Improving year-round protection against influenza infection in the tropics by Young, Barnaby

“…Vaccination is the main pharmacological method available to reduce transmission and prevent infection, but evidence that vaccine induced protection with the standard dose inactivated influenza vaccine lasts year-round is lacking. This thesis presents a review of influenza epidemiology in Asia and the association between the pattern of seasonality and latitude and climate; a systematic review and meta-analysis of test-negative design (TND) case-control studies in order to generate summary estimates of changes in vaccine effectiveness with time since vaccination; results of a cohort study that investigates whether there is evidence for waning vaccine protection against severe influenza in Singapore; an observer-blind randomised clinical trial of annual versus biannual influenza vaccination in older adults, and further analysis of predictors of waning antibody titres post-vaccination.…”
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Outlook for the dry bulk shipping market in the next 5 years by Sam, Dave Perry, Chang, Yvonne, Yeo, Kai Hong

“…The dry bulk market is experiencing tough situations and it is not expected to recover in the coming year. The objective of this report is to understand the current situation of the dry bulk market and hope to provide an outlook of it in the next five years. …”
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Prospects for the container shipping industry over the next 5 years by Soh, Jia Jie

“…Results revealed that due to a lack of governmental support, the introduction of LNG would not have any impacts on the container carrying capacity in the next 5 years. However given sufficient amount of time, there would be an increasing governmental support, and the lower cost of LNG fuel compared to bunker fuel oil, will eventually lead to an increase in LNG fuelled container vessels. …”
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Timor-Leste’s Challenges : Year After the May 2018 Elections by Menon, Vijayalakshmi

“…A year after the last parliamentary elections, in which the Alliance for Change (AMP) coalition won a clear majority, the 2018 and 2019 budgets have been passed, ending a period of considerable uncertainty and gridlock. …”
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Fast unfolding of communities in large networks: 15 years later by Blondel, V, Guillaume, J-L, Lambiotte, R

“…The Louvain method was proposed 15 years ago as a heuristic method for the fast detection of communities in large networks. …”

Three year performance of international provenance trials of Acacia auriculiformis by Awang, Kamis, Venkateswarlu, Perugupalli, Abd.Shukor, Nor Aini, Adjers, Goran, Bhumibhamon, Suree, Kietvuttinon, Bopit, Pan, Fuh-Juinn, Pitpreecha, Kiatkong, Simsiri, Apisit

“…The performance of 25 provenances in international trials on seven sites in four countries was assessed for survival and growth at 3 years. Of these provenances, seven were from Queensland, 12 from Northern Territory, Australia, and six from Papua New Guinea. …”
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Living Together Across Borders : Communicative Care in Transnational Salvadoran Families / by Arnold, Lynnette, author 656202, Oxford University Press (Online service) 655242

“…Through cross-border conversations, families nurture intergenerational relations that sustain the family over the years despite ongoing separation.…”
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Low-Cost Electronic Microfluidics for Multiplexed Point-of-Care Biomarker Detection by Kikkeri, Kruthika

“…As we have seen in recent years, point-of-care (PoC) systems are vital elements in healthcare, as they can aid in disease detection, monitoring, and treatment, and even inform public policy. …”
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Telepresence Robots in the Context of Dementia Caregiving: Caregivers’ and Care Recipients’ Perspectives by FakhrHosseini, Shabnam, Cerino, Lauren, D’Ambrosio, Lisa, Balmuth, Lexi, Lee, Chaiwoo, Wu, Mengke, Coughlin, Joseph

“…This research investigates the perspectives of 20 caregiving dyads on VGo, a telepresence social robot with features designed to support caregiving. Care recipients (CRs), aged 65 and older, diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, along with their primary caregivers (CGs), evaluated the robot through an online interview study. …”
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Point of care assay for blood aripiprazole concentrations: development, validation and utility by Atkins, M, Taylor, D, Catalan, A, Desouza, N, Chesney, E, Reilly, TJ, Baburina, I, Hilaire, MR, Dratcu, L, Harland, R, Salamone, SJ, McGuire, P

“…</p> <p><strong>Conclusions:&nbsp;</strong>The MyCare Insite POC analyser is sufficiently accurate and reliable for clinical use. …”

A realist evaluation to explain and understand the role of paramedics in primary care by Eaton, G, Wong, G, Tierney, S, Williams, V, Mahtani, KR

“…Background: In response to the unsustainable workload and workforce crises in primary care, paramedics (with their generalist clinical background acquired from ambulance service experience) are increasingly employed in primary care. …”

Why do we care how much oxygen tumors have? by Martin, LAW, Hammond, EM

Timely community palliative and end-of-life care: a realist synthesis by Petrova, M, Wong, G, Kuhn, I, Wellwood, I, Barclay, S

“…<strong>Background</strong> Community-based and home-based palliative and end-of-life care (PEoLC) services, often underpinned by primary care provision, are becoming increasingly popular. …”

Should investors care where private equity managers went to school? by Fuchs, F, Füss, R, Jenkinson, T, Morkoetter, S

Coping strategies of the sandwich generation in the care process: a qualitative study by Pashazade, Hakime, Maarefvand, Masoomeh, Abolfathi Momtaz, Yadollah, Abdi, Kianoush

“…Objective: The sandwich generation refers to individuals who are simultaneously responsible for caring for their aging parents and their own children. …”
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Cuffless blood pressure meter with mobile application for home-care service. by Yi, Yun Koay, Bakhteri, Rabia, Darul Zaman, Nurul Izzati, Yuan, Wen Hau

Intergenerational program and care: Analysis of Malaysia intergenerational modules, policies and guidelines by Samsudin, Intan Liana, Ariffin, Syed Iskandar, Sapri, Maimunah

“…The intergenerational aged care module typology can be further enhanced and extended to childcare facility building as one of the alternatives to the existing intergenerational care module.…”
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Unsteady free convection nanofluid flow near stagnation point of a three-dimensional body / by Norshaza Atika Saidin, 1992-, author 613955, Mohd. Ariff Admon, 1987-, supervisor 570920, Fakulti Sains 8004

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Unsteady free convection nanofluid flow near stagnation point of a three-dimensional body / by Norshaza Atika Saidin, 1992-, author 613955

Initial investigation of the relation between the mode of MHD current transport and the near-electrode boundary layers by Daentl, Wyatt S.

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