Decision-making under flood predictions: a risk perception study of coastal real estate by Seenath, A, Mahadeo, SMR, Blackett, M

“…These results are robust under a repeated experimental survey using an open access long-term flood risk map. We, therefore, recommend getting flood models “right” but recognize that this is a contentious issue because it implies having an error-free model, which is practically impossible. …”

The association of physical activity against depression among Universiti Putra Malaysia undergraduate medical students-a cross sectional study by Lynncilla, Shakira, Koh, Eugene, Chong, Seng Choi

“…The study utilized the International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Long Form and Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. …”
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Piezoelectric single crystal based one-dimensional phased array for breast tissue imaging by Du, Wenya

“…I used a Yb/Bi-doped PIN-PMN-PT single crystal as the active element due to its superior piezoelectric properties (d33 = 2,800 pC/N, εr = 7,000, k33 = 0.93). …”
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Behaviorally informed digital campaigns and their association with social media engagement and COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Belize by Daga, Giuliana, Kossuth, Lajos, Boruchowicz, Cynthia, Lopez Boo, Florencia, Largaespada Beer, Natalia

“…Methods We conducted two correlational analyses and one experiment between five sequential behaviorally informed Facebook campaigns, social media performance outcomes, and district-level vaccination data. …”
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Public Interest Computing: a Pluralistic Design Language Foundation for Societal-Machine Alignment by Gaikwad, Snehalkumar 'Neil' S.

“…These systems, co-designed with communities, demonstrate societal-machine alignment through five key design dimensions. Farm Pulse System exemplifies substantive fairness for at-risk farmers by enabling restorative justice through recourse in climate change adaptation decisions. …”
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Rapid taqman-based quantification of chlorophyll d-containing cyanobacteria in the genus acaryochloris by Behrendt, Lars, Nielsen, Jeppe L., Sørensen, Søren J., Larkum, Anthony W. D., Winther, Jakob R., Kühl, Michael

“…The TaqMan probe showed detection limits of ∼10 16S rRNA gene copy numbers based on standard curves consisting of plasmid inserts. DNA from five Acaryochloris strains, i.e., MBIC11017, CCMEE5410, HICR111A, CRS, and Awaji-1, exhibited amplification efficiencies of >94% when tested in the TaqMan assay. …”
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Exposure to Pb-halide perovskite nanoparticles can deliver bioavailable Pb but does not alter endogenous gut microbiota in zebrafish by Patsiou, Danae, del Rio-Cubilledo, Cristina, Catarino, Ana Isabel, Summers, Stephen, Afiq Mohd Fahmi, Boyle, David, Fernandes, Teresa F., Henry, Theodore B.

“…Zebrafish larvae were exposed to five Pb-halide perovskite NPs in parallel with Pb(NO3)2 exposures, and zebrafish adults were exposed to the three perovskite NPs that caused the strongest effect and Pb(NO3)2. …”
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Manifold regularized stochastic block model by He, Tiantian, Bai, Lu, Ong, Yew-Soon

“…MrSBM has been tested on five sets of real-world network data and has been compared with both classical and state-of-the-art approaches to network clustering. …”
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Influence of composted food waste and sewage sludge on plant growth enhanced with magnetic fields by Ahmad, Noraziah

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Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor neutralisation in patients with axial spondyloarthritis in the UK (NAMASTE): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase... by Worth, C, Al-Mossawi, MH, MacDonald, J, Fisher, BA, Chan, A, Sengupta, R, Packham, J, Gaffney, K, Gullick, N, Cook, JA, Corn, TH, Teh, J, Machado, PM, Taylor, PC, Bowness, P

“…The mean age of participants was 39·5 years (SD 13·3), 17 were women, 25 were men, 39 were White, and seven had previously received anti-TNF therapy. …”

Magrolimab in combination with azacitidine in patients with higher-risk myelodysplastic syndromes: final results of a phase Ib study by Sallman, DA, Al Malki, MM, Asch, AS, Wang, ES, Jurcic, JG, Bradley, TJ, Flinn, IW, Pollyea, DA, Kambhampati, S, Tanaka, TN, Zeidner, JF, Garcia-Manero, G, Jeyakumar, D, Komrokji, R, Lancet, J, Kantarjian, HM, Gu, L, Zhang, Y, Tan, A, Chao, M, O'Hear, C, Ramsingh, G, Lal, I, Vyas, P, Daver, NG

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Results:</strong> Ninety-five patients were treated. Revised International Prognostic Scoring System risk was intermediate/high/very high in 27%, 52%, and 21%, respectively. …”

Seroepidemiology of COVID-19 in pregnant women and their infants in Uganda and Malawi across multiple waves 2020-2022 by Hookham, L, Cantrell, L, Cose, S, Freyne, B, Gadama, L, Imede, E, Kawaza, K, Lissauer, S, Musoke, P, Nankabirwa, V, Sekikubo, M, Sommerfelt, H, Voysey, M, PeriCOVID Consortium, Le Doare, K

“…Data on SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy and infancy has accumulated throughout the course of the pandemic. …”

The relationship between leisure time physical activity patterns, Alzheimer’s disease markers and cognition by James, S, Sudre, CH, Barnes, J, Cash, DM, Chiou, Y, Coath, W, Keshavan, A, Lu, K, Malone, I, Murray-Smith, H, Nicholas, JM, Orini, M, Parker, T, Almeida-Meza, P, Fox, NC, Richards, M, Schott, JM

“…Participants from the 1946 British birth cohort study prospectively reported leisure time physical activity five times between ages 36 and 69 and were dichotomized into (i) not active (no participation/month) and (ii) active (participated once or more/month) and further derived into: (0) never active (not active); (1) active before 50’s only (≤43 years); (2) active from 50’s onwards only (≥53 years); (3) always active (active throughout). …”

Structural and biochemical characterisation of bacterial metallo-β-lactamases by Makena, A

“…</p> <p>The Verona imipenemase metallo-β-lactamases (VIM) enzymes are among the most widely distributed MBLs with &amp;GT;40 variants reported (Chapter 5). Comparative studies on the biochemical and biophysical properties were carried out for five VIM variants: VIM-1, VIM- 2, VIM-4, VIM-5 and VIM-38. …”

Accuracy and safety of an autonomous artificial intelligence clinical assistant conducting telemedicine follow-up assessment for cataract surgery by Meinert, E, Milne-Ives, M, Lim, E, Higham, A, Boege, S, de Pennington, N, Bajre, M, Mole, G, Normando, E, Xue, K

“…The primary analysis compared decisions made independently by Dora R1 and the supervising ophthalmologist about the clinical significance of five symptoms and whether the patient required further review. …”

Evaluating the home-based intervention strategy (HIS-UK) to reduce new chlamydia infection among young men aged 16–25 years by promoting correct and consistent condom use: findings... by Stone, N, Graham, C, Bremner, S, McGrath, N, Bedford, R, Brown, KE, Newby, K, Clarke, A, Jackson, L, Morrison, L, Nadarzynski, T, To, Y

“…Results: Seven hundred twenty-five participants (proHIS:241, eHIS:243, control:241) randomised. 575 participants completed all baseline activities, 189 (32.9%) reached six-months post-randomisation. …”

Structural and metamorphic architecture of the Zanskar Himalaya, Suru Valley region, NW India: Implications for the evolution of the Himalayan metamorphic core by Cawood, IP, St-Onge, MR, Weller, OM, Searle, MP, Waters, DJ, Ahmad, T

“…Tectonic thinning adjacent to D3 normal faults is documented by reduced structural spacing of isograds and alignment of isograd surfaces parallel to the faults. D4 and D5 structures modify the trace of all regional metamorphic isograds. …”

Whole genome sequence and annotation dataset of rare actinobacteria, Barrientosiimonas humi gen. nov., sp. nov. 39 T from Antarctica by Chong, Sin Yee, Azmi, Aida Azrina, Cheah, Yoke Kqueen

“…It consists of 3,318 coding sequences, one tmRNA gene, 57 tRNA genes, and five repeated regions. B. humi was evident, sharing a close sequence similarity with the species Demetria terragena and the family Dermacoccaceae. …”
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Effects of multilingualism on brain structure, cognition and language processing by Yee, Jia’en

“…Volumetric analyses of five subcortical structures that underlie language control and processing were performed. …”
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Antibiotic sensitivity of selected bacteria and microbiological quality of Lactobacillus-fed broiler meat in comparison with commercial broiler meat by Tan, Stephanie Yin Yi

“…Twenty Lactobacillus-fed broiler meat and twenty-five commercial broiler meat were purchased from seven retail outlets within Selangor and Kuala Lumpur. …”
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