The association between the proportion of Brexiters and COVID-19 death rates in England by Phalippou, L, Wu, B

“…</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> Districts where people voted most heavily in favor of remaining in the EU (top quintile) had nearly half the death rate of districts in the bottom quintile. …”

Efficacy of cannabinoids for the prophylaxis of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting—a systematic review and meta-analysis by Chow, R, Basu, A, Kaur, J, Hui, D, Im, J, Prsic, E, Boldt, G, Lock, M, Eng, L, Ng, TL, Zimmermann, C, Scotte, F

“…Results: A total of 26 studies were included in this meta-analysis, of which 23 were published before the 2000s. Nearly half of the included studies had some concern for bias. …”

A systematic review of transanal total mesorectal excision: is this the future of rectal cancer surgery? by Simillis, C, Hompes, R, Penna, M, Rasheed, S, Tekkis, PP

“…The mesorectal excision was described as complete in 88% cases, nearly complete in 6% and incomplete in 6%. The circumferential resection margin was negative in 95% of cases and the distal resection margin was negative in 99.7%. …”

How ready is general practice to improve quality in chronic kidney disease? A diagnostic analysis by Crinson, I, Gallagher, H, Thomas, N, de Lusignan, S

“…Some sought to implement the full guidance, others only the pay-for-performance targets. Nearly all practitioners had reservations as to whether CKD was really a disease; problematised the diagnosis of CKD purely on an estimate of glomerular filtration rate; questioned whether CKD in older people was part of natural ageing; and had experienced difficulty in explaining the condition to patients without frightening them. …”

Magnetic field amplification in laser-produced plasmas by Meinecke, J

“…In the early universe, matter was nearly homogeneously distributed; today, as a result of gravitational instabilities, it forms a web-like structure of clusters, filaments, and voids. …”

Knowledge, awareness and perception of human papillomavirus testing among staff in a public university in Malaysia by Yun-Vern, Amanda C, Mazlan, Nor Fadlina, Nizaruddin, Muhammad Haziq, Dasrilsyah, Rima

“…Introduction: HPV testing has been introduced in Malaysia for nearly 10 years. However, the Malaysian population are largely unaware of its availability and significance in the prevention of cervical cancer. …”
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An efficient secure and energy resilient trust-based system for detection and mitigation of sybil attack detection (SAN) by Hussain, Muhammad Zunnurain, Mohd Hanapi, Zurina, Abdullah, Azizol, Hussin, Masnida, Ninggal, Mohd Izuan Hafez

“…In the modern digital market flooded by nearly endless cyber-security hazards, sophisticated IDS (intrusion detection systems) can become invaluable in defending against intricate security threats. …”
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Aerodynamics of a wing body with different Winglet Cant Angle. by Bakhai, Mit Piyush, Mat, Shabudin, Musa, Nur Amalina

“…The winglets have been in use for nearly 90 years, but it have been remained fixed. …”
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System dynamics of human body thermal regulation in outdoor environments by Melnikov, Valentin, Krzhizhanovskaya, Valeria V., Lees, Michael H., Sloot, Peter M. A.

“…We propose a modification of the skin blood flow model which, while keeping realistic values and responsiveness, improves skin temperature prediction nearly fourfold. We further analyze the sensitivity of the model with respect to climatic and personal parameters. …”
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A byte sequence is worth an image: CNN for file fragment classification using bit shift and n-gram embeddings by Liu, Wenyang, Wang, Yi, Wu, Kejun, Yap, Kim-Hui, Chau, Lap-Pui

“…Experiments on the FFT-75 dataset validate that our proposed method can achieve notable accuracy improvements over state-of-the-art methods in nearly all scenarios.…”
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Weakly confined organic–inorganic halide perovskite quantum dots as high-purity room-temperature single photon sources by Wang, Bo, Lim, Melvin Jia Wei, Loh, Siow Mean, Mayengbam, Rishikanta, Ye, Senyun, Feng, Minjun, He, Huajun, Liang, Xiao, Cai, Rui, Zhang, Qiannan, Kwek, Leong Chuan, Demir, Hilmi Volkan, Mhaisalkar, Subodh Gautam, Blundell, Steven A., Sum, Tze Chien

“…Superior single photon purity with low g^((2) ) (0)<0.07±0.03 and nearly blinking-free behaviour (ON-state fraction >95%) in 11 nm FAPbBr3 QDs is achieved at room temperature; attributed to their long exciton lifetimes (τ_X) and short biexciton lifetimes (τ_XX). …”
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Bacteria-mediated anti-cancer therapy by Bhave, Madhura Satish

“…However, IB significantly inhibited the growth of the tumors and improved the survival rate of immunocompetent CT26 tumor-bearing mice. Histological analysis showed that IB increased the necrotic area in HCT116 tumors. …”
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Synthesis of epoxidized poly(ester carbonate)-b-polyimide-b-poly(ester carbonate) : reactive single-walled carbon nanotube dispersants enable synergistic reinforcement around multi... by Liu, Bo, Liu, Chengyin, De Luca, Hugo G., Raman Pillai, Suresh Kumar, Anthony, David B., Li, Jianghua, Bismarck, Alexander, Shaffer, Milo S. P., Chan-Park, Mary Bee Eng

“…Herein, PI-derived block copolymers are synthesized via ring-opening copolymerization of lactide (LA) (a control monomer) and allyl-bearing 2-methyl-2-(allyloxycarbonyl)-propylene carbonate (MAC) from the OH-terminal ends of the PI block to produce PLA-PI-PLA (TB1, a control) and PMAC-PI-PMAC (TB2). …”
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Comparative analysis of dehydration techniques on phytochemical and antibacterial properties on pink and purple flowers impatiens walleriana by Tan, Suat Hian, Sin, Phin Yin, Ros Azlinawati, Ramli, Mohd Hairul, Ab. Rahim, Nyuk, Ling Ma

“…The antibacterial activity of I. walleriana against E. coli was nearly twice as strong as that of synthetic antibiotics. …”
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Co-seismic ruptures of the 12 May 2008, Ms 8.0 Wenchuan earthquake, Sichuan : East–west crustal shortening on oblique, parallel thrusts along the eastern edge of Tibet by Liu-Zeng, J., Zhang, Z., Wen, L., Sun, J., Xing, X., Hu, G., Xu, Q., Zeng, L., Ding, L., Ji, C., Hudnut, K. W., van der Woerd, J., Tapponnier, Paul

“…The principal rupture, on the NW-dipping Beichuan fault, displays nearly equal amounts of thrust and right-lateral slip. …”
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In-situ power generation and nutrients recovery from waste activated sludge – long-term performance and system optimization by Wu, Dan, Sun, Faqian, Chua, Desmond Feng Jun, Lu, Dan, Stuckey, David Campbell, Zhou, Yan

“…This study reports an integrated sludge treatment and resource recovery system that consisted of a sludge pre-treatment reactor and a microbial fuel cell (MFC) aiming for simultaneous energy and nutrients recovery. Nearly one year performance of the system in terms of power generation, nutrients removal efficiency, key dissolved organic matters (DOMs) transformation and microbial community change were investigated and reported. …”
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Persuasion for protection: an analysis of online safety videos on YouTube by Huang, Liuyu, Goh, Dion Hoe-Lian, Yin, Stella Xin

“…Findings: The findings highlight that the primary focus of these PSAs is on online safety behaviors and general instructions on online hygiene. Interestingly, nearly half of the videos employ a neutral frame, while a significant portion provides no evidential support. …”
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Broadband surface-wave transformation cloak by Xu, Su, Xu, Hongyi, Gao, Hanhong, Jiang, Yuyu, Yu, Faxin, Joannopoulos, John D., Soljačić, Marin, Chen, Hongsheng, Sun, Handong, Zhang, Baile

“…These cloaks consist of specifically designed nonmagnetic metamaterials and achieve nearly ideal transmission efficiency over a broadband frequency range from 0+ to 6 GHz. …”
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Constraints on dark photon dark matter using data from LIGO’s and Virgo’s third observing run by Sudhir, Vivishek

“…To perform this analysis, we use two methods, one based on cross-correlation of the strain channels in the two nearly aligned LIGO detectors, and one that looks for excess power in the strain channels of the LIGO and Virgo detectors. …”
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Automating Design Requirement Extraction From Text With Deep Learning by Akay, Haluk, Yang, Maria, Kim, Sang-Gook

“…<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Nearly every artifact of the modern engineering design process is digitally recorded and stored, resulting in an overwhelming amount of raw data detailing past designs. …”
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