Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-... by Schumacher, AE, Kyu, HH, Aali, A, Almidani, O, Bandyopadhyay, S, Basnyat, B, Maude, RJ, Bennett, D, Browne, AJ, Dolecek, C, Dunachie, SJ, Newton, CRJ, Rodriguez, JAB

“…Uncertainty intervals (UIs) were calculated for every metric using the 25th and 975th ordered values from a 1000-draw posterior distribution. <p><b>Findings</b></p> Global all-cause mortality followed two distinct patterns over the study period: age-standardised mortality rates declined between 1950 and 2019 (a 62·8% [95% UI 60·5–65·1] decline), and increased during the COVID-19 pandemic period (2020–21; 5·1% [0·9–9·6] increase). …”

Tracking and detecting objects in image sequence by Wang, Li

“…The first piece of work addresses learning hierarchical features for visual object tracking by using deep learning. Previously, raw pixel values or hand-crafted features are used to represent target objects. …”
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Arsenic (III) removal from water using natural sedimentary rocks by Yusof, Nur Zulaikha

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Using machine learning to discover candidate localised transcripts from microscopy and genome-wide bioinformatics data by Kiourlappou, M

“…Next, I present the innovative pipeline I use to systematically manage the output raw microscopy images and to create figures (approximately 1400 figures). …”

Interventions for managing skeletal muscle spasticity following traumatic brain injury by Synnot, Anneliese, Chau, Marisa, Pitt, Veronica, O'Connor, Denise, Gruen, Russell Lindsay, Wasiak, Jason, Clavisi, Ornella, Pattuwage, Loyal, Phillips, Kate

“…The four studies without useable results were funded by pharmaceutical or medical technology companies. It was difficult to draw conclusions about the effectiveness of these interventions due to poor reporting, small study size and the fact that participants with TBI were usually only a proportion of the overall total. …”
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Buying influence? The international diplomacy behind donor financing of the World Bank’s International Development Association by Xu, J

“…The first is why the hegemon maintained its burden shares regardless of rise or fall in economic status; I call this <em>‘Hegemonic Lag’</em>. …”

Probabilistic and Analytic Methods in Combinatorics by Sawhney, Mehtaab

“…The second chapter of this thesis addresses a longśstanding question of Erdős regarding the existence of high girth Steiner triple systems. The tools employed fall squarely within the context of probabilistic method, drawing on recent advances within design theory and the theory of random processes. …”
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Colloidal quantum dot light-emitting diode architectures for high performance by Leck, Kheng Swee

“…QD-LEDs have made great progress in terms of device performance over the years and there is room for further improvement. With all these findings and demonstrations in this thesis, we conclude that QD-LEDs hold great promise for potential applications in lighting and displays…”
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The evolution and fate of waste plastics in landfills subject to physical and biochemical processes — implications for microplastics by Lu, Xuhong

“…In total, 7 leachate samples and 5 refuse samples from different MSW landfills were investigated. MPs were found in all the samples. The results indicate the identification of over 10 types of MPs in both refuse and leachate samples, with the majority of MPs were fragment-shaped MPs, exhibiting a size of less than 100 μm. …”
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Tsewang Norbu NGB by Cantwell, C, Mayer, R

“…Waddell, who identified it as the most splendid and significant of all the great number of literary artifacts he procured during that expedition. …”

Semantic scene understanding on 3D point clouds by Dong, Shichao

“…Even without having any instance-related ground-truth, we design an approach to break point clouds into raw fragments and find the most confident samples for learning instance centroids. …”
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Data driven and learning based approaches for integrated landside airside operations optimization by Ali, Hasnain

“…As copious amount of data becomes easily available, our ability to learn, draw insights and obtain actionable knowledge using past operations data is a pre-requisite for establishing efficient airport operations that are sensitive to passenger needs.…”
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Diagrammatic Representation and Inference : 12th International Conference, Diagrams 2021, Virtual, September 28-30, 2021, Proceedings / by Diagrams (Conference) (12th : 2021 : Online) 643173, Basu, Amrita, 1953-, editor 643175, Stapleton, Gem, editor 643176, Linker, Sven, editor 643177, Legg, Catherine, editor 643178, Manalo, Emmanuel, editor 643179, Viana, Petrucio, editor 643180

POWER TO CHOOSE / by Sargent, Haydn, author 656354

“…It's a book for people of all ages and from all walks of life. It comes from the pen of a man who has had a brush with cancer and writes with a positive view of life - DICK SMITH. …”

Creative Research : The Theory and Practice of Research for the Creative Industries / by Collins, Hilary (Hilary J.), author 656091

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Slowdown: the end of the great acceleration—and why it's good for the planet, the economy, and our lives by Dorling, D

“…Danny Dorling uses compelling visualizations to illustrate how fertility rates, growth in GDP per person, and even the frequency of new social movements have all steadily declined over the last few generations. …”

Career Development and Counseling : Putting Theory and Research to Work / by Brown, Steven D. (Steven Douglas), 1947-, editor 370878, Lent, Robert W. (Robert William), 1953-, editor 370884, John Wiley & Sons (Online service) 647106

“…This book illuminates scientifically informed career practices from an interdisciplinary perspective, engaging readers with concrete strategies and practical tips for working with clients of all kinds. Drawing on vocational, industrial, organizational, and personality psychology, Career Development and Counseling is ideal for graduate students at the masters and doctoral levels in counseling, counseling psychology, counselor education, and educational psychology.…”
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Fabrication of artificial defects in aircraft components for nondestructive testing using 3D printing by Chan, Marcus Jia Jun

“…Eddy current tests were then being performed using various types of probes. It was found that all eddy current probes and defects were able to demonstrate an indication on the impedance plane. …”
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Common Grounds in Shared Waters Integrated Design for Negotiating Equitable Development in Gosabara-Mokarsagar by Mehta, Dhwani

“…This thesis, therefore, aims to ensure equitable representation for all stakeholders, particularly disempowered fisherfolk, by an integrative design approach of forging a network of multiple ‘common grounds.’ …”
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EMS of hybrid AC/DC micro grid by Zhao, Yi

“…The fast development of renewable resources draws much attention to the dc grid, because most electricity comes from renewables is dc. …”
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