Assessing the impact of a sport for development and peace intervention on the mental and physical health of adolescents in Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka by Hamilton, A

“…Mean SLIPS-C score improved significantly in both groups ([V] = t (113) 2.46, p = 0.016); [C] = t (99) 5.04, p = <0.001), but there was no significant difference between [V] and [C] groups at follow up. Adjusting for gender, age and ethnicity did not affect the significance of the results. …”

Understanding customer retrials in call centers: preferences for service quality and service speed by Hu, K, Allon, G, Bassamboo, A

“…One reallocates the service groups for different customer segments without expanding the system, and the other adjusts the staffing ratios by hiring low-cost, ordinary-quality agents. …”

Actuator disk methods for tidal turbine arrays by Hunter, W

“…At first glance one might imagine that tidal stream energy can be treated as wind with appropriate adjustment for fluid properties of water over air, and account taken of the harsher offshore environment; both waves and turbulence.…”

Thermally induced phase separation PVDF membrane fabricated by using NaCl coagulation bath: relation of membrane surface morphology and permeation performance by Chen, Ningyuan, Zhao, Jie, Shi, Lei, Goto, Atsushi, Wang, Rong

“…This control mechanism facilitates the precise adjustment of the outer surface morphology in the fabrication of membranes. …”
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Optical and optoelectronic properties of Si nanocrystals embedded in dielectric matrix by Ding, Liang

“…Size-dependent PL emission has been realized through adjusting implantation recipes. The PL energy decreases with the increasing nanocrystal size in accordance with the quantum confinement concepts. …”
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Essays on the dynamics of the U.S. real exchange rate by Li, Yingzhu

“…It is shown analytically that the sticky information model can generate high persistence in the variables without much difficulty as all agents are allowed to make adjustments in each period and thus can fully respond to shocks in their information sets. …”
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Production risk and technical efficiency of Thai Koi (Anabas testudineus Bloch) farming in some selected areas of Bangladesh by Sarker, Md. Al Amin

“…The farmers could become more efficient by adjusting input allocation with the existing technology and resources. …”
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Managing oil palm plantations more sustainably : large-scale experiments within the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function in Tropical Agriculture (BEFTA) Programme by Luke, Sarah H., Advento, Andreas Dwi, Aryawan, Anak Agung Ketut, Adhy, Dwi Nugroho, Ashton-Butt, Adham, Barclay, Holly, Dewi, Jassica Prajna, Drewer, Julia, Dumbrell, Alex J., Edi, Eycott, Amy E., Harianja, Martina F., Hinsch, Julie K., Hood, Amelia S. C., Kurniawan, Candra, Kurz, David J., Mann, Darren J., Matthews Nicholass, Kirsty J., Naim, Mohammad, Pashkevich, Michael D., Prescott, Graham W., Ps, Sudharto, Pujianto, Purnomo, Dedi, Purwoko, Rizky Rajabillah, Putra, Syafrisar, Rambe, T. Dzulfikar S., Soeprapto, Spear, Dakota M., Suhardi, Tan, David J. X., Tao, Hsiao-Hang, Tarigan, Ribka Sionita, Wahyuningsih, Resti, Waters, Helen S., Widodo, Rudi Harto, Whendy, Woodham, Christopher R., Caliman, Jean-Pierre, Slade, Eleanor M., Snaddon, Jake L., Foster, William A., Turner, Edgar C.

“…We hypothesise that adjustments to oil palm management could increase structural complexity, stabilise microclimate, and reduce reliance on chemical inputs, thereby helping to improve levels of biodiversity and ecosystem functions. …”
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Water treatment using one-dimensional manganese oxide based materials by Zhang, Tong

“…One-dimensional (1D) nanostructured manganese oxides and their derivatives have attracted considerable research interest due to their large surface area, adjustable transport properties and chemical specificities. …”
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Photonic engineering of terahertz quantum cascade lasers by Liang, Guozhen

“…QCLs are semiconductor lasers comprising multiple strongly coupled quantum wells, exploiting electron transitions between subbands of the conduction band. By adjusting the widths of the quantum wells/barriers, the emission frequency and performance of the laser can be tailored, adding additional flexibility in the laser design. …”
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Injectable and biomimetic poly (ethylene glycol) hydrogel systems for in situ therapeutic cell delivery by Cao, Ye

