Distance education students’ mental health, connectedness and academic performance during COVID-19: a mixed-methods study by Di Malta, Gina, Bond, Julian, Conroy, Dom, Smith, Katy, Moller, Naomi

“…In this study, we investigated the links between distance education students’ mental health, connectedness, and academic performance during COVID-19, using a mixed-methods sequential explanatory design. …”
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‘I’ve gone from one extreme to the other’: critical junctures in relationships with alcohol during the COVID-19 pandemic by Nicholls, Emily, Conroy, Dom

“…We also stress that alternative explanations - such as declining drinking rates and the growth of Temporary Abstinence Initiatives – must not be ignored when exploring people’s shifting drinking behaviors, even during periods of unprecedented social change.…”
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Comparing the effectiveness of online and face-to-face teaching and learning methods in an engineering course during and after the COVID-19 pandemic by Diana Che Lat, Doris Asmani Mat Yusof, Nurul Ainain Mohd Salim, Roslizayati Razali

“…A comparison of teaching and learning assessment methods during and after COVID-19 semesters is described in this study. …”
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Microbiological, physicochemical and nutritional properties of fresh cow milk treated with industrial high pressure processing (HPP) during storage by Lim, Shu Huey, Chin, Nyuk Ling, Sulaiman, Alifdalino, Tay, Cheow Hwang, Wong, Tak Hiong

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Changes in stability, phytonutrients, 3-chloropropanol esters and glycidyl esters of peanut oil-based diacylglycerols during heat treatment by Lv, Yongsi, Peng, Xianwu, Lee, Yee-Ying, Xie, Xiaodong, Tan, Chin Ping, Wang, Ying, Wang, Yong, Zhang, Zhen

“…During stir-frying, 3-MCPDE content initially increased and then decreased whereas the opposite was observed for GEs. …”
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Effect of pullulan active packaging, incorporated with silver nanoparticles, on cholesterol oxidation product concentrations in boiler meat during storage by Khan, Muhammad Jamshed, Mookiah, Saminathan, Subramaniam, Yashini, Ramiah, Suriya Kumari

“…The current study was performed to determine the impact of pullulan active packaging (T1, T2, T3, and T4) on the formation of COPs in broiler meat during refrigerated storage (7 and 14 days). Pullulan active packaging significantly affected (P < 0.05) the concentrations of A-cholestane (0.63±0.10 ppm) and B-epoxy (0.59±0.33 ppm) COPs whereas A-cholestane (0.634±0.08 ppm) was affected significantly (P < 0.05) by the duration of refrigerated storage (0, 7, and 14 days). …”
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Perception of sexual harassment among nursing and medical students during clinical practice in health campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia by Ghazali, Nur Ehya Sufia

“…Sexual harassment in our society, medical, and nursing students has spread as part of our society, especially as they spend considerable time in hospitals during clinical training and deal with different types of people. …”
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Perception of mothers towards male nursing students during clinical practice in obstetric ward In Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia by Yusuf, Siti Nur Hasanah Ahmad

“…A cross-sectional study was carried out to study the perception of mothers towards male nursing students during clinical practice in Obstetric ward, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia. …”
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Alteration of the gut microbial composition of critically endangered Malayan tigers (Panthera tigris jacksoni) in captivity during enrichment phase by Khairulmunir, Mohamad, Gani, Millawati, Mohd-Ridwan, Abd Rahman, Karuppannan, Kayal Vizi, Abdul-Latif, Muhammad Abu Bakar, Md-Zain, Badrul Munir

“…This study aimed to determine the diversity of the gut microbiome in captive Malayan tigers at Zoo Melaka and Night Safari during the environmental enrichment phase using a metabarcoding approach. …”
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On assuming Mean Radiant Temperature equal to air temperature during PMV-based thermal comfort study in air-conditioned buildings by Chaudhuri, Tanaya, Soh, Yeng Chai, Bose, Sumanta, Xie, Lihua, Li, Hua

“…However, it has often been a practice to assume MRT equal to air temperature (Ta) during indoor thermal studies. In this paper, we have studied the consequences of this simplistic assumption on the thermal comfort of occupants in air-conditioned buildings. …”
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Luteolin escape mutants of dengue virus map to prM and NS2B and reveal viral plasticity during maturation by Vasudevan, Subhash G., Peng, Minhua, Swarbrick, Crystall Marie Dawn, Chan, Kitti Wing-Ki, Luo, Dahai, Zhang, Wei, Lai, Xiaoping, Li, Geng

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Multi-level encoding of reward, effort and choice across the frontal cortex and basal ganglia during cost-benefit decision making by Härmson, O, Grennan, I, Perry, B, Toth, R, McNamara, C, Denison, T, Cagnan, H, Manohar, S, Walton, M, Sharott, A

Disruption of seasonal influenza circulation and evolution during the 2009 H1N1 and COVID-19 pandemics in Southeastern Asia by Chen, Z, Tsui, JL, Cai, J, Su, S, Viboud, C, du Plessis, L, Lemey, P, Kraemer, MUG, Yu, H

“…The internal movement structure within Southeastern Asia markedly diverged during the COVID-19 pandemic season, and to a lesser extent, during the 2009 A/H1N1 pandemic season. …”

Nb and Ta intracrustal differentiation during granulite-facies metamorphism: evidence from geochemical data of natural rocks and thermodynamic modeling by Huang, G, Chen, Y, Guo, J, Palin, R, Zhao, L

“…These variations are best explained via competition for Nb and Ta between biotite and rutile during metamorphism, although initial bulk-rock Nb/Ta values also have an effect. …”

Effective dietary interventions during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of behavior change techniques to promote healthy eating by O’Connor, H, Meloncelli, N, Wilkinson, SA, Scott, AM, Vincze, L, Rushton, A, Dawson, S, Hollis, J, Whiteoak, B, Gauci, S, de Jersey, S

“…Improving dietary intake during pregnancy can mitigate adverse consequences for women and their children. …”

Entrapping of inclusions within carbon nanotubes during catalytic decomposition of C2H4 on a “thick” nickel film by Li, Feng Ji, Zhang, Sam, Sun, Geng Zhi, Kong, Jun Hua, Rawat, R. S., Ilyas, Usman, Li, Bo

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In-site pollen record from the Dadiwan archaeological site and the human-environment relationship during Marine Oxygen Isotope Stage 3 by Peng, Wei, Huang, Xiaozhong, Zhang, Dongju, Storozum, Michael J., Chen, Fahu

“…Our results indicate that regional human activities increased again during the late MIS 3 when the amount of precipitation was higher, as indicated by the lower Artemisia proportion. …”
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Environmental and social factors influencing the spatiotemporal variation of archaeological sites during the historical period in the Heihe River basin, northwest China by Shi, Zhilin, Chen, Tingting, Storozum, Michael J., Liu, Fengwen

“…Our results indicate that humans intensively exploited the Heihe River basin during Han dynasty (202BC–AD 220). Following the Han dynasty, during the Wei-Jin (AD 222–589) and Sui-Tang (AD 581–907) periods the number of archaeological sites. …”
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Effects of foot rotation positions on knee valgus during single-leg drop landing: Implications for ACL injury risk reduction by Teng, Phillis Soek Po, Kong, Pui Wah, Leong, Kah Fai

“…Using an experimental approach to manipulate foot rotation positions, this study aimed to provide new insights on how knee valgus during single-leg landing may be influenced by foot positions. …”
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Mechanistic insights into the membrane fouling mechanism during ultrafiltration of high-concentration proteins via in-situ electrical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) by Tanudjaja, Henry Jonathan, Ng, Angie Qi Qi, Chew, Jia Wei

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