The association between the housing structure and continued breastfeeding in two Southern African countries by Khanyile, Ntuthuko, McLaren, Shawn, Fairbrother, Una

“…Increasing one-room houses were associated with higher breastfeeding cessation in the current study, in line with(Reference Kimani-Murage, Wekesah and Wanjohi3)who found that one-room multi-purpose houses forced mothers to cease breastfeeding early. …”
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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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A study of atmospheric gradient for the analysis of weather events and prediction of rainfall in the tropical region by Naha Biswas, Anik

“…Therefore, it has limited suitability as a parameter for long-term weather prediction. Moreover, convective precipitation cannot be predicted effectively with precipitable water vapor. …”
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Grid optimization and demand side mangement for electric vehicles penetration in remote area by Zhang, Yixiao, Ng, Eddie Yin Kwee, Li, Ning

“…While the EVs adoption is growing globally, remote areas present unique challenges such as limited charging infrastructure, long transmission distances, and varying energy demands under the EVs penetration. …”
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Climate change: crop performance and potential by Ramlan, Mohd Fauzi

“…Efforts to bring the CO2 under control will only be seen over a long period of time. However, it has been forecasted that developing countries will certainly overtake the developed world for the CO2 emission after 2015. …”
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Electrospun carbon-silica composite nanofibers for selective removal of oil and water by Tai, Ming Hang

“…After surface-coating with silicone oil for 30 min, the composite membrane exhibited ultra-hydrophobic and superoleophilic properties with water and oil contact angles being 144.2 ± 1.2° and 0°, respectively. …”
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Chronic oxidative stress promotes GADD34-mediated phosphorylation of the TAR DNA-binding protein TDP-43, a modification linked to neurodegeneration by Goh, Catherine Wenhui, Lee, Irene Chengjie, Sundaram, Jeyapriya Rajameenakshi, George, Simi Elizabeth, Yusoff, Permeen, Brush, Matthew Hayden, Sze, Newman Siu Kwan, Shenolikar, Shirish

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Establishment of optimise strategies in production of recombinant Hepatitis B surface antigen for chip-based antibody detection approach by Tam, Yew Joon

“…The main results drawn showed that the IEC Q Sepharose XL column and optimum conditions of 4 mL sample loading volume, an elution buffer with 1.5 M NaCl concentration at pH 8 with an elution gradient length of 20 column volume and subsequent purification with SEC at a sample volume of 5 mL and a flow rate of 1 mL/min was able to efficiently purify HBsAg. An up-scaled version the established purification strategy comprising of the two techniques further demonstrated adaptability for scale-up operations with a final total PF of 94.82 ± 16.20, HBsAg purity of 95.48% and recovery yield of 78.07%. …”
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The biggest challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic on gender-related work from home in biomedical fields—world-wide qualitative survey analysis by Bezak, Eva, Carson-Chahhoud, Kristin V., Marcu, Loredana G., Stoeva, Magdalena, Lhotska, Lenka, Barabino, Gilda A., Ibrahim, Fatimah, Kaldoudi, Eleni, Lim, Sierin, Da Silva, Ana Maria Marques, Tan, Peck Ha, Tsapaki, Virginia, Frize, Monique

“…Participants reported increased domestic duties, blurred lines between home and work, and long workdays. Finding adequate workspace was a problem, and adaptations were necessary, especially when adults shared the same setting for working and childcare. …”
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Rapid single pot synthesis of hierarchical Bi2WO6 microspheres/RGO nanocomposite and its application in energy storage: A supercritical water approach by Shetty, Manjunath, Manickavasakam, Karnan, Sabbanahalli, Chethan, Bekal, Chandrakantha, Izan Izwan, Misnon, Subrahmanya P, Ashwath, Roy, Kunal, Shivaramu, Prasanna Doddakunche, Baloor, Satish Shenoy, Rangappa, Dinesh

