Extreme rainfall and landslides as a response to human-induced climate change: a case study at Baixada Santista, Brazil, 2020 by Couto de Souza, D, Crespo, NM, Vieira da Silva, D, Harada, LM, Parrode de Godoy, RM, Domingues, LM, Luiz, R, Bortolozo, CA, Metodiev, D, Magalhaes de Andrade, MR, Hartley, A, Cesario de Abreu, R, Li, S, Lott, F, Sparrow, S

“…Changes in land cover and urbanization showed a pronounced increase in urbanized area in Guarujá (107%), São Vicente (61.7%) and Santos (36.9%) and a reduction in farming area. In recent years, the region has experienced an increase in population growth and a rise in the proportion of irregular and/or precarious housing in high-risk areas. …”

Going ‘meta’: a systematic review of metacognition and functional neurological disorder by Sadnicka, A, Strudwick, A, Grogan, JP, Manohar, S, Nielsen, G

“…This systematic review provides an analytical checkpoint of the evidence after the first five years of experimental work. We firstly summarize current methods for testing metacognition, prerequisite knowledge that allows readers to independently evaluate the evidence. …”

Biologic therapies and the need for hip and knee replacement amongst patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A population-based epidemiology study using electronic medical records and... by Hawley, S

“…The results suggested no significant impact of biologics on rates of joint replacement, although in age-stratified analyses biologics was associated with a 40% reduction in THR rates amongst patients ≥60 years old.</p> <p>To conclude, a reduction is observed in population-level rates of THR and TKR amongst RA patients (compared to non-RA patients) following the introduction of biologics. …”

Théodore Rousseau (1812-67), his patrons and his public by Kelly, S

“…</p><p>In Part I, I examine Rousseau's involvement with the members of his circle including those who supported him during his years of absence from the Salon, the critic, Théophile Thoré, the industrialist, Frédéric Hartmannn and the civil servant, Alfred Sensier. …”

Fluorescent imaging and bio-cellular uptake assessment of gold-near infrared dye conjugated cockle shell calcium carbonate nanoparticles by Kiranda, H.K., Mahmud, R.B., Mahmood, S.K., Zakaria, Z.A.

“…In recent years, fluorescent imaging has emerged as an active area of interest in medical imaging. …”
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Bioinformatics analysis and spatiotemporal distribution of the f lic gene and its protein isolated from Escherichia coli-infected patients in Eastern Algeria by Harrar, Abdenassar, Awang Hamat, Rukman, Hamidechi, Mohamed Abdelhafid

“…This study examined the presence of fliC mutant strains of E. coli in infected patients from different age groups, sexes and sample types in eastern Algerian provinces over a span of 2 years. Methods: This retrospective, cross-sectional study involved three provinces in eastern Algeria: i) Bordj Bou Arreridj, ii) Setif and iii) Batna. …”
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Relationship between personality traits, parental attachment, locus of control and acculturation with psychological well-being of Iranian adolescents in Malaysia by Mobarakeh, Mohammad Reza Vakili

“…Correlational research design were used, involving 300 male and female Iranian high school students with the age range of 13-16 years in Kuala Lumpur. The participants were identified by using cluster random sampling technique. …”
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Shift work: the impact on sleep quality Among critical care nurses in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia by Jaafar, Nor Rasidah Mohd

“…The result of this study revealed that there is no significant relationship between selected sociodemographic characteristics (age, gender, marital status, years of working experiences with shift work and monthly household incomes) with level of sleep quality among critical care nurses in HUSM (p > 0.05). …”
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Knowledge, attitude and practice in burn first aid among nursing student at school of health sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia by Munir, Muhammad Shafiq

“…Association between sociodemographic and KAP was tested using Chi-square test showed significant associations between better knowledge and advanced years of study (p=0.021), degree-level education (p=0.046), and prior awareness of burn first aid (p=0.016). …”
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The Emergence of State Sphere in Social Media: A Political Balkanization in Malaysia by Mohamed@Bakar, Badrul Azmier, Yusoff, Moharnrnad Agus, Mohd. Zain, Zawiyah, Efendi, Dori

“…Malaysia’s political experience in recent years, in particular the 12th General Election (GE-12) in 2008 is comparable to the Arab Spring in view of the alluring role of social media and its gladiatorial impacts in politics. …”
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Examining the Empirical Model of Malaysian Youth Motivation in Political Participation: The Three-Culture Perspective (S/O 14182) by Halim, Haslina, Mohamad, Bahtiar, Dalib, Syarizan, Abdu, Shamsu Dauda

“…The survey involved 525 Malaysian youth aged between 18 and 35 years. The results demonstrate that there is a significant relationship between perceived information quality, political interest, political knowledge and political participation. …”
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Exploring the Role of Department of Social Welfare Malaysia in Enhancing the Efficiency of Productive Welfare by Salim, Norsalina, Anuar, Herman Shah

“…MPKP encompasses monitoring, collaboration, staff capacity building, policy review,insights from foreign models, policy influence, and community engagement. Aligned with the 2 Years Exit Program (2YEP), MPKP promises to strengthen welfare initiatives and drive poverty alleviation, thereby contributing to a brighter future for all Malaysians…”
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Investigation on virtual reality applications by Jiang, Yuan

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Rethinking China's engagement in Africa. by Liu, Xue.

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From Research to Search: Technologies and Techniques of Legal Research, 1880-1980 by Reiss Sorokin, Alex

“…In 1964, the Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA) embarked on a project to harness computer technology to automate legal research. After three years of investigation, it established the Ohio Bar Automated Research (OBAR) organization and contracted a local computer company, Data Corporation, to develop an electronic legal research service. …”
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Double Diffusion, Shear Instabilities, and Heat Impacts of a Pacific Summer Water Intrusion in the Beaufort Sea by Fine, Elizabeth C., MacKinnon, Jennifer A., Alford, Matthew H., Middleton, Leo, Taylor, John, Mickett, John B., Cole, Sylvia T., Couto, Nicole, Boyer, Arnaud Le, Peacock, Thomas

“…Lateral fluxes are much larger, estimated between 1000 and 5000 W m<jats:sup>−2</jats:sup>, and set an overall decay rate for the intrusion of 1–5 years.…”
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Optimizing resource allocation in large communications satellite constellations by Pachler de la Osa, Nils

“…Satellite communications are becoming a key technology for maintaining connectivity in a world driven by information. In the recent years, established players (such as SES and Telesat), as well as new competitors (such as SpaceX and Amazon) have proposed constellations able to serve hundreds of thousands of users, using thousands of satellites. …”
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Insights from an Experiment Crowdsourcing Data from Thousands of US Amazon Users: The importance of transparency, money, and data use by Berke, Alex, Mahari, Robert, Pentland, Sandy, Larson, Kent, Calacci, Dana

“…This paper shares an innovative approach to crowdsourcing user data to collect otherwise inaccessible Amazon purchase histories, spanning 5 years, from more than 5,000 U.S. users. We developed a data collection tool that prioritizes participant consent and includes an experimental study design. …”
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EyeTrAES: Fine-grained, Low-Latency Eye Tracking via Adaptive Event Slicing by Sen, Argha, Bandara, Nuwan, Gokarn, Ila, Kandappu, Thivya, Misra, Archan

“…Eye-tracking technology has gained significant attention in recent years due to its wide range of applications in human-computer interaction, virtual and augmented reality, and wearable health. …”
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Molecular engineering of biomolecule-based functional nanodots for biomedical applications by Xu Victor Hesheng

“…In recent years, nanotechnology has gained considerable attention owing to its numerous attractive properties. …”
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