A simple approach to improve recording of concerns about child maltreatment in primary care records: developing a quality improvement intervention by Woodman, J, Allister, J, Rafi, I, de Lusignan, S, Belsey, J, Petersen, I, Gilbert, R

“…<p><b>Results</b> The rate of children with at least one maltreatment-related code was 8.4/1000 child years (11 study practices, 2009–2010), and 8.0/1000 child years (THIN, 2009–2010). …”

Myocardial ischaemia following COVID-19: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance study by Arnold, JR, Yeo, JL, Budgeon, CA, Shergill, S, England, R, Shiwani, H, Artico, J, Moon, JC, Gorecka, M, Roditi, G, Morrow, A, Mangion, K, Shanmuganathan, M, Miller, CA, Chiribiri, A, Alzahir, M, Ramirez, S, Lin, A, Swoboda, PP, McDiarmid, AK, Sykes, R, Singh, T, Bucciarelli-Ducci, C, Dawson, D

“…We studied 59 patients hospitalised with COVID-19 and elevated serum troponin (COVID + /troponin + , age 61 ± 11 years) and 37 control subjects without COVID-19 or elevated troponin and similar by age and cardiovascular comorbidities (COVID −/comorbidity + , 64 ± 10 years). …”

Brain markers of cumulative stress response and allostatic load in the ageing Whitehall II cohort by Zsoldos, E

“…</p> <p>As hypothesised, stress markers measured as early as 20 years prior to the scan, predicted lower GM and WM integrity in older age. …”

Periodontal disease and serum uric acid levels in the absence of metabolic syndrome: is there a link? A study on a sample of Cameroonian adults by Nkeck, JR, Ndjoh, JJ, Meyo Mvondo, GF, Eko Ondoa, M, Takam, O, Mbouna, SFM, Tcheutchoua Nzokou, D, Tchuisseu-Kwangoua, LA, Momo, CBY, Ekouelkoum Ngoude, JX, Chemgne, MI, Ama Moor, VJ

“…Methods: We carried out a cross-sectional study including Cameroonians aged over 18 years recruited in the general population and free of metabolic syndrome elements. …”

Development of Attention-based Prediction Models for All-cause Mortality, Home Care Need, and Nursing Home Admission in Ageing Adults in Spain Using Longitudinal Electronic Health... by Carrasco-Ribelles, LA, Cabrera-Bean, M, Khalid, S, Roso-Llorach, A, Violán, C

“…Cohen’s kappa obtained using longitudinal data was 3.4-fold (1-year all-cause mortality), 10.3-fold (5-year all-cause mortality), 1.1-fold (5-year nursing home admission), and 1.2-fold (5-year home care need) higher than that obtained by the one-year history baseline models. …”

Low-dose spironolactone and cardiovascular outcomes in moderate stage chronic kidney disease: a randomized controlled trial by Hobbs, FDR, McManus, RJ, Taylor, CJ, Jones, NR, Rahman, JK, Wolstenholme, J, Kim, S, Kwon, J, Jones, L, Hirst, JA, Yu, L-M, Mort, S

“…In this prospective, randomized, open, blinded endpoint trial, we assessed the effectiveness of 25 mg spironolactone in addition to usual care or usual care alone for reducing cardiovascular outcomes in stage 3b CKD among an older community cohort (mean age = 74.8 years and s.d. = 8.1). We recruited 1,434 adults from English primary care, of whom 1,372 (96%) were included in the primary analysis. …”

Stroke incidence in heart failure and atrial fibrillation: population cohort study by Jones, N, Smith, M, Lay-Flurrie, S, Yang, Y, Hobbs, R, Taylor, C

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> We identified 2,381,941 people aged ≥45 years in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (2000-2018). …”

Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022-2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Vollset, SE, Ababneh, HS, Abate, YH, Lacey, BWH, GBD 2021 Forecasting Collaborators

“…&lt;h4&gt;Methods&lt;/h4&gt;Using forecasts of major drivers of health such as the Socio-demographic Index (SDI; a composite measure of lag-distributed income per capita, mean years of education, and total fertility under 25 years of age) and the full set of risk factor exposures captured by GBD, we provide cause-specific forecasts of mortality, years of life lost (YLLs), years lived with disability (YLDs), and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) by age and sex from 2022 to 2050 for 204 countries and territories, 21 GBD regions, seven super-regions, and the world. …”

Youth perception of suicide prevention hotline materials by Lee, Shou Yin, Lim, Siok Hoon, Kam, Ruth Lay Peng, Yew, Kelvin Yeu Weng

“…In light of the increasing in youth suicidal behaviour, our study aims to investigate the perception of Singapporean youth (aged 13 to 18 years old) towards suicide prevention hotline materials. …”
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US-Philippines : resetting the security alliance? by Trajano, Julius Cesar Imperial

“…The Biden administration might just wait for Duterte to finish his term in a year’s time.…”
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Southeast Asian space activities: recent trends in regional cooperation by Berthet, Maximilien

“…Though not new, it has increasingly flourished in the last ten years, especially in three areas: satellite engineering, space policymaking, and space entrepreneurship. …”
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Time/cost performance ratio modelling for estimation and project evaluation by Goh, Ngan Hong.

“…The objective of this study is to develop a theoretical background for defining and measuring performance of construction projects in relation to both time and cost effectiveness and to investigate and analyze the contract performance with respect to public institutional building and road projects in Singapore in the last ten years (1981 to 1990). It also attempts to formulate methods by which the results of the study can be used for improving performance of similar building and road projects in future by setting realistic time and cost targets.…”
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A manufacturing process reengineering effort of an edible oil company by Ow, Wing Yoong.

“…In recent years, the rate of change in the business world had accelerated tremendously. …”
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A platform for droplet manipulation using surface acoustic wave by Han, Kam Keong.

“…In recent years, the high intensity surface acoustic wave (SAW) generated by interdigital transducers (IDT) patterned on surfaces the of a piezoelectric substrate had been reported for many applications in chemical and biological processes. …”
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Development of computer automated gas sensor characterization system by Samaraweera, Gayan Kanishka.

“…The continuous progress of the microelectronic technologies together with developments in material science has sustained the sensor area growth for many years. In order to allow a coherent sensor development from both the scientific and technical point of view, it is essential to construct a flexible test measurement system to fulfill many experimental conditions for different applications and sensor systems to facilitate the research works.…”
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Study on OFDM in underwater wireless communications by Pravitha Gopikannan.

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Distributed consensus of second-order multi-agent systems by Yu, Zhong

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Human action recognitions in video by Vu, Truong Thinh.

“…In some recent years, local space-time features technique has become an popular method for human action recognition. …”
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Are Singapore entrepreneurs ready to venture abroad? by Chung, Dolly Thian Siang, Low, Audra Li Ping, Teo, Eric Guan Meng

“…It has been recognised that it is no longer wise to rely on this strategy alone for the years to come. Instead, globalisation has become the impetus for further economic development.…”
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Relation between management ownership and firm value by Koh Choon Hia, Kwok Foong Mui, Lee Chee Tong

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