Pregnant women admitted to hospital with covid-19 in 10 European countries: individual patient data meta-analysis of population based cohorts in International Obstetric Survey Syst... by Engjom, HM, de Bruin, O, Ramakrishnan, R, Aabakke, AJM, Äyräs, O, Deneux-Tharaux, C, Donati, S, Knight, M, Jonasdottir, E, Svanvik, T, Vercoutere, A, Vousden, N, Bleomenkamp, KWM

“…Few pregnant women with moderate to severe covid-19 were given specific medical treatment for SARS-CoV-2 disease, even when there were no or minor safety concerns. Lessons for future pandemics include the importance of rapid, robust surveillance systems for maternal and perinatal health, and of including use for pregnant women early in the development and testing of medicines and vaccines for public health emergencies.…”

Association of current Schistosoma mansoni, Schistosoma japonicum, and Schistosoma mekongi infection status and intensity with periportal fibrosis: a systematic review and meta-ana... by Ewuzie, A, Wilburn, L, Thakrar, DB, Cheng, H, Reitzug, F, Roberts, N, Malouf, R, Chami, GF

“…Periportal fibrosis was heterogeneously defined with the Niamey ultrasound protocol most used. When findings were pooled, current schistosome infection status was associated with a higher likelihood of periportal fibrosis compared with no current infection (odds ratio [OR] 2·65, 95% CI 1·79–3·92; p<0·0001). …”

Changes in microbial and physicochemical properties during free-cell and encapsulated probiotic fermentation of red dragon fruit juice by Ong, Yien Yien

“…The results of probiotic microencapsulation was promising in which lesser viability loss of probiotic (0.5 log cfu/g) was observed in red pitaya juice fermented with encapsulated L. casei after 4 week storage at 4oC when comparing to free cell L. casei fermented juice. …”
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Green logistics practices in Malaysian food-based manufacturing industry by Hussin, Hilda

“…In addition, the findings showed that the manufacturers obtained several perceived benefits when applying green in their logistics activities. …”
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Toxicity, permeability and drug-metabolizing enzyme activities of curcumin analogues by Yakubu, Ndatsu

“…Therefore, both MS65 and BDMC33 could be potential lead compounds to address the problems and issues of rapid metabolism, and poor bioavailability of curcumin when consumed orally.…”
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Dna markers and mapping of quantitative trait loci for yield and bunch quality in Deli dura X Yangambi pisifera oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) population by Seng, Tzer Ying

“…Also, more closely linked markers or flanking markers to the QTLs should be sought because recombinations between the markers and QTLs can occur when transferring the results from one population to another. …”
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Establishment of optimise strategies in production of recombinant Hepatitis B surface antigen for chip-based antibody detection approach by Tam, Yew Joon

“…From the results, an optimised cell disruption strategy with up-scale adaptability consisted of a number of passes set at 20 times, biomass concentration of 7.70 g/L of dry cell weight (DCW) and pulse pressure at 1,029 bar was demonstrated and was shown to increase cell disruption efficiency by 2- fold and 4-fold for specific protein release of HBsAg when compared to glass bead method yielding 75.68% cell disruption rate (CDR) and HBsAg concentration of 29.20 mg/L, respectively. …”
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Using density dependent approach for simulation and control of seawater intrusion into coastal aquifers by Saad Nusari, Mohammed Saleh

“…The growth and decay of the mixing zone showed a narrow mixing zone occurred when freshwater inflow rate was high. However, the mixing zone was significantly widened with decreasing freshwater inflow rate. …”
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Facebook as a Pedagogical Tool in Enhancing Students' Engagement and Stimulating Critical Thinking Skills (S/O 14517) by Abdul Majid, Jamaliah, Abu Bakar, Robiah

