Formation and characterization of magnetron sputtered Ta–Si–N–O thin films by Xu, S., Chen, Z., Yan, H., Li, L., Ho, F. Y., Liang, M. H., Pan, J. S.

“…At elevated temperatures, all films show good thermal stability to at least 800 °C, while film with high Si concentration is largely amorphous at 900 °C because of highly stable TaSixOy compounds. …”
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Source localization by TDOA with random sensor position errors - Part II : mobile sensors by Qu, Xiaomei, Xie, Lihua

“…For the purpose of source localization, we have proposed a constrained weighted least squares (CWLS) source localization method in our companion paper, which uses static sensors by accounting for random uncertainties in sensor positions. …”
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Submergence and uplift associated with the giant 1833 Sumatran subduction earthquake : evidence from coral microatolls by Taylor, Frederick W., Hantoro, Wahyoe S., Zachariasen, Judith, Sieh, Kerry, Edwards, R. Lawrence

“…The fossil microatolls also record at least two less extensive emergence events in the decades prior to 1833. …”
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A dual-loop clock and data recovery circuit with compact quarter-rate CMOS linear phase detector by Tan, Yung Sern, Yeo, Kiat Seng, Boon, Chirn Chye, Do, Manh Anh

“…Meanwhile, it has the least number of output signals among all the other linear PDs with UP pulse-widening technique. …”
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Trends in extreme daily rainfall in Peninsular Malaysia : 1948 - 2010 by Firouzi, Morteza

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Developing strategies to retain organizational insurers using a clustering technique: evidence from the insurance industry by Kambiz, Shahroodi, Avakh Darestani, Soroush, Samaneh, Soltani, Adeleh, Eisazadeh Saravani

“…According to the results, the variable “health care insurance price” has the most effective role in separating the clusters at an error level of <0.01, and on the contrary, the variable “liability insurance amount” has the least important role at an error level of <0.978.…”
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Bridging realities into organizations through innovation and productivity: exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence, internet of things, and big data analytics in the... by Samadhiya, Ashutosh, Agrawal, Rohit, Kumar, Anil, Luthra, Sunil

“…The study gathers responses from the gaming, information technology, and entertainment industries, using a multi-method involving Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling, Fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis, and Artificial Neural Networks to investigate how these technologies might be used to improve the linking of disparate realities in a business context. …”
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A genome-wide association study of respiratory syncytial virus infection severity in infants by Johnson, M, Chelysheva, I, Öner, D, McGinley, J, Lin, G-L, O'Connor, D, Robinson, H, Drysdale, SB, Gammin, E, Vernon, S, Muller, J, Wolfenden, H, Westcar, S, Anguvaa, L, Thwaites, RS, Bont, L, Wildenbeest, J, Martinón-Torres, F, Aerssens, J, Openshaw, PJM, Pollard, AJ

“…Most children experience at least one 1 RSV infection by the age of two 2 years, but not all develop severe disease. …”

Do built environment factors have different effects on ridesourcing usage before and after the COVID-19 pandemic? by Jin, T, Cheng, L, Wang, S, Cao, J, Schwanen, T, Witlox, F

“…It seems that COVID-19 is having long-term effects on ridesourcing usage, at least in Chicago. Relevant policies and tailored land-use interventions should be updated regarding the differentiated built environment effects in the post-pandemic era.…”

Molecular determinants of chromatin accessibility at CpG islands in mouse embryonic stem cells by King, H

“…In addition to confirming that CGI accessibility is independent of transcriptional activity, I was able to demonstrate that the loss of DNA methylation in ESCs resulted in increased chromatin accessibility at a subset of CpG-rich repetitive elements, suggesting that non-methylated CpG-rich sequences may, at least partially, facilitate open chromatin states. …”

Time to fill up India’s strategic oil reserves by Narula, K

“…According to recent estimates, oil import dependence was 77 per cent in 2012; it is forecast to rise to 81–91 per cent by 2027, and reach 96 per cent by 2047 (‘Least Effort’ Scenario, India Energy Security Scenarios, 2047). …”

