Evaluation of rabies awareness and the population dynamics of free-roaming and owned dogs in Herat city, Afghanistan by Nasiry, Zabihullah

“…Although the dog density is considered low, the dog bites rate and economic costs are considerable, so it still warrants caution since a proportion of the population is not well-versed about dogs and their importance of them in the transmission of zoonotic diseases like rabies. The information generated by this research can help to identify considerations for the design and implementation of dogs and rabies control programs.…”
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Transcriptome analysis of ischemic stroke recovery induced by neural stem cell preconditioned with baicalein-enriched fraction of oroxylum indicum by Satar, Asmaa’ Mohd

“…The key regulated pathways such as cAMP signaling pathway, Toll-like receptor signaling pathway, B-cell receptor signaling pathway and Fc gamma R-mediated phagocytosis were associated with the improvement of neurological behavior in the ischemic stroke rat model. …”
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Savings and Investment Behaviour of the Consumer of Financial Services and Their Service Expectations from Banks (S/O 12349) by Ahmad, Nor Hayati, Saha, Asish, Eam, Lim Hock, Katib, Mohamed Nasser, Musa, Muhammad Muhaizam, Yeok, Siew Goh

“…Other self-perceived factors like market price and infrastructure have a significant and negative impact on the saving in physical assets. …”
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Sociospatial reframing of walking through inclusive streets and urban heritage by Wang, Yongcheng

“…The meta-narrative review identified six research traditions, namely the ecological model, the new mobilities paradigm, heritage discourse, public life, rhythmanalysis and space syntax. While it was beyond the scope of this thesis to utilise methods of all these research traditions, synthesising respective narratives provided for a roadmap for the other research modules against a unified discourse of heritage for urban and transport planning. …”
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发达地区失地老人养老支持体系内卷化及其突破 — 基于苏州市的个案研究 = The involution of the eldercare system for the landless elderly in China’s developed regions : a case study based on Suzhou municipality... by 叶继红 Ye Jihong, 占少华 Zhan Shaohua

“…This article, based on an analysis of a “rural to residential”community in Suzhou Municipality, Jiangsu Province, finds that land acquisition has generated a strong impact on the life and pension style of the landless elderly. The old people who lost their land are provided with a basic pension and medical coverage under the scheme of “land for security”. …”
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Conservation of red blood cell signalling in Plasmodium merozoite invasion by Yong, James Jia Ming

“…Merozoite invasion by Plasmodium parasites is a key stage of the parasite life cycle and requires specific ligand and receptor interactions between the merozoite and the RBC. …”
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南洋与没有历史的人民 : 苗秀小说中的底层华人= Nanyang and the people without history: a study of the lower-class Chinese people in Miao Xiu's novels by 李泓诺 Li, Hongnuo

“…His novels, novellas, and novel collections, depict the hardships of the lower-class Chinese characters under the British colonial rule in the 1950s and the pathetic life of people during World War II. The lower-class characters included the anti-Japanese fighters, pick pocketers, secret society members, prostitutes, and intellectuals. …”
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牛车水的塑造：政治活动中华人的自主性和殖民管治 = The shaping of Chinatown: relationship of Chinese agency and colonial governance in political activities by 蔡晓欣 Choi, Irene Hiu Yan

“…The Chinese established their life at the area, at the same time shaped the area through their activities, the colonial government also partipated in the continuous and long process of shaping Chinatown. …”
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Spatial filtering of interlayer exciton ground state in WSe2/MoS2 heterobilayer by Chen, Disheng, Dini, Kevin, Rasmita, Abdullah, Huang, Zumeng, Tan, Qinghai, Cai, Hongbing, He, Ruihua, Miao, Yansong, Liew, Timothy Chi Hin, Gao, Weibo

“…Long-life interlayer excitons (IXs) in transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) heterostructure are promising for realizing excitonic condensates at high temperatures. …”
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论李世民音乐政治观对儒家礼乐思想的继承和转化 = A study on Li Shimin music-politics: inheritance and transformation of Confucian ritual and music thought by 许惠佳 Koh, Hwee Kay

