Influenza messaging is better than no messaging at all : an experimental assessment of the effects of goal framing and affected-person framing on influenza vaccination attitudes an... by Kong, Wei Yi

“…The persuasiveness of goal framing on preventive behaviors has been established in past research but its effect on vaccination is inconsistent, and highlighting recipients of health benefits or consequences was suggested to moderate framing effects. …”
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Establishing the association between traditional tobacco, e-cigarette and dual use and mental health problems among high school students: results from a 2022 behavioral surveillanc... by Thepthien, BO, Tinn, CS, Sharma, R

“…This study examined the association among past-year use of conventional cigarette (CC), e-cigarette (EC), dual use (using both CC and EC), with presence of substance use (i.e., alcohol use and marijuana use), having friends and family members who use cigarettes, and mental health problems (e.g., depression, anxiety, psychological distress (PD), problem gambling (PG) and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)). …”

Food environments and obesity: a geospatial analysis of the South Asia Biobank, income and sex inequalities by Atanasova, Petya, Kusuma, Dian, Pineda, Elisa, Anjana, Ranjit Mohan, De Silva, Laksara, Hanif, Abu A. M., Hasan, Mehedi, Hossain, Md Mokbul, Indrawansa, Susantha, Jayamanne, Deepal, Jha, Sujeet, Kasturiratne, Anuradhani, Katulanda, Prasad, Khawaja, Khadija I., Kumarendran, Balachandran, Mrida, Malay K., Rajakaruna, Vindya, Chambers, John Campbell, Frost, Gary, Sassi, Franco, Miraldo, Marisa

“…Interpretation: The results suggest the availability of fast-food outlets influences obesity, especially among female and lower-income groups. …”
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Report on professional attachment with American International Assurance. by Cheung, Wai Man.

“…This will be followed by the description of the tangible benefits of the PA program - the various projects and tasks author has been doing and learning for the past 8 weeeks.…”
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Pareto Adaptive Robust Optimality via a Fourier–Motzkin Elimination lens by Bertsimas, Dimitris, ten Eikelder, Stefan C. M., den Hertog, Dick, Trichakis, Nikolaos

“…A worst-case optimal solution pair of here-and-now decisions and wait-and-see decisions is PARO if it cannot be Pareto dominated by another solution, i.e., there does not exist another worst-case optimal pair that performs at least as good in all scenarios in the uncertainty set and strictly better in at least one scenario. …”
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Design of IIR filters by optimization techniques by Wang, Zhe.

“…In this report, mainly two Minimax design techniques of Digital IIR Filters namely Sequential Constrained Least-Squares Method combined with Steiglitz-McBride (SCLS SM) and Sequential Minimization Procedure for Minimax Design of IIR Filter Based on Second-Order Factor Updates (SMSOF) are presented to solve the two optimization design issues on IIR filters, which refers to converting the non-convex optimization problem into the convex problem and the stability issue of IIR filters. …”
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Understanding the physical and chemical properties of keratin films by Chia, Sheryl CaiYing.

“…From the SEM images, the morphology of the film with least glycerol seems the smoothest while the one with the most glycerol shows folding and creasing. …”
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Advanced diagnosis of electrical systems by Cao, Huimin

“…Two kind of faults are investigated in this project: sensor measurement error and power cell fault. “l1 regularized least-squares optimization” method is employed for sensor fault identification. …”
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Calibration and limits of camera-based fluorescence correlation spectroscopy : a supported lipid bilayer study by Bag, Nirmalya, Sankaran, Jagadish, Paul, Alexandra, Kraut, Rachel Susan, Wohland, Thorsten

“…This allows us to provide measurements of absolute diffusion coefficients for bilayers with different compositions, which were stable over many different bilayer preparations over a time of at least one year, using a single PSF calibration.…”
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Interventions for smoking cessation in hospitalised patients: a systematic review by Munafò, M, Rigotti, N, Lancaster, T, Stead, L, Murphy, M

“…<p><b>Conclusions</b></p> High intensity behavioural interventions that include at least 1 month of follow up contact are effective in promoting smoking cessation in hospitalised patients. …”

Moringa oleifera seed oils: Physico-chemical characterization and its authentication using FTIR spectroscopy and chemometrics by Irnawati, Rohman, Abdul, Yamin, Ahmad Fadzillah, Nurrulhidayah, Azmi, Aida Azrina, Nurlatifah, Windarsih, Anjar, Susidarti, Ratna Asmah, Ruslin

“…Partial least square (PLS) could predict soybean oil levels as adulterant at combined wavenumbers region of 2935-2830 and 1800-710 cm−1. …”
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An approach to determining credit worthiness of Indonesian banks. by Ong, Sally Kar Imm., Seet, Yeng Fang.

“…The Indonesian market is a fast growing market with good growth potential. Hitherto, lendings by the Singapore branch have been directly mainly to state-owned banks and are mainly short terms in nature.…”
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A study of customer satisfaction on the hamburger chains in Singapore by Goh Shi-ping, Mok Nessie, Ong Chin Yee

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Autofocusing of light for Raman imaging by Krishnamoorthi, Shalini

“…This particular study has proposed solution called autofocusing which could be fast and cost effective.…”
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Design of a power management unit for a wireless-power-transfer-enabled wireless sensor node by Luo, Hao

“…It achieves a fast settling-time of 610 ns against a load step-up and -down between 0 and 50 mA in 100 ns. …”
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Application of linear programming: in the feed manufacturing industry by Chia, Tschen Tschen, Chia, Yeong Song, Gan, Boon Kiat

“…The application of linear programming model in the diet problem has matured, especially in the feed m manufacturing industry where linear programming model is used to determine the least cost formulation of the firm’s feed manufacturing.…”
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Indonesia's rise & its regional implications by Emirza Adi Syailendra

“…Indonesia's projected rise as a medium power may see at least two likely scenarios. The first is one of power diffusion while the second sees Indonesia asserting a greater leadership role in the Asia Pacific. …”
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Whither energy cooperation in Latin America? by Flores-Quiroga, A

“…The first, which is an expression of energy abundance, hints at the promise of integration; but the second suggests this might be wishful thinking, at least for the time being. The future of Latin American energy cooperation will depend largely on which of these two conflicting tendencies prevails.…”

Understanding systemic cooling poverty by Mazzone, A, De Cian, E, Falchetta, G, Jani, A, Mistry, M, Khosla, R

“…The poorest and most disadvantaged people, who contributed the least to global warming, are the ones bearing the most severe consequences of extreme heat because of their limited adaptive capacity. …”

Holocene relative sea-level histories of tropical islands by Tan, Fangyi

“…In particular, RSL changes in tropical locations distal from the deglaciation centres of past ice sheets are sensitive to the input of meltwater into the oceans (otherwise known as ‘ice-equivalent sea-level changes’). …”
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