Piecewise damage model for SiC/SiC composites with multilevel experimental validation by Shi, D, Wang, Z, Marrow, J, Liu, C, Wan, F, Yang, X

“…First, the geometric information of the microstructure was acquired using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray computed tomography (X-CT). High-precision and total-factor finite element models were established, and a piecewise damage model was introduced to simulate in detailing the initiation and propagation of damage. …”

A multimodal multidomain multilingual medical foundation model for zero shot clinical diagnosis by Liu, F, Li, Z, Yin, Q, Huang, J, Luo, J, Thakur, A, Branson, K, Schwab, P, Yin, B, Wu, X, Zheng, Y, Clifton, DA

“…Typically, clinical diagnosis using radiology images involves disease reporting and classification, where the former is a multimodal task whereby textual reports are generated to describe clinical findings in images, as are common in various domains, e.g., chest X-ray or computed tomography. Existing approaches are mainly supervised, the quality of which heavily depends on the volume and quality of available labeled data. …”

A macroeconomic analysis of the demand for life insurance in Singapore by Chan, Irene Ee Leng, Chong, Huey Nee, Seet Lindsay

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Long-term slip rate of the southern San Andreas Fault from 10Be-26Al surface exposure dating of an offset alluvial fan by Ryerson, Frederick J., Van der Woerd, Jérôme, Klinger, Yann, Sieh, Kerry, Tapponnier, Paul, Mériaux, Anne-Sophie

“…Field mapping complemented with topographic data, air photos and satellite images allows precise determination of piercing points across the fault zone that are used to measure an offset of 565 ± 80 m. …”
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Investigation of low coherence interferometry techniques for biomedical applications by Chow, Tzu Hao

“…An optical coherence tomography (OCT) system based on LCI principles was designed and implemented to detect virus infection in orchid leaves. …”
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Can a brief online interdisciplinary program enhance the understanding of musculoskeletal pain amongst primary care staff? A prospective study by Ng, Khim Siong, Goh, Bandy Qiuling, Tang, Woh Peng, Lee, Angela Wing Yan, Lee, Samantha, Koh, Kim Hwee, Shah, Mitesh

“…There were poor correlations between the demographic factors and their learning. Conclusion: The pilot study shows that primary care staff may still utilize a biomedical approach in managing musculoskeletal pain. …”
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3D printing of multi-material bio-models by Low, Xue Yi

“…Meanwhile, a 3D distal tibia model was constructed from Computerized Tomography (CT) scan and duplicated using Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) for diagnosis and treatment analysis. …”
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Relationship between personality and counselling orientation by Ho, Laurence Swee Min.

“…It also examines whether the selection of counselling orientations of the sample group are influenced by their demographic variables such as, age, gender, highest academic qualification received, job designation, number of years of working experience, race, type of degree/diploma and country of degree/diploma. …”
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Growth strategies for liner companies in the time of economic recession by Toon, Nicholas Zhenjie.

“…The main finding of this research was that, strategies for liner industries are not applied as stated from textbooks, and that each company’s demographic profile plays a major part on differences in strategies used and taken. …”
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A system of systems framework for the evaluation of critical infrastructure - the case of Changi international airport. by Payam Zargarzadeh.

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Relationship between variety-seeking behaviour and need for closure by Tan, Jia Hui

“…Participants were required to complete a questionnaire that consisted of the need for closure scale (NFCS), choice-task scenario, and demographic survey. Results indicated a statistically insignificant negative correlation between the two constructs. …”
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China's rural migrant workers, the state, and labor politics by Chan, J, Selden, M

“…They also discuss the impact of demographic changes and geographic shifts of population and production on the growth of working-class power in the workplace and the marketplace.…”

Coping with peripheralization in small cities. What is the role of human agency? by Bosák, V, Slach, O, Paszová, L, Hýllová, L, Mykhnenko, V, Krtička, L, Nováček, A

“…The agency of public providers (in contrast to private providers) in the foundational economy has buffered the impact of peripheralization on the well-being of residents, while the agency of companies in the competitive economy has had a major impact on path development and demographic change.</p>…”

Secularization versus religious revival in Eastern Europe: Church institutional resilience, state repression and divergent paths by Northmore-Ball, K, Evans, G

“…Using national sample surveys from the early 1990s to 2007 to examine the change in demographic predictors of religiosity, we show that Catholic and Orthodox countries are experiencing different trends, the first group displaying evidence of secularization and the second of revival, and that these two different trends are likely to derive from the legacies of state repression and the differing abilities of the churches to resist such repression. …”

Multi-harmonic scanning near-field optical microscopy by Dong, Zhaogang

“…For the third case, we analyze the topographical artifact that is induced by a changing probe vibration amplitude.…”
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The magnitude and risk factors of intestinal parasitic infection in relation to human immunodeficiency virus infection and immune status, at ALERT hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Taye, Biruhalem, Desta, Kassu, Ejigu, Selamawit, Dori, Geme Urge

“…Low monthly income, and being married, divorced or widowed were among the socio-demographic characteristics associated with intestinal parasitic infection. …”
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Kinematics of Active Deformation Across the Western Kunlun Mountain Range (Xinjiang, China) and Potential Seismic Hazards Within the Southern Tarim Basin by Guilbaud, Christelle, Simoes, Martine, Barrier, Laurie, Laborde, Amandine, Van der Woerd, Jérôme, Li, Haibing, Tapponnier, Paul, Coudroy, Thomas, Murray, Andrew

“…To quantify the rate of active deformation and the potential for major earthquakes in this region, we combine a structural and quantitative morphological analysis of the Yecheng–Pishan fold, along the topographic mountain front in the epicentral area. Using a seismic profile, we derive a structural cross section in which we identify the fault that broke during the Pishan earthquake, an 8–12 km deep blind ramp beneath the Yecheng–Pishan fold. …”
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Complexities of the San Andreas fault near San Gorgonio Pass : implications for large earthquakes by Yule, Doug, Sieh, Kerry

“…(U/Th)/He thermochronometry supports our interpretation that this south-under-north thickening of the crust has created the region's 3 km of topographic relief. We conclude that future large earthquakes generated along the San Andreas fault in this region will have a multiplicity of mostly specifiable sources having dimensions of 1–20 km. …”
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Medical signal and imaging analysis for mucociliary clearance – ciliary beat frequency by Widiarta, Satriyoga

“…In this paper, the Mucociliary Clearance process in the human respiratory airway is visualized using the Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), where it focuses mainly on the rate of Ciliary Beat Frequency (CBF). …”
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In-vitro fractional flow reserve of coronary artery by Kwa, June Li Jun

“…Some of the methods include but not limited to: Echocardiogram, Electrocardiogram (EKG/EKG), or Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA) scan, and Cardiac catherization. …”
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