Indoor and Outdoor Exposure to PM2.5 during COVID-19 Lockdown in Suburban Malaysia by Eliani Ezani, Peter Brimblecombe, Zulfa Hanan Asha’ari, Amirul Aiman Fazil, Sharifah Norkhadijah Syed Ismail, Zamzam Tuah Ahmad Ramly, Md Firoz Khan

“…Abstract During the COVID-19 pandemic, key policies aimed at reducing exposure to the virus from social distancing, restrictions on travel through to strongly enforced lockdowns. …”
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Spin cobordism and the gauge group of type I/heterotic string theory by Christian Kneißl

“…The computation utilizes several established tools from algebraic topology, the focus here is on two spectral sequences. …”
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Considerations for Establishing a Behavioral Policy-Making and Nudge Institution within the Country's Executive Structure by Seyed Kamal Vaezi, Maryam Darbandi

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Successes and challenges of learning to support children post-COVID-19 by Megan Adams, Sanjuana Rodriguez, Karla Ramirez, Allison Garefino, Virginie Jackson

“…Observations of college students, reflections from the college students, and vignettes from the faculty mentors were the data sources for the study. …”
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HOW INTERACTIVE DIGITAL COMMUNITIES IMPACT PUBLIC RELATIONS by JOAN TIRWYN HASSAN, EMMANUEL JIBB ADAMS, JOY AMARACHI OFORDI

“… In the ever-changing landscape of communication, this study investigates the impact of interactive digital communities on public relations. By exploring the dynamic relationship between interactive media and PR in the digital age, the paper examines the multifaceted influence of interactive media in transforming contemporary public relations practices within the modern digital realm. …”
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A’joot  : Ethics, Rights and Values Spoken from the Stomach and Heart by Araceli Rojas

“…Some examples will be given which come from the Ayöök people of Oaxaca, such as the a’joot expression which asks for speaking from the stomach and heart, and where the human cannot exist as an individual-self without the presence of others in society. …”
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Acciones y omisiones del Estado costarricense en la expansión piñera: El caso de la Zona Norte-Norte de Costa Rica by Alexa Obando Campos

“…A partir del enfoque teórico de la antropología del Estado de autores como Abrams (2015), Trouillot (2001), Jessop (2014) y Osorio (2014), se analiza el papel del Estado costarricense a través de sus políticas, prácticas, omisiones y vacíos institucionales. …”
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Design and Fabrication of an Improved Vise by Twinamatsiko Smith

“…The kinematics of the proposed design is performed in ADAMS. The results indicate the feasibility of the proposed vice and its advantages over existing vice from engineering as well as economic viewpoints.…”
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Investigating the Effectiveness of Coal-Fired Power Plant Operations: Management, Technical and Air Pollution Aspects by Zamzam T. A. Ramly, Mohd Y. Ishak, Ahmad M. Abdullah, Marzuki Ismail, Samsuri Abdullah, Amalina Abu Mansor

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Assessment of the Impact of Floods to the Local Community in Nyarusiza Sub-County Kisoro District. by Murengezi, Innocent

“…During this time, rainwater flows and is collected in dams. When this tired or collected water reaches beyond the storage capacity limit, it ends up in flood. …”
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Peer-assisted telemedicine hepatitis-C treatment for people who use drugs in rural communities: a mixed methods study by Kim Hoffman, Gillian Leichtling, Sarah Shin, Andrew Seaman, Tonhi Gailey, Hunter C. Spencer, P. Todd Korthuis

“…Results Quantitative data (n = 78) indicated patients had high levels of satisfaction with and support from the peers. Three themes were identified from the qualitative data (n = 12) including. (1) Key peer-level elements such as providing support during potentially difficult lab draws, creating a peer-facilitated “bubble of trust” between patients and clinicians, enabling technology access, conducting outreach to maintain contact and support treatment retention, and facilitating stabilizing wrap-around services (e.g., housing vouchers) (2) Key clinician-level factors such as capacity for unscheduled peer-facilitated appointments, having dedicated time for case consults with peers, and clinicians trained in working with PWUD and skilled in identifying related clinical concerns (3) Key systems-level elements such as standing lab orders, challenges related to specialty pharmacies and Medicaid managed care organizations, and streamlined communication strategies between peers and clinicians. …”
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Assessment of The Factors Affecting Management of Gender and Sexual Violence Against Women in Rural Communities: A Case Study of Kyanamira Sub County Kabale District. by Tumuheki, Timothy

