Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Feigin, VL, Abate, MD, Abate, YH, Bandyopadhyay, S, Bennett, DA, Lacey, B, Newton, CRJ

“…Effective, accessible, and affordable measures to improve stroke surveillance, prevention (with the emphasis on blood pressure, lifestyle, and environmental factors), acute care, and rehabilitation need to be urgently implemented across all countries to reduce stroke burden. <p><b>Funding</b></p> Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.…”

Investigation of wing rock on delta wing part 1 : flow field and hydrodynamic force analysis by Gan, Calvin Cheng Rui

“…All modern fighter jets incorporate the use of the delta wing in the aircraft design to reduce wave drag and enhance flight performance at supersonic speeds. …”
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Fluid to composite structure interaction by Tan, Melvyn Han Xiang.

“…The main results obtained were deflection, lift and drag at varying angles of attack and velocities. …”
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The function of pitching in Beetle's flight revealed by insect-wearable backpack by Fu, Fang, Li, Yao, Wang, Haitong, Li, Bing, Sato, Hirotaka

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Beyond national identity : Kuo Pao Kun’s contemporary theatre and an open culture by Wee, C. J. Wan-Ling

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Imagining post-fossil tourism mobilities with Norwegian tourists by Hopkins, D, Landa-Mata, I, Kr Steen Jacobsen, J, Farstad, E, Higham, J

“…Sustainable mobility has become a catch-all term to describe forms, modes, policies and practices of mobility that are thought to have a lower environmental footprint and/or fewer social exclusions than the contemporary mobility system which is reliant on fossil fuels and private ownership. …”

Formal contracts mitigate social dilemmas in multi-agent reinforcement learning by Haupt, Andreas, Christoffersen, Phillip, Damani, Mehul, Hadfield-Menell, Dylan

“…First, we show that this augmentation makes all subgame-perfect equilibria of all Fully Observable Markov Games exhibit socially optimal behavior, given a sufficiently rich space of contracts. …”
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A study of shoppers' motives and profiles by Ang, Delphine Ling Ling, Seah, Beng Huey, Hee, Li Ling

“…The study also revealed that the draw factors for the two kinds of shopping centres differ. …”
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Arbitration, fairness and stability by Yair Zick

“…Next, we describe and analyze the arbitrated nucleolus, bargaining set and two notions of a value for OCF games. All of the solution concepts we propose draw strong similarities to their non-OCF counterparts, and in fact contain the classic cooperative solution concepts as a special case. …”
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Influence of membrane active layer properties and support layer properties on organic and inorganic fouling in pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) process by Tan, Joelyn Yi Ying

“…Interestingly, in the long run, all three membranes conveys to the same limiting flux during humid acid fouling. …”
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Le christianisme laïc de Pierre Bayle by Hooks, JM

“…In defining Taylor’s conception of secularism, I address the recent controversies in Quebec over Bill 21, which prohibits the wearing of religious symbols amongst certain kinds of public employees, and the removal of the crucifix from the legislative assembly. …”

Doctor, Will You Pray for Me? : Medicine, Chaplains, and Healing the Whole Person / by Klitzman, Robert, author 655971

“…Understanding these amazing providers can aid us all as we face, at some point, the ultimate challenges in our lives.…”
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Preparation for and performance of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm experiment on board the International Space Station by Flores, Pamela, Schauer, Rylee, McBride, Samantha A., Luo, Jiaqi, Hoehn, Carla, Doraisingam, Shankini, Widhalm, Dean, Chadha, Jasmin, Selman, Leah, Mueller, Daniel Wyn, Floyd, Shannon, Rupert, Mark, Gorti, Sridahr, Reagan, Shawn, Varanasi, Kripa K., Koch, Christina, Meir, Jessica U., Muecklich, Frank, Moeller, Ralf, Stodieck, Louis, Countryman, Stefanie, Zea, Luis

“…Additionally, we describe the performance of the experiment on board the ISS, including crew activities, use of assets, temperature profile, and experiment timeline; all leading to a successful spaceflight experiment. …”
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Migration of magnetic microparticles through a liquid–liquid interface under an external magnetic field by Mondal, S, Abbasi, N, Tsai, SSH, Griffiths, IM

“…Liquid–liquid interfaces play a pivotal role in various microfluidic processes involving microparticles, including coating, dissolution, controlled release of polyelectrolytes or drugs, and self-assembly processes. In all of these cases, non-invasive techniques to manipulate the microparticle transport are essential. …”

Slow viscous flow around two particles in a cylinder by Yao, Xin, Marcos, Wong, Teck Neng

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Exploring the limitations of osmotically assisted reverse osmosis: membrane fouling and the limiting flux by Peters, Christian D., Li, Dan, Mo, Zijing, Hankins, Nicholas P., She, Qianhong

“…First, internal membrane fouling at the draw (permeate) side was shown to be insignificant. …”
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Essays on the market for corporate bonds by Levonmaa, A

“…Realized measures of volatility have been shown to be important in modelling and forecasting equity, exchange rate, and Treasury bill return volatility. We merge the NYSE's TAQ database of high frequency equity prices with the TRACE database, and show that the information contained in high frequency data is valuable in modelling the dynamics of the firm-level covariance matrix of bond and stock returns, for over 100 individual U.S. firms.…”

Membrane compaction in forward osmosis process by Ng, Daniel Yee Fan, Chen, Yunfeng, Dong, Zhili, Wang, Rong

“…At the end of FO experiments, all TFC membranes experienced water flux and salt flux decline to different extents. …”
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Expressive B-spline curves: a pilot study on a flexible shape representation by Seah, Hock Soon, Tandianus, Budianto, Sui, Yiliang, Wu, Zhongke

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Epidemiology of injuries in street dancers by Yee, Ernest Chun Tuck

“…However, street dance has yet to draw the desired research attention. Purpose: To determine the prevalence rate, severity, types and distribution of injuries amongst street dancers in Singapore. …”
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