Communication satellite power amplifiers: current and future SSPA and TWTA technologies by Aniceto, Raichelle, Cahoy, Kerri, Lohmeyer, Whitney

“…Overall, this research was performed to update and clarify how the power and bandwidth needs and redundancy trends of the SatCom community have evolved over the past 30 years.…”
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Cause-Specific Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020–2021) in 12 Countries of the C-MOR Consortium by Beeks, Victoria V., Achilleos, Souzana, Quattrocchi, Annalisa, Pallari, Chryso T., Critselis, Elena, Salameh, Pascale, Rahmanian Haghighi, Mohammad R., Rodriguez-Llanes, Jose M., Ambrosio, Giuseppe, Artemiou, Andreas, Gabel, John, Bennett, Catherine M., Cuthbertson, Joseph, Zimmermann, Claudia

“…Conclusions This study provides evidence of substantial excess mortality from CVD, and notable reductions in respiratory disease and pneumonia in both years across most countries investigated. Our study also highlights the beneficial impact of stringent control measures in mitigating excess mortality from most causes in 2021.…”
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Late-life depressive symptomatology, motoric cognitive risk syndrome, and incident dementia: the "Nuage" study results by Beauchet, Olivier, Sekhon, Harmehr, Launay, Cyrille P., Gaudreau, Pierrette, Morais, José A., Allali, Gilles

“…Methods: The study was carried out in a subset of 1,098 community dwellers aged ≥65 years recruited in the "Nutrition as a determinant of successful aging: The Quebec longitudinal study" (NuAge), an observational prospective cohort study with 3 years follow-up. …”
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Real-world effectiveness of sotrovimab and remdesivir for early treatment of high-risk hospitalized COVID-19 patients: a propensity score adjusted retrospective cohort study by Koh, Lin Pin, Chua, Siang Li, Vasoo, Shawn, Toh, Matthias Paul Han Sim, Cutter, Jeremy Nicholas, Nah, Puay Hoon, Leo, Yee Sin, Tay, Jun Xin, Young, Barnaby Edward, Lye, David C., Ong, Sean W. X.

“…The median age was 63 years (IQR 46-74 years) and 505 (45.2%) were female. …”
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Face recognition based on the combination of rectangle filters and unified subspace analysis approach by Cai, Yichang

“…As one of the most successful applications of Image analysis and understanding, face recognition has recently received significant attention, especially during the past several years. At least two reasons account for this trend: the first is the wide range of commercial and law enforcement applications, and the second Is the availability of feasible technologies after 30 years of research. …”
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Myocardial ischaemia following COVID-19: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance study by Arnold, JR, Yeo, JL, Budgeon, CA, Shergill, S, England, R, Shiwani, H, Artico, J, Moon, JC, Gorecka, M, Roditi, G, Morrow, A, Mangion, K, Shanmuganathan, M, Miller, CA, Chiribiri, A, Alzahir, M, Ramirez, S, Lin, A, Swoboda, PP, McDiarmid, AK, Sykes, R, Singh, T, Bucciarelli-Ducci, C, Dawson, D

“…We studied 59 patients hospitalised with COVID-19 and elevated serum troponin (COVID + /troponin + , age 61 ± 11 years) and 37 control subjects without COVID-19 or elevated troponin and similar by age and cardiovascular comorbidities (COVID −/comorbidity + , 64 ± 10 years). …”

Mediating role of psychological distress on the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and burnout among healthcare providers: a cross-sectional study in Selangor, Malaysia by Ching, Siew-Mooi, Thurasamy, Ramayah, Cheong, Ai Theng, Yee, Anne, Lim, Poh Ying, Ismail, Irmi Zarina, Ng, Jun Ying, Ooi, Pei Boon, Lee, Kai Wei, Rasina Nilofer, Jabarulla Khan, Zamzurina, Asmuee, Rajini Ann, S. Ratnasingamp, Teoh, See Wie, Hassan, Noor Hasliza

“…Results: The majority of respondents were female (82.4%) and Malays (82.3%), with a mean age of 36 years and an average working experience of 11 years. …”
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Research Anthology on BIM and Digital Twins in Smart Cities / by Information Resources Management Association 496247, IGI Global Scientific Publishing (Online service) 655412

“…In recent years, smart cities have been an emerging area of interest across the world. …”
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THE MAYFLY / by Hazel, James, author 656313

“…A murderous plan conceived in the past. A reckoning seventy years in the making . . . When lawyer Charlie Priest is attacked in his own home by a man searching for information he claims Priest has, he is drawn into a web of corruption that has its roots in the last desperate days of World War Two. …”

