Coordinated power management for islanded microgrids by Lin, Pengfeng

“…To meet the requirements of growing subgrid capacities, instead of frequently upgrading a single BIC, a more likely way is to deploy multiple BICs connected in parallel to stack up the power exchange capacity between AC and DC subgrids. …”
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Tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy versus non‐surgical treatment for chronic/recurrent acute tonsillitis by Burton, MJ, Glasziou, PP, Chong, LY, Venekamp, RP

“…Children who were more severely affected were more likely to benefit as they had a small reduction in moderate/severe sore throat episodes. …”

Detection and characterisation of a sixth Candida auris clade in Singapore: a genomic and phenotypic study by Suphavilai, Chayaporn, Ko, Karrie Kwan Ki, Lim, Kar Mun, Tan, Mei Gie, Boonsimma, Patipan, Chu, Joash Jun Keat, Goh, Sui Sin, Rajandran, Prevena, Lee, Lai Chee, Tan, Kwee Yuen, Bushra Binte Shaik Ismail, Aung, May Kyawt, Yang, Yong, Sim, Jean Xiang Ying, Venkatachalam, Indumathi, Cherng, Benjamin Pei Zhi, Spruijtenburg, Bram, Chan, Kian Sing, Oon, Lynette Lin Ean, Tan, Ai Ling, Tan, Yen Ee, Wijaya, Limin, Tan, Ban Hock, Ling, Moi Lin, Koh, Tse Hsien, Meis, Jacques F., Tsui, Clement Kin Ming, Nagarajan, Niranjan

“…We further implemented Bayesian logistic regression models to classify isolates into known clades and simulate the automatic detection of isolates belonging to novel clades as their WGS data became available. Findings: The three investigated isolates were separated by at least 37 000 SNPs (range 37 000–236 900) from all existing C auris clades. …”
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The prospective associations of 24-hour movement behaviors and domain-specific activities with executive function and academic achievement among school-aged children in Singapore by Padmapriya, Natarajan, Bernard, Jonathan Y., Tan, Sarah Yi Xuan, Chu, Anne H. Y., Goh, Claire Marie Jie Lin, Tan, Shuen Lin, Shek, Lynette P., Chong, Yap Seng, Tan, Kok Hian, Chan, Shiao-Yng, Yap, Fabian, Godfrey, Keith M., Lee, Yung Seng, Meaney, Michael J., Eriksson, Johan G., Tan, Chuen Seng, Law, Evelyn C., Müller-Riemenschneider, Falk

“…This study underscores the importance of participation in organized PA/sports, outdoor active play, and reading books, while ensuring adequate sleep and limiting screen viewing, to enhance cognitive outcomes. These findings underscore the need for further research into time-use trade-offs. …”
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Advancements in Management Science: Applications to Online Retail, Healthcare, and Non-Profit Fundraising by Zhai, Chen Wen (Sabrina)

“…Surprisingly, the analysis also finds evidence which supports increased efficacy of first line agents relative to second-line antibiotics, which are of broader spectrum, albeit the effect difference is smaller compared to the comparison between first-line antibiotics and alternatives. …”
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Effectiveness of digital education on communication skills among medical students : systematic review and meta-analysis by the digital health education collaboration by Kyaw, Bhone Myint, Posadzki, Pawel, Paddock, Sophie, Car, Josip, Campbell, James, Car, Lorainne Tudor

“…For knowledge outcome, two studies comparing the effectiveness of blended online digital education and traditional learning reported no difference in postintervention knowledge scores between the groups (SMD=0.18; 95% CI: –0.2 to 0.55; I2=61%; N=2 studies [292 students]; small effect size; low-quality evidence). The findings on attitudes, satisfaction, and patient-related outcomes were limited or mixed. …”
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Brain computer interface for post-stroke motor rehabilitation by Mane, Ravikiran Tanaji

“…Future research can use the findings presented in this thesis to design robust and more accurate BCI systems for highly personalized and holistic post-stroke rehabilitation.…”
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Compositionally graded alloys fabricated using the laser powder bed fusion technique by Wei, Siyuan

“…On the basis of the findings, it is believed that such method can contribute greatly to the alloy designing and further development of AM.…”
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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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“British English is much more prestigious, everybody knows that!”: reproducing and resisting hegemonic language ideologies in Chilean English teacher education by Pérez Andrade, Gonzalo

“…Using Irvine and Gal’s (2009) framework of linguistic differentiation – iconisation, fractal recursivity and erasure – as an interpretive tool in the analysis of the interview data, I investigated the extent to which and how language ideologies regarding English operate in a group of Chilean ELT programmes. Findings from this study revealed the existence and promotion of opposing language ideologies that coexist within and across the teacher education programmes under scrutiny. …”
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Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990–2013:... by Forouzanfar, M, Alexander, L, Anderson, H, Ali, R, Beardsley, J, Bennett, D, Briggs, A, Chen, Z, Gething, P, Jha, V, Moschandreas, J, Newton, C, Rahimi, K, Scarborough, P

“…Attributable burden for clusters of risks and all risks combined took into account evidence on the mediation of some risks such as high body-mass index (BMI) through other risks such as high systolic blood pressure and high cholesterol. <p><strong>Findings</strong></p> All risks combined account for 57·2% (95% uncertainty interval [UI] 55·8–58·5) of deaths and 41·6% (40·1–43·0) of DALYs. …”

The limits of liberalization: WTO entry and Chinese state-owned firms by Tan, Y, Davis, CL

