Facile synthesis of amorphous ternary metal borides-reduced graphene oxide hybrid with superior oxygen evolution activity by Nsanzimana, Jean Marie Vianney, Dangol, Raksha, Reddu, Vikas, Duo, Shou, Peng, Yeucheng, Dinh, Khang Ngoc, Huang, Zhenfeng, Yan, Qingyu, Wang, Xin

“…Herein, we present a fast and simple method of synthesizing iron-doped amorphous nickel boride on reduced graphene oxide (rGO) sheets. The hybrid exhibits outstanding OER performance and stability in prolonged OER operation. …”
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Molecular-level methylcellulose/mxene hybrids with greatly enhanced electrochemical actuation by Chen, Shaohua, Ciou, Jing-Hao, Yu, Fei, Chen, Jian, Lv, Jian, Lee, Pooi See

“…Based on direct strain measurements, in situ X-ray diffraction (XRD) and ex situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analyses, the actuation enhancement can be ascribed to the enlarged layer distance allowing more water and ions to be intercalated/de-intercalated and MC-induced sliding of MXene sheets. The assembled soft actuator has a high Young's modulus of 1.93 GPa and can be operated in air, generating a peak-to-peak strain difference up to 0.541% under a triangular wave voltage of ±1 V and a blocking force of 4.7 times its own weight.…”
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Hearing loss and risk of major osteoporotic fracture: a population-based cohort study in the United Kingdom by Khalid, S, Alhambra, DP, Hasheminasab, SA, Vinogradova, Y, Qureshi, N, Ratzinger, M, Brunetti, V, Salas, A, Canals, L

“…Methods: From the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink, our cohort study matched individuals aged ≥ 60 years diagnosed with HL (READ/ICD-10 codes; 01January2001–31December2021; index event), without secondary osteoporosis causes, with up to five individuals without HL (birth, index year, sex, general practice). …”

Pneumococcal carriage and disease in adults in England, 2011–2019: the importance of adults as a reservoir for pneumococcus in communities by El Safadi, D, Hitchins, L, Howard, A, Aley, P, Bowman, J, Bertran, M, Collins, A, Colin-Jones, R, Elterish, F, Fry, NK, Gordon, SB, Gould, K, Hinds, J, Horn, E, Hyder-Wright, A, Kandasamy, R, Ladhani, S, Litt, D, Mitsi, E, Murphy, A, Pollard, AJ, Plested, E, Pojar, S, Ratcliffe, H, Robertson, MC, Robinson, H, Snape, MD, Solórzano, C, Voysey, M, Begier, E, Catusse, J, Lahuerta, M, Theilacker, C, Gessner, BD, Tiley, KS, Ferreira, DM

“…For some serotypes carried by adults aged ≥65 years, other adults may be an important reservoir for transmission. …”

Designing shallow foundation to Eurocode 7 by Neo, Chee Wei

“…British Codes and Standards (BS) have been used in practice for many years and for the past few years, it is use co-existence with Eurocodes (EC) for the past few years. …”
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Electrode modification by diazonium chemistry : studies on the effect of steric bulk on film thickness, and modified activated carbon cloths for energy storage by Subrata, Arnold

“…One key disadvantage of grafting by diazonium chemistry is the inherent tendency of the grafted film to bear multilayers of organic molecules, which is not desired in most applications requiring modified electrodes. …”
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Use of hormone replacement therapy and risk of breast cancer: nested case-control studies using the QResearch and CPRD databases by Vinogradova, Y, Coupland, C, Hippisley-Cox, J

“…In recent oestrogen only users, between three (in younger women) and eight (in older women) extra cases per 10 000 women years would be expected, and in oestrogen-progestogen users between nine and 36 extra cases per 10 000 women years. …”

A survey on family reading by Low, Eik Sin.

“…This study on the current family reading practices by parents and caregivers who visit the public libraries under the National Library Board system and Community Children's Libraries in Singapore, specifically investigated the following: (i) the practice of parent-child reading for children aged 12 years old and below, and especially for the pre-school group below 7 years old (ii) the profiles of non-reading families. …”
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Unveiling optimal car alarm’s sound pressure level (SPL) for effective alerting of drivers on locked children in cars: Insights from a physical survey. by Murali, R., Shahriman, A. B., Mohamed, M., Razlan, Z. M., H. Rani, M. F., Abashah, A., Ahmad, Y., A.Ali, M. H., Sunan, S., Khudzari, J.

