Novel reactive power control strategy for mitigating voltage rise in the Malaysian low voltage distribution network with high PV penetration by Alwez, Mustafa Abo, Jasni, Jasronita, Wahab, Raghad, Mohd.Radzi, Mohd Amran, Azis, Norhafiz

“…Unlike conventional methods with fixed reactive power references, the proposed technique dynamically adjusts the reactive power reference in real time, considering voltage and active power injection. …”
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Clustering of designers based on building information modeling event logs by Pan, Yue, Zhang, Limao, Skibniewski, Miroslaw J.

“…Our new algorithm node2vec-GMM is proven to better improve clustering quality than other state-of-the-art methods by at least 6.0% Adjusted Rand Index and 13.4% Adjusted Mutual Information. …”
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Quality and outcomes of diabetes care in patients diagnosed with cancer by Griffiths, R

“…Cancer patients were less likely to meet 5/14 quality measures examined, including total cholesterol ≤5 mmol/L (adjusted odds ratio [OR], 0.82; 95% CI, 0.75-0.90) and HbA1c ≤59 mmol/mol (adjusted OR=0.77; 95% CI, 0.70-0.85). …”

The effects of ultra-selective beta1-antagonism on the metabolic and cytokine profile in septic shock patients receiving noradrenaline: a sub-investigation from the STRESS-L Random... by Thomas, JL, McGee, KC, Hossain, A, Perkins, GD, Gordon, AC, Young, D, McAuley, D, Singer, M, Lall, R, Kramaric, T, Lord, JM, Whitehouse, T, Mur, LAJ

“…The individual-level models were adjusted for confounders, such as age, sex, noradrenaline dosage and patient (random effect). …”

Predictors and outcomes of healthcare-associated infections caused by carbapenem-nonsusceptible enterobacterales: a parallel matched case-control study by Hoo, Grace S. R., Cai, Yiying, Quek, Yan Ching, Teo, Jocelyn Q., Choudhury, Saugata, Koh, Tse Hsien, Lim, Tze Peng, Marimuthu, Kalisvar, Ng, Oon Tek, Kwa, Andrea L.

“…Time to discharge remained significantly longer in patients with CnSE-HAI (adjusted hazard ratio, 0.71; 95% CI, 0.51 – 0.98) after adjusting for disease severity, receipt of antibiotics with reported susceptibility and receipt of appropriate source control. …”
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Prognostic significance of pleural fluid microbiological positivity in pleural infection: a bicentric 10-year retrospective observational study by Wong, C, Fan, HC, Rahman, NM, Wong, JCC, Cheng, HS, Chiu, PH, Tong, CW, Miu, FPL, Yam, LYC

“…MPPI was associated with significantly increased risk of mortality (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] 1.46, 95% CI 1.08–1.98). …”

Use of hormone replacement therapy and risk of breast cancer: nested case-control studies using the QResearch and CPRD databases by Vinogradova, Y, Coupland, C, Hippisley-Cox, J

“…Odds ratios for HRT types, adjusted for personal characteristics, smoking status, alcohol consumption, comorbidities, family history, and other prescribed drugs. …”

Dynamically-biased fixed-point LSTM for time series processing in AIoT edge device by Hu, Jinhai, Goh, Wang Ling, Gao, Yuan

“…Different from the conventional LSTM which uses static bias, DB-LSTM adjusts the cell bias dynamically based on the previous status. …”
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A healthy amount of privacy: quantifying privacy concerns in medicine by Cofone, IC

“…I propose a simple method to incorporate these concerns into a standard health impact evaluation, based on quality-adjusted life years and the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio. …”

Predicting
mergers
and
acquisitions
: a study of Tobin's Q. by Chong, Hui Shan., Lim, Jian Liang., Tan, Keng Tiong.

“…The results indicate that the industry-adjusted Q produces a more significant and accurate measure in determining takeovers targets. …”
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A Wurster-type covalent organic framework with internal electron transfer-enhanced catalytic capacity for tumor therapy by Liu, Yang, Zhao, Huan, Wang, Shihuai, Niu, Rui, Bi, Shuai, Han, Wang-Kang, Wang, Yinghui, Song, Shuyan, Zhang, Hongjie, Zhao, Yanli

“…The covalently anchored cobaloxime adjusts the energy band structure of TB COF and provides it with good substrate adsorption sites, enabling it to act as an electron transmission bridge between the COF and substrate in proton reduction catalytic reactions. …”
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Cortical regulation of sleep by Krone, LB

“…However, it is still unclear how the brain tracks the accumulating sleep debt during wakefulness and adjusts the duration and intensity of sleep accordingly. …”

Liposomal nanotherapy for treatment of atherosclerosis : passive versus active targeting by Darwitan, Anastasia

“…The novel anti-inflammatory therapy developed in this PhD work could be envisioned for treatment after an acute clinical event or as adjunct therapy for prevention of in-stent restenosis in patients receiving bare metal stents. …”
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Electronic cigarette use and chest pain in US adults: evidence from the PATH study by Behrooz, Leili, Xie, Wubin, Goghari, Aboli, Robertson, Rosemarie, Bhatnagar, Aruni, Stokes, Andrew, Hamburg, Naomi M.

“…In the multivariable models adjusted for relevant covariates, combustible cigarette users (adjusted odds ratio, AOR=1.77; 95% CI: 1.56–2.01) and dual users (AOR=2.22; 95% CI: 1.61–3.05) had higher odds of reporting ever having chest pain, as well as having chest pain in the past 30 days. …”
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Laboratory and field measurement of dispersion curves using surface wave methods by Tan, Roy Guan Ming.

“…Through the detection of the variation of frequency of the wave source, the depth of penetration of the surface wave can be adjusted, and the dispersion curve can be obtained. …”
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Singapore Shipping Trust. by Goh, Wei Qin., Lee, Suat Cheng., Tan, Li Ping.

“…Results from CAPM show presence of risk-adjusted returns for the equal-weighted shipping trust portfolio in the before-subprime period, indicating the attractiveness of shipping trusts during better economic conditions. …”
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Design of broadband double-ridged antenna by Lo, Wei Chen.

“…Results were monitored and adjusted toward the optimized result. The simulation result was further proved by the fabrication of the antenna. …”
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Synthesis of lead selenide (PbSe) quantum dots for photovoltaic applications by Yang, Shuai

“…By varying the water to surfactant ratio, the particle size of the synthesized PbSe quantum dots could be adjusted while Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDX) analysis showed the elemental composition of Pb and Se remained at close to 1 : 1. …”
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Design of an efficient DC-DC converter for solar energy conversion by Mohamed Ali Ibrahim.

“…Solar panel voltage and current are continuously monitored by a closed-loop discrete based control system, and the duty cycle of the booster converter continuously adjusted to extract maximum power. The goal of this project is to perform a systematic analysis, modeling and evaluation of the key subsystems or components of a solar array system and to develop an optimal tracking and control strategy.…”
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Prediction of stable perovskite quantum dots (QDs) using machine learning (ML) algorithms by Cheong, Ivan

“…At the nano regime the properties are often different and can be controlled, this is due to quantum confinement and larger surface to volume ratio, which can be adjusted by controlling the size, subsequently able to use for various application. …”
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