Evidence from Finland and Sweden on the relationship between early-life diseases and lifetime childlessness in men and women by Liu, A, Akimova, ET, Ding, X, Jukarainen, S, Vartiainen, P, Kiiskinen, T, Koskelainen, S, Havulinna, AS, Gissler, M, Lombardi, S, Fall, T, Mills, MC, Ganna, A

“…Individual diseases have been linked to childlessness, mostly in women, yet we lack a comprehensive picture of the effect of early-life diseases on lifetime childlessness. …”

The capabilities of Multiclass Support Vector Machine (MSVM) training algorithms in grading agarwood essential oil by Anis Hazirah ‘Izzati H., Al-Hadi, Siti Mariatul Hazwa, Mohd Huzir, Nurlaila, Ismail, Zakiah, Mohd Yusoff, Saiful Nizam, Tajuddin, Mohd Nasir, Taib

“…The findings of this paper show the confusion matrix for five grades and six grades have no mismatch between actual and predicted data. …”
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Formulation, optimization and characterization of palm kernel oil esters nanoemulsion system containing sodium diclofenac by Rezaee, Malahat

“…Opt.F and F-2 had the higher percentage of drug release. Five different terpenes based on the different chemical structure in five different concentrations were chosen as enhancer in Opt.F. …”
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Protein profile in cells exposed to non-thermal radiofrequency-field by Chai, Richie

“…The experiment was conducted at 37°C. (±0.5°C) and the cell samples were subjected to 10, 40, 120 and 300 minutes of exposure under GSM 900MHz at 41V/m, a standard frequency appear in most of the telecommunication devices. …”
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Advances and applications of large language models II by Ng, Qi Xuan

“…By integrating LLMs with other libraries, Convo2Calendar functions as a comprehensive 5-in-1 virtual meeting minute writer, including a bias-free transcription and a user-friendly 24/7 Q&A service.…”
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Three essays on the share structure reform in China by Zhu, Yanjian

“…In China, prior to April 29, 2005, about two thirds of all outstanding shares were mainly help by the government or government-linked agencies and cannot be traded in the open market. …”
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Interfacial phenomena and biological recognition of mammalian cells on biomimetic materials by Chan, Vincent.

“…In our tissue engineering work, biological ligands are synthesized and then covalently linked to the extracellular matrix for providing highly tailored biological signals for hepatocyte culture. …”
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Dynamic linkages of Asian stock markets by Baharumshah, Ahmad Zubaidi, Sarmidi, Tamat, Tan, Hui Boon

“…The empirical results suggest that all the Asian markets are closely linked with each other and with the world capital markets, namely those of the US and Japan, over the post-liberalization era. …”

Learning in a Foreign Country: Acculturative Stress in UUM’s International Students (S/O 14575) by Aziz, Azelin, Hassan, Hazlinda, Husin, Nurul Sharniza

“…Loss of social support has been linked to various psychological consequences. This study investigated the effect of acculturative stress on academic satisfaction and well-being among Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) international students. …”
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Effects of similarity and implicit leadership theory on trust in leader-subordinate relationships by Pan, Feng, Tay, Jasmin Xiao Jia, Chua, Puay Ying

“…This study investigates the effects of personality similarity and implicit leadership theory on leader-subordinate trust, which are expected to influence affect- and cognition-based trust differently. The Big Five personality factors were used to determine personality similarity in this study.…”
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A prospect theory approach to auditor's judgement. by Priscilla, Nathan., Quek, Hui Ling., Chin, Andy Wai Mun.

“…Survey booklets were sent to two Big Five accounting firms and a few local firms to collect data to test the four principles of Prospect Theory.…”
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Re-branding plan for Meritus hotels & resorts. by Yeo, Tien Huei.

“…The findings revealed the importance of branding in the industry and the similarities between practices of branding consultants in five-star hotels. Based on the findings obtained from this study, the ultimate aim is to work out a Re-branding campaign for the Meritus Hotels & Resorts.…”
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SGH-NTU collaboration by NTU-SGH Annual Biomedical Engineering Symposia

“…The results of some of these joint projects are reported in the five NTU-SGH Annual Biomedical Engineering Symposia .The publications at these Symposia are included in the report.…”
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Development of a 14-degree of freedom prototype biped robot by Khaw, Aik Hau.

“…It possesses 14 Degrees of Freedom and is actuated by positional servomotors. Four-bar and five-bar linkages are used for the power transmission of joints actuation of the biped robot and they are further discussed in the thesis.…”
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Challenges of a New Zealand information communication technology company in the call center business. by Chua, Bee Luan., Lim, Chooi Hoe., Ng, Ginny Tuan., Yeo, Khee Teck.

“…Analysis of New Zealand’s competitive environment in the call center business using Porter’s (1980) Five Forces. Identification of the critical success factors and challenges of this industry through qualitative studies, literature reviews and interviews.…”
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An elastomer with ultrahigh strain-induced crystallization by Hartquist, Chase M, Lin, Shaoting, Zhang, James H, Wang, Shu, Rubinstein, Michael, Zhao, Xuanhe

“…The DELSE also exhibits a high fracture energy of 4.2 to 4.5 kJ m <jats:sup>−2</jats:sup> while maintaining low hysteresis. …”
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Exploring crystal methamphetamine use among school-going learners: a qualitative case study in South African schools by Singwane, Thembinkosi Peter, Ramoshaba, Dillo Justin

“…Persistent substance abuse among students is linked to various negative outcomes, including poor academic performance, strained relationships, physical injuries, violence, heightened sexual activity, and suicidal ideation. …”
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Intervention strategies to enhance food safety certification adoption among farmers in Malaysia: A system dynamics approach by Mohd Shahir, Omar, Cheng, Jack Kie, Ahmad Afif, Ahmarofi, Muhammad Fakhrul, Yusuf

“…Based on insights from 30 experts in the agriculture industry with over five years of experience in Malaysia, out of 33 identified elements, only 22 elements influence the adoption as influencing the adoption of food safety certification. …”
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Dynamical Pose Estimation by Yang, Heng, Doran, Chris, Slotine, Jean-Jacques

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Thin 3-D bandpass frequency-selective structure based on folded substrate for conformal radome applications by Omar, Ahmed Abdelmottaleb, Shen, Zhongxiang

“…A 67% and 79% thickness reduction compared to the basic 3-D bandpass FSS is achieved by employing three-layer and five-layer folded substrates, respectively. Single-and dual-polarized designs are presented. …”
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