Social Structure and Social Stratification in Contemporary China / by Xueyi, Lu, author 654605, Wittrock, Yan Peng, translator 654606

“…The author argues that the gap between the economical and societal development have become the major social issue of China. So adjusting and optimizing the social structure and increasing the number of middle-class people should be the key consideration of the contemporary Chinese society. …”
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Design of a >500MHz current starving VCO/DLL with low phase noise for digital PWM control by Chua, Dillon Yu Ze

“…When the resistance or conductance is adjusted, it will change the amount of delay in each delay cell. …”
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Cohort differences in physical health and disability in the United States and Europe by Gimeno, L, Goisis, A, Dowd, JB, Ploubidis, GB

“…<p><strong> Results</strong></p> Age-adjusted prevalence of doctor-diagnosed chronic disease increased across successive cohorts in all regions. …”

Associations of treatment with hypnotics with suicide and attempted suicide: A nationwide cohort study by Høier, NK, Madsen, T, Spira, AP, Hawton, K, Jennum, P, Nordentoft, M, Erlangsen, A

“…A total of 1774 males and 1212 females died by suicide while in treatment with n-BZD and the adjusted IRRs were 3.4 (95% CI: 3.1–3.7) and 3.6 (95% CI: 3.4–3.9), respectively.…”

Characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 patients admitted to hospital with and without respiratory symptoms by Citarella, BW, Kartsonaki, C, Ibáñez-Prada, ED, Gonçalves, BP, Baruch, J, Escher, M, Pritchard, MG, Wei, J, Philippy, F, Dagens, A, Hall, M, Lee, J, Kutsogiannis, DJ, Wils, E-J, Fernandes, MA, Tirupakuzhi Vijayaraghavan, BK, Panda, PK, Martin-Loeches, I, Ohshimo, S, Fatoni, AZ, Horby, P, Dunning, J, Rello, J, Merson, L, Rojek, A, Vaillant, M, Olliaro, P, Reyes, LF, ISARIC Clinical Characterisation Group

“…These patients were older, had lower ICU admission rates, and had a lower risk of in-hospital mortality after adjusting for confounders.…”

The interaction effect of parental rejection and oxytocin receptor gene polymorphism on depression: a cross-cultural study in non-clinical samples by Senese, Vincenzo Paolo, Shinohara, Kazuyuki, Venuti, Paola, Bornstein, Marc H., Rosanio, Vittorio, Nasti, Carla, Neoh, Michelle Jin-Yee, Maresca, Marzia, Esposito, Gianluca

“…However, the interaction effect between parental rejection in childhood and the oxytocin receptor genotype on psychological adjustment has yet to be investigated. The present study aimed to investigate gene-environment interaction effects between parental rejection (maternal and paternal) and oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene polymorphisms (rs53576 and rs2254298) on depressive symptoms in adults in different cultural contexts. …”
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Dynamic Adaptation Gains for Nonlinear Systems With Unmatched Uncertainties by Lopez, Brett T., Slotine, Jean-Jacques

“…The method relies on adjusting the adaptation gains of individual unmatched parameters whose adaptation transients would otherwise destabilize the closed-loop system. …”
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Learning to forget in an online fuzzy neural network using dynamic forgetting window by Tan, Benjamin Kok Loong.

“…To increase its accuracy, the proposed architecture uses the variable dynamic window to adjust the forgetting factor accordingly.…”
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Wavelet neural networks for stock trading by Zheng, Tianxing., Fataliyev, Kamaladdin., Wang, Lipo.

“…This paper explores the application of a wavelet neural network (WNN), whose hidden layer is comprised of neurons with adjustable wavelets as activation functions, to stock prediction. …”
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A study of five derivatives markets in the Asia-Pacific Basin by Lai Ping, Lim, Yuan Yih, Sim, Maggie Yun Bee

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Tunable optofluidic aperture configured by a liquid-core/liquid-cladding structure by Song, Chaolong, Nguyen, Nam-Trung, Asundi, Anand Krishna, Low, Cassandra Lee-Ngo

“…The aperture size can be tuned accordingly by adjusting the flow rates. Manipulation of the aperture size allows control of the amount of light passing through the corresponding optical system as well as the angular aperture on the image side. …”
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Pulsed fiber laser at 1 μm wavelength region by Liu, Meng

“…Firstly, the theoretical modeling of YDPFLs and design of pulsed pump YDPLs with adjustable pulse duration and pulse repetition rate are investigated. …”
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Accounting for Rehabilitation Activity Uncertainty in a Pavement Life Cycle Assessment using Probability and Decision Tree Analysis by Mack, James W., Xu, Xin, Gregory, Jeremy, Kirchain, Randolph

“…For this case, this results in the probability-adjusted LCA results being different than the single standard rehabilitation scenario results.…”
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Mortality risks in different subtypes of masked hypertension in the Spanish ambulatory blood pressure monitoring registry by de la Sierra, A, Ruilope, LM, Staplin, N, Stergiou, GS, Williams, B

“…Hazard ratios from Cox models after adjustment for clinical confounders were used for such comparisons.…”

Resistant hypertension and mortality: an observational cohort study by de la Sierra, A, Ruilope, LM, Staplin, N, Gorostidi, M, Vinyoles, E, Segura, J, Armario, P, Oliveras, A, Williams, B

“…Hazard ratios (HRs) from Cox models after adjustment for clinical confounders were used for comparisons. …”

Associations of maternal night shift work during pregnancy with DNA methylation in offspring: a meta-analysis in the PACE consortium by Marques, IF, Domènech-Panicello, C, Geurtsen, ML, Hoang, TT, Richmond, R, Polinski, K, Sirignano, L, Page, CM, Binter, A, Everson, T, Burt, A, Deuschle, M, Gilles, M, Streit, F, Mumford, SL, Magnus, P, Reiss, IKM, Vermeulen, MJ, Witt, SH, Chaves, I, Yeung, E, London, SJ, Guxens, M, Felix, JF

“…Robust linear regression models adjusted for relevant confounders were run in the individual cohorts, and results were meta-analyzed. …”

Caustic object construction based on multiple caustic patterns by Tandianus, Budianto, Johan, Henry, Seah, Hock Soon

“…We solve this problem by using a two-step optimization algorithm in which we adjust the position and size of the caustic regions in the first step and we adjust the caustic shapes in the second step. …”
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Cyanobacteria blooms in tropical reservoirs by Quek, Geraldine Wei Shan.

“…Many analysis, considerations and adjustments were done to improve on the experiment setups. …”
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Development of a portable prototype of smart LED lighting system for sleeping hours by Tan, Ming Tah

“…Leveraging the use of technologies, the prototype developed is fully automated and capable of adjusting the illumination of lights based on the type of human activity. …”
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Template-free formation of uniform urchin-like α-FeOOH hollow spheres with superior capability for water treatment by Wang, Bao, Wu, Hao Bin, Yu, Le, Xu, Rong, Lim, Teik-Thye, Lou, David Xiong Wen

“…Uniform urchin-like α-FeOOH hollow spheres assembled from nanoneedles have been synthesized via a facile and green one-pot method. By simply adjusting the amount of glycerol in the reaction system, hierarchical urchin-like α-FeOOH solid spheres or hollow spheres can be obtained. …”
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