In-silico trials with human modelling and simulation for guiding optimal stratification of atrial fibrillation patients to catheter ablation and pharmacological therapy by Dasí i Martinez, A

“…</p> <br> <p>Moreover, the ionic current substrate also influences the outcomes of catheter ablation therapy, although the latter is mainly determined by the presence of heterogeneities in tissue structure (i.e., presence of low voltage areas) and the bi-atrial size (i.e., left and right atrial volume). …”

Physical and chemical properties of a lipase-transesterified palm stearin/palm kernel olein blend and its isopropanol-solid and high melting triacylglycerol fractions by Chu, B.S., Ghazali, H.M., Lai, O.M., Che Man, Y.B., Yusof, S.

“…Heating thermograms of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) illustrated that the high-melting TG peaks in the transesterified blend were reduced in size while the low-melting TG peaks were broadened, mainly due to the rearrangement of FA to form lower-melting TG. …”
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Self-healing framework for service level agreement monitoring and violation reacting in cloud computing by Mosallanejad, Ahmad

“…The objective of self-monitoring SLA is mainly to reduce the monitoring response time and overhead. …”
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Assessing the role of internal phosphorus recycling on eutrophication in four lakes in China and Malaysia by Tay, Chai Jian, Koh, Hock Lye, Mohd Hafiz, Mohd, Teh, Su Yean

“…At moderate IPR, Sunway Lagoon is likely to exhibit stable equilibrium, accompanied by possible shifting between two stable steady states (hysteresis behaviour) and oscillations. …”
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Fluid fluxing and accumulation drive decadal and short-lived explosive basaltic andesite eruptions preceded by limited volcanic unrest by Utami, Sri Budhi, Costa, Fidel, Lesage, Ph., Allard, P., Humaida, H.

“…The textures and compositional zoning of orthopyroxene and plagioclase do not support intrusion of more primitive magma as the driver for the eruption, and we instead propose that pre-eruptive fluid accumulation and hightemperature fluid fluxing from depth (likely dominated by CO2) played a major role in priming the eruption to occur. …”
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A 15-year review of dengue hospitalizations in Singapore : reducing admissions without adverse consequences, 2003 to 2017 by Ang, Li Wei, Thein, Tun-Linn, Ng, Yixiang, Boudville, Irving Charles, Chia, Po Ying, Lee, Vernon Jian Ming, Leo, Yee-Sin

“…Further studies are needed to optimize dengue management in older adults who are more likely to be hospitalized with greater disease severity, given the higher proportions of hospitalizations and severe disease among older adults.…”
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Development and Application of a Data-Driven Signal Detection Method for Surveillance of Adverse Event Variability Across Manufacturing Lots of Biologics by Wilde, Joshua T., Springs, Stacy, Wolfrum, Jacqueline M., Levi, Retsef

“…Additionally, HMMScan indicates the particular lots most likely to be related to risky states of the manufacturing or supply chain condition. …”
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Insights from an Experiment Crowdsourcing Data from Thousands of US Amazon Users: The importance of transparency, money, and data use by Berke, Alex, Mahari, Robert, Pentland, Sandy, Larson, Kent, Calacci, Dana

“…Age, race, education, and gender also played a role, where female and less-educated participants were more likely to share. Our study design enables a unique empirical evaluation of the &#8220;privacy paradox&#8221;, where users claim to value their privacy more than they do in practice. …”
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3D confined jet scour at a wall by Chee, Wei Hong

“…Beyond the jet outlet location, the scoured sediment bed was observed to be uneven likely due to the recirculating flow affected by the ridges formed. …”
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Island area and remoteness shape plant and soil bacterial diversity through land use and biological invasion by Xu, Mingshan, Yang, Anna, Yang, Xiaodong, Cao, Wenting, Zhang, Zengke, Li, Zengyan, Zhang, Yu, Zhang, Huaguo, You, Wenhui, Yan, En-Rong, Wardle, David A.

