Self-reported weight changes in 1st year university students in England: an analysis of social and physical environment by Vadeboncoeur, C

“…<p>Background: Moving from secondary education to university is an important transitional moment during which students commonly experience a weight change (WC). This WC in first year university students (FYUS) is described as the Freshmen 15, in reference to claims that students gain 15lbs (6.8kg) over the academic year. …”

"Partisan or party-shun?" : When fact-checking meets partisanship by Goh, Bryan Wei Ming

“…This experimental study aims to establish if the source of a fact check has an impact on its believability. Using a between-subjects design, 200 respondents were each presented with two mocked-up fake news Facebook posts that were manipulated by either a government or presumed non-government fact-checking effort. …”
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Titanium elastic nailing system of diaphyseal femur fracture in a 7 years old child: a case report by Tarmalinggam, Shangeetha, Appasamy, Edzell Swamy, Abdul Ghani, Kamarul Al-Haqq, Kamisan, Norazian

“…However, complications are seen in conservative treatments and lately surgical interventions are being practised tremendously to minimise the complications. Case Report: A 7 years old boy, sustained a closed fracture midshaft left femur after a motor vehicle accident. …”
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The role of schools within initial teacher education in England: an exploration of the shifting policy focus over the past 50 years by Mutton, T, Burn, K, Molway, L

“…Our paper traces key policy moments over the past 50 years in England, examining specifically those policies which have had implications for the role of schools and school-based teacher educators within ITE programmes. …”

Impact of peer review on reports of randomised trials published in open peer review journals : retrospective before and after study by Hopewell, S, Collins, G, Boutron, I, Yu, L, Cook, J, Shanyinde, M, Wharton, R, Shamseer, L, Altman, D

“…<br/><strong>Objective:</strong> To investigate the effectiveness of open peer review as a mechanism to improve the reporting of randomised trials published in biomedical journals. …”

Selecting a self-sufficient solar system configuration for 24/7, year-round, per-demand power supply by Doron, Pinchas, Karni, Jacob, Slocum, Alexander

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Year-Long Stability of Nucleic Acid Bases in Concentrated Sulfuric Acid: Implications for the Persistence of Organic Chemistry in Venus’ Clouds by Seager, Sara, Petkowski, Janusz J., Seager, Maxwell D., Grimes, John H., Zinsli, Zachary, Vollmer-Snarr, Heidi R., Abd El-Rahman, Mohamed K., Wishart, David S., Lee, Brian L., Gautam, Vasuk, Herrington, Lauren, Bains, William, Darrow, Charles

“…We show that the nucleic acid bases adenine, cytosine, guanine, thymine, and uracil, as well as 2,6-diaminopurine, and the &ldquo;core&rdquo; nucleic acid bases purine and pyrimidine, are stable for more than one year in concentrated sulfuric acid at room temperature and at acid concentrations relevant for Venus clouds (81% <i>w</i>/<i>w</i> to 98% <i>w</i>/<i>w</i> acid, the rest water). …”
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Predictors of persistent poor control and validation of ASSESS score: longitudinal 5-year follow-up of severe asthma cohort by Tiew, Pei Yee, Tay, Tunn Ren, Chen, Wenjia, Price, David B., Ong, Kheng Yong, Chotirmall, Sanjay Haresh, Koh, Mariko Siyue

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The added value of deep learning to submaximal exercise electrocardiogram for the 10-year prediction of major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events by Sturge, A, Van Duijvenboden, S, Harper, C, Casadei, B, Doherty, A

Prognostic significance of pleural fluid microbiological positivity in pleural infection: a bicentric 10-year retrospective observational study by Wong, C, Fan, HC, Rahman, NM, Wong, JCC, Cheng, HS, Chiu, PH, Tong, CW, Miu, FPL, Yam, LYC

“…The trend continued at 1, 3, 5 and 7 years. RAPID score predicted 3-month and 1-year mortality in both groups (C-statistics, MPPI 0.71, 0.75; MNPI 0.84, 0.81). …”

Tailored dose baclofen in patients with alcoholic liver disease: A case series with 2-year follow-up of hospitalisation by Heydtmann, M, Macdonald, B, Lewsey, J, Masson, N, Cunningham, L, Irnazarow, A, Nardone, A, Cosgrave, J, Chick, J

“…</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> Baclofen was generally well tolerated with dose reductions in four patients. In the 2 years after initiation of the treatment, patients spent on an average of 19.1 d in the hospital per year compared to 25.48 d before the treatment initiation (p = 0.59). …”

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 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Ferrari, AJ, Santomauro, DF, Aali, A, Lacey, BWH, Rodriguez, JAB

“…<p><b>Methods</b></p> The GBD 2021 disease and injury burden analysis estimated years lived with disability (YLDs), years of life lost (YLLs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries using 100 983 data sources. …”

AMIC Conference on Asian Communications : the Next Twenty-five Years, Singapore, Jun 1-3, 1996 : [preliminary report and evaluation]

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Effectiveness of supervised versus self-directed rehabilitation for adults aged 50 years and over with ankle fractures: protocol for the AFTER trial by Keene, DJ, Achten, J, Forde, C, Png, ME, Grant, R, Draper, K, Appelbe, D, Tutton, E, Peckham, N, Dutton, SJ, Lamb, SE, Costa, ML

“…<p><strong>Aims</p></strong> Ankle fractures are common, mainly affecting adults aged 50 years and over. To aid recovery, some patients are referred to physiotherapy, but referral patterns vary, likely due to uncertainty about the effectiveness of this supervised rehabilitation approach. …”

Gaining historical perspective on political fact-checking : the experience of the United States by Cortada, James W., Aspray, William

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Dengue Serotype Cross-Reactive, Anti-E Protein Antibodies Confound Specific Immune Memory for 1 Year after Infection by Toh, Ying Xiu, Gan, Victor, Balakrishnan, Thavamalar, Zuest, Roland, Poidinger, Michael, Wilson, Solomonraj, Appanna, Ramapraba, Thein, Tun Linn, Ong, Adrian Kheng-Yeow, Ng, Lee Ching, Leo, Yee Sin, Fink, Katja

“…To better define the specificity of polyclonal antibodies during disease and after recovery, longitudinal samples from patients with primary or secondary DENV-2 infection were collected over a period of 1 year. We found that serotype cross-reactive antibodies peaked 3 weeks after infection and subsided within 1 year. …”
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A qualitative study exploring catering staff's perceptions of school meal provision and 11-13 year olds eating behaviours by Gilmour, A

Evaluating machine learning for predicting youth suicidal behavior up to 1 year after contact with mental-health specialty care by O’Reilly, LM, Fazel, S, Rickert, ME, Kuja-Halkola, R, Cederlöf, M, Hellner, C, Larsson, H, Lichtenstein, P, D’Onofrio, BM

Game theoretical, statistical and behavioural aspects of peer evaluation by Tan, Catherine Ser Ping

“…The most common solution to the free rider problem is peer evaluation. Although there are many systems for peer evaluation, they are prone to grade inflation or inaccurate, as they do not assign the correct grade to each student, and as a result the system is unfair. …”
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Design and development of an online platform for peer tutorial scheme by Heng, Nadine Nyi Zheng

“…Notably, NTU’s School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering Student Life Development Unit SEENIORS Program, a relatively young peer tutoring scheme aimed at helping academically challenged students in school of EEE, currently only conducts its classes physically. …”
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