fattouh, B

“…The proposal for a crude oil price band, revived by the Indian delegation during the Jeddah Meeting in July 2008, seems to be gathering support. The French president Nicolas Sarkozy and the UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged ‘oil producers to agree a target price range, based on a clearer understanding of the long-term fundamentals’. …”

Digital health professions education on diabetes management : systematic review by the digital health education collaboration by Huang, Zhilian, Semwal, Monika, Lee, Shuen Yee, Tee, Mervin, Ong, William, Tan, Woan Shin, Bajpai, Ram, Tudor Car, Lorainne

“…Digital diabetes self-management education for patients has been shown to improve patients’ knowledge and outcomes. …”
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儒家的异端 ： 试析李贽思想与儒家学说的共通点 = An analysis of the similarity between Lizhi’s thoughts and Confucianism by 刘佑勋 Liew, Youxun

“…Thus, while Li Zhi identified himself as an authentic successor of the teachings of Confucianism, it appears that his rebellious ideology against the imperial court had instead resulted in him being stereotyped as an “Anti-Confucianism” advocator. However, it seems that his thoughts and teachings might not had been an Anti-Confucianism advocating one and had been framed into such a mold only because of the characteristics that define the orthodoxy of Confucianism would have been defined or manipulated by those who were in power, which in this case being the Ming dynasty imperial court. …”
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New techniques for searching differential trails in Keccak by Liu, Guozhen, Qiu, Weidong, Tu, Yi

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Three essays on corporate finance by Fu, Kangkang

“…Moreover, from the principal customers’ perspective, a higher level of environmental risk lowers a supplier firm’s probability of being selected relative to its industry peers by its potential customer. Conditional on an ongoing relationship with principal customers, supplier firms with high environmental risk have lower sales to principal customers and shorter relationship durations. …”
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Social network structure in autistic individuals: a systematic review by Lei, J, Qian, X, Kim, KM

“…Results indicate that autistic children experience greater isolation with more peripheral status and lower peer acceptance compared with their neurotypical peers. …”

On Lie Theory in the Verlinde Category by Kannan, Arun S.

“…This is not true in positive characteristic, with the most fundamental counterexamples being the Verlinde category Verₚ and its higher analogs Verₚn. It seems these categories will play a role in generalizing Deligne's theorem, and therefore, to understand symmetric tensor categories of moderate growth in general, it is important to study affine group schemes in these categories. …”
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Helping out-groups in times of crisis : application of the Benjamin Franklin Effect to intergroup contexts by Quek, Jing Xuan

“…The Benjamin Franklin Effect (BFE) seems to be one promising mechanism to encourage such changes. …”
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Evaluation of unsaturated soil slope stability by incorporating soil-water characteristic curve by Zhai, Qian, Tian, Gang, Ye, Weimin, Rahardjo, Harianto, Dai, Guoliang, Wang, Shijun

“…However, a low factor of safety (FoS) for these slopes would be computed from the slope stability analysis following local code practices. It seems that the analyzed results following the local code practices do not agree with the real condition as observed in the field. …”
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In memory of Aureliano's ice. by Ho, Jia Xuan.

“…These repeated images suggest hints of conflicting emotions, a thin line between sentimentalism and obsession, yet undeniably, there seems to be more meaning attached to this piece of memory than what is actually revealed. …”
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Scan implementation and toggle coverage estimation for voice subsystem by Mohan, Vivek

“…This approach of generating patterns with non-complex LFSR circuitry seems to be a feasible option for test analysis using the toggle fault model for future DFT integrations with enhanced LFSR pattern generation to obtain higher toggle coverage.…”
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Behavioural and neural effects of temporal relations between stimuli by Mancari, A

“…Neural activity is known to synchronize to environmental rhythms, which in turn drive modulations of our perception and behaviour that reflect their temporal structure. While this process seems largely automatic, I found evidence for an active neural mechanism regulating the propagation of entrainment across modalities based on behavioural goals.…”

Cultural transmission of fitness in mathematical population genetics by Kvasznicza, I

“…Such a rapidly increasing weight sequence as this one seems to lack biological relevance, however.</p> <p>Third, we study a near-critical multi-type branching process model of the phenomenon. …”

Brewers’ spent grains as potential novel functional food ingredients for food security by Tan, Yong Xing

“…BSG are residues generated as side streams from beer production. Currently, BSG are used as animal feed or disposed in landfills and these massive amount of BSG generated annually are causing significant environmental, economic, and climatic issues. …”
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Thermophilic biohydrogen production from optimized enzymatic pretreatment of palm oil mill effluent via box-behnken design by Izzi, A.Z., Wan Ishak, W.M.F., Yusuf, N.N.A.N., Alenezi, Raslan.A., Alias, N.A.

“…Palm oil mill effluent (POME) seems to be a good carbon feedstock for hydrogen generation in fermentation processes. …”
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Developing Skills in Information System Control and Audit among Future Audit Professionals: A Practical use of Computer-Assisted Audit Tools and Techniques (CAATTS) (S/O 13885) by Rosli, Khairina, Ku Bahador, Ku Maisurah, Rusly, Fariza Hanim

“…While the importance of CAATTs is evident, however, there seems to be a gap between the need for CAATTs and its acceptance. …”
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Executive's Cybersecurity Program Handbook : A comprehensive guide to building and operationalizing a complete cybersecurity program / by Brown, Jason, author 656359, Packt Publishing (Online service) 656336

“…Develop strategic plans for building cybersecurity programs and prepare your organization for compliance investigations and audits Key Features Get started as a cybersecurity executive and design an infallible security program Perform assessments and build a strong risk management framework Promote the importance of security within the organization through awareness and training sessions Book Description Ransomware, phishing, and data breaches are major concerns affecting all organizations as a new cyber threat seems to emerge every day, making it paramount to protect the security of your organization and be prepared for potential cyberattacks. …”
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Characterization of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) isolated from NDV vaccinated broiler farms and investigation of vaccine efficacy against challenge with Velogenic genotype VII NDV by Shahrestani, Kiarash Roohani

“…Various factors such as inappropriate vaccination scheme,concurrent infections, immunosuppression and presence of variant NDV have been implicated as the probable causes of the outbreak. …”
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