Long-term fine particulate matter exposure on lung cancer incidence and mortality in Chinese nonsmokers by Chen, Z, Meng, X, Han, Y, Mou, Y, Ji, C, Zhu, X, Yu, C, Sun, D, Yang, L, Sun, Q, Chen, Y, Du, H, Dai, J, Hu, Z, Lv, J, Jin, G, Ma, H, Kan, H, Li, L, Shen, H

“…<p><strong>Rationale:</strong> The association between fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) and lung cancer incidence in non-smokers (LCINS) remains inconsistent. …”

Spherical mask: coarse-to-fine 3D point cloud instance segmentation with spherical representation by Shin, S, Zhou, K, Vankadari, M, Markham, A, Trigoni, N

“…Coarse-to-fine 3D instance segmentation methods show weak performances compared to recent Grouping-based, Kernel-based and Transformer-based methods. …”

The enduring importance of the “fine cuts” approach to psychology: EPS Mid-Career Award Lecture 2024 by Bird, G

“…In this article, I take a selective review of work undertaken by my colleagues and me in an attempt to show the enduring importance of the “fine cuts” approach to psychology. This approach highlights the importance of causal, specific, and falsifiable psychological models, and the rigorous experimental designs needed to test them. …”

Broadcasting in Asia : twenty-five years from now by Bhatia, Brajesh

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High five: recognising human interactions in TV shows by Patron-Perez, A, Marszalek, M, Zisserman, AP, Reid, ID

Five strategies to nurture a nation free of corruption by New Straits Times, .

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Developing a system that uses ultrawide-band inertial measurement units to quantify selected 10-Pin skills in real-time by Wee, Joel Jiewei

“…Ten-pin bowling is a unique abstract sport that requires bowlers to deliver a 11-to-16-pound ball in a five-step approach for the ball to travel down the oiled lane to knock down 10 pins. …”
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Narrow band wavelength selective filter using grating assisted single ring resonator by Prabhathan, P., Murukeshan, V. M.

“…The proposed configuration is expected to find applications in silicon photonics devices such as, on-chip external cavity lasers and multi analytic label-free biosensors. …”
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Measurements of the azimuthal anisotropy of prompt and nonprompt charmonia in PbPb collisions at √𝑠NN = 5.02 TeV by Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Andrejkovic, J. W., Bergauer, T., Chatterjee, S., Damanakis, K., Dragicevic, M., Escalante Del Valle, A., Hussain, P. S., Jeitler, M., Krammer, N., Lechner, L., Liko, D., Mikulec, I., Paulitsch, P., Pitters, F. M.

“…Abstract The second-order (v2) and third-order (v3) Fourier coefficients describing the azimuthal anisotropy of prompt and nonprompt (from b-hadron decays) J/ψ, as well as prompt ψ(2S) mesons are measured in lead-lead collisions at a center-of-mass energy per nucleon pair of s NN $$ \sqrt{s_{\textrm{NN}}} $$ = 5.02 TeV. …”
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Measurement of the double-diferential inclusive jet cross section in proton-proton collisions at √s = 5.02 TeV by Hayrapetyan, A., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Andrejkovic, J. W., Bergauer, T., Chatterjee, S., Damanakis, K., Dragicevic, M., Escalante Del Valle, A., Hussain, P. S., Jeitler, M., Krammer, N., Lechner, L., Liko, D., Mikulec, I., Schieck, J., Schöfbeck, R., The CMS collaboration

“…The measurement is performed using proton-proton collision data at s = 5.02 TeV, recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 27.4 pb−1. …”
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Polyfluorinated crosslinker-based solid polymer electrolytes for long-cycling 4.5 V lithium metal batteries by Tang, Lingfei, Chen, Bowen, Zhang, Zhonghan, Ma, Changqi, Chen, Junchao, Huang, Yage, Zhang, Fengrui, Dong, Qingyu, Xue, Guoyong, Chen, Daiqian, Hu, Chenji, Li, Shuzhou, Liu, Zheng, Shen, Yanbin, Chen, Qi, Chen, Liwei

“…As a result, polyfluorinated crosslinked SPE exhibits a wide ESW, and the Li|SPE|LiNi0.5Co0.2Mn0.3O2 cell with a cutoff voltage of 4.5 V delivers a high discharge specific capacity of ~164.19 mAh g-1 at 0.5 C and capacity retention of ~90% after 200 cycles. …”
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Design of a 0.5 V chopper-stabilized differential difference amplifier for analog signal processing applications by Fan, Xinlan, Gao, Feifan, Chan, Pak Kwong

“…Operating with a supply voltage of 0.5 V, a three-stage DDA has been employed to achieve an open-loop gain of 89 dB, while consuming just 0.74 μW of power. …”
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A numerical simulation study on vortex-ring collisions upon arbitrary solid boundary by Leong, Sheng Yuan

“…In this study, vortex behaviour near to complex geometry was investigated experimentally and numerically by studying the collision of a Re 2000 vortex ring upon V-shaped plates with 30, 60, 90 degrees vertices. …”
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A nanoelectromechanical systems actuator driven and controlled by Q-factor attenuation of ring resonator by Dong, Bin, Ng, Geok Ing, Liu, Ai Qun, Cai, H., Kropelnicki, P., Tsai, J. M., Randles, A. B., Tang, M., Gu, Y. D., Suo, Z. G.

“…In this Letter, an optical gradient force driven Nanoelectromechanical Systems (NEMS) actuator, which is controlled by the Q-factor attenuation of micro-ring resonator, is demonstrated. The actuator consists of a tunable actuation ring resonator, a sensing ring resonator, and a mechanical actuation arc. …”
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Representation theoretic interpretation and interpolation properties of inhomogeneous spin q-Whittaker polynomials by Korotkikh, Sergei

“…Moreover, we are able to characterize spin q-Whittaker polynomials in terms of vanishing at certain points, and we find interpolation analogues of q-Whittaker and elementary symmetric polynomials.…”
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Synthesis and electrochemical performance of aluminum antimonide alloy anode prepared by melt spinning by Kharistal, Daniel Julian

“…Another advantage in using melt spinning process is that it can produce materials with high throughput and high purity metal alloy products with little to no impurities, which is beneficial to the battery performance. …”
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Two-qubit sweet spots for capacitively coupled exchange-only spin qubits by Feng, MengKe, Zaw, Lin Htoo, Koh, Teck Seng

“…We study capacitive coupling between two triple quantum dot spin qubits encoded in the S = 1/2, Sz = −1/2 decoherence-free subspace—the exchange-only (EO) spin qubits. …”
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Modelling of spintronic terahertz emitters as a function of spin generation and diffusion geometry by Yang, Yingshu, Dal Forno, Stefano, Battiato, Marco

“…In particular, geometry, composition, pump laser frequency, and spin diffusion will be significant in understanding the pathways for further research developments. …”
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Towards a consensus for dyslexia practice: findings of a Delphi study on assessment and identification by Snowling, M

“…Forty-two consensus statements were ultimately accepted.</p> <p>Findings suggested that assessment practice should take account of risks to the accurate identification of dyslexia. …”

Clinical manifestations, laboratory and diagnostic imaging findings of feline upper respiratory and pleural infections by Sim, Juin Jia

“…History, signalment and physical examination information of the cats were obtained. Laboratory findings including haematology, biochemistry, cytology, bacterial identification and diagnostic imaging findings were analysed. …”
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