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

“…CCF50 as a proportion of each 5-year ASFR was predicted using a linear mixed-effects model with fixed-effects covariates (female educational attainment and contraceptive met need) and random intercepts for geographical regions. …”

Soft X-Ray absorption spectroscopy of the MgB2 boron K edge in an MgB2/Mg composite by Li, Qiang, Zhu, Yimei, Su, Haibin, Fischer, D. A., Moodenbaugh, A. R., Gu, G. D., Welch, David O., Davenport, James W.

“…The intrinsic boron K near edge spectrum of the sample at a temperature of 295 K is identified. …”
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Computational diagnostics and characterization of combustion recession in diesel sprays by Arguelles, FJ, Fagade, MD, Mehra, J, Xu, C, Sekularac, N, Fang, XH

“…With more recent studies on diesel after end-of-injection (AEOI), combustion recession is identified as a phenomenon where at near nozzle region, high-temperature ignition (HTI) combustion can propagate back to the nozzle tip consuming the unburnt hydrocarbons AEOI. …”

Cationic polymer-based antimicrobial and multifunctional hydrogels for enhanced healing of infected wounds by Po, Javier Jun Fai

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Compact x-ray source based on burst-mode inverse Compton scattering at 100 kHz by Bessuille, J., Brown, P., Carbajo, S., Dolgashev, Valery A., Lin, H., Murari, K., Resta, G., Tantawi, S., Zapata, L. E., Graves, William S., Hong, Kyung-Han, Ihloff, Ernest E., Khaykovich, Boris, Nanni, Emilio Alessandro, Kaertner, Franz X., Moncton, David E.

“…At a photon energy of 12.4 keV, the predicted x-ray flux is 5×10[superscript 11]  photons/second in a 5% bandwidth and the brilliance is 2 × 10[superscript 12]  photons/(sec mm[superscript 2] mrad[superscript 2]  0.1%) in pulses with rms pulse length of 490 fs. The nominal electron beam parameters are 18 MeV kinetic energy, 10 microamp average current, 0.5 microsecond macropulse length, resulting in average electron beam power of 180 W. …”
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Kinetic modelling of 70S ribosome and F1-ATPase by Le, Quang Luan

“…This is attributed to more sluggish ribosomes occupied with near cognates, causing less ribosomes for cognates. …”
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Investigating the impact of dietary guidelines transition on cardiometabolic risk profile: a forensic analysis using diet quality metrics by Sualeheen, Ayesha, Khor, Ban Hock, Lim, Jun Hao, Balasubramanian, Gaiyal Viliy, Chuah, Khun Aik, Yeak, Zu Wei, Chinna, Karuthan, Narayanan, Sreelakshmi Sankara, Sundram, Kalyana, Mat Daud, Zulfitri Azuan, Karupaiah, Tilakavati

“…Of 13 dietary components, recommended servings for whole grain, refined grain, beans and legumes, total protein, and dairy differed between MDGs. …”
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Automated Engineering Design for Reusable Concrete Building Structures by Wongsittikan, Pitipat

“…The Pixelframe structural system [1] was proposed to facilitate the reusability of concrete components by implementing the existing external post-tensioning system in bridge structures and fiber reinforced system to design building beams and columns. This work presents an automated engineering design workflow for Pixelframe, including a engineering mechanics of the system that conforms to ACI 318- 19 [2] and fib Model Code 2010 [3], half-scale tests to verify the preliminary behavior of the system, and a scalable design algorithm for minimum embodied carbon designs. …”
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Frequency equations of nonlocal elastic micro/nanobeams with the consideration of the surface effects by Zhao, Haisheng, Zhang, Yao, Lie, Seng Tjhen

“…Three types of boundary conditions, i.e., hinged-hinged, clamped-clamped, and clamped-hinged ends, are examined. For a hinged-hinged beam, an exact and explicit natural frequency equation is derived based on the established mathematical model. …”
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Development of interactive software/app (normal stress) by Koo, Chia Wei

“…Designing a beam involves a trial and error in determining the supports available, recognizing the loads to be withstand by the beam, performing analysis and comparing stresses to the structural limits of the mechanical properties of the beam until all criteria is satisfied. …”
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Behaviour of precast concrete joints subject to a missing column scenerio by Wee Jun Yang.

“…The sub-assemblages include two-span beams with two column stubs and a middle beam-column joint. …”
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Energy gain of wetted-foam implosions with auxiliary heating for inertial fusion studies by Paddock, RW, Li, TS, Kim, E, Lee, JJ, Martin, H, Ruskov, RT, Hughes, S, Rose, SJ, Murphy, CD, Scott, RHH, Bingham, R, Garbett, W, Elisseev, VV, Haines, BM, Zlystra, AB, Campbell, EM, Thomas, CA, Goffrey, T, Arber, TD, Aboushelbaya, R, Von der Leyen, MW, Wang, RHW, James, AA, Ouatu, I, Timmis, R, Howard, S, Atonga, E, Norreys, PA

“…Low convergence ratio implosions (where wetted-foam layers are used to limit capsule convergence, achieving improved robustness to instability growth) and auxiliary heating (where electron beams are used to provide collisionless heating of a hotspot) are two promising techniques that are being explored for inertial fusion energy applications. …”

Artificial Intelligence and the US-China Balance of Power by Chang, Benjamin Angel

“…Finally, the third essay exploits supply chain datasets to assess each side’s ability to bring AI-enabled autonomous weapons to bear in future conventional conflicts. I find that control over the production of advanced AI chips by the United States and allies almost certainly means the United States would better exploit such weapons, if they emerged as decisive in modern warfare, within at least the next ten years. …”
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Object individuation and physical reasoning in infancy : an integrative account by Baillargeon, Renée, Stavans, Maayan, Wu, Di, Gertner, Yael, Setoh, Peipei, Kittredge, Audrey K., Bernard, Amélie

“…In this article, we argue that this confusing picture can be better understood by bringing to bear insights from a related subfield of infancy research, physical reasoning. …”
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Predicative adjectives in Thai: diachronic changes in the past century by Jaratjarungkiat, Sureenate, Park, Kyung-Eun, Tan, Samuel Yuan Han

“…Peripheral adjectives, on the other hand, bear resemblance to both nouns and verbs from a syntactic standpoint (e.g. they may co-occur with the negation marker, auxiliary verbs and even the copula /pen/). …”
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Electronic and optoelectronic devices using chemical vapour deposited 2D materials by Fan, Y

“…<p>Two dimensional (2D) materials bear a lot of expectations on playing important role in next generation electronics and optoelectronics. …”

Industrial policy refraction: how corporate strategy shapes development outcomes in Brazil by Zylberberg, E

“…My findings are brought to bear on three traditionally disparate bodies of research –industrial policy, corporate strategy and institutional theory – extending each and also bringing them into fruitful communion with one another.…”

Soft law, hard stakes? State commitment to non-binding international instruments and the case of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by Villeneuve, L

“…In this thesis, incorporating insights from public international law into rationalist IR approaches, I argue that soft law instruments can have important effects over time and bring substantial costs for states to bear. This is particularly the case for soft law instruments ‘hardening’ through domestic law, treaties or customary international law, increasing the sovereignty and implementation costs attached to commitment. …”

Unravelling giant molecular clouds by Liang, F

“…<p>Giant molecular clouds (GMCs) provide the fuel for star formation and bear various feedbacks. Thus, they are key to our understanding of galaxy evolution and the baryon cycle. …”

Development of a platform to educate, detect and mitigate a cyber security social engineering attack by Lin, Xin Jie

“…In conclusion, the projects' goals were met satisfactorily. However, there is still space for further improvement.…”
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