Breastfeeding support during the Covid-19 pandemic in England: analysis of a national survey by Quigley, M, Harrison, S, Levene, I, Buchanan, P, McLeish, J, Alderdice, F

“…The proportion of women who wanted more help with breastfeeding increased from 30% in 2014–2018 to 46% in 2020. In 2020, women most likely to want more help with breastfeeding were nulliparous (aRR = 1.64, 95%CI:1.50–1.79), younger (aRR = 1.21, 95%CI:1.03–1.42) and of Pakistani ethnicity (aRR = 1.30, 95%CI:1.06–1.60). …”

Indo-European youth priesthoods and the Männerbund theory: a study of the Vedic Vrātyas and their ancient Indo-European analogues by Elby, T

“…It also discusses the possibility of a parallel tradition of sacred numerology relating to the number 432,000, but finds this likely to be a coincidental product of the mathematical constraints present. …”

Predicting
mergers
and
acquisitions
: a study of Tobin's Q. by Chong, Hui Shan., Lim, Jian Liang., Tan, Keng Tiong.

“…We find firms characterized by low Q ratios are more likely to be the targets of takeovers. This study makes use of a modified methodology that takes into account industry-wide levels in Q ratios. …”
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Market outlook of VLCCs in the next 5 years by Cheah, Peifen.

“…Based on the analysis and the projections of the demand and supply of VLCCs, the strength of the freight market is likely to fall under the very weak condition (between US$14,643 to US$55,765) in the next 5 years.…”
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Tournament induced incentives and analysts' boldness. by Yin, Huifang.

“…Using data from 1991 to 2007, I find that interim losers are more likely to increase the boldness of their forecasts in the remainder of the tournament period than interim winners. …”
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Trauma through Syrian eyes : representing the Syrian civil war through art by Yeo, Nicole Yew Min

“…However, on the other hand, works of art – with the likes of sculptures, graffiti and film – are fighting through the media’s white noise and are circulating from galleries to cinemas. …”
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Framework of countermeasures (see: Anjuli Shere DPhil thesis, Chapter 8) by Shere, A R K

“…They are further matched to categories of media roles that are most likely to be responsible for implementation. Finally, the framework includes a feasibility label to demonstrate ease of implementation of each countermeasure. …”

Arguing about moral causation by Baysan, E

“…More specifically, the argument relies on the premise that only natural properties can play causal roles in the natural world, but based on the existing dialectic, the most likely way of defending that premise requires accepting claims about causation that generate difficulties for naturalists’ attempts to explain moral causation. …”

Towards an ethics of conceptual engineering by Crisp, R

“…Reaching agreement should be a key aim of conceptual engineers, and this is likely to be achieved most effectively by philosophers working together in research groups in close collaboration with other groups. …”

Contemporary Somali piracy : evaluating the effectiveness of counter-piracy measures by Tan, Cherlyn Shuyi.

“…Through literature reviews, a hypothesis was drawn up to test if ship owners will most likely adhere to the BMP due to its effectiveness and ability to overcome the limitations imposed by the international measures.…”
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Nanonet as a scaffold with targeted functionalities by Zhao, Yanli, Grüner, George

“…The initial work on this novel materials platform will likely followed up by development efforts so that the fundamental value propositions associated with the scaffold can be fully exploited. …”
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Quality of life and healthcare service utilization among methadone maintenance patients in a mountainous area of Northern Vietnam by Nguyen, Long Hoang, Nguyen, Lan Huong Thi, Boggiano, Victoria L., Hoang, Canh Dinh, Van Nguyen, Hung, Le, Huong Thi, Le, Hai Quan, Tran, Tho Dinh, Tran, Bach Xuan, Latkin, Carl A., Zary, Nabil, Vu, Minh Thuc Thi

“…Individuals who were multiple substance abusers and those who recently had inpatient care were more likely to have a lower VAS. Older respondents, those taking their medications at the more impoverished clinic, substance abusers, and individuals who were struggling with anxiety/depression or their usual daily activities were more likely to use both inpatient and outpatient care.Conclusions: In summary, we observed good HRQOL, but high prevalence of anxiety/depression and low rates of service utilization among MMT patients in Tuyen Quang province. …”
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Sequence-Dependent & -Independent Effects of Intron-Mediated Enhancement (IME) by Kowal, Emma J. K.

“…In this study we report the design and execution of several massively parallel reporter assays (MPRAs), interrogating the effect of tens of thousands of synthetic and natural intron sequences on gene expression in the human HEK293T and HeLa cell lines. We observe that even with random internal sequence, most of these introns splice well and trigger IME. …”
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Multi-criteria re-entrant jobs scheduling problems using GA and AHP by Lin, Danping.

“…The validation is conducted in two experiments, firstly single GA is implemented for the re-entrant lines and later a new combination of GA and AHP is carried out. …”
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Study of cascade failures of power grids by Ng, Jason Wei Long.

“…The substations and the transmission lines are denoted as the nodes and edges of the complex network respectively. …”
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Barriers and leverage points for seeing alcohol differently in integrated care systems in England: a senior stakeholder interview study by Madden, Mary, Stewart, Duncan, McCambridge, Jim

“…Results: ICS formation occurred when services had been under sustained pressures with lines of communication and accountability emergent and unclear. …”
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Development of coherent detector technologies for sub-millimetre wave astronomy observations by Tan, B-K

“…</p> <p>Using the current 16-pixel 350 GHz SIS receiver, HARP-B, we have observed the ¹²CO J=3→2 emission lines from two nearby galaxies. An important result we found is that the ¹²CO J=3→2 correlates strongly with the 8 μm Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon emission.…”

Structure and inhibition of novel cyclin-dependent kinases by Dixon-Clarke, S

“…Preliminary trials using these relatively non-selective compounds to inhibit CDK16 in melanoma and medulloblastoma cancer cell lines revealed rebastinib as the more efficacious drug causing loss of cell proliferation in the 1-2 micromolar range. …”

An aerodynamic investigation of a high-pressure turbine using rotor casing static pressure measurements at engine representative conditions with different tip designs, tip gaps, an... by Singh, D, Beard, PF, Cardwell, D, Staelens, V, Bahulekar, P, Stokes, M, Bather, S, Chana, K

“…Steady and unsteady casing static pressure measurements were acquired, using pneumatic lines and high-frequency response (∼100 kHz) Kulite pressure transducers, respectively. …”

Key transcriptional regulators of neutrophil function in inflammation by Ai, Z

“…</p> <p>To investigate the regulatory role of the selected TFs in neutrophils, I utilised HoxB8 myeloid progenitors as a model system for in vitro production of neutrophils and generated stable knockout lines for JUNB, RELB, IRF5, RFX2, KLF6, and RUNX1 in Hoxb8 myeloid progenitors, using the CRISPR/Cas9 mediated system. …”