Satellite atmospheric particulate matter retrieval and mortality prediction to support decisions making by Yap, Xen Quan

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Risk consequences assessment of gas pipeline failure incorporating local loss factors by Mohd. Hanafiah, Norhamimi

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Distance-aware bidirectional medium access control for mesh wireless network-on-chip architecture by Lit, Asrani

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Ontology-based conceptual model for business process improvement method in complex information systems by Mohammed Salih, Ehab Azhary Seed Ahmed

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An ethnographic study of Black Ugandan British parents’ experiences of supporting their children’s learning within their home environments by Musoke, Waliah Nalukwago

“…Adopting an ethnographic and an interpretive approach allowed me to explore how Black Ugandan British parents supported their children’s education over time through data collected via long-term interactions, observations and semi-structured interviews with the ten families in their natural home environment settings. …”
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Cancer control and prevention in Argentina by Eraso, Yolanda

“…From the 1920s to the early 1980s, three distinct periods can be identified: first, an institutional approach, where the first cancer institute attempted to concentrate all the activities related to the control of cancer, that is, lay education, scientific research, diagnosis and treatment, patients’ support, and cancer statistics; second, a state approach, inaugurated by the arrival of Juan Domingo Perón to government, where the centralization of cancer initiatives became a state affair; and third, a long period characterized by the retirement of the state—marked by political unrest and a succession of military governments until the return of democracy in 1983—informed by decentralizing policies, the prominent role of civil society actors, such as voluntary organizations and medical societies, and the relative sway of the Pan American Health Organization. …”
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Integrating refugee healthcare professionals in the UK National Health Service: experience from a multi-agency collaboration by Butt, Mohsin Faysal, Salmon, Louise, Mulamehic, Fahira, Hixon, Avelyn, Moodambail, Abdul Rehman, Gupta, Sandy

“…Future studies assessing the utility of such programmes should ensure that the long-term employment outcomes of RHPs are more closely tracked. …”
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Cross channel fraud detection framework in financial services using recurrent neural networks by Patel, Yogesh

“…Based on the proposed framework, Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) based Recurrent Neural Network model for detecting fraud in remote banking is implemented and performance is evaluated against Support Vector Machine (SVM) and Markov models. …”
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Institutional quality in the finance-growth nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa by Adu-Darko, Eunice Adwoa

“…The results indicate that there are significant and positive long-run associations between growth, capital, financial development and institutional quality that generate productivity gains over net factor productivity in the panel of 21 countries from sub-Saharan Africa only when structural breaks and cross-sectional dependence are considered within the Cobb-Douglas framework. …”
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Pregnancy outcomes of women with Type 2 and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM): specific focus on client engagement with health professionals, diagnosis of GDM and supplementation... by Hutchinson, Joanne

“…Recent studies have reported significantly lower levels of AA & DHA in the red blood cells of pregnant women with GDM and T2 DM, resulting in a depletion in placental uptake and transfer of these fatty acids to the foetus and adequate supply for the mother, which if remains untreated, may have adverse impact on maternal, foetal and neonatal health in the short- and long-term. Therefore, women in these high risk groups need to effectively engage with health care professionals (HCPs) involved in their care and the services offered to them. …”
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Meeting the challenges of chemical and biological weapons: strengthening the chemical and biological disarmament and non-proliferation regimes by Edwards, Brett, Novossiolova, Tatyana, Crowley, Michael, Whitby, Simon, Dando, Malcolm, Shang, Lijun

“…During this century despite the agreement of some positive measures to strengthen these Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Regimes, there is little doubt that both are facing considerable difficulties at present. However, there is a long and diverse tradition of civil society efforts to help strengthen these regimes and there is some hope that, following the dangers from biological agents exposed in the pandemic, States Parties will be able to find ways to improve the protection afforded by the two Conventions. …”
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Strengthening the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention after COVID-19: reaching agreement on a code of conduct and biological security education at the 2021, 9th Review Conferen... by Shang, Lijun, Whitby, Simon, Dando, Malcolm

