Personalized prescription of ACEI/ARBs for hypertensive COVID-19 patients by Bertsimas, D, Borenstein, A, Mingardi, L, Nohadani, O, Orfanoudaki, A, Stellato, B, Wiberg, H, Sarin, P, Varelmann, DJ, Estrada, V, Macaya, C, Gil, IJN

“…Our approach leverages clinical and demographic information to identify hospitalized individuals whose probability of mortality or morbidity can decrease by prescribing this class of drugs. …”

Fine-scale genetic structure and natural selection signatures of southwestern Hans inferred from patterns of genome-wide allele, haplotype, and haplogroup lineages by Wang, Mengge, Yuan, Didi, Zou, Xing, Wang, Zheng, Yeh, Hui-Yuan, Liu, Jing, Wei, Lan-Hai, Wang, Chuan-Chao, Zhu, Bofeng, Liu, Chao, He, Guanglin

“…Generally, we provided a case and ideal strategy to reconstruct the detailed demographic evolutionary history of Guizhou Hans, which provided new insights into the fine-scale genomic formation of one ethnolinguistically specific targeted population from the comprehensive perspectives of the shared unlinked alleles, linked haplotypes, and paternal and maternal lineages.…”
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Towards a translation policy in Singapore : illuminations by community translation & interpretation by Li, Xulin

“…It takes on a macro perspective of national competitiveness via formulation of a translation policy to grow the linguistic and translation assets of the nation. In surveying the demographic composition and trend, local linguistic resources and education, the paper proposes recommendations in pushing forward CTI as part of the strategy for growth. …”
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Thick thrills: because life's too short for skinny taste by Mehta Shivani

“…By employing qualitative methods, including personal observations and interviews with petite women aged 18 to 30, this research aims to foster understanding and empathy towards this demographic. The study delves into various aspects of the petite experience and the psychological impact of backhanded compliments and derogatory remarks, which often exacerbate feelings of insecurity. …”
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Managing longevity risks in Singapore : an analysis of returns on variable annuities using the Lee-Carter model, financial time series analysis and Monte Carlo simulation by Sun, Si Lu, Yu, Shu Mei, Zhang, Chen

“…Managing longevity risks is of growing importance in Singapore due to demographic changes and the unique retirement policy. …”
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A study on Stevedoring companies and their operations in Singapore : break bulk shipping segment by Ng, Donovan Chun Hong

“…Education and Skills Requirement 5. Demographic Through this analysis, it is concluded that the role of break bulk stevedores will continue to evolve in the future with technological developments in the break bulk industry. …”
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Is social media really that effective for communicating budget policies to citizens? – a case study of the Singapore budget 2018 by Chin, Zhao Wei

“…Citizen feedback is collected using an online public survey, of which demographical factors such as age, educational qualifications and employment status were cross-tabulated and suggest that social media avenues such as Facebook may not be the best way to communicate budget policy to certain segments of the population. …”
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Comparison of current and former sport event volunteers motivation in Singapore by Leong, Su En

“…Volunteers (ntotal = 38; ncurrent = 15; nformer = 23) responded to demographic questions, short- answer questions regarding their volunteer involvement level, and the Volunteer Functions Inventory (VFI) (Clary et al., 1998). …”
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The what, why, and how of changing cooling energy consumption in India’s urban households by Khosla, R, Agarwal, A, Sircar, N, Chatterjee, D

“…AC usage is found to be a function of household habits (such as exposure to ACs in the workplace or schools), structural factors, and socio demographic features. While most ACs are in the middle energy-efficiency range, preferences, behaviours and awareness around energy efficiency are found to affect AC use as well as influence the purchase of more efficient ACs. …”

Perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries – the TISP dataset by Mede, NG, Cologna, V, Berger, S, Besley, J, Brick, C, Joubert, M, Maibach, EW, Mihelj, S, Oreskes, N, Schäfer, MS, van der Linden, S, Abdul Aziz, NI, Abdulsalam, S, Shamsi, NA, Aczel, B, Adinugroho, I, Alabrese, E, Aldoh, A, Alfano, M, Ali, IM, Alsobay, M, Altenmüller, M, Alvarez, RM, Amoako, R, Levy, N

“…The questionnaire contained comprehensive measures for individuals’ trust in scientists, science-related populist attitudes, perceptions of the role of science in society, science media use and communication behaviour, attitudes to climate change and support for environmental policies, personality traits, political and religious views and demographic characteristics. Here, we describe the dataset, survey materials and psychometric properties of key variables. …”

Knowledge and practice regarding medication use among elderly with chronic diseases in Felda Tembangau 2, Kemayan, Pahang by Farid, Aina Natasha Mohd

“…Data on their socio-demographic characteristics, levels of knowledge, and practices regarding medication use were collected through face to face and structured interviews. …”
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Edible Bird's Nest treatment effects on subchondral bone and articular cartilage changes and synovial fluid proteome profiles in an osteoarthritis rabbit model by Syed Sulaiman, Sharifah Zakiah

“…The joints were subjected to micro-computed tomographic (micro-CT) analysis and histological evaluation. …”
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The determinants of COVID-19 morbidity and mortality across countries by Chang, Dianna, Chang, Xin, He, Yu, Tan, Kelvin Jui Keng

“…Besides factors commonly associated with infectious diseases (e.g., population and tourism activities), we discover a list of country characteristics that shape COVID-19 outcomes. Among demographic-geographic factors, the male-to-female ratio, population density, and urbanization aggravate the severity of COVID-19, while education, temperature, and religious diversity mitigate the impact of the pandemic on morbidity and mortality. …”
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Gaps In Primary Care And Health System Performance In Six Latin American And Caribbean Countries by Macinko, James, Guanais, Frederico C., Mullachery, Pricila, Jimenez, Geronimo

“…The rapid demographic and epidemiological transitions occurring in Latin America and the Caribbean have led to high levels of noncommunicable diseases in the region. …”
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Mobility patterns are associated with experienced income segregation in large US cities by Moro, Esteban, Calacci, Dan, Dong, Xiaowen, Pentland, Alex

“…Interestingly, while the latter is more strongly associated with demographic characteristics, the former is more strongly associated with mobility behavioral variables. …”
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Filipino nursesʼ use of smartphones in clinical settings by Bautista, John Robert Razote

“…To address this research gap, this study provided a ranking on how nurses have used their smartphones for work purposes in clinical settings and identified differences based on demographic and organizational factors. In January to June 2017, a pen-and-paper survey was administered to 517 staff nurses employed in 19 tertiary-level general hospitals in Metro Manila, Philippines. …”
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Using AI / machine learning to solve real world problems by Lok, Ignatius Zhengrong

“…Additionally, the data provided contained obfuscated variables which encoded different categorical data types including Demographic, Real Estate and Commercial Data. We look to address the obfuscated data and the small training set during the preprocessing and feature engineering stage. …”
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A study on social network in Singapore by Wang, Hao

“…Surveys were first conducted to gather the demographic and social behavioral data of the people living in Singapore. …”
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Computer vision and sensor fusion towards better facilities management system for smart buildings by Arumugam, M Logaraj

“…Furthermore, the ever-increasing energy consumption coupled with the cost factor and the immense carbon footprint that Singapore has been facing in this modern era of demographic slowdown and economic restructuring also brings another glaring challenge to this industry. …”
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GEMTraits: A database and R package for accessing and analyzing plant functional traits from the Global Ecosystems Monitoring Network by Shenkin, A, Bentley, L, Asner, G, Diaz, S, Enquist, B, Malhi, Y, Girardin, C

“…This dataset contains a POSTGRESQL database with demographic and functional trait data on trees from 10 1-hectare permanent plots across an elevation transect from 3500m to 200m in SE Peru. …”