Comparison of models to predict incident chronic liver disease: a systematic review and external validation in Chinese adults by Cong, X, Song, S, Li, Y, Song, K, MacLeod, C, Cheng, Y, Lv, J, Yu, C, Sun, D, Pei, P, Yang, L, Chen, Y, Millwood, I, Wu, S, Yang, X, Stevens, R, Chen, J, Chen, Z, Li, L, Kartsonaki, C, Pang, Y

“…We aimed to systematically review CLD prediction models, meta-analyze their performance, and externally validate them in 0.5 million Chinese adults in the China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB). …”

Evaluating geospatial accuracy for equity analyses: a case study of the U.S. National Bridge Inventory by Gandy, CA, Kang, X, Ritsch, N, Armanios, DE

“…Phase 2 focuses on potential ways to correct locational mismatches. We find that a 30.5 m (100 ft) buffer and Thiessen polygons provide the greatest improvements in matching accuracy in the NBI record over point coordinates. …”

Adjustable wind selectivity in shearwaters implies knowledge of the foraging landscape by Harris, S, Bishop, C, Bond, S, Fernandes, P, Guilford, T, Lewin, P, Padget, O, Robins, P, Schneider, W, Waggitt, J, Wilmes, S, Cordes, L

“…Many seabirds, for example, are adapted to use winds to travel long distances at low energetic cost1,2,3 but also potentially benefit from targeting specific foraging hotspots.4,5,6 To investigate how an animal makes foraging decisions, given the inevitable trade-off between these factors, we tracked over 600 foraging trips of breeding Manx shearwaters (Puffinus puffinus; N = 218 individuals) using GPS accelerometers. …”

A feline model of spontaneously occurring autoimmune limbic encephalitis by Glantschnigg-Eisl, U, Klang, A, Kneissl, S, Lang, B, Waters, P, Irani, SR, Binks, SNM, Pakozdy, A

“…We delineate their clinical and paraclinical features as well as long-term outcomes up to 5 years. <br> Similar to human cases, most cats with LGI1-antibodies had a history of focal seizures (83%), clustering in the majority (88%), with interictal behavioural changes (73%). …”

The Urgency Numeric Rating Scale: Psychometric Evaluation in Adults with Crohn’s Disease by Dubinsky, M, Vadhariya, A, Su, S, Zhou, X, Durand, F, Clucas, C, Stassek, L, Kawata, AK, Travis, S

“…It was sensitive to change, as Urgency NRS improvements during the trial differed between most PGRS change and PGIC categories. A 3–5-point reduction on the Urgency NRS represented meaningful improvement and a score of ≤ 2 represented remission. …”

Asymmetric syntheses of polyhydroxylated 1-hydroxymethylpyrrolizidines by Brambilla, M

“…</p> <p><b>Chapter 4</b> discusses studies into the aldol reaction of β-amino enolates derived from two differently substituted α,β-unsaturated esters culminating in the asymmetric syntheses of the four 1-hydroxymethyl-2-hydroxypyrrolizidines, (-)-macronecine, (-)-1-<em>epi</em>-macronecine, (-)-petasinecine and (-)-1-<em>epi</em>-petasinecine, and the 1-hydroxymethyl-2,7-dihydroxypyrrolizidine (-)-2-<em>epi</em>-rosmarinecine. </p> <p><b>Chapter 5</b> contains full experimental procedures and characterisation data for all compounds synthesised in Chapters 2, 3, and 4.…”

Sociodemographic characteristics, dietary intake, and body image dissatisfaction among Saudi adolescent girls by Bahathig, Abeer Ahmad, Abu Saad, Hazizi, Md Yusop, Nor Baizura, Mohd Sukri, Nurul Husna, El-Din, Maha M. Essam

“…Most girls had BID (81.5), and 51.4 desired to lose weight. BMI was positively correlated with age and current BI (p<0.001) and negatively associated with dairy product intake (p=0.004) and desired BI (p<0.001). …”
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Morphological study and performance deterioration of sustainable lignocellulosic corn fiber biocomposites by AL-Oqla, Faris M., Sapuan, S.M.

“…It was demonstrated that the modulus of elasticity was 5.87 GPa due to acids at 20wt. % fiber content, while that for the same fiber content due to sodium chloride was 6.88 GPa. …”

A 12-week Taijiquan practice improves balance control and functional fitness in fall-prone postmenopausal women by Bai, Xiaorong, Xiao, Wensheng, Soh, Kim Geok, Zhang, Yang

“…Participants in the Taijiquan group improved their one-leg stand by 61.0% (+2.5 s, Hedge’s g = 0.85), arm curl by 8.3% (+1.7 repetitions, g = 0.53), handgrip strength by 8.3% (+1.9 kg, g = 0.65), and sit-and-reach by 163.2% (+6.2 cm, g = 1.17). …”
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Antibacterial effect of ethanolic Gnetum gnemon L. leaf extract on food-borne pathogens and its application as a natural preservative on raw quail eggs by Trisha, Mansura Rahman, Deavyndra Gunawan, Vyenna, Wong, Jun Xian, Pak Dek, Mohd Sabri, Rukayadi, Yaya