Dengue death rate higher among women than men in Bangladesh by Roney, Miah, Mohd Fadhlizil Fasihi, Mohd Aluwi

“…Given the atypical seasonality of the epidemic and the sudden spike in cases early on, it is noteworthy that mosquito and potential hotspot densities were at an all-time high throughout the previous years.…”
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Vaccines: The Health of Nations - A Paradigm Shift by Datta, Shoumen

“…"The Health of Nations" is a review/summary of research results over the past 30+ years which indicates that untreated, raw, plant products (leafs, stems, roots) may be effective in delivering antigens (e.g. viral proteins engineered in recombinant vectors for production in transgenic plant tissue) to humans and animals to vaccinate against future infections (e.g. emerging threat from viruses with pandemic potential). …”
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Performance of thin-RPC detectors for high rate applications with eco-friendly gas mixtures by Abbrescia, M., Aielli, G., Aly, R., Arena, M. C., Barroso Ferreira Filho, M., Benussi, L., Bianco, S., Bordon, F., Boscherini, D., Bruni, A., Buontempo, S., Busato, M., Camarri, P., Cardarelli, R., Congedo, L., De Serio, M., Di Ciaccio, A., Di Stante, L., Dupieux, P., Eysermans, J., Ferretti, A., Galati, G., Gagliardi, M., Guida, R., Iaselli, G., Joly, B., Lee, K. S., Liberti, B., Mandelli, B., Manen, S. P., Pastore, A., Pastori, E., Piccolo, D., Pizzimento, L., Polini, A., Proto, G., Pugliese, G., Quaglia, L., Ramos, D., Rigoletti, G., Rocchi, A., Romano, M., Samalan, A., Salvini, P., Santonico, R., Saviano, G., Sessa, M., Simone, S., Terlizzi, L., Tytgat, M., Vercellin, E., Verzeroli, M., Zaganidis, N.

“…In the last few years, an intense R &D activity on particle detectors for future HEP applications has been carried on with the aim of developing new techniques as well as studying the performance of already existing detectors when operated in a high rate environment. …”
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The future of IPTV: adding social networking and mobility by Mirlacher, T., Montpetit, Marie-Jose, Klym, Natalie

“…Driven in large part by the near-ubiquitous IP-based communication services, the TV experience has been extended over the years to embrace many of the same ancillary services provided by web applications. …”
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Chiral secondary amine catalyzed asymmetric cascade reactions by Dai, Lu

“…Enantioselective organocatalytic cascade reactions have attracted more and more attention during recent years. Chiral secondary amine catalyst played an important role in this kind of reaction. …”
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Carbazole-benzothiadiazole-based conjugated copolymers : synthesis, electrochromism and electrofluorochrochromism by Ding, Guoqiang

“…Two electrochemical reaction-induced chromic phenomena, electrochromism and electrofluorochromism, exhibited by some conjugated polymers (CPs) have been attracting much attention from researchers in recent years. Electrochromism is defined as the reversible change in absorption or transmission of a material due to redox processes induced by an external voltage. …”
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Regulatory RNAs discovered in unexpected places by Pek, Jun Wei, Okamura, Katsutomo

“…These ncRNA genes were surprises at the time of their discovery, but many quickly became well-accepted families of functional regulatory RNA species. Even after years of extensive gene annotation studies using high-throughput sequencing technologies, new types of ncRNA genes continue to be discovered in unexpected places. …”
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Mothers’ social networks and socioeconomic gradients of isolation by Andrew, AR, Attanasio, O, Augsburg, B, Behrman, J, Day, M, Jervis, P, Meghir, C, Phimister, A

“…We track 2,170 mothers’ networks over four years and find a high degree of isolation. Wealthier women and women from more-advantaged castes and tribes have smaller networks than their less-advantaged peers, primarily because they know fewer women within their own socioeconomic group. …”

A healthy amount of privacy: quantifying privacy concerns in medicine by Cofone, IC

“…I propose a simple method to incorporate these concerns into a standard health impact evaluation, based on quality-adjusted life years and the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio. …”

The interactions of ethnic minorities in Beijing by Hasmath, R

“…Drawing on six years of fieldwork in Beijing, this article looks at the daily interactions of ethnic minorities in local neighbourhoods and places of economic activities. …”

An adaptation of 'The narrow corridor' by Fenske, J

“…Acemoglu has published more in the last five years than you have in your whole career. You’re pretty sure Robinson was one of your letter writers. …”