Management and outcomes of thoracic sarcomas - a collaboration between Orthopaedic Oncology and cardiothoracic surgery: seven-year clinical data from a tertiary referral centre by Shamsi, ZA, Paraoan, V, Kim, C, Saifuddin, SR, Cosker, TDA, Whitwell, D, Gibbons, CLMH, Stavroulias, D, DiChiara, F

“…Variability in outcomes and overall survival likely stems from factors such as histological diversity, predominance of high-grade sarcomas, and wide age range at diagnosis. …”

Cytisine versus varenicline for smoking cessation in a primary care setting: a randomized non-inferiority trial by Oreskovic, T, Percac-Lima, S, Ashburner, JM, Tiljak, H, Rifel, J, Klemenc Ketiš, Z, Oreskovic, S

“…Given the much lower cost of cytisine treatment, its lower rate of adverse events, and higher feasibility (but its likely lower effectiveness with the standard dosage regimen), future analyses should assess the cost-effectiveness of the two treatments for health policy considerations.…”

Assessment of novel pre-erythrocytic malaria vaccines in humans by Venkatraman, N

“…In addition to humoral immunity, it is widely recognised that T-cell mechanisms are likely to play an important role in malaria immunity and heterologous prime-boost regimes using viral-vectored vaccines have been shown to induce potent T-cell responses. …”

Multi-species rotational grazing of small ruminants regenerates undergrowth vegetation while controlling weeds in the oil palm silvopastoral system by Tohiran, Kamil Azmi, Nobilly, Frisco, Zulkifli, Raja, Yahya, Muhammad Syafiq, Norhisham, Ahmad Razi, Rasyidi, Md Zainal, Azhar, Badrul

“…The use of single-species livestock grazing is likely to cause oil palm growers to use herbicides to control undesirable weeds. …”
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The level of knowledge, attitude and practice towards Covid-19 immunisation among medical students in public medical schools in Malaysia by Mohamad Zainal, Nurul Hayati, Mohammed Ayyub, Safiyya, Yi, Chang Fang, Zaman, Arif Najmi Shahrir, Mohd Nor, Nurul Huda, Omar, Norsuhana, Ku Mohd Noor, Ku Mastura, Hamimi Wahid, Hanan

“…Respondents in the age group of 21 to 24 years old (p < 0.001) and 25 to 29 years old (p = 0.016), and Indian ethnicity (p = 0.006) were more likely to have good knowledge. Respondents registered in Malaysia’s National COVID-19 vaccination program were considered as having a positive attitude (n = 264, 61.8). …”
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Model of motivational forces influencing academic achievement among secondary school students through the mediation of flow by Syed Mustafa, Sharifah Muzila

“…It can be concluded that students with higher intrinsic and learning efficacy motivation were more likely to experience higher flow and thus perform better in their examination. …”
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Extreme learning machines for feature learning by Liyanaarachchi Lekamalage, Chamara Kasun

“…Hierarchal features consist of multiple levels and the low level features represent edges of an image such as lines and curves while high level features represent parts of the image such as nose, eyes of a face. …”
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Evolutionary explanations and the debunking of moral beliefs by Cofnas, N

“…I argue that our innate moral faculty is likely not the product of natural selection, but rather social selection. …”

Magnetoresistive sensor development roadmap (non-recording applications) by Zheng, Chao, Zhu, Ke, De Freitas, Susana Cardoso, Chang, Jen-Yuan, Davies, Joseph E., Eames, Peter, Freitas, Paulo P., Kazakova, Olga, Kim, Cheol Gi, Leung, Chi-Wah, Liou, Sy-Hwang, Ognev, Alexey, Piramanayagam, S. N., Ripka, Pavel, Samardak, Alexander, Shin, Kwang-Ho, Tong, Shi-Yuan, Tung, Mean-Jue, Wang, Shan X., Xue, Songsheng, Yin, Xiaolu, Pong, Philip W. T.

