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University Students’ Notion of Autism Spectrum Conditions: A Cross-Cultural Study (2020)
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Cultural background might influence knowledge and attitudes regarding autism, influencing willingness to interact. We studied whether beliefs, knowledge, contact, and attitude differed between the UK and Malaysia. With mediation analyses, we studied... Read More about University Students’ Notion of Autism Spectrum Conditions: A Cross-Cultural Study.

Write better, publish better (2020)
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There is evidence that having more readable abstracts and introductions help authors get cited. I show that, in economics, there is also an effect of readability on the probability of publishing in a Top 5 journal (and in a higher-ranked journal in g... Read More about Write better, publish better.

How Hard Is It to Maximize Profit? Evidence from a 19th century Italian State Monopoly (2020)
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In this paper we study the ability of the 19th century Italian government to choose profit maximizing prices for a multiproduct monopolist. We use very detailed historical data on the tobacco consumption in 62 Italian provinces from 1871 to 1888 to e... Read More about How Hard Is It to Maximize Profit? Evidence from a 19th century Italian State Monopoly.

X-ray microtomography analysis of soil pore structure dynamics under wetting and drying cycles (2020)
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The soil water retention curve is one of the most important properties used to predict the amount of water available to plants, pore size distribution and hydraulic conductivity, as well as knowledge for drainage and irrigation modeling. Depending on... Read More about X-ray microtomography analysis of soil pore structure dynamics under wetting and drying cycles.

Mapping Recent Shoreline Changes Spanning the Lateral Collapse of Anak Krakatau Volcano, Indonesia (2020)
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Gene expression profiling of Trypanosoma cruzi in the presence of heme points to glycosomal metabolic adaptation of epimastigotes inside the vector (2020)
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Chagas disease, also known as American trypanosomiasis, is a potentially life-threatening illness caused by the protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, and is transmitted by triatomine insects during its blood meal. Proliferative epimastigotes forms t... Read More about Gene expression profiling of Trypanosoma cruzi in the presence of heme points to glycosomal metabolic adaptation of epimastigotes inside the vector.

Protocol for the Process Evaluation of the Online Remote Behavioural Intervention for Tics (ORBIT) randomized controlled trial for children and young people (2020)
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Background Process evaluations are an important component in the interpretation and understanding of outcomes in trials. The Online Remote Behavioural Intervention for Tics (ORBIT) study is a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effectivenes... Read More about Protocol for the Process Evaluation of the Online Remote Behavioural Intervention for Tics (ORBIT) randomized controlled trial for children and young people.

Iron Catalysed Radical Polymerisation by Living Bacteria (2020)
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The ability to harness cellular redox processes for abiotic synthesis might allow the preparation of engineered hybrid living systems. Towards this goal, we describe a new bacteria‐mediated Iron‐catalysed Reversible Deactivation Radical Polymerisatio... Read More about Iron Catalysed Radical Polymerisation by Living Bacteria.

Systematic review of genetic association studies in people with Lewy body dementia (2020)
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Objectives Lewy body dementia (LBD) causes more morbidity, disability, and earlier mortality than Alzheimer disease. Molecular mechanisms underlying neurodegeneration in LBD are poorly understood. We aimed to do a systematic review of all genetic... Read More about Systematic review of genetic association studies in people with Lewy body dementia.

Gaussian Thermal Operations and The Limits of Algorithmic Cooling (2020)
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The study of thermal operations allows one to investigate the ultimate possibilities of quantum states and of nanoscale thermal machines. Whilst fairly general, these results typically do not apply to continuous variable systems and do not take into... Read More about Gaussian Thermal Operations and The Limits of Algorithmic Cooling.

DDAB-assisted synthesis of iodine-rich CsPbI3 perovskite nanocrystals with improved stability in multiple environments (2020)
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© 2020 The Royal Society of Chemistry. All-inorganic cesium lead halide perovskite (CsPbX3, X = Cl, Br, I) nanocrystals (NCs) have attracted considerable attention due to their tunable optical properties and high optical quantum yield. However, their... Read More about DDAB-assisted synthesis of iodine-rich CsPbI3 perovskite nanocrystals with improved stability in multiple environments.

Linking Law: Viking and Medieval Scandinavian Law in Literature and History (2020)
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This short magazine article highlights ongoing interdisciplinary scholarship which has cast light on the surprisingly sophisticated world of Viking-Age and Medieval Scandinavian law and its wide-ranging influence in these societies.

Public parks and urban development during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Nottingham (2020)
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It is well known that Nottingham was one of the most densely built and overcrowded towns in Victorian England. Following the enclosure, 1845-65, green spaces, including public parks, had to be provided in the new suburbs. This article looks at the cr... Read More about Public parks and urban development during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Nottingham.

Demarcation and Definition: Explicating the Meaning and Scope of ‘Decolonisation’ in the Social and Political Sciences (2020)
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Decolonisation of the curriculum is a burgeoning yet controversial project of radical change, gaining slow but steady traction in higher education politics departments across the country. At its heart is the acknowledgement and systematic unravelling... Read More about Demarcation and Definition: Explicating the Meaning and Scope of ‘Decolonisation’ in the Social and Political Sciences.

Galaxy cluster illuminates the cosmic dark ages (2020)
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Re-thinking International Students' Voice in South-South Cooperation in Higher Education ???????????????????: An International Development Perspective ??????? (2020)
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This article provides an initial reflection based on a recent qualitative study on China’s higher education and scholarship provision to international students from developing countries. The empirical data collected from focus groups reveal two emerg... Read More about Re-thinking International Students' Voice in South-South Cooperation in Higher Education ???????????????????: An International Development Perspective ???????.

Beyond gender binaries: pedagogies and practices in early childhood education and care (ECEC) (2020)
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Queer disidentification: Or how to cook chinese noodles in a global pandemic? (2020)
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© 2021 by the author(s). In this article, I offer a critical analysis of a video artwork titled Lerne Deutsch in meiner Küche (Learn German in My Kitchen) (2020), created by Berlin-based queer filmmaker Popo Fan. By focusing on Fan’s negotiation of r... Read More about Queer disidentification: Or how to cook chinese noodles in a global pandemic?.

Challenges and considerations of applying nature-based solutions in low- and middle-income countries in Southeast and East Asia (2020)
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Low- and middle-income countries in Southeast and East Asia face a range of challenges related to the rapid pace of urbanisation in the region, the scale of pollution, climate change, loss of ecosystem services and associated difficulties for ecologi... Read More about Challenges and considerations of applying nature-based solutions in low- and middle-income countries in Southeast and East Asia.

Exploring Green Innovation Practices: Content Analysis of the Fortune Global 500 Companies (2020)
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Green innovation has been attracting increasing attention due to its contributions to the conservation of resources and environmental protection. However, in the process of exploring green innovation, the allocation of resources and the direction of... Read More about Exploring Green Innovation Practices: Content Analysis of the Fortune Global 500 Companies.