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

“…Models with high discrimination (C-index ≥0.70) in CKB were: (1) general population: Li-2018 and Wen 1-2012 for HCC, CLivD score (non-lab and lab) and dAAR for CLD; (2) hepatitis B virus (HBV) infected individuals: Cao-2021 for HCC and CAP-B for CLD. In CKB, all models tended to overestimate the risk (O:E ratio 0.55-0.94). …”

Particle self-assembly in sessile droplet on patterned substrate by Lim, Si Xian

“…Colloidal self-assembly on pattern substrate has grasped the attention of many researchers in understanding and developing a new fluidic system to explore discoveries that could prosper the industrial application like coating, inkjet printing, biosensors, microchip fabrication, and so forth. …”
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The Impact of Different Level of Education Towards Acceptance of Islamic House Financing by Abd Aziz, Noriza, Abu Bakar, Azizi, Abd Aziz, Ibrahim, Yusuff, Noraini, Ahmad Musadik, Siti Hajar Salwa

“…At the same time, they also tend to be technologically adept and information savvy, and have the competency to grasp the working mechanism of Islamic house financing, and also have the level of knowledge, understanding and awareness to differentiate between Islamic banking products and conventional banking products…”
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Research on Traditional Village Spatial Differentiation from the Perspective of Cultural Routes: A Case Study of 338 Villages in the Miao Frontier Corridor by Zhao, Weiqi, Xiao, Dawei, Li, Jing, Xu, Ziyu, Tao, Jin

“…However, with the increasing pressure of heritage conservation and sustainable development, there is growing attention on how traditional villages can tap into their cultural continuity and distinctiveness. …”
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Inferring passenger responses to urban rail disruptions using smart card data: A probabilistic framework by Mo, Baichuan, Koutsopoulos, Haris N, Zhao, Jinhua

“…This study proposes a probabilistic framework to infer passengers’ responses to unplanned urban rail service disruptions using smart card data in tap-in-only public transit systems. We first identify 19 possible response behaviors that passengers may have based on their decision-making times and locations (i.e, the stage of their trips when an incident happened), including transferring to a bus line, canceling trips, waiting, delaying departure time, etc. …”
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Structural and metamorphic architecture of the Zanskar Himalaya, Suru Valley region, NW India: Implications for the evolution of the Himalayan metamorphic core by Cawood, IP, St-Onge, MR, Weller, OM, Searle, MP, Waters, DJ, Ahmad, T

“…The growth of pelitic and metabasic peak metamorphic phases from greenschist to upper-amphibolite facies is synchronous with or postdates D2 fabrics. D3 fabrics wrap thermal peak porphyroblasts and realign linear mineral phases. …”

Transcriptomics of manually isolated Amborella trichopoda egg apparatus cells by Flores-Tornero, María, Proost, Sebastian, Mutwil, Marek, Scutt, Charles P., Dresselhaus, Thomas, Sprunck, Stefanie

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Behaviors of floating droplet by Kan, Kah Hou

“…Investigation reveals the formation and transition of flow pattern and vorticity originates from the complex thermo-solutal Marangoni convection induced by the evaporating cap. A droplet forming two stable axis-symmetrical counter circulating flow during evaporation is seen to collapse into a large rotating vortical flow non-periodically. …”
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Preparation of graphene - based photocatalyst for environmental application by Chong, Ying Yan

“…Pure CuS nanoplates and oleylamine-capped Ag nanparticles were synthesized by a simple hydrothermal method, using copper ethyl xanthate and silver nitrate respectively. …”
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Indefinite metamaterials for optical applications by Bisht, Ankit

“…Further, fabrication of diffraction-limited objects for both Superlensing (slits on film) and hyperlensing (slits on curved Cr-caps) are presented. These results are important for making progress in the realization of real-time bio-molecular imaging systems, eliminating the need for near-field scanning, destructive electron microscopy and various image post-processing techniques.…”
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The GCSE attainment gap: assessing the influence of permanent school exclusion by Hills, Stephen, Walker, Matthew, Guinn, James, Kent, Aubrey

