Exploring machine learning models for age recognition by Dharmarathne, Chathuranga, Ouazzane, Karim, Shrestha, Subeksha, Fernando, Sandra

“…These improvements have been instrumental in solving real-world challenges. …”
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How counselling psychologists address issues of race with clients from black Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds: a discourse analysis by Madre de Deus de Sousa, Filipe Alexandre, Banbury, Samantha, Phillips, Olaide, Lusher, Joanne

“…The prejudiced experiences that Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) clients report when discussing culture, racial discrimination and race has been documented. However, research seldom investigates the practitioners’ interpretations when engaging with clients from non-White ethnic backgrounds. …”
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Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of smoking tobacco use and attributable disease burden in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis... by Reitsma, M. B., Kendrick, P. J., Ababneh, E., Abbafati, C., Abbasi-Kangevari, M., Abdoli, A., Abedi, A., Abhilash, E. S., Abila, D. B., Aboyans, V., Abu-Rmeileh, N. M., Adebayo, O. M., Advani, S. M., Aghaali, M., Ahinkorah, B. O., Ahmad, S., Ahmadi, K., Ahmed, H., Aji, B., Akunna, C. J., Al-Aly, Z., Alanzi, T. M., Alhabib, K. F., Ali, L., Alif, S. M., Alipour, V., Aljunid, S. M., Alla, F., Allebeck, P., Alvis-Guzman, N., Amin T. T., Amini, S., Amu, H., Amul, G. G. H., Ancuceanu, R., Anderson, J. A., Ansari-Moghaddam, A., Antonio, C. A. T., Antony, B., Anvari, D., Arabloo, J., Arian, N. D., Arora, M., Asaad, M., Ausloos, M., Awan, A. T., Ayano, G., Aynalem, G. L., Azari, S., B, D.B., Badiye, A. D., Baig, A. A., Bakhshaei, M. H., Banach, M., Banik, P.C., Barker-Collo, S. L., Bärnighausen, T. W., Barqawi, H. J., Basu, S., Bayati, M., Bazargan-Hejazi, S., Behzadifar, M., Bekuma, T. T., Bennett, D. A., Bensenor, I. M., Berfield, K. S. S., Bhagavathula, A. S., Bhardwaj, N., Bhardwaj, P., Bhattacharyya, K., Bibi, S., Bijani, A., Bintoro, B. S., Biondi, A., Birara, S., Braithwaite, D., Brenner, H., Brunoni, A. R., Burkart, K., Butt, Z. A., Caetano dos Santos, F. L., Car, Josip, Cárdenas, R., Carreras, G., Carrero, J. J., Castaldelli-Maia, J. M., Cattaruzza, M. S. S., Chang, J. C., Chen, S., Chu, D. T., Chung, S. C., Cirillo, M., Costa, V. M., Couto, R. A. S., Dadras, O., Dai, X., Damasceno, A. A. M., Damiani, G., Dandona, L.

“…Globally in 2019, smoking tobacco use accounted for 7·69 million (7·16–8·20) deaths and 200 million (185–214) disability-adjusted life-years, and was the leading risk factor for death among males (20·2% [19·3–21·1] of male deaths). 6·68 million [86·9%] of 7·69 million deaths attributable to smoking tobacco use were among current smokers. …”
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SINGAPORE STANDARD : Specification for clean and green urban farms – Agriculture Incorporating Amendment No. 1 /

“…Adoption of this standard will enable urban farms to enhance their business competitiveness through optimising operational efficiency in a sustainable manner and to brand their farm products for market access. Permission has also been sought from the following organisations for the reproduction of materials from their publications into this standard: ISPM 5 Glossary of phytosanitary terms by International Plant Protection Convention; Soil taxonomy, a basic system of soil classification for making and interpreting soil surveys by United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service; Sustainability assessment of food and agriculture systems guidelines (version 3.0) by Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations; SS 632: 2017 Specification for organic primary produce by Enterprise Singapore. …”
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Doctor, Will You Pray for Me? : Medicine, Chaplains, and Healing the Whole Person / by Klitzman, Robert, author 655971

“…Healthcare chaplains have been filling the void, developing valuable approaches and insights. …”
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Grid compliance for the land based electrical power generators by Yang, Shicong

“…Many ways and means for LVRT capability enhancement have been researched for wind generators, but only limited researches have been conducted for LVRT capability enhancement for distributed synchronous generators. …”
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Adaptive modulation and subcarrier allocation for multiuser OFDM/CDMA systems by Zhang, Hua

“…Thus, the potential complexity problem of the adaptive system is reduced. Generally, it has been concluded that the proposed adaptive OFDM schemes are efficient and robust methods for transmitting data at high rates.…”
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Optimization and scheduling for a large-scale urban transportation system involving human factors by Zhang, Yi

