ENIGMA CHEK2gether project: a comprehensive study identifies functionally impaired CHEK2 germline missense variants associated with increased breast cancer risk by Stolarova, Lenka, Kleiblova, Petra, Zemankova, Petra, Stastna, Barbora, Janatova, Marketa, Soukupova, Jana, Achatz, Maria Isabel, Ambrosone, Christine, Apostolou, Paraskevi, Arun, Banu K., Auer, Paul, Barnard, Mollie, Bertelsen, Birgitte, Blok, Marinus J., Boddicker, Nicholas, Brunet, Joan, Burnside, Elizabeth S., Calvello, Mariarosaria, Campbell, Ian, Chan, Sock Hoai, Chen, Fei, Chiang, Jian Bang, Coppa, Anna, Cortesi, Laura, Crujeiras-González, Ana, De Leeneer, Kim, De Putter, Robin, DePersia, Allison, Devereux, Lisa, Domchek, Susan, Efremidis, Anna, Engel, Christoph, Ernst, Corinna, Evans, D. Gareth R., Feliubadaló, Lidia, Fostira, Florentia, Fuentes-Ríos, Olivia, Gómez-García, Encarna B., González, Sara, Haiman, Christopher, Hansen, Thomas van Overeem, Hauke, Jan, Hodge, James, Hu, Chunling, Huang, Hongyan, Ishak, Nur Diana Binte, Iwasaki, Yusuke, Konstantopoulou, Irene, Kraft, Peter, Lacey, James, Lázaro, Conxi, Li, Na, Lim, Weng Khong, Lindstrom, Sara, Lori, Adriana, Martinez, Elana, Martins, Alexandra, Matsuda, Koichi, Matullo, Giuseppe, McInerny, Simone, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Montagna, Marco, Monteiro, Alvaro N. A., Mori, Luigi, Nathanson, Katherine, Neuhausen, Susan L., Nevanlinna, Heli, Olson, Janet E., Palmer, Julie, Pasini, Barbara, Patel, Alpa, Piane, Maria, Poppe, Bruce, Radice, Paolo, Renieri, Alessandra, Resta, Nicoletta, Richardson, Marcy E., Rosseel, Toon, Ruddy, Kathryn J., Santamariña, Marta, Dos Santos, Elizabeth Santana, Teras, Lauren, Toland, Amanda E., Trentham-Dietz, Amy, Vachon, Celine M., Volk, Alexander E., Weber-Lassalle, Nana, Weitzel, Jeffrey N., Wiesmuller, Lisa, Winham, Stacey, Yadav, Siddhartha, Yannoukakos, Drakoulis, Yao, Song, Zampiga, Valentina, Zethoven, Magnus, Zhang, Ze Wen, Zima, Tomas, Spurdle, Amanda B., Vega, Ana, Rossing, Maria, Del Valle, Jesús, De Nicolo, Arcangela, Hahnen, Eric, Claes, Kathleen B. M., Ngeow, Joanne, Momozawa, Yukihide, James, Paul A., Couch, Fergus J., Macurek, Libor, Kleibl, Zdenek

“…Besides pathogenic variants, dozens of missense CHEK2 variants of uncertain significance (VUS) have been identified, hampering the clinical utility of germline genetic testing (GGT). …”
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Simulations of melting in fluid-filled packed media due to forced convection with higher temperature by Soon, Genevieve, Zhang, Hui, Yang, Chun, Law, Adrian Wing-Keung

“…With specific melting parameters, the particles in the packed bed undergo mass, diameter and temperature change individually, and the packed bed is reconfigured afterward through particles collision and contact. …”
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Efficacy of riprap design for protection of quay structures against propeller-induced scouring by Tan, Qin Xiang

“…The scouring of sediment bed near the toe of quay structures might subsequently result in instability of the quay structure. …”
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Performance comparison on biomass gasification reactor for hydrogen production by Muhammad Bilal, Muslim, Suriyati, Saleh, Tuan Amran, Tuan Abdullah, Arshad, Ahmad, Noor Asma Fazli, Abdul Samad

“…Usually the gasification process either using downdraft fixed bed or bubbling fluidized bed is the most preferred gasifier in order to produce the hydrogen gas which is useful for energy production. …”
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Modern Game Testing : Learn how to test games like a pro, optimize testing effort, and skyrocket your QA career / by Finska, Nikolina, author 656259