“…In keeping with this, there already exists extensive study and coverage on Li Shimin’s life and reign. However, the emphasis of most research works were on his politico-economic contributions and his cultural contributions remain largely understated, in particular the area of his Music-politics thought, which played a significant role during his governance. …”
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The role of filamentous phage in the development of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms by Manisha Mukherjee

“…Pf4, a filamentous phage of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1, has been shown to contribute significantly to the biofilm life-cycle, including the formation of small colony variants, biofilm cell death, biofilm stability and virulence in a mouse model. …”
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Multilevel converter-based grid-connected energy storage systems by Deng, Han

“…The unbalancing of the State of Charge (SoC) of batteries may cause the overcharge or over discharge problems and may influence the variance in batteries life time. Therefore, the SoC balancing control is also indispensable. …”
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Negotiating shared spaces in informal peri-urban settlements in North India: collaborative architectural making as a catalyst for civic empowerment and social change by Tang, Bo

“…The study concludes with suggestions on how the notion of cooperative place-making might be applied in other situations of rapid change and scarce resources where architect, NGO and local population might collaborate to provide shared infrastructure and community facilities, creating opportunities for improving livelihoods and the quality of life within informal peri-urban settlements in North India. …”
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Talking careers: using interviews with learner stakeholders to understand the graduate outcome gap. Stakeholder internal report. Autumn 2024. by Conroy, Dom, Poku, Mary-Jane, Patel, Jade, Diop, Leah, Huda, Nahid, Benn, Jade, Olasope, Awesome

“…A growing body of evidence associates these discrepancies with structural racism in educational contexts and areas of university life (McGee, 2020; Razack & Naidu, 2022; Ugiagbe-Green & Ernsting, 2022). …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Feigin, VL, Abate, MD, Abate, YH, Bandyopadhyay, S, Bennett, DA, Lacey, B, Newton, CRJ

“…<p><b>Methods</b></p> We estimated incidence, prevalence, death, and disability-adjusted life-year (DALY) counts and age-standardised rates per 100 000 people per year for overall stroke, ischaemic stroke, intracerebral haemorrhage, and subarachnoid haemorrhage, for 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2021. …”

Epidemiology of endometriosis in women of Arab ancestry by Mousa, M

“…Under the following initiative, the Middle Eastern Women Research Association: the MAR’A project, the study aimed to investigate for the first time in women of Arab ancestry: (1) Associations of symptomatology, risk factors, phenotypic profile, and comorbidities with endometriosis (2) Assess the impact of endometriosis on health-related quality of life (HRQoL), work productivity, activity impairment, physical activity, and diagnostic delay (3) Conduct a candidate gene association study (CGAS) on variants in wingless-type MMTV integration site family member 4 (WNT4) and the Vezatin (VEZT) in women with endometriosis.…”

A type of novel energy harvesting device by Deng, J

“…However, these traditional energy sources are impractical for powering wireless devices due to their inherent limitations, e.g., the high setup cost of wiring power and the finite life span of batteries. In view of these facts, more attentions have been drawn on vibration energy sources existing in ambient environment where sensors operate. …”

Early adulthood BMI and cardiovascular disease: a prospective cohort study from the China Kadoorie Biobank by Chen, Y, Yu, W, Lv, J, Sun, D, Pei, P, Du, H, Yang, L, Chen, Y, Zhang, H, Chen, J, Chen, Z, Li, L, Yu, C

“…Our findings suggest early adulthood as an important time to focus on weight management and obesity prevention for cardiovascular health later in life.</p> <br> <p><strong>Funding:</strong> National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Key Research and Development Program of China, Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, Kadoorie Charitable Foundation, and the Wellcome Trust.…”

Effectiveness of health education intervention based on health belief model among elderly women in Urmia, Iran by Iranagh, Jamileh Amirzadeh

“…Therefore, group-based nutrition and physical activity education could be an alternative solution, as it promotes favourable improvement on the conditions of the elderly with sedentary life style.…”
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Factors associated with body weight status and internet addiction among malaysian university students in Penang: mixed method study before and during covid-19 pandemic by Isaac, Nesamalar

“…Thirty-six students were subjected to a focus group discussion where they were motivated to share their experience in internet-related activities, the effect of internet usage on their significant aspects of life and the experience of withdrawal symptoms while trying to limit their online activity. …”
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