Three Novels / by Lodge, David, author 1935- 591213

“…The British Museum Is Falling Down, working through inspired parodies, paints a richly comic portrait of a recently married postgraduate student taking refuge in fantasy from the Vatican's ruling on contraception - only to find that real life is even more fantastical. …”

Can Mobility of Care be Identified from Transit Fare Card Data? A Case Study in Washington D.C. by Shuman, Daniela, Abdelhalim, Awad, Stewart, Anson F, Campbell, Kayleigh B, Patel, Mira, Sanchez de Madariaga, Ines, Zhao, Jinhua

“…We find that the share of women travelers trip-chaining in the direct vicinity of mobility of care places of interest is 10% - 15% higher than men.…”
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Tomorrow by Liu, Tong

“…The Chinese girl (Grace) who has to follow her mother’s will to be a Christian falls in love with a Malay boy (Zul). Her mother finds out about their relationship, and is strongly against them being together.…”
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The GCSE attainment gap: assessing the influence of permanent school exclusion by Hills, Stephen, Walker, Matthew, Guinn, James, Kent, Aubrey

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The narcoleptic boy. by Nguyen Hieu Hanh.

“…A little boy suffers from a sleeping disorder (narcolepsy) which results in him falling asleep under all sorts of unusual circumstances. …”
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OLIVER TWIST / by Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870, author 457349

“…After enduring years of brutal treatment, Oliver runs away to London, where he falls in with a band of child pickpockets led by the villainous Fagin. …”

Active rollator walker by Tan, Zhi Yong

“…Along with the ageing population, there is an increase in the total number of semi-ambulant as one’s muscles degenerate and decrease in function with old age. Falls are usually the cause of injury in the elderly and with a rise in the elderly population, there is an immense need for mobility assistive devices to help them avoid falling. …”
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Encore Valentine / by Adriani Trigiani, author 656192

“…As Encore Valentine begins, snow falls like glitter over Tuscany at the wedding of Valentine's grandmother. …”

Impact of Central Bank Real Estate Purchases on Asset Prices by Batista, Quentin

“…Overall, these findings are inconsistent with the predictions of canonical and recent models of asset pricing.…”
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Financial sentiment analysis: techniques and applications by Du, Kelvin, Xing, Frank, Mao, Rui, Cambria, Erik

“…Financial Sentiment Analysis (FSA) is an important domain application of sentiment analysis that has gained increasing attention in the past decade. FSA research falls into two main streams. The first stream focuses on defining tasks and developing techniques for FSA, and its main objective is to improve the performances of various FSA tasks by advancing methods and using/curating human-annotated datasets. …”
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RE teachers’ ways of balancing children’s existential concerns and the curriculum: mirrored through established RE approaches by Osbeck, C, Lilja, A, Fancourt, N

“…In the analysis of the interview transcripts of the eleven middle-school teachers focussing on what the teachers express as important goals for RE, the findings were placed on a continuum between a focus on the child’s experiences and on the curriculum. …”

An online marketplace platform by Kwek, Theophilus

“…The construction sector which plays a pivotal role in society is falling behind in its quest for digitalization. This has severely impacted the sector’s growth and revenue stream, evidently from its lack of innovation and agility to respond quickly to covid-19. …”
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Optimization of enzymatic hydrolysis conditions for antimicrobial activity against Pantoea spp. causing rice leaf blight by Jamal, Siti Norazura, Lamasudin, Dhilia Udie, Muhialdin, Belal J., Saidi, Noor Baity, Song, Lai Kok, Yusof, Mohd Termizi

“…In conclusion, the findings suggest that the refined BTPH has great promise as an effective bioactive component for agricultural use.…”
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The effectiveness of bio-anchorage system in reinforcing tropical residual slope by Kuraisha, Kambali, Duraisamy, Youventharan, Rokiah, Othman, Mohd Arif, Sulaiman, Putra Jaya, Ramadhansyah, Siti Noor Linda, Taib

“…Geotechnical phenomena known as “land sliding” encompasses a broad spectrum of ground movements, including rock falls, deep slope failures, and shallow debris flows, particularly in tropical regions. …”
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Work intensity and fat mass percentage are associated with asymptomatic morphometric vertebral fractures in knee osteoarthritis patients: a cross-sectional study by Zolkiply, Izzatul Nadiah, Wong, Kah Keng, Mohammad Sallehudin, Hakimah, Bidin, Mohammad Zulkarnain, Che Hamzah, Fahrudin, Bahari, Norafida, Wan Ghazali, Wan Syamimee

“…Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a common condition with a prevalence of 365 million individuals globally, and it is an independent risk factor for falls and fractures, notably asymptomatic morphometric vertebral fractures (AMVF). …”
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Is a high tone pointy? Speakers of different languages match Mandarin Chinese tones to visual shapes differently by Shang, Nan, Styles, Suzy J.

“…These effects were observed most clearly in Study 2 where tone-pairs were contrasted explicitly. These findings are in line with the dominant patterns of linguistic pitch perception for speakers of these languages (pitch-change, and pitch height, respectively). …”
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Vision based control for mobile robot by Siah, Clarence Jun Da

“…This is because the distance falls between the consecutive angles points cannot be captured by the mathematical model. …”
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Comparative study of modeling, drying kinetics and specific energy consumption of desiccated coconut during convective and infrared drying by S., Yahya, A., Mohd Shamsul, A.G., Nur Hamizah, M.N., Mohd Zuhair

“…Experimental drying curves displayed only a falling drying rate period. The experimental findings demonstrated that drying temperature, air velocity, and drying techniques had a substantial impact on drying kinetics. …”
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Comparative study of modelling, drying kinetics and specific energy consumption of desiccated coconut during convective and infrared drying by Sahari, Yahya, Anuar, Mohd Shamsul, Abdul Ghani, Nur Hamizah, Mohd Nor, Mohd Zuhair

“…Experimental drying curves displayed only a falling drying rate period. The experimental findings demonstrated that drying temperature, air velocity, and drying techniques had a substantial impact on drying kinetics. …”
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The contribution of traumatic brain injury to Alzheimer’s disease progression by Zainal Azman, JAB

“…Notably, elderly AD patients are particularly susceptible to TBI, often due to falls, as shown in TBI epidemiology reports.</p> <br> <p>This study hypothesizes that dysregulated systemic acute phase response (APR) following TBI in AD subjects is a key factor in hastening AD progression. …”