Frailty, multimorbidity and polypharmacy: exploratory analyses of the effects of empagliflozin from the EMPA-KIDNEY trial by Mayne, KM, Sardell, R, Staplin, N, Judge, P, Zhu, D, Sammons, E, Wanner, C, Emberson, J, Preiss, D, Landray, M, Baigent, C, Haynes, R, Herrington, W

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> The EMPA-KIDNEY trial randomized 6609 patients with CKD (estimated glomerular filtration rate [eGFR] ≥20<45 mL/min/1.73m2 , or ≥45<90 mL/min/1.73m2 with urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio ≥200 mg/g) to receive either empagliflozin 10 mg daily or matching placebo and followed for two years (median). …”

Evaluation of glutathione S-transferases expression as biomarkers by heavy metals in Geloina expansa from Sepang Besar River, Selangor, Malaysia by Wakid, Sarini Ahmad, Abd Aziz, Nor Azwady Abd, Alias, Zazali, Mustafa, Muskhazli, Syazwan, Wan Mohd, Zulkifli, Syaizwan Zahmir

“…GST enzyme activities were estimated at 0.16 ± 0.01 µmol/min, with a protein content of 1.24 ± 0.04 mg. The specific activity for GST was 0.13 ± 0.01 µmol/ min/mg, calculated as the ratio of enzyme activity to the total protein. …”
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Ultrasound application and its effect on quality attributes of marinated goat meat by Kumar, P., Ahmed, M. A., Hayat, M. N., Abubakar, A. A., Rahman, M. M., Ismail Fitry, M. R., Kaka, U., Sazili, A. Q.

“…Thus, ultrasound-assisted marination for 30 min (T2) was observed to improve the flavour and tenderness of goat meat.…”

HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust : Third International Conference, HCI-CPT 2021, Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Virtual Event, July 24-29... by HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust (Conference) (3rd : 2021 : Online) 643239, Moallem, Abbas, editor 630807

Life staged right by James, Josephine, Seah, Mitchell, Wee, Fraemone

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Making waves: exploring challenges in sports excellence. by Seet, Adeline Wye Lyn., Foong, Woon Sin., Loh, Eng Soon., Sofian Sidik.

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Actively mode-locked fiber lasers for high speed telecommunication systems by Lam, Quoc Huy

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Design of differentially-driven chip antenna by Tan, Heng Chuan.

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A lightweight and high efficiency battery charger for electric vehicles by Yue, Xi Tong

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Optimization of capillary tube stacking by Liu, Qinghua

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Magnetic nanochain enabled microarray and microfluidic bioassays by Xiong, Qirong

“…Cancer protein markers in serum samples from 20 cancer patients and specific bacteria in human saliva were sensitively and selectively quantified within 8 min.…”
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《新客》：新加坡第一部华语电影的书报讨论 = Discussions of the first Singapore Chinese-language film, Xinke (new immigrant) by 张陶陶 Chong, Pheona TaoTao

“…Besides that, "Xin guo min re bao" also interviewed the production team of "Xin ke". …”
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Survival of an emerging foodborne pathogen : Group B Streptococcus (GBS) serotype III sequence type (ST) 283—under simulated partial cooking and gastric fluid conditions by Zwe, Ye Htut, Goh, Esther Zhu Hui, Chau, Man Ling, Aung, Kyaw Thu, Yuk, Hyun-Gyun

“…The mean D-values of four GBS strains ranging from 0.72 to 0.88 min in neutral pH tryptone soy broth at 56.4 °C and 0.44–1.43 min at pH 2.35 at 37 °C in simulated gastric fluid, were significantly lower (p < 0.05) than those of E. coli O157:H7 and L. monocytogenes. …”
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Layered oxides supported Co-Fe bimetal catalyst for carbamazepine degradation via the catalytic activation of peroxymonosulfate by Sun, Qing-Ting, Xu, Bu-De, Yang, Jing, Qian, Tingting, Jiang, Hong

“…Results show that Co2FeAl-LDO/PMS exhibited high removal of CBZ (>99%) in 30 min with the reaction rate constant (kobs) of 0.2103 min−1. …”
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Chromium removal from aqueous solution using natural clinoptilolite by Kurniawan, Tonni Agustiono, Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan Othman, Mohd Ridhwan Adam, Liang, Xue, Goh, Huihwang, Anouzla, Abdelkader, Sillanpää, Mika, Mohyuddin, Ayesha, Chew, Kit Wayne

“…Pretreatment of the clinoptilolite with NaCl enabled it to treat more bed volume (BV) (64 BV) at a breakthrough point of 0.5 mg/L of Cr concentration and achieve a longer breakthrough time (1500 min) for the first run, as compared to as-received clinoptilolite (32 BV; 250 min). …”
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Machine-learning-assisted optimization of a single-atom coordination environment for accelerated fenton catalysis by Fu, Haoyang, Li, Ke, Zhang, Chenfei, Zhang, Jianghong, Liu, Jiyuan, Chen, Xi, Chen, Guoliang, Sun, Yongyang, Li, Shuzhou, Ling, Lan

“…Through ML-guided optimization, a highly efficient SAC dominated by Fe-N5 sites with exceptional Fenton activity (k = 0.158 min-1) is identified. Our work provides an example for ML-assisted optimization of single-atom coordination environments and illuminates the feasibility of ML in accelerating the development of high-performance catalysts.…”
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Novel drug-eluting stent to reduce fibrosis-induced ureteral stricture by Fong, Timothy Ren Zhong

“…High performance liquid chromatography and scanning electron microscopy were used to monitor the amount of drug released at various time points (10min, 30min, 6hr, 1,3,7,14,21 and 28 days) and to observe surface morphology of the coated stents respectively. …”
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Accelerometer-based sedentary time, light physical activity, and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity from childhood with arterial stiffness and carotid IMT progression: a 13-yea... by Agbaje, AO, Barker, AR, Lewandowski, AJ, Leeson, P, Tuomainen, T-P

“…Persistent exposure to ≥60 min/day of MVPA was inversely associated with cIMT progression in females −0.017 mm; [(−0.026 to −0.009); p < 0.001]. …”

Synthesis, characterization and terahertz study of metal oxides by He, Mi

“…The interplays among various orderings of the spin, charge and orbital degrees of freedom in a broad spectrum of crystalline structures produce a number forms of symmetry-breaking patterns of spatial inversion, time-reversal and gauge symmetries, leading to exciting emergent phenomena in strongly-correlated electron systems and promising a variety of potential applications. …”
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Emergent geometric frustration of artificial magnetic skyrmion crystals by Ma, Fusheng, Reichhardt, C., Gan, Weiliang, Reichhardt, C. J. Olson, Lew, Wen Siang

“…The spin-torque reconfigurability of the artificial skyrmion ice states, difficult to achieve in other artificial spin ice systems, is compatible with standard spintronic device fabrication technology, which makes the semiconductor industrial integration straightforward.…”
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