“…Soil bacterial diversity was directly negatively impacted by island remoteness, and indirectly negatively impacted by island remoteness through increased soil electrical conductivity likely caused by greater salinity from sea spray. …”
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Sustainable structural design optimization - prestressed concrete beams by Ng, Kok Hang

“…The case study revealed that for an 18 m wide bridge, a 3-beam layout generates lesser overall EC than a 4-beam layout and a beam length (thus column spacing) of 20 to 26 m is likely to produce the lowest EC for the bridge system. …”
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Three essays on corporate finance by Sun, Rui

“…Special features of private firms – more concentrated equity ownership, more powerful shareholders with a strong desire for liquidity and diversification, and higher agency costs associated with debt finance are very likely to play a vital role in shaping their cash flow allocation. …”
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Rapid and punctuated Late Holocene recession of Siling Co, central Tibet by Shi, Xuhua, Kirby, Eric, Furlong, Kevin P., Meng, Kai, Robinson, Ruth, Lu, Haijian, Wang, Erchie

“…Mapping and surveying of lacustrine shorelines coupled with optically stimulated luminescence dating of associated deposits indicate protracted occupation of a highstand elevation from >8 ka to 4 ka, followed by rapid recession that was likely punctuated by several stillstands of centennial-scale duration. …”
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Morphology control and thermal stability of binderless-graphene aerogels from graphite for energy storage applications by Nguyen, Son Truong, Nguyen, Hoa Tien, Rinaldi, Ali, Nguyen, Nam P. V., Fan, Zeng, Duong, Hai Minh

“…Of all the challenges facing human beings in the near future, energy related issues are likely to be the grandest. To achieve a more sustainable society with adequate renewable energy and less environmental pollution, more versatile, robust and efficient approaches in electric energy storage and conversion are needed. …”
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A comparison of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitor kidney outcome trial participants with a real-world chronic kidney disease primary care population by Forbes, AK, Hinton, W, Feher, MD, Elson, W, Ordóñez-Mena, JM, Joy, M, Fan, X, Banerjee, D, Cole, NI, Munro, N, Whyte, M, Suckling, RJ, Swift, PA, de Lusignan, S

“…Females were under-represented and less likely to be eligible for the trials.</p> <br> <p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> SGLT2 inhibitor kidney outcome trials represent a subgroup of people with CKD at high risk of adverse kidney events. …”

Environmental risk factors for self-harm during imprisonment: a prospective cohort study by Stephenson, T, Harris, I, Armstrong, C, Fazel, S, Short, R, Blackwood, N

“…Findings regarding staff-prisoner ratio and self-harm most likely reflect a reverse causal relationship. Replication in larger cohort studies is required to address the limitations of this pilot study.…”

A systematic analysis of the contribution of genetics to multimorbidity and comparisons with primary care data by Murrin, O, Mounier, N, Voller, B, Tata, L, Gallego-Moll, C, Roso-Llorach, A, Carrasco-Ribelles, LA, Fox, C, Allan, LM, Woodward, RM, Liang, X, Valderas, JM, Khalid, S, Dudbridge, F, Lamb, SE, Mancini, M, Farmer, L, Boddy, K, Bowden, J, Melzer, D, Frayling, TM, Masoli, JAH, Pilling, LC, Violán, C, Delgado, J

“…Discordance between genetic and primary care data was also observed, e.g., abdominal aortic aneurysm and bladder cancer co-occurred in primary care but were not genetically correlated (Odds-Ratio = 2.23 [2.09:2.37], 𝑅𝑔 = 0.04 [−0.20:0.28]) and schizophrenia and fibromyalgia were less likely to co-occur together in primary care but were positively genetically correlated (OR = 0.84 [0.75:0.94], 𝑅𝑔 = 0.20 [0.11:0.29]).…”

Magnetic dynamics in iron-based superconductors probed by neutron spectroscopy by Taylor, A

“…This indicates that LiFeAs likely hosts an s± gap symmetry.</p> <p>I investigated two iron-phosphide systems, LaFePO and Sr2ScO3FeP, and in this case I was unable to identify any magnetic scattering. …”

Management and outcomes of thoracic sarcomas - a collaboration between Orthopaedic Oncology and cardiothoracic surgery: seven-year clinical data from a tertiary referral centre by Shamsi, ZA, Paraoan, V, Kim, C, Saifuddin, SR, Cosker, TDA, Whitwell, D, Gibbons, CLMH, Stavroulias, D, DiChiara, F

“…Variability in outcomes and overall survival likely stems from factors such as histological diversity, predominance of high-grade sarcomas, and wide age range at diagnosis. …”

Cytisine versus varenicline for smoking cessation in a primary care setting: a randomized non-inferiority trial by Oreskovic, T, Percac-Lima, S, Ashburner, JM, Tiljak, H, Rifel, J, Klemenc Ketiš, Z, Oreskovic, S

“…Given the much lower cost of cytisine treatment, its lower rate of adverse events, and higher feasibility (but its likely lower effectiveness with the standard dosage regimen), future analyses should assess the cost-effectiveness of the two treatments for health policy considerations.…”