Novel material composites for dielectric elastomer actuators by Ankit

“…A new device architecture for dielectric elastomer actuators, capable of producing on-demand surface texture change and local topographic features, is demonstrated. Owing to its unique architecture, a highly transparent, flexible and integrable configuration of the device is showed. …”
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Application of a targeted-enrichment methodology for full-genome sequencing of Dengue 1-4, Chikungunya and Zika viruses directly from patient samples by Kamaraj, Uma Sangumathi, Tan, Jun Hao, Pan, Louise, Chawla, Tanu, Ong, Xin Mei, Uehara, Anna, Wang, Lin-Fa, Ooi, Eng Eong, Gubler, Duane J., Tissera, Hasitha, Ng, Lee Ching, Wilder-Smith, Annelies, de Sessions, Paola Florez, Barkham, Timothy, Anderson, Danielle E., Sessions, October Michael

“…The frequency of epidemics caused by Dengue viruses 1–4, Zika virus and Chikungunya viruses have been on an upward trend in recent years driven primarily by uncontrolled urbanization, mobility of human populations and geographical spread of their shared vectors, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. …”
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UVSQ-SAT, a pathfinder cubesat mission for observing essential climate variables by Meftah, Mustapha, Damé, Luc, Keckhut, Philippe, Bekki, Slimane, Sarkissian, Alain, Hauchecorne, Alain, Bertran, Emmanuel, Carta, Jean-Paul, Rogers, David, Abbaki, Sadok, Dufour, Christophe, Gilbert, Pierre, Lapauw, Laurent, Vieau, André-Jean, Arrateig, Xavier, Muscat, Nicolas, Bove, Philippe, Sandana, Éric, Teherani, Ferechteh, Li, Tong, Pradel, Gilbert, Mahé, Michel, Mercier, Christophe, Paskeviciute, Agne, Segura, Kevin, Alba, Alicia Berciano, Aboulila, Ahmed, Chang, Loren, Chandran, Amal, Dahoo, Pierre-Richard, Bui, Alain

“…We also present the results of a numerical simulation study on the spatial reconstruction of the Earth’s radiation budget, on a geographical grid of 1 ° × 1 ° degree latitude-longitude, that could be achieved with UVSQ-SAT for different observation periods.…”
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Monitoring human arboviral diseases through wastewater surveillance: challenges, progress and future opportunities by Lee, Wei Lin, Gu, Xiaoqiong, Armas, Federica, Leifels, Mats, Wu, Fuqing, Chandra, Franciscus, Chua, Desmond Feng Jun, Syenina, Ayesa, Chen, Hongjie, Cheng, Dan, Ooi, Eng Eong, Wuertz, Stefan, Alm, Eric J., Thompson, Janelle

“…Arboviral epidemics have increased in frequency, magnitude and geographical extent over the past decades and are expected to continue increasing with climate change and expanding urbanisation. …”
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Dynamic air traffic flow coordination for flow-centric airspace management by Ma, Chunyao, Alam, Sameer, Qing, Cai, Delahaye, Daniel

“…The air traffic control paradigm is shifting from sector-based operations to cross-border flow-centric approaches to overcome sectors' geographical limits. Under this paradigm, effective air traffic flow coordination at flow intersections is crucial for efficiently utilizing available airspace resources and avoiding inefficiencies caused by high demand. …”
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Translation, adaptation and validation of an epilepsy screening instrument in two Ghanaian languages by Darkwa, EK, Asiamah, S, Awini, E, Sottie, C, Godi, A, Williams, JE, Akpalu, A, Cross, JH, Sander, JW, Sen, A, Newton, CR, Danso-Appiah, A, Adjei, P

“…We matched cases and controls for geographical location and ethnicity. An affirmative response to one of the seventeen questions by a participant was deemed a positive screen. …”

Antibiotic resistance profile, potential drivers and genotype of Escherichia coli, Salmonella sp. and Vibrio sp. isolated from hybrid red tilapia and Asian seabass in the West Coas... by Dewi, Rita Rosmala

“…Moreover, the virulent strain of V. parahaemolyticus found in this study are those that are circulating in the Asian geographical region from intercontinental dissemination. …”
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Long-term visual outcomes in spasmus nutans by Hennein, Lauren, Heidary, Gena, Gaier, Eric D., Gise, Ryan

“…Methods We retrospectively reviewed the charts of consecutive patients diagnosed with spasmus nutans between 2000 and 2020. Demographic information, ophthalmic characteristics, and neuroimaging results were assessed over time. …”
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Poor man’s 1000 genome project : recent human population expansion confounds the detection of disease alleles in 7,098 complete mitochondrial genomes by Kim, Hie Lim, Schuster, Stephan C.

