Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of smoking tobacco use and attributable disease burden in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis... by Reitsma, M. B., Kendrick, P. J., Ababneh, E., Abbafati, C., Abbasi-Kangevari, M., Abdoli, A., Abedi, A., Abhilash, E. S., Abila, D. B., Aboyans, V., Abu-Rmeileh, N. M., Adebayo, O. M., Advani, S. M., Aghaali, M., Ahinkorah, B. O., Ahmad, S., Ahmadi, K., Ahmed, H., Aji, B., Akunna, C. J., Al-Aly, Z., Alanzi, T. M., Alhabib, K. F., Ali, L., Alif, S. M., Alipour, V., Aljunid, S. M., Alla, F., Allebeck, P., Alvis-Guzman, N., Amin T. T., Amini, S., Amu, H., Amul, G. G. H., Ancuceanu, R., Anderson, J. A., Ansari-Moghaddam, A., Antonio, C. A. T., Antony, B., Anvari, D., Arabloo, J., Arian, N. D., Arora, M., Asaad, M., Ausloos, M., Awan, A. T., Ayano, G., Aynalem, G. L., Azari, S., B, D.B., Badiye, A. D., Baig, A. A., Bakhshaei, M. H., Banach, M., Banik, P.C., Barker-Collo, S. L., Bärnighausen, T. W., Barqawi, H. J., Basu, S., Bayati, M., Bazargan-Hejazi, S., Behzadifar, M., Bekuma, T. T., Bennett, D. A., Bensenor, I. M., Berfield, K. S. S., Bhagavathula, A. S., Bhardwaj, N., Bhardwaj, P., Bhattacharyya, K., Bibi, S., Bijani, A., Bintoro, B. S., Biondi, A., Birara, S., Braithwaite, D., Brenner, H., Brunoni, A. R., Burkart, K., Butt, Z. A., Caetano dos Santos, F. L., Car, Josip, Cárdenas, R., Carreras, G., Carrero, J. J., Castaldelli-Maia, J. M., Cattaruzza, M. S. S., Chang, J. C., Chen, S., Chu, D. T., Chung, S. C., Cirillo, M., Costa, V. M., Couto, R. A. S., Dadras, O., Dai, X., Damasceno, A. A. M., Damiani, G., Dandona, L.

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Encapsulation of probiotics for food and beverage applications by Ang, Kai Lin

“…Findings from this study have shown that alginate-encapsulated probiotic beads, produced via extrusion method, can exhibit a protective effect in an acidic/bactericidal environment and resulted in a significant improvement in viability as compared to unencapsulated ones in commercialized carbonated sodas/beers. Findings from this study have also found that the viability of probiotics is more well maintained when stored in refrigerated conditions than in room temperature conditions over 14 days. …”
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Global, regional, and national mortality among young people aged 10–24 years, 1950–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 by Ward, Joseph L., Azzopardi, Peter S., Francis, Kate L., Santelli, John S., Skirbekk, Vegard, Sawyer, Susan M., Kassebaum, Nicholas J., Mokdad, Ali H., Hay, Simon I., Abd-Allah, Foad, Abdoli, Amir, Mohammad Abdollahi, Abedi, Aidin, Abolhassani, Hassan, Abreu, Lucas Guimaraes, Abrigo, Michael R. M., Abu-Gharbieh, Eman, Abushouk, Abdelrahman I., Adebayo, Oladimeji M., Adekanmbi, Victor, Adham, Davoud, Advani, Shailesh M., Afshari, Khashayar, Agrawal, Anurag, Ahmad, Tauseef, Ahmadi, Keivan, Ahmed, Anwar E., Aji, Budi, Akombi-Inyang, Blessing, Alahdab, Fares, Al-Aly, Ziyad, Alam, Khurshid, Alanezi, Fahad Mashhour, Alanzi, Turki M., Alcalde-Rabanal, Jacqueline Elizabeth, Alemu, Biresaw Wassihun, Al-Hajj, Samar, Alhassan, Robert Kaba, Ali, Saqib, Alicandro, Gianfranco, Alijanzadeh, Mehran, Aljunid, Syed Mohamed, Almasi-Hashiani, Amir, Almasri, Nihad A., Al-Mekhlafi, Hesham M., Alonso, Jordi, Al-Raddadi, Rajaa M., Altirkawi, Khalid A., Alvis-Guzman, Nelson, Amare, Azmeraw T., Amini, Saeed, Aminorroaya, Arya, Amit, Arianna Maever L., Amugsi, Dickson A., Ancuceanu, Robert, Anderlini, Deanna, Andrei, Catalina Liliana, Androudi, Sofia, Ansari, Fereshteh, Ansari, Iman, Antonio, Carl Abelardo T., Anvari, Davood, Anwer, Razique, Appiah, Seth Christopher Yaw, Arabloo, Jalal, Arab-Zozani, Morteza, Ärnlöv, Johan, Asaad, Malke, Asadi-Aliabadi, Mehran, Asadi-Pooya, Ali A., Atout, Maha Moh'd Wahbi, Ausloos, Marcel, Avenyo, Elvis Korku, Avila-Burgos, Leticia, Quintanilla, Beatriz Paulina Ayala, Ayano, Getinet, Aynalem, Yared Asmare, Azari, Samad, Azene, Zelalem Nigussie, Bakhshaei, Mohammad Hossein, Bakkannavar, Shankar M., Banach, Maciej, Banik, Palash Chandra, Barboza, Miguel A., Barker-Collo, Suzanne Lyn, Bärnighausen, Till Winfried, Basu, Sanjay, Baune, Bernhard T., Bayati, Mohsen, Bedi, Neeraj, Beghi, Ettore, Bekuma, Tariku Tesfaye, Bell, Arielle Wilder, Bell, Michelle L., Benjet, Corina, Bensenor, Isabela M., Berhe, Abadi Kidanemariam, Berhe, Kidanemaryam, Berman, Adam E., Bhagavathula, Akshaya Srikanth, Car, Lorainne Tudor

