Controls on eruption style at Rabaul, Papua New Guinea – insights from microlites, porosity and permeability measurements by Bernard, Olivier., Bouvet de Maisonneuve, Caroline

“…We study pumiceous tephra, ballistic bombs and a lava flow from five of these eruptions to investigate (1) magma ascent rates and (2) volatile escapement processes during the ascent. …”
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Toward multivariate fragility functions for seismic damage and loss estimation of high-rise buildings by Kourehpaz, Pouria, Hutt, Carlos Molina, Lallemant, David

“…The dataset used in this study encompasses 15,000 simulations of modern high-rise reinforced concrete shear wall buildings ranging from eight to 24 stories which are subjected to ground motion records at five different intensity levels. The proposed functions are conditioned on average spectral accelerations and ground motion significant duration. …”
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Foot care behaviours and associated factors among patients with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study by Ang, Chin-Siang, Goh, Kelley Fann Ing, Lodh, Nandika, Qin, Vicky Mengqi, Liew, Huiling, Sidhu, Harvinder Raj Singh, Ng, Jun Jie, Subramaniam, Tavintharan, Tan, Elaine, Koh, Gerald Choon Huat, Best, James, Wong, Julian, Car, Josip, Ho, Andy Hau Yan, Venkataraman, Kavita

“…Methods: We used a cross-sectional design and collected data through self-reported questionnaires administered to a sample of 586 patients from five medical centres. We conducted descriptive and inferential analyses to explore the relationships between potential risk and protective factors and FC behaviours. …”
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Predictors of functioning in treatment-resistant schizophrenia: the role of negative symptoms and neurocognition by Li, Yanhui, Ang, Mei San, Yee, Jie Yin, See, Yuen Mei, Lee, Jimmy

“…Methods: Participants were assessed on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), to calculate scores for five symptom factors (Positive, Negative, Cognitive, Depressive and Hostility) and two negative symptom constructs (Diminished Expressivity (DE), and Social Anhedonia (SA) as part of the Motivation and Pleasure-related dimension), based on a previously validated model, modified in accordance with EPA guidelines on negative symptoms assessment. …”
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When mobile phone use becomes problematic : the influence of self, parents and peers on adolescents' mobile phone behavior in Singapore and Malaysia by Chuah, Soo Fei

“…This study contributes to the growing literature of mobile phone use and problematic mobile phone use by supporting the Big Five Theory, parenting styles model, parental mediation theory, social norm theory, and the social capital theory. …”
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Offset-16QAM-based coherent WDM with multi-carrier group detection by Xiang, Meng, Fu, Songnian, Tang, M., Shum, P., Liu, Deming

“…Here, we demonstrate a transmission of five-carrier 100 Gb/s polarization-multiplexed offset-16QAM signal with 12.5 GHz channel spacing. …”
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Cytogenetic and molecular aberrations of multiple myeloma patients : a single-center study in Singapore by Ng, Yit Jun, Tan, Yu Min, See, Karen Hsu Shien, Choo, Natasha Swee Lian, Lim, Sherry Xin Er, Lim, Alvin Soon Tiong, Lim, Tse Hui, Yee, Yenny, Lau, Lai Ching, Tien, Sim Leng, Sathish, Kumar, Tan, Daryl Chen Lung

“…The aim of this study was to determine the chromosomal abnormalities of MM patients in our Singapore population. Methods-Forty-five newly-diagnosed, morphologically confirmed patients comprising 18 males and 27 females, aged 46-84 years (median 65 years) were investigated by karyotyping and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). …”
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Message from ICME'12 technical program chairs by Cai, Jianfei, Hanjalic, Alan, Magli, Enrico, Pickering, Mark, Friedland, Gerald, Hua, Xian-Sheng

“…We have designed the program in such a way that ICME audience will not miss the keynotes, overview talks and the plenary session, and can always find a high quality talk of interest at the parallel oral sessions. In addition, a 1.5 ~ 2 hour session is held in each afternoon with poster presentations and demos. …”
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Afiksasi nomina dalam bahasa Indonesia by Denistia, K, Rajeg, GPW

“…Furthermore, we analyze the productivity of each noun-forming affix, examine the development of affix productivity per year, and the distribution of word class of the base word for the five most productive noun-forming affixes: -an, ke-/-an, peN-, peN-/-an, and per-/-an. …”

Consensus on current management of endometriosis by Johnson, NP, Hummelshoj, L, World Endometriosis Society Montpellier Consortium

“…</p> <p><strong>Wider implications of the findings:</strong> This is the first time that a large, global, consortium, representing 34 major stakeholding organizations from five continents, has convened to systematically evaluate the best available current evidence on the management of endometriosis, and to reach consensus. …”

Antihyperlipidemic and hepatoprotective effect of Zingiber cassumunar Rhizome extract in high-fat diet-induced hyperlipidemic rats: the role of antioxidant activity by Mahfudh, Nurkhasanah, Sulistyani, Nanik, Sari, Novita Sari, Sari, Indah Puspita, Dedi, Adrian, Othman, Fezah, Zakaria, Zainul Amiruddin

“…In this study, the rhizomes of Z. cassumunar was extracted using ethanol 96% (v/v) and evaporated to get the concentrated Z. cassumunar rhizome extract (ZCRE). …”
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The Effectiveness of Flipped Classroom Strategy on Self-Directed Learning Among Undergraduate Mathematics Students by Mohd Nasir, Mohd Azrin, Alaudin, Ros Idayuwati, Ismail, Suzilah, Mat Ali, Nor A’tikah, Mohd Faudzi, Farah Nadia, Yusuff, Noraini, Mohd Pozi, Muhammad Syafiq

