Environmental health risks and well-being among the Orang Asli in Peninsular Malaysia: a review by Yew, Wong Chin

“…It is critical to identify and measure these physical environmental elements, as well as to understand the mechanisms by which they influence health, especially since these factors are adjustable and can be repressed with relatively simple, cost-effective adjustments in community infrastructure. …”
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Controlling of the spindle for ejector based multi-evaporator refrigeration system by Chen, Fang.

“…The primary flow rate can be adjusted using the spindle. This is the reason of introducing the motor driving moving spindle.…”
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Internationalisation and cross-cultural training in Singapore and Switzerland : between requirements and reality. by Christian Valentin Kirschner.

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Social Structure and Social Stratification in Contemporary China / by Xueyi, Lu, author 654605, Wittrock, Yan Peng, translator 654606

“…The author argues that the gap between the economical and societal development have become the major social issue of China. So adjusting and optimizing the social structure and increasing the number of middle-class people should be the key consideration of the contemporary Chinese society. …”
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Design of a >500MHz current starving VCO/DLL with low phase noise for digital PWM control by Chua, Dillon Yu Ze

“…When the resistance or conductance is adjusted, it will change the amount of delay in each delay cell. …”
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Cohort differences in physical health and disability in the United States and Europe by Gimeno, L, Goisis, A, Dowd, JB, Ploubidis, GB

“…<p><strong> Results</strong></p> Age-adjusted prevalence of doctor-diagnosed chronic disease increased across successive cohorts in all regions. …”

Associations of treatment with hypnotics with suicide and attempted suicide: A nationwide cohort study by Høier, NK, Madsen, T, Spira, AP, Hawton, K, Jennum, P, Nordentoft, M, Erlangsen, A

“…A total of 1774 males and 1212 females died by suicide while in treatment with n-BZD and the adjusted IRRs were 3.4 (95% CI: 3.1–3.7) and 3.6 (95% CI: 3.4–3.9), respectively.…”

Characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 patients admitted to hospital with and without respiratory symptoms by Citarella, BW, Kartsonaki, C, Ibáñez-Prada, ED, Gonçalves, BP, Baruch, J, Escher, M, Pritchard, MG, Wei, J, Philippy, F, Dagens, A, Hall, M, Lee, J, Kutsogiannis, DJ, Wils, E-J, Fernandes, MA, Tirupakuzhi Vijayaraghavan, BK, Panda, PK, Martin-Loeches, I, Ohshimo, S, Fatoni, AZ, Horby, P, Dunning, J, Rello, J, Merson, L, Rojek, A, Vaillant, M, Olliaro, P, Reyes, LF, ISARIC Clinical Characterisation Group

“…These patients were older, had lower ICU admission rates, and had a lower risk of in-hospital mortality after adjusting for confounders.…”

The interaction effect of parental rejection and oxytocin receptor gene polymorphism on depression: a cross-cultural study in non-clinical samples by Senese, Vincenzo Paolo, Shinohara, Kazuyuki, Venuti, Paola, Bornstein, Marc H., Rosanio, Vittorio, Nasti, Carla, Neoh, Michelle Jin-Yee, Maresca, Marzia, Esposito, Gianluca

“…However, the interaction effect between parental rejection in childhood and the oxytocin receptor genotype on psychological adjustment has yet to be investigated. The present study aimed to investigate gene-environment interaction effects between parental rejection (maternal and paternal) and oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene polymorphisms (rs53576 and rs2254298) on depressive symptoms in adults in different cultural contexts. …”
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Dynamic Adaptation Gains for Nonlinear Systems With Unmatched Uncertainties by Lopez, Brett T., Slotine, Jean-Jacques

“…The method relies on adjusting the adaptation gains of individual unmatched parameters whose adaptation transients would otherwise destabilize the closed-loop system. …”
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Learning to forget in an online fuzzy neural network using dynamic forgetting window by Tan, Benjamin Kok Loong.

“…To increase its accuracy, the proposed architecture uses the variable dynamic window to adjust the forgetting factor accordingly.…”
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Wavelet neural networks for stock trading by Zheng, Tianxing., Fataliyev, Kamaladdin., Wang, Lipo.

“…This paper explores the application of a wavelet neural network (WNN), whose hidden layer is comprised of neurons with adjustable wavelets as activation functions, to stock prediction. …”
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Asymmetric synthesis of N-benzyl-5-methylhydroxy-piperidone and modular synthesis of C1-substituent tetrahydroisoquinolines (THIQ) and C2-symmetric bisisoquinolines (C2-BIQ) and th... by Khong, Duc Thinh

“…The major diastereomeric aldol adduct was subjected to hydrolysis, amidation, chiral auxiliary removal and intramolecular cyclization to give the required enantiopure (R)-N-benzyl-5-methylhydroxy-piperidone.. …”
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A study of five derivatives markets in the Asia-Pacific Basin by Lai Ping, Lim, Yuan Yih, Sim, Maggie Yun Bee

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Tunable optofluidic aperture configured by a liquid-core/liquid-cladding structure by Song, Chaolong, Nguyen, Nam-Trung, Asundi, Anand Krishna, Low, Cassandra Lee-Ngo

“…The aperture size can be tuned accordingly by adjusting the flow rates. Manipulation of the aperture size allows control of the amount of light passing through the corresponding optical system as well as the angular aperture on the image side. …”
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Pulsed fiber laser at 1 μm wavelength region by Liu, Meng

“…Firstly, the theoretical modeling of YDPFLs and design of pulsed pump YDPLs with adjustable pulse duration and pulse repetition rate are investigated. …”
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Accounting for Rehabilitation Activity Uncertainty in a Pavement Life Cycle Assessment using Probability and Decision Tree Analysis by Mack, James W., Xu, Xin, Gregory, Jeremy, Kirchain, Randolph

“…For this case, this results in the probability-adjusted LCA results being different than the single standard rehabilitation scenario results.…”
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Mortality risks in different subtypes of masked hypertension in the Spanish ambulatory blood pressure monitoring registry by de la Sierra, A, Ruilope, LM, Staplin, N, Stergiou, GS, Williams, B

“…Hazard ratios from Cox models after adjustment for clinical confounders were used for such comparisons.…”

Resistant hypertension and mortality: an observational cohort study by de la Sierra, A, Ruilope, LM, Staplin, N, Gorostidi, M, Vinyoles, E, Segura, J, Armario, P, Oliveras, A, Williams, B

“…Hazard ratios (HRs) from Cox models after adjustment for clinical confounders were used for comparisons. …”

Associations of maternal night shift work during pregnancy with DNA methylation in offspring: a meta-analysis in the PACE consortium by Marques, IF, Domènech-Panicello, C, Geurtsen, ML, Hoang, TT, Richmond, R, Polinski, K, Sirignano, L, Page, CM, Binter, A, Everson, T, Burt, A, Deuschle, M, Gilles, M, Streit, F, Mumford, SL, Magnus, P, Reiss, IKM, Vermeulen, MJ, Witt, SH, Chaves, I, Yeung, E, London, SJ, Guxens, M, Felix, JF

“…Robust linear regression models adjusted for relevant confounders were run in the individual cohorts, and results were meta-analyzed. …”