Effectiveness of supervised versus self-directed rehabilitation for adults aged 50 years and over with ankle fractures: protocol for the AFTER trial by Keene, DJ, Achten, J, Forde, C, Png, ME, Grant, R, Draper, K, Appelbe, D, Tutton, E, Peckham, N, Dutton, SJ, Lamb, SE, Costa, ML

“…We aim to recruit 344 participants aged 50 years and older with an ankle fracture treated surgically or non-surgically from at least 20 NHS hospitals. Participants will be randomized 1:1 using a web-based service to supervised rehabilitation (four to six one-to-one physiotherapy sessions of tailored advice and prescribed home exercise over three months), or self-directed rehabilitation (provision of advice and exercise materials that participants will use to manage their recovery independently). …”

Islam in Late Antiquity: state-making, the Bedouin, and the end of empires by Wakeley, JM

“…Comparative approaches are also employed, not least to situate Arabia in a broader late antique context and also to improve our understanding of the development of the early Islamic state.…”

Resolution of proteotoxic stress in the endoplasmic reticulum by ubiquitin ligase complexes by Lari, F

“…The human ER accommodates at least 25 E3s, however our understanding is mostly limited to Hrd1 and AMFR/gp78, both of which have a defined function in ERAD. …”

The attribution of February extremes over North America: a forecast-based storyline study by Lee, D, Sparrow, S, Leach, N, Osprey, S, Lee, J, Allen, M

“…The forecast-based storyline approach is valid for at least half of the land area within a 6-day lead time before the target extreme occurrence. …”

Transcriptional brain networks and their key regulators across the human lifespan by Wehrspaun, CC

“…This work shows that the transcriptome of human post-mortem brains at least partially preserves the network structure of cell types and functionally related genes, and how it may be dissected using suitable combinations of bioinformatic algorithms.…”

Measurement of t t ¯ production in association with additional b -jets in the eμ final state in proton–proton collisions at s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector by Aad, G, Aakvaag, E, Abbott, B, Abdelhameed, S, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboelela, M, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Ackermann, A, Adam Bourdarios, C, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Barr, AJ, Bortoletto, D, Bruckler, TL, Chen, M, Conroy, EI, Cooper-Sarkar, AM, Dingley, T, Draguet, MA, Eberwein, GH, Frost, JA, Gallas, EJ, Grabarczyk, RP, Gwenlan, C, Haslbeck, F, Hays, CP, Hodkinson, BH, Huffman, TB, Iizawa, T, Karava, K, Koch, SF, Moser, B, Nagai, K, Nedic, L, Nickerson, RB, Pacey, HA, Rossi, E, Ruggiero, A, Schopf, E, Shipsey, IPJ, Sultan, DMS, Viehhauser, GHA, Weidberg, AR, Yildirim, TP

“…Fiducial cross-sections are extracted in a final state featuring one electron and one muon, with at least three or four b-jets. Results are presented at the particle level for both integrated cross-sections and normalised differential cross-sections, as functions of global event properties, jet kinematics, and b-jet pair properties. …”

Modulation of visual-motor responses by the perception of object affordance, automatic imitation and action agency by Pereira Lima, R

“…The result suggested that, at least for error rates, when the relationship between an object and its action-related stimulus is explicit, affordances can elicit an attentional bias towards a representation of the action that a recently seen object affords.…”

Evolution of an epidemic: understanding the opioid epidemic in the United States and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on opioid-related mortality by Laing, R, Donnelly, C

“…Critically, each region has an immediate increase to its opioid-related monthly death rate of at least 0.31 deaths per 100,000 persons at the start of the pandemic, highlighting the nationwide knock-on effects of COVID-19. …”

Contextualising the contrafacta of trouvere song by Quinlan, M

“…In five case studies, all of which take at least one song from the trouvère repertory, and which represent the most common contrafact genres—political serventois, Marian song, and crusade song—I consider the ways in which their melodies could signify. …”