Unexpected anthropogenic emission decreases explain recent atmospheric mercury concentration declines by Feinberg, Aryeh, Selin, Noelle E., Braban, Christine F., Chang, Kai-Lan, Custódio, Danilo, Jaffe, Daniel A., Kyllönen, Katriina, Landis, Matthew S., Leeson, Sarah R., Luke, Winston, Molepo, Koketso M., Murovec, Marijana, Nerentorp Mastromonaco, Michelle G., Aspmo Pfaffhuber, Katrine, Rüdiger, Julian, Sheu, Guey-Rong, St. Louis, Vincent L.

“…Here, we assess the observed trends in gaseous elemental mercury (Hg0) in the NH and apply biogeochemical box modeling and chemical transport modeling to understand the trend drivers. Using linear mixed effects modeling of observational data from 51 stations, we find negative Hg0 trends in most NH regions, with an overall trend for 2005 to 2020 of −0.011 ± 0.006 ng m−3 y−1 (±2 SD). …”
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Financial internationalisation of listed Swiss corporations. by Goh, Guek Eng.

“…This paper also attempts to include an additional variable, dividend pay-out ratio on its effect on both operational and financial internationalisaton.…”
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Non-uniform deblurring for shaken images by Whyte, O, Sivic, J, Zisserman, A, Ponce, J

“…We show that our approach makes it possible to model and remove a wider class of blurs than previous approaches, including uniform blur as a special case, and demonstrate its effectiveness with experiments on synthetic and real images.…”

Joint modelling of longitudinal data: a scoping review of methodology and applications for non-time to event data by Ouko, RK, Mukaka, M, Ohuma, EO

“…Most joint models were based on a frequentist approach (48 studies; 65%) and applied a linear mixed-effects model. The random effect was the most commonly applied association structure for linking two sub-models (63 studies; 85%). …”

Ethnicity and anthropometric deficits in children: A cross-sectional analysis of national survey data from 18 countries in sub-Saharan Africa by Tusting, LS, Mishra, S, Gibson, HS, Lindsay, SW, Weiss, DJ, Flaxman, S, Bhatt, S

“…In a cross-sectional analysis, the odds of stunting (low height-for-age), wasting (low weight-for-height) and underweight (low weight-for-age) were modelled in relation to ethnic group using a generalised linear hierarchical mixed-effects model, controlling for survey design and environmental, socioeconomic and clinical variables. …”

Weathering the global financial crisis - Malaysia's stimulus package and its implications. by Liaw, Wan Tieng., Li, Pei., Ow, Kuok Jein.

“…In this paper, we dwell into how a small, open economy such as Malaysia was affected by this global contagious effect, focusing on how economic policies are implemented by the local government to help weather itself out of the storm and its effectiveness, as well as drawing lessons learned from this crisis.…”
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Evaluating the home-based intervention strategy (HIS-UK) to reduce new chlamydia infection among young men aged 16–25 years by promoting correct and consistent condom use: findings... by Stone, N, Graham, C, Bremner, S, McGrath, N, Bedford, R, Brown, KE, Newby, K, Clarke, A, Jackson, L, Morrison, L, Nadarzynski, T, To, Y

“…Secondary outcomes analysed using linear mixed effects models with fixed effects and a random effect for the repeated measures, and generalised estimating equations with a logit link, adjusting for fixed effects and specifying an autoregressive-1 correlation structure. …”

Effect of mangostin on the functional activity and integrity of the Plasmodium falciparum and infected and Uninfected red blood cells membrane by Ibraheem, Z.O., Majid, R.A., Noor, S.M., Farook, M.D., Basir, R.

