Artificial Intelligence in HCI : Second International Conference, AI-HCI 2021, held as part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Virtual event, July 24-29, 2021, Pr... by AI-HCI (Conference) (2nd : 2021 : Online), organiser 642919, Degen, Helmut, 1964-, editor 642920, Ntoa, Stavroula, editor 642921, International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (23rd : 2021 : Online), organiser 642922

Stratosphere - troposphere interaction during stratospheric sudden warming events by Domeisen, Daniela I. V. (Daniela Iris Vera)

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Sustaining antimicrobial stewardship in a high-antibiotic resistance setting by Ng, Tat Ming, Heng, Shi Thong, Chua, Boon Hou, Ang, Li Wei, Tan, Sock Hoon, Tay, Hui Lin, Yap, Min Yi, Quek, Jason, Teng, Christine B., Young, Barnaby Edward, Lin, Ray, Ang, Brenda, Lee, Tau Hong, Lye, David C.

“…During the same period, the mean monthly patient days increased from 33929 in 2007 to 45603 in 2018, and the proportion of patients older than 65 years increased from 45.5% in 2007 to 56.6% in 2018. …”
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Do dual-mobility cups reduce revision risk in femoral neck fractures compared with conventional tha designs? An international meta-analysis of arthroplasty registries by Farey, JE, Masters, J, Cuthbert, AR, Iversen, P, van Steenbergen, LN, Prentice, HA, Adie, S, Sayers, A, Whitehouse, MR, Paxton, EW, Costa, ML, Overgaard, S, Rogmark, C, Rolfson, O, Harris, IA

“…</p> <p><strong>Methods: </strong>Six member registries of the International Society of Arthroplasty Registries (from Australia, Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States) provided custom aggregate data reports stratified by acetabular cup type (dual-mobility or conventional THA) in primary THA for hip fracture between January 1, 2002, and December 31, 2019; surgical approach; and patient demographic data (sex, mean age, American Society of Anesthesiologists class, and BMI). …”

Cell-free hemoglobin mediated oxidative stress is associated with acute kidney injury and renal replacement therapy in severe falciparum malaria: an observational study by Plewes, Katherine, Kingston, Hugh W.F., Ghose, Aniruddha, Maude, Richard J., Herdman, M. Trent, Leopold, Stije J., Ishioka, Haruhiko, Hasan, Md. Mahtab Uddin, Haider, Md. Shafiul, Alam, Shamsul, Piera, Kim A., Charunwatthana, Prakaykaew, Silamut, Kamolrat, Yeo, Tsin Wen, Faiz, Md. Abul, Lee, Sue J., Mukaka, Mavuto, Turner, Gareth D. H., Anstey, Nicholas M., Jackson Roberts II, L., White, Nicholas J., Day, Nicholas P. J., Hossain, Md. Amir, Dondorp, Arjen M.

“…Severe malaria patients with AKI had significantly higher plasma cell-free hemoglobin (geometric mean CFH: 8.8 μM; 95% CI, 6.2–12.3 μM), F2-isoprostane (56.7 pg/ml; 95% CI, 45.3–71.0 pg/ml) and isofuran (109.2 pg/ml; 95% CI, 85.1–140.1 pg/ml) concentrations on enrolment compared to those without AKI (CFH: 5.1 μM; 95% CI, 4.0–6.6 μM; P = 0.018; F2-IsoPs: 27.8 pg/ml; 95% CI, 23.7–32.7 pg/ml; P < 0.001; IsoFs: 41.7 pg/ml; 95% CI, 30.2–57.6 pg/ml; P < 0.001). …”
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Diagrammatic Representation and Inference : 12th International Conference, Diagrams 2021, Virtual, September 28-30, 2021, Proceedings / by Diagrams (Conference) (12th : 2021 : Online) 643173, Basu, Amrita, 1953-, editor 643175, Stapleton, Gem, editor 643176, Linker, Sven, editor 643177, Legg, Catherine, editor 643178, Manalo, Emmanuel, editor 643179, Viana, Petrucio, editor 643180

Effectiveness of digital education on communication skills among medical students : systematic review and meta-analysis by the digital health education collaboration by Kyaw, Bhone Myint, Posadzki, Pawel, Paddock, Sophie, Car, Josip, Campbell, James, Car, Lorainne Tudor