“…Using the National Pupil Database and a full cohort of UK pupils (N=590,092), our analysis tracked a sample of 1,490 pupils permanently excluded in year 11 of the English education system in 2018/19. Using capped GCSE points as the academic attainment variable, we find that permanently excluded pupil scores were nearly 25 points lower than their non-permanently excluded peers. …”
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The relation of nasopharyngeal colonization by Streptococcus pneumoniae in comorbid adults with unfavorable outcomes in a low-middle income country by Olivella-Gomez, J, Lozada, J, Serrano-Mayorga, CC, Méndez-Castillo, L, Acosta-González, A, Viñán Garcés, AE, Bustos, IG, Ibáñez-Prada, ED, Fuentes, YV, Crispin, AM, Garcia-Garcia, EY, Santana, E, Josa, DF, Pulido Saenz, J, Rodíguez-Castaño, GP, Rodríguez Orjuela, JA, Jaimes, D, Tettelin, H, Orihuela, CJ, Reyes, LF

“…Data on demographics, vaccination, and clinical history was collected in a RedCap database. Nasopharyngeal aspirate samples were examined for Spn colonization using traditional cultures and quantitative—real time polymerase chain reaction (q-rtPCR). …”

Experimental investigation of glass fibre-reinforced polymer (GFRP) when subjected to low and high velocity impact events by Razali, Noorshazlin

“…Meanwhile, the low velocity impact test is performed using an IM10 Drop Weight Impact Tester with a 10 mm hemispherical striker cap. The impact energy is set to 14, 28, 42 and 56 Joule with a velocity ranging from 1.73 m/s to 3.52 m/s for 10 layer specimens and 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49 and 56 Joule for 12 layer and 14 layer specimens. …”
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Applications of deep learning for physical layer of wireless communication systems by Xie, Yihang

“…The proposed method is tested with a tapped-delay line (TDL) channel model, which is commonly used in fifth generation (5G) communication systems. …”
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Tysnd1 deficiency in mice interferes with the peroxisomal localization of PTS2 enzymes, causing lipid metabolic abnormalities and male infertility by Kurochkin, Igor V., Alkuraya, Fowzan S., Iwasa, Hiroyasu, Akita, Masumi, Tsukui, Tohru, Ito, Chizuru, Shimozawa, Nobuyuki, Iseki, Mioko, Mizuno, Yumi, Ninomiya, Yuichi, Nakachi, Yutaka, Toshimori, Kiyotaka, Nishimukai, Megumi, Hara, Hiroshi, Maeba, Ryouta, Okazaki, Tomoki, Alodaib, Ali Nasser Ali, Amoudi, Mohammed Al, Jacob, Minnie, Horai, Yasushi, Watanabe, Mitsuhiro, Motegi, Hiromi, Wakana, Shigeharu, Noda, Tetsuo, Mizuno, Yosuke, Schönbach, Christian, Okazaki, Yasushi

“…Male Tysnd1-/- mice are infertile, and the epididymal sperms lack the acrosomal cap. These phenotypic features are most likely the result of changes in the molecular species composition of choline and ethanolamine plasmalogens. …”
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Hodge theory and its applications to molecular data analysis by Koh, Ronald Joon Wei

“…There are many levels of organizations of the genome, its most basic unit, the nucleosome, which consists of DNA wrapped around histone proteins. Some of the higher levels of organization include tetranucleosomes, which consists of several nucleosomes, and topological associating domains (TADs), which are regions in the genome that self-interact more frequently with themselves compared to outside the TAD. …”
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Green synthesis of carbon dots derived from biomass of Polyalthia bullata root extract as colorimetric sensor for selective detection of Fe3+ ions by Raypah, Muna E., Mohd Faizal, Jamlos, Giwa, Shehu Hadiza, Hajar Fauzan, Ahmad, Hazrulrizawati, Abd Hamid

“…The detection method demonstrated satisfactory recovery rates when tested on real water samples such as lake, farm, and tap water.…”
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Tracing RNA biography: in situ transcriptome profiling by novel spatial omics technologies by Ren, Jingyi (Rena)

“…My goal was to better grasp the link between gene function and RNA lifespan at a genomic level across different cell types. …”
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VR-CFD : interactive simulation of computational fluid dynamics by Yang, Sida

“…The developed VR-CFD application utilized an attractive design with bright colours, familiar game characters and game-like user interface aimed to make the introductory CFD class fun, interactive and engaging, helping students intuitively grasp the physics concepts. It is hoped that with further development on the early prototype demonstrated in this paper, the VR-CFD application could truly contribute to students’ learning in fluid dynamics problems and how CFD is used to solve them, therefore revolutionizing the way traditional mechanical engineering subjects are taught in class.…”
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Advances in 3D optical profilometry by Huang, Lei

“…For dynamic application, only a single frame of data is available to retrieve the wrapped phase and then unwrap it. A comparison of the transform-based algorithms for single-frame phase retrieval is conducted in the presence of noise and non-sinusoidal waveform conditions with simulation and experiment. …”
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