Development of an Evidence-Based First Aid Guideline for First Responders in Sub-Saharan Africa by Bert Avau

“…In response, Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies, amongst other organizations implement first responder training programs across Africa. The current paper describes the development of an advanced manual for first responders (FAFR) in Sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Elevating larval source management as a key strategy for controlling malaria and other vector-borne diseases in Africa by Fredros Okumu, Sarah J. Moore, Prashanth Selvaraj, Arnon Houri Yafin, Elijah O. Juma, GloriaSalome G. Shirima, Silas Majambere, Andy Hardy, Bart G. J. Knols, Betwel J. Msugupakulya, Marceline Finda, Najat Kahamba, Edward Thomsen, Ayman Ahmed, Sarah Zohdy, Prosper Chaki, Peter DeChant, Kimberly Fornace, Nicodem Govella, Steven Gowelo, Emmanuel Hakizimana, Busiku Hamainza, Jasper N. Ijumba, William Jany, Hmooda Toto Kafy, Emmanuel W. Kaindoa, Lenson Kariuki, Samson Kiware, Eliningaya J. Kweka, Neil F. Lobo, Dulcisária Marrenjo, Damaris Matoke-Muhia, Charles Mbogo, Robert S. McCann, April Monroe, Bryson Alberto Ndenga, Halfan S. Ngowo, Eric Ochomo, Mercy Opiyo, Richard Reithinger, Chadwick Haadezu Sikaala, Allison Tatarsky, David Takudzwa, Fedra Trujillano, Ellie Sherrard-Smith

“…Together, these efforts lead to the long-term reduction of mosquito populations, which benefits the entire community by controlling both disease vector and nuisance mosquitoes. In this paper, we argue that the heavy reliance on large-scale cluster-randomized controlled trials (CRTs) to generate evidence on epidemiological endpoints restricts the recommendation of approaches to only those interventions that can be measured by functional units and deliver relatively uniform impact and, therefore, are more likely to receive financial support for conducting these trials. …”
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Isolation Number of Transition Graphs by Junhao Qu, Shumin Zhang

“…The isolation number of <i>G</i> is the minimum cardinality of an isolating set, denoted by <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>ι</mi><mo>(</mo><mi>G</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>. In this paper, we mainly focus on research on the isolation number and <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi mathvariant="script">F</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula>-isolation number of a <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>B</mi><mo>(</mo><mi>G</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> graph, total graph and central graph of graph <i>G</i>.…”
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Hameaux et villages paysans de la période romaine en plaine d’Alsace by Antonin Nüsslein, Pascal Flotté, Mathias Higelin, Muriel Roth-Zehner

“…Research carried out in the plain of Alsace over the past twenty years has led to the discovery of sites that were composed of several agglomerated habitation units that can be described as villages and hamlets. The aim of this paper is to make known these singular rural settlements in the plain of Alsace. …”
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APG mergence and topological potential optimization based heuristic user association strategy by Zhirui HU, Meihua BI, Fangmin XU, Meilin HE, Changliang ZHENG

“…However, it needs significant amounts information interaction and signal processing, which results in poor scalability. This paper studied the user association strategy that could improve the scalability of cell-free networks. …”
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General existence principles for nonlocal boundary value problems with <mml:math alttext="$PHI$"> <mml:mi>&#x03C6;</mml:mi> </mml:math>-laplacian and their appl...

