Patients with neurological or psychiatric complications of COVID-19 have worse long-term functional outcomes: COVID-CNS—A multicentre case–control study by Shil, RSK, Seed, A, Franklyn, NE, Sargent, BF, Wood, GK, Huang, Y, Dodd, KC, Lilleker, JB, Pollak, TA, Defres, S, Jenkins, TM, Davies, NWS, Cousins, DA, Zandi, MS, Jackson, TA, Benjamin, LA, Easton, A, Solomon, T, Bradley, JR, Chinnery, PF, Smith, CJ, Nicholson, TR, Carson, A, Thomas, RH

“…Female sex, age > 50 years, and hypertension were associated with worse outcomes, and statins or ACE inhibitors with better outcomes.…”

Asymmetric projection of introspection reveals a behavioural and neural mechanism for interindividual social coordination by Miyamoto, K, Harbison, C, Tanaka, S, Saito, M, Luo, S, Matsui, S, Sankhe, P, Mahmoodi, A, Lin, M, Trudel, N, Shea, N, Rushworth, MFS

“…We demonstrate just such a pattern and that it leads to worse coordination when working with people more skilled than ourselves. …”

Reasons and reproduction: gene editing and genetic selection by McMahan, J, Savulescu, J

“…We argue that one reason to use gene editing is that in many cases it would be <i>better</i> for the person who would develop from the edited embryo, so that not to have done it would have been <i>worse for</i> that person. By contrast, embryo selection is never better for the person who develops from the selected embryo. …”

Managing unstructured information by Tredinnick, Luke, Laybats, Claire

“…When does more organisation lead to worse outcomes? Information and Knowledge Management were established on the principle that well-ordered collections confer significant benefits to individuals and organisations. …”
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The Titans of the Twentieth Century : How They Made History and the History They Made / by Mandelbaum, Michael, author 463677

“…This book consists of essays about eight who, for better and for worse, did just that. Woodrow Wilson had a vision for a cooperative world order that failed after the First World War but gained in influence after the Second. …”
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Europe's Islamic tightrope by Acharya, Arabinda

“…Targeted police actions against certain groups in Austria and proposed legislation to regulate Islamic religious and cultural practices in France suggest that some parts of Europe seem to be resetting their relations with Muslim societies. For better or for worse, Europe’s relations with Muslim communities may be evolving.…”
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Status epilepticus in sub-Saharan Africa: new findings by Newton, CR, Kariuki, SM

“…Most cases in children are caused by infections, particularly malaria in endemic areas. The outcome is worse than in the West, probably because of delays in initiating treatment, and lack of skills and facilities for the management of SE. …”

Resources, conflict, and economic development in Africa by Adhvaryu, A, Fenske, J, Khanna, G, Nyshadham, A

“…Structural estimates confirm the model's predictions, and reveal that conflict equilibria are more prevalent where institutional quality is worse.…”

Background matters, but not whether parents are immigrants: outcomes of children born in Denmark by Jensen, M, Manning, A

“…In Europe, the children of migrants often have worse economic outcomes than those with local-born parents. …”

Bipolar / by Lake, C. Raymond, author 656115, Elsevier Science and Technology (Online Service) 656114

“…Untreated Bipolar usually gets worse.Bipolar aims to improve recognition, acceptance, and compliance. …”
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Phonological and semantic influences on auditory word perception in children with and without reading impairments using magnetoencephalography (MEG) and electroencephalography (EEG... by Wehner, Daniel T

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Cognitive and physical age gaps in relation to mild cognitive impairment and behavioral phenotypes by Yu Junhong, Ng, Ted Kheng Siang, Mahendran, Rathi

“…These results suggest accelerated cognitive and physical aging were linked to worse well-being and more negative attitudes about the self and others and reinforce the link between cognitive and physical aging. …”
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The will of fortune by Koh, Samantha Xiao Xian, Ng, Jean Yee, Chiu, Rachel Rui Qi

“…There is no guidebook to living, but with worries and even fears about what the future has in store, some people turn to fortune telling and a host of other divination methods to interpret or intervene in their own fates. To make matters worse, the COVID-19 pandemic has imposed even greater uncertainty and upheaval on the already perplexing lives that people navigate, destabilising people’s finances, families and futures. …”
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Peak injustice: solving Britain’s inequality crisis by Dorling, D

“…What part does living with high inequality play in understanding how we have got to the point of peak injustice, when surely the situation cannot become worse? <br> Although 2018 was a year of peak income and wealth inequality in the UK, absolute deprivation has continued to grow since then, especially after the pandemic. …”

NeuroTribes : The legacy of autism and how to think smarter about people who think differently / by Silberman, Steve, author 656044, Allen & Unwin (Online service) 656043

“…In his meticulous, haunting, and sometimes hopeful account, he reveals not only the multifaceted features of the neurotribe known as autistic people but also the affiliative inclinations of all humans, the way we gather, clamoring, and build exclusive ways of being around shared beliefs—for better and for worse. Filling in what was, before this book, a patchwork history of autism, Silberman’s story begins in the 18th century and follows the path of autistic people through the decades as they were persecuted, misunderstood, mistreated, killed, brutalized, and institutionalized. …”
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Evaluation of femtosecond laser-assisted anterior capsulotomy in the presence of ophthalmic viscoelastic devices (OVDs) by Mansoor, Hassan, Liu, Yu-Chi, Wong, Yoke Rung, Lwin, Nyein C., Seah, Xin Y., Mehta, Jodhbir Singh

“…Using 150% energy, Healon GV showed a significantly worse total arc-length (p = 0.01), total tag-length (p = 0.03) and total tag-area (p = 0.05) compared to the control group. …”
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Study on statistical correlation exploitation in distributed video coding by Sun, Jin.

“…Distributed video coding (DVC), i.e., lossy compression with receiver side information, enables low-complexity video encoding where the bulk of the computation is shifted to the decoder.However, compared to conventional motion-compensated interframe coding, distributed video coding (DVC) has a worse rate-distortion performance according to the existing works. …”
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Case Report: Concurrent transcatheter aortic and mitral valve replacement for symptomatic concomitant aortic and mitral valve stenoses by Bussmann, BM, Dawkins, S, Newton, J, Cahill, T

“…In patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), multi-valve disease is common and associated with worse outcomes. Despite multiple emerging transcatheter valve treatment options, no guidelines exist for the transcatheter treatment of multi-valve disease. …”

Moral persuasion and the diversity of fiction by Liao, Shen-yi.

“…Narrative representations can change our moral actions and thoughts, for better or for worse. In this article, I develop a theory of fictions' capacity for moral education and moral corruption that is fully sensitive to the diversity of fictions. …”
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Initial public offering : voluntary disclosure and its effect on United States IPOs. by Koh, Wee Meng., Lim, Junrong., Ong, Peng Kiat.

“…On the contrary, firms that state Investment as the primary reason experience worse long run stock performance.…”
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