Cognitive impairment at older ages among 8000 men and women living in Mexico City: a cross-sectional analyses of a prospective study by González-Carballo, C, Kuri-Morales, P, Chiquete, E, Rojas-Russell, M, Santacruz-Benitez, R, Ramirez-Reyes, R, Garcilazo-Ávila, A, Berumen, J, Trichia, E, Friedrichs, LG, Orellana, P, Ochoa-Rosales, C, O’Donovan, G, Emberson, JR, Tapia-Conyer, R, Aguilar-Ramirez, D, Alegre-Díaz, J

“…Results: Of the 9,288 participants aged 50–89 years at the 2015–2019 resurvey with complete data, 8,197 reported having at least some years of formal education. Among these (mean age 66 years; 31% men), their mean MMSE score was 26.2 (SD 3.6) points, 1,941 (24%) had cognitive impairment, their mean body-mass index (BMI) was 28.6 (SD 5.5) kg/m2, 3,008 (37%) had hypertension and 2,467 (30%) had diabetes. …”

Ethnicity and anthropometric deficits in children: A cross-sectional analysis of national survey data from 18 countries in sub-Saharan Africa by Tusting, LS, Mishra, S, Gibson, HS, Lindsay, SW, Weiss, DJ, Flaxman, S, Bhatt, S

“…In pairwise comparisons (accounting for multiple comparisons) between ethnic groups, height-for-age z-scores differed by at least 0.5 standard deviations in 29% of comparisons, weight-for-height z-scores in 36% of comparisons and weight-for-age z-scores in 20% of comparisons. …”

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance before invasive coronary angiography in suspected non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction by Shanmuganathan, M, Nikolaidou, C, Burrage, MK, Borlotti, A, Kotronias, R, Scarsini, R, Banerjee, A, Terentes-Printzios, D, Pitcher, A, Gara, E, Langrish, J, Lucking, A, Choudhury, R, Luigi De Maria, G, Banning, A, Oxford Acute Myocardial Infarction (OxAMI) Study Investigators, Piechnik, SK, Channon, KM, Ferreira, VM

“…Accordingly, CMR has the potential to affect at least 50% of all patients by reclassifying their diagnosis or altering their potential management.…”

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

“…Comparison to LiFeAs showed that any signal in LaFePO is at least 7 times weaker. These results suggest that magnetic fluctuations are not as influential to the electronic properties of iron-phosphide systems as they are in other iron-based superconductors. …”

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

“…<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>A smoking-cessation program was implemented as a randomized non-inferiority trial in primary care practices in Croatia and Slovenia to investigate whether a standard 4-week treatment with cytisine was at least as effective and feasible as a standard 12-week treatment with varenicline in helping smokers quit.…”

Sustainable management of elasmobranchs in complex coastal fisheries by Gupta, T

“…I investigated the ecological sustainability of a small-scale blacktip shark fishery, combining data from multiple sources including knowledge from fishers, and found that harvest rates need to be reduced to at least half for sustainability. Finally, I used participatory methods to explore potential conservation strategies and found that voluntary live release measures may be promising for rhino rays, whereas for blacktip sharks a complete exit from the fishery, through a combination of community-based agreements and state enforcement, may be the only option. …”

Outbreaks of COVID-19 in a tuberculosis treatment sanatorium on the Thailand-Myanmar border: a retrospective cohort analysis by Aung, HKK, Swe, LL, Saito, M, Lesseps, S, Janurian, N, Tun, WPP, Maung Maung, B, Than, A, Watthanaworawit, W, Kaewphanderm, N, Gornsawun, G, Pyae Phyo, A, Nosten, F

“…Before COVID-19 infection, 67.1% (106/158) of patients had received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine. The median cycle threshold value at diagnosis was not different between TB (18.5, IQR 16.1-32.3) and non-TB patients (18.8, 15.1-30.0). …”

Longitudinal patterns in smoking abstinence in trials of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation: secondary analysis of data from a systematic review, with meta-analyses by Hartmann-Boyce, J, Chan, J, Zhitnik, E, Pesola, F, Hajek, P, Lindson, N

“…They had to follow up for at least 6 months and report either abstinence at multiple timepoints, abstinence using multiple definitions or relapse. …”

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in blood serum of adults living in high and low-traffic volume areas in Malaysia: A comparative cross-sectional study by Al-Battawi, Samer, Latif, Mohd Talib, How, Vivien, Thilakavathy, Karuppiah, Abd Hamid, Haris Hafizal, Hameed, Sarah, Ho, Yu Bin