“…Traffic signal control, as one of the most essential strategies to tackle this challenge, has been applied and studied over the past several decades. …”
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Fine-scale genetic structure and natural selection signatures of southwestern Hans inferred from patterns of genome-wide allele, haplotype, and haplogroup lineages by Wang, Mengge, Yuan, Didi, Zou, Xing, Wang, Zheng, Yeh, Hui-Yuan, Liu, Jing, Wei, Lan-Hai, Wang, Chuan-Chao, Zhu, Bofeng, Liu, Chao, He, Guanglin

“…The evolutionary and admixture history of Han Chinese have been widely discussed via traditional autosomal and uniparental genetic markers [e.g., short tandem repeats, low-density single nucleotide polymorphisms). …”
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Dimensionality-dependent type-II Weyl semimetal state in Mo₀.₂₅W₀.₇₅Te₂ by Li, Peiling, Deng, Ya, Hsu, Chuang-Han, Zhu, Chao, Cui, Jian, Yang, Xue, Zhou, Jiadong, Hung, Yi-Chun, Fan, Jie, Ji, Zhongqing, Qu, Fanming, Shen, Jie, Yang, Changli, Jing, Xiunian, Lin, Hsin, Liu, Zheng, Lu, Li, Liu, Guangtong

“…Recently, Mo$_{0.25}$W$_{0.75}$Te$_{2}$ has been established as a type-II WSM with Weyl points located near Fermi level, which offers an opportunity to study its intriguing band structure by electrical transport measurements. …”
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Interfacial mechanics investigation of transmission components under non-Newtonian lubrication conditions by Bai, Xueyu

“…Thus far, the following studies have been conducted. First, both the finite difference (FD) and finite element (FE) numerical models of the transmission components under thermal EHL have been developed considering the non-Newtonian behaviours and lubrication starvation. …”
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Self-healing cementitious composites by encapsulation techniques by Feng, Jianhang

“…To overcome these challenges, some new approaches of autonomous healing in cementitious composites have been proposed, attempted, and analyzed in this thesis, which are summarized as below. …”
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Study of lithium-ion battery anodes based on silicon nanostructures by Fan, Yu

“…On the other hand, nanostructured Si has been shown to alleviate this problem because it has a large portion of surface atoms that could effectively release internal strain through the surrounding space. …”
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Carbon nanotube fence-wall for radio frequency isolation by Tan, Dunlin

“…Some challenges faced by implementation of carbon nanotubes into nano-packages have been identified and dealt with. A possible solution to mitigate electromagnetic interference in next generation light-weight radio frequency components and applications has been proposed.…”
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Quantitative analysis of coronary artery from computed tomography angiography images by Cui, Hengfei

“…Coronary artery diseases (CAD) have been the major cause of death worldwide, accounting for about 17% of total US deaths. …”
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Experimental and numerical evaluation of aeroacoustic damping performance of in-duct double-layer orifice plates by Li, Jing

“…With more stringent noise regulation, more and more researches have been conducted to improve the design of acoustic dampers. …”
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Maternal Death Surveillance and Response in Sudan: an evidence-based, context-specific optimisation to improve maternal care by Altijani Osman Abbakar, N

“…In Sudan, MDR/MDSR have been in place for over a decade. However, capturing maternal deaths in the community, which is the first step in reviewing deaths, has consistently been reported as a major challenge. …”

Harvest age and planting density effects on yield and quality of two kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus l.) Varieties for fibre and animal feed by Mohammad Yusoff, Masnira

“…Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) has been identified as a viable alternative crop to replace tobacco in Malaysian agriculture in the 21st century. …”
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A cationic thorium-organic framework with triple single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation peculiarities for ultrasensitive anion recognition by Li, Zi-Jian, Lei, Min, Bao, Hongliang, Ju, Yu, Lu, Huangjie, Li, Yongxin, Zhang, Zhi-Hui, Guo, Xiaofeng, Qian, Yuan, He, Ming-Yang, Wang, Jian-Qiang, Liu, Wei, Lin, Jian

“…Single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation of metal-organic frameworks has been met with great interest, as it allows for the creation of new materials in a stepwise manner and direct visualization of structural transitions when subjected to external stimuli. …”
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SGD-based optimization in modeling combustion kinetics: Case studies in tuning mechanistic and hybrid kinetic models by Ji, Weiqi, Su, Xingyu, Pang, Bin, Li, Yujuan, Ren, Zhuyin, Deng, Sili

“…Chemical kinetic modeling is an integral part of combustion simulation, and extensive efforts have been devoted to developing high-fidelity yet computationally affordable models. …”
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