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. …”

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). …”

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

“…We aim to recruit 344 participants aged 50 years and older with an ankle fracture treated surgically or non-surgically from at least 20 NHS hospitals. …”

Stress evolution of GaN/AlN heterostructure grown on 6H-SiC substrate by plasma assisted molecular beam epitaxy by Agrawal, Manvi, Ravikiran, Lingaparthi, Dharmarasu, Nethaji, Radhakrishnan, K., Karthikeyan, Giri Sadasivam, Zheng, Yuanjin

“…The stress evolution of GaN/AlN heterostructure grown on 6H-SiC substrate by plasma assisted molecular beam epitaxy (PA-MBE) has been studied. AlN nucleation layer and GaN layer were grown as a function of III/V ratio. …”
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Correlates of lifestyle patterns among children in Singapore aged 10 years: the growing up in Singapore towards healthy outcomes (GUSTO) study by Tan, Sarah Yi Xuan, Chia, Airu, Tai, Bee Choo, Toh, Jia Ying, Colega, Marjorelee, Padmapriya, Natarajan, Setoh, Peipei, Kee, Michelle Zhi Ling, Yuan, Wen Lun, Lee, Yung Seng, Loo, Benny Kai Guo, Yap, Fabian Kok Peng, Tan, Kok Hian, Godfrey, Keith M., Chong, Yap Seng, Eriksson, Johan, Müller-Riemenschneider, Falk, Chong, Mary Foong-Fong

“…Setting: Children of the Growing Up in Singapore Towards healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) cohort. Participants: Ten-year-old children (n = 397). Results: Three lifestyle patterns, “high snacks and processed food”, “balanced” and “mixed”, were identified. …”
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NEVER FULLY INVEST AT ALL TIMES: Award-Winning Fund Manager Shares His 47 Years Of Proven Strategies For Investing Success / by Tan, Chong Koay, author 594095, Lee, Min Keong, editor 655434

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

Knowledge and practices with standard Precaution in preventing nosocomial Infections among final year degree Nursing and medical students at Universiti sains malaysia. by Ishak, Wan Noor Afiza Wan

“…Nosocomial infection defined as an infection acquired in hospital by a patient who was admitted for other disease and has been claimed to occur at least 48 to 72 hours after patient’s admission and within 30 days of discharge. …”
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The efficacy of cognitive behavioural therapy in treating selective mutism in young children aged 4 to 10 years old: a qualitative systematic review by Ng, Benjamin Zeming, Atikah Binte Hassan, Dun, Yawen

“…The present systematic review evaluates the quality of evidence of empirical studies about the efficacy of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and combination therapy (psychopharmacotherapy) in the treatment of selective mutism in young children aged 4–10 years old. Of the 223 studies returned in a systematic review of the literature from a ten-year period from 2012 to 2022, only fifteen studies matched the selection criteria for the qualitative synthesis. …”
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Trajectories of interferon-gamma release assay results over two years in independent cohorts from China, South Africa, Tanzania, and the United States by Chen, C, Xue, H, Horsburgh, CR, Amour, M, Hatherill, M, Tameris, M, von Reyn, CF, Rees, C, Shen, Y, McShane, H, García-Basteiro, AL, Liu, D, Wang, Y, Nathavitharana, RR, Graviss, EA, Shao, Y, Liu, Q, Lu, W, Zhu, L, Martinez, L

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Results:</strong> 26,596 IGRA measurements were taken over 13,593 years of follow-up (Nparticipants=7,683). Stringent reversion at year 2 after stringent conversion at year 1 varied between cohorts, occurring in 48% (43/90) for WANTAI, 37% (22/59) for QuantiFERON, and 17% (2/12) for T-SPOT.TB, respectively. …”

Robust generation of neutralising antibodies against Omicron variants following bivalent mRNA booster vaccine in elderly people aged >80 years by Parry, H, Bruton, R, Uwenedi, G, Roberts, T, Sylla, P, Cook, J, Elzaidi, A, Lau, M, Drury, T, Bray, A, Mallick, S, Spencer, K, Bentley, C, McIlroy, G, Scott, S, Logan, N, Zuo, J, Willett, B, Moss, P

Enhancement of weld penetrations classification model performance through the implementation of denoising methods towards the acquired acoustic and optical signals during laser beam welding process by Aleem, S.A.A., Mohd Fadhlan, Mohd Yusof, M., Ishak, F. R. M., Romlay, I., Ishak

“…The increased demand for predictive monitoring in Laser Beam Welding (LBW) process for quality management of the welded joint has led to the development of systems utilizing various signals with the combination of acoustic and optical signals being particularly cost-effective and less complex. …”
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