“…The application of novel three-dimensional (3D) architectures in energy storage has fascinated researchers for a long time. The fast-paced technological advancements require reliable rapid synthesis techniques for developing multi-metal oxide (MMO) nanostructures. …”
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Integration of LoRa IoT with cloud platform in stingless beehive remote monitoring system by Ahmad, Yasser Arul, Nurul Salshabila, Mustapa, Anis Hannani, Razaman, Muhammad Nasrin Aqil, Abdul Hamid, Noreha, Abdul Malik, Mohd Faizal, Jamlos

“…To address this issue, a prototype of a remote monitoring system for a stingless bee colony was developed using Long Range (LoRa) technologies due to the low data rate, low power, and operability in an outdoor environment. …”
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Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence (SIF): Towards a Better Understanding of Vegetation Dynamics and Carbon Uptake in Arctic-Boreal Ecosystems by Cheng, Rui

“…To address this limitation and further advance our understanding of the Arctic-Boreal carbon cycle, this review advocates for fostering a SIF network providing long-term and continuous measurements across spatial scales. …”
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Predicting drivers’ route trajectories in last-mile delivery using a pair-wise attention-based pointer neural network by Mo, Baichuan, Wang, Qingyi, Guo, Xiaotong, Winkenbach, Matthias, Zhao, Jinhua

“…Results from an extensive case study on real operational data from Amazon’s last-mile delivery operations in the US show that our proposed method can significantly outperform traditional optimization-based approaches and other machine learning methods (such as the Long Short-Term Memory encoder–decoder and the original pointer network) in finding stop sequences that are closer to high-quality routes executed by experienced drivers in the field. …”
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Insights into Li+ Storage Mechanisms, Kinetics, and Reversibility of Defect-Engineered and Functionalized Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Enhanced Energy Storage by Kong, Lingping, Zhu, Yuntong, Williams, P. Jason, Kabbani, Mohamad, Brushett, Fikile R., Rupp, Jennifer L. M.

“…The superior electrochemical performance of defect-engineered MWCNT-COOH allows for an increase in the energy density and a decrease in the charging time of LIBs, while maintaining a long lifetime and other performance metrics. Overall, this study provides crucial insights into Li+ storage mechanisms, kinetics, and reversibility of defect-engineered MWCNT materials and their synthesis for future battery designs.…”
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The Relationship between Linguistic Representations in Biological and Artificial Neural Networks by Kauf, Carina

“…The scientific tools for investigating human-unique capacities, such as language, have long been limited. For example, we do not have the option to learn about the neural circuits that support these capabilities by studying simpler systems than the human brain, such as animal models. …”
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Ultramafic Alteration and the Cooling of Earth and Mars by Murray, Joshua

“…Due to their instability, they play an out-sized role in Earth's long-term carbon cycle. My first chapter investigates a hitherto unappreciated mechanism by which ultramafic rocks serve as a carbon sink, through the formation of high-surface-area clays and the resultant burial of organic carbon. …”
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Trouble on the Range: When Does a National Park Become a Bison Zoo? by Hartley, Sophia

“…One of these valleys, Lamar, is a hotspot for bison viewing, but, unbeknownst to many casual tourists, the area has also long-been the center of an intense scientific debate. …”
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Mapping the Cellular Landscape of the Brain: A Scalable Approach to Comprehensive Microscopy Data Analysis by Kim, Minyoung E.

“…A novel deep neural network (ALNet) was designed to capture the long-range contextual dependencies inherent in 3D training data during supervised learning. …”
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Spectroscopic study of emergent electronic phases in transition metal based compounds by Song, Qian

“…Two-dimensional materials possessing such intrinsic multiferroic properties have been long sought for harnessing magnetoelectric coupling in nanoelectronic devices. …”
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Arthroscopic Bone Block and Arthroscopic Latarjet for Anterior Shoulder Dislocation—Technical Note with Tricks and Tips for Conversion and Successful Surgery by Longo, Umile Giuseppe, Marcello, Gianmarco, Nazarian, Ara, DeAngelis, Joseph, D’Hooghe, Margaux, D’Hooghe, Pieter

“…Many factors should be considered when choosing the right surgical technique, and treatment plans must be customized for each patient. More studies with long-term follow-up are needed to evaluate the efficacy of arthroscopic bone grafting procedures in various subtypes of patients based on bipolar bone loss assessment and individual risk factors.…”
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