Cohort differences in physical health and disability in the United States and Europe by Gimeno, L, Goisis, A, Dowd, JB, Ploubidis, GB

“…Still, in both the United States and Europe, we observed a structural break in disability trends, with declines observed in prewar cohorts slowing, stalling, or reversing for cohorts born since 1945. <p><strong> Discussion</strong></p> In all regions, we found evidence for worsening health across cohorts, particularly for those born since 1945. …”

Elephant in the room by Muhammad Iskandar Thani BMB, Ng, Qin Ching

“…A man born without a soul finds himself on a quest to 'fix' himself after the death of his mother. …”
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THE DOUBLE HELIX / by Trueit, Trudi Strain, author 655686

“…First, Cruz took a few shots of the canyon walls. The sky was turning a deep rose orange. Aunt Marisol would love this. …”

The radial spreading of volcanic umbrella clouds deduced from satellite measurements by Prata, F, Prata, A, Tanner, R, Grainger, RG, Borgas, M, Aubry, TJ

“…A hyperbolic tangent model, A ⇠ tanh (C) is presented that matches the entire radial spreading time history and has a conserved torus-shaped volume in which the intrusion depth is 20 proportional to sech (C). …”

AND THEREBY HANGS A TALE / by Jeffrey Archer, author 507936

“…Jamwal and Nisha fall in love while waiting for a traffic light to turn green in Delhi…thus begins one of the 15 short stories Jeffrey Archer has gathered from around the globe during the past five years in this, his sixth collection, of enthralling short stories. …”

Efficient digital traffic accident mapping by Koo, T. K.

“…This paper describes the design and development of one system born out of an attempt to produce a low cost, simple to use, photogrammetric-based three dimensional computer graphics visualization system for traffic accident mapping.…”
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Polarimetric Microwave Imaging / by Yang, Ruliang, author 643133, Dai, Bowei, author 643135, Tan, Lulu, author 643136, Liu, Xiuqing, author 643137, Yang, Zhen, author 643138, Li, Haiying, author 643139

“…Part II, which focuses on information processing, highlights the new theories and methods used in PolSAR, such as statistical properties analysis for images, speckle reduction, image enhancement, polarimetric target decomposition, and classification of PolSAR target detection. In turn, Part III, on the applications of polarimetric SAR, discusses the geophysical parameter retrieval of PolSAR data, polarimetric interferometric SAR information processing, compact polarimetric interferometric SAR information processing, and the effects of terrain tilt in azimuth direction on PolSAR data. …”

The Technology Doesn't Matter : Prioritizing the People in IT Business Alignment / by Lockett, Rachel, author 655215, John Wiley & Sons (Online service) 647106

“…In The Technology Doesn’t Matter: Prioritizing the People in IT Business Alignment, veteran IT executive Rachel Lockett delivers an engaging and insightful discussion of how to turn around IT departments struggling to effectively collaborate with their business counterparts. …”
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Localised and bifurcating structures in planar shear flows by Wang, Zhe

“…With broken rotational symmetry, periodic orbits can experience a Neimark-Sacker bifurcation leading to a torus, a phase locking, a period-doubling cascade, a heteroclinic bifurcation, a coexistence between the quasiperiodic and chaotic behaviours. …”
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DARE by Balete, Camille Louise Garcia

“…DARE celebrates grit and hardiness through a montage of imagery that illustrate struggles born from limitations. Characters are used as parallels as they go through a white-knuckled grind of preparation, pursuit, struggle, and overcoming.…”
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Non-destructive Testing and Repair of Pipelines / by Barkanov, Evgeny N., editor 655999, Dumitrescu, Andrei, editor 656000, Parinov, Ivan A., 1956-, editor 656002

“…The book subsequently shares the results of non-destructive testing for different types of materials applications and advanced composite repair systems, and characterizes the mechanical properties by means of fracture methods and non-destructive techniques. In turn, the book assesses the currently available technologies for reinforcement of pipelines, drawing on the experience gained by project partners, and evaluates the recovery of the carrying capacity of pipeline sections with local corrosion damage by means of analytical and numerical procedures. …”
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How Taoism addresses unbalanced lives of urban female : see things differently by Lam, Nu Lien Minh

“…Born, educated and grown in developing countries that are still faithful to tradition and cultural heritage, young Asian women encounter inevitable tensions between tradition and modern lifestyles that makes her loose harmony and balance in her daily life. …”
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Anatomy of gloom. by Lim, Gwen Yuan Wen.

“…The Puppet wakes up in a gloomy world. Like a new born baby, she is amused her existence. A spider crawls out of her heart and hynotises the puppet, shows her an perplexing illusion of a woman trapped inside a massive flower. …”
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Numerical model and experimental investigation on the optical trapping of microsphere sample by Muhammad Haer Jam Hari.

“…With the increasing emphasis put on research and development in the industry, more sophisticated technology were born. The biomedical engineering field is no stranger to tremendous research and development efforts in the recent years. …”
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Feel to hear by Ummi Kaltsum Mohamed Bakri

“…Feel to Hear is a project inspired by hearing loss and the curiousity of the ways children born with profound deafness learn about sounds without the use of hearing aids. …”
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Exhibiting Southeast Asia in the cultural Cold War: geopolitics of regional art exhibitions (1940s-1980s) by Ditzig Kathleen Elizabeth Li-Ying

“…Exhibiting Southeast Asia in the Cultural Cold War studies these exhibitions through focusing on what I term the bureaucracy of exhibition-making, wherein archival traces make visible the geopolitics and other agonisms that define the exhibitionary process. This in turn reveals how exhibition-makers were able to engage with and even influence the international order while still functioning within local and regional art worlds—in museums, art associations and art centers—and without official political station. …”
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Elite sports and national identity : a case study of Singapore's participation in the Olympics by Deepan Kaleselvan

“…Likewise, Singapore is also engaged in recruiting elite foreign-born athletes. This is done in the hope of rallying the masses behind the victories of the athletes and boosting their national pride. …”
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Inequality and the 1% by Dorling, D

“…Even before birth, being born outside the 1% will have dramatic impact on the rest of your life: it will reduce your life expectancy, educational and work prospects, as well as your mental health. …”

The life and works of Fu Maoji 傅懋勣的生平和学术活动 by Xu, Lin

“…His sobriquet was Zijia. He was born on May 16, 1911, and passed away in Beijing after an illness on September 13, 1988, at the age of 77. …”
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“Why do people kill each other?” (Tolstoy and empire) by Zorin, A

“…Tolstoy always believed that the resistance to invaders and the defence of land where humans were born, by which products they are fed and where they are going to life after death is natural, but considered this instinct as pre-moral and pre-Christian contradicting the personal moral conscience that unconditionally rejects all sorts of violence.…”