“…Nevertheless, it might be expected that after the pandemic, health security, including biological security, would be a political priority across the world, but the long history of difficulties in agreeing measures to develop the BTWC suggests that such progress may well not be possible without a concerted effort by states parties and civil society. …”
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Blind justice?: an investigation into the social and economic effectiveness of discrimination law in the delivery of fair employment for visually impaired people by Griffith, David

“…Discrimination is also ostensibly illegal, yet visually impaired people are facing long term exclusion from the labour market. The investigation starts by offering some demographic evidence to justify this inquiry by assembling evidence for the relative size of the visual impairment population, and their employment exclusion. …”
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An ethnographic study examining food and drink practices in four early childhood settings by Albon, Deborah

“…I contend that an over-concern with risk avoidance may be antithetical to other long-held ideas about early childhood practice, notably the importance of playfulness and spontaneity. …”
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Towards better governance on biosafety and biosecurity: China’s advances and perspectives in medical biotechnology legislation by Xue, Yang, Shang, Lijun

“…Given the rapid advancements in medical biotechnology, countries all over the world must examine the governance landscape around biosafety and biosecurity and quickly consider options for their own comprehensive, credible, and long-lasting regulatory frameworks and experiences learned from China’s governance will help chart a scalable future roadmap.…”
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High-protein, low-glycaemic meal replacement improves physical health-related quality of life in high-risk persons for metabolic syndrome—a subanalysis of the randomised-controlled... by Kempf, Kerstin, Röhling, Martin, Banzer, Winfried, Braumann, Klaus-Michael, Halle, Martin, Schaller, Nina, McCarthy, H. David, Predel, Hans-Georg, Schenkenberger, Isabelle, Tan, Susanne, Toplak, Hermann, Martin, Stephan, Berg, Aloys

“…Stronger improvements in the physical component summary (PCS) were observed in the intervention compared to the control group, peaking after 3 months (estimated treatment difference 2.7 [1.2; 4.2]; p 0.0001), but also in the long-term. Multiple regression analysis demonstrated that insulin levels and the achieved weight loss were associated with the mental component summary (MCS) after 12 months (p 0.05). …”
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An analysis of the Dongba arts and culture in the context of tourism by Xie, Zheng

“…The key research methodological feature is an ethnographic approach, constituting a number of qualitative research techniques, i.e. in-depth interview and participant observation, intertwined in each other in a seven-month-long fieldstudy in Lijiang from September 2007 to April 2008. …”
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Adoption of green finance and green innovation for achieving circularity: an exploratory review and future directions by Agrawal, Rohit, Agrawal, Shruti, Samadhiya, Ashutosh, Kumar, Anil, Luthra, Sunil, Jain, Vranda

“…The results of this study will attract the attention of policymakers and stakeholders to develop and combine the two concepts in research and practice to attain environmental balance in the circular economy and to promote long term sustainability.…”
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An LSTM-based network slicing classification future predictive framework for optimized resource allocation in C-V2X by Abood, Mohammed Salah, Wang, Hua, He, Dongxuan, Fathy, Maha, Rashid, Sami A., Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Khan, Salahuddin, Pau, Giovanni, Dayoub, Iyad, Livreri, Patrizia, Elwi, Taha A.

“…The incoming traffic has been allocated network slices based on data-driven decisions as well as predictive network analysis for the future. A Long Short Term Memory (LSTM) time series prediction approach has been adopted that renders optimal resource utilization, lower latency rates, and high reliability across the network. …”
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Seizure amelioration effect of omega-3 EPA and DHA fatty acid supplementation on patients with drug resistant epilepsy: a scoping review using the GOED clinical study database by Abuknesha, Nada R., Searle, Andrew J.

“…Additional RCTs are required to determine the optimal dosage for patients, the effect of long-term treatment duration and separately enriched preparations of EPA/DHA on seizure frequency and severity.…”
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