'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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Identifying primary care clinicians' preferences for, barriers to, and facilitators of information-seeking in clinical practice in Singapore: a qualitative study by Lee, Mauricette Moling, Tang, Wern Ee, Smith, Helen Elizabeth, Car, Lorainne Tudor

“…Clinical practice guidelines were mostly used when they were updated or based on memory. Clinicians also commonly sought answers from their peers. …”
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Synthesis of graphene soluble in organic solvents by simultaneous ether-functionalization with octadecane groups and reduction by Liu, Jincheng, Wang, Yinjie, Xu, Shiping, Sun, Darren Delai

“…The exfoliated OD-Gs were testified to 23 be monolayer sheets by transmission electron microscope (TEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). …”
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Borocarbonitride, (BN)x(C)1-x, nanosheet-reinforced polymer nanocomposites for high mechanical performance by Sreedhara, M.B., Barua, Manaswee, Chaturvedi, Abhishek, Rao, C.N.R., Ramamurty, Upadrasta

“…Herein, we examine the reinforcing effect of nanosheets of borocarbonitide, (BN)x(C)1-x, which are analogues to graphene (x = 0) and boron nitride sheets (x = 1), whose surface functional groups vary with the composition, on the mechanical and thermal properties of poly(vinyl alcohol), PVA. …”
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Microfabrication and characterisation of thin films on rigid and flexible substrates by Tan, Justin Yang Yeh

“…Copper foil, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film and graphite sheets were used as flexible substrates. Characterisation criteria of the thin films during deposition include percentage of Fe deposited, grain size, deposition thickness and growth rate. …”
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Building up a web-based e-lifestyle application by Guo, Linjing.

“…All visitors can send feedback form, and information sharing form to NetLife system.The web application was mainly implemented using Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP), JavaScript and Structure Query Language (SQL) at the server side, and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) at the client side. …”
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Fleet management system for car rental company by Jong, Zhi Guang

“…The current status of the company is that they have been using the conventional method to calculate profit and losses through excel sheets and does not have a proper filing and archive system. …”
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How J-chain ensures the assembly of immunoglobulin IgM pentamers by Giannone, Chiara, Mess, Xenia, He, Ruiming, Chelazzi, Maria R., Mayer, Annika, Bakunts, Anush, Nguyen, Tuan, Bushman, Yevheniia, Orsi, Andrea, Gansen, Benedikt, Degano, Massimo, Buchner, Johannes, Sitia, Roberto

“…The J-chain interacts with the hydrophobic β-sheets selectively exposed by nascent pentamers. Completion of an amyloid-like core triggers JC folding and drives disulfide rearrangements that covalently stabilize JC-containing pentamers. …”
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Bending of composite sandwich beams with metal facesheets by Toh, Yi Kang

“…The specimens were composed of Unifoam Polystyrene foam core sandwiched between two aluminium face sheets. Numerical analysis was carried out via the use of Finite Element Software, ANSYS. …”
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Projectile impact-induced spalling damage on carbon fiber reinforced polymer strengthened RC plates by Tu, Huan, Fung, Tat Ching, Del Linz, Paolo, Tan, Kang Hai

“…To improve the performance of RC structures under impulsive loading, affixing externally-bonded Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) sheets on structural elements is a practical method. …”
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Fabrication and characterization of protein-based tissue scaffold by Ko, Kok Wei.

“…And the spectra recorded from the structural analysis indicated the presence of secondary structures (α-helices and β-sheets) in amide I, II, III regions of protein. …”
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Tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the foreland fold-and-thrust belt of the United Arab Emirates by Abdelmaksoud, A, Ali, MY, Searle, MP

“…Loading of the Semail ophiolite thrust sheet and accompanying allochthonous thrust sheets resulted in uplift at ca. 95 Ma and rapid subsidence at ca. 83 Ma, indicating the transition of the Arabian margin from a rifted passive margin to a foreland basin. …”

Autistic students' experiences, opportunities and challenges in higher education in Singapore: a qualitative study by Lim, Elinor, Wong, Shawn, Gurbuz, Emine, Kapp, Steven K., López, Beatriz, Magiati, Iliana

“…The present study sought to explore and understand (i) the experiences, opportunities, and challenges of autistic students in HE in Singapore; and (ii) non-autistic HE students’ experiences of studying alongside and socially engaging with their autistic peers. Twenty autistic and twenty-two non-autistic HE students in Singapore completed an online survey with open-ended questions. …”
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Unlocking the mysteries behind baby viral videos. by Chung, You Lun., Tan, Peck Lim., Sia, Shang Ying.

“…Online content that contains viral elements will effortlessly spread through the Internet as users share among their peers. Mysteriously, videos containing baby content are shared widely and received millions of views. …”
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‘Maturing out’ as dilemmatic: transitions towards relatively light drinking practices among UK University students by Conroy, Dom, Morton, Charlotte, Griffin, Christine

“…One dilemma was characterised by managing to drink less (or nothing) without cutting off social options with university friends/peers. A second dilemma concerned not wishing to fully abandon the pleasures and increased social confidence that alcohol consumption could afford. …”
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Alcohol Use and Its Relation with Demographic, Environmental, and Psychological Factors among Adolescents in Nabawan, Sabah by Jaimon, Selly, Deligannu, Pravina, Robinson, Fredie

“…Analysis revealed that older age adolescents 18 years and 19 years, respectively (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 3.93; P=0.021; aOR, 5.38; P=0.003), having parents (aOR, 4.11; P=0.001) and peers (aOR, 11.57; P<0.001) who consume alcohol were significantly associated with alcohol use. …”
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WasteBanned: Supporting Zero Waste Fashion Design Through Linked Edits by Zhang, Ruowang, Mueller, Stefanie, Bernstein, Gilbert, Schulz, Adriana, Leake, Mackenzie

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Selective removal of hydroxyl groups from graphene oxide by Chua, Chun Kiang, Pumera, Martin

“…Numerous methods starting from various reducing agents have been developed to obtain near-pristine graphene sheets. However, most of the reducing agents are not mechanistically supported by classical organic chemistry knowledge and of those that are supported, they are only theoretically capable of, at most, reducing oxygen-containing groups on graphene oxide to hydroxyl groups. …”
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Failure of plastic structures due to drop impact by Yuen, Shuqin.

“…The final type of specimen is plain acrylics sheets of varying thickness of 1.5mm, 2mm and 3mm. …”
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