“…It also means that women are restricted from legally reporting their spouses to the authorities and bride price practices were found to cause intimidation and isolation of women. …”
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Natural Area Weeds: Mexican Petunia (Ruellia simplex) by Sandra B. Wilson, Adrienne Burkhead, Carrie Reinhardt Adams, Rosanna Freyre, Alison M. Fox, Randall Stocker

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Promoting inclusion in COVID-19 research for diverse Hispanic/Latino(x) populations: Recommendations from the RADx® Underserved Populations Hispanic/Latino/Latinx working group by Rosa M. Gonzalez-Guarda, Edna Acosta-Perez, Cristina Adames, Rocio Bailey, Luis Carvajal-Carmona, Jenni Detwiler, Linda K. Ko, Hailey Leiva, Kathleen Page, Antoinette Schoenthaler

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Qiraat Shadhdhah in Deriving Legal Rulings of the Hanafi and Shafii Schools of Jurisprudence by Muhammad Mukmin Alhafiz Zahari, Sabri Mohamad

“…This type of recitation does not fulfill any or all of the three criteria for accepting Qiraat Mutawatirah, namely a valid chain of transmission (sanad), conformity with Arabic language rules, and conformity with one of the 'Uthmani codices. …”
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Psychological distress: A Study on the potential roles of hope, self-esteem, and belongingness in a Moroccan University by Hatim Ben Ayad, a Najdi, Meftaha Senhaji

“…A total of 1,150 participants (mean age 20.00, SD = 2.6; 703 females, 444 males) completed a questionnaire, encompassing the Arabic versions of the Trait Hope Scale, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, the Social Connectedness and Social Assurance Scales, and the Brief Symptoms Inventory. …”
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Comparative Study on River Manufactured and Rock Sand on the Compressive Strength of Concrete Grade-25. by Rukundo, Patrick

“…The compressive strength of concrete is the strength of hardened concrete, which is the measure of the concrete’s ability to resist loads that tend to compress it without cracking or deformation. Duff Abrams revealed that the strength of a concrete mix is solely dependent on the mass of water compared with that of the cement. …”
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Efficient Hamiltonian encoding algorithms for extracting quantum control mechanism as interfering pathway amplitudes in the Dyson series by Erez Abrams, Michael Kasprzak, Gaurav Bhole, Tak-San Ho, Herschel Rabitz

“…Hamiltonian encoding is a methodology for revealing the mechanism behind the dynamics governing controlled quantum systems. In this paper, following Mitra and Rabitz \cite{abhra_1}, we define mechanism via pathways of eigenstates that describe the evolution of the system, where each pathway is associated with a complex-valued amplitude corresponding to a term in the Dyson series. …”
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A systematic assessment of sentiment analysis models on iraqi dialect-based texts by Hafedh Hameed Hussein, Amir Lakizadeh

“…Sentiment Analysis (SA) uses natural language processing (NLP) to interpret these opinions from text. However, Arabic sentiment analysis faces challenges due to dialect variations, limited resources, and hidden sentiment words. …”
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Assessment of awareness about contraception among a sample of Iraqi women using hormonal contraceptives: a cross-sectional study by Fatima Mahdi Salh, Manal Khalid Abdulridha

“…A cross-sectional, community-based study involved 80 women who were assessed for the level of women’s awareness and adherence using a validated Arabic questionnaire. Women had moderate levels of knowledge about hormonal contraceptives (46.25%), a neutral attitude level constituted the majority of women’s responses (52.5%), and a good practice level (53.75%). …”
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