“…It was found that a minimum SPL of the car alarm of 79.841 dBA and 83.179 dBA is required to effectively alert drivers for age group 1 (17-26 years) and age group 2 (27-36 years), respectively. …”
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The relationship between leisure time physical activity patterns, Alzheimer’s disease markers and cognition by James, S, Sudre, CH, Barnes, J, Cash, DM, Chiou, Y, Coath, W, Keshavan, A, Lu, K, Malone, I, Murray-Smith, H, Nicholas, JM, Orini, M, Parker, T, Almeida-Meza, P, Fox, NC, Richards, M, Schott, JM

“…Findings drawn from 468 participants (49% female) demonstrated a direct association between being active before 50 years old (≤43 years) and throughout life (up to age 69 years), with larger hippocampal volume at age 70 (P < 0.05). …”

Age-hypogamy, emotional intelligence, sexual self-efficacy, and subjective happiness associations by Thomas, Marilyn, Banbury, Samantha, Lusher, Joanne, Chandler, Chris

“…Seventeen women in age-hypogamy relationships had a mean age = 45.86 years (SD = 4.47), and seven women in age-homogamy relationships had a mean age = 42.34 years (SD = 9.04) with an age range for both groups between 25 and 57 years. …”
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Experimental and numerical investigations of press-braked stainless steel channel section beam-columns by Zhang, Lulu, Li, Shuai, Tan, Kang Hai, Zhao, Ou

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Mechanical properties of additively manufactured kraft paper lattices and paper-epoxy interpenetrating phase composites for polymer foam replacement by Lim, Guo Yao, Kuek, Ryan Jian Xing, Teo, Javen, Seetoh, Ian Peiyuan, Lai, Chang Quan

“…It was postulated that these failure modes minimized shear stresses between the sheets and were, therefore, preferred. Because the fibers were aligned to the load axis in the isostrain orientation, lattices were stiffer. …”
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中国成年人文化程度与体格指标的长期变化关系 by Tan, Y, Shen, Z, Yu, C, Guo, Y, Bian, Z, Pei, P, Du, H, Chen, J, Chen, Z, Lyu, J, Li, L

“…Both body weight and waist circumference (WC) increased with age. From age 25 years to baseline survey (mean age 45.2±6.5), the mean weight change per 5-year was (1.70±2.63) kg for men and (1.27±2.10) kg for women. …”

Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Glob... by Naghavi, M, Ong, KL, Aali, A, Almidani, O, Bandyopadhyay, S, Basnyat, B, Maude, R, Dolecek, C, Lacey, BWH

“…For this analysis, 199 new country-years of vital registration cause-of-death data, 5 country-years of surveillance data, 21 country-years of verbal autopsy data, and 94 country-years of other data types were added to those used in previous GBD rounds. …”

Exfoliation and alignment of h-BN for thermal application by Teo, Jing Xiang

“…Therefore, it is important to achieve an alignment of BN sheets along the direction of heat spreading path. …”
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Human metapneumovirus in Singapore : epidemiology, fusion-attachment protein interaction and virus-like particle assembly by Loo, Liat Hui

“…At the same time, it was also revealed that this virus had been circulating in the human population for at least 50 years. In the years that followed, an increasing number of research groups began to publish work on various aspects of HMPV. …”
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Software Project Management : With PMI, IEEE-CS, and Agile-SCRUM / by Radaideh, Moh’d A., author 656397, Walter de Gruyter GmbH (Online service) 655461

“…Developed by the author over years of teaching in academia and industry; Offers a blended online learning framework with extra online material (Lectures and Power Point slides) provided by the author; Discusses PMI, IEEE-CS and Agile-SCRUM.…”
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Incidence and mortality rates of 14 site-specific infectious diseases in 10 diverse areas of China: findings from China Kadoorie Biobank, 2006-2018 by Huang, R, Kartsonaki, C, Turnbull, I, Pei, P, Chen, Y, Liu, J, Du, H, Sun, D, Yang, L, Barnard, M, Lv, J, Yu, C, Chen, J, Li, L, Chen, Z, Bragg, F

“…During the 12 years of follow-up, 101,673 participants were hospitalized for any infectious disease. …”

Metastatic pituitary tumors: an institutional case series by Yearley, Alexander G., Chalif, Eric J., Gupta, Saksham, Chalif, Joshua I., Bernstock, Joshua D., Nawabi, Noah, Arnaout, Omar, Smith, Timothy R., Reardon, David A., Laws, Edward R.

“…Median PFS and OS were 0.6 years (range 0.0-2.2) and 1.5 years (range 0.1–9.6) respectively upon development of metastases. …”
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