“…<p>The paper presents general existence principles which can be used for a large class of nonlocal boundary value problems of the form <mml:math alttext="$(phi(x'))'=f_1(t,x,x')+f_2(t,x,x')F_1x+f_3(t,x,x')F_2x$,$alpha(x)=0$"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>&#x03C6;</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> <mml:mo>&#x2032;</mml:mo> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>&#x2032;</mml:mo> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>f</mml:mi> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>t</mml:mi> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> <mml:mo>&#x2032;</mml:mo> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>f</mml:mi> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>t</mml:mi> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> <mml:mo>&#x2032;</mml:mo> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>F</mml:mi> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>f</mml:mi> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>t</mml:mi> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> <mml:mo>&#x2032;</mml:mo> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>F</mml:mi> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>&#x03B1;</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:math>, <mml:math alttext="$eta(x)=0$"> <mml:mi>&#x03B2;</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:math>, where <mml:math alttext="$f_j$"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>f</mml:mi> <mml:mi>j</mml:mi> </mml:msub> </mml:math> satisfy local Carathéodory conditions on some <mml:math alttext="$[0,T]imesmathcal{D}_jsubset R^2$"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>[</mml:mo> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>T</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>]</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>&#x00D7;</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>&#x1D49F;</mml:mi> <mml:mi>j</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>&#x2282;</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>&#x211D;</mml:mi> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:msup> </mml:math>, <mml:math alttext="$f_j$"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>f</mml:mi> <mml:mi>j</mml:mi> </mml:msub> </mml:math> are either regular or have singularities in their phase variables <mml:math alttext="$(j=1,2,3)$"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>j</mml:mi> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math>, <mml:math alttext="$F_i: C^1[0,T] ightarrow C^0[0,T]$ $(i=1,2)$"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>F</mml:mi> <mml:mi>i</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>:</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>C</mml:mi> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>[</mml:mo> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>T</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>]</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>&#x2192;</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>C</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>[</mml:mo> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>T</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>]</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>i</mml:mi> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> </mml:math>, and <mml:math alttext="$alpha,eta:C^1[0,T] ightarrowR$"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>&#x03B1;</mml:mi> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>&#x03B2;</mml:mi> <mml:mo>:</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>C</mml:mi> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>[</mml:mo> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>T</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>]</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>&#x2192;</mml:mo> <mml:mi>&#x211D;</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> are continuous. …”
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The paediatric liver transplant experience in Johannesburg, South Africa: A broad overview and update by K Kinandu, A Beeton, M Beretta, S Berkenfeld, L Brannigan, R Britz, D Demopoulos, L Doedens, M Duncan, P Gaylard, C Hajinicolaou, W Lowman, H Maher, T De Maayer, V Mudau, S Rambarran, M Reynders, F van der Schyff, B Ströbele, S Tager, E Wessels, J Fabian, J Loveland

“…Since then, significant progress has been made in capacity-building the unit, improving outcomes and enhancing service delivery. This paper presents a broad overview and update of the unit’s 17-year experience.   …”
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On Trees with a Given Number of Vertices of Fixed Degree and Their Two Bond Incident Degree Indices by Abeer M. Albalahi, Muhammad Rizwan, Akhlaq A. Bhatti, Ivan Gutman, Akbar Ali, Tariq Alraqad, Hicham Saber

“…This paper is mainly concerned with the study of two bond incident degree (BID) indices, namely the variable sum exdeg index <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>S</mi><mi>E</mi><msub><mi>I</mi><mi>a</mi></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> and the general zeroth-order Randić index <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mmultiscripts><mi>R</mi><mi>α</mi><none></none><mprescripts></mprescripts><none></none><mn>0</mn></mmultiscripts></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>. …”
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Ethics of Procuring and Using Organs or Tissue from Infants and Newborns for Transplantation, Research, or Commercial Purposes: Protocol for a Bioethics Scoping Review [version 1;... by Sebastian Porsdam Mann, Joe Brierley, Jerry Menikoff, Trung Nguyen, Brian D. Earp, Dominic Wilkinson, Julian Savulescu, Xiu Lim, Maide Barış, David Shaw, Melanie T Almonte

“…Research gaps will be identified and limitations of the review will also be highlighted. Conclusions A paper summarising the findings from this review will be published in a peer-reviewed journal. …”
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À propos des foyers protohistoriques à pierres chauffantes en Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur by Denis Dubesset