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Observation of flat bands and Dirac cones in a pyrochlore lattice superconductor by Huang, Jianwei, Setty, Chandan, Deng, Liangzi, You, Jing-Yang, Liu, Hongxiong, Shao, Sen, Oh, Ji Seop, Guo, Yucheng, Zhang, Yichen, Yue, Ziqin, Yin, Jia-Xin, Hashimoto, Makoto, Lu, Donghui, Gorovikov, Sergey, Dai, Pengcheng, Denlinger, Jonathan D., Allen, J. W., Hasan, M. Zahid, Feng, Yuan-Ping, Birgeneau, Robert J., Shi, Youguo, Chu, Ching-Wu, Chang, Guoqing, Si, Qimiao, Yi, Ming

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Characterisation of transport and thermodynamic properties for various binary electrolytes by Hou, T

“…Then, a novel conditioning-free, promoter-free Mg2+-conductive elec- trolyte was developed. It has been discovered that metal Mg can be sponta- neously oxidised from non-aqueous ZnCl₂/THF, CuCl₂/THF, or SnCl₂/THF solutions, generating Mg²⁺-conductive electrolytes. …”

Tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy versus non‐surgical treatment for chronic/recurrent acute tonsillitis by Burton, MJ, Glasziou, PP, Chong, LY, Venekamp, RP

“…<br> When we analysed only episodes of moderate/severe sore throat, children who had been more severely affected and had adeno‐/tonsillectomy had on average 1.1 episodes of sore throat in the first postoperative year, compared with 1.2 episodes in the control group (low quality evidence). …”

Another manuscript by the Hammond Scribe of legal works in English by Wakelin, D

Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus (Οἰδίπους ἐπὶ Κολωνῷ) by Kelly, A

3D printing of morphing composites by Lim, Shi En

“…Overall, it could be observed that the in-situ parameters such as the printing bed temperature and nozzle fan speed affected the morphing behavior the most. …”
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Material extrusion-based printing optimization of recycled HDPE filaments made from used milk jugs by Teng, Phillis Soek Po, Tee, Chor Hiong, Tan, Hwee Boon, Leong, Kah Fai

“…This was achieved by conducting a series of tests to address these challenges, including part removability relating to the shear strength of print bed adhesion to identify the necessary range of print bed adhesion and corresponding parameters.…”
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Effect of partial debonding on catenary action of reinforced concrete frames by Yu, Jun, Tan, Kang Hai

“…To release the strain concentration of bars at the joint interfaces and to increase rotation capacities of beam-column connections, detailing of the second frame was designed by debonding the bottom bars in the joint regions with plastic sleeves. …”
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Towards robust sensing and recognition : from statistical learning to transfer learning by Yang, Jianfei

“…Four algorithms for domain adaptation have been evaluated on public visual benchmark (e.g. Image-CLEF and Office-Home) and WiFi-based gesture recognition dataset. …”
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Graph representation learning by Zhang, Xinyi

“…Graph representation learning has been shown to be promising in graph analysis where the graphs or part of the graphs will be converted into a lower-dimensional space while the important information (e.g., structure information and attribute information) of the graph is still well preserved. …”
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Surface engineering to manipulate solar energy for thermal management by Fei, Jipeng

“…Besides, the mechanism of electrostatic influence on water molecule network has been investigated, which inspired rational manipulation of water structure to tune evaporative behavior. …”
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Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2... by Brauer, M, Roth, GA, Aravkin, AY, Bandyopadhyay, S, Bennett, DA, Browne, AJ, Graham, SM, Rodriguez, JAB, Runghien, T, Sartorius, B

“…<p><b>Interpretation</b></p> Substantial progress has been made in reducing the global disease burden attributable to a range of risk factors, particularly those related to maternal and child health, WaSH, and household air pollution. …”

Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-... by Schumacher, AE, Kyu, HH, Aali, A, Almidani, O, Bandyopadhyay, S, Basnyat, B, Maude, RJ, Bennett, D, Browne, AJ, Dolecek, C, Dunachie, SJ, Newton, CRJ, Rodriguez, JAB

“…Although COVID-19 had a substantial impact on many demographic indicators during the first 2 years of the pandemic, overall global health progress over the 72 years evaluated has been profound, with considerable improvements in mortality and life expectancy. …”

RES.LL-005 D4M: Signal Processing on Databases, Fall 2012 by Kepner, Jeremy

“…This course teaches a signal processing approach to these problems by combining linear algebraic graph algorithms, group theory, and database design. This approach has been implemented in software The class will begin with a number of practical problems, introduce the appropriate theory and then apply the theory to these problems. …”
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An experimental investigation of ultrasonic anti-fouling technology by Goh, Jun Xian

“…In this experiment, ultrasonic treated steel bars are immersed together with non-treated bars into a glucose solution with a small percentage of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria culture for 60 hours to allow biofilm formation on the steel bars. …”
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