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The Importance of Bystanders in Threat Assessment and Management by Borum, Randy, Rowe, Mary

“…The principal aim of threat assessment is to prevent (primarily) intentional acts of harm. When tragic incidents of planned violence occur, however, it is almost always uncovered “that someone knew something” about the attack before it happened. …”
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Challenges of online collaborative learning among special needs university students by Hidayu Shafie, Ireena Nasiha Ibnu, Noori, Abdullah, Nurhilleny Rosly, Nadia Anuar, Nur Husna Serip Mohamad

“…In addition, they also did not have many issues with assistance tools and technology when doing online work with their peers. In conclusion, to ensure that SNS have a meaningful learning experience in collaborative learning, all parties should be made aware of and given exposure on working with SNS in all educational institutions in the online setting.…”
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Influence of presumed influence on thinness as a beauty ideal for girls. by Soh, Wai Siong.

“…It was interesting that when it comes to the influence on the desire to be thin, we could only see that the “influence of self” has an impact on the desire to be thin. …”
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Social Development / by Parke, Ross D., author 450250, Roisman, Glenn I., author 655021, Rose, Amanda J. (Amanda Janel), 1971-, author 655022, John Wiley & Sons (Online service) 647106

“…Special pedagogical features in each chapter enhance the learning experience and promote student understanding: counter-intuitive examples cases challenge reader assumptions, coverage of extreme cases tell the story behind historical advancements, and profiles of current leaders in the field highlight the many paths to a career in social development. …”
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TCR/CD3-based synthetic antigen receptors (TCC) convey superior antigen sensitivity combined with high fidelity of activation by Mühlgrabner, V, Peters, T, Velasco Cárdenas, RMH, Siller Farfan, J, Dushek, O

“…Low antigen sensitivity and a gradual loss of effector functions limit the clinical applicability of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)–modified T cells and call for alternative antigen receptor designs for effective T cell–based cancer immunotherapy. …”

Intelligent Solutions for Sustainable Power Grids / by Kumar, L. Ashok, editor 623258, Angalaeswari, S., 1981-, editor 655486, K., Mohanasundaram, 1977-, editor 655487, Bansal, Ramesh C., editor 655488, Patil, Arunkumar, 1985-, editor 655489, IGI Global (Online service) 631983

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Low-Cost Electronic Microfluidics for Multiplexed Point-of-Care Biomarker Detection by Kikkeri, Kruthika

“…It was validated by measuring spiked IL-6 concentrations in human blood, with applications demonstrated in CAR-T patient monitoring and small molecule detection for drug regulation. …”
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On strong semismoothness and superlinear convergence of complementarity problems over homogeneous cones by Nguyen, Hai Ha

“…It also points out the diffculties we may encounter for doing the method discussed in Chapter 2. Finally, we consider the possible way of generalize the lemma in Chapter 3 to the case of homogeneous cones, when we cannot get the implicit formula for the smoothing approximation, by using the graphical convergence of monotone mappings.…”
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Design and development of a web-based platform for EEE MSc student orientation by Soo, Serena Keng Shuang

“…Transition is a phase that all students face when they advance from an educational level to the next. …”
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Financial optimization problems by Law, SL

“…Using this relationship, we can obtain the solution of one when we have the solution of another. In Chapter 3, we generalize the results of chapter 2. …”

Broadcasting safety message by Lim, Yong Hao

“…As we all know that Singapore is a very small city and there are a lot of car in Singapore. In this small and fast pace city, we need to get to our destination as quickly as possible. …”
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The GCSE attainment gap: assessing the influence of permanent school exclusion by Hills, Stephen, Walker, Matthew, Guinn, James, Kent, Aubrey

“…Research has shown that pupils who have been permanently excluded are at a greater risk of negative life outcomes when compared with their non-excluded peers. However, the idea that disadvantaged groups are disproportionately represented amongst those excluded has not previously been tested in prior work. …”
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Design and development of a solar-powered vehicle by Zhou, Bo

“…The objective is to design a fast and stable solar model car which can be used to participate in a solar race named Alternative Energy Car Challenge Solar Prix 2014 in Singapore. …”
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Test Automation Engineering Handbook : Learn and Implement Techniques for Building Robust Test Automation Frameworks / by Sambamurthy, Manikandan, author 656269

“…The third section will help you understand how test automation works with CI/CD, and explore the common issues and pitfalls when executing test automation. By the end of this book, you'll have a better understanding of automation, addressing the common pain points and best practices around test automation. …”
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Use of the motivation-expectation space to communicate strategies in a joint cognitive system by Li, Angela Sin Tan

“…When humans and automation work together, the human typically takes a supervisory role and rely on the automation to complete certain tasks. …”
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Machine learning for industrial IOT by Yeow, Brandon Wei Liang

“…The algorithm preferentially chooses to run FedAvg to reduce bandwidth cost unless historically this peer has not provided significant improvement. Sharing data is done when there is little improvement left for FedAvg to achieve and we have sufficient bandwidth for it.…”
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StudentGO web application by Xie, Zijian

“…It would also strongly promote a community of students who help each other when in need.…”
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