“…In the light of recent archaeological discoveries since the early 2000s, this paper reviews the question of protohistoric heating stone hearths in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. …”
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Serial measurements in COVID-19-induced acute respiratory disease to unravel heterogeneity of the disease course: design of the Maastricht Intensive Care COVID cohort (MaastrICCht) by Steven J R Meex, Walther N K A van Mook, Iwan C C van der Horst, Jeanette Tas, Coen D A Stehouwer, Rob J J van Gassel, Serge J H Heines, Mark M G Mulder, Nanon F L Heijnen, Melanie J Acampo-de Jong, Julia L M Bels, Frank C Bennis, Marcel Koelmann, Rald V M Groven, Moniek A Donkers, Frank van Rosmalen, Ben J M Hermans, Otto Bekers, Astrid M L Oude Lashof, Fabian H Tijssen, Jan-Willem E M Sels, Chahinda Ghossein-Doha, Rob G H Driessen, Pieter L Kubben, Marcus L F Janssen, Gerry A F Nicolaes, Ulrich Strauch, Zafer Geyik, Thijs S R Delnoij, Kim H M Walraven, Jeanine A M C F Verbunt, Susanne van Santen, Ronny M Schnabel, Marcel J H Aries, Marcel C G van de Poll, Bas C T van Bussel, Joachim E Wildberger, Sander M J van Kuijk, Dennis C J J Bergmans, Paul H M Savelkoul, Alma M A Mingels, Wolfgang F F A Buhre

“…Our study design is expected to enhance aetiological, diagnostic and prognostic understanding of the disease. This paper describes the design of the MaastrICCht.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval has been obtained from the medical ethics committee (Medisch Ethische Toetsingscommissie 2020-1565/3 00 523) of the Maastricht University Medical Centre+ (Maastricht UMC+), which will be performed based on the Declaration of Helsinki. …”
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Shining light on the dark sector: search for axion-like particles and other new physics in photonic final states with FASER by The FASER collaboration, Roshan Mammen Abraham, Xiaocong Ai, John Anders, Claire Antel, Akitaka Ariga, Tomoko Ariga, Jeremy Atkinson, Florian U. Bernlochner, Emma Bianchi, Tobias Boeckh, Jamie Boyd, Lydia Brenner, Angela Burger, Franck Cadoux, Roberto Cardella, David W. Casper, Charlotte Cavanagh, Xin Chen, Eunhyung Cho, Dhruv Chouhan, Andrea Coccaro, Stephane Débieux, Monica D’Onofrio, Ansh Desai, Sergey Dmitrievsky, Radu Dobre, Sinead Eley, Yannick Favre, Deion Fellers, Jonathan L. Feng, Carlo Alberto Fenoglio, Didier Ferrere, Max Fieg, Wissal Filali, Elena Firu, Edward Galantay, Ali Garabaglu, Stephen Gibson, Sergio Gonzalez-Sevilla, Yuri Gornushkin, Carl Gwilliam, Daiki Hayakawa, Michael Holzbock, Shih-Chieh Hsu, Zhen Hu, Giuseppe Iacobucci, Tomohiro Inada, Luca Iodice, Sune Jakobsen, Hans Joos, Enrique Kajomovitz, Hiroaki Kawahara, Alex Keyken, Felix Kling, Daniela Köck, Pantelis Kontaxakis, Umut Kose, Rafaella Kotitsa, Susanne Kuehn, Thanushan Kugathasan, Lorne Levinson, Ke Li, Jinfeng Liu, Yi Liu, Margaret S. Lutz, Jack MacDonald, Chiara Magliocca, Toni Mäkelä, Lawson McCoy, Josh McFayden, Andrea Pizarro Medina, Matteo Milanesio, Théo Moretti, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Toshiyuki Nakano, Laurie Nevay, Ken Ohashi, Hidetoshi Otono, Lorenzo Paolozzi, Brian Petersen, Titi Preda, Markus Prim, Michaela Queitsch-Maitland, Hiroki Rokujo, André Rubbia, Jorge Sabater-Iglesias, Osamu Sato, Paola Scampoli, Kristof Schmieden, Matthias Schott, Anna Sfyrla, Davide Sgalaberna, Mansoora Shamim, Savannah Shively, Yosuke Takubo, Noshin Tarannum, Ondrej Theiner, Eric Torrence, Oscar Ivan Valdes Martinez, Svetlana Vasina, Benedikt Vormwald, Di Wang, Yuxiao Wang, Eli Welch, Yue Xu, Samuel Zahorec, Stefano Zambito, Shunliang Zhang

