Synthesis and characterization of Cu-Chalcogenide nanocrystals for potential applications in low-cost solar cells by Ahmadi, Mahshid

“…Hence, it can be deduced that the lattice is distorted and this likely to result in micro-strain in the crystal. The band gap of CuInxGa1-xSe2 NCs was measured optically (UV-Vis spectroscopy) and electrochemically (cyclic voltammetry). …”
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#Hooked? Extending the social cognitive model in examining the antecedents of problematic social network sites use among Singaporean adolescents and adults by Lee, Edmund Wei Jian

“…Most notably, a nuanced difference in how paternal and maternal relationships were associated with adolescents’ problematic SNSs was found—adolescents who had poor relationships with their fathers were more likely to depend on SNSs for identity formation—which had the strongest association with deficient self-regulation. …”
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Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) by Tudor, Katarina Ivana, Tudor, Mario, McCleery, Jenny, Car, Josip

“…Of the 26 patients in the VP shunting group, 5 developed subdural hematoma postoperatively, while there were no complications among the 16 patients in the ETV group (OR 0.12, 95% CI 0.01 to 2.3, n = 42), but the estimate was too imprecise to determine whether this was likely to reflect a true difference in complication rates. …”
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Prioritising conservation areas in Southeast Asia: highlighting zoological biodiversity hotspots and assessing spatiotemporal patterns of the felids guild by Chiaverini, L

“…I highlighted that the most suitable habitats for this group of species showed often pronounced differences with the hotspots for terrestrial vertebrate biodiversity modelled in the first two chapters of this thesis, likely due to the fact that small felids are more specialised than the pool of species used to model biodiversity hotspots, and they require larger and more intact habitats. …”

Cognitive dynamic airspace management by Wong, Cheryl Sze Yin

“…Multi-objective EAs are fundamentally stochastic in nature, hence solutions are likely to be irreproducible. For reproducible and reliable solutions, deterministic algorithms are preferable. …”
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From the microbial to the mechanical : environmental impacts on coral nitrogen cycling, microbial communities, and skeletal properties by Moynihan, Molly Anne

“…As Porites corals are likely to incur higher forces in the direction parallel to corallite growth, particularly from predation, anisotropy may provide the skeleton with a structural advantage. …”
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Understanding the role of Enterococcus faecalis in polymicrobial wounds by Davient, Bala

“…Taken together, based on the experiments performed in this dissertation, I propose that the MPT system may not be directly regulating E. faecalis T7SS gene expression, but indirectly, likely through sensing the energy status of the cell. …”
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Pnictogen-halide semiconductors for photovoltaics by Liu, P

“…I obtained pinhole-free morphology through hot-casting at 110 °C and chlorobenzene antisolvent treatment during spin coating, but the power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) obtained for these devices were still poor. It is likely that device performance is fundamentally limited by short charge-charrier transport lengths, such as through carrier localisation and/or exciton formation. …”

Coordinated power management for islanded microgrids by Lin, Pengfeng

“…To meet the requirements of growing subgrid capacities, instead of frequently upgrading a single BIC, a more likely way is to deploy multiple BICs connected in parallel to stack up the power exchange capacity between AC and DC subgrids. …”
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Tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy versus non‐surgical treatment for chronic/recurrent acute tonsillitis by Burton, MJ, Glasziou, PP, Chong, LY, Venekamp, RP

“…Children who were more severely affected were more likely to benefit as they had a small reduction in moderate/severe sore throat episodes. …”

