Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor neutralisation in patients with axial spondyloarthritis in the UK (NAMASTE): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase... by Worth, C, Al-Mossawi, MH, MacDonald, J, Fisher, BA, Chan, A, Sengupta, R, Packham, J, Gaffney, K, Gullick, N, Cook, JA, Corn, TH, Teh, J, Machado, PM, Taylor, PC, Bowness, P

“…<p><strong>Findings</p></strong> From Sept 6, 2018, to July 25, 2019, 60 patients with moderate-to-severe active axial spondyloarthritis were assessed for eligibility and 42 were randomly assigned to receive namilumab (n=36) or placebo (n=six). The mean age of participants was 39·5 years (SD 13·3), 17 were women, 25 were men, 39 were White, and seven had previously received anti-TNF therapy. …”

History education for transitional justice: how students understand and construct historical legacies in the post-apartheid South African history classroom by Robinson, N

“…The first contribution is the theoretical framing of historical legacies as social constructs which are shaped by and give meaning to the present. This challenges both transitional justice scholarship which portrays legacies as “self-evident” (Stoler, 2016), and history education research which considers “legacy thinking” as an historical thinking skill (Foster et al, 2008). …”

Seroepidemiology of COVID-19 in pregnant women and their infants in Uganda and Malawi across multiple waves 2020-2022 by Hookham, L, Cantrell, L, Cose, S, Freyne, B, Gadama, L, Imede, E, Kawaza, K, Lissauer, S, Musoke, P, Nankabirwa, V, Sekikubo, M, Sommerfelt, H, Voysey, M, PeriCOVID Consortium, Le Doare, K

“…Placental transfer of antibodies was described using the geometric mean ratio (GMR). We also estimated the proportion of asymptomatic or subclinical COVID-19 infections in pregnant women using serological testing and collected adverse pregnancy and infancy outcomes (e.g. still-birth, prematurity, maternal or infant death). …”

Imagined futures and relational agency in nurses' writing transitions: a qualitative study across two writing group interventions in a higher education setting by Waite, M

“…Theories were drawn upon that emphasise how individuals experience uncertainty and use resources to make sense, and make meaning to reposition themselves and become active agents. 18 participants at a university in the Southeast of England joined one of two writing group interventions to work on academic research writing concepts in a cultural and social learning environment. …”

Frailty trajectories preceding dementia in the US and UK by Ward, DD, Flint, JP, Littlejohns, TJ, Foote, IF, Canevelli, M, Wallace, LMK, Gordon, EH, Llewellyn, DJ, Ranson, JM, Hubbard, RE, Rockwood, K, Stolz, E

“…After exclusions, data from 29 849 participants (mean [SD] age, 71.6 [7.7] years; 18 369 female [62%]; 257 963 person-years of follow-up; 3154 cases of incident dementia) were analyzed. …”

Induction of apoptosis and the signalling pathways involved by dillenia suffruticosa dichloromethane root extract in mcf-7 and mda-mb-231 breast cancer cells by Foo, Jhi Biau

“…Therefore, BA could be used as a mean for standardisation of herbal product from D. suffruticosa. …”
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Biospectroscopy with chemometrics analysis of blood for species identification and age estimation by Sandran, Durga Devi

“…Lower predictive Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE) and high R² scores for bloodstains on all ten substrates, irrespective of species, enhanced this research's practicality. …”
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A Performance Analysis between Conventional and Shariah Private Retirement Scheme in Malaysia (S/O 14551) by Sofi, Mohd Fikri

“…Further, it observes the trend of performance over the period between 2012 and 2019, especially considering into account, against the Malaysian stock market return. The mean comparison is examined across different measures such as gross return and cumulative return along different set of time period; 3-year, 4-year, and 5-year respectively. …”
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Serotype distribution and incidence of invasive early onset and late onset group B streptococcal disease amongst infants in Singapore by Kam, Kai-Qian, Thoon, Koh Cheng, Tee, Nancy Wen Sim, Ang, Michelle Lay Teng, Tan, Natalie Woon Hui, Yeo, Kee Thai, Li, Jiahui, Chong, Chia Yin

“…The overall incidence was 0.42 per 1000 live births. The mean incidences of EOD and LOD were 0.13 per 1000 live births and 0.29 per 1000 live births, respectively. …”
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Clinical course, immunogenicity, and efficacy of BNT162b2 mRNA vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 infection in liver transplant recipients by Tan, Eunice X., Lim, Wen Hui, Thong, Elizabeth, Chavatte, Jean-Marc, Zhang, Jinyan, Lim, Jonathan, Jin, Jocelyn Y., Lim, Daniel R. X., Kang, Jaclyn Y. T., Tang, Ansel Shao Pin, Chan, Kai En, Tan, Caitlyn, Tan, Shi Ni, Nah, Benjamin, Huang, Daniel Q., Wang, Lin-Fa, Tambyah, Paul A., Somani, Jyoti, Young, Barnaby Edward, Muthiah, Mark D.

“…Ninety-three LT recipients who received 2 doses of BNT162b2 were included in the analysis. The mean time from LT was 110 ± 154 mo. After 2-dose vaccination, 38.7% of LT recipients (36/93) were vaccine nonresponders on the cPass assay compared with 20.4% (19/93) on the Roche S assay. …”
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Adiposity and metabolic health in Asian populations: an epidemiological study using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry in Singapore by Mina, Theresia, Xie, Wubin, Low, Dorrain Yanwen, Wang, Xiaoyan, Lam, Benjamin Chih Chiang, Sadhu, Nilanjana, Ng, Hong Kiat, Nur-Azizah Aziz, Tong, Terry Yoke Yin, Kerk, Swat Kim, Choo, Wee Lin, Low, Guo Liang, Halimah Ibrahim, Lim, Liming, Tai, E Shyong, Wansaicheong, Gervais, Dalan, Rinkoo, Yew, Yik Weng, Elliott, Paul, Riboli, Elio, Loh, Marie, Ngeow, Joanne, Lee, Eng Sing, Lee, Jimmy, Best, James, Chambers, John

“…Between April 2, 2018, and Jan 28, 2022, 10 004 individuals consented to be part of the HELIOS cohort, of whom 9067 were included in the study (5404 [59·6%] female, 3663 [40·4%] male; 6224 [68·6%] Chinese, 1169 [12·9%] Malay, 1674 [18·5%] Indian; mean age 52·8 years [SD 11·8]). The prevalence of type 2 diabetes, hypercholesterolaemia, and hypertension was 8·2% (n=744), 27·2% (n=2469), and 18·0% (n=1630), respectively. …”
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Tumor-targeted nano-assemblies for energy-blocking cocktail therapy in cancer by Chen, Manling, Liu, Yidu, Li, Yang, Liu, Xue

“…In studies with A549 tumor-bearing mice, the combination of low-dose 2-DG and metformin did not impede tumor growth, whereas 2-DG@MA-dots markedly decreased tumor volume, with the mean final tumor volume in the combination treatment group being approximately 89 times greater than that in the 2-DG@MA-dot group. …”
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Antihyperlipidemic and hepatoprotective effect of Zingiber cassumunar Rhizome extract in high-fat diet-induced hyperlipidemic rats: the role of antioxidant activity by Mahfudh, Nurkhasanah, Sulistyani, Nanik, Sari, Novita Sari, Sari, Indah Puspita, Dedi, Adrian, Othman, Fezah, Zakaria, Zainul Amiruddin

“…Data of the study were presented as mean ± SD and analyzed by using one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by Least Significant Difference (LSD) test for multiple comparisons. …”
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The Cognitive Underpinnings of Legal Complexity by Martínez, Eric

“…From a legal perspective, these findings call into question the coherence and legitimacy of legal theories and principles whose validity rests on the notion of law being comprehensible to laypeople, such as ordinary meaning, fair notice, and modern variants of textualism. …”
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Using Principles from Cognitive Science to Analyze and Guide Language-Related Neural Networks by Tucker, Mycal

“…First, human naming systems (e.g., a language’s words for colors such as “red” or “blue”) appear near-optimal in an informationtheoretic sense of compressing meaning into a small number of words; I ask how one might train AI systems that behave similarly. …”
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Correlative light and electron microscopy of telomeric repeat-binding factor 1 in mammalian cells by von Otter, Eric

“…Chromatin fibers range from 5 nm to 30 nm in diameter with a mean diameter of 18.5 nm which decreases to 13.1 nm in low salt conditions. …”
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《“恐怖”的翻译 ：以斯蒂芬 · 金的作品为例来探讨恐怖小说的翻译》= Translating horror : a case study of Stephen King’s works and translating gothic novel... by 卢裕盛 Loh, Joo Seng

“…Translation is a social activity that cross over different languages, different cultures and different societies, and it is not an easy process to transfer accurately the information from one language to another without any lost in meaning. Hence, behind every translated works lies the years of dedication and efforts by the translator to come up with the appropriate strategy. …”
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Exfoliation and alignment of h-BN for thermal application by Teo, Jing Xiang

“…Pristine Exfoliated h-BN with a mean size of 100nm was mixed with ferrofluid to create a hybrid solution capable of magnetic alignment. …”
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杜牧“‘秋’意象诗”研究 = Research on Du Mu’s autumn imagery poems by 林宛仪 Lim, Wan Yi

“…In the history of Chinese classical poetry, it is prevalent to use “Autumn Imagery” as a mean to express personal feeling and to integrate such feeling into the poetry.Very often when “Autumn Imagery” is mentioned, it gives an impression for people to link it with “Grief”. …”
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Effects of geometrical parameters on performance of miniature centrifugal pump by Liu, Guiqin

“…Two volute design methods, namely, Constant Mean Velocity (CMV) method and Constant Angular Momentum (CAM) method are compared. …”
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