Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality burden of non-COVID-19 lower respiratory infections and aetiologies, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden... by Bender, RG, Sirota, SB, Swetschinski, LR, Berkley, JA, Eyre, DW, McManigal, B, Pollard, AJ, Roberts, T, Runghien, T, Sartorius, B

“…For aetiology estimation, we analysed multiple causes of death, vital registration, hospital discharge, microbial laboratory, and literature data using a network analysis model to produce the proportion of LRI deaths and episodes attributable to the following pathogens: Acinetobacter baumannii, Chlamydia spp, Enterobacter spp, Escherichia coli, fungi, group B streptococcus, Haemophilus influenzae, influenza viruses, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Legionella spp, Mycoplasma spp, polymicrobial infections, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and other viruses (ie, the aggregate of all viruses studied except influenza and RSV), as well as a residual category of other bacterial pathogens. <p><b>Findings</b></p> Globally, in 2021, we estimated 344 million (95% uncertainty interval [UI] 325–364) incident episodes of LRI, or 4350 episodes (4120–4610) per 100 000 population, and 2·18 million deaths (1·98–2·36), or 27·7 deaths (25·1–29·9) per 100 000. 502 000 deaths (406 000–611 000) were in children younger than 5 years, among which 254 000 deaths (197 000–320 000) occurred in countries with a low Socio-demographic Index. …”

Molecular and immunological profiling of Bartonella spp. in shelter cat population in Peninsular Malaysia by Alias, Nurul Najwa Ainaa

“…Therefore, this study was aim to determine the molecular, serological prevalence of Bartonella spp. in shelter cats, immunophenotyping of CD4 and CD8 as well as the association between each assay and also association with physical examination findings. Overall, blood was collected from 217 cats, flea from 100 cats and oral swabs from 176 cats were subjected to molecular analysis. …”
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Antimicrobial activity, phytochemical and toxicity analyses of salam [Syzygium polyanthum (Wight) Walp.] leaf extract and its application in food by Ramli, Suzita

“…Physical characteristics in term of colour, texture and odour, all the treated samples until the highest concentration of extract [5% (v/v)] showed not significantly different and this finding also parallel to sensory acceptability where 5% of extract was accepted by the panelists. …”
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Neural combinatorial optimization: from routing to integer programming by Wu, Yaoxin

“…However, classic heuristic methods severely depend on the design of hand-crafted rules for every specific COP, which could limit their performance in practice. Also, finding effective rules in heuristics is non-trivial and often needs massive expertise and tuning work. …”
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Understanding the role of Enterococcus faecalis in polymicrobial wounds by Davient, Bala

“…Given the experimental findings in this dissertation, where I demonstrated the multimodal mechanism of E. faecalis-mediated antagonism of S. aureus, I predict that E. faecalis can antagonize S. aureus in chronic wounds through pH-independent mechanisms. …”
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Methods of growth and transfer of carbon nanotubes onto substrates for advanced electrical and electronic applications by Ng, Zhi Kai

“…Subsequently, the influence of various growth parameters such substrate oxide thickness, amount of water vapor and etching time on efficiency of delamination was evaluated and optimized to yield wafer-scale free-standing VACNT, without requiring any form of mechanical handling. A significant key finding of the delamination study is that the SiO2 surface plays a crucial role for large scale self-delamination of VACNT. …”
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Nature-inspired lightweight auxetic structures for enhanced stiffness and absorption capacity by Zhang, Ee Teng

“…Experimental and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) demonstrate the positive influence of curved ligaments on elastic modulus, Poisson's ratio (PR), plateau stress, and SEA capabilities. The findings reveal significant improvements in normalised Young's modulus and SEA with the introduction of combined curved ligaments (Dc + Uc) design. …”
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Towards electrically injected colloidal semiconductor lasers by Thung, Yi Tian

“…Addressing this gap, I explored electrical charge injection into Br--capped CdSe NPLs using an inverted p-i-n device architecture, resulting in narrow electroluminescence at 530 nm. The findings emphasize the significance of an appropriate device architecture for balanced charge injection, crucial for radiative recombination in the NPL gain medium—a key factor in achieving electrically injected NPL lasers. …”
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Failure analysis and characterization for microelectronic packaging by Lin, Pamela

“…These combined simulation and experimental findings are then used to substantiate and explain the fracture behavior of bulk Si subjected at the macroscale, thereby improving the accuracy of root cause analysis. …”
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Salient keypoint detectors and compact feature descriptors for 3D perception by Prakhya, Sai Manoj

“…The proposed keypoint detection module finds reliable keypoints that work well with nearest neighbour association and represent the scene comprehensively while working in real time, which are the key requirements of SDO. …”
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Pnictogen-halide semiconductors for photovoltaics by Liu, P

“…These limitations have prompted research into lead-free alternative absorbers, with the aim of finding materials that could match or approach the optoelectronic properties of LHPs but surpass them in stability and overcome their toxicity limitations. …”

Development of human enterovirus 71 nano calcium phosphate adjuvanted candidate vaccine for parenteral and mucosal delivery by Saeed Ahmed, Mohamed Ibrahim

“…In addition, an elevated post vaccination humoral immune response of a highly specific IgG and neutralizing antibodies was as shown in the in vitro inhibition of HEV71 live virus infectivity to Vero cell at the highest sample dilutions. Finally, the study finding is a key indicator for the role of nano-size adjuvant and carriers in augmenting the postvaccination immunity. …”
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Structured sparse representations for supervised and unsupervised learning by Zeng, Yijie

“…For example, object detection requires filtering semantic objects from noisy and varying backgrounds, and the ImageNet challenge requires to build a classification model on top of over one million images. Finding good representations of data can not only improve the performance of ML systems, but also indicate proper choices of algorithms for different problems. …”
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Development of resistive random access memory for next-generation embedded non-volatile memory application by Sun, Jianxun

“…However, the method of finding the boundaries has not been documented. In this thesis, the progressive analysis of the resistive switching I-V characteristics has been adopted to explore the upper and lower bounds of the DC parameters. …”
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探究游戏主题曲的歌曲字幕翻译策略 —— 以《英雄联盟》2023年全球总决赛主题曲 《GODS登神》为例 = Subtitling strategies for game theme song —— taking league of legends 2023 global finals theme song “GODS” as example... by 黄裕惠 Wong, Rebecca Yu Hui

“…In the comparative analysis, this paper finds that YouTube's translated subtitles tend to use a more literal translation approach, making the subtitles more suitable for the general public to understand the literal meaning of the lyrics. …”
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French foreign policy towards Poland (1989-1993) by Dangelmayer, AM

“…On the basis of these findings, the modalities of multilateralisation, that is how France pursued her approach towards Poland in the European Community context, will then be discussed.…”

Evaluation of diabetic wound healing properties of moringa oleifera lam using in vitro and in vivo wound models by Muhammad Amali, Abubakar

“…The bioactive compounds present in aqueous fraction have also been successfully identified and confirmed by HPLC and LC-MS/MS using standard vicenin-2 compound. These findings suggested that, topical administration of bioactive aqueous fraction of M. oleifera containing Vicenin-2 compound may accelerate wound healing in hyperglycemic condition. …”
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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

“…We assess the association between SDI and all-cause mortality in 2019, and analyse the ratio of observed to expected mortality by SDI using the most recent available data release (2017). Findings: In 2019 there were 1·49 million deaths (95% uncertainty interval 1·39–1·59) worldwide in people aged 10–24 years, of which 61% occurred in males. 32·7% of all adolescent deaths were due to transport injuries, unintentional injuries, or interpersonal violence and conflict; 32·1% were due to communicable, nutritional, or maternal causes; 27·0% were due to non-communicable diseases; and 8·2% were due to self-harm. …”
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A machine-learned approach for reducing airborne delays and environmental impact in terminal manoeuvring area using extended arrival management by Lim, Zhi Jun

“…Results show that $65\%$ of TMA delays can be shifted to the cruise phase, saving 1.5 tonnes of fuel and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 4.8 tonnes for one day’s arrivals. The findings indicate that implementing an extended arrival manager in Singapore and Southeast Asia can effectively manage TMA congestion, reduce fuel consumption, and lower carbon dioxide emissions. …”
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Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2... by Brauer, M, Roth, GA, Aravkin, AY, Bandyopadhyay, S, Bennett, DA, Browne, AJ, Graham, SM, Rodriguez, JAB, Runghien, T, Sartorius, B

“…Estimates reported represent the mean value across 500 draws from the estimate's distribution, with 95% uncertainty intervals (UIs) calculated as the 2·5th and 97·5th percentile values across the draws. <p><b>Findings</b></p> Among the specific risk factors analysed for this study, particulate matter air pollution was the leading contributor to the global disease burden in 2021, contributing 8·0% (95% UI 6·7–9·4) of total DALYs, followed by high systolic blood pressure (SBP; 7·8% [6·4–9·2]), smoking (5·7% [4·7–6·8]), low birthweight and short gestation (5·6% [4·8–6·3]), and high fasting plasma glucose (FPG; 5·4% [4·8–6·0]). …”