Our weapons, our problem: arms exports, democracy and civil society in Brazil and the UK by de Moraes, RF

“…The causal mechanism is in part explained by activities conducted by norm entrepreneurs, whose emergence is facilitated by the existence of institutions commonly found in democratic countries, especially a system of checks and balances, contested elections, and political and civil liberties. …”

Optimizing flexible transparent conductor with hybrid MXene/AgNW/PET for electrochromic smart glass by Muhammad Nasrun Zawawi

“…In this paper, a three-step spray-assembly made of hybrid composites of PEDOT:PSS/AgNW/MXene is fabricated. A sheet resistance of 13.6 ohm/sq with 69% transmittance had obtained. …”
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Designing online web bioinformatics tutorial lessons for the suite of BLAST programs. by Norhana Ahmad.

“…GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) and Microsoft Office 2003 programs were used to re-draw the comics and design the tutorial sheet respectively. From this project, students learn to use the web-based BLAST programs, interpret their BLAST results and understand its importance in sequence analyses. …”
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Personnel Formalization and the Enhancement Of Teamwork: A public–private comparison by Chen, Chung-An, Rainey, Hal G.

“…Given that public organizations are structured more formally, public sector employees are more likely to work in teams than their peers in the private sector. The authors test this view by using variables from the National Organization Survey (NOS) data set and find strong statistical support. …”
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Explicating problematic social network sites use: A review of concepts, theoretical frameworks, and future directions for communication theorizing by Lee, Edmund Wei Jian, Ho, Shirley S., Lwin, May Oo

“…Third, we propose that communication scholars should strive for theoretical integration and examine the impact of microsystem (e.g. parents and peers) and macrosystem (e.g. surveillance culture) on the development of problematic SNSs among adolescents. …”
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Dataset on genetic and physiological adults׳ responses to social distress by Bonassi, Andrea, Ghilardi, Tommaso, Truzzi, Anna, Cataldo, Ilaria, Azhari, Atiqah, Setoh, Peipei, Shinohara, Kazuyuki, Esposito, Gianluca

“…Self-reported questionnaires were used to evaluate participants’ interactional patterns towards peers (Attachment Style Questionnaire, Feeney et al., 1994[1]), and the quality of bond with intimate partners (Experiences in Close Relationships Scale, Fraley et al., 2000 [2]). …”
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'Women in an extraordinary time': the transnational network and educational spaces of the Canadian Eiwa Girls' mission schools in 1920s and 1930s Japan by Dugal, A

“…Through network development, physical and intellectual spatial construction, and curriculum and activity design, these historical actors reached outside their institutions to actively connect themselves and their peers with the wider world. In the 1930s, this appears to have been conducted with a sense of urgency. …”

Do institutional pressures impact voluntary environment information disclosure? by Fan, Jing, Muhamad, Haslinah, Mohd Said, Ridzwana, Daud, Zaidi Mat

“…As a result, companies are increasingly prioritizing compliance with regulatory standards and actively engaging with stakeholders rather than simply imitating the behaviors of their peers.…”
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Mechanics in dehydration-induced leaf morphing behaviors by Guo, Kexin

“…As the leaf naturally detaches and dries, the leaf lamina shrinks more than the stiff midrib, resulting in in-plane strain mismatch between the mesophyll tissues and the midrib. For thin-sheet materials like plant leaves, uniform uniaxial stretching of the sheet leads to wrinkling, a phenomenon that has been extensively studied analytically and numerically. …”
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Light management in nanostructures for solar cell application by Du, Qingguo

“…With the optimized parameters, the nanopatterned aluminum thin film exhibits a high transmittance in the range from 300 – 1000 nm and has a low sheet resistance, which makes it a potential electrode to replace ITO. …”
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Pickering foam stabilized by diacylglycerol-based solid lipid nanoparticles: effect of protein modification by Chen, Dechu, Lee, Yee Ying, Tan, Chin Ping, Wang, Yong, Qiu, Chaoying

“…However, high protein concentration caused foam destruction due to the competitive adsorption effect. β-sheet increased in protein after adsorption and changed the polymorphism and thermodynamic properties of SLN. …”

A study on protein secondary structure phase transition based on an effective hydrogen bonding potential by Leong, Hon Wai

“…We have employed such formalism to analyze the normal modes distribution of polypeptide secondary structures, such as the α-helix and the β-sheet. Interestingly, our results are in agreement with literature. …”
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Fabrication and characterization of flexible-conductive nanocomposites by Lau, Jun Jie

“…The active electrodes were fabricated from 3D porous MnO2 assembled from cross-walled and interconnected sheet-architectural MnO2 on CNF based paper substrates. …”
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Stronger dielectric-elastomer grippers using spine-like bending structure by Heng, Kim Rui

“…The gripper is developed based on a new design of DEA using stiffer spine-like structure made of 380μm thick Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) sheet. This spine-like structure of high stiffness curls longitudinally upon bonding with a pre-stretched dielectric elastomeric actuator membrane. …”
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Structural characterization of the full-length Hantaan virus polymerase by Keown, JR, Carrique, L, Nilsson-Payant, BE, Fodor, E, Grimes, JM

“…We observe motif E in four distinct conformations including β-sheet, two helical arrangements, and nucleotide primed arrangement. …”

GeSn alloys fabricated by modified sputtering deposition by Qian, Li

“…Instead of GeSn thin film, GeSn quantum dot sheet was fabricated on GaAs substrate by taking advantage of sputtering deposition and rapid thermal annealing. …”
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High-pressure hydrogenation of graphene : towards graphane by Poh, Hwee Ling, Šaněk, Filip, Sofer, Zdeněk, Pumera, Martin

“…The properties of the resultant hydrogenated graphene were studied by scanning and transmission electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy and combustible elemental analysis techniques. Sheet and specific resistance of the graphene and hydrogenated graphene were measured. …”
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Do internally managed REITs manage earnings more than externally managed REITs? by Ajayi, Oluwaseun Damilola, Akinsomi, Omokolade

“…This is the first study to investigate financial sheet manipulation among REITs management structures in an emerging market.…”
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Highly conductive aligned carbon film for interconnect application by Li, Fushan, Shakerzadeh, Maziar, Tan, Chong Wei, Yu, Hongyu, Tay, Beng Kang

“…The uniform orientation of graphite-like sheet provides an effective carriers transport channel, thus significantly improves the conductivity of the amorphous carbon film. …”
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Interactive learning on making voice recorder and player by Lee, Si Ning

“…Upon successful implementation of the hardware, the website is developed using basic web development technologies – Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML), Cascading Style Sheet (CSS), and JavaScript. To enhance the user experience of the e-learning website, design principles have been applied to create website content and layout that engages the students. …”
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