Climate change and geopolitics in the Blue Pacific by Goh, Danielle Lynn

“…Climate change has consistently been articulated as the greatest threat to the region by the leaders of Pacific Island countries. …”
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The interfacial properties of Kevlar fibre reinforced nylon composite by Looi, Hong Cheong.

“…The feasibility of developing a high strength high toughness Kevlar 29 fibre reinforced nylon 66 composite has been considered in terms of its interfacial properties. …”
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What can we learn from Police data about timeliness in rape and serious sexual offence investigations in England and Wales? by Lovett, Jo, Hales, Gavin, Kelly, Liz, Khan, Aneela, Hardiman, Margaret, Trott, Louise

“…The issue of timeliness in rape and other serious sexual offence investigations has been raised in a number of inspections and reviews, and there are policy imperatives to decrease delays, but there has been little exploration of police data to understand what contributes to them and enable practical recommendations or options. …”
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Option-based quantification and generic optimization of debt refinancing in public-private partnership infrastructure projects by Zheng, Sha

“…It is considered particularly suitable for long-term infrastructure projects where the construction has been completed and the successful operation has been demonstrated. …”
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Random walk models in the life sciences: including births, deaths and local interactions by Plank, M, Simpson, M, Baker, R

“…In this article, we review the progress that has been made with models of interacting individuals. …”

Radiocarbon calibration: from bane to blessing by Bronk Ramsey, C

“…Temporal and spatial variation in radiocarbon (¹⁴C) in the atmosphere has been the subject of investigation from the first pioneering work of Libby and Arnold. …”

First-line chemotherapy for advanced ovarian cancer: paclitaxel, cisplatin and the evidence by Sandercock, J, Parmar, MKB, Torri, V

“…As of June 1998, four randomized trials have been completed comparing the combination of paclitaxel and cisplatin with a cisplatin-based control arm. …”

A scoping review of cognitive bias in internet addiction and internet gaming disorders by Chia, Doris X. Y., Zhang, Melvyn

“…Internet addiction and Internet gaming disorders are increasingly prevalent. Whilst there has been much focus on the use of conventional psychological approaches in the treatment of individuals with these addictive disorders, there has also been ongoing research exploring the potential of cognitive bias modification amongst individuals with Internet and gaming addiction. …”
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Paternal parenting behaviour, self-esteem, and psychological health of adolescents in Malaysia by Yahya, Amira Najiha

“…However, little attention has been given to how fathers influence their adolescents‟ psychological health, especially in an Asian context. …”
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Ethics education for successful infectious disease control of COVID-19 by Lim, Hannah Yeefen

“…The infection rates of COVID-19 have been exponential in some countries despite the imposition of infectious disease control measures such as lockdowns and physical distancing, which form one of the basic principles of public health and infectious disease control. …”
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Novel Pd2Se3 Two-Dimensional Phase Driven by Interlayer Fusion in Layered PdSe2 by Lin, Junhao, Zuluaga, Sebastian, Yu, Peng, Liu, Zheng, Pantelides, Sokrates T., Suenaga, Kazu

“…Its monolayer form has been theoretically shown to be stable, but there have been no reports that monolayer PdSe2 has been abricated. …”
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A factorized quaternion approach to determine the arm motions using triaxial accelerometers with anatomical and sensor constraints by Lee, Guo Xiong, Low, Kay-Soon

“…Comparable performance in terms of accuracy has been obtained at a much reduced cost and power consumption.…”
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QoS-aware revenue-cost optimization for latency-sensitive services in IaaS Clouds by Duong, Ta Nguyen Binh, Li, Xiaorong, Goh, Rick Siow Mong, Tang, Xueyan, Cai, Wentong

“…Existing research has been focusing more on cloud resource scaling in batch processing, non latency-sensitive applications. …”
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Benzofuran-based estrogen receptor α modulators as anti-cancer therapeutics : in silico and experimental studies by Leow, Min Li, Chin, Christina Hui Li, Yu, Peggy Shuang, Pasunooti, Kalyan Kumar, Tay, Raymond Xu Zhan, Zhang, Dawei, Yoon, Ho Sup, Liu, Xue-Wei

“…In addition, the apoptotic abilities of the compounds have been measured in both MCF-7 ER(+) and MDA-MB-231 ER(-) breast cancer cells. …”
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Characterization of BaSnO3-based ceramics Part 1. Synthesis, processing and microstructural development by Azad, Abdul-Majeed, Hon, Nee Chen

“…In order to fill the information gaps in the reported research, a vigorous and systematic investigation on these exotic materials has been initiated. A thorough study of BaSnO3 with respect to its synthesis, processing and micro structural characterization has been made. …”
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An Early Analysis on the Position and Implementation of the Authoritative Statement of the Shafi‘Ite Madhhab in the Economic Legal Ruling State of Kedah and State of Penang by Dato' Dahaman @ Dahlan, Mohd Akram, Ahmad, Kamarudin, Abdul Hamid, Solahuddin, Mohd Noor, Mohd Murshidi

“…The authoritative statement of the Shafi‘ite madhhab in the state Islamic religious law has been the basis of a very popular approach among fatwa-authorized bodies in Malaysia. …”
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Maintenance Strategy in Malaysian Manufacturing Companies: A Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) Approach by Mad Lazim, Halim, Ramayah, T.

“…The correlations among TPM practices have also been evaluated accordingly. Findings: Correlation analysis was carried out and the results show there is positive relationship among TPM practices. …”
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Fedratinib combined with ropeginterferon alfa-2b in patients with myelofibrosis (FEDORA): study protocol for a multicentre, open-label, Bayesian phase II trial by McIlroy, G, Gaskell, C, Jackson, A, Yafai, E, Tasker, R, Thomas, C, Fox, S, Boucher, R, Ghebretinsea, F, Harrison, C, Mead, AJ, McMullin, MF

“…Background: Myelofibrosis (MF) is a clonal haematopoietic disease, with median overall survival for patients with primary MF only 6.5 years. The most frequent gene mutation found in patients is JAK2V617F, causing constitutive activation of the kinase and activation of downstream signalling. …”

Associations between violence in childhood, depression and suicide attempts in adolescence: evidence from a cohort study in Luwero district, Uganda by Akunzirwe, R, Carter, DJ, Hanna, L, Zinke-Allmang, A, Akim, A, Datzberger, S, Parkes, J, Knight, L, Atuhaire, L, Nakuti, J, Mirembe, A, Allen, E, Naker, D, Devries, K, Bhatia, A

“…Methods: Data came from the Contexts of Violence Against Children (CoVAC) cohort study in Luwero District, Uganda, involving 2773 participants aged 11–14 years at Wave 1 (2014) and 15–18 years at Wave 2 (2018). …”

Heart failure risk stratification using artificial intelligence applied to electrocardiogram images: a multinational study by Dhingra, LS, Aminorroaya, A, Sangha, V, Pedroso, AF, Asselbergs, FW, Brant, LCC, Barreto, SM, Ribeiro, ALP, Krumholz, HM, Oikonomou, EK, Khera, R

“…<p><strong> Results</strong></p> Among 231 285 YNHHS patients, 4472 had primary HF hospitalizations over 4.5 years (inter-quartile range 2.5–6.6). In UKB and ELSA-Brasil, among 42 141 and 13 454 people, 46 and 31 developed HF over 3.1 (2.1–4.5) and 4.2 (3.7–4.5) years. …”