“…In this dataset we identified 6,110 single nucleotide variants (SNVs) and their frequency and determined that the best-fit demographic model for the 7,098 genomes included severe population bottlenecks and exponential expansions of the non-African population. …”
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Age differences in leadership positions across cultures by Vaughan-Johnston, Thomas, Imtiaz, Faizan, Lee, Albert, Ji, Li-Jun

“…A by-product of these demographic shifts is that older adults will likely occupy more positions of power and influence in our societies than ever before. …”
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Interventions that prevent or reduce perinatal loneliness and its proximal determinants: a restricted scoping review by Naughton-Doe, R, Nowland, R, Tierney, S, Webber, M, Wittkowski, A

“…Few studies collected comprehensive demographic data, few considered fathers, and none were LGBTQ+ specific.…”

Effect of early and later prone positioning on outcomes in invasively ventilated COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: analysis of the prospective COVID-19 cr... by Simpkin, AJ, McNicholas, BA, Hannon, D, Bartlett, R, Chiumello, D, Dalton, HJ, Gibbons, K, White, N, Merson, L, Fan, E, Panigada, M, Grasselli, G, Motos, A, Torres, A, Barbé, F, Ng, PY, Fanning, JP, Nichol, A, Suen, JY, Bassi, GL, Fraser, JF, Laffey, JG

“…Methods: We investigated the incidence, demographic profile, management and outcomes of proned patients undergoing IMV for COVID-19 in the study. …”

Patterns of sub-optimal change following CBT for childhood anxiety by Bertie, L-A, Arendt, K, Coleman, JRI, Cooper, P, Cresswell, C, Eley, TC, Hartman, C, Heiervang, ER, In-Albon, T, Krause, K, Lester, KJ, Marin, CE, Nauta, M, Rapee, RM, Schneider, S, Schniering, C, Silverman, WK, Thastum, M, Thirwall, K, Waite, P, Wergeland, GJ, Hudson, JL

“…Growth curve models assessed patterns of change over time for the three groups and examined predictors associated with these patterns including demographic, clinical and parental factors, as well as treatment factors.…”

Interventions that prevent or reduce perinatal loneliness and its proximal determinants: a restricted scoping review by Naughton-Doe, R, Nowland, R, Tierney, S, Webber, M, Wittkowski, A

“…Few studies collected comprehensive demographic data, few considered fathers, and none were LGBTQ+ specific. …”

The relationship between the use of social networking sites, perceived social support and spirituality on loneliness among university students in Klang Valley, Malaysia by Mohamed, Nur Nadhira Izzati, Marof, Aini Azeqa, Sulaiman, Abdul Hadi

“…Findings indicated a substantial portion of respondents reporting high social networking site usage and perceived social support, while a significant portion reported lower spirituality and loneliness. Gender-based demographic analysis revealed male undergraduates experiencing less loneliness compared to their female counterparts, though no significant differences emerged in social networking site usage, perceived social support, or spirituality. …”
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Association between breakfast consumption pattern with body mass index (bmi) and physical activity among undergraduate students in Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, Kubang... by Zulkifflee, Iwani Afifah

“…The self-administered questionnaire consisted of four sections: socio-demographic characteristics, anthropometric measurements, the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), and questions related to breakfast consumption patterns. …”
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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

“…Past studies found that the reasons for selecting Islamic house financing products from Islamic banks are not solely based on religion, but a combination of religious, demographic, age, gender, attitudes, perception, awareness, understanding and other factors such as promotion and service. …”
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Rapid taqman-based quantification of chlorophyll d-containing cyanobacteria in the genus acaryochloris by Behrendt, Lars, Nielsen, Jeppe L., Sørensen, Søren J., Larkum, Anthony W. D., Winther, Jakob R., Kühl, Michael

“…The majority of this evidence is based on amplification of the gene coding for the 16S rRNA, and due to the wide geographical distribution of these sequences, a global distribution of Acaryochloris species was suggested. …”
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A bin-packing based heuristic for the integrated inventory and vehicle routing problem by Yang, Yang

“…Compared to the existing heuristic of Viswanathan and Mathur (1997), our new heuristic achieves cost savings for randomly generated problems with small to moderate vehicle capacity regardless of the geographical sparsity of retailers' locations. For problems with large vehicle capacity, the solutions generated by our heuristic algorithm improve the cost performance when the locations of the retailers are geographically sparse. …”
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Lithological controls of the Mg isotope composition of the Lena River across seasons and its impact on the annual isotope flux to the Arctic Ocean by Mavromatis, V, Porcelli, D, Andersson, PS, Korets, MA, Pokrovsky, OS

“…In general, we did not find evidence of any statistically significant (p < 0.05) correlation between δ²⁶Mg and main physico-geographical parameters of the river watersheds (temperature, permafrost, type of vegetation). …”