Island area and remoteness shape plant and soil bacterial diversity through land use and biological invasion by Xu, Mingshan, Yang, Anna, Yang, Xiaodong, Cao, Wenting, Zhang, Zengke, Li, Zengyan, Zhang, Yu, Zhang, Huaguo, You, Wenhui, Yan, En-Rong, Wardle, David A.

“…Soil bacterial diversity was directly negatively impacted by island remoteness, and indirectly negatively impacted by island remoteness through increased soil electrical conductivity likely caused by greater salinity from sea spray. …”
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Sustainable structural design optimization - prestressed concrete beams by Ng, Kok Hang

“…The case study revealed that for an 18 m wide bridge, a 3-beam layout generates lesser overall EC than a 4-beam layout and a beam length (thus column spacing) of 20 to 26 m is likely to produce the lowest EC for the bridge system. …”
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Three essays on corporate finance by Sun, Rui

“…Special features of private firms – more concentrated equity ownership, more powerful shareholders with a strong desire for liquidity and diversification, and higher agency costs associated with debt finance are very likely to play a vital role in shaping their cash flow allocation. …”
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Rapid and punctuated Late Holocene recession of Siling Co, central Tibet by Shi, Xuhua, Kirby, Eric, Furlong, Kevin P., Meng, Kai, Robinson, Ruth, Lu, Haijian, Wang, Erchie

“…Mapping and surveying of lacustrine shorelines coupled with optically stimulated luminescence dating of associated deposits indicate protracted occupation of a highstand elevation from >8 ka to 4 ka, followed by rapid recession that was likely punctuated by several stillstands of centennial-scale duration. …”
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Morphology control and thermal stability of binderless-graphene aerogels from graphite for energy storage applications by Nguyen, Son Truong, Nguyen, Hoa Tien, Rinaldi, Ali, Nguyen, Nam P. V., Fan, Zeng, Duong, Hai Minh

“…Of all the challenges facing human beings in the near future, energy related issues are likely to be the grandest. To achieve a more sustainable society with adequate renewable energy and less environmental pollution, more versatile, robust and efficient approaches in electric energy storage and conversion are needed. …”
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Characterising the T cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 including variants of concern induced by natural infection and vaccines by Adele, S

“…Notably, Omicron’s high mutation count challenges antibody responses, yet T cell responses remain comparatively maintained, likely mitigating severe outcomes during Omicron waves.…”

A comparison of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitor kidney outcome trial participants with a real-world chronic kidney disease primary care population by Forbes, AK, Hinton, W, Feher, MD, Elson, W, Ordóñez-Mena, JM, Joy, M, Fan, X, Banerjee, D, Cole, NI, Munro, N, Whyte, M, Suckling, RJ, Swift, PA, de Lusignan, S

“…Females were under-represented and less likely to be eligible for the trials.</p> <br> <p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> SGLT2 inhibitor kidney outcome trials represent a subgroup of people with CKD at high risk of adverse kidney events. …”

The influence of nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NAADP) signalling and the significance of the organization of lysosomes in cardiac myocytes by Aston, D

“…</p> <p>Calcium released from the lysosome in response to NAADP action at TPC2 is thought to modulate calcium release from the SR. This process is likely to require a close spatial relationship between these organelles. …”

HLA-DQB1*05 subtypes and not DRB1*10:01 mediates risk in anti-IgLON5 disease by Yogeshwar, SM, Muñiz-Castrillo, S, Sabater, L, Peris-Sempere, V, Mallajosyula, V, Luo, G, Yan, H, Yu, E, Zhang, J, Lin, L, Fagundes Bueno, F, Ji, X, Picard, G, Rogemond, V, Pinto, AL, Heidbreder, A, Höftberger, R, Graus, F, Dalmau, J, Santamaria, J, Iranzo, A, Schreiner, B, Giannoccaro, MP, Liguori, R, Shimohata, T, Kimura, A, Ono, Y, Binks, S, Mariotto, S, Dinoto, A, Bonello, M, Hartmann, CJ, Tambasco, N, Nigro, P, Prüss, H, McKeon, A, Davis, MM, Irani, SR, Honnorat, J, Gaig, C, Finke, C, Mignot, E

“…<p>Anti-IgLON5 disease is a rare and likely underdiagnosed subtype of autoimmune encephalitis. …”

Environmental risk factors for self-harm during imprisonment: a prospective cohort study by Stephenson, T, Harris, I, Armstrong, C, Fazel, S, Short, R, Blackwood, N

“…Findings regarding staff-prisoner ratio and self-harm most likely reflect a reverse causal relationship. Replication in larger cohort studies is required to address the limitations of this pilot study.…”

The impact of social isolation on delayed hospital discharges of older hip fracture patients and associated costs by Landeiro, F, Leal, J, Gray, A

“…Patients who were admitted from an institution were less likely to have delayed discharges (OR 0.2) with 5.5 fewer days of delay. …”

