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

“…<p><b>Funding</b></p> Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.…”

Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Feigin, VL, Abate, MD, Abate, YH, Bandyopadhyay, S, Bennett, DA, Lacey, B, Newton, CRJ

“…<p><b>Funding</b></p> Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.…”

Le christianisme laïc de Pierre Bayle by Hooks, JM

“…In his Pensées Diverses (1682), Bayle draws upon original sin, and in his Commentaire Philosophique (1686), Bayle uses the doctrine of the Imago Dei. …”

Probabilistic and Analytic Methods in Combinatorics by Sawhney, Mehtaab

“…The second chapter of this thesis addresses a longśstanding question of Erdős regarding the existence of high girth Steiner triple systems. The tools employed fall squarely within the context of probabilistic method, drawing on recent advances within design theory and the theory of random processes. …”
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An experimental and simulation study of chip transportation behaviour in gundrilling by Tnay, Guan Leong

“…From the experiments, terminal velocities of typical gun drill chips at different range of particle Reynolds number were determined to construct the unique drag curve. Based on the findings, a computational fluid dynamic (CFD) numerical model was developed to predict the lateral drag forces with respect to the particle Reynolds number. …”
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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>Funding</b></p> Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.…”

Shadow connection. by Poh, Kian Sing.

“…As the player grows more proficient in playing the game, her/his recognition of the game controller slowly fades till the day s/he becomes an expert in the game and finally s/he forgets the existence of the game controller.…”
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Reframing reflexivity: collaborative ethics, collective responsibility, and learnings from researching Russia’s war on Ukraine by Howlett, M, Kurylo, B

“…This paper critically examines the role of reflexivity in the study of wars, conflicts, and authoritarianism, drawing on insights gained from researching Russia’s war against Ukraine. …”

Determination of operating point for a propulsive wing UAV using CFD by Chan, Chee Shuan

“…CFD simulations were performed using a 2D RANS k-ε turbulence model and the rotating flow was captured using the moving reference frame method. Lift and drag were obtained for different angle of attacks via a control volume analysis of CFD results. …”
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Lotte Reiniger re-imagined by Kang, Fabian Yong Sheng

“…The installation comprise two parts, Hier kommt die U-Bahn, a series of ball-point pen drawings of ‘real world’ 1920s Berlin in an exterior white-cube space; as well as Ein Abenteuer im Wunderwald, an interactive silhouette animation interface inside a black-box space. …”
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Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 co... by Ferrari, AJ, Santomauro, DF, Aali, A, Lacey, BWH, Rodriguez, JAB

“…<p><b>Funding</b></p> Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.…”

The unintended consequences of improving police recording of rape in England and Wales by Lovett, Jo, Kelly, Liz, Vera-Gray, Fiona

“…A strong focus in recent policy and media coverage has been the increase in reporting of rape coupled with an associated fall in the charge rate, often attributed to victim withdrawal. …”
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Essays on the market for corporate bonds by Levonmaa, A

“…Realized measures of volatility have been shown to be important in modelling and forecasting equity, exchange rate, and Treasury bill return volatility. We merge the NYSE's TAQ database of high frequency equity prices with the TRACE database, and show that the information contained in high frequency data is valuable in modelling the dynamics of the firm-level covariance matrix of bond and stock returns, for over 100 individual U.S. firms.…”

An assimilation of experience. by Mehraj Nisha.

“…‘Three,’ she confirmed and walked in further under the shelter, dragging her red Elle bag with her. ‘Tea very good madam, try one?’ …”
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Market outlook of VLCCs in the next 5 years by Cheah, Peifang.

“…The report shall focus on analyzing the demand and supply factors and subsequently draw a conclusion based on their effect on the freight rates. …”
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Information structure of subordinate clauses in Miriwoong by Sim, Michelle Jia En

“…Finally, paratactic clauses were found to 1) express sequential events or 2) draw a relation between two observations.…”
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Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022-2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Vollset, SE, Ababneh, HS, Abate, YH, Lacey, BWH, GBD 2021 Forecasting Collaborators

“…&lt;h4&gt;Funding&lt;/h4&gt;Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation.…”

Nuptial journeys: A cultural history of wedding travel in selected Habsburg unions ca 1450–1550 by Pastrnak, P

“…In general, this thesis questions the scholarly categories of ritual, festival, and ceremony, since these fall short of precisely defining the complex phenomenon of bridal journeys. …”

Water resources and extreme events in the Awash basin: economic effects and policy implications: report prepared for the Global Green Growth Institute by Smale, R, Walker, O, Vadheim, B, Hope, R, Hope, R, Charles, K, Hall, J, Dadson, S, Borgomeo, E, Kebede, S, Alamirew, T, Bekele, F, Mengistu, A, Beyene, S

“…The knock-on effects on other sectors in the economy tend to amplify these losses, as reductions in the supply of agricultural produce leading to a fall in productivity in other sectors. <br> Under current economic conditions, the report finds the consequences of hydrological variability to be severe. …”

The social determinants of mental health and disorder: evidence, prevention and recommendations by Kirkbride, JB, Anglin, DM, Colman, I, Dykxhoorn, J, Jones, PB, Patalay, P, Pitman, A, Soneson, E, Steare, T, Wright, T, Griffiths, SL

“…Following this, we provide a review of the evidence concerning candidate preventive strategies to intervene on social determinants of mental health. These interventions fall broadly within the scope of universal, selected and indicated primary prevention strategies, but we also briefly review important secondary and tertiary strategies to promote recovery in those with existing mental disorders. …”