Global, regional, and national mortality among young people aged 10–24 years, 1950–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 by Ward, Joseph L., Azzopardi, Peter S., Francis, Kate L., Santelli, John S., Skirbekk, Vegard, Sawyer, Susan M., Kassebaum, Nicholas J., Mokdad, Ali H., Hay, Simon I., Abd-Allah, Foad, Abdoli, Amir, Mohammad Abdollahi, Abedi, Aidin, Abolhassani, Hassan, Abreu, Lucas Guimaraes, Abrigo, Michael R. M., Abu-Gharbieh, Eman, Abushouk, Abdelrahman I., Adebayo, Oladimeji M., Adekanmbi, Victor, Adham, Davoud, Advani, Shailesh M., Afshari, Khashayar, Agrawal, Anurag, Ahmad, Tauseef, Ahmadi, Keivan, Ahmed, Anwar E., Aji, Budi, Akombi-Inyang, Blessing, Alahdab, Fares, Al-Aly, Ziyad, Alam, Khurshid, Alanezi, Fahad Mashhour, Alanzi, Turki M., Alcalde-Rabanal, Jacqueline Elizabeth, Alemu, Biresaw Wassihun, Al-Hajj, Samar, Alhassan, Robert Kaba, Ali, Saqib, Alicandro, Gianfranco, Alijanzadeh, Mehran, Aljunid, Syed Mohamed, Almasi-Hashiani, Amir, Almasri, Nihad A., Al-Mekhlafi, Hesham M., Alonso, Jordi, Al-Raddadi, Rajaa M., Altirkawi, Khalid A., Alvis-Guzman, Nelson, Amare, Azmeraw T., Amini, Saeed, Aminorroaya, Arya, Amit, Arianna Maever L., Amugsi, Dickson A., Ancuceanu, Robert, Anderlini, Deanna, Andrei, Catalina Liliana, Androudi, Sofia, Ansari, Fereshteh, Ansari, Iman, Antonio, Carl Abelardo T., Anvari, Davood, Anwer, Razique, Appiah, Seth Christopher Yaw, Arabloo, Jalal, Arab-Zozani, Morteza, Ärnlöv, Johan, Asaad, Malke, Asadi-Aliabadi, Mehran, Asadi-Pooya, Ali A., Atout, Maha Moh'd Wahbi, Ausloos, Marcel, Avenyo, Elvis Korku, Avila-Burgos, Leticia, Quintanilla, Beatriz Paulina Ayala, Ayano, Getinet, Aynalem, Yared Asmare, Azari, Samad, Azene, Zelalem Nigussie, Bakhshaei, Mohammad Hossein, Bakkannavar, Shankar M., Banach, Maciej, Banik, Palash Chandra, Barboza, Miguel A., Barker-Collo, Suzanne Lyn, Bärnighausen, Till Winfried, Basu, Sanjay, Baune, Bernhard T., Bayati, Mohsen, Bedi, Neeraj, Beghi, Ettore, Bekuma, Tariku Tesfaye, Bell, Arielle Wilder, Bell, Michelle L., Benjet, Corina, Bensenor, Isabela M., Berhe, Abadi Kidanemariam, Berhe, Kidanemaryam, Berman, Adam E., Bhagavathula, Akshaya Srikanth, Car, Lorainne Tudor

“…Furthermore, indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to jeopardise efforts to improve health outcomes including mortality in young people aged 10–24 years. …”
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Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-... by Schumacher, AE, Kyu, HH, Aali, A, Almidani, O, Bandyopadhyay, S, Basnyat, B, Maude, RJ, Bennett, D, Browne, AJ, Dolecek, C, Dunachie, SJ, Newton, CRJ, Rodriguez, JAB

“…These demographic changes will likely present future challenges to health systems, economies, and societies. …”

2DEG enhancement via epilayer stress engineering in AlN/GaN/AlN heterostructure by Patwal, Shashank

“…The higher thermal conductivities of AlN and 4H-SiC are likely to improve heat dissipation, thus providing greater thermal stability and lesser device deterioration due to self-heating. …”
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Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022-2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Vollset, SE, Ababneh, HS, Abate, YH, Lacey, BWH, GBD 2021 Forecasting Collaborators

“…We have expanded and improved upon previous forecasts produced as part of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) and provide a reference forecast (the most likely future), and alternative scenarios assessing disease burden trajectories if selected sets of risk factors were eliminated from current levels by 2050.…”

Global fertility in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2021, with forecasts to 2100: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Bhattacharjee, NV, Schumacher, AE, Aali, A, Almidani, O, Bandyopadhyay, S, Graham, SM, Lacey, BWH, Maude, RJ, Runghien, T, Rodriguez, JAB

“…The reference forecast is our estimate of the most likely fertility future given the model, past fertility, forecasts of covariates, and historical relationships between covariates and fertility. …”