Exploiting diffusion prior for real-world image super-resolution by Wang, Jianyi, Yue, Zongsheng, Zhou, Shangchen, Chan, Kelvin C. K., Loy, Chen Change

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Sinda tutorials for enhanced performance an evaluation of a self-help group's programme by Kannan Kalidasan, Ponmudi Guruswamy, Shanthi Sivaperumal

“…The recommendations are listed in the relevant chapters. In all, the STEP programme is seen to be progressing in the right direction, in line with its aims.…”
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Mechanistic insights into the membrane fouling mechanism during ultrafiltration of high-concentration proteins via in-situ electrical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) by Tanudjaja, Henry Jonathan, Ng, Angie Qi Qi, Chew, Jia Wei

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Metabolic health status and fecundability in a Singapore preconception cohort study by Loy, See Ling, Chan, Daniel Wei Keong, Ku, Chee Wai, Cheung, Yin Bun, Godfrey, Keith M., Tan, Karen Mei Ling, Chong, Yap-Seng, Shek, Lynette Pei-Chi, Tan, Kok Hian, Chan, Shiao-Yng, Chan, Jerry Kok Yen, Yap, Fabian

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Bayesian optimization enhanced deep reinforcement learning for trajectory planning and network formation in multi-UAV networks by Gong, Shimin, Wang, Meng, Gu, Bo, Zhang, Wenjie, Hoang, Dinh Thai, Niyato, Dusit

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A Performance Analysis between Conventional and Shariah Private Retirement Scheme in Malaysia (S/O 14551) by Sofi, Mohd Fikri

“…The same incentive could be widened to all stages of life in accordance to different focus of funds, namely conservative, moderate, and growth categories…”
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Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of smoking tobacco use and attributable disease burden in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis... by Reitsma, M. B., Kendrick, P. J., Ababneh, E., Abbafati, C., Abbasi-Kangevari, M., Abdoli, A., Abedi, A., Abhilash, E. S., Abila, D. B., Aboyans, V., Abu-Rmeileh, N. M., Adebayo, O. M., Advani, S. M., Aghaali, M., Ahinkorah, B. O., Ahmad, S., Ahmadi, K., Ahmed, H., Aji, B., Akunna, C. J., Al-Aly, Z., Alanzi, T. M., Alhabib, K. F., Ali, L., Alif, S. M., Alipour, V., Aljunid, S. M., Alla, F., Allebeck, P., Alvis-Guzman, N., Amin T. T., Amini, S., Amu, H., Amul, G. G. H., Ancuceanu, R., Anderson, J. A., Ansari-Moghaddam, A., Antonio, C. A. T., Antony, B., Anvari, D., Arabloo, J., Arian, N. D., Arora, M., Asaad, M., Ausloos, M., Awan, A. T., Ayano, G., Aynalem, G. L., Azari, S., B, D.B., Badiye, A. D., Baig, A. A., Bakhshaei, M. H., Banach, M., Banik, P.C., Barker-Collo, S. L., Bärnighausen, T. W., Barqawi, H. J., Basu, S., Bayati, M., Bazargan-Hejazi, S., Behzadifar, M., Bekuma, T. T., Bennett, D. A., Bensenor, I. M., Berfield, K. S. S., Bhagavathula, A. S., Bhardwaj, N., Bhardwaj, P., Bhattacharyya, K., Bibi, S., Bijani, A., Bintoro, B. S., Biondi, A., Birara, S., Braithwaite, D., Brenner, H., Brunoni, A. R., Burkart, K., Butt, Z. A., Caetano dos Santos, F. L., Car, Josip, Cárdenas, R., Carreras, G., Carrero, J. J., Castaldelli-Maia, J. M., Cattaruzza, M. S. S., Chang, J. C., Chen, S., Chu, D. T., Chung, S. C., Cirillo, M., Costa, V. M., Couto, R. A. S., Dadras, O., Dai, X., Damasceno, A. A. M., Damiani, G., Dandona, L.

