Cold spray technology: future of coating deposition processes by Harminder Singh, T.S. Sidhu, S.B.S. Kalsi

“…It is expected that next decade will saw the growth of cold spray as a viable coating process around the globe.…”
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From blitzkrieg to blitzscaling: Assessing the impact of venture capital dynamics on military norms by Elke Schwarz

“…A similar trend is noticeable in Europe, where billions are funnelled into AI-drone startup companies, spurred by escalating conflicts around the globe. VC investment is a ‘high-risk-high-reward’ way of financing military technologies, which requires fast-paced exponential growth at scale (‘blitzscaling’) and the disruption of existing markets. …”
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Silvopastoral systems as a strategy for drought resilience: A short international review by Mohammad Reza Ghaffariyan

“…Using online search about 20 relevant research reports were found and reviewed to present the main research outcomes and experiences on silvopastoral systems around the globe. The results indicated that silvopastoral systems could be beneficial to the landowners and farmers which could improve drought resilience by increasing air humidity and reducing weather temperature impact which eventually contributed to mitigation fire risks in farms. …”
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Retracing Hotbeds of the 1918–19 Influenza Pandemic. Spatial Differences in Seasonal Excess Mortality in the Netherlands by Rick J. Mourits, Ruben Schalk, Albert Meroño-Peñuela, Joe Raad, Auke Rijpma, Bram van den Hout, Richard L. Zijdeman

“…A century ago, the 1918–19 influenza pandemic swept across the globe, taking the lives of over 50 million people. …”
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Electoral Management in the Western Balkans – Overview of Institutional Setting by Marko Milenković

“…Even though the institutional setting for electoral management differs greatly across the globe, during the Europeanisation process it was widely recommended to transitional societies to set up independent electoral management bodies in other to guarantee fair electoral conditions, with standards mostly promoted by the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe (VC) and International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA). …”
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Airbnb, or the (globalized) geopolitics of a contested tourist accommodation offer. From magnified disruption to generalized conflictualities... by Victor Piganiol

“…Present in more than 100,000 cities across the globe, offering a selection of over seven million rentals via as many hosts who have become “partners” of the platform, it attracts millions of users. …”
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Airborne Microplastics from Waste as a Transmission Vector for COVID-19 by Qingyang Liu, James Schauer

“…Microplastics could also serve as vectors which transport toxic hydrophobic organic compounds around the globe and negatively affect the environmental quality. …”
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Developing ‘Happiness Engineering’ Subject for the Schools in India: Designing the Pedagogical Framework for a Sustainable Happiness Curriculum by Ashraf Alam, Atasi Mohanty

“…The researchers have prepared it by adopting the scientifically proven ‘global best practices’ exercised in different schools, colleges, and university departments across the globe in ‘sustainability education’, ‘adjectival education’, and ‘well-being education’. …”
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Social Media: The New Frontier for Human Resource Management in Asia by Ismi Rajiani, Deasy Arisanty, I Gede Riana

“…Social media has become an increasingly vital tool for human resource management (HRM) in many parts of the globe. However, Asian societies have adopted social media for HRM at a lesser rate than Western cultures, which are more egalitarian and open, leading to greater comfort with using social media for professional interactions, even with superiors. …”
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“This Rude Chivalry of the Wilderness”: Chivalry and Native Americans in Cooper’s and Irving’s American Novels by Pauline Pilote

“…“In the four quarters of the globe, who reads an American book?” This oft-quoted sentence actually comes from a review written by Sidney Smith in January 1820 for the Edinburgh Review of Adam Seybert’s book, Statistical Annals of the United States of America. …”
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Smart cities survey: Technologies, application domains and challenges for the cities of the future by Ruben Sánchez-Corcuera, Adrián Nuñez-Marcos, Jesus Sesma-Solance, Aritz Bilbao-Jayo, Rubén Mulero, Unai Zulaika, Gorka Azkune, Aitor Almeida

“…Moreover, cities from all around the globe are implementing Smart City features to improve services or the quality of life of their citizens. …”
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Global Warming Amplifies Outdoor Extreme Moist Heat During the Indian Summer Monsoon by Anukesh Krishnankutty Ambika, Akshay Rajeev, Matthew Huber

“…Here we investigate moist heat extremes, as measured by the Wet‐Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) metric, specifically during monsoon and monsoon‐break periods and find that they pose a major threat to physical labor and health relative to other seasons. …”
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Translating French Drama for English Audiences: Adolphe Belot’s L’Article 47 by Barbara T. Cooper

“…[Adolphe] Belot’s L’Article 47, which they have turned into Cora, now being played at the Globe, gives a fresh proof that it is bad policy for English managers to rely upon a system of borrowing from the French stage’. …”
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Analysis of Turberculosis-COVID-19 Coinfection Using Fractional Derivatives by Samuel Okyere, Joseph Ackora-Prah, Saleem Abdullah, Samuel Akwasi Adarkwa, Frank Kofi Owusu, Kwame Bonsu, Mary Osei Fokuo, Mary Ann Yeboah

“…Fractional-order derivative modeling continues to receive great interest among researchers across the globe. In this study, Tuberculosis-COVID-19 coinfection is studied using Atangana–Baleanu fractional-order derivatives defined in Caputo sense. …”
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Towards a cyber ecology by Carlo Ratti, Daniele Belleri

“…In the design practice CRA – Carlo Ratti Associati’s firsthand work with exhibitions and experiments across the globe, often developed in collaboration with Italo Rota, we have explored two main strategies: animating the artificial with distributed computing or literally incorporating natural elements in design. …”
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Measuring the effectiveness of out-of-home advertising campaigns in South Africa by Melanie Babst, Thérèse Roux, Johan de Jager

“…This is particularly useful while the development of reliable out-of-home media measurement metrics is still underway across the globe. …”
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COVID-19: Are Malaysians embracing or suffering the new normality? by Dinyadarshini Johnson, Stanley Eng Chee Ren, Hema Darshinee Johnson, Vengadesh Letchumanan

“…The pandemic has precipitated various reaction and responses from people across the globe especially with the enforcement of preventive measures initiated by their respective government forces. …”
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THE YIJING AND THE CRISIS OF WESTERN TRADITION by Ernest Ženko

“…In the article author follows a view that although rational thinking can be found in all literate societies around the globe, differences between cultures develop to a certain degree also from basic distinctions between philosophical ways of thinking. …”
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Neoadjuvant Intra-arterial Cytoreductive Chemotherapy for Lacrimal Gland Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma by Vathsalya Vijay, Avriel I. Gudkar, Kirthi Koka, Bipasha Mukherjee

“…IACC helps to reduce tumour size, thereby enabling complete tumour excision and globe salvage. IACC is a treatment option worth considering for patients presenting with a large lacrimal gland ACC.…”
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Continuous detection of Chikungunya Virus in a passive surveillance system in southern Thailand, 2012-2019. by Aaron Farmer, Kathryn B Anderson, Darunee Buddhari, Thanaporn Hortiwakul, Boonsri Charernmak, Butsaya Thaisomboonsuk, Tippa Wongstitwilairoong, Taweewun Hunsawong, Chonticha Klungthong, Piyawan Chinnawirotpisan, Sarunyou Chusri, Stefan Fernandez

“…Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infections are distributed across the globe, causing significant and, often, lasting morbidity. …”
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