“…Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene (IcP) and acenaphthene (ACP) feature the most and least abundant compounds in both study groups. The mean concentrations of IcP and ACP in the Kuala Lumpur and Hulu Langat groups were 26.8 vs 12.68 and 0.27 vs 0.14 ng g−1 lipids, respectively. …”
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Empirical evidence of the relationship between regulatory efficiency, market openness, and bank productivity in economies at different income levels: evidence from selected Asian a... by Kamarudin, Fakarudin, Hussain, Hafezali Iqbal, Mohamad Anwar, Nazratul Aina, Michałek, Janusz, Ahmad Razimi, Mohd Shahril

“…Then, regression analysis was performed utilizing the ordinary least squares (OLS) approach, fixed effect (FE), and random effect (RE) panel multiple regression estimation methods are utilized to measure economic freedoms and other determinants’ effect on banks’ productivity change over time. …”
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The impact of the exercise on the social mentality of the Chinese people by Ji, Shuyu, Zhang, Kaiqi, Xu, Ludan, Wang, Xiaolin, Dong, Delong, Yang, Xiannan

“…We selected 20 variables and analyzed a sample of 6,746 individuals. We employed Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) multiple linear regression models to construct our analysis. …”
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Differentiation of lard from other fat in pastry products using fourier transform infrared spectroscopy combined multivariate analysis by Mohamed Rani, Wan Siti Farizan

“…Since edible oils spectra seems similar through visual inspection,chemometrics analysis of partial least square (PLS)-second derivate and discriminant (DA) analysis have been proposed to quantify and classify the presence of lard. …”
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The effect of sintering temperature of silica water filter produced by slip casting method by Abdul Shukor, Syahmie Sufi, Ahmad, Sufizar, Rosli, Shahrul Nizam, Abd. Rahman, Hamimah, Mahzan, Shahruddin, Azmi, Mohd. Azham, Ismail, Azzura, Muslem, Firdaus

“…The optimum freeboard height to prevent sand contamination and to achieve complete carbon burnout in the silica rice husk was found to be at least 5000mm. The obtained results indicate that the Slip Casting method can be used to produce the silica water filter. …”
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Enhanced intrusion detection model based on principal component analysis and variable ensemble machine learning algorithm by John, Ayuba, Isnin, Ismail Fauzi, Madni, Syed Hamid Hussain, Muchtar, Farkhana

“…The performance of the methods, PCA with AdaBoost, on the WSN-DS dataset has an accuracy score of 92.3 %, an 89.0 % accuracy score on the NSL-KDD dataset, and a 67.9 % accuracy score on UNSW-N15, which is the least accurate score. PCA and RandomForest surpassed them by scoring 100 % accuracy on all three datasets. …”
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Mekanisme untuk Meningkatkan Kepatuhan Zakat Perniagaan di Kalangan Perniaga Kecil di Kedah (S/O 14274) by Abdul Rahman, Maria, Sulaiman, Yaty, Nik Mat, Nik Kamariah

“…Data yang dipungut telah dianalisa mengunakan kaedah Partial Least Squares (PLS) menggunakan perisian SmartPLS 3. …”
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31 students of the 3rd Cohort of the BJTU–UMPSA Dual Degree Programme celebrated in a simple ceremony at KLIA by Naqiah, Puaad

“…SEPANG, 20 September 2024 – A mix of emotions—sadness, joy, and various reactions—was evident on the faces of students and parents as they bid farewell to 31 students of Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA), who are set to continue their studies for another two and a half years at Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU) as part of the UMPSA–BJTU Dual Degree Programme.…”
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Unveiling student perspectives on online presentations by Siti Ainun Jariyah, Hassan, Hamizah, Zahari, Ezihaslinda, Ngah

“…Online presentations have become an integral part of academic settings, especially with the rise of digital education and remote learning. …”
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Entrepreneurship, sustainability, and urban development by Qian, Haifeng, Wu, Jing, Zheng, Siqi

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Geometric Event-Based Quantum Mechanics by Giovannetti, Vittorio, Lloyd, Seth, Maccone, Lorenzo

“…Textbook relativistic quantum mechanics and quantum field theory can be recovered by dividing the event Hilbert spaces into space and time (a foliation) and then conditioning the event states onto the time part. Our theory satisfies the full Lorentz symmetry as a ‘geometric’ unitary transformation, and possesses relativistic observables for space (location of an event) and time (position in time of an event).…”
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Developing an eCommerce Pricing Model Using Rank Centrality by Tong, Kevin C.

“…This strategy is then implemented and evaluated as part of a 6-month internship with Spero Goods.…”
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