Alien Monstrosity: The Practice of Technology and “Race” as Technological Construct in Star Trek: Voyager by Nils Jablonski

“…Alongside class, gender and age, race as an elementary category in modern science fiction is particularly apparent in the Star Trek franchise. The television series Star Trek: Voyager (USA 1995–2001) presents race as a cultural construct that depends on the specific depiction of technology and how it is used. …”
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Constraining the equation of state in neutron-star cores via the long-ringdown signal by Christian Ecker, Tyler Gorda, Aleksi Kurkela, Luciano Rezzolla

“…Abstract Multimessenger signals from binary neutron star (BNS) mergers are promising tools to infer the properties of nuclear matter at densities inaccessible to laboratory experiments. …”
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Forest Fire Clustering: A Novel Tool for Identifying Star Members of Clusters by Xingyin Wei, Jing Chen, Su Zhang, Feilong He, Yunbo Zhao, Xuran He, Yongjie Fang, Xinhao Chen, Hao Yang

“…Based on the high-quality clusters derived from FFC, we provide a detailed analysis of cluster properties. …”
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A Universal Break in Energy Functions of Three Hyperactive Repeating Fast Radio Bursts by Q. Wu, F. Y. Wang, Z. Y. Zhao, P. Wang, H. Xu, Y. K. Zhang, D. J. Zhou, J. R. Niu, W. Y. Wang, S. X. Yi, Z. Q. Hua, S. B. Zhang, J. L. Han, W. W. Zhu, K. J. Lee, D. Li, X. F. Wu, Z. G. Dai, B. Zhang

“…All magnetar-powered FRB models require some triggering mechanisms, among which the most popular is the cracking of the crust of a neutron star, which is called a starquake. However, so far there has been no decisive evidence for this speculation. …”
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3D Convective Urca Process in a Simmering White Dwarf by Brendan Boyd, Alan Calder, Dean Townsley, Michael Zingale

“…A proposed setting for thermonuclear (Type Ia) supernovae is a white dwarf that has gained mass from a companion to the point of carbon ignition in the core. …”
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Enhancing Video Games Policy Based on Least-Squares Continuous Action Policy Iteration: Case Study on StarCraft Brood War and Glest RTS Games and the 8 Queens Board Game by Shahenda Sarhan, Mohamed Abu ElSoud, Hebatullah Rashed

“…So in this paper we proposed a new algorithm based on LSPI called Least-Squares Continuous Action Policy Iteration (LSCAPI). …”
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The Appearance and Disappearance of Exocomet Gas Absorption by Barry Y. Welsh, Sharon L. Montgomery

“…This variability is due to the liberation of gas from falling evaporating bodies (the so-called FEBs activity) on the grazing approach of exocomets towards their parent star. …”
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75 YEARS OF MEPHI’S HISTORY: CONTINUITY OF EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIONS by I. E. Zadorozhnyuk

“…Strikhanov) published in the series “Science in the Soviet Union: Through the difficulties to the stars” is devoted to the first 50 years of the history of MEPhI. …”
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Art and Decolonial Worldviews: Transcultural Resistance in and Beyond the Installations of Hassan Hajjaj by Siobhán Shilton

“…It focuses primarily on a series of photographic and video portraits by British Moroccan artist Hassan Hajjaj, My Rock Stars, which incorporates as participants a range of artists from musicians to masters of Capoeira and visual artists. …”
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MODEL OF RATING OF NON PHYSICAL QUANTITY by V. M. Romanchak

“…Physical quantities are distinguished from non-physical quantities the method of measurement. …”
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Effectiveness of a physiotherapist-led triage and treatment service on WAITing time for adults with musculoskeletal pain referred to Australian public hospital physiotherapy clinic... by Ian A Harris, Andrew Lawson, Bethan Richards, Chris G Maher, Laurent Billot, David Roberts, Chris Needs, David Anderson, Nadine E Foster, Danielle Coombs, Marnee McKay, Joshua R Zadro, Tarcisio F de Campos, Michael Swain, Daniel Treacy, Lisa A Harvey, Gustavo Machado, Jackie Chu, Christopher S Han, Andrew R Gamble, Timothy Shaw, Mark Halliday, Joshua M Hutton, Tom Lung, Lisa Gridley, Joshua Wakefield

“…Participants at low risk of poor outcomes (assessed by the Keele STarT MSK tool) will be given simple advice and education during this call and instructed to call back if their symptoms do not improve in 6 weeks. …”
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Sudeten: Erinnerung reinterpretiert by Jan Pacholski

“…After World War II, this monument was reinterpreted; Borussian symbols were removed from it, including the emblematic eagle taking flight and the visage of von Götzen himself, and replaced with a hammer and sickle and a red star. …”
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Evidence for AGN Feedback in Galaxy Clusters and Groups by Myriam Gitti, Fabrizio Brighenti, Brian R. McNamara

“…The current generation of flagship X-ray missions, Chandra and XMM-Newton, has changed our understanding of the so-called “cool-core” galaxy clusters and groups. Instead of the initial idea that the thermal gas is cooling and flowing toward the center, the new picture envisages a complex dynamical evolution of the intracluster medium (ICM) regulated by the radiative cooling and the nongravitational heating from the active galactic nucleus (AGN). …”
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Development of an extended topology-based lightweight cryptographic scheme for IEEE 802.15.4 wireless sensor networks by Walter Tiberti, Federica Caruso, Luigi Pomante, Marco Pugliese, Marco Santic, Fortunato Santucci

“…In particular, moving from some results previously achieved in our research activity, this article extends a cryptography scheme in order to better comply with the security requirements that arise from real-world wireless sensor network installations. …”
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Review of Fast Solar Jets and Coronal Mass Ejections by Sima Zeighami, Ehsan Tavabi

“…The Sun is a magnetically active star. It has a powerful magnetic field that shifts slightly from year to year until it reverses about every eleven years. …”
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Motion Detection in Diffusion MRI via Online ODF Estimation by Emmanuel Caruyer, Iman Aganj, Christophe Lenglet, Guillermo Sapiro, Rachid Deriche

“…In this article, the Kalman filter is first adapted to the reconstruction of the ODF in constant solid angle. Then, a method called STAR (STatistical Analysis of Residuals) is presented and applied to the online detection of motion in high angular resolution diffusion images. …”
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Robustness of performance during domain change in an esport: A study of within-expertise transfer. by Joe Thompson, Justin W O'Camb, Robin C A Barrett, Scott Harrison, Mark R Blair

“…Neither approach did a good job explaining behaviour after the major game update called 'StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm,' perhaps because transfer was generally strong across all players. …”
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Reims/Durocortorum, ville gauloise ? Hypothèses pour une nouvelle problématique des origines de l’agglomération by Robert Neiss

“…Understanding of the origin, as well as the shape of the protohistoric settlement of Reims/Durocortorum (Marne), was garnered from historical observations dating back to the beginning of the 20th c. …”
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Rancang Bangun Electronic Customer Relationship Management pada Sistem Informasi Hotel dengan Framework of Dynamic CRM by Siti Monalisa, Jukhri Syahputra Bacin

“…The internet provides benefits as a social interaction that can deliver a lot of ease of communication and information. The technology is called e-CRM by integrating a framework called the Framework of Dynamic CRM. …”
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