“…This paper provides a framework for MR sensor technology (non-recording applications) to be used for public and private R&D planning, in order to provide guidance into likely MR sensor applications, products, and services expected in the next 15 years and beyond.…”
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Vulnerability modeling, assessment, and improvement in urban metro systems: a probabilistic system dynamics approach by Chen, Hongyu, Chen, Bin, Zhang, Limao, Li, Hong Xian

“…The urban metro system is a complex system that is vulnerable to various kinds of hazards and subjected to dynamics, where errors in any part are very likely to cause system failures and accidents. A better understanding of evolutional dynamics of the system vulnerability over time enables to ensure the safety and security in its operation and provide guidance for long-term operation and maintenance for the metro system. …”
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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

“…The logistic regression analysis showed that current smokers were 60% less likely to practice good FC compared to non-smokers (odds ratio (OR) = 0.40; 95%; confidence interval (CI)= 0.22–0.73). …”
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Estimating building vulnerability to volcanic ash fall for insurance and other purposes by Jenkins, Susanna F., Magill, C. R., Wilson, T. M., McMullan, K., Kandlbauer, J., Blong, R. J., Grasso, P.

“…Ash fall vulnerability curves or functions, which relate the magnitude of ash fall to likely damage, are the most developed for buildings, although there have been important recent advances for agriculture and infrastructure. …”
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Characterization and gene expression analysis of the cir multi-gene family of plasmodium chabaudi chabaudi (AS) by Lawton, Jennifer, Brugat, Thibaut, Yan, Yam Xue, Reid, Adam James, Böhme, Ulrike, Otto, Thomas Dan, Pain, Arnab, Jackson, Andrew, Berriman, Matthew, Cunningham, Deirdre, Preiser, Peter Rainer, Langhorne, Jean

“…Conclusions: In conclusion, the large number of cir genes and their expression throughout the intraerythrocytic cycle of development indicates that CIR proteins are likely to be important for parasite survival. In particular, the detection of dominant cir transcripts at the peak of P. chabaudi infection supports the idea that CIR proteins are expressed, and could perform important functions in the biology of this parasite. …”
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Greater rate of weight loss predicts paediatric hospital admission in adolescent typical and atypical anorexia nervosa by Brennan, Cliona, Cini, Erica, Illingworth, Sarah, Chapman, Simon, Simic, Mima, Nicholls, Dasha, Chapman, Victoria, Simms, Conor, Hayes, Ellen, Fuller, Sarah, Orpwood, Jade, Tweedy, Nichola, Baksh, Tahmida, Astaire, Emma, Bhakta, Dee

“…Underweight adolescents with AN were equally likely to be admitted as non-underweight adolescents with AAN. …”
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"中华胶不胶?" ：从媒体留言分析探讨马来西亚华人的对中立场 = Sinophobia or Sinophilia? Discussing the identity confusion among Malaysian Chinese : based on the comments analysis... by 李政辉 Lee, Chan Hui

“…The identity studies of Malaysian Chinese has been drawing the attention of the researchers for a long time, that a lot of studies have been conducted until recently. These studies were mainly focusing on the political landscape in Malaysia, namely how the political oppression exerted on Malaysian Chinese would affect their local identity. …”
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《学府春秋 : 丘絮絮教育小说探究》= A study of Qiu Xu Xu's educational novels by 蔡嘉美 Chua, Chia Mei

“…He was one of the Chinese southbound writers. His literary works mainly include poetry in the early years of his writing which he then started writing novels after World war II. …”
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In-situ chemical attenuation of pharmaceutically active compounds using CaO₂: influencing factors, mechanistic modeling, and cooperative inactivation of water-borne microbial patho... by Zheng, Ming, Gao, Bing, Zhang, Jie, El-Din, Mohamed Gamal, Snyder, Shane Allen, Wu, Minghong, Tang, Liang

“…PhACs attenuation were mainly via oxidization (H2O2, •OH/O•-, and O2•-) and alkaline hydrolysis (OH-) from CaO2. …”
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Behaviour and design of hot-rolled stainless steel channel section members by Li, Shuai

“…The assessment results revealed that the current design codes result in conservative cross-section resistance predictions, but scattered member resistance predictions with both conservative and unsafe results, mainly owing to the lack of proper consideration of the pronounced material strain hardening and nonlinear material property of stainless steel in the design. …”
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新加坡华语中的倒置双宾结构 = Inverted double object construction in Singapore Mandarin by 林届霓 Lim, Jie Ni

“…The data of this project is mainly collected from recent Singapore variety shows and public surveys. …”
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Mediating effects of satisfaction in the relationship between motivation factors and continuous viewing intentions towards Chinese documentary programs by Mengyu, Li

“…Although the government, television stations and video websites have invested a lot of energy and services in terms of policies, funds and creative talents to support Chinese documentary programs, the dilemma still cannot be solved. Prior studies have mainly analysed the content and narrative of Chinese documentary programs. …”
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