“…On the contrary, the lowest score of the post-assessment performance using the flipped classroom strategy was five (5) scores. Moreover, the majority of the respondents achieved eight to ten scores. …”
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50 Years of quantum chromodynamics by Gross, Franz, Klempt, Eberhard, Brodsky, Stanley J., Buras, Andrzej J., Burkert, Volker D., Heinrich, Gudrun, Jakobs, Karl, Meyer, Curtis A., Orginos, Kostas, Strickland, Michael, Stachel, Johanna, Zanderighi, Giulia, Brambilla, Nora, Braun-Munzinger, Peter, Britzger, Daniel, Capstick, Simon, Cohen, Tom, Crede, Volker, Constantinou, Martha, Davies, Christine, Del Debbio, Luigi, Denig, Achim, DeTar, Carleton, Deur, Alexandre, Dokshitzer, Yuri, Dosch, Hans Günter, Dudek, Jozef, Dunford, Monica, Epelbaum, Evgeny, Escobedo, Miguel A., Fritzsch, Harald, Fukushima, Kenji, Gambino, Paolo, Gillberg, Dag, Gottlieb, Steven, Grafstrom, Per, Grazzini, Massimiliano, Grube, Boris, Guskov, Alexey, Iijima, Toru, Ji, Xiangdong, Karsch, Frithjof, Kluth, Stefan, Kogut, John B., Krauss, Frank, Kumano, Shunzo, Leinweber, Derek, Leutwyler, Heinrich, Li, Hai-Bo, Li, Yang, Malaescu, Bogdan, Mariotti, Chiara, Maris, Pieter, Marzani, Simone, Melnitchouk, Wally, Messchendorp, Johan, Meyer, Harvey, Mitchell, Ryan Edward, Mondal, Chandan, Nerling, Frank, Neubert, Sebastian, Pappagallo, Marco, Pastore, Saori, Peláez, José R., Puckett, Andrew, Qiu, Jianwei, Rabbertz, Klaus, Ramos, Alberto, Rossi, Patrizia, Rustamov, Anar, Schäfer, Andreas, Scherer, Stefan, Schindler, Matthias, Schramm, Steven, Shifman, Mikhail, Shuryak, Edward, Sjöstrand, Torbjörn, Sterman, George, Stewart, Iain W., Stroth, Joachim, Swanson, Eric, de Téramond, Guy F., Thoma, Ulrike, Vairo, Antonio, van Dyk, Danny, Vary, James, Virto, Javier, Vos, Marcel, Weiss, Christian, Wobisch, Markus, Wu, Sau Lan, Young, Christopher, Yuan, Feng, Zhao, Xingbo, Zhou, Xiaorong

“…Then, with the discovery of charmonium in 1974 and the explanation of its excited states using the Cornell potential, consisting of the sum of a Coulomb-like attraction and a long range linear confining potential, the theory was suddenly widely accepted. …”
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2D Monte Carlo simulation of a silicon waveguide-based single-photon avalanche diode for visible wavelengths by Yanikgonul, Salih, Leong, Victor, Ong, Jun Rong, Png, Ching Eng, Krivitsky, Leonid

“…For our simulated parameters, we obtained a maximum PDE of 0.45 at a reverse bias voltage of ~20 V, and full-width-half-max (FWHM) timing jitter values <8 ps.…”
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Novel drug-eluting stent to reduce fibrosis-induced ureteral stricture by Fong, Timothy Ren Zhong

“…A solution of poly(L-lactide-co-caprolactone) and MMC was spray coated on 2cm long polyurethane stents, with varied drug loading (2.5wt%, 5wt%, 7.5wt%). …”
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Amorphous VO₂ : a pseudocapacitive platform for high-rate symmetric batteries by Chao, Dongliang, DeBlock, Ryan, Lai, Chun-Han, Wei, Qiulong, Dunn, Bruce, Fan, Hong Jin

“…Amorphous VO2 exhibits a linear voltage characteristic over a 3 V range (4.0 to 1.0 V vs Na/Na+ ) leading to a reversible capacity as high as 400 mAh g-1 and rapid redox kinetics, which is attributed to its pseudocapacitive nature. …”
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The Language Network Reliably “Tracks” Naturalistic Meaningful Nonverbal Stimuli by Sueoka, Yotaro, Paunov, Alexander, Tanner, Alyx, Blank, Idan A., Ivanova, Anna, Fedorenko, Evelina

“…To do so, we measured BOLD responses to a set of ∼5-minute-long video and audio clips that consisted of meaningful event sequences but did not contain any linguistic content. …”
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SP.772 Internet Technology in Local and Global Communities, Spring 2005 by Gray, Paul E., Gaudi, Manish

“…Moreover, MIT-AITI creates a long-term cultural and technical understanding between MIT and African educational institutions.…”
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Stress-inducible-stem cells : a new view on endocrine, metabolic and mental disease? by Bornstein, Stefan R., Steenblock, C., Chrousos, G. P., Schally, A. V., Beuschlein, F., Kline, G., Krone, N. P., Licinio, J., Wong, M. L., Ullmann, E., Ruiz-Babot, G., Boehm, Bernhard Otto, Behrens, A., Brennand, A., Santambrogio, A., Berger, I., Werdermann, M., Sancho, R., Linkermann, A., Lenders, J. W., Eisenhofer, G., Andoniadou, C. L.

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Exploring integrity of AEADs with faults: definitions and constructions by Saha, Sayandeep, Khairallah, Mustafa, Peyrin, Thomas

“…We emphasize that FAs can be fatal even in cases where the adversary does not aim to extract the long-term secret, but rather tries to violate the basic security requirements (integrity and confidentiality). …”
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