“…However, where strategic goods targeted by industrial policy hold a large share of bilateral trade, lowering tariffs has no impact on SOE trade. These findings highlight the tensions between state-led economic models and global trade law premised upon market principles.…”

Effects of nnav1.5 expression modulation on mhc I antigen processing machinery and invasion potential of breast cancer cells by Din, Ahmad Hafiz Murtadha Noor

“…Overall, the study’s current findings support the influence of nNav1.5 on the expression regulation of immune component molecules in breast cancer.…”
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Normative modeling of brain morphometry in clinical high risk for psychosis by Haas, Shalaila S., Ge, Ruiyang, Agartz, Ingrid, Amminger, G. Paul, Andreassen, Ole A., Bachman, Peter, Baeza, Inmaculada, Choi, Sunah, Colibazzi, Tiziano, Cropley, Vanessa L., de la Fuente-Sandoval, Camilo, Ebdrup, Bjørn H., Fortea, Adriana, Fusar-Poli, Paolo, Glenthøj, Birte Yding, Glenthøj, Louise Birkedal, Haut, Kristen M., Hayes, Rebecca A., Heekeren, Karsten, Hooker, Christine I., Hwang, Wu Jeong, Jahanshad, Neda, Kaess, Michael, Kasai, Kiyoto, Katagiri, Naoyuki, Kim, Minah, Kindler, Jochen, Koike, Shinsuke, Kristensen, Tina D., Kwon, Jun Soo, Lawrie, Stephen M., Lebedeva, Irina, Lee, Jimmy, Lemmers-Jansen, Imke L. J., Lin, Ashleigh, Ma, Xiaoqian, Mathalon, Daniel H., McGuire, Philip, Michel, Chantal, Mizrahi, Romina, Mizuno, Masafumi, Møller, Paul, Mora-Durán, Ricardo, Nelson, Barnaby, Nemoto, Takahiro, Nordentoft, Merete, Nordholm, Dorte, Omelchenko, Maria A., Pantelis, Christos, Pariente, Jose C., Raghava, Jayachandra M., Reyes-Madrigal, Francisco, Røssberg, Jan I., Rössler, Wulf, Salisbury, Dean F., Sasabayashi, Daiki, Schall, Ulrich, Smigielski, Lukasz, Sugranyes, Gisela, Suzuki, Michio, Takahashi, Tsutomu, Tamnes, Christian K., Theodoridou, Anastasia, Thomopoulos, Sophia I., Thompson, Paul M., Tomyshev, Alexander S., Uhlhaas, Peter J., Værnes, Tor G., van Amelsvoort, Therese A. M. J., van Erp, Theo G. M., Waltz, James A., Wenneberg, Christina, Westlye, Lars T., Wood, Stephen J., Zhou, Juan H., Hernaus, Dennis, Jalbrzikowski, Maria, Kahn, René S., Corcoran, Cheryl M., Frangou, Sophia

“…Conclusions and Relevance: In this case-control study, findings suggest that macroscale neuromorphometric measures may not provide an adequate explanation of psychosis risk.…”
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2DEG enhancement via epilayer stress engineering in AlN/GaN/AlN heterostructure by Patwal, Shashank

“…The higher thermal conductivities of AlN and 4H-SiC are likely to improve heat dissipation, thus providing greater thermal stability and lesser device deterioration due to self-heating. …”
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Transport phenomena of immiscible fluids in microchannels by Yin, Shuai

“…The biggest advantage of the proposed approach is that it removes the necessity of surface treatment for O/W droplet formation in PMDS microchannels, breaking the limits brought by the surface wettability for the first time and rendering itself to be a universal method for O/W droplet active generation with outstanding controllability. Our findings would widen the applications of the PDMS based microchips. …”
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Light-matter interactions in atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides by Zhao, Jiaxin

“…In addition, the dynamics of charged excitons (trions) is observed to be different from that of excitons that the radiative lifetime of trions is around 108.7 ps at low excitation densities. These findings elucidate the dynamics of excitonic quasiparticles and intricate many-body physics in the 2D semiconductors. …”
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Strong neel ordering and luminescence correlation in a two-dimensional antiferromagnet by Zhou, Yongheng, He, Kaiyue, Hu, Huamin, Ouyang, Gang, Zhu, Chao, Wang, Wei, Qin, Sichen, Tao, Ye, Chen, Runfeng, Zhang, Le, Shi, Run, Cheng, Chun, Wang, Han, Liu, Yanjun, Liu, Zheng, Wang, Taihong, Huang, Wei, Wang, Lin, Chen, Xiaolong

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Anti-fouling thin film composite (TFC) polyamide reverse osmosis (RO) membranes based on piezoelectric polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) substrates by Fu, Jia Shen

“…The fouling tests clearly demonstrated that RO membranes based on both unpoled and poled PVDF-TEP-NWF substrates exhibited fouling mitigation behavior when electric signal was applied. The findings of this study would provide the method of using hydrophobic PVDF membrane as substrate for RO membrane fabrication and come up with an innovative way to mitigate RO membrane fouling.…”
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Investigating the EM performance of building materials for mid-band 5G in urban built environment: an exploratory study by Ng, Sean Jake Peng

“…Improvements of up to 2.21 dB in performance were observed by the 2 wt% Fe2O3 samples, showing excellent agreement with findings from the first measurement campaign. The third measurement campaign focuses on the microwave characterization and EM optimization of cementitious composites. …”
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