Interventions that prevent or reduce perinatal loneliness and its proximal determinants: a restricted scoping review by Naughton-Doe, R, Nowland, R, Tierney, S, Webber, M, Wittkowski, A

“…Perinatal loneliness is associated with perinatal mental illness, which can have lasting negative impacts on parents and their children. …”

Laplace transforms, non-analytic growth bounds and $C_{0}$-semigroups by Srivastava, S

“…We apply our theory of non-analytic growth bounds to prove some results in which $\zeta(\mathbf{T})$ does not appear explicitly; for example, we show that all the growth bounds $\omega_{\alpha}(\mathbf{T}), \alpha >0,$ of a $C_{0}$-semigroup $\mathbf{T}$ coincide with the spectral bound $s(\mathbf{A})$, provided the pseudo-spectrum is of a particular shape. Lastly, we shift our focus from non-analytic bounds to sun-reflexivity of a Banach space with respect to $C_{0}$-semigroups. …”

Exploiting signed TV broadcasts for automatic learning of British Sign Language by Buehler, P, Everingham, M, Zisserman, A

“…In this way we are able to extract the sign of interest from hours of signing footage, despite the very weak and "noisy" supervision from the subtitles. <br> Lastly, we will show how the automatic recognition of signs can be extended to multiple signers. …”

Quality and outcomes of diabetes care in patients diagnosed with cancer by Griffiths, R

“…However, differences in actual levels were small, and lasted &amp;LT;1 year after diagnosis. Cancer patients were no less likely to meet quality measures for retinal screening, foot examination, or dietary review. …”

Interventions that prevent or reduce perinatal loneliness and its proximal determinants: a restricted scoping review by Naughton-Doe, R, Nowland, R, Tierney, S, Webber, M, Wittkowski, A

“…Perinatal loneliness is associated with perinatal mental illness, which can have lasting negative impacts on parents and their children. …”

BCC metals in extreme environments: modelling the structure and evolution of defects by Gilbert, M

“…The mobility functions fitted to the results are vital components in simulations of dislocation networks and other large-scale phenomena. Lastly, we develop a multi-string Frenkel-Kontorova model that allows us to study the core structure of screw dislocations. …”

Why does "green" matter in supply chain management? Exploring institutional pressures, green practices, green innovation, and economic performance in the Chinese chemical sector by Wen, Xu, Cheah, Jun-Hwa, Lim, Xin-Jean, Ramachandran, Sridar

“…Third, GI acts as a mediator between GSCM practices and economic performance, indicating that the implementation of GI plays a crucial role in improving companies' economic outcomes through GSCM practices. Lastly, the relationship between GSCM practices and economic performance is strengthened when top management provides strong support for these initiatives. …”
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Life history and demography of the predatory mite, Amblyseius longispinosus Evans by Ibrahim, Yusof, Palacio, Victoria B.

“…Parameters relating to oviposition were: fecundity, gross (50.7) and net (43.3) eggs/female; hatchability, 99.6% (gross) and 99.5% (net); the oviposition lasted at most 28 days and showed a peak in the first week. …”
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Comparative systems biology analysis to study the mode of action of the isothiocyanate compound iberin on pseudomonas aeruginosa by Givskov, Michael, Nielsen, Thomas E., Tolker-Nielsen, Tim, Tan, Sean Yang-Yi, Liu, Yang, Chua, Song Lin, Vejborg, Rebecca Munk, Jakobsen, Tim Holm, Chew, Su Chuen, Li, Yingying, Yang, Liang

“…Taken together, the findings suggest that the mode of QS inhibition in iberin is through downregulation of the Gac/Rsm QS network, which in turn leads to the repression of QS-regulated virulence factors, such as pyoverdine, chitinase, and protease IV. Lastly, as expected from the observed repression of small regulatory RNA synthesis, we also show that iberin effectively reduces biofilm formation. …”
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Imprinting of IgA responses in previously infected individuals receiving bivalent mRNA vaccines (WT and BA.4/BA.5 or WT and BA.1) by Goh, Yun Shan, Fong, Siew-Wai, Hor, Pei Xiang, Loh, Chiew Yee, Tay, Matthew Zirui, Wang, Bei, Salleh, Siti Nazihah Mohd, Ngoh, Eve Zi Xian, Lee, Raphael Tze Chuen, Poh, Xuan Ying, Lee, I. Russel, Rao, Suma, Chia, Po Ying, Maurer-Stroh, Sebastian, Wang, Cheng-I, Leo, Yee Sin, Lye, David C., Young, Barnaby Edward, Ng, Lisa F. P., Renia, Laurent

“…Studies are needed to understand how to induce a robust and long-lasting IgA immunity for protection against COVID-19 infection.…”
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Modern Game Testing : Learn how to test games like a pro, optimize testing effort, and skyrocket your QA career / by Finska, Nikolina, author 656259

