Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-... by Schumacher, AE, Kyu, HH, Aali, A, Almidani, O, Bandyopadhyay, S, Basnyat, B, Maude, RJ, Bennett, D, Browne, AJ, Dolecek, C, Dunachie, SJ, Newton, CRJ, Rodriguez, JAB

“…The profound impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on populations worldwide has underscored the need for timely estimates to understand this unprecedented event within the context of long-term population health trends. The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2021 provides new demographic estimates for 204 countries and territories and 811 additional subnational locations from 1950 to 2021, with a particular emphasis on changes in mortality and life expectancy that occurred during the 2020–21 COVID-19 pandemic period. …”

Physics-Informed Deep Learning for Plasma Etch Optimization by Dighamber, Mohit

“…Future work includes utilizing the PINN model in a Bayesian framework to facilitate recipe optimization for the desired etch profile.…”
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Global, regional, and national mortality among young people aged 10–24 years, 1950–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 by Ward, Joseph L., Azzopardi, Peter S., Francis, Kate L., Santelli, John S., Skirbekk, Vegard, Sawyer, Susan M., Kassebaum, Nicholas J., Mokdad, Ali H., Hay, Simon I., Abd-Allah, Foad, Abdoli, Amir, Mohammad Abdollahi, Abedi, Aidin, Abolhassani, Hassan, Abreu, Lucas Guimaraes, Abrigo, Michael R. M., Abu-Gharbieh, Eman, Abushouk, Abdelrahman I., Adebayo, Oladimeji M., Adekanmbi, Victor, Adham, Davoud, Advani, Shailesh M., Afshari, Khashayar, Agrawal, Anurag, Ahmad, Tauseef, Ahmadi, Keivan, Ahmed, Anwar E., Aji, Budi, Akombi-Inyang, Blessing, Alahdab, Fares, Al-Aly, Ziyad, Alam, Khurshid, Alanezi, Fahad Mashhour, Alanzi, Turki M., Alcalde-Rabanal, Jacqueline Elizabeth, Alemu, Biresaw Wassihun, Al-Hajj, Samar, Alhassan, Robert Kaba, Ali, Saqib, Alicandro, Gianfranco, Alijanzadeh, Mehran, Aljunid, Syed Mohamed, Almasi-Hashiani, Amir, Almasri, Nihad A., Al-Mekhlafi, Hesham M., Alonso, Jordi, Al-Raddadi, Rajaa M., Altirkawi, Khalid A., Alvis-Guzman, Nelson, Amare, Azmeraw T., Amini, Saeed, Aminorroaya, Arya, Amit, Arianna Maever L., Amugsi, Dickson A., Ancuceanu, Robert, Anderlini, Deanna, Andrei, Catalina Liliana, Androudi, Sofia, Ansari, Fereshteh, Ansari, Iman, Antonio, Carl Abelardo T., Anvari, Davood, Anwer, Razique, Appiah, Seth Christopher Yaw, Arabloo, Jalal, Arab-Zozani, Morteza, Ärnlöv, Johan, Asaad, Malke, Asadi-Aliabadi, Mehran, Asadi-Pooya, Ali A., Atout, Maha Moh'd Wahbi, Ausloos, Marcel, Avenyo, Elvis Korku, Avila-Burgos, Leticia, Quintanilla, Beatriz Paulina Ayala, Ayano, Getinet, Aynalem, Yared Asmare, Azari, Samad, Azene, Zelalem Nigussie, Bakhshaei, Mohammad Hossein, Bakkannavar, Shankar M., Banach, Maciej, Banik, Palash Chandra, Barboza, Miguel A., Barker-Collo, Suzanne Lyn, Bärnighausen, Till Winfried, Basu, Sanjay, Baune, Bernhard T., Bayati, Mohsen, Bedi, Neeraj, Beghi, Ettore, Bekuma, Tariku Tesfaye, Bell, Arielle Wilder, Bell, Michelle L., Benjet, Corina, Bensenor, Isabela M., Berhe, Abadi Kidanemariam, Berhe, Kidanemaryam, Berman, Adam E., Bhagavathula, Akshaya Srikanth, Car, Lorainne Tudor

“…Background: Documentation of patterns and long-term trends in mortality in young people, which reflect huge changes in demographic and social determinants of adolescent health, enables identification of global investment priorities for this age group. …”
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Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022-2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Vollset, SE, Ababneh, HS, Abate, YH, Lacey, BWH, GBD 2021 Forecasting Collaborators

“…This information can be used for policy and long-term health investment, planning, and prioritisation. …”

Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation by Lindson, N, Butler, AR, McRobbie, H, Bullen, C, Hajek, P, Wu, AD, Begh, R, Theodoulou, A, Notley, C, Rigotti, NA, Turner, T, Livingstone-Banks, J, Morris, T, Hartmann-Boyce, J

“…<p><strong> Objectives</strong></p> To examine the safety, tolerability, and effectiveness of using EC to help people who smoke tobacco achieve long‐term smoking abstinence, in comparison to non‐nicotine EC, other smoking cessation treatments, and no treatment. …”

Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation by Lindson, N, Butler, AR, McRobbie, H, Bullen, C, Hajek, P, Begh, R, Theodoulou, A, Notley, C, Rigotti, NA, Turner, T, Livingstone-Banks, J, Morris, T, Hartmann-Boyce, J

“…&lt;h4&gt;Objectives&lt;/h4&gt;To examine the safety, tolerability and effectiveness of using electronic cigarettes (ECs) to help people who smoke tobacco achieve long-term smoking abstinence, in comparison to non-nicotine EC, other smoking cessation treatments and no treatment.…”

Interventions for quitting vaping by Butler, AR, Lindson, N, Livingstone-Banks, J, Notley, C, Turner, T, Rigotti, NA, Fanshawe, TR, Dawkins, L, Begh, R, Wu, AD, Brose, L, Conde, M, Simonavičius, E, Hartmann-Boyce, J

“…<p><strong>Rationale</strong></p> There is limited guidance on the best ways to stop using nicotine‐containing vapes (otherwise known as e‐cigarettes) and ensure long‐term abstinence, whilst minimising the risk of tobacco smoking and other unintended consequences. …”

Evaluation of bonding strength of some tropical wood species as a function of surface roughness by Tan, Hui Ling.

“…Experiments were conducted for Kapur, Meranti and Pine wood to find out the adhesion bonding strength as a function of surface roughness. …”
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Wave propagation sensors for structural control by Pines, Darryll J. (Darryll John)

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Sporopollenin-inspired design and synthesis of robust polymeric materials by Glinkerman, Christopher M, Lin, Shaoting, Ni, Jiahua, Li, Fu-Shuang, Zhao, Xuanhe, Weng, Jing-Ke

“…Recent investigation of the molecular structure of pine sporopollenin revealed unique monomeric units and inter-unit linkages distinct from other previously known biopolymers, which could be harnessed for new material design. …”
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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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CFD investigation of a distributed propulsion system by Chng, Jia Yang

“…Numerical simulation using computational fluid dynamics is used in this paper to determine the lift and drag forces, and subsequently the aerodynamic efficiency of a 3-D finite wing in ANSYS Fluent. The computational domain utilized an overset mesh with the component consisting of the finite wing and equally spaced momentum sources representing propellers mounted on the wing. …”
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Island area and remoteness shape plant and soil bacterial diversity through land use and biological invasion by Xu, Mingshan, Yang, Anna, Yang, Xiaodong, Cao, Wenting, Zhang, Zengke, Li, Zengyan, Zhang, Yu, Zhang, Huaguo, You, Wenhui, Yan, En-Rong, Wardle, David A.

“…However, land use intensity increased with island area which also promoted plant diversity, and loss of pine forest by the pinewood nematode invasion increased with island remoteness which reduced plant diversity. …”
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Wind tunnel testing of a ducted-fan unmanned aerial vehicle by Shiah, Zi Yang.

“…The experiment was then further extended to varying pitching and wing incidence angles together. Wing incidence angles were varied at different duct angles to understand the effects of interference between the two. …”
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Development of morphing UAV actuated with shape memory alloy by Zhang, Alwyn Jianzhong

“…For this project, a sweeping wing mechanism actuated by Shape Memory alloys (SMAs) is designed and developed. …”
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Modélisation des interactions en Italie du Nord au premier âge du Fer: de la circulation de parures aux réseaux d’influences culturelles by Cicolani, V, Huet, T, Zamboni, L

“…Si l'influence de Golasecca est attestée le long de toute la période ici considérée, des interactions plus localisées et centrées sur des classes spécifiques d'objets dévoilent un jeu subtil d'influences qui traduit des relations à géométrie variable, jamais univoques et unidirectionnelles, et où productions locales, adaptations, créativité et importations décrivent des réalités sociales en mouvement et d'une complexité croissante. …”

Generalization of the Multiplicative and Additive Compounds of Square Matrices and Contraction Theory in the Hausdorff Dimension by Wu, Chengshuai, Pines, Raz, Margaliot, Michael, Slotine, Jean-Jacques

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Dragonfly (Sympetrum flaveolum) flight : kinematic measurement and modelling by Chen, Y. H., Martin, Skote., Zhao, Y., Huang, W. M.

“…Such arrangement also eases the difficulties in rotating the wing during pronation by bending the leading edge forward and flattening the wing. …”
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Optimization of transition maneuvers through aerodynamic vectoring by Maqsood, Adnan., Go, Tiauw Hiong.

“…Compared to the fixed-wing aircraft case, the angle of incidence of the wing provides an additional independent control variable in the optimization problem formulation. …”
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Soft actuators and their fabrication for bio-inspired mobile robots by Lau, Gih-Keong, Low, Sze-Shien, Chin, Yao-Wei, Heng, Kim-Rui

“…Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEA), which are capable of muscle-like actuation, have potential to drive insect-inspired flapping-wing robotfly. They have not been successfully used to drive flapping wings due to various limitations. …”
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