Incidence, prevalence, and survival of lung cancer in the United Kingdom from 2000–2021: a population-based cohort study by Corby, G, Barclay, NL, Tan, EH, Burn, E, Delmestri, A, Duarte-Salles, T, Golozar, A, Man, WY, Tietzova, I, Prieto-Alhambra, D, Newby, D

“…PP in 2021 was 0.18%, with the largest rise seen in participants aged over 60 years. Median survival post-diagnosis increased from 6.6 months in those diagnosed between 2000–2004 to 10.0 months between 2015–2019. …”

Outbreaks of COVID-19 in a tuberculosis treatment sanatorium on the Thailand-Myanmar border: a retrospective cohort analysis by Aung, HKK, Swe, LL, Saito, M, Lesseps, S, Janurian, N, Tun, WPP, Maung Maung, B, Than, A, Watthanaworawit, W, Kaewphanderm, N, Gornsawun, G, Pyae Phyo, A, Nosten, F

“…Over half of the COVID-19 patients were infected with TB (n= 104, 64.6%), and the rest were not (n=57, 35.4%). The median (interquartile range) age was 48 (33.5-57.0) and 27 (23-33) years in the TB and in the non-TB COVID-19 patients, respectively. …”

Breaking invisible barriers: does fast internet improve access to input markets? by Demir, B, Javorcik, B, Panigrahi, P

“…Enhanced connectivity increased real income by 2.2% in the median province. Our findings underscore the importance of digital infrastructure investments in fostering economic growth by improving supply chain efficiency and broadening firms’ access to suppliers.…”

Comparison of models to predict incident chronic liver disease: a systematic review and external validation in Chinese adults by Cong, X, Song, S, Li, Y, Song, K, MacLeod, C, Cheng, Y, Lv, J, Yu, C, Sun, D, Pei, P, Yang, L, Chen, Y, Millwood, I, Wu, S, Yang, X, Stevens, R, Chen, J, Chen, Z, Li, L, Kartsonaki, C, Pang, Y

“…We aimed to systematically review CLD prediction models, meta-analyze their performance, and externally validate them in 0.5 million Chinese adults in the China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB). …”

Comparison of models to predict incident chronic liver disease: a systematic review and external validation in Chinese adults by Cong, X, Song, S, Li, Y, Song, K, MacLeod, C, Cheng, Y, Lv, J, Yu, C, Sun, D, Pei, P, Yang, L, Chen, Y, Millwood, I, Wu, S, Yang, X, Stevens, R, Chen, J, Li, L, Kartsonaki, C, Pang, Y, Chen, Z

“…We aimed to systematically review and meta-analyze CLD prediction models and externally validated them in 0.5 million Chinese adults in the China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB).…”

Development and evaluation of a polygenic risk score for lung cancer in never-smoking women: a large-scale prospective Chinese cohort study by Wei, X, Sun, D, Gao, J, Zhang, J, Zhu, M, Yu, C, Ma, Z, Fu, Y, Ji, C, Pei, P, Yang, L, Millwood, IY, Walters, RG, Chen, Y, Du, H, Jin, G, Chen, Z, Hu, Z, Li, L, Shen, H, Lv, J, Ma, H

“…We first performed a large GWAS meta-analysis (8595 cases and 8275 controls) to systematically identify the susceptibility loci for lung cancer in never-smoking Asian women and then generated a PRS using GWAS datasets. …”

Cluster analysis on dynamic graphs by Nguyen, Ngoc Khanh

“…This project describes: a novel graph clustering algorithm that is an efficient extension of the Gibbs sampling under distance-dependent Chinese Restaurant Process, ddCRP for graph, a general cluster ensemble, and a cluster matching algorithm based on the concept of Meta-Graph [32], an algorithm pipeline to tackle the dynamic graph clustering problem, intensive experiments to measure performance of the new algorithms.…”
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Study on impacts of engineering strategies on pedestrian behaviour and perceptions at zebra crossings by Ng, Wan Ying

“…One recommendation includes painting an extra “LOOK” sign at the median to remind pedestrians to look out for vehicles at the other lane while crossing the road to ensure the safety of pedestrians. 46% of the participants stated that having a “LOOK” sign at the median of the crossing will remind them to look out for vehicles and improve the safety of pedestrians at zebra crossings. …”
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Role of primary and secondary care data in atrial fibrillation ascertainment: impact on risk factor associations, patient management, and mortality in UK Biobank by Camm, CF, Von Ende, A, Gajendragadkar, PR, Pessoa-Amorim, G, Mafham, M, Allen, N, Parish, S, Casadei, B, Hopewell, JC

