A comparison study on effectiveness and robustness of control charts for monitoring process mean and variance by Khoo, Michael B. C., Ou, Yanjing, Wen, Di, Wu, Zhang

“…Moreover, the probability distributions of the mean shift δµ and standard deviation shift δσ are studied explicitly as the influential factors in a factorial experiment. The main findings obtained in this study include: (1) From an overall viewpoint, the SPRT-type chart is more effective than the CUSUM-type chart and equation image type chart by 15 and 73%, respectively; (2) in general, the adaptive chart outperforms the optimal chart and basic chart by 16 and 97%, respectively; (3) the optimal CUSUM chart is the most effective fixed sample size and sampling interval chart and the optimal SPRT chart is the best choice among the adaptive charts; and (4) the optimal sample sizes of both the equation image charts and the CUSUM charts are always equal to one. …”
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On oxygen-containing groups in chemically modified graphenes by Bonanni, Alessandra, Ambrosi, Adriano, Pumera, Martin

“…We exploited the DNA–Au bioconjugates as highly specific stains to localize and visualize the positions of carboxylic groups. Our findings are very important to clearly identify the presence, nature, and distribution of oxygen functionalities on different chemically modified graphenes.…”
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The confounding effect of nitrite on N2O production by an enriched ammonia-oxidizing culture by Law, Yingyu, Lant, Paul, Yuan, Zhiguo

“…These observations suggest that N2O production by the culture is diminished by both high NO2– and high DO concentrations. Collectively, the findings show that exceedingly high NO2– concentrations in nitritation systems could lead to decreased N2O production. …”
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The influence of rainfall on the level of two-lane highway service by Mashros, Nordiana

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Reliability and stability of amphibious house for floodplain areas in Malaysia by Mohammad Ali Nekooie

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Ergonomic design parameters for Malaysian car driver seating position by Rashid, Zuli'zam

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Animal models of human disease 2.0 by Lange, Sigrun, Inal, Jameel

“…A total of twenty-two papers were published, including two comprehensive reviews on the use of diverse animal models to advance translational research and twenty original research papers using more common and conventional laboratory animal models (mice, rats, rabbits) or other less frequent comparative models (dogs and plateau pikas). Findings reported in this Special Topic provide significant new information on fundamental pathobiological mechanisms and clinical markers of chronic and acute human pathologies and investigate exposome effects on human health. …”
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Follow the Tulip, researching into the textile manufacturer Henry Nathan by Pierce, Gina

“…In following up the trail provided by a small number of fabric samples in the Parker Knoll archive (Special Collections, 2018) new findings have been discovered, that have an impact on a national historic collection. …”
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Possibilities and pitfalls? Moderate drinking and alcohol abstinence at home since the COVID-19 lockdown by Nicholls, Emily, Conroy, Dom

“…In sharing these early findings, we hope to highlight themes relevant to understanding drinking behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic and to stimulate dialogue for immediate research priorities in this area. …”
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Very small effects of an imagery-based randomised trial to promote adherence to wearing face coverings during the COVID-19 pandemic and identification of future intervention target... by Conroy, Dom, Smith, Debbie M., Armitage, Christopher J.

“…Conclusion: Imagery-based interventions to increase face covering wearing adherence may exert significant public health effects but only when conducted on a very large scale. Our findings suggest that interventions should target men and disrupt habitual past behaviour.…”
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How does anticipatory trauma reaction and climate-friendly behaviour make an affect at the individual level? The role of social norms and self-efficacy by Yadav, Radha, Kumar, Dharmendra, Kumar, Anil, Luthra, Sunil

“…We have used the survey method to examine a sample of 238 respondents and assess the structural equation modelling analysis and PLS predictions using SmartPLS software. The findings indicate that climate change-related anxiety-driven ATR facilitates CFB among individuals. …”
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The role of chatbots in data analytics: an evaluation of functional abilities by Patel, Preeti, Shooshtarian, Sowgol