“…This was achieved by studying its impact on the RBCs morphology, integrity and osmotic fragility. On the one hand, its effect on the plasmodium-infected cells was achieved by screening its impact on the parasite-induced new permeation pathways (NPPs) and the plasmodial invasiveness to the RBCs and these were related to its growth inhibitory effect against the parasite. …”

Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022-2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Vollset, SE, Ababneh, HS, Abate, YH, Lacey, BWH, GBD 2021 Forecasting Collaborators

“…Cause-specific mortality was modelled using mixed-effects models with SDI and time as the main covariates, and the combined impact of causal risk factors as an offset in the model. …”

Global fertility in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2021, with forecasts to 2100: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Bhattacharjee, NV, Schumacher, AE, Aali, A, Almidani, O, Bandyopadhyay, S, Graham, SM, Lacey, BWH, Maude, RJ, Runghien, T, Rodriguez, JAB

“…CCF50 as a proportion of each 5-year ASFR was predicted using a linear mixed-effects model with fixed-effects covariates (female educational attainment and contraceptive met need) and random intercepts for geographical regions. …”

Scene understanding based on visual and text data by Ong, Randal Ren Tai

“…In this project, the concept of scene understanding with visual and text data will be applied to the task of video captioning, and its effectiveness would be evaluated. A new dataset of videos and its accompanying captions, which aims to be an improvement over current datasets, will be collected for training and analysis. …”
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Early Immune Regulatory Changes in a Primary Controlled Human Plasmodium vivax Infection: CD1c + Myeloid Dendritic Cell Maturation Arrest,... by Yeo, Tsin Wen, Woodberry, Tonia, Loughland, Jessica R., Minigo, Gabriela, Burel, Julie G., Amante, Fiona H., Piera, Kim A., McNeil, Yvette, Good, Michael F., Doolan, Denise L., Engwerda, Christian R., McCarthy, James S., Anstey, Nicholas M.

“…At peak parasitemia, Treg presented an activated CD4+ CD25+ CD127lo CD45RA− phenotype and upregulated TNFR2 expression. In a mixed-effects model, the KT ratio was positively associated with an increase in activated Treg. …”
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Analysis of polarization mode dispersion in optical fiber communications and photonic microwave filters by Ning, Guoxiang

“…A new approach has been presented in this thesis for the description of PMD and determining its effect on pulse and continuous RF signals.…”
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Meera Syal's scapegoat : Hinduism & the Indian woman by Muthupalani, Sharanya

“…Therefore, this thesis aims to analyse the incongruence between the actual teachings of Hinduism, and Syal's Western interpretation of Indian religions and culture, and thereby explore its effect on Indian women.…”
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Prediction of heat transfer and flow within scroll compressor working chamber by Zhu, Jiang.

“…In this model, several existing empirical correlations are used to evaluate the heat transfer and its effect on the compression process of the compressor. …”
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Practice of journalism in Macau in transition period. by Tang, Cheng U.

“…Comparisons are made to the 1997 Hong Kong handover to China and its effect on the press. Descriptive survey data and intensive interviews with journalists and academics in Macau and Hong Kong are presented along with traditional literature development. …”
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Optimal leak factor selection for the output-constrained leaky filtered-input least mean square algorithm by Shi, Dongyuan, Lam, Bhan, Gan, Woon-Seng, Wen, Shulin

“…Both broadband and narrowband cases are considered in the derivation without the independence assumption, and the simulations are conducted based on real primary and secondary paths to verify its effectiveness.…”
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Contemporary Somali piracy : evaluating the effectiveness of counter-piracy measures by Tan, Cherlyn Shuyi.

“…Through literature reviews, a hypothesis was drawn up to test if ship owners will most likely adhere to the BMP due to its effectiveness and ability to overcome the limitations imposed by the international measures.…”
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Experimental investigation of the acoustic agglomeration phenomenon by Au Yong, Marcus

“…This final year project aims to investigate the acoustic agglomeration mechanism and determine its effect on coal ash. Acoustic agglomeration makes use of sound energy to excite and change the relative motions of particulate matter in order to encourage coagulation and formation of larger particle sizes. …”
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Acceleration of Early Strength Development in Mortars Containing Soluble Silica Extracted from Palm Oil Clinker by Ismail, A.H., Kusbiantoro, A., Muthusamy, K., Mortar, N.A.M.

“…The use of 480 g of POCP and 12 hours of distillation in the extraction experiment resulted in 53.50% of dissolved silica, which was the highest gain among the trial experiments and was chosen as an optimum parameter for the subsequent characterisation analysis. In addition, its effect on cement hydration was studied by including it as a filler in mortar mixtures. …”
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