“…The inhibition zone in WDA ranged from 11.00 ± 0.57–13.50 ± 0.58 mm, MIC ranged from 6.25 to 50.00 mg/mL, and MBC values were between 12.5 and >50 mg/mL. Results from the time-kill study showed that at 4 × MIC Bacillus pumilus and B. megaterium were completely killed in 1 h incubation time and other bacteria were killed within 2–4 h. …”
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First records of diurnal and nocturnal predatory birds from artificial hunting perch trials in oil palm plantations by Tohiran, Kamil, Nasir, Dzulhelmi Muhammad, Burhanuddin, Maisarah, Nobilly, Frisco, Zulkifli, Raja, Moslim, Ramle, Yahya, Muhammad Syafiq, Norhisham, Ahmad Razi, Lechner, Alex M., Azhar, Badrul

“…In a 24 h period, bird visits to artificial perches peaked between 10:00 am and 5:30 pm. Our findings suggest that artificial bird perches can facilitate the occurrence of diurnal and nocturnal predatory birds in oil palm plantations to control rodent infestation. …”

Fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) among school children in Java and Sumatra, Indonesia: associations with respiratory symptoms, house dust mite sensitization and the home envi... by Norbäck, Dan, Hashim, Jamal Hisham, Hashim, Zailina, Jalaludin, Juliana, Ismail, Rohaida, Wieslander, Gunilla, Wispriyono, Bambang, Sary, Lolita, Pratama, Satria, Sari, Meliana, Sisinta, Tiaraima, Putra, Hondli, Perdana, Agung Aji, Muhani, Nova, Lestari, Sri Maria Puji, Wulandari, Ririn, Nurmala, Eliza Eka

“…Moreover, 20 students (5.3%) had diagnosed asthma, 38 (10.0%) had current wheeze, and 107 (28.2%) had current rhinitis. …”
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Managing phosphorus : under acid soils environment by Musa, Mohamed Hanafi

“…The major export contributors (54.5% of total agricultural exports) are oil palm, rubber, cocoa, tea, and pepper crops which are planted in the estate and sub-estate sectors. …”
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Influence of dried Bacillus subtilis and lactobacilli cultures on intestinal microflora and performance in broilers by Jin, L.Z., Ho, Y.W., Abdullah, N., Jalaludin, S.

“…Chicks in treatment 1 were fed a basal diet (Starter feed) (control); treatment 2, a basal diet + 0.1% B. subtilis culture; treatment 3, a basal diet + 0.2% lactobacilli culture in the feed; and treatment 4, a basal diet + 5 g lactobacilli in the drinking water. The viable bacterial counts for each treatment were approximately 109 cells/kg feed. …”
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Enzymatic transesterification of palm olein with nonspecific and 1,3-specific lipases by Ghazali, H.M., Hamidah, S., Che Man, Y.B.

“…In all cases, the transesterification process resulted in the formation of PPP, a TG initially undetected in the oil, and increases in the concentrations of OOO (1.3–2.1-fold), OOL (1.7–4.5-fold), and OLL (1.7–4.3-fold), where P, O, and L are palmitic, oleic, and linoleic acids, respectively. …”

Structural investigation, computational analysis, and theoretical cryoprotectant approach of antifreeze protein type IV mutants by Eskandari, Azadeh, Leow, Thean Chor, Abdul Rahman, Mohd Basyaruddin, Oslan, Siti Nurbaya

“…The primary, secondary, and 3D modeling analysis showed the best model for a redesigned antifreeze protein (AFP1mb, with afp1m in place of the fourth AFPIV helix) with a QMEAN (Swiss-Model) Z score value of 0.36, a confidence of 99.5%, a coverage score of 22%, and a p value of 0.01. …”

Heavy metals distribution in mangrove leaves in various sudanese coastal zones at the red sea by Mohammad Khalil, Rabha Khalil, Solangi, Kashif Ali, Alhassan, Abdullahi Bala, Khan, Waseem Razzaq, Aljahdali, Mohammed Othman

“…The higher concentration of heavy metals in mangrove leaves increased as Ba was 1.1 mg/kg in the EG north region. While Ti (0.5 mg/kg) and Sr (2.80 mg/kg) higher concentrations were recorded in AM and EK, respectively, in the south area than in the other experimental sites. …”
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Effect of fruit maturity on the quality and acceptability of guava purée by Yusof, Salmah, Mohamed, Suhaila, Abu Bakar, Abdullah

“…A study was conducted to determine the characteristics of guava fruits and the purée obtained from fruits at six stages of maturity, i.e. stage 1: fruits 14 weeks after inception; stage 2: 15 weeks after inception; stage 3: 16 weeks after inception; stage 4: fruits artificially ripened in 1000 ppm ethylene for 1 1 2 days; stage 5: similar fruits ripened for 2 1 2 days in ethylene; stage 6: similar fruits ripened for 3 days in ethylene. …”
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Effectiveness of the stroke e-learning module on Malaysian doctors’ knowledge of acute ischaemic stroke management by Albart, Stephenie Ann, Yusof Khan, Abdul Hanif Khan, Abdul Rashid, Aneesa, Wan Zaidi, Wan Asyraf, Looi, Irene, Kee, Hoo Fan

“…The paired t-test revealed statistically significant improvement for the ASM knowledge scores (mean difference = 2.5; 95% CI: 1.8, 3.2; P < 0.001). The baseline proportion of participants with good knowledge of GSK, HSM and ASM were 92.4%, 64.9%, and 76%, respectively. …”
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Off-farm employment and spatial distribution of paddy farmers in integrated agricultural development area in north-west Selangor determined using GIS by Lokman, Eleanor Daniella

“…Results shows The middle age group of 41-50 years old, SPM holders, have less than 5ha of paddy field and earn RM3,500 monthly of paddy farmers who are the majority to join off-farm employment. …”
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