How economic crises affect alcohol consumption and alcohol-related health problems: A realist systematic review by de Goeij, MCM, Suhrcke, M, Toffolutti, V, van de Mheen, D, Schoenmakers, TM, Kunst, AE

“…Across many countries, the psychological distress mechanism was observed mainly in men. The tighter budget constraints mechanism seems to play a role in all population subgroups across all countries. …”

Evolution of volcanic rifted margins: origin of seaward dipping reflectors with insights from flexure and 'process-oriented’ gravity modelling by Morgan, RL

“…<p>Seaward dipping reflectors (SDRs) are ubiquitous features of the offshore regions of volcanic rifted continental margins where they comprise wedge-shaped packages of mainly extrusive lava flows. SDRs are typically observed on seismic reflection profiles; a compilation of which is studied in this thesis. …”

Survey on the salt usage among fish cracker (keropok lekor) manufacturers in several districts of Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia by Qurratul Aeina Faizi Faizul, Suzana Shahar, Zaliha Harun, Mohd Noor Hidayat Adenan, Hasnah Haron

“…An estimate of 606.43 mg/100g of sodium content in keropok lekor was obtained in this study, which was mainly derived from the usage of sodium chloride and monosodium glutamate (MSG) during the preparation. …”
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Isolation of Bifidobacteria infantis and its antagonistic activity against ETEC 0157 and Salmonella typhimurium S-285 in weaning foods by Mohd Yusof, Rokiah, Haque, Formuzul, Ismail, Maznah, Hassan, Zaiton

“…Using carbohydrate fermentation profile test API-CH-50 kits, 20 Bifidobacteria strains had been identified: they were the species of Bifidobacteria infantis and two different sub-species, mainly infantis and lacentis. Based on a wide zone of inhibition, three suitable strains of B. infantis, Bifi-11, Bifi-19 and Bifi-20, were tested in weaning foods for antimicrobial activity towards two human pathogens: E. coli-0157 (World Health Organization) and Salmonella typhimurium S-285. …”

Exploring the roles of mitochondrial-associated microRNAs of head and neck cancer stem cells in drug resistance and tumor recurrence by Zhu, Xiaoning, Subha, Sethu Thakachy, Fong, Voon Hoong, Tan, Wee Lin, Cheah, Yoke Kqueen

“…After that, we further used bioinformatic analysis to predict that let-7c-5p might mainly target KRAS and BCL2L1 to regulate mitophagy and apoptosis pathways for keeping cancer stem cells alive. …”
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In vitro and in silico studies of Lawsone on inflammation-induced skin cells for development of skin anti-inflammatory treatment by Abdullah, Shazleen Sofea, Mohammad Latif, Muhammad Alif, Md Tohid, Siti Farah

“…Lawsone, an active phytoconstituent of Lawsonia inermis sp., is proposed as a safer alternative for the current skin anti-inflammatory treatments that are mainly steroidal with unwanted side effects which does not conform to the concept of halalan toyyiban in medicine. …”
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Screening of microbial population in Sabah tea kombucha pellicle for its potential as prebiotic and probiotic supplement by Nasir, Nurul Farhana, Mohamad, Nurul Elyani, Yew, Chee Wei, Saallah, Suryani, Alitheen, Noorjahan Banu

“…The 16S and ITS metagenomic results showed that Sabah tea kombucha pellicle contains a potentially beneficial microbial population, mainly Komagataeibacter, Zygosaccharomyces and Starmerella, that may serve as a sustainable probiotic. …”
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Dosimetric study of fletcher’s applicator in high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy for cervical cancer: TLD measurements in pelvic water phantom by Sallehudin,, Muhammad Nursyabil

“…Conclusion: the result of the study shows significant deviation between TPS calculated dose and the TLD measured dose in HDR brachytherapy using Fletcher’s applicator inside heterogenous phantom, with most percentage different exceeding the acceptable tolerance due to several factor mainly the applicator being mispositioned.…”
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Utilization of Silica Fume and Sodium Hydroxide in Treated Crumb Rubber for Cement Mortar by Supar, Khairi, Mohammad, Hairuddin, Kaamin, Masiri, Mohammad Azmi, Mohamad Azim, Musa, Mohd Kamaruzaman, Abdul Rahman, Mohammad Ashraf, Ahmad, Hilton, Sugiman, Sugiman

“…As such, it contributes to the sustainable development of the construction industry. This paper mainly emphasizes the strength of untreated and treated crumb rubber from waste tires in cement mortar. …”
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Uncertainties of glacial isostatic adjustment model predictions in North America associated with 3D structure by Li, Tanghua, Wu, Patrick, Wang, Hansheng, Steffen, Holger, Khan, Nicole S., Engelhart, Simon E., Vacchi, Matteo, Shaw, Timothy Adam, Peltier, W. Richard, Horton, Benjamin Peter

