Vitamin D influences asthmatic pathology through its action on diverse immunological pathways by Pfeffer, PE, Mann, E, Hornsby, E, Chambers, ES, Chen, Y, Rice, L, Hawrylowicz, CM

“…The prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency has increased markedly in recent decades to current epidemic levels (Hyppönen E, et al. …”

Radio Malaysia in 1978: broadcasting nationalist and patriotic ideas in primary schools through songs by Chai, Ming Yan, Shazlin Amir Hamzah

“…The introduction of radio music education in Malaysian public schools in 1946 marked a significant milestone, as it allowed for the systemic dissemination of patriotic songs through the Radio Pendidikan (Radio Education) program. …”
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Pak Choi (Brassica rapa ssp Chinensis L) quality response to pre-harvest salinity and temperature by Mahmud, TMM, Atherton, JG, Wright, CJ, Ramlan, MF, Ahmad, SH

“…Ascorbic acid contents of harvested shoots fell rapidly during the first seven days of storage, most markedly in shoots taken from plants grown at high salinity. …”
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Active Learning Strategies in Engineering Science: The Right Way to Teach Physics for Management Students (S/O 13010) by Nordin, Norani, Mohammed Kamaruddeen, Ahmed, Yekinni Kolawole, Sanusi

“…The research also has proved that active learning is effective learning to improve the students’ understanding of physics concepts and hence increase their final marks in Engineering Science. This study will be significant to lecturers in identifying the right approach to teach Physics or courses that involved calculation…”
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Homo europaeus: identity, bureaucracy and belonging in Brussels by Montgomery, S

“…Its findings speak to an anthropological understanding of the conditions and possibilities for being European and belonging to Europe, where Europeanness emerges as an assertion of systemic integration in a turbulent geopolitical context marked by overlapping crises and enduring fragmentation.…”

Deep Water Subsea Energy Storage, Lessons Learned from the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry by Juhlin, Rasmus, Slocum, Alexander H., Assadi, Mohsen

“…This work lays the groundwork for future advancements in SPHS, building on the substantial progress within subsea engineering over recent decades, and marks a significant step towards realizing the potential of this concept in the renewable energy landscape.…”
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Experimental and numerical evaluation of composite floor systems under fire conditions by Tan, K.-H., Nguyen, T.-T.

“…The commencement of tensile membrane stage was marked by one of three indicators: (a) concrete cracks which formed a peripheral compressive ring in the slab; (b) horizontal in-plane displacements along the slab edges; and (c) horizontal and vertical displacements of four corner protected steel columns. …”
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Heat storage performance analysis and parameter design for encapsulated phase change materials by Yu, Qinghua, Romagnoli, Alessandro, Al-Duri, Bushra, Xie, Danmei, Ding, Yulong, Li, Yongliang

“…The study shows that the varying ranges of internal pressure, melting temperature and latent heat are markedly diminished during melting of PCMs after taking into account the liquid density variation. …”
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Discovery of a new predominant cytosine DNA modification that is linked to gene expression in malaria parasites by Hammam, Elie, Ananda, Guruprasad, Sinha, Ameya, Scheidig-Benatar, Christine, Bohec, Mylene, Preiser, Peter Rainer, Dedon, Peter C., Scherf, Artur, Vembar, Shruthi S.

“…Moreover, levels of the 5hmC-like base in gene bodies positively correlated to transcript levels, with more than 2000 genes stably marked with this modification throughout asexual development. …”
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LaCNet : real-time end-to-end arbitrary-shaped lane and curb detection with instance segmentation network by Zhou, Hui, Wang, Han, Zhang, Handuo, Hasith, Karunasekera

“…The resulting unified network provides valuable road boundary information by curb detection even when lane markings are not visible during vehicle navigation. …”
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iN6-methylat (5-step) : identifying DNA N⁶-methyladenine sites in rice genome using continuous bag of nucleobases via Chou's 5-step rule by Le, Nguyen Quoc Khanh

“…Moreover, about 0.2% of adenines are marked by DNA N⁶-methyladenine in the rice genome, higher than in most of the other species. …”
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In vivo positron emission tomography imaging of mitochondrial abnormalities in a mouse model of tauopathy by Barron, Anna M., Ji, Bin, Fujinaga, Masayuki, Zhang, Ming-Rong, Suhara, Tetsuya, Sahara, Naruhiko, Aoki, Ichio, Tsukada, Hideo, Higuchi, Makoto

“…Tauopathy and neuroinflammation were visualized by PET using a tau probe 11C-PBB3 and a TSPO probe, 18F-FEBMP, respectively. A marked reduction in 18F-BCPP-EF uptake was observed in hippocampal and forebrain regions of TauTg mice, colocalizing with regions of tauopathy, neuronal damage and neuroinflammation. …”
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Employment of a high throughput functional assay to define the critical factors that influence vaccine induced cross-variant neutralizing antibodies for SARS-CoV-2 by Gu, Yue, Shunmuganathan, Bhuvaneshwari, Qian, Xinlei, Gupta, Rashi, Tan, Rebecca S. W., Kozma, Mary, Purushotorman, Kiren, Murali, Tanusya M., Tan, Nikki Y. J., Preiser, Peter Rainer, Lescar, Julien, Nasir, Haziq, Somani, Jyoti, Tambyah, Paul A., Smith, Kenneth G. C., Renia, Laurent, Ng, Lisa F. P., Lye, David C., Young, Barnaby E., MacAry, Paul A.

“…We also present an accurate quantitation of serological responses for SARS-CoV-2 that exploits a unique set of in-house, recombinant human monoclonal antibodies targeting the viral Spike and nucleocapsid proteins and demonstrate a reduction in neutralizing antibody titres across all groups 6 months post-vaccination. We also observe a marked reduction in the serological binding activity and neutralizing responses targeting recently newly emerged Omicron variants including XBB 1.5 and highlight a significant increase in cross-protective neutralizing antibody responses following a third dose (boost) of vaccine. …”
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MCQGen: a large language model-driven MCQ generator for personalized learning by Hang, Ching Nam, Tan, Chee Wei, Yu, Pei-Duo

“…The framework demonstrates its potential to significantly reduce the time and expertise required for MCQ creation, marking its practical utility in modern education. …”
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Advancing IoT and Cloud Security through LLMs, Federated Learning, and Reinforcement Learning by Ghanem, Mohamed Chahine

“…The Integration and orchestration of these approaches could constitute a proactive defence mechanism, markedly enhancing the resilience of IoT and cloud infrastructures against cyberattacks. …”
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Do the innovative technological advancements foster the green transition pathways for Industry 5.0? A perspective towards carbon neutrality by Dhayal, Karambir Singh, Giri, Arun Kumar, Agrawal, Rohit, Agrawal, Shruti, Samadhiya, Ashutosh, Kumar, Anil

“…The transition to Industry 5.0 (I5.0) marks a pivotal moment in the industrial revolution, which aims to reconcile productivity with environmental responsibility. …”
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CPAP withdrawal as a model of the cardiovascular effects of obstructive sleep apnoea by Turnbull, C

“…Supplemental oxygen markedly attenuated intermittent hypoxia, whilst having little effect on markers of arousal, and no effect on daytime sleepiness. …”

Negative cognitions about the self in patients with persecutory delusions: An empirical study of self-compassion, self-stigma, schematic beliefs, self-esteem, fear of madness, and... by Collett, N, Pugh, K, Waite, F, Freeman, D

“…Furthermore, suicidal ideation was highly associated with low self-compassion, low self-esteem, fears of madness, and negative self-schema but not self-stigma. This study shows marked negative self cognitions in patients with persecutory delusions. …”

Immunotherapy-responsive neuropathic pain and allodynia in a patient with glycine receptor autoantibodies: a case report by Soleimani, B, Board, C, Yu, T, Tracey, I, Irani, SR, Foley, P

“…<p><strong>Results</strong></p> Our patient experienced a severe illness, including marked neuropathic pain and allodynia, hypoventilation, tetraparesis, and ophthalmoplegia. …”

A clinical perspective on muscle specific kinase antibody positive myasthenia gravis by Keritam, O, Vincent, A, Zimprich, F, Cetin, H

“…The discovery of autoantibodies directed against muscle-specific kinase (MuSK) in “seronegative” myasthenia gravis (MG) patients marked a milestone in MG research. In healthy muscle, MuSK regulates a phosphorylation pathway, which is essential for the development and maintenance of acetylcholine receptor (AChR) clusters at the neuromuscular junction. …”