What We Talk About When We Talk About Books : The History and Future of Reading / by Price, Leah, author 656033, Hachette Books Group (Online service) 647103

“…Reports of the death of reading are greatly exaggerated. Do you worry that you've lost patience for anything longer than a tweet? …”
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Plateau by Png, Hui Min, Goh Timothy Wei Wen

“…Though clearly aware of the limited time, occasional let-off of temper and breakdown do not seem to hold back inside Adam and his mother. …”
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Revisiting “conversations between father and son” by Ong, Bendini Junior Boon Kok

“…As living social creatures, how do we relate to each other? How do we help, support and care for those we have known forever? …”
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Doctor, Will You Pray for Me? : Medicine, Chaplains, and Healing the Whole Person / by Klitzman, Robert, author 655971

“…However, most people know little about them: Who are they? What do they do? What challenges do they face? Based on interviews with chaplains, patients, other providers, and the author’s own experiences, this book illuminates the many ways in which chaplains aid patients and families. …”
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Software development for prediction of projectiles' flight path by Sunyoto, Eric Tandy

“…In Singapore, due to the lack of land area, the strategy of high rise buildings has been adopted. …”
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US exceptionalism? International trends in midlife mortality by Dowd, JB, Doniec, K, Zhang, L, Tilstra, A

“…<p><strong>Background:&nbsp;</strong>Rising midlife mortality in the USA has raised concerns, particularly the increase in &lsquo;deaths of despair&rsquo; (due to drugs, alcohol and suicide). …”

State of mind by Ng, Jacelyn Jie Ling

“…Our mind is the universal basis of all experiences; happiness, suffering, life and death. It guides and shapes the things we do, as well as how we perceive the world. …”
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The practical rationality of purchasing life insurance by Yeo, Jasper Bo Wen

“…Why do people purchase life insurance? If they do, then, is it rational for them to purchase life insurance? …”
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Bali bombers' pre-execution statement : how much Islamic weight? by Muhammad Haniff Hassan, Mohamed Redzuan Salleh

“…Do these statements carry any Islamic weight?…”
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Medical signal and imaging analysis for diagnosis of coronary artery disease by Muhammad Khairil Azhar Ridzwan

“…In Singapore, CAD is the most common cause of death among other cardiovascular disease and accounts for the third highest number of deaths [1]. …”
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Nox4-dependent ROS modulation by amino endoperoxides to induce apoptosis in cancer cells by Zhu, Pengcheng, Tong, Benny Meng Kiat, Wang, Runze, Chen, Jiapeng, Foo, Selin, Chong, Han Chung, Wang, Xiao Ling, Ang, Gim Yean, Chiba, Shunsuke, Tan, Nguan Soon

“…Tumor metastasis is the main cause of death in cancer patients. Anoikis resistance is one critical malefactor of metastatic cancer cells to resist current clinical chemotherapeutic treatments. …”
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Accident severity levels and traffic signs interactions in state roads : a seemingly unrelated regression model in unbalanced panel data approach by Xu, Xuecai, Šarić, Željko, Zhu, Feng, Babić, Dario

“…Results revealed that (1) low visibility and the number of invalid traffic signs per km increased the accident rate of material damage, death or injured; (2) average speed limit exhibited a high accident rate of death or injured; (3) the number of mandatory signs was more likely to reduce the accident rate of material damage, while the number of warning signs was significant for accident rate of death or injured.…”
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NAD depletion mediates cytotoxicity in human neurons with autophagy deficiency

“…Depletion of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) due to hyperactivation of NAD-consuming enzymes is found to trigger cell death via mitochondrial depolarization in ATG5-/- neurons. …”
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Deep Learning MRI-based Model for Prediction of Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer by Yang, Janice

“…Prostate cancer is one of the leading causes of death for men globally, despite many men being diagnosed with indolent tumors that do not warrant treatment. …”
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Understanding lived experiences of bereaved parents of children with chronic life-threatening Illness : towards a culture-specific and meaning-oriented narrative E-writing interven... by Dutta, Oindrila

“…This means that every year, both globally and locally, tens of millions of parents, grandparents and extended families are left in a state of despair and devastation due to the death of a young child in the family. …”
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CHEWTOPIA : a visual communication exploration of positioning Teochew culture for a contemporary audience by Quek, Amanda Wei Yi

“…The slow death of Chinese dialects over the past decades, largely attributed to language policies put in place by the Singapore government, has resulted in many of the younger generations losing the ability to speak their own cultural dialect and consequently the understanding of their own cultural heritage. …”
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Convos for good by Goh, Joanne Eng Min

“…Singapore's population is rapidly aging, which puts the elderly and adults at a higher risk of developing diseases, dementia, and experiencing advanced aging prior to death. Despite this trend, many people hesitate to plan for their future healthcare options in the event they are unable to make decisions for themselves due to the taboo nature of the topic. …”
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A low power portable bioelectronics holter monitor for arrhythmias detection by Koh, Boon Kiong

“…Determined by various parameters, arrhythmia is classified into different types associating to varies treatment method. In some cases, due to late discovery of the condition, death may be resulted. …”
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In vitro and In vivo photothermal cancer therapeutic effects of gold nanorods modified with mushroom β-glucan by Li, Xiaojie, Zhou, Jiajing, Dong, Xiaonan, Cheng, Wai-Yin, Duan, Hongwei, Cheung, Peter C. K.

“…AuNR-Glu nanohybrids had a high photothermal transduction efficiency (η) of 43.12%, causing effective in vitro cell ablation in both HT-29 (94.2 ± 0.8% cell death) and SW480 (94.8 ± 1.1% cell death) colon cancer cells under 1064 nm NIR-II laser irradiation at 1.0 W/cm2. …”
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Burden of diseases attributable to excess body weight in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019 by Safiri, S, Grieger, JA, Ghaffari Jolfayi, A, Mousavi, SE, Nejadghaderi, SA, Fazlollahi, A, Sullman, MJM, Karamzad, N, Sahin, F, Singh, K, Collins, GS, Kolahi, A

“…Conversely, the age-standardised death rate due to EBW showed no significant change, with an increase of 4.9% (-7.3 to 24.6) over the same period. …”