“…Other new particle models that lead to the same experimental signature, including ALPs coupled to gluons or photons, U(1) B gauge bosons, up-philic scalars, and a Type-I two-Higgs doublet model, are also considered for interpretation, and new constraints on previously viable parameter space are presented in this paper.…”
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The Heisenberg-RIXS instrument at the European XFEL by Justine Schlappa, Giacomo Ghiringhelli, Benjamin E. Van Kuiken, Martin Teichmann, Piter S. Miedema, Jan Torben Delitz, Natalia Gerasimova, Serguei Molodtsov, Luigi Adriano, Bernard Baranasic, Carsten Broers, Robert Carley, Patrick Gessler, Nahid Ghodrati, David Hickin, Le Phuong Hoang, Manuel Izquierdo, Laurent Mercadier, Giuseppe Mercurio, Sergii Parchenko, Marijan Stupar, Zhong Yin, Leonardo Martinelli, Giacomo Merzoni, Ying Ying Peng, Torben Reuss, Sreeju Sreekantan Nair Lalithambika, Simone Techert, Tim Laarmann, Simo Huotari, Christian Schroeter, Burkhard Langer, Tatjana Giessel, Jana Buchheim, Grzegorz Gwalt, Andrey Sokolov, Frank Siewert, Robby Buechner, Vinicius Vaz da Cruz, Sebastian Eckert, Chun-Yu Liu, Christian Sohrt, Christian Weniger, Annette Pietzsch, Stefan Neppl, Friedmar Senf, Andreas Scherz, Alexander Föhlisch

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戶外教育課程評估指標建構之研究 Indicators for Evaluating Outdoor Education Curricula by 鄭智明 Chi Meng Cheang, 陳美燕 Mei-Yen Chen, 郭雄軍 Husing-Chun Kuo

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Should the Food and Drug Administration Limit Placebo-Controlled Trials? by Max Goodman, Connor Pedersen

“…Gregory James Smith, JD, DBE for his patience and guidance in both the research and writing of this paper. - [1] Simmonds A. Ethics of placebo-controlled trials in developing countries: The Search for Standards and Solutions. …”
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Presenting a model to explain unfavorable risk and favorable risk according to psychological variables in predicting market fluctuations in the Iranian capital market. by Hasan Rezaeikangi, Mahdi Mohammad Bagheri, Hojat Babaei, Ali Raeispour Rajabali

“…Traut (2023) presented a research entitled: 'What we know about low-risk anomaly: a literature review'. This paper concludes that, despite some criticisms, there are good reasons to believe that the low-risk anomaly can be evaluated as an investment factor. …”
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First Aid Guidelines for Allergic Reaction, Seizure and Diabetic Emergency: Educational Approach and Adaptation

