The (lack of) distortionary effects of proxy-means tests: Results from a nationwide experiment in Indonesia by Banerjee, Abhijit, Hanna, Rema, Olken, Benjamin A., Sumarto, Sudarno

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Active learning for optimal intervention design in causal models by Zhang, Jiaqi, Cammarata, Louis, Squires, Chandler, Sapsis, Themistoklis P., Uhler, Caroline

“…Here we develop a causal active learning strategy to identify interventions that are optimal, as measured by the discrepancy between the post-interventional mean of the distribution and a desired target mean. …”
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Stock prediction using support vector regression by Manasa, Abburu.

“…Gaps to be filled were identified and suggestions for future improvements have been made.…”
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Efficacy of Wolbachia-mediated sterility to reduce the incidence of dengue: a synthetic control study in Singapore by Lim, Jue Tao, Bansal, Somya, Chong, Chee Seng, Dickens, Borame, Ng, Youming, Deng, Lu, Lee, Caleb, Tan, Li Yun, Chain, Grace, Ma, Pei, Sim, Shuzhen, Tan, Cheong Huat, Cook, Alex R., Ng, Lee Ching

“…We evaluated the efficacy of releasing wAlbB-infected A aegypti male mosquitoes to suppress dengue incidence. Methods: In this synthetic control study, we conducted large-scale field trials in Singapore involving release of wAlbB-infected A aegypti male mosquitoes for dengue control via vector population suppression, from epidemiological week (EW) 27, 2018, to EW 26, 2022. …”
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Development of earth-abundant copper photosensitizers for artificial photosynthesis by Ng, Yik Yie

“…A series of bis(arylimino)acenaphthene (Ar-BIAN) CuI complexes have been synthesized in three or fewer steps. A comprehensive study of their electrochemical and spectroscopic properties has been performed. …”
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Open-RadVLAD: fast and robust radar place recognition by Gadd, M, Newman, P

“…Code and detailed results are provided at github.com/mttgdd/open-radvlad, as an open implementation and benchmark for future work in this area. We achieve a mean of 89.35% and median of 91.52% in Recall@1, outstripping the mean of 68.56% and median of 69.55% for the only other open implementation, RaPlace, and at a fraction of its computational cost (relying on fewer integral transforms e.g. …”

Anti-leukaemic and chemotherapy supportive effects of berberis vulgaris l. Fruit crude extract on in vitro and in vivo models by Saedi, Tayebeh Azam

“…However, herbal therapy is considered to have fewer side effects. Hence, the used of Berberis vulgaris crude extract (BVFCE) in treating leukaemia is highlighted. …”
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Sustaining antimicrobial stewardship in a high-antibiotic resistance setting by Ng, Tat Ming, Heng, Shi Thong, Chua, Boon Hou, Ang, Li Wei, Tan, Sock Hoon, Tay, Hui Lin, Yap, Min Yi, Quek, Jason, Teng, Christine B., Young, Barnaby Edward, Lin, Ray, Ang, Brenda, Lee, Tau Hong, Lye, David C.

“…After intervention 2, there were-0.22 (95% CI,-0.33 to-0.10) fewer DDDs per 1000 patient-days per month of piperacillin-tazobactam and carbapenems and-2.10 (95% CI,-3.13 to-1.07) fewer DDDs per 1000 patient-days per month for other broad-spectrum antibiotics. …”
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Tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy versus non‐surgical treatment for chronic/recurrent acute tonsillitis by Burton, MJ, Glasziou, PP, Chong, LY, Venekamp, RP

“…However, statistical heterogeneity was significant. The pooled mean difference for number of days with sore throat in a follow‐up period of about six months was 10.6 days fewer in favour of the group receiving surgery (95% CI 5.8 fewer to 15.8 fewer; low quality evidence). …”

Imagining post-fossil tourism mobilities with Norwegian tourists by Hopkins, D, Landa-Mata, I, Kr Steen Jacobsen, J, Farstad, E, Higham, J

