Comparative anatomical study on two different sizes of beetle species, M.Torquata and E.Smithii by Suhoomaran, Dinesh

“…To support this direction of research, this report will mainly include the extensive study of anatomy of beetle as well as muscle configuration to explain clearly the differences and similarities that were found. …”
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Experimental study of flows in a porous pipe by Lin, Wanxi

“…Studies on permeable-rough bounded flows done in the past are mainly conducted in open channels, where it is subjected to the effect of surface variance. …”
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Banking reform in Indonesia & its significance during global financial crisis by Juan Intan Kanggrawan

“…The global crisis did not directly impact the Indonesian banking system as it mainly conducted conservative and traditional banking activities. …”
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Processor-in-the-loop simulation of permanent magnet motor drive using DSP TMS320F28335 by Yang, Shuo

“…The task of the project was divided mainly into two parts, which are design the simulation system through the software PLECS and running the PIL simulation with the MCU communizing with the software on computer. …”
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Customising an instrumented footrest to measure lower-body push forces in competitive kayaking by Ho, Benjamin Guan Meng

“…Traditional research on sprint kayaking have mainly focused on the relationship between paddle force and boat speed as a performance indicator. …”
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Clay ingestion adverse health experiences during pregnancy among African women in London by Madziva, Cathrine, Njoroge, Kezia, Chinouya, Martha

“…Results: Self-reported adverse health experiences were mainly constipation and iron deficiency anaemia. Remedies applied included increased fibre and water intake, a traditional herb-clay mixture and medical interventions in the form of constipation pumps and laxatives. …”
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The domestic gas sector in Russia – gradual progress towards a competitive market? by Henderson, J

“…However, demand was rising across all the markets for Russian gas at that time, with increasing exports to Europe and the FSU, mainly for use in power generation. Meanwhile, economic growth at home was catalysing annual gas demand growth of 2–3 per cent per annum as gas retained its position as the most important fuel in the energy economy by far, accounting for 50 per cent of primary consumption. …”

Bayes factors for logistic (mixed effect) models by Silvey, C, Dienes, Z, Wonnacott, E

“…We illustrate this using mainly the estimates from frequentist logistic mixed-effects models (because of their widespread adoption) but also using Bayesian model comparison with Bayesian hierarchical models (which have increased flexibility). …”

Conceptualisation of global citizenship, intercultural competence, and domestic internationalisation in enhancing graduates’ global employability by Anees Janee Ali, Awang Rozaimie, Khalid, Jamshed, Nurul Hidayah

“…Stiff challenges for global job mobility strain the higher education institutions, especially in Malaysia, to revise their academic and practical curriculum in preparing graduates to meet global employability requirements. Thus, this paper mainly proposes the graduates’ global employability paradigm, which is reflected by the internationalisation process, which is moderated by the institutional support. …”
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The impact of accessing education via smartphone technology on education disparity—a sustainable education perspective by Alam, Gazi Mahabubul, Forhad, Md. Abdur Rahman

“…Findings strongly suggest that technology access reduces disparity, mainly due to socioeconomic status (SES). Findings also imply that ensuring access to technology for individuals from poorer SES backgrounds should be prioritized to address education inequality-related challenges.…”
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Pediatric rhinosinusitis: its predisposing factors and management by Subha, Sethu Thakachy

“…Most of our patients (99.7%) responded well to medical treatment, and 8.6% of them underwent surgical therapy, mainly adenotonsillectomy. Conclusion: This study demonstrated that allergic rhinitis was the most established predisposing factor for pediatric rhinosinusitis, followed by asthma, upper respiratory tract infection, and adenoid hypertrophy. …”
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Social impact assessment in measuring environmental sustainability in tourism project development: trends in the existing literature by Mohd. Khusairy, Nabiha, Ismail, Hairul Nizam

“…In development planning, there is an urgent call on the preparation of Social Impact Assessment (SIA) in order to measure the sustainability of the proposed new development and its surroundings, mainly the community affected by the result of environmental and physical changes. …”
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Flexible batch electrodialysis for low-cost solar-powered brackish water desalination by He, Wei, Le Henaff, Anne-Claire, Amrose, Susan, Buonassisi, Tonio, Peters, Ian Marius, Winter, Amos G

“…In a village-scale desalination case study in India, these system improvements lead to a 22% reduction in water cost, making the technology competitive with the currently used on-grid, village-scale reverse osmosis systems that are mainly powered by fossil fuels. Future advances could further reduce costs, providing an improved, sustainable solution to water scarcity in remote areas.…”
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Spatial aliasing effects in a steerable parametric loudspeaker for stereophonic sound reproduction by Shi, Chuang, Nomura, Hideyuki, Kamakura, Tomoo, Gan, Woon-Seng

“…As compared to a pair of conventional loudspeakers, this improvement is mainly a result of being free of crosstalk due to the sharp directivity of the parametric loudspeaker. …”
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Combining sonicated cold development and pulsed electrodeposition for high aspect ratio sub-10 nm gap gold dimers for sensing applications in the visible spectrum by Zhang, Dao Hua, Tobing, Landobasa Yosef Mario, Mueller, Aaron David

“…Strong interactions between localized surface plasmons and nanoscale objects have led to the development of highly sensitive biochemical sensing in planar metallic nanostructures with sensing performance mainly dependent on the interaction volume and the local electric field. …”
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EDTA-enhanced thermal washing of contaminated dredged marine sediments for heavy metal removal by Yin, Ke, Giannis, Apostolos, Wong, Angeline S. Y., Wang, Jing-Yuan

“…It was revealed that metals mainly extracted from fractions bound to carbonates and Fe-Mn oxides, the relative mobile fraction. …”
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Review of the potential health effects of light and environmental exposures in underground workplaces by Khaing, Nang Ei Ei, Abuduxike, Gulifeiya, Posadzki, Pawel, Divakar, Ushashree, Visvalingam, Nanthini, Nazeha, Nuraini, Dunleavy, Gerard, Christopoulos, George I., Soh, Chee-Kiong, Jarbrink, Krister, Soljak, Michael, Car, Josip

“…There is a large but mainly observational research literature on likely underground exposures, including effects of artificial lighting, shift working and light at night on circadian disruptions and associated health effects. …”
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“Am I talking to a human or a robot?” : a preliminary study of human’s perception in human-humanoid interaction and its effects in cognitive and emotional states by Baka, Evangelia, Vishwanath, Ajay, Mishra, Nidhi, Vleioras, Georgios, Thalmann, Nadia Magnenat

“…To support our research, we have used EEG recordings to capture the physiological signals derived from the brain during each interaction, audio recordings to compare speech features and a questionnaire to provide psychometric data that can complement the above. Our results mainly showed the existence of frontal theta oscillations while interacting with the humanoid that probably shows the higher cognitive effort of the participants, as well as differences in the occipital area of the brain and thus, the visual attention mechanisms. …”
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Experimental tests of steel frames with different beam-column connections under falling debris impact by Wang, Hao, Tan, Kang Hai, Yang, Bo

“…The falling debris impact was mainly resisted by the inertia effect in the initial stage and by deformation in subsequent stages. …”
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Genome-centric metagenomics analysis revealed the metabolic function of abundant microbial communities in thermal hydrolysis-assisted thermophilic anaerobic digesters under propion... by Zhang, Liang, Gong, Xianzhe, Chen, Zhiyi, Zhou, Yan

“…Methanogenic activities were mainly mediated by Methanosarcina sp. and Methanothermobacter spp. …”
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