Android tablet game development for dementia patient - Games by Tong, Chee Tian

“…By 2030, the nation will join 33 others as a “super-aged” country, where one out of five people are aged 65 and older. Given this rise, we can also expect an increase in the prevalence rate of mental disease like dementia. …”
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Experimental and computational thermal analysis of vortex flame in meso-scale combustor by Khaleghi, Mostafa

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Electric ARC furnace steel slag and copper mine tailing as asphalt paving materials by Oluwasola, Ebenezer Akin

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Water quality prediction and carbon reduction mechanisms in wastewater treatment in Northwest cities using Random Forest Regression model by Sun, Jingjing, Guan, Xin, Sun, Xiaojun, Cao, Xiaojing, Tan, Yepei, Liao, Jiarong

“…For example, the R2 for COD prediction is 0.99954, while the R2 values for NH4+-N, TP, and TN predictions reach 0.99989. Compared to five other models, the RFR model demonstrates the best performance across all water quality indicator predictions. …”
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Interventions that prevent or reduce perinatal loneliness and its proximal determinants: a restricted scoping review by Naughton-Doe, R, Nowland, R, Tierney, S, Webber, M, Wittkowski, A

“…Five mechanisms were identified within included papers: 1) opportunities for social connection to similar others, 2) positive relationships with a professional or volunteer, 3) normalisation and acceptance of difficulties, 4) meaningful activities and 5) support to overcome barriers (including cultural and financial) to connection. …”

Social network structure in autistic individuals: a systematic review by Lei, J, Qian, X, Kim, KM

“…</p> <p><b>Results:</b> After removing 308 duplicates from 4177 identified studies, we screened titles and abstracts for 3869 articles and full texts for 70 articles. Twenty-five studies met the eligibility and led to 4 additional relevant studies identified from reference lists, with a total of 29 studies included for narrative synthesis. …”

Effect of intra-articular corticosteroid injections for osteoarthritis on the subsequent use of pain medications: a UK CPRD cohort study by Hawley, S, Prats Uribe, A, Matharu, GS, Delmestri, A, Prieto Alhambra, D, Judge, A, Whitehouse, MR

“…Amongst 15,092 hand osteoarthritis patients, single IACI was associated with reduced use of opioid-nonopioid combinations (NNT=5 [95% CI: 5 to 9]), paracetamol, and oral NSAIDs. …”

Developing a digital phenotype to subdivide adult immunosuppressed COVID-19 outcomes within the English Primary Care Sentinel Network by Leston, M, Kar, D, Forbes, A, Jamie, G, Wimalaratna, R, Jiwani, G, Ordóñez-Mena, JM, Stewart, DE, Whitaker, H, Joy, M, Lee, LYW, Hobbs, FDR, de Lusignan, S

“…This process, complemented by expert clinical input, informed the curation of the five-part digital phenotype now ready for testing in real-world data; its ontological rules will enable mutually exclusive, hierarchical extraction with nuanced time and treatment conditions. …”

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>Study Design and Methods:</strong> We followed five cohorts from South Africa, China, Tanzania, and the United States tested with an IGRA test three or more times for stringent conversion and reversion. …”

Technology integration in newborn care: examining communication and decision-making among health professionals in Kenyan hospitals by Ngaiza, GK

“…</p> <p>Using a focused ethnographic approach, I conducted unstructured non-participatory observations, in-depth interviews, and document reviews in two newborn units in level-five Kenyan hospitals. Data collection occurred in two phases, six months apart. …”

Hearing loss and risk of major osteoporotic fracture: a population-based cohort study in the United Kingdom by Khalid, S, Alhambra, DP, Hasheminasab, SA, Vinogradova, Y, Qureshi, N, Ratzinger, M, Brunetti, V, Salas, A, Canals, L

“…Compared with those without HL, individuals with HL had greater frailty (severe electronic frailty index, 5.9% vs. 2.7%), higher incidence of prior falls (14.1% vs. 10.6%), longer mean follow-up with higher incidence of MOF and hip fractures (5.1 vs. 4.4 years, 20.1 and 5.32 vs. 16.58 and 4.54 per 1000 person-years, respectively) and higher risk of MOF and hip fracture (adjusted HR, 1.10 and 1.08, respectively). …”