“…There was a median lag of 1.3 years between cases ascertained in PC and subsequently in HADP. …”

Inflammatory biomarkers and motoric cognitive risk syndrome: multicohort survey by Groeger, Justina L., Ayers, Emmeline, Barzilai, Nir, Beauchet, Olivier, Callisaya, Michele, Torossian, Maral R., Derby, Carol, Doi, Takehiko, Lipton, Richard B., Milman, Sofiya, Nakakubo, Sho, Shimada, Hiroyuki, Srikanth, Velandai, Wang, Cuiling, Verghese, Joe

“…In meta-analysis, highest tertiles of IL-6 (aOR 1.57, 95%CI 1.01- 2.44) and CRP (aOR 1.65, 95%CI 1.09–2.48) was associated with MCR versus lowest tertiles in the pooled sample. …”
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Learning to generalize to new tasks/domains with limited data by Peng, Danni

“…A recurrent neural network design is adopted for the meta-model generator to leverage its ability of capturing the sequential patterns. …”
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Algorithmic discrimination and ethical perspective of artificial intelligence / by Kılıç, Muharrem, editor, Kahyaoglu, Sezer Bozkus, editor, SpringerLink (Online service)

“…Comprising an array of insightful chapters, this book offers an in-depth exploration of artificial intelligence technologies, encompassing a broad spectrum of topics ranging from data protection to algorithmic discrimination, the deployment of artificial intelligence in criminal proceedings to combating hate speech, and from predictive policing to meta-surveillance. It aims to serve as a call to action, urging societies and policymakers to acknowledge the potential threats posed by AI and recognize the need for robust legislative frameworks and ethical principles to ensure that international standards on human rights are upheld in the face of technological advancements…”
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Optimization Techniques for Hybrid Power Systems : Renewable Energy, Electric Vehicles, and Smart Grid / by Hazra, Sunanda, 1991-, editor 655474, Sultana, Sneha, 1988-, editor 655475, Roy, Provas, 1973-, editor 646925, IGI Global Scientific Publishing (Online service) 655412

“…This book has a focus on nature-inspired and meta-heuristic optimization methods, and it demonstrates how these techniques have revolutionized renewable energy problem-solving and their application in real-world scenarios. …”
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Gas-phase and solid-state electronic structure analysis and DFT benchmarking of HfCO by Ariyarathna, Isuru R., Cho, Yeongsu, Duan, Chenru, Kulik, Heather J.

“…We utilized the CCSD(T) benchmark values of De, excitation energy, and ionization energy (IE) values to evaluate density functional theory (DFT) errors with 23 exchange–correlation functionals spanning GGA, meta-GGA, global GGA hybrid, meta-GGA hybrid, range-separated hybrid, and double-hybrid functional families. …”
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Hardness of Range Avoidance and Remote Point for Restricted Circuits via Cryptography by Chen, Yilei, Li, Jiatu

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An observational study of the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in treatment-experienced people living with HIV in Singapore by Ang, Li Wei, Ng, Oon Tek, Boudville, Irving Charles, Leo, Yee Sin, Wong, Chen Seong

“…Results: A total of 2,231 PLHIV were included in this study. 93.9% were men, and the median age at latest follow-up was 48 years. The median duration of HIV infection and duration of exposure to cART was 6.8 years and 5.7 years, respectively. …”
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Development of a device-free fall detection system in home environment by Tan, Kevin Peng Hsien

“…The data will be concluded through a falling algorithm using Kalman filter and a Median approach. Different network orientation and several test results will be executed to prove the effectiveness of this methodology.…”
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Essence facts and the source of normativity by Baysan, U

“…Along the way, I address questions about what it is to be a normative fact and relate the implications of this discussion to general issues about metaphysical explanation in meta-normativity.…”

Melatonin and health: an umbrella review of health outcomes and biological mechanisms of action by Posadzki, Pawel Przemyslaw, Bajpai, Ram, Kyaw, Bhone Myint, Roberts, Nicola J., Brzezinski, Amnon, Christopoulos, George I, Divakar, Ushashree, Bajpai, Shweta, Soljak, Michael, Dunleavy, Gerard, Jarbrink, Krister, Nang, Ei Ei Khaing, Soh, Chee Kiong, Car, Josip

“…Seven meta-analyses were significant with P values less than 0.001 under the random-effects model. …”
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Segment anything: real-time AI model interaction and visualization by Wang, Jingwei

“…This service utilizes the cutting-edge Segment Anything Model(SAM) from the Meta AI research team, finally integrated into Image-Pro, a platform developed by research engineers at S-lab. …”
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