“…Present‐day urn:x-wiley:00948276:media:grl60497:grl60497-math-0003 and urn:x-wiley:00948276:media:grl60497:grl60497-math-0004 uncertainties are largest in southwestern Hudson Bay with magnitudes of 2.4 mm/year and 0.4 μGal/year, mainly due to the 3D viscosity structure in the lower mantle.…”
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Transient transmission of Chikungunya virus in Singapore exemplifies successful mitigation of severe epidemics in a vulnerable population by Hapuarachchi, Hapuarachchige Chanditha, Wong, Wing-Yan, Koo, Carmen, Tien, Wei-Ping, Yeo, Gladys, Rajarethinam, Jayanthi, Tan, Eugene, Chiang, Suzanna, Chong, Chee-Seng, Tan, Cheong-Huat, Tan, Li-Kiang, Ng, Lee Ching

“…Results: Four distinct groups of CHIKV of East, Central and South African genotype have mainly circulated since 2008, transmitted primarily by Aedes albopictus. …”
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Hydrous melting driven upwelling from the mantle transition zone in the Mongolia plateau revealed by receiver function analysis by He, Jing, Xu, Mijian, Wu, Qingju, Zhang, Fengxue

“…A narrow NS-trending MTZ thickening zone extending from the Hovsgol rift to the central Hangay Dome is mainly caused by a ∼10 km depression of D660. We speculate that the mantle upwelling beneath the Hangay Dome may be related to the stagnant slab descending through the MTZ, rather than being rooted from the deep lower mantle. …”
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Bitstream-corrupted JPEG images are restorable: two-stage compensation and alignment framework for image restoration by Liu, Wenyang, Wang, Yi, Yap, Kim-Hui, Chau, Lap-Pui

“…The bit errors bring unpredictable color casts and block shifts on decoded image contents, which cannot be resolved by existing image restoration methods mainly relying on pre-defined degradation models in the pixel domain. …”
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Understanding the mechanisms of methylammonium-induced thermal instability in mixed-FAMA perovskites by Tay, Darrell Jun Jie, Febriansyah, Benny, Salim, Teddy, Kovalev, Mikhail, Sharma, Aakash, Koh, Teck Ming, Mhaisalkar, Subodh Gautam, Ager, Joel W., Mathews, Nripan

“…X-ray diffraction (XRD), proton-transfer-reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometry (PTR-ToF-MS), photoluminescence (PL) and UV-visible spectroscopy, and depth-profiling X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) are employed to show that the observed trend is mainly due to the decomposition of the MA+ cation, as opposed to other effects such as the precursor solvent and film morphologies. …”
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Characterization of freshwater sludge generated in Singapore: exploring opportunities for a circular economy by Xu, Bo, Qin, Junde, Yang, Mingqian, Yi, Yaolin

“…The primary variation among different batches of FS was the organic content (28.89%–52.3%), which mainly consisted of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. …”
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Amorphous high-entropy phosphide nanosheets with multi-atom catalytic sites for efficient oxygen evolution by Li, Xiumin, Xie, Zhengkun, Roy, Soumyabrata, Gao, Longqing, Liu, Jie, Zhao, Bing, Wei, Ran, Tang, Bijun, Wang, Hongyan, Ajayan, Pulickel, Tang, Keyong

“…The alkaline oxygen evolution reaction (OER) mainly encompasses four elementary reactions, involving intermediates such as HO*, O*, and HOO*. …”
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Determination of the archaeal and bacterial communities in two-phase and single-stage anaerobic systems by 454 pyrosequencing by Maspolim, Yogananda, Zhou, Yan, Guo, Chenghong, Xiao, Keke, Ng, Wun Jern

“…All reactors were predominated by hydrogenotrophic methanogens, mainly Methanolinea. Unusually, the acidogenic reactor contributed up to 24% of total methane production in the 2-phase system. …”
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Detection of damaged supports under railway track based on frequency shift by Wang, Longqi, Zhang, Yao, Lie, Seng Tjhen

“…The ballast and fasteners which provide strong support to the railway track are important as well whereas the detection of loose or missing fasteners and damaged ballast mainly relies on visual inspection. Although it is reliable when the fastener is missing and the damaged ballast is on the surface, it provides less help if the fastener is only loose and the damaged ballast is under the sleepers, which are however frequently observed in practice. …”
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Viroporin activity of the foot-and-mouth disease virus non-structural 2B protein by Ao, Da, Guo, Hui-Chen, Sun, Shi-Qi, Sun, De-Hui, Fung, To Sing, Wei, Yan-Quan, Han, Shi-Chong, Yao, Xue-Ping, Cao, Sui-Zhong, Liu, Ding Xiang, Liu, Xiang-Tao

“…The protein was found to be mainly localized in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), with both the N- and C-terminal domains stretched into the cytosol. …”
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DropLab: an automated magnetic digital microfluidic platform for sample-to-answer point-of-care testing-development and application to quantitative immunodiagnostics by Hu, Xuyang, Gao, Xiangyu, Chen, Songlin, Guo, Jinhong, Zhang, Yi

“…However, existing POCT immunodiagnostics mainly rely on the lateral flow assay (LFA), which has limited sensitivity or quantification capability. …”
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