3D printed magnetic digital microfluidics for biomedical applications by Kanitthamniyom, Pojchanun