Evaluating the generalisability of region-naïve machine learning algorithms for the identification of epilepsy in low-resource settings by Duta, I, Kariuki, SM, Ngugi, AK, Mwesige, AK, Masanja, H, Mwanga, DM, Owusu-Agyei, S, Wagner, R, Cross, JH, Sander, JW, Newton, CR, Sen, A, Jones, GD

“…Methods: We sourced data from the Study of Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Sites dataset, which includes demographic information and clinical variables related to diagnosing epilepsy across five sub-Saharan African sites. For each site, we developed a region-specific (single-site) predictive model for epilepsy and assessed its performance at other sites. …”

Developing feasible and acceptable strategies for integrating the use of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in gender-affirming care: an implementation study by Kamran, R, Jackman, L, Laws, A, Stepney, M, Harrison, C, Jain, A, Rodrigues, J

“…<p><strong> Results</strong></p> The systematic review and qualitative study identified barriers and enablers to PROM implementation spanning all five CFIR domains, and 30 CFIR constructs. The top healthcare professional-relevant strategies to PROM implementation from the CFIR-ERIC output include: identifying and preparing implementation champions, collecting feedback on PROM implementation, and capturing and sharing local knowledge between clinics on implementation. …”

Interventions that prevent or reduce perinatal loneliness and its proximal determinants: a restricted scoping review by Naughton-Doe, R, Nowland, R, Tierney, S, Webber, M, Wittkowski, A

“…Five mechanisms were identified within included papers: 1) opportunities for social connection to similar others, 2) positive relationships with a professional or volunteer, 3) normalisation and acceptance of difficulties, 4) meaningful activities and 5) support to overcome barriers (including cultural and financial) to connection. …”

Identification of Southeast Asian Anopheles mosquito species with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry using a cross-correlation approach by Chaumeau, V, Sawasdichai, S, Min, TZMMM, Kularbkeeree, T, Jaruwan, N, Gloria, N, Lee, NY, Trackoolchengkaew, M, Phanaphadungtham, M, Rongthong, P, Inta, A, Watthanaworawit, W, Nosten, F

“…Three hundred fifty-nine specimens could be identified with DNA barcodes and were assigned to 21 sensu stricto species and five sibling species pairs or complexes. A total of 3584 mass spectra of the head of these specimens identified with DNA barcoding were acquired and the similarity between mass spectra was quantified using a cross-correlation approach adapted from the published literature. …”

May measurement month 2022: an analysis of blood pressure screening findings from Sierra Leone by Jalloh, MB, Williams, CEE, Jegede, OG, Malijan, GMB, Naveed, A, Kanu, A, Bah, AK, Jalloh, F, Jalloh, A, Faulkner, MMJ, Agboola, K, Baldeh, M, Russell, JBW, Oladapo, OO

“…The findings revealed a wide range of antihypertensive medication use among people with known hypertension, ranging from no medication to the use of five or more medication classes. Approximately 43.6% of the participants with known hypertension were taking one antihypertensive medication, while 22.9% were taking two medications. …”

Malaria elimination challenges in countries approaching the last mile: a discussion among regional stakeholders by Lek, D, Shrestha, M, Lhazeen, K, Tobgyel, T, Kandel, S, Dahal, G, Ghimire, YC, Shrestha, B, Ghimire, P, Hein, PS, Peto, TJ, Callery, JJ, Tripura, R, von Seidlein, L, Amaratunga, C, Lynch, CA, Dondorp, AM, Adhikari, B

“…While the vivax malaria burden remains challenging, the consistent decline in falciparum malaria in these countries over the last five years suggests that the goal is achievable. …”

Association between COVID-19 infection and new-onset dementia in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Shan, D, Wang, C, Crawford, T, Holland, C

“…Similar increased NOD risks were observed in subgroup analyses restricted to an observational period of 12 months (RR = 1.56, 95% CI 1.21–2.01), as well as in five studies that employed propensity score matching to sufficiently and effectively control for multiple confounding covariates (RR = 1.46, 95% CI 1.10–1.94). …”

Individual differences in the effects of physical activity on classroom behaviour by Heemskerk, CHHM, Sumatic, M, Strand, S, Malmberg, L-E

“…PA was measured objectively with wrist-worn accelerometer devices for 24 h before the intervention, and subjectively rated on a five-point Likert scale after each intervention lesson.…”

Surface engineering of layered double hydroxides for advanced applications by Laney, K

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Chapter Five</strong> provides an alternative method for the direct synthesis of less aggregated LDH platelets through the control of the Al(OH)₃ gibbsite platelet size. …”