Design of EWMA control chart for minimizing the proportion of defective units by Shamsuzzaman, Mohammad, Wu, Zhang

“…Design/methodology/approach – The design algorithm adjusts the sample size n, sampling interval h, lower and upper control limits LCL and UCL, and the EWMA weight factor ? …”
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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). …”

Novel bisisoquinolines : synthesis, resolution and application in asymmetric Henry reaction by Yao, Qiong Ji

“…Application of the enantiopure 1,3- and 1,2-diposed bisisoquinolines in catalysis of asymmetric henry reaction was examined, C1-1’,2’,3’,4’-terahydro-1,1’-bisisoquinoline’s copper(I) complex proved to be the most efficient catalyst for the enantioselective Henry reaction between aldehydes and nitromethane. β-nitroalcohol adducts were obtained in high yields and enatioselectivities. …”
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1,3,2,5-Diazadiborinine featuring nucleophilic and electrophilic boron centres by Wu, Di, Kong, Lingbing, Li, Yongxin, Ganguly, Rakesh, Kinjo, Rei

“…In marked contrast to the reactivity of benzene, borazine, and even azaborinines previously reported, 1,3,2,5-diazadiborinine readily forms the adducts with methyl trifluoromethanesulfonate and phenylacetylene without any catalysts. …”
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Metabolomic characterisation of low-density lipoproteins isolated from iodixanol and KBr-based density gradient ultracentrifugation by Webb, Richard, Lodge, John, Scott, Sophie, Davies, Ian

“…However, in positive mode, non-native brominated adducts were found in LDL isolated using SBUC and evidence of potential bacterial contamination was discovered in samples prepared using IGUC, both of which have the capacity to affect in vitro experiments.…”
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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. …”

Methyl and dimethyl o-xylenyl-substituted fullerene acceptors for polymer solar cells by Kim, Hee Un, Park, Jong Baek, Grimsdale, Andrew Clive, Hwang, Do-Hoon

“…The lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy levels increased with increasing number of adducts on the fullerene because of their decreasing number of sp2-hybridized carbons. …”
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Functionalized sp2 carbon-conjugated covalent organic frameworks for interfacial modulation of inverted perovskite solar cells by Abuzeid, Hesham R., Tay, Darrell Jun Jie, Febriansyah, Benny, Kanwat, Anil, Salim, Teddy, Zhumekenov, Ayan A., Pullarkat, Sumod A., Mathews, Nripan

“…Detailed characterization results highlight the role of sp2c-COF in reducing the Ni3+ defect density in NiOx films and forming Lewis acid-base adducts with undercoordinated Pb2+ on the perovskite surfaces, thereby inhibiting interfacial redox reactions and suppressing non-radiative recombination. …”
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Doped amorphous silica nanoparticles as enhancing agents for surface-assisted time-of-flight mass spectrometry by Lim, Angelina Yimei, Gu, Feng, Ma, Zhun, Ma, Jan, Rowell, Frederick

“…Alternatively in the absence of such proton donor/acceptor residues as with hydrophobic particles, the primary ions are released from the particles during desorption and form cation adducts as sodiated and potassiated species in the gas phase above the surface.…”
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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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