“…This comparison is grounded in profile optimization techniques, the CRISP-DM framework, and a structured Data Science Project Plan. The findings reveal the diverse capabilities of ChatGPT-4. …”
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Experiences of geophagy during pregnancy among African migrant women in London: implications for public health interventions by Madziva, Cathrine, Chinouya, Martha J., Njoroge, Kezia

“…An interpretative phenomenological approach (IPA) was utilized, and data were collected with a total of 30 participants through individual in-depth interviews and one focus group discussion. Findings showed clay ingestion is a fluid and widely accepted cultural practice among African communities with most participants having been socialized into ingestion during childhood, through family influences and current social networks in their adulthood. …”
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Examining the role of family, media, peers in young Caucasian men’s understandings of body dissatisfaction: a thematic analysis using the tripartite influential model and social co... by Apopei, Daria, Coe, Jennifer, Cordoba, Sebastian

“…The research considers participants’ sexual orientation and country of origin when analysing the data. The findings show that family, peers, and the media positively and negatively shape body dissatisfaction among participants. …”
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Ex vivo analysis of the association of GFP-expressing L. aethiopica and L. mexicana with human peripheral blood-derived (PBD) leukocytes over 24 hours by Ranatunga, Medhavi, Deacon, Andrew, Harbige, Laurence S., Dyer, Paul, Boateng, Joshua, Getti, Giulia

“…Data not only confirm previous findings of Leishmania infection with PBD leukocytes and association with B cells but also suggest that CD4+ T cells might influence the early-stage of infection.…”
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Label flipping attacks in hierarchical federated learning for intrusion detection in IoT by Elmahfoud, Ennaji, El Hajla, Salah, Maleh, Yassine, Mounir, Soufyane, Ouazzane, Karim

“…We focus on scenarios where a subset of malicious participants attempts to degrade the global model’s performance by submitting corrupted model updates based on intentionally mislabeled data. Our findings reveal significant decreases in classification accuracy by 10.53% and recall rates, even with a minimal number of compromised participants, primarily affecting the specific classes targeted by the attackers. …”
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PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations in urban and peri-urban environments of two Pacific Island Countries by Hilly, JJ, Sinha, J, Mani, FS, Turagabeci, A, Jagals, P, Thomas, DSG, Wiggs, GFS, Morawska, L, Singh, K, Gucake, J, Ashworth, M, Mataki, M, Hiba, D, Bainivalu, D, Knibbs, LD, Stuetz, RM, Dansie, AP

“…PM10 levels were 1.5 times higher than WHO AQG in urban Honiara and 1.2 times higher in peri-urban areas. These findings highlight the urgent need for governmental action to establish robust air quality standards and long-term monitoring programs in Fiji and the Solomon Islands to mitigate health risks from poor air quality.…”

For Christ and Germany: German Catholicism and the Second World War by Brodie, TO

“…Its concluding chapter uses its findings concerning Catholicism during the war years to revise current understandings of the formation of a conservative ‘restoration’ in West Germany after May 1945.…”

Effect of vitamin A on adult lung function: a triangulation of evidence approach by Mongey, R, van der Plaat, DA, Shaheen, SO, Portas, L, Potts, J, Hind, MD, Minelli, C

“…We then assessed the causality of these associations using Mendelian randomisation (MR), and we investigated the effects on adult lung function of 39 genes related to vitamin A, and their interaction with vitamin A intake. Findings: Our observational analysis suggests a positive association between carotene intake and FVC only (13.3 mL per 100 µg/day; p=2.9×10−9), with stronger associations in smokers, but no association of retinol intake with FVC or FEV1/FVC. …”

Characterising human disparity tuning properties using population receptive field mapping by Alvarez, I, Mancari, A, Ip, IB, Parker, AJ, Bridge, H

“…Finally, the individual thresholds for psychophysical stereoacuity at the 3 different pedestal disparities were broadly related to population receptive field tuning width in area V1, suggesting a possible limit for fine stereopsis at the earliest level of cortical processing. Together, these findings point to heterogeneity of disparity processing across human visual areas, comparable to non-human primates.…”