“…By the end of this book, you'll have a clear understanding of the modern methodologies of QA testing for games, and be able to build efficient, reliable, and long-lasting QA teams. What you will learn Conduct compliance, regression, and localization tests, among others Build and optimize test sets for testing mobile games Find out how to set up an efficient bug flow Write optimal bug reports that differentiate between priority and severity Pick the optimal testing approach for each phase of game development Discover how to use equivalence partitioning, boundary analysis, and decision tables Master live ops QA and handle live bugs Who this book is for This book is for game testers, game producers, game developers, testing managers, and other QA professionals who want to learn more about modern approaches to QA and utilizing them to build more efficient and cost-effective QA teams and products. …”
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3D articulated skeleton extraction using a single consumer-grade depth camera by Lu, Xuequan, Deng, Zhigang, Luo, Jun, Chen, Wenzhi, Yeung, Sai-Kit, He, Ying

“…We then generate a skeleton involving a reasonable number of joints and bones with our skeletal structure extraction algorithm. We lastly present an iterative Linear Blend Skinning based algorithm for accurate joints learning. …”
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Design of Cleavable Monomers and Cross-Linkers for the Synthesis of Degradable Polymer Architectures by Cardoso da Costa, Leticia

“…A brief introduction to the current strategies utilized to impart chemical deconstruction to cross-linked polymer networks prepared by radical polymerization is presented (Chapter 4). Lastly, we improve the performance of a consumer good, gel nail polish, by imparting degradability via co-polymerization with a cleavable comonomer. …”
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In-situ monitoring of oil emulsion fouling in ultrafiltration via electrical impedance spectroscopy (EIS): influence of surfactant by Tian, Ju, Trinh, Thien An, Kalyan, Muppalla Naga, Ho, Jia Shin, Chew, Jia Wei

“…Therefore, this study provided clear evidence that the surfactant oppositely charged to the membrane (i.e., CTAB) adsorbed extensively initially to give negligible flux decline, which was not the case for the surfactants that were similarly negatively charged like the membrane. This only lasted for 0.5 h beyond which fouling became pronounced per dictated by DLVO interaction energy.…”
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Insights from coral microatolls into sea-level variability and subduction zone behavior by Sarkawi, Gina Muthia

“…We use forward elastic dislocation models to determine potential causative faults that could produce vertical deformation seen in the coral record. Lastly, I compile published fossil coral microatoll records across Simeulue Island, Indonesia to investigate the size of two paleoearthquakes, the 1394 CE and the 1450 CE, which were predecessor ruptures to the Mw 9.2 2004 CE Aceh-Andaman earthquake. …”
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Utilizing food waste and thermoplastic starch (TPS) in 3D printed PLA formulations for sustainable and customizable controlled delivery systems by Wang, Liwen

“…Delivery studies found that MT was fully released within 4 hours and RIS could achieve sustained release profile of about 48 hours. Lastly, the tensile strength of PLA-TPS, PLA- food waste were investigated. 3D printed PLA-TPS and PLA-BSG had tensile strength of 42.6 MPa and 36.8 MPa which were the closest to pure PLA of 49.0 MPa. …”
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Optimization strategies for federated learning by Zhang, Tinghao

“…We achieve this through a deep reinforcement learning-based scheduling strategy and an optimized bandwidth allocation method, enabling FL to achieve target accuracy with reduced system costs. Lastly, to further explores device scheduling in hierarchical Federated Learning (HFL), we propose an HFL framework integrates effective device scheduling and assignment techniques, which expedite convergence and minimize costs, making FL more efficient and practical for real-world deployment. …”
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Li3V2(PO4)3 nanocrystals embedded in a nanoporous carbon matrix supported on reduced graphene oxide sheets as cathode material for lithium-ion batteries by Wong, Kang Ming.

“…On top of that, the cathode is able to display excellent cycling performance and deliver a discharge capacity of 91 mAh g-1 during the 1000th cycle even at high current density of 5910 mAh g-1 (30 C). Lastly, the reasons for the excellent electrochemical performance of the LVP-NC@NPCM@rGO cathode and the purposed formation scheme of hierarchical LVP-NC@NPCM@rGO nanoarchitectures are also discussed in the report.…”
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Study of degradation mechanisms in SiON gate dielectric film subjected to negative bias temperature instability (NBTI) stress by Kang, Chun Wei.

“…However, a significant increase in the gate leakage occurs when there is a decrease in R at T=200°C. Lastly, Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) breakdown on PMOS and switching hole traps of NBTI is found to be related as well. …”
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An investigation on correlation between linguistic features and personality traits : a case of Singapore Twitter users. by Yew, Chee Soon.

“…These observers were trained and briefed before they began their assessment, which lasted slightly more than two weeks. At the end of the assessment, three main issues were raised that might affect the reliability of the results. …”
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