“…Through the development of education strategies in each domain, it supports a system of high quality and accessible first aid.For the three medical topics reviewed in this paper, the consistent advice is to recognize the medical ‘event’ as an emergency, call EMS, and to give first aid. …”
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Connecting climate science and society: reflections from early and mid-career researchers at the World Climate Research Programme Open Science Conference 2023 by Leandro B. Díaz, Leandro B. Díaz, Leandro B. Díaz, Carla Gulizia, Carla Gulizia, Carla Gulizia, Shipra Jain, Shipra Jain, Gaby S. Langendijk, Hindumathi Palanisamy, Valentina Rabanal, Valentina Rabanal, Candice S. Charlton, Alima Dajuma, Felix K. Donkor, Temitope S. Egbebiyi, Temitope S. Egbebiyi, Ghafi Kondi Akara, Ghafi Kondi Akara, Amna Jrrar, Md Rezwan Siddiqui, Yassine Ait Brahim, Yassine Ait Brahim, Bapentire D. Angnuureng, Anna-Adriana Anschütz, Founi M. Awo, Founi M. Awo, Alejandro Builes-Jaramillo, Alison Cobb, Mohamadou A. Diallo, Mohamadou A. Diallo, Houda Er-Retby, Houda Er-Retby, Houda Er-Retby, Thierry C. Fotso-Nguemo, Benjamin Gwinneth, Masilin Gudoshava, Franck E. Kemgang Ghomsi, Franck E. Kemgang Ghomsi, Franck E. Kemgang Ghomsi, Inés M. Leyba, Inés M. Leyba, Redouane Lguensat, Redouane Lguensat, Roché Mahon, Shailendra K. Mandal, Lucia Mumo, Meshel Muzuva, Meshel Muzuva, Rodric M. Nonki, Juan A. Rivera, Juan A. Rivera, Alcade C. Segnon, Alcade C. Segnon, Laouali I. Tanimoune, Erlich-Honest E. I. Zauisomue, Gilbert Siame

“…This paper reflects the discussions of early and mid-career researchers (EMCRs) during the World Climate Research Programme Open Science Conference 2023 EMCRs Symposium, to advance climate knowledge for greater transformative power in society and impact on policy-making. …”
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Simons Observatory: Predeployment Performance of a Large Aperture Telescope Optics Tube in the 90 and 150 GHz Spectral Bands by Carlos E. Sierra, Kathleen Harrington, Shreya Sutariya, Thomas Alford, Anna M. Kofman, Grace E. Chesmore, Jason E. Austermann, Andrew Bazarko, James A. Beall, Tanay Bhandarkar, Mark J. Devlin, Simon R. Dicker, Peter N. Dow, Shannon M. Duff, Daniel Dutcher, Nicholas Galitzki, Joseph E. Golec, John C. Groh, Jon E. Gudmundsson, Saianeesh K. Haridas, Erin Healy, Johannes Hubmayr, Jeffrey Iuliano, Bradley R. Johnson, Claire S. Lessler, Richard A. Lew, Michael J. Link, Tammy J. Lucas, Jeffrey J. McMahon, Jenna E. Moore, Federico Nati, Michael D. Niemack, Benjamin L. Schmitt, Max Silva-Feaver, Robinjeet Singh, Rita F. Sonka, Alex Thomas, Robert J. Thornton, Tran Tsan, Joel N. Ullom, Jeffrey L. Van Lanen, Eve M. Vavagiakis, Michael R. Vissers, Yuhan Wang, Kaiwen Zheng

“…This ambitious new instrument suite, initially comprising three 0.5 m diameter small aperture telescopes and one 6 m diameter large aperture telescope, is designed using a common combination of new technologies and new implementations to realize an observatory significantly more sensitive than the previous generation. In this paper, we present the predeployment performance of the first mid-frequency “optics tube,” which will be fielded on the large aperture telescope with sensitivity to the 90 and 150 GHz spectral bands. …”
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IGJR 1/2020: Housing crisis: How can we improve the situation for young people? by IF and FRFG

“…Dustmann, Christian / Fitzenberger, Bernd / Zimmerman, Markus (2018): Housing Expenditures and Income Inequality, Cream Discussion Paper 16/18, London: Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration, URL: http://www.cream-migration.org/publ_ uploads/CDP_16_18.pdf. …”
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