幽禁中之丰姿，落寞中之妖冶：《唐詩名媛集》述評 = Charming in silence and coquettish in desolate : a commentary on Tangshi Mingyuan Ji by 曲景毅 Qu, Jingyi

“…Tangshi mingyuan ji 唐詩名媛集 (A compilation of Tang poems on mingyuan) is one of the volumes of Tangshi yanyi pin 唐詩艷逸品 (Exemplars of the flamboyant and the elegant in Tang poetry) edited by late Ming scholar Yang Zhaozhi 楊肇祉. …”
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Normal People / by Rooney, Sally, author 631806, Faber (Online service) 656045

“…Well-off Marianne blossoms at university, becoming pretty and popular, while Connell struggles for the first time in his life to fit in properly with his peers. The two weave in and out of each other's lives during their university years, developing an intense bond that exposes their traumas and insecurities.…”
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Career Development and Counseling : Putting Theory and Research to Work / by Brown, Steven D. (Steven Douglas), 1947-, editor 370878, Lent, Robert W. (Robert William), 1953-, editor 370884, John Wiley & Sons (Online service) 647106

“…The newly revised and thoroughly updated third edition of Career Development and Counseling retains many features of the celebrated second edition, including in-depth coverage of major theories of career development, interventions and assessment systems across the life span, and the roles of diversity, individual differences, and social factors in career development. …”
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AND THEREBY HANGS A TALE / by Jeffrey Archer, author 507936

“…From Germany comes Masterpiece, the tale of a priceless oil painting that has remained in the same family for over 200 years, until… To the Channel Islands, and Members Only, where a golf ball falls out of a Christmas cracker and a young man’s life will never be the same again… To Italy, where a young man trying to book a hotel room ends up in bed with the receptionist, unaware that she… To England, where, in High Heels, a woman explains to her husband why a pair of designer shoes couldn’t have gone up in flames because… Some of these stories will make you laugh. …”

Understanding mental health content on social media and it’s effect towards suicidal ideation by Bhuiyan, Mohaiminul Islam, Nur Shazwani, Kamarudin, Nur Hafieza, Ismail

“…The review discusses the potential of these technologies to serve as a life-saving tool by identifying at-risk individuals through their digital traces. …”
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Trends and Determinants of Location of Death Due to Colorectal Cancer in the United States by Sonal, Swati, Jain, Bhav, Bajaj, Simar S., Dee, Edward C., Boudreau, Chloe, Cusack, James C., Kunitake, Hiroko, Goldstone, Robert, Bordeianou, Liliana G., Cauley MD, Christy E., Francone, Todd D., Ricciardi, Rocco, Qadan, Motaz, Berger, David L.

“…Conclusions The gradual shift in location of death of patients who die of CRC from institutionalized settings to home and hospice is a promising trend and reflects the prioritization of patient goals for end-of-life care by healthcare providers. However, there are existing sociodemographic disparities in access to deaths at home and in hospice, which emphasizes the need for policy interventions to reduce health inequity in end-of-life care for CRC.…”
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Domain Adversarial Convolutional Neural Network Improves the Accuracy and Generalizability of Wearable Sleep Assessment Technology by Nunes, Adonay S., Patterson, Matthew R., Gerstel, Dawid, Khan, Sheraz, Guo, Christine C., Neishabouri, Ali

“…Despite being around for many years, accelerometer-alone devices continue to be useful due to their low cost, long battery life, and ease of use. Improving the accuracy and generalizability of sleep algorithms for accelerometer wrist devices is of utmost importance. …”
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A facile formulation based on polyacrylate resin for SLA 3D printing by Lie, Anthony

“…Furthermore, we also tried to find a way to improve toughness for acrylate-based polymer material by the addition of plastic additives so as to improve their chances of being utilised for real-life applications. We were able to increase the toughness by a certain amount, but different situations may arise which may change the possibility of this increment being crucial into allowing the acylate-based polymer to be useful for real-life applications. …”
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Design of RF front-end circuit blocks for low-power applications by Lim, Kok Meng

“…Wireless communication has become a natural part of everyone’s life, its presence can be seen all around. The high frequency circuits include low noise amplifiers (LNA), mixers and pre-amplifiers (PA). …”
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史铁生作品中的终极关怀 = The ultimate concern in the works of Shi Tiesheng by 王睿琳 Wang, Rui Lin

“…Shi Tiesheng is a thoughtful writer in contemporary literary world, who sets out from his own situation, feeling the humanistic dilemma by crossing beyond the individual, then the universality of in which leads to his philosophical thinking of life. This paper analyzes his novels, proposes, essays, poems, letters and so on to obtain the subject tendency of his writing - exploration of the ultimate concern of life. …”
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Infection spreading, detection and control in community networks by Yu, Yi, Xiao, Gaoxi

“…Despite all these efforts, however, our understanding of why community structures widely exist in so many real-life systems, or in other words, the benefits/drawbacks for real-life systems to have community structures, remains to be rather limited. …”
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Machine learning techniques for building predictive maintenance: a review by Adhikari, Aravinda, Karunaratne, Tharindu, Sumanarathna, Nipuni

“…Background and aim: Proper maintenance is crucial for ensuring the sustainable use of building systems and equipment throughout their life cycles. Predictive maintenance strategies aim to minimise unplanned downtime and improve equipment lifespan, but their implementation is complex. …”
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Joyce's Blake: troubling idealism by Harder, M

“…I examine the contexts from which and into which Joyce mobilises Blake’s volatile status. During Joyce’s life, the body of Blake’s available work was fragmented and of variable quality. …”

Predictive factors for the diagnosis of coeliac disease in children and young people in primary care: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Farrier, CE, Wanat, M, Harnden, A, Paterson, A, Roberts, N, Saatci, D, Hirst, J

“…Meta-analyses of 28 factors found 14 significant associations with CD diagnosis: having type 1 diabetes (OR 8.70), having a first degree relative with coeliac disease (OR 5.19), being of white ethnicity (OR 2.56), having thyroid disease (OR 2.16), being female (OR 1.53), more frequent gastroenteritis in early childhood (OR 1.48), having frequent respiratory infections in early childhood (OR 1.47), more gluten ingestion in early life (OR 1.25), having more infections in early life (OR 1.22), antibiotic use in early childhood (OR 1.21), being born in the summer (OR 1.09), breastfeeding (OR 0.79) older age at diagnosis of type 1 diabetes (OR 0.64), and heavier weight (SMD -0.21). …”

Molecular and physiological consequences of prematurity and blood pressure elevation on the young adult left ventricular stress response by Huckstep, O

“…Acute disease usually strikes later in life, but risk trajectories are established earlier and are impacted by factors including preterm birth and blood pressure elevation. …”

Understanding the lived experiences of people living with epilepsy: oral history assessment in the Shai Osudoku and Ningo Prampram districts, Ghana by Asiamah, S, Gyeke, PD, Darkwa, EK, Mahone, S, Williams, J, Akpalu, A, Newton, CR, Sottie, C, Adjei, P

“…Furthermore, there is the need to ensure that PLWE have access to improved healthcare to increase their quality of life.</p>…”

The social determinants of mental health and disorder: evidence, prevention and recommendations by Kirkbride, JB, Anglin, DM, Colman, I, Dykxhoorn, J, Jones, PB, Patalay, P, Pitman, A, Soneson, E, Steare, T, Wright, T, Griffiths, SL

“…People exposed to more unfavourable social circumstances are more vulnerable to poor mental health over their life course, in ways that are often determined by structural factors which generate and perpetuate intergenerational cycles of disadvantage and poor health. …”

RADAR-AD: assessment of multiple remote monitoring technologies for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease by Lentzen, M, Vairavan, S, Muurling, M, Alepopoulos, V, Atreya, A, Boada, M, de Boer, C, Conde, P, Curcic, J, Frisoni, G, Galluzzi, S, Gjestsen, MT, Gkioka, M, Grammatikopoulou, M, Hausner, L, Hinds, C, Lazarou, I, de Mendonça, A, Nikolopoulos, S, Religa, D, Scebba, G, Jelle Visser, P, Wittenberg, G, Narayan, V

“…Using them could allow for earlier detection and intervention, thereby improving patients’ quality of life. Furthermore, the Amsterdam iADL questionnaire holds high potential when employed remotely.…”

Antiquity as authority: Jesus and the patriarchs in the Gospel of John by Van Dyk, SL

“…In each instance, the challenge directed to Jesus is contextually linked with his authority to offer eternal life (John 4:10, 13-14; 8:51-52). This study uses historical-critical exegesis to assess the Johannine author’s use of <em>synkrisis</em> to portray the authority of Jesus as greater than the authority of the patriarchs Jacob and Abraham. …”

Volatile flavor compounds of gamma irradiated Cucumis sativus L. (cucumber) seeds by simultaneous distillation extraction and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis by Showkat, Warda Nazneen, Khan, Naeem, Jamila, Nargis, Nishan, Umar, Minhaz, Aaliya, Dad, Waseem, Choi, Ji Yeon, Ibrahim, Mohamed A., Kim, Kyong Su

“…Food irradiation is a technique applied to increase food safety and prolongs shelf life. Irradiation with gamma rays is one of the sterilization and preservation methods used in the food industry. …”
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