“…For skills outcome, meta-analysis of three studies comparing digital education to traditional learning showed no statistically significant difference in postintervention skills scores between the groups (standardized mean difference [SMD]=–0.19; 95% CI –0.9 to 0.52; I2=86%, N=3 studies [304 students]; small effect size; low-quality evidence). …”
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Uncertainties of glacial isostatic adjustment model predictions in North America associated with 3D structure by Li, Tanghua, Wu, Patrick, Wang, Hansheng, Steffen, Holger, Khan, Nicole S., Engelhart, Simon E., Vacchi, Matteo, Shaw, Timothy Adam, Peltier, W. Richard, Horton, Benjamin Peter

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Discrete differential geometry driven methods for architectural geometry by Yao, Sidan

“…In this function, normals and mean curvatures are utilized to enhance the contrast of the resulting high-reliefs. …”
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Weakly confined organic–inorganic halide perovskite quantum dots as high-purity room-temperature single photon sources by Wang, Bo, Lim, Melvin Jia Wei, Loh, Siow Mean, Mayengbam, Rishikanta, Ye, Senyun, Feng, Minjun, He, Huajun, Liang, Xiao, Cai, Rui, Zhang, Qiannan, Kwek, Leong Chuan, Demir, Hilmi Volkan, Mhaisalkar, Subodh Gautam, Blundell, Steven A., Sum, Tze Chien

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Disorder–property relationships in magnetic and pseudospin framework materials by Bulled, J

“…I use Monte Carlo and mean-field simulation to understand these effects from a theoretical standpoint, and heat capacity measurements—both theoretical and experimental—to confirm the importance of these effects. …”

Genetic and observational associations of nuclear magnetic resonance-measured lipid-related traits and atherosclerotic cardiovascular mortality in the Mexico City Prospective Study by Wang, Y

“…</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> 107,504 eligible participants aged 35-84 years were included in the main analyses (33% male; mean [SD] age, 51 [12] years). In cross-sectional analyses, complex correlation patterns within and across the same lipoprotein category within NMR lipid panels were observed, in line with their biochemical structures and interactions in lipid metabolism. …”

Introductory Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics / by Elliott, J. Richard, author 466041, Lira, Carl T., author 323516

Health monitoring, lifetimes estimation, and thermal management of IGBT-based power converters by Mohamed Halick Mohamed Sathik

“…In addition to the identification of device ageing and incipient failure, this thesis also studies lifetime estimation technique for three-phase power converter systems based on physics of failure approach. Normally, mean time to failure (MTTF) is used to check the reliability of power electronic components. …”
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Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022-2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Vollset, SE, Ababneh, HS, Abate, YH, Lacey, BWH, GBD 2021 Forecasting Collaborators

“…&lt;h4&gt;Methods&lt;/h4&gt;Using forecasts of major drivers of health such as the Socio-demographic Index (SDI; a composite measure of lag-distributed income per capita, mean years of education, and total fertility under 25 years of age) and the full set of risk factor exposures captured by GBD, we provide cause-specific forecasts of mortality, years of life lost (YLLs), years lived with disability (YLDs), and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) by age and sex from 2022 to 2050 for 204 countries and territories, 21 GBD regions, seven super-regions, and the world. …”

Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation by Lindson, N, Butler, AR, McRobbie, H, Bullen, C, Hajek, P, Wu, AD, Begh, R, Theodoulou, A, Notley, C, Rigotti, NA, Turner, T, Livingstone-Banks, J, Morris, T, Hartmann-Boyce, J

“…For continuous outcomes, we calculated mean differences. Where appropriate, we pooled data in pairwise and network meta‐analyses (NMA). …”

Interventions for quitting vaping by Butler, AR, Lindson, N, Livingstone-Banks, J, Notley, C, Turner, T, Rigotti, NA, Fanshawe, TR, Dawkins, L, Begh, R, Wu, AD, Brose, L, Conde, M, Simonavičius, E, Hartmann-Boyce, J

“…We used random‐effects inverse variance methods to calculate mean differences and 95% CI for continuous outcomes. …”

Growth performances, carcass yield and meat quality of free range village chickens fed on diet containing dehydrated processed food waste by Shanaghi, Hossein

“…The rations contained processed dehydrated food waste at the rate of 0 (T1), 20 (T2),40 (T3) and 60% (T4). 180 grower female village chickens at four weeks of age with average initial body weight 300±10g (mean ± SD) were randomly distributed to four treatments with three replicates (15 birds per replicate) for grower and finisher rearing periods (grower 5-9 weeks and finisher 10-14 weeks). …”
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