“…Focusing solely on the experimental group, the regression results show that the coefficients on Facebook_Response is statistically non-significant, suggesting that among the experimental group of students, their responses toward Facebook learning activities have no impact on the critical thinking skills. When analysing the impact of using Facebook on students' critical thinking skills by comparing the experimental group with the control group, the results shows that the coefficients on FB Response is statistically non-significant for both mini cases, but it is statistically significant in a positive direction for the group assignment. …”
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PostIndependentzia by Calzada, I

“…And is it possible for us, when defining territorial strategies and policies at the local level, to turn the role of social entrepreneurs and activists into promoters of progress rather than victims of stagnation? …”

Optimized core design of a supercritical carbon dioxide-cooled fast reactor by Handwerk, Christopher S. (Christopher Stanley), 1974-

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Phase measurements based indoor visible light positioning systems by Zhang, Sheng

“…Meanwhile, the RSS as the most cost-efficient algorithm has higher SNR tolerance when no rotation or intensity disturbance occurs. …”
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中国大陆文化软实力对台湾政治安全的影响 ：以偶像养成类综艺选秀节目为案例分析 = The influence of mainland China’s cultural soft power on Taiwan's political security : a case study on idol survival variety programmes... by 王凯义 Ong, Kai Yi

“…In 2007, Hu Jintao championed for the elevation of “Soft Power” of Chinese culture when he spoke during the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. …”
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Robotic assisted upper limb training post stroke : a randomized control trial using combinatory approach toward reducing workforce demands by Budhota, Aamani, Chua, Karen S. G., Hussain, Asif, Kager, Simone, Cherpin, Adèle, Contu, Sara, Vishwanath, Deshmukh, Kuah, Christopher W. K., Ng, Chwee Yin, Yam, Lester H. L., Loh, Yong Joo, Rajeswaran, Deshan Kumar, Xiang, Liming, Burdet, Etienne, Campolo, Domenico

“…The RT group clinical scores improved similarly when compared to CT group with no significant inter-group at all time points although the conventional therapy time was reduced to one third in RT group. …”
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A study on open set recognition methods by Sun, Xin

“…Deep learning has achieved state-of-the-art performance in many computer vision tasks, but there are still multiple challenges when applying deep learning to real-world problems. …”
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Data-driven integrated approach to airport demand management by Cheung, Wai Lun

“…This highlights the benefit of considering the tactical impact (second stage) when making changes to the schedule in demand management (first stage) problem.…”
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Synthesizing photorealistic images with deep generative learning by Zheng, Chuanxia

“…Crucially, a restrictive CNN with small and non-overlapping receptive fields (RF) is employed for token representation, which allows the transformer to explicitly model long-range context relations with equal importance in all layers, without implicitly confounding neighboring tokens when larger RFs are used. Extensive experiments demonstrate superior performance compared to previous CNN-based methods on several datasets. …”
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Extreme learning machine for classification and clustering on multiview data by Chen, Jichao

“…Multiview classification aims to categorize multiview data into predefined classes. It is quite useful when dealing with complicated objects presented in different formats (e.g., 3D models). …”
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Discrete differential geometry driven methods for architectural geometry by Yao, Sidan

“…The variables are obtained when the two terms reach a balance point. Our method narrows down the solution space to only two variables and is easy to implement and produces good-quality high-reliefs. …”
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Challenges and applications to operando and in situ TEM imaging and spectroscopic capabilities in a cryogenic temperature range by Tyukalova, Elizaveta, Vas, Joseph Vimal, Ignatans, Reinis, Mueller, Aaron David, Medwal, Rohit, Imamura, Masaaki, Asada, Hironori, Fukuma, Yasuhiro, Rawat, Rajdeep Singh, Tileli, Vasiliki, Duchamp, Martial

“…For the former, we present a study of LiMn1.5Ni0.5O4 lithium ion battery cathode material that undergoes electron beam-induced degradation when studied at room temperature by TEM. Cryogenic imaging reveals the true structure of LiMn1.5Ni0.5O4 nanoparticles in their discharged state. …”
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