“…Two kinds of gelatin-PEG precursors, GP30 and GP60, were synthesized by adjusting the amount of Traut's reagent. FRP (NHDFs) were encapsulated into the gelatin-PEG hydrogel by crosslinking the remaining double bonds of precursor under UV light in situ with high cell viability. …”
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Negotiating shared spaces in informal peri-urban settlements in North India: collaborative architectural making as a catalyst for civic empowerment and social change by Tang, Bo

“…The research hypothesises that the social structure and order of shared spaces is continually transforming, adjusting and being re-made to accommodate the changing urban conditions within low-income settlements.The informal negotiation of these common spaces creates a shared collective identity. …”
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Early adulthood BMI and cardiovascular disease: a prospective cohort study from the China Kadoorie Biobank by Chen, Y, Yu, W, Lv, J, Sun, D, Pei, P, Du, H, Yang, L, Chen, Y, Zhang, H, Chen, J, Chen, Z, Li, L, Yu, C

“…During a median follow-up of 12·0 years (IQR 11·3–13·1), we documented 57 203 (15·9%) of incident cardiovascular diseases in 360 855 participants. After adjustment for potential confounders, monotonic dose–response associations were observed between higher early adulthood BMI and increased risks of incident cardiovascular diseases. …”

Leveraging technology to enhance global citizenship education: An online task based speaking skills module for technical and vocational education and training (TVET) learners by Mohd Khirulnizam, Musa, Azwin Arif, Abdul Rahim

“…The module incorporates global themes to stimulate learners' interest in interconnected global issues, 3) Implementation: piloting the module with a group of TVET learners to gather feedback and make necessary adjustments and 4) Evaluation: assessing the effectiveness of the module through pre- and post-tests, learner feedback, and observations of learner engagement and performance. …”
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Adaptive modulation and subcarrier allocation for multiuser OFDM/CDMA systems by Zhang, Hua

“…Then the bit allocation adjustment scheme in the second step is presented to make the best use of the subchannels and reduce the interference further. …”
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Securing untrusted memories in embedded systems by Vig, Saru

“…In the second scheme, we proposed a dynamic skew-and-split tree, DISSECT, which progressively adjust the tree height by varying the tree arity to reduce authentication overhead. …”
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Associations between health literacy and health care utilization and mortality in patients with coexisting diabetes and end-stage renal disease : a prospective cohort study by Griva, Konstantina, Loong, Russel K. L., Nandakumar, Mooppil, Rajeswari, Moothathamby, Khoo, Eric Y. H., Lee, Vanessa Y. W., Kang, Augustine W. C., Osborne, Richard H., Brini, Stefano, Newman, Stanton P.

“…Differences in health literacy were found as a function of age, ethnicity, relationship status, and education. After adjusting for demographic and clinical factors, the HLQ domain Actively Managing My Health remained independently associated with lower rates of hospitalization (incidence rate ratio (IRR) = 0.674, 95% CI [0.490, 0.925], p = .02) and mortality (hazard ratio = 0.382, 95% CI [0.160, 0.848], p = .02). …”
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Toward a generic federated learning platform optimized for computer vision applications by Zhuang, Weiming

“…Based on the insights from these analysis, we propose three optimization methods to elevate performance: client clustering, knowledge distillation, and weight adjustment. Extensive experiments demonstrate that these approaches achieve satisfying convergence with much better performance on all datasets. …”
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Multi-scale and multiphase modeling of abrasive flow machining process with experimental validation by Mohamed Adel Abdelhakem Amen

“…Also, no need to pre-impose MR model since the simulation adjusts the force-MR relation smartly. • To study experimentally the particle-surface interaction: From open literature, no study is dictated to track the MR amount of individual particles in AFM process. …”
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An evidence-based serious game app for public education on antibiotic use and resistance: randomized controlled trial by Huang, Zhilian, Ow, Jing Teng, Tang, Wern Ee, Chow, Angela

“…Intervention participants also showed a statistically significant improvement in mean attitude-perception scores (effect size: 0.98 (95% CI 0.44-1.52)) after adjusting for marital status and race. A majority of participants agreed that the “SteWARdS Antibiotic Defence” app improved their awareness on antibiotic use (135/142, 95.1%) and AMR (136/142, 95.8%). …”
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