“…Substantial progress in reducing the prevalence of smoking tobacco use has been observed in countries from all regions and at all stages of development, but a large implementation gap remains for tobacco control. …”
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Influences of surface charges and gap width between p-type and n-type semiconductors on charge pumping by Deng, Shuo, Xu, Ran, Li, Min, Li, Lijie, Wang, Zhong Lin, Zhang, Qing

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English newspaper coverage of financial education on old age savings by Ng, Chooi Fun

“…Through this study, the findings could be used (1) as input to enhance policy making decisions in terms of setting, adopting and implementing a standardized FE Curriculum for adult Malaysians, (2) as a basis to improve the cooperation between various stakeholders and FE on OAS Providers, (3) to support the financial education initiatives to include all segments of adult Malaysians facing different financial circumstance and preparing for different life goals and finally (4) to increase awareness on the need to expand the current initiatives undertaken by Malaysian newspapers to include all relevant FE on OAS Themes, FE on OAS Providers, all segment of population using various methods of presenting the contents in the articles. …”
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Breast cancer prevention as social behavior : integrating individual and social motivators behind early breast cancer detection amongst Chinese women by Wang, Yumeng

“…Among the social-level predictors, social encouragement was significantly and positively associated with all three behavioral intentions, while media encouragement was found to be positively related to Chinese women’s breast self-examination intention and healthy lifestyle intention. …”
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Examining the antecedents of medical tourists use of social media from the standpoint of self-efficacy by Balouchi, Mina, Aziz, Yuhanis Abdul

“…According to the structural model analysis results, with the exception of social persuasion (SP), all of the proposed factors were significant sources of self-efficacy.The findings can assist medical tourism providers in optimising online searches for medical travel information, as well as medical tourism destination marketers in directing the tourism providers' marketing efforts towards the use of social media to target potential medical tourists more efficiently and on a larger scale.This study is being conducted in response to a significant knowledge gap in identifying the factors that influence medical tourists' online behaviour. …”

The mediating role of halal supply chain integrity in enhancing performance for halal herbal-based food SMEs by Rajendran, Salini Devi, Kamarulzaman, Nitty Hirawaty, Abd Rahman, Azmawani

“…Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to analyze the data and test the hypotheses. Findings – The findings showed that supply chain integration (SCI), Islamic human capital and HSCI have a significant relationship with SMEs’ performance. …”
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They acclaimed, I used: an investigation of traveller’s behavioural intention to use YouTube shorts for selection of ecotourism destination by Sharma, Nidhi, Arora, Nilesh

“…Partial least square structural equational modelling (PLS-SEM) was utilised for data analysis. Findings: The results showed a positive significant relationship between all the constructs of IAM. …”

Plan Implementation Challenges in a Shrinking City: A Conformance Evaluation of Youngstown’s (OH) Comprehensive Plan With a Subsequent Zoning Code by Ryan, Brent D., Gao, Shuqi

“…Translating comprehensive plan ideas into zoning regulations may be subject to political, social, economic, and legal forces that limit plan enactment. These findings may apply to all cases where comprehensive plans require translation into zoning regulations for implementation. …”
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Three essays on corporate finance by Fu, Kangkang

“…Overall, our findings imply that being environmentally responsible can enhance firms’ debt capacity and improve the availability of bank credit. …”
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A correlational study between creative thinking ability and the performance of open-ended science investigations for secondary two female students by Md. Shahrin K.S. Moorthy.

“…The study was conducted with only secondary two female students as the researcher intended to use the findings in his current assignment in an all-girls Independent school.…”
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Global fertility in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2021, with forecasts to 2100: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Bhattacharjee, NV, Schumacher, AE, Aali, A, Almidani, O, Bandyopadhyay, S, Graham, SM, Lacey, BWH, Maude, RJ, Runghien, T, Rodriguez, JAB

“…<p><b>Interpretation</b></p> Fertility is declining globally, with rates in more than half of all countries and territories in 2021 below replacement level. …”

Adverse events of common psychiatric medications: an umbrella review by Bartellas, K

“…A quality analysis was performed on included reviews using the AMSTAR (assessing the methodological quality of systematic reviews) tool and all were rated as medium or high quality reviews.…”

Private, non-profit, and plantation: Oil palm smallholders in management-assistance programs vary in socio-demographics, attitudes, and management practices by Reiss-Woolever, VJ, Wakhid, W, Ikhsan, M, Caliman, J, Naim, M, Azmi, EN, Shufiyan, S, Howes, J, Azmi, R, Ying Lim, Y, Abdul Jan, SZ, Barrock, I, Azhar, B, Drewer, J, Ward, C, Jones, JA, Luke, SH, Turner, EC, Hidayat, P, Buchori, D

“…In Malaysia, farmers partnered with an NGO also had higher yield and fertilizer application than independent farmers, however they used significantly more herbicide and had lower total household income. Our findings demonstrate the wide variety of smallholder farmers in both regions, directly opposing a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to sustainability. …”

Pathways to virality : psychophysiological responses preceding likes, shares, comments, and status updates on Facebook by Alhabash, Saleem, Almutairi Nasser, Lou, Chen, Kim, Wonkyung

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