A systematic analysis of the contribution of genetics to multimorbidity and comparisons with primary care data by Murrin, O, Mounier, N, Voller, B, Tata, L, Gallego-Moll, C, Roso-Llorach, A, Carrasco-Ribelles, LA, Fox, C, Allan, LM, Woodward, RM, Liang, X, Valderas, JM, Khalid, S, Dudbridge, F, Lamb, SE, Mancini, M, Farmer, L, Boddy, K, Bowden, J, Melzer, D, Frayling, TM, Masoli, JAH, Pilling, LC, Violán, C, Delgado, J

“…Discordance between genetic and primary care data was also observed, e.g., abdominal aortic aneurysm and bladder cancer co-occurred in primary care but were not genetically correlated (Odds-Ratio = 2.23 [2.09:2.37], 𝑅𝑔 = 0.04 [−0.20:0.28]) and schizophrenia and fibromyalgia were less likely to co-occur together in primary care but were positively genetically correlated (OR = 0.84 [0.75:0.94], 𝑅𝑔 = 0.20 [0.11:0.29]).…”

Magnetic dynamics in iron-based superconductors probed by neutron spectroscopy by Taylor, A

“…This indicates that LiFeAs likely hosts an s± gap symmetry.</p> <p>I investigated two iron-phosphide systems, LaFePO and Sr2ScO3FeP, and in this case I was unable to identify any magnetic scattering. …”

Management and outcomes of thoracic sarcomas - a collaboration between Orthopaedic Oncology and cardiothoracic surgery: seven-year clinical data from a tertiary referral centre by Shamsi, ZA, Paraoan, V, Kim, C, Saifuddin, SR, Cosker, TDA, Whitwell, D, Gibbons, CLMH, Stavroulias, D, DiChiara, F

“…Variability in outcomes and overall survival likely stems from factors such as histological diversity, predominance of high-grade sarcomas, and wide age range at diagnosis. …”

Cytisine versus varenicline for smoking cessation in a primary care setting: a randomized non-inferiority trial by Oreskovic, T, Percac-Lima, S, Ashburner, JM, Tiljak, H, Rifel, J, Klemenc Ketiš, Z, Oreskovic, S

“…Given the much lower cost of cytisine treatment, its lower rate of adverse events, and higher feasibility (but its likely lower effectiveness with the standard dosage regimen), future analyses should assess the cost-effectiveness of the two treatments for health policy considerations.…”

Assessment of novel pre-erythrocytic malaria vaccines in humans by Venkatraman, N

“…In addition to humoral immunity, it is widely recognised that T-cell mechanisms are likely to play an important role in malaria immunity and heterologous prime-boost regimes using viral-vectored vaccines have been shown to induce potent T-cell responses. …”

A mixed methods study investigating factors affecting adherence to Plasmodium vivax malaria primaquine radical cure regimens among migrants along the Myanmar-Thailand border by Ansari, AT, Aung, KK, Win, HH, Beau, C, Nu, B, Soe, NL, Htoo, K, San, T, Wah, TG, Keereevijit, A, Phyo, AP, Chotivanich, K, White, NJ, Nosten, F, Hashmi, AH, Chu, CS

“…Patients of Karen ethnicity (OR 1.7, 95% CI 1.2–2.3; p = 0.001) or having a previous episode of malaria from any species (OR 1.6, 95% CI 1.1–2.3; p = 0.007) were more likely to report completing the 14-day primaquine radical cure regimen. …”

Multi-species rotational grazing of small ruminants regenerates undergrowth vegetation while controlling weeds in the oil palm silvopastoral system by Tohiran, Kamil Azmi, Nobilly, Frisco, Zulkifli, Raja, Yahya, Muhammad Syafiq, Norhisham, Ahmad Razi, Rasyidi, Md Zainal, Azhar, Badrul

“…The use of single-species livestock grazing is likely to cause oil palm growers to use herbicides to control undesirable weeds. …”
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The level of knowledge, attitude and practice towards Covid-19 immunisation among medical students in public medical schools in Malaysia by Mohamad Zainal, Nurul Hayati, Mohammed Ayyub, Safiyya, Yi, Chang Fang, Zaman, Arif Najmi Shahrir, Mohd Nor, Nurul Huda, Omar, Norsuhana, Ku Mohd Noor, Ku Mastura, Hamimi Wahid, Hanan

“…Respondents in the age group of 21 to 24 years old (p < 0.001) and 25 to 29 years old (p = 0.016), and Indian ethnicity (p = 0.006) were more likely to have good knowledge. Respondents registered in Malaysia’s National COVID-19 vaccination program were considered as having a positive attitude (n = 264, 61.8). …”
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Model of motivational forces influencing academic achievement among secondary school students through the mediation of flow by Syed Mustafa, Sharifah Muzila

“…It can be concluded that students with higher intrinsic and learning efficacy motivation were more likely to experience higher flow and thus perform better in their examination. …”
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