The determinants of COVID-19 morbidity and mortality across countries by Chang, Dianna, Chang, Xin, He, Yu, Tan, Kelvin Jui Keng

“…We identify 21 predetermined country-level factors that explain marked variations in weekly COVID-19 morbidity and mortality across 91 countries between January and the end of 2020. …”
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Utilizing ACMV exhaust air for roof top solar PV panel cooling by Fung, Yuan Zhi

“…This will increase the overall scoring of the entire building as part of the BCA Green Mark Initiative. This is because one of the components for the overall scoring comprise of the % replacement of building electricity generation by renewable energy. …”
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'She loved this place': memorial benches as death writing, life writing and life siting by Karpf, Anne

“…I explore some reasons for their increasing popularity, their very materiality valued as a way of marking a life in a digital age. Memorial benches are also a reminder of the ways in which public spaces are stitched into daily routines, of the quiet value and meaning attached to local public squares, parks and beaches, increasingly encroached upon by privatisation. …”
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Encephalitis: diagnosis, management and recent advances in the field of encephalitides by Alam, AM, Easton, A, Nicholson, TR, Irani, SR, Davies, NWS, Solomon, T, Michael, BD

“…Over the last decade, research in encephalitis has led to marked developments in the understanding, diagnosis and management of encephalitis. …”

Perturbation of fetal liver hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell development by trisomy 21 by Roy, A, Cowan, G, Mead, AJ, Filippi, S, Bohn, G, Chaidos, A, Tunstall, O, Chan, JKY, Choolani, M, Bennett, P, Kumar, S, Atkinson, D, Wyatt-Ashmead, J, Hu, M, Stumpf, MPH, Goudevenou, K, O'Connor, D, Chou, ST, Weiss, MJ, Karadimitris, A, Jacobsen, SE, Vyas, P, Roberts, I

“…Here, we show that compared with primary disomic controls, primary T21 fetal liver (FL) hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) and megakaryocyte-erythroid progenitors are markedly increased, whereas granulocyte-macrophage progenitors are reduced. …”

Spontaneous ruptured pyomyoma: A rare yet critical postpartum complication: A case report by Soo, Tze Hui, Subramaniam, Mogana, Chai, Woon Kian, Ee, Wei Sheun

“…Despite hemodynamic stability, her septic markers were markedly raised. A bedside ultrasound noted a pelvic complex cystic collection, further confirmed on CT scan as spontaneous ruptured of pyomyoma complicated by complex fistulas with surrounding organs. …”
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Cultivating knowledge: design and development of the infographic (baja sawit) mobile application to enhance oil palm fertilization practices among smallholders by Ishak, Azura, Murdi, Ahmad Afandi, Hashim, Khairuman, Muhammed, Abdullah, Rahmat, Masura, Shahrani, Shahrina, Abd Rahman, Rohizah, Zainal, Noor Faridatul Ainun, Abd Aziz, Nordiana

“…The study illustrates the systematic development of the application's content, marked by precision in integrating insights derived from a comprehensive literature analysis and interviews with five highly skilled professionals in oil palm fertilizers. …”
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Accounting for Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Sustainability Goal: Developing an Integrated Reporting Model Through Integrated Thinking Among Malaysian Corporations (S/O 13596) by Abdul Hamid, Fathilatul Zakimi, Othman, Zaleha

“…The signing of TPPA marked the commitment for Malaysia to join one of the biggest global trade. …”
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Challenges and Solution of Online Learning and Assessment Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study in Universiti Utara Malaysia (S/O 14793) by Mohd Nordin, Nur Rasyidah, Omar, Wafa, Mohd Ridzuan, Iliya Nurul Iman

“…The biggest challenge for language instructors in terms of technology and assessments are the multiple applications and platforms, plagiarism, non-verbal evaluation and marking online. Whereas, the problems in terms of teaching are suitable teaching platform, creativity, lack of communication and participation from students, rapport and heavy workload…”
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Advection–diffusion settling of deep-sea mining sediment plumes. Part 2. Collector plumes by Ouillon, Raphael, Muñoz-Royo, Carlos, Alford, Matthew H., Peacock, Thomas

“…The turbulence levels experienced by the plume also markedly affects its extent. Expected variability of turbulence and particle settling velocity yields orders of magnitude changes in the extent metrics.…”
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Natural IgG antibodies provide innate protection against ficolin-opsonized bacteria by Panda, Saswati, Zhang, Jing, Tan, Nguan Soon, Ho, Bow, Ding, Jeak Ling

“…Infection‐inflammation condition markedly increased the affinity of natural IgG for bacteria associated with ficolins. …”
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Atomic-scale mechanisms of defect- and light-induced oxidation and degradation of InSe by Kistanov, Andrey A., Cai, Yongqing, Zhou, Kun, Dmitriev, Sergey V., Zhang, Yong-Wei

“…However, the presence of intrinsic Se vacancy (VSe) and light illumination can markedly affect its surface activity. In particular, the excess electrons associated with the exposed In atoms at the VSe site under illumination are able to remarkably reduce the dissociation barrier of O2 to ∼0.2 eV. …”
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Novel plant-derived macroporous scaffolds by Mohammed Shahrudin Ibrahim

“…Utilizing a range of characterization techniques, marked increase in the level of carboxyl groups present in the intine and reduced Young’s modulus of the exine gave rise to pollen with tunable mechanical characteristics resembling microgels, while exhibiting physical properties that rapidly respond to stimuli, reminiscent of smart polymers. …”
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Improving rock mass quality using bio-grouting by Chua, Lionel Wei Huang

“…To fully understand the physical characteristics of the different bio-grouts, multiple parameters are recorded and observed using test tubes with markings to collect the permeating agent, which is water, with differing stresses. …”
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A critical study on Yelp dataset for recommender system by Ruan, Donglin

“…Experimental results underscore the efficacy of our approach, revealing a marked improvement in recommendation performance when geographical considerations are factored into the model. …”
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Open world object detection: a survey by Li, Yiming, Wang, Yi, Wang, Wenqian, Lin, Dan, Li, Bingbing, Yap, Kim-Hui

“…To our knowledge, this is the first comprehensive survey of the emerging OWOD field with over one hundred references, marking a significant step forward for object detection technology. …”
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Transportation of dangerous/hazardous goods by Muhammad Khairiel Abu Bakar.

“…Packaging involves the proper segregation, marking and labeling of goods for safe transport. …”
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Biodegradable post biopsy breast marker by Teh, Wen Hui

“…A breast marker is inserted subsequently to mark the biopsy site for future targeting and referencing due to the transition of the surrounding tissue after tissue removal and remodeling or healing of tissue around the biopsy site. …”
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Introduction. Post-Soviet censorship and regulation in Russia by Raspopina, Aleksandra

“…The political and media history of twenty-first century Russia has been characterized by ever-tightening restrictions and increasing state control over the media, marked by widespread self-censorship and assassinations of journalists often occurring without thorough police investigations. …”
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Sowing the seeds of love: Ovid's Sementivae (Fasti 1.655-704) by Armstrong, RM

“…Yet, while the time to sow belongs to wider cycles of annual recurrence, the description of the festival itself is pointedly woven into the linear progressions of allusion, most markedly to the Georgics and Tibullus 2.1. In the gaps between the composition of these central intertexts and the emergence of the Fasti, literary time has passed, and so too has the political situation shifted; Ovid can now both update and reignite Vergilian and Tibullan debates on the moralities of agriculture and war in the context of Augustan Peace and Concordia. …”