“…Sustainable mobility has become a catch-all term to describe forms, modes, policies and practices of mobility that are thought to have a lower environmental footprint and/or fewer social exclusions than the contemporary mobility system which is reliant on fossil fuels and private ownership. …”

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

“…Costs of delayed discharges were estimated using unit costs from national databases.Mean age at admission was 85.5 years and mean length of stay was 13.1 days per patient. …”

Characterizing Speech Motor Pattern in Minimally Verbal Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder via Surface Electromyography by Protyasha, Nishat Fahmida

“…Features such as Root Mean Square (RMS) values, Pearson correlation coefficients, and eigenvalues from auto and cross correlation matrices were extracted to measure muscle activation and coordination complexity. …”
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Seventy Years of Marriage and Family Law in China: Achievements, Challenges and Prospects by Guo, Q

“…Despite the achievements made, great challenges remain since the 21st century, especially the difficulties in family formation and maintenance; population aging with fewer children; application of assisted reproductive technology; and prevalence of divorce, remarriage, and cohabitation. …”

A feed-centric hypoglycaemia pathway ensures appropriate care escalation in at-risk infants by Chandran, Suresh, Siew, Jia Xuan, Rajadurai, Victor Samuel, Lim, Rachel Wei Shan, Chua, Mei Chien, Yap, Fabian

“…Compared with GCP, FCP reduced the total duration of stay in SCN by 104 days per annum, reducing the cost of care. However, the mean length of SCN stay for FCP was higher (GCP:2.43 days vs FCP:3.49 days; p=0.001). …”
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Tablets, Pens, and Pencils: The Influence of Tools on Sketching in Early Stage Design by Das, Madhurima, Huang, May, Yang, Maria C

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X-Ray Computed Tomography Study of the Microstructure of Superconducting MgB 2 Bulks by Wang, Y, Grovenor, C, Speller, S, Shollock, B, Mousavi, T

“…MgB2 is a promising candidate for commercial superconducting applications because, as grain boundaries in MgB2 are not weak links, there are fewer limitations on the choice of processing technique compared to high-temperature superconducting (HTS) cuprates. …”

Hadamard transform-based calibration method for programmable optical filters based on digital micro-mirror device by Kang, Jian, Li, Xiang, Liu, Quan

“…The spectral tuning accuracy is evaluated by calculating the relative root mean square error (RMSE) between the synthesized transmittance spectrum and the target spectrum. …”
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Exploring TNFi drug-levels and anti-drug antibodies during tapering among patients with inflammatory arthritis: secondary analyses from the randomised BIODOPT trial by Uhrenholt, L, Sørensen, MER, Lauridsen, KB, Duch, K, Dreyer, L, Christensen, R, Hauge, E-M, Loft, AG, Rasch, MNB, Horn, HC, Taylor, PC, Nielsen, KR, Kristensen, S

“…Disease activity was equivalent between groups at 18 months, mean difference: RA − 0.06 (95% CI − 0.44 to 0.33), PsA 0.03 (95% CI − 0.36 to 0.42), and axSpA 0.16 (− 0.17 to 0.49), equivalence margins ± 0.5 disease activity points. …”

Inhibition of endoplasmic reticulum stress using 4-phenyl butyrate mitigates osteoporosis in a mouse model of hindlimb suspension by Al-Daghestani, Hiba Saad Subhi

“…We aimed to investigate the impact of ER stress on OP, and the effect of 4-PBA, as an ER stress inhibitor in the HLS mouse with OP. 21 male C57BL/6J mice were randomly divided into three groups namely: ground-based controls, untreated HLS group, and HLS treated with 4-PBA via intra-peritoneal injections at 100mg/kg/d for 21 days. …”
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Evaporation and crystallisation of saline droplet with surfactant on smooth surfaces by Wong, Dennis Kin Wai

“…It is interesting to note that at CTAB concentrations of 0.04 mM and 0.2 mM, fewer crystals were observed on the ITO glass substrate compared to the silicon wafer substrate. …”
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