Epidemiology of endometriosis in women of Arab ancestry by Mousa, M

“… (2) The average diagnostic delay was 11.61 years, with single women experiencing 15.81 years of diagnosis delay. …”

Principles : Life and Work / by Dalio, Ray, author 656003, Simon & Schuster (Online service) 656004

“…Ray Dalio, one of the world's most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the unconventional principles that he's developed, refined, and used over the past forty years to create unique results in both life and business—and which any person or organization can adopt to help achieve their goals. …”
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Laser-based 3D printing using bessel beams for tissue engineering applications by Liew, Andy Wen Loong

“…This has led to the development of a variety of vascularization techniques in recent years. In this dissertation, a laser-based 3D printing technique using Bessel Beams was studied for applications in tissue engineering. …”
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Understanding the viral protein structures of clinically relevant arboviruses and fragment-based screening for antivirals by Farhana Abu Bakar

“…In recent years, antiviral drug discovery has increasingly relied on the use of high-resolution structural information of important viral proteins and have led to the development of potent inhibitors. …”
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Adiposity and metabolic health in Asian populations: an epidemiological study using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry in Singapore by Mina, Theresia, Xie, Wubin, Low, Dorrain Yanwen, Wang, Xiaoyan, Lam, Benjamin Chih Chiang, Sadhu, Nilanjana, Ng, Hong Kiat, Nur-Azizah Aziz, Tong, Terry Yoke Yin, Kerk, Swat Kim, Choo, Wee Lin, Low, Guo Liang, Halimah Ibrahim, Lim, Liming, Tai, E Shyong, Wansaicheong, Gervais, Dalan, Rinkoo, Yew, Yik Weng, Elliott, Paul, Riboli, Elio, Loh, Marie, Ngeow, Joanne, Lee, Eng Sing, Lee, Jimmy, Best, James, Chambers, John

“…The Health for Life in Singapore (HELIOS) Study is a population-based cohort comprising multiethnic Asian men and women living in Singapore, aged 30–84 years. We performed a cross-sectional analysis of data from individuals who had assessment of body composition by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry and metabolic characterisation. …”
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Translating local science fiction as social critique : a case study of Auspicium Melioris Aevi by Lee, Ying Jing

“…Although science fiction has traditionally been considered merely as a form of “popular fiction” with little literary value, this genre has gained greater recognition in recent years for its socio-political imagination and speculation of future problems in a postmodern world. …”
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Canadians' opinions towards COVID-19 data-sharing: a national cross-sectional survey by Savić Kallesøe, SA, Rabbani, T, Gill, EE, Brinkman, F, Griffiths, EJ, Zawati, M, Liu, H, Palmour, N, Joly, Y, Hsiao, WWL

“…Generally supportive Canadians were characterised as being ≥50 years, with higher education, and being vaccinated against COVID-19 at least once. …”

Strategies to increase response rate and reduce non-response bias in population health research: a series of randomised controlled trials during a large COVID-19 study by Atchison, CJ, Gilby, N, Pantelidou, G, Clemens, S, Pickering, K, Chadeau-Hyam, M, Ashby, D, Barclay, WS, Cooke, G, Darzi, A, Riley, S, Donnelly, C, Ward, H, Elliott, P

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> Over 19 rounds, a random sample of individuals aged 5 years and older from the general population in England were invited by mail to complete an online questionnaire and return a swab for SARS-CoV-2 testing. …”

Childlessness and its associated factors among Chinese women: a nationwide population-based study by Han, Q, Dang, J, Wu, Y, Ye, W

“…A total of 10,802 women across mainland China who were (or had been) married were included, of whom 5,885 were of reproductive age (20–49 years) and 4,917 of post-reproductive age (≥ 50 years). …”

Individual differences in the effects of physical activity on classroom behaviour by Heemskerk, CHHM, Sumatic, M, Strand, S, Malmberg, L-E

“…</p> <p><strong>Method:</strong> Data was collected from 76 primary school-aged children (<em>M</em> age = 9.3 years, <em>SD</em> = 0.7 years; 46 females). The PE lesson intervention followed a 3 (intensity: low, medium, high) by 2 (complexity: low, high) within-person design. …”

Recurrent urinary tract infections and prophylactic antibiotic use in women: cross-sectional study by Sanyaolu, L, Best, V, Cannings-John, R, Wood, F, Edwards, A, Akbari, A, Hayward, G, Ahmed, H

“…</p> <p><strong>Method</strong> The characteristics of women aged ≥18 years with rUTIs or using prophylactic antibiotics from 2010 to 2020, and associated urine culture results from 2015 to 2020, are described.…”

Estimating risk factor time paths among people with Type 2 Diabetes and QALY gains from risk factor management by Gao, N, Dakin, HA, Holman, RR, Lim, L-L, Leal, J, Clarke, P

“…UKPDS-OM2-derived lifetime QALYs were extrapolated over 70 years using historical and the new risk factor equations.…”

Using QALYs as an outcome for assessing global prediction accuracy in diabetes simulation models by Dakin, H, Gao, N, Leal, J, Holman, RR, Tran-Duy, A, Clarke, P

“…<p><strong>Objectives:</strong> (1) To demonstrate the use of quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) as an outcome&nbsp;measure for comparing performance between simulation models and identifying the most&nbsp;accurate model for economic evaluation and health technology assessment. …”

A cross-layer payload-dropping scheme for improving CSMA/CA throughput in interference-limited co-channel cells by Jayabal, Raymond J.

“…For transceivers which do not support CST, PD-CSMA/CA adequately mitigates the exposed node problem, thereby allowing nodes to enjoy nearly the maximum throughput as provided by CSMA/CA in the single cell scenario. …”
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Maternal Death Surveillance and Response in Sudan: an evidence-based, context-specific optimisation to improve maternal care by Altijani Osman Abbakar, N

“…Analysis of the latest SHHS showed that village and community midwives [trained birth attendants] attended nearly half of all births [55.5%], followed by doctors, health visitors, and nurse-midwives [skilled birth attendants] [22.8%], and the remainder [21.7%] were not attended by a health provider. …”

Songs of The Runaway Heart / by Marisa Fendi, author 655832

“…Kamelia had disappeared, gone overnight. Nine years pass. Haikal’s life revolves around his daughter rather than his motorcycle. …”

Sustainable valorization approaches on crustacean wastes for the extraction of chitin, bioactive compounds and their applications - A review by Nur Izyan, Wan Azelee, Dahiya, Digvijay, Ayothiraman, Seenivasan, Norhayati, Mohamed Noor, Zaitul Iffa, Abd Rasid, Aizi Nor Mazila, Ramli, Ravindran, Balsubramani, Iwuchukwu, Felicitas U., Selvasembian, Rangabhashiyam

“…The utilization of nano and microtechnology was also included in the discussion, as they have become prominent research areas in recent years. More importantly, the future perspectives of crustacean waste management and other potential valorization approaches that can be implemented on a large scale.…”
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Urban Swarms: A new approach for autonomous waste management by Alfeo, Antonio Luca, Castelló Ferrer, Eduardo, Lizarribar Carrillo, Yago, Grignard, Arnaud, Alonso Pastor, Luis, Sleeper, Dylan T., Cimino, Mario G.C.A., Lepri, Bruno, Vaglini, Gigliola, Larson, Kent, Dorigo, Marco, Pentland, Alex ('Sandy')

“…Swarm robotics systems have been attracting an increasing amount of attention in the past years and they are expected to become one of the main driving factors for innovation in the field of robotics. …”
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U.S. Industrial Transformation and the “How” of 21st Century Industrial Strategy by Reynolds, Elisabeth B.

“…Abstract The U.S. policy paradigm has shifted in the first years of the Biden Administration toward a more robust industrial strategy. …”
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Sources of opposition to renewable energy projects in the United States by Susskind, Lawrence, Chun, Jungwoo, Gant, Alexander, Hodgkins, Chelsea, Cohen, Jessica, Lohmar, Sarah

“…Of the projects we studied, 34% faced significant delays and difficulties securing permits, 49% were cancelled permanently, and 26% resumed after being stopped for several months or years. Project delays and cancellations account for potential lost generating capacity of almost 4600 MW. …”
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