Climate and biodiversity in the Andean Dry Puna by Bennett Manzano, M

“…There was no significant temporal trend in productivity in the study area since 1980 and NDVI variability was chiefly driven by ENSO conditions (lower during El Niño years, with dry and hot summers). At a finer scale, vegetation types responded to low rainfall in different ways; tussock grasslands were the most affected by low rainfall; wetlands and scrublands the most resilient. …”

Breastfeeding support during the Covid-19 pandemic in England: analysis of a national survey by Quigley, M, Harrison, S, Levene, I, Buchanan, P, McLeish, J, Alderdice, F

“…<p><strong>Conclusions</p></strong> Breastfeeding support has declined in recent years, and did not meet the needs of many women during the pandemic. …”

Indicators of global climate change 2022: annual update of large-scale indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence by Forster, PM, Smith, CJ, Walsh, T, Lamb, WF, Lamboll, R, Hauser, M, Ribes, A, Rosen, D, Gillett, N, Palmer, MD, Rogelj, J, von Schuckmann, K, Seneviratne, SI, Trewin, B, Zhang, X, Allen, M, Andrew, R, Birt, A, Borger, A, Boyer, T, Broersma, JA, Cheng, L, Dentener, F, Friedlingstein, P, Gutiérrez, JM, Gütschow, J, Hall, B, Ishii, M, Jenkins, S, Lan, X, Lee, J-Y, Morice, C, Kadow, C, Kennedy, J, Killick, R, Minx, JC, Naik, V, Peters, GP, Pirani, A, Pongratz, J, Schleussner, C-F, Szopa, S, Thorne, P, Rohde, R, Rojas Corradi, M, Schumacher, D, Vose, R, Zickfeld, K, Masson-Delmotte, V, Zhai, P

“…However, successive IPCC reports are published at intervals of 5&ndash;10 years, creating potential for an information gap between report cycles.…”

Deep learning methods for genome-based prediction of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Wang, C

“…<p>Tuberculosis is a highly lethal infectious disease, causing approximately 1.5 million deaths annually. Recent years have seen a concerning rise in drug-resistant tuberculosis cases, calling for the development of new approaches for drug susceptibility testing. …”

Investigating the impact of growth arrest mechanisms on tumour growth and responses to radiotherapy and hyperthermia by Colson, C

“…Combination therapies that exploit different ways to treat cancer cells, while minimising adverse side-effects, have gained increased traction in recent years. In particular, hyperthermia (HT) has emerged as a promising candidate for enhancing tumour responses to radiotherapy (RT), a well-established cancer treatment used to treat more than 50% of cancer patients. …”

Implementing strategies to improve uptake of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in gender-affirming care: a mixed-methods implementation study by Kamran, R, Jackman, L, Goodwin, C, Laws, A, Stepney, M, Harrison, C, Jain, A, Rodrigues, J

“…</p> <p><strong>Results</strong> A total of 28 participants were included in this study with a mean (SD) age of 39 (17) years. In general, participants rated education material for PROMs as the most important for PROM implementation, and accessibility options for PROMs as the second most important. …”

Self-reported pain and osteoarthritis of the hip and spine in retired elite rowers by Baynham-Williams, M

“…</p> <p><b>Results:</b> 92 participants were included in the analysis (age: 49.7 ± 17.8 years; BMI: 24.8 ± 2.7 kg/m2). The prevalence of self-reported pain at the hip joint, and across the thoracic spine and lower back was 14.1%, 9.8% and 29.4%, respectively. …”

Water quality in the Dhaka river system, Bangladesh, January 2017 to July 2021 by Hossain, MA, Shawal, S

“…<p>This dataset comprises periodical analysis of various water quality parameters including organics, inorganics and microbial concentrations from 58 sampling points over five years (2017-2021) in rivers and canals in the Greater Dhaka watershed, Bangladesh (Turag, Tongi Khal, Balu, Buriganga, Bangshi-Savar, Shitalakhya, Dhaleshwari, Kaliganga Pagar Canal, Bashundhara Canal, Begunbari Canal). …”

Outbreaks of COVID-19 in a tuberculosis treatment sanatorium on the Thailand-Myanmar border: a retrospective cohort analysis by Aung, HKK, Swe, LL, Saito, M, Lesseps, S, Janurian, N, Tun, WPP, Maung Maung, B, Than, A, Watthanaworawit, W, Kaewphanderm, N, Gornsawun, G, Pyae Phyo, A, Nosten, F

“…The median (interquartile range) age was 48 (33.5-57.0) and 27 (23-33) years in the TB and in the non-TB COVID-19 patients, respectively. …”

Virulence gene profiles and antimicrobial susceptibility of Salmonella Brancaster from chicken by Khoo, Evie, Roslee, Roseliza, Zakaria, Zunita, Ahmad, Nur Indah

“…Surveillance data from Malaysian poultry farms indicated an increase in its presence over the years. Objective: This study aims to investigate the virulence determinants and antimicrobial resistance in S. …”
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Studies of seed-borne fungi of tropical pasture legume species by Nik, WZ, Parbery, DG

“…P. sorghina was also found in embryo and cotyledonary tissue and survived in infected seed for at least 5 years. One storage fungus, Aspergillus ruber, was a seed (embryo) pathogen. …”

Absolute deviance method for symmetrical uniform designs by Lau, Grace Chui Ting

“…Moreover, there is no development of new construction methods in the recent years. Therefore, two of the existing construction methods of uniform design; the optimization method and the cutting method are analyzed and modified to a better approach in terms of computation time and uniformity. …”
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Electromyography signal processing based on time and time-frequency representations for prosthesis application by Mahdavi, Farzaneh Akhavan

“…Accordingly, using EMG signal for controlling a prosthetic hand has been developed remarkably in recent years. The ECS based on pattern recognition has been improved by using new techniques in the EMG signal processing. …”
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Methodology for domain ontology development with human-centered design by Iqbal, Rizwan

“…Ontologies play an important role to envision the future of semantic web. Over the years, the practitioners of the field of ontology engineering to support the notion of merging different methodologies and techniques together for developing ontologies. …”
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Towards the Realization of National Automotive Policy (NAP): Modelling the Malaysian Consumers’ Purchase Behavioral Intention towards Energy Efficient Vehicles (EEVs) (S/O 14165) by Mohd Noor, Nor Azila, Mohd Fadhil, Faudziah Hanim, Md Isa, Filzah, Salleh, Hayatul Safrah, Muhammad, Azli

“…Malaysian Automotive Association disclosed that energy efficient vehicles have enjoyed tremendous sales growth in the past few years after the introduction of duty exemptions. …”
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Shortening and turbo decoding of product codes by Lim, Kai Ching

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Adaptive and formal memetic frameworks. by Nguyen, Quang Huy.

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Phonological and semantic influences on auditory word perception in children with and without reading impairments using magnetoencephalography (MEG) and electroencephalography (EEG... by Wehner, Daniel T

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Enhancing the corporate image of a statutory board through a public communication campaign : the PUB story. by Tan, Amy Kheng Im.

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Electronic commerce for SME by Yang, Ping

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