Evaluation and implementation of a Just-In-Time bed-assignment strategy to reduce wait times for surgical inpatients by Braaksma, Aleida, Copenhaver, Martin S., Zenteno, Ana C., Ugarph, Elizabeth, Levi, Retsef, Daily, Bethany J., Orcutt, Benjamin, Turcotte, Kathryn M., Dunn, Peter F.

“…In the several months post-implementation, the average patient wait time decreased 25.0% overall, driven by decreases of 32.9% for ED-to-floor transfers (from 3.66 to 2.45 hours on average) and 37.4% for PACU-to-floor transfers (from 2.36 to 1.48 hours), the two major sources of admissions to the surgical floors, without adding additional capacity.…”
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Facile fabrication and characterization of multi-type carbon-doped TiO2 for visible light-activated photocatalytic mineralization of gaseous toluene by Zhang, Li, Tse, Man Siu, Tan, Ooi Kiang, Wang, Yu Xi, Han, Mandi

“…Carbon-doped titanium dioxide (C-TiO2) nanoparticles were synthesized by conventional mild oxidation of precursor titanium carbide (TiC) at 350 °C for 2 to 50 hours and more aggressive oxidation at the higher temperature of 400 to 600 °C for 2 hours in air. …”
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Optimizing mechanical ventilation: Personalizing mechanical power to reduce ICU mortality ‐ a retrospective cohort study by Alkhalifah, AS, Rumindo, K, Brincat, E, Blanchard, F, Helleberg, J, Clarke, D, Popoff, B, Duranteau, O, Mohamed, ZU, Senosy, A

“…Patients who died or were extubated within 48 hours and those with inadequate data were excluded. …”

Exploiting signed TV broadcasts for automatic learning of British Sign Language by Buehler, P, Everingham, M, Zisserman, A

“…<br> Our source material consists of many hours of video with continuous signing and corresponding subtitles recorded from BBC digital television. …”

Make it orijinal: literary modernism and the novel on the Turkish-British axis 1908-1948 by Staudt, K

“…Building on the insights of the global turn in modernist scholarship, I argue that the Turkish novel in the early 20th century offers unique insight into the relationship between state-sponsored, westernizing modernity and literary experimentation. …”

HET 524 - Psychology and Sociology of Language June 2019 by PPIK, Pusat Pengajian Ilmu Kemanusiaan

“…Second Semester Examination 2018/2019 Academic Session June 2019 HET 524 - Psychology and Sociology of Language Duration : 2 hours Please check that this examination paper consists of THREE (3) pages of printed material before you begin the examination. …”
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Brand equity as a predictor of market share. by Lim, Daphne Lian Eng., Koh, Hwei Mei., Loh, Eunice Puay San.

“…Thus, the factors of brand equity will also in turn affect market share. As such, this paper seeks to identify the extent in which such factors affect market share and the predictive value of brand equity as a whole.…”
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Does limited physical space in Singapore cause young Singaporeans to extend to cyberspace to socialize? by Chua, Caroline Gek Ling., Chua, Hui Zhi., Luong, Soo Shia.

“…Hence, we examining the reasons that cause people to turn to the Internet for socialization, focusing on the various factors that affect physical space and influence the extent of cyberspace socialization.…”
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An exploratory study of TV home shopping in Singapore. by Ho, Huoy Jiun., Lim, Bee Ang., Loh, Ai Xing.

“…The extension of local television broadcast to 24 hours a day, 7 days a week has created the opportunity for marketers to reach out to consumers directly. …”
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Automatic trajectory generation for free-form pocket machining in skull base surgery by Lo, Charles Vui Hong.

“…The skull-base which refers to the area of the skull that provides the base on which the brain rests, is one of the most complex regions in human anatomy as it contains critical features such as major blood vessels and critical nerves. Normally, 8 to 10 hours is required to drill a hole to gain access into the skull-base area to reach the lesion/tumor. …”
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HET525 - Perspectives in English Language Studies: Literacy and Literature June 2019 by PPIK, Pusat Pengajian Ilmu Kemanusiaan

“…Second Semester Examination 2018/2019 Academic Session June 2019 HET525 - Perspectives in English Language Studies: Literacy and Literature Duration : 2 hours Please check that this examination paper consists of FIVE (5) pages of printed material before you begin the examination. …”
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The Indonesian budget and Prabowo's free-food plan by Borsuk, Richard

“…But the programme’s anticipated high costs might breach a law capping budget deficits, which in turn could impact financial stability and the country’s credit ratings.…”
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Minilateralism in Philippine foreign policy and domestic politics by Enriquez, Jose Miguelito, Baquisal, Justin

“…The 11 April US-Japan-Philippines Trilateral Leaders’ Summit reflects President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s turn to minilateralism to advance his foreign policy agenda. …”
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Frequency divider with pulse shaper in PLL by Khoo, Meng Heong.

“…Dissimilarity of phase or frequency in turn an error voltage supplied to voltage-controlled oscillator. …”
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Automate Your Busywork : Do Less, Achieve More, and Save Your Brain for the Big Stuff / by Tank, Aytekin, author 655218, John Wiley & Sons (Online service) 647106

“…A must-read handbook for every entrepreneur, founder, business owner, and freelancer who just doesn't have enough hours in the day, Automate Your Busywork will also earn a place in the libraries of managers, executives, and other business leaders looking to maximize their most valuable resource.…”
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Free-standing vertically aligned carbon nanotubes-graphene foam composite electrode for high power rechargeable Zn-air battery by Cai, Xiaoyi

“…The composite material used as free-standing electrodes for Zn-air batteries achieved a peak power density of 95 W cm-2, higher than the cells made with commercial air diffusion layer and commercial catalyst Pt/C//IrO2, which was 57 W cm-2. After 285 hours of operation the roundtrip efficiency decreased by less than 1%.…”
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Cardiovascular magnetic resonance before invasive coronary angiography in suspected non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction by Shanmuganathan, M, Nikolaidou, C, Burrage, MK, Borlotti, A, Kotronias, R, Scarsini, R, Banerjee, A, Terentes-Printzios, D, Pitcher, A, Gara, E, Langrish, J, Lucking, A, Choudhury, R, Luigi De Maria, G, Banning, A, Oxford Acute Myocardial Infarction (OxAMI) Study Investigators, Piechnik, SK, Channon, KM, Ferreira, VM

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Results:</strong> Early CMR (median 33 hours postadmission and 4 hours pre-ICA) confirmed only 52% (52 of 100) of patients had subendocardial infarction, 15% transmural infarction, 18% nonischemic pathologies (myocarditis, takotsubo, and other forms of cardiomyopathies), and 11% normal CMR; 4% were nondiagnostic. …”

Pre- and post-COVID 19 outbreak relationship between physical activity and depressive symptoms in Spanish adults with major depressive disorder: a secondary analysis of the RADAR-M... by Ibáñez, D, Condominas, E, Haro, JM, Vázquez, IG, RADAR-MDD-Spain, Bailón, R, Garcia, E, Kontaxis, S, Peñarrubia-Maria, MT, Arranz, B, Llaosa-Scholten, R, Gardeñes, L, Hotopf, M, Matcham, F, Lamers, F, Penninx, BWJH, Annas, P, Folarin, A, Narayan, V, Lima, RA, Siddi, S, the RADAR CNS consortium

“…Pre-COVID-19, 73.7% of participants presented depression, and, on average, participated in 13.2 (±1.08) hours/day of sedentary behavior, 2.42 (±0.90) hours/day of light physical activity and 23.6 (±19.80) minutes/day of MVPA. …”

Cytotoxic effect of Bajong LN rice methanol extract on human squamous cell Carcinoma, ORL-48 by Vivi Noryati Ahmad, Nur Aliana Hidayah Mohamed, Zulkhairi Amom, Khor, Goot Heah, Nurhayati Mohamad Zain, Indah Mohd Amin

“…Subsequently, the cells were incubated for 48 and 72 hours, and their cytotoxicity was assessed using the MTS assay. …”
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Airline operating cost reduction through enhanced engine health analytics by Luu, Henry H. T

“…Using a Poisson distribution to model the occurrence of six operational disruption types-Inflight Shutdown, Aircraft-On-Ground, Aborted Takeoff, Air Turn-Back, Ground Turn-Back, and Delay/Cancellation-the cost savings potential is quantified as a function of events avoided by a hypothetical FFDA service. …”
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