A mid-life health crisis : supplements for good health. by Toh, Hwee Ling.

“…The data is collected from 20 interviewees between the ages 30 to 60, with a representative percentage of the national ethnic division, in a period of three months from October 2009 to January 2010. An important finding is the challenges to their doctors’ opinions by seeking second opinions from friends and the Internet, as well as the link between gender and the propensity to consume health supplements, where men are more likely to reject supplements and women to consume them and encourage others to consume them regardless of their ethnicity.…”
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A study on whole life cycle of carbon emissions of buildings by Koh, Jia Woei

“…The findings revealed a growing emphasis on integrating LCA practices with Building Information Modelling (BIM) and showcased the variety of different LCA software and regional carbon calculators. …”
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The impact of psoriatic arthritis on quality of life: a systematic review by James, L, Hailey, L, Suribhatia, R, McGagh, D, Amarnani, R, Bundy, C, Kirtley, S, O'Sullivan, D, Steinkoenig, I, White, J, Vivekanantham, A, Coates, LC

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Results:</strong> The study included 37 comprehensive studies that examined the impact of PsA on QoL and physical function. The findings revealed that the impact of PsA extends to various aspects of life, including activities of daily living, physical, and emotional aspects, such as fatigue, sleep disturbance, anxiety and depression. …”

Halving premature death and improving quality of life at all ages by Norheim, OF, Chang, A, Bolongaita, S, Barraza-Lloréns, M, Jha, P, Lewington, S, Jamison, DT, Peto, R

“…For each sex, country, and year, probability of death was calculated from these life tables with 1-year age-specific mortality rates.…”

Improved life cycle assessment for desalination : handling the choices and uncertainties by Zhou, Jin

“…To examine the impacts by the choice of predefined life cycle impact assessment method on the result of desalination LCAs, a comparison study was carried out between a generic method and a regional specific method. …”
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Ideas of note : one man's philosophy of life on Post-Its / by Hutton, Chaz author 656343

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Measuring the predictability of life outcomes with a scientific mass collaboration by Salganik, Matthew J., Lundberg, Ian, Kindel, Alexander T., Ahearn, Caitlin E., Al-Ghoneim, Khaled, Almaatouq, Abdullah, Altschul, Drew M., Brand, Jennie E., Carnegie, Nicole Bohme, Compton, Ryan James, Datta, Debanjan, Davidson, Thomas, Filippova, Anna, Gilroy, Connor, Goode, Brian J., Jahani, Eaman, Kashyap, Ridhi, Kirchner, Antje, McKay, Stephen, Morgan, Allison C., Pentland, Alex, Polimis, Kivan, Raes, Louis, Rigobon, Daniel E., Roberts, Claudia V., Stanescu, Diana M., Suhara, Yoshihiko, Usmani, Adaner, Wang, Erik H., Adem, Muna, Alhajri, Abdulla, AlShebli, Bedoor, Amin, Redwane, Amos, Ryan B., Argyle, Lisa P., Baer-Bositis, Livia, Buchi, Moritz, Chung, Bo-Ryehn, Eggert, William, Faletto, Gregory, Fan, Zhilin, Freese, Jeremy, Gadgil, Tejomay, Gagne ́, Josh, Gao, Yue, Halpern-Manners, Andrew, Hashim, Sonia P., Hausen, Sonia, He, Guanhua, Higuera, Kimberly, Hogan, Bernie, Horwitz, Ilana M., Hummel, Lisa M., Jain, Naman, Jin, Kun, Jurgens, David, Kaminski, Patrick, Karapetyan, Areg, Kim, E. H., Leizman, Ben, Liu, Naijia, Moser, Malte, Mack, Andrew E., Mahajan, Mayank, Mandell, Noah, Marahrens, Helge, Mercado-Garcia, Diana, Mocz, Viola, Mueller-Gastell, Katariina, Musse, Ahmed, Niu, Qiankun, Nowak, William, Omidvar, Hamidreza, Or, Andrew, Ouyang, Karen, Pinto, Katy M., Porter, Ethan, Porter, Kristin E., Qian, Crystal, Rauf, Tamkinat, Sargsyan, Anahit, Schaffner, Thomas, Schnabel, Landon, Schonfeld, Bryan, Sender, Ben, Tang, Jonathan D., Tsurkov, Emma, van Loon, Austin, Varol, Onur, Wang, Xiafei, Wang, Zhi, Wang, Julia, Wang, Flora, Weissman, Samantha, Whitaker, Kirstie, Wolters, Maria K., Woon, Wei Lee, Wu, James, Wu, Catherine, Yang, Kengran, Yin, Jingwen, Zhao, Bingyu, Zhu, Chenyun, Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne, Engelhardt, Barbara E., Hardt, Moritz, Knox, Dean, Levy, Karen, Narayanan, Arvind, Stewart, Brandon M., Watts, Duncan J., McLanahan, Sara

“…How predictable are life trajectories? We investigated this question with a scientific mass collaboration using the common task method; 160 teams built predictive models for six life outcomes using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a high-quality birth cohort study. …”
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Stem Life: A Framework for Understanding the Prebiotic-Biotic Transition by Fournier, Gregory P.

“…In this new paradigm, extant life’s ancestral lineage emerged alongside and was dependent upon many other complex prebiotic chemical systems, as part of a diverse and fecund prebiosphere. …”
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The trend of life insurance industry in selected asian emerging economies. by Choi, Yan How., Chin, Zhi Liang.

“…This report studies the trend of life insurance industry in selected Asian emerging economies from 1988 to 2004, through analyzing the determinants of the demand for life insurance, both qualitatively and quantitatively. …”
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Antecedents of job and life satisfaction and the moderating role of employee engagement. by Lim, Estelle Yan Chun., Sia, Hwee Peng.

“…Psychological availability has further shown a positive association with life satisfaction. Employee engagement is found to be effective in moderating the relationship between psychological availability and life satisfaction; and that of distributive justice and job satisfaction. …”
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Thick thrills: because life's too short for skinny taste by Mehta Shivani

“…Through the exploration of real-life narratives and experiences, this paper seeks to underscore the pervasive lack of awareness and inclusivity towards individuals with smaller body types. …”
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Adding spice to life : the influence of spicy food on group behaviour by Luar, Shu Qi

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Judging with common sense: George Eliot's Romola and the exemplary life by Hayes, PR

Life history and demography of the predatory mite, Amblyseius longispinosus Evans by Ibrahim, Yusof, Palacio, Victoria B.

“…The life history and demography of Amblyseius longispinosus Evans were studied under laboratory conditions 25-28°C and 65-85% RH using the red form of the twospotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch complex as prey. …”
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The role of calcium dependent neurotransmission in axon path finding, myelination and maintenance of specified cortical projection neuron populations by Korrell, K

“…<p>The thesis examines the mechanisms involved in regulation of myelination during mammalian cortical development and the subsequent maintenance of the myelin in cortical projection neurons during adult life. Myelin in the central nervous system is produced by oligodendrocytes to ensure fast saltatory conduction of action potentials at the nodes of Ranvier, the gaps left by myelin. …”

Neural radiance selector: find the best 2D representations of 3D data for CLIP based 3D tasks by Yang, Xiaofeng, Liu, Fayao, Lin, Guosheng

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An Energy-Efficient 3D Point Neural Network Accelerator with Fine-grained LiDAR-SoC Pipeline Structure by Seo, Bokyoung, Jung, Jueun, Han, Donghyeon, Lee, Kyuho

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Effects of accelerated carbonation on fine incineration bottom ash: CO2 uptake, strength improvement, densification, and heavy metal immobilization by Sun, Xinlei, Xu, Bo, Yi, Yaolin

“…Due to the higher heavy metal contents, fine IBA can be removed from total IBA and treated separately to promote the use of IBA. …”
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Anisotropic conductive adhesive for micro joining in semiconductor interconnects application (solder alternative for fine pitch & environment friendly IC packaging) by Goh, Chin Foo

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How MIT’s Rad Lab rescued D-Day by Fine, Norman

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