Large and unequal life expectancy declines during the COVID-19 pandemic in India in 2020 by Gupta, A, Hathi, P, Banaji, M, Gupta, P, Kashyap, R, Paikra, V, Sharma, K, Somanchi, A, Sudharsanan, N, Vyas, S

“…Life expectancy declines in India were larger and had a younger age profile than in high-income countries. …”

Rome away from Rome: India, Rome, and England in Ælfric’s Life of St Thomas by Ostacchini, L

Book review: Probing Arts and Emergent Forms of Life, by Michael M.J. Fischer by Singh, A

Working-age mortality is still an important driver of stagnating life expectancy in the United States by Polizzi, A, Dowd, JB

Prospective associations between an empirically derived dietary pattern and life satisfaction in Malaysian adolescents by Magendiran, Mugambikai, Appannah, Geeta, Emi, Nor Aishah, Chin, Yit Siew, Mohd Shariff, Zalilah, Anuar Zaini, Azriyanti, Shamsuddin, Nurainul Hana, Suppiah, Subapriya, Saini, Suraini Mohamad, Thambiah, Subashini C., Ching, Siew Mooi

“…Background: Little is known on the prospective associations between an empirically derived dietary pattern (DP) and life satisfaction among adolescents. This PUTRA-Adol follow-up study aimed to assess the prospective associations between the empirically derived DP and life satisfaction during adolescence. …”
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Quality of life among patients with lower limb osteoarthritis in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia by Nazeri, Nuranis Milani Ahmad

“…Quality of life is an important component in patient’s well-being, which considered as a goal of treatment in chronic illness. …”
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Life cycle assessment and economic analysis of Reusable formwork materials considering the circular economy by Balasbaneh, Ali Tighnavard, Sher, Willy, Wan Ibrahim, Mohd Haziman

“…These include plastic, steel, plywood and timber. Evaluations of life cycle assessment (LCA), embodied energy, and life cycle cost (LCC) were conducted from cradle to cradle. …”
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Transcriptional brain networks and their key regulators across the human lifespan by Wehrspaun, CC

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Steady spinning of synthetic silk-like fibers and transient filament stretching of semi-dilute and concentrated polymeric fluids by Brauner, Octavia Flora, 1975-

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X-Hair: 3D Printing Hair-like Structures with Multi-form, Multi-property and Multi-function by Wang, Guanyun, Ji, Junzhe, Xu, Yunkai, Ren, Lei, Wu, Xiaoyang, Zheng, Chunyuan, Zhou, Xiaojing, Tang, Xin, Feng, Boyu, Sun, Lingyun, Tao, Ye, Li, Jiaji

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The effect of bonding structure of diamond like carbon (DLC) film with surface nickel coating upon laser annealing by Xu, Naiyun, Tsang, Siu Hon, Tan, Chong Wei, Teo, Hang Tong, Wang, Xincai, Tay, Beng Kang

“…The Raman spectra shows more pronounced change for a-C films with Ni coating than those without Ni coating upon laser annealing, and the Raman features also suggest that the Ni surface coating can enhance formation of the six-ring graphitic-like sp2 ordering. Electrical measurement shows a low resistive characteristic for both set of films due to laser induced conducting sp2 clusters formation.…”
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China's outward foreign direct investments : analysis of its investments, track record to date and likely future trends by Tan, Teck Eng

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Conditional knock out of N-WASP in keratinocytes causes skin barrier defects and atopic dermatitis-like inflammation by Kalailingam, Pazhanichamy, Tan, Hui Bing, Jain, Neeraj, Sng, Ming Keat, Chan, Jeremy Soon Kiat, Tan, Nguan Soon, Thanabalu, Thirumaran

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A wearable circulator‐like circularly polarised antenna for full‐duplex wireless body area network applications by Thakur, Ajeet, Sharma, Ashwani, Garcia Zuazola, Ignacio Julio

“…A circulator‐like high gain, unidirectional, dual circularly polarised (DCP) wearable antenna with a low specific absorption rate of 0.088 W/kg for 5.8 GHz industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) band (5.725 − 5.875 GHz) full‐duplex wireless body area network (WBAN) applications is proposed. …”
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Experimental investigation on mode-I fracture properties of magnesium-based wood-like material using DIC technique by Li, C, Chen, H, Zhang, H, Marrow, TJ

“…To understand the fracture behaviors of a new environmentally friendly building material, namely magnesium-based wood-like material (MWM), three-point bending tests were carried out on single-edge notched beams to study its fracture properties. …”

How Stories Change Us : A Developmental Science of Stories from Fiction and Real Life / by Reese, Elaine, author 655966

“…Stories from fiction and real life have more in common than most people realize; neuroscience shows that remembering and imagining involve similar processes in the brain's default network. …”
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Predicting cognitive scores from wearable-based digital physiological features using machine learning: data from a clinical trial in mild cognitive impairment by Rykov, Yuri G., Patterson, Michael D., Gangwar, Bikram A., Jabar, Syaheed B., Leonardo, Jacklyn, Ng, Kok Pin, Kandiah, Nagaendran

Subjects: “…Medicine, Health and Life Sciences…”
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Effects of various surface treatments on the storage life of guava (Psidium guajava L) at 10°C by Mohamed, Suhaila, Kyi, Khin Ma Ma, Yusof, Salmah

“…The use or various surface treatments to prolong storage life of guavas at 10°C was examined. LDPE shrinkwrap was most effective in reducing weight loss and maintaining the firmness of guava (most likely indicating its effectiveness in alleviating water stress), followed by clingwrap packaging and 200 g litre−1 palm oil emulsion coating. …”

How to Hold a Grudge : From Resentment to Contentment- the Power of Grudges to Transform Your Life / by Hannah, Sophie, 1971- author 649175

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Development of a Self-Report Measure of Prediction in Daily Life: The Prediction-Related Experiences Questionnaire by O’Brien, Amanda M., May, Toni A., Koskey, Kristin L. K., Bungert, Lindsay, Cardinaux, Annie, Cannon, Jonathan, Treves, Isaac N., D’Mello, Anila M., Joseph, Robert M., Li, Cindy, Diamond, Sidney, Gabrieli, John D. E., Sinha, Pawan

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