Physically tailoring ion fluxes by introducing foamlike structures into polymeric membranes of solid contact ion-selective electrodes by Cheong, Yi Heng, Lisak, Grzegorz

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Interannual coral Δ14C records of surface water exchange across the Luzon Strait by Ramos, R. D., Goodkin, N. F., Druffel, E. R. M., Fan, T. Y., Siringan, F. P.

“…The mean amount of water exchanged across the straitfrom 1970 to 1999 was 2.2 Sv, ranging from−13.4 to 16 Sv, where a positive (negative) value indicates netflow into (out of) the SCS. A weaker East Asian Winter Monsoon increases the contribution of the SCSoutflow on the Kuroshio Intrusion‐dominated LS, while the El Niño–Southern Oscillation primarily drivesthe intrusion into the SCS. …”
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Increasing Dengue Incidence in Singapore over the Past 40 Years: Population Growth, Climate and Mobility by Struchiner, Claudio Jose, Rocklöv, Joacim, Wilder-Smith, Annelies, Massad, Eduardo

“…We used multivariable Poisson regression models with the following predictors: Annual Population Size; Aedes Premises Index; Mean Annual Temperature; Minimum and Maximum Temperature Recorded in each year; Annual Precipitation and Annual Number of Air Passengers arriving from dengue-endemic South-East Asia to Singapore. The relative risk (RR) of the increase in dengue incidence due to population growth over the study period was 42.7, while the climate variables (mean and minimum temperature) together explained an RR of 7.1 (RR defined as risk at the end of the time period relative to the beginning and goodness of fit associated with the model leading to these estimates assessed by pseudo-R2 equal to 0.83). …”
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Induced transtensional earthquakes after the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake in the compressional collision belt of western Taiwan by Lee, Timothy Ting-Yu, Chan, Chung-Han, Shyu, J. Bruce H., Wu, Yih-Min, Huang, Hsin-Hua

“…We used relocated seismicity and earthquake focal mechanisms to show that this sequence is likely occurred along a subsurface fault that strikes N10°W and dips 80° to the east, at depths greater than 5 km. A Coulomb stress change analysis also shows that this aftershock sequence were located in the area of stress increase due to the Chi-Chi earthquake. …”
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Evaluation of CareStart™ malaria HRP2/pLDH (Pf/PAN) combo rapid diagnostic test for diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum infection in malaria co-endemic areas in association with par... by Christian, M, Ekawati, LL, Pratama, AR, Cahyaningati, S, Bere, HK, Rustam, M, Kalbuadi, I, Andini, J, Yuliana, J, Fadilah, I, Ley, B, Thriemer, K, Price, RN, Sutanto, I, Baird, JK

“…Methods: Blood smears from patients who were screened for PRIMA Clinical Trial (Trial Registration Number: NCT03916003) conducted in East Sumba, Indonesia, and enrolled to its sub-study, ACROSS, were examined for microscopic examination and RDT using CareStart™ Malaria HRP2/pLDH (Pf/PAN) Combo (CareStart™ Pf/Pan RDT). …”

Addressing inequities in research for early to mid-career women scientists in low- and middle-income countries: “Supporting Women in Science” programme by Das, JK, Raza, M, Padhani, ZA, Hussain, NF, Villar, J, Kennedy, S, Bhutta, ZA

“…The Supporting Women in Science (SWIS) programme aims to address these barriers by enhancing research capacity among early- and mid-career women scientists from LMIC regions such as South-Central Asia and East Africa, in bespoke areas of health and health-related sustainable development goals (HHSDGs). …”

Combining detection dogs and camera traps improves minimally-invasive population monitoring for the cheetah, an elusive and rare large carnivore by Verschueren, S, Hofmann, T, Schmidt-Küntzel, A, Kakove, M, Munyandi, B, Bauer, H, Balkenhol, N, Leirs, H, Neumann, S, Cristescu, B, Marker, L

“…We surveyed a cheetah population within the Acacia savanna biome of central-east Namibia, employing various search strategies and camera trap configurations. …”

Serological cross-reactivity between Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus and Nairobi sheep disease virus glycoprotein C by Maze, EA, Booth, G, Limon, G, Belij-Rammerstorfer, S, Tchakarova, SR, Alexandrov, T, Browning, C, Wilsden, G, Ludi, AB, Charleston, B, Lambe, T

“…CCHFV and NSDV cocirculating in small ruminant populations across South Asia and East Africa. Cross-reactivity to viruses of the Orthonairovirus genus can potentially interfere with serological assays when employed for serosurveillance in regions where two or more genus members overlap in their distribution. …”

Associations between snoring, body mass index and coronary artery diseases: observational and mendelian randomization study in Asia by Zhu, Y, Lan, Y, Lv, J, Sun, D, Pei, P, Yang, L, Millwood, IY, Walters, RG, Chen, Y, Du, H, Wang, J, Yang, X, Stevens, R, Chen, J, Chen, Z, Li, L, Yu, C

“…We aimed to estimate the causal associations between snoring and CAD among East Asian people, and the effects independent of BMI. …”

PUERTO RICO : A NATIONAL HISTORY / by Meléndez Badillo, Jorell A., author 656083

“…This resulted in the proliferation of unsuccessful slave revolts and, in 1868, an insurrection that declared the Republic of Puerto Rico, which only lasted 48 hours. Puerto Rico's major regime change came in 1898 with the US occupation. …”
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Enhancement of photoacoustic imaging systems for biomedical applications by Sharma, Arunima

“…DL relies on supervised learning, i.e., the network gets trained on pre-defined dataset to solve practical problems on new data. In the last decade, there has been a surge in using DL al- gorithms for biomedical imaging. …”
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Evaluating the performance of agricultural tractor engine using cottonseed oil biodiesel by Adnan, Fattah Khalid, Muhamad, Mat Noor, Abdulrahman, Ribwar Kermanj, Badruddin, Irfan Anjum, Kamangar, Sarfaraz

“…The energy demand has been significantly increasing around the world in the last century. Conventional fossil fuels as one of the sources has been highly demanded due to its negative environmental effect. …”
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Gender systems in the Putin autocracy by Wood, Elizabeth A.

“…Over the last 23 years, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s autocracy has revealed a set of interlocking gender systems that have come to the fore particularly vividly since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. …”
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Identification of a humanized mouse model for functional testing of immune-mediated biomaterial foreign body response by Doloff, Joshua C, Ma, Minglin, Sadraei, Atieh, Tam, Hok Hei, Farah, Shady, Hollister-Lock, Jennifer, Vegas, Arturo J, Veiseh, Omid, Quiroz, Victor M, Rakoski, Amanda, Aresta-DaSilva, Stephanie, Bader, Andrew R, Griffin, Marissa, Weir, Gordon C, Brehm, Michael A, Shultz, Leonard D, Langer, Robert, Greiner, Dale L, Anderson, Daniel G

“…Foreign body giant cell formation, often unobserved in mice, was also prominent. Last, high-resolution microscopy coupled with multiplexed antibody capture digital profiling analysis supplied spatial resolution of rejection responses. …”
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Nipah: The history, and future, of one of the world’s most lethal viruses by Viveros, Alex Gabriel

“…Researchers have spent the last two decades studying the virus’ transmission in bats and how the virus spills over into humans. …”
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Illusory visual motion stimulus elicits postural sway in migraine patients by Imaizumi, Shu, Honma, Motoyasu, Hibino, Haruo, Koyama, Shinichi

“…These results suggest that static visual stimuli with illusory motion can induce postural sway that may last for at least 30 s in patients with migraine.…”
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Terahertz spectroscopy by Chen, Lili

“…Limitations associated with this experiment were also discussed, with the main component being the lack of cryogenic cooling to reduce the THz absorption and attenuation by the water vapor. Last but not the least, recommendations for the future research in order to improve the THz signal conversion efficiency were given. …”
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Experimental investigations on heat and mass transfer performances of a liquid desiccant cooling and dehumidification system by Ou, Xianhua, Cai, Wenjian, He, Xiongxiong, Zhai, Deqing

“…The last decades have witnessed the growth interest in Liquid Desiccant Dehumidification Systems (LDDS). …”
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Simulation of Organic Rankine Cycle - quasi-steady state vs dynamic approach for optimal economic performance by Pili, Roberto, Romagnoli, Alessandro, Jiménez-Arreola, Manuel, Spliethoff, Hartmut, Wieland, Christoph

“…Computer-based simulations of Organic Rankine Cycles (ORC) have been extensively used in the last two decades to predict the behaviour of existing plants or already in the design phase. …”
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Risk breeds risk aversion by He, Tai-Sen, Hong, Fuhai

“…In the first six rounds, subjects were randomly assigned to a high-, moderate-, or low-risk environment, which differed in the variances of the lotteries they were exposed to. In the last six rounds, subjects in all treatments made decisions on an identical set of lotteries. …”
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