Shattered nation: inequality and the geography of a failing state by Dorling, D

“…Middle England has been hit hard by the cost-of-living crisis, and even people doing comparatively well are struggling to stay afloat. …”

The complete cosmicomics : the universe of a failed, emotional literary journey by Lim, Yi Qing

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Effect of fish, starch and salt contents on the microstructure and expansion of fish crackers ('keropok') by Cheow, C.S., Yu, S.Y., Howell, N.K., Che Man, Y., Muhammad, Karidah

“…Light microscopy studies on the fish cracker gel and expanded product ('keropok') emphasised the role of fish proteins in the starch expansion process. The addition of salt (20 g kg-1) in the 'keropok' helped to distribute evenly the starch in the fish protein. …”
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Invisible Women : Data Bias in a World Design for Men / by Perez, Caroline Criado, author 656102, Abrams (Online Service) 656103

“…But because so much data fails to take into account gender, because it treats men as the default and women as atypical, bias and discrimination are baked into our systems. …”
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晚明男色小说中的性别书写和意义 ：《宜春香质〉为例 = Gender writings and significance in late ming male erotic novels : a case study on Yi Chun Xiang Zhi by 王昀诗 Ong, Cheryl Yun Shi

“…In the field of academics, its importance has been constantly undermined and even condemned. The works of Zui Xi Hu Xin Yue Zhu Ren (醉西湖心月主人), namely Yi Chun Xiang Zhi, from the late-Ming era is one of the most significant illustrations of China’s male erotic novels. …”
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Green information technology and green information systems: Science mapping of present and future trends by Mohd Nazim, Mat Nawi, Muhammad Ashraf, Fauzi, Ting, Irene Wei Kiong, Wider, Walton, Amaka, Gabari Barry

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The importance of research and development of virgin coconut oil in food, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and cosmeceutical industries by Ya’akob, Harisun, Amirmudin, Noor Afiqah, Abdul Aziz, Azila, Aman Nor, Nor Farahiyah, Mat, Siti Alyani, Hasham@Hisam, Rosnani, Al-Batul Azizuddin, Maryam

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Girl code by Navarro Jirah Marie Bathan

“…Engineering has been regarded as the most male-dominated position in the USA and even in Singapore. …”
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Sensorimotor control of Drosophila copulation by Herbert, MR

“…</p> <p>In Drosophila, the conserved transcription factor doublesex (dsx) is required for the specification of both male and female sexual identity. One of the key roles played by dsx is regulating the development of a sexually dimorphic nervous system and recent work has shown that dsx is expressed in external mechanoreceptor neurons that adorn the male genitalia (herein termed male terminal sensilla; MTS). …”

Response to Comment on “Unique in the shopping mall: On the reidentifiability of credit card metadata” by de Montjoye, Yves-Alexandre, Pentland, Alex

“…Sánchez et al.’s textbook k-anonymization example does not prove, or even suggest, that location and other big-data data sets can be anonymized and of general use. …”
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Global competition for upstream investment: key test for Latin America’s policymakers by Conway, T

“…Brazil has proved up its massive pre-salt trend boasting tens of billions of barrels of potential. …”

Societal factors and the inescapability of Chinese female oppression by Wang, Carmen Onggo Jiawen

“…There is no sense of female camaraderie, because the only reality that women have been exposed to is from an artificial male construct and as such they too become perpetrators of patriarchal society. …”
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As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow / by Katouh, Zoulfa, 1994-, author 656134, Hachette Books Group (Online service) 647103

“…Perfect for fans of The Book Thief and Salt to the Sea. Salama Kassab was a pharmacy student when the cries for freedom broke out in Syria. …”
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黄展鸣《天界无限》的女英雄形象 = Heroine images in Wee Tian Beng’s celestial zone by 谢文良 Chia, Boon Liang

“…In the world of chivalry comics, it had always been a land of male heroes. But Singapore comic artist Wee Tian Beng boldly created a set of comics titled Celestial Zone with heroines as his main focus. …”
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Revisiting project delivery performance: evidence from Swedish transport infrastructure by Chapman, P

“…This contribution opens new avenues for research by scholars to explain this apparent success and why some projects, even in Sweden, fail.…”

Webpage ranking: how it affects your selections? by Tan, Pei Li.

“…Search engines have become an essential tool for interacting on the Web and they are also navigational tools that can direct users to specific Web sites or aid in browsing. However, even today‟s most successful search engines struggle to provide high-quality search results: Approximately 50 percent of Web search sessions fail to find any relevant results for the searcher.[1] This project not only helps readers to have a better understanding of how the top 4 search engines works and how they rank their pages but also shows readers method(s) to manipulate the order of displaying results. …”
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The Whole Picture : The colonial story of the art in our museums... and why we need to talk about it / by Procter, Alice, author 656024, Octopus (Online service) 656025

“…If you think art history has to be pale, male and stale - think again. Should museums be made to give back their marbles? …”
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Effects of load handling and aging on balance control by Tan, Sherri Xue Qi.

“…Safety precautions must be imposed to minimize the chances of occupational injuries even if the construction workers are examined to be fit for the industry.…”
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Similarity Joins of Sparse Features by Metwally, Ahmed, Shum, Michael

“…This is the reason they fail to scale when the alphabet is large, the records are large, or some elements are shared by numerous records. …”
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Certifiers make neural networks vulnerable to availability attacks by Lorenz, T, Kwiatkowska, M, Fritz, M

“…For the remaining predictions without guarantees, the method abstains from making a prediction, and a fallback strategy needs to be invoked, which typically incurs additional costs, can require a human operator, or even fail to provide any prediction. While this is a key concept towards safe and secure AI, we show for the first time that this approach comes with its own security risks, as such fallback strategies can be deliberately triggered by an adversary. …”