Preterm birth and cardiometabolic health trajectories from birth to adulthood: the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children by Clayton, GL, Howe, LD, O’Keeffe, LM, Lewandowski, A, Lawlor, DA, Fraser, A

“…Our aim was to compare trajectories of multiple cardiometabolic risk factors from childhood to early adulthood between those who had and had not been born preterm.</p> <br> <p><strong>Methods and Results:</strong> Multilevel models were used to compare trajectories from early childhood (&lt;9 years) to age 25 of BMI, fat and lean mass, systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP), lipids, glucose and insulin, between individuals born preterm (N=311-676, range 25-36 gestation) and term (N=4973-10534) in a UK birth cohort study. …”

Malaria as a cause of morbidity and mortality in children with homozygous sickle cell disease on the coast of Kenya by Komba, A, Makani, J, Sadarangani, M, Ajala-Agbo, T, Berkley, J, Newton, CRJC, Marsh, K, Williams, T

“…<p><strong> Methods</p></strong>We conducted a retrospective analysis of the data collected prospectively from children aged 0-13 years who were admitted to Kilifi District Hospital during the period from July 1998 through June 2005. …”

A novel grid-based clustering algorithm by Starczewski, Artur, Scherer, Magdalena M., Ksiek, Wojciech, Dȩbski, Maciej, Wang, Lipo

“…Experimental results have been obtained for several different datasets and they confirm a very good performance of the newly proposed method.…”
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Gain design and verification of autopilot control loops for UVAs by Huang, Qian.

“…In this master thesis, autopilot control system of a UAV has been developed. Before starting the control system design, general concepts of system response have been reviewed. …”
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Interval elimination method for stochastic spanning tree problem by Mohd, Ismail

“…The optimum spanning tree problem has been well considered and until now several powerful algorithms have been proposed. …”
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Entrepreneurship, sustainability, and urban development by Qian, Haifeng, Wu, Jing, Zheng, Siqi

“…In recent years, sustainable entrepreneurship, urban entrepreneurship, and sustainable cities have separately gained lots of attention from scholars in different fields. …”
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Demystifying the diagnostic potentials of air-conducted ocular and cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potential test elicited by a custom-built chirp stimulus among patients with... by Abdallatif, Athar Mazen Rasmi

“…The cVEMP testing was conducted on 55 healthy adults with a mean age of 29.5 ± 9.1 years and 43 patients with vestibular disorders with a mean age of 41.6 ± 8.9 years. …”
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Investigating spatio-temporal variability of initial ²³⁰Th/²³²Th in intertidal corals by Chiang, Hong-Wei, Philibosian, Belle, Meltzner, Aron J., Wu, Chung-Che, Shen, Chuan-Chou, Edwards, R. Lawrence, Chuang, Chih-Kai, Suwargadi, Bambang W., Natawidjaja, Danny H.

“…One of the key factors in obtaining precise and accurate 230Th ages of corals, especially for corals with ages less than a few thousand years, is the correction for non-radiogenic 230Th based on an initial 230Th/232Th value (230Th/232Th0). …”
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The risk of dengue for non-immune foreign visitors to the 2016 summer olympic games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by Burattini, Marcelo Nascimento, Greenhalgh, David, Wilder-Smith, Annelies, Amaku, Marcos, Lopez, Luis Fernandez, Coutinho, Francisco Antonio Bezerra, Ximenes, Raphael, Struchiner, Claudio José, Massad, Eduardo

“…The worst outbreak of dengue occurred in 2012 and this and the other years in the history of Dengue in Rio are used to discuss potential risks to tourists amongst visitors to the forthcoming Rio Olympics. …”
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Bibliometric analysis of global media representations of marginalized groups by Li, Caiwei, Mohd. Nor Shahizan Ali, Ammar Redza Ahmad Rizal, Xu, Jingwen

“…Over the years, the media have consistently influenced society and culture through the process of mediatization. …”
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Global prevalence of excessive daytime sleepiness in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Salari, Nader, Gholami, Amin, Jalili, Framarz, Zereshki, Ehsan, Heidarian,, Pegah, Shohaimi, Shamarina, Mohammadi, Masoud

“…The prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has increased worldwide in recent years, becoming a significant public health concern. …”

Knowledge of maggot debridement therapy among medical and surgical nurses in Hospital USM, Kelantan by Khim, Wong Mong

“…The mean age of participants was 32.72 ± 5.19 years old. Of the participants, 52.7% had poor knowledge of MDT, whereas 21.2% had moderate knowledge. …”
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Systematic Literature Review of the Trend on Green Supply Chain Management by Che Hassan, Muhammad Hamdi, Osman, Lokhman Hakim

“…This study was conducted on the article data collected from the Web of Science (WOS) and Scopus databases between the years 2013 and 2023 using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematics Review and Meta Analyses (PRISMA) approach. …”
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An encoding scheme capturing generic priors and properties of amino acids improves protein classification by Zhou, Xinrui, Yin, Rui, Zheng, Jie, Kwoh, Chee-Keong

“…The results indicate that the improved CFreeEnS, free from dependence on carefully designed features, is promising in capturing generic priors and essential properties of amino acids, thereby serving as an automated feature engineering method for protein sequences.…”
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Local-flexural interactive buckling of S690 high strength steel slender welded I-section columns: testing, modelling and design by Sun, Yao, Liang, Yating, Su, Andi, Zhao, Ou

“…On the basis of the test and numerical results, the interaction of local and flexural buckling of S690 high strength steel slender welded I-section columns was carefully analysed. Regarding the design of S690 high strength steel slender welded I-section columns failing by local–flexural interactive buckling, the existing European code, Australian standard and American specification adopt the same design concept of using effective width method to consider local buckling and buckling curves to consider flexural buckling. …”
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Heteroatom-doped microporous carbon nanosheets derived from pentaerythritol-melamine for supercapacitors and CO₂ capture by Hu, Xiaochun, Luo, Yuqing, Wu, Xianyue, Niu, Jiabin, Tan, Mingwu, Sun, Zhiqiang, Liu, Wen

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Optimisation of syngas production from a novel two-step chemical looping reforming process using Fe-dolomite as oxygen carriers by Xu, Tingting, Wang, Xun, Xiao, Bo, Zhao, Haibo, Liu, Wen

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Time-inconsistent control problems, path-dependent PDEs, and neural network approximation by Nguwi, Jiang Yu

“…However, the regression approach requires a careful selection of the functional basis, which may not be possible in many cases. …”
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Food Expenditure of the B40 Households: Developing a Decision-Support System for Food Price Determination in Malaysia (S/O14168) by Jan, Soon Jan, Applanaidu, Shri Dewi, Abdul Adzis, Azira, Zainal Abidin, Norhaslinda

“…Food prices will have serious repercussions on the food expenditure of B40 households, and therefore need to be regulated carefully. Consequently, the food price determination decision-support system we are proposing, is a part of the Industrial Revolution 4.0 component which utilises data for improved decision-making. …”
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Development of liquid crystalline polymer blends for the electronic industry by Hu, Xiao, Tam, Kam Chiu, Yue, Chee Yoon

“…The main objectives of the research project have been achieved. A proper understanding of the factors that have a significant influence on the capacity for the LCP phase in LCP-based polymer blends to form strong in situ fibres during processing have been established. …”
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