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Accents of the Caribbean: How vowel pronunciations pivot, shift and merge

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The team researches vowel mergers and shifts in the spoken English amongst the different communities of the island of Bequia.

Prof James Walker of the Department of Languages and Linguistics at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, is a sociolinguistic expert who has conducted extensive research on the English language […]

Reducing risks, improving outcomes: The benefits of Patient Blood Management

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Prof Kietaibl promotes patient-centred decision-making.

While blood transfusions are generally very safe and have saved millions of lives, they carry a small risk of serious side effects. These risks can be lessened through the use […]

The 30,000-year ceramics comeback

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Despite the ubiquity of metals in machinery, ceramic tools and systems can perform better under the most extreme conditions. M2 Laboratory are a group of scientists at Tianjin University in […]

Physics of degradation: the difference between reliability engineering and reliability science

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Prof Tan conducted research into LEDs and semiconductors.

Quality and reliability are key factors for a product’s commercial success. Reliability testing usually occurs at the final product, using destructive methods. This implies that there might be added costs […]

A focus on beta cell mass could help prevent type 2 diabetes

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Diabetes is a global health problem expected to affect nearly seven percent of the world’s population by 2035. Treatment broadly focuses on regulating glucose levels, and an increase in the […]

Monitoring photonic crystal fibre fabrication in real-time

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Photonic crystal fibres (PCFs) were first explored in the 1990s, and as conventional optical fibres have revealed their limits, interest in PCFs has only increased further. PCFs use a specific […]

Sufficiency economy philosophy: buddhism-based sustainability framework in Thailand

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Buddhism-based sustainability framework in Thailand The Thai Sufficiency Economy Philosophy (SEP) framework directly reflects the concept of Buddhism. In fact, the word root of Buddha’s teachings, Dharma (Dhamma in […]

Transnational research capacity building: whose standards count?

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Background Research capacity building projects are transnational projects funded by a donor in the Global North, targeting universities in the Global South. Inevitably, these projects are embedded in various […]

ENACTS: Risk, Resilience, and the Revitalisation of Climate Services in the Developing World

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The availability of climate data is vital for the provision of effective climate services.

To build resilience and national capacity to manage climate variability and adapt to change, governments and other bodies need robust and decision-relevant climate information at different levels. In many places, […]

Spectroscopic standard could help revolutionise the analysis of plastics

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Plastic pollution is an environmental catastrophe in progress. 32 percent of the plastic we use escapes into the environment and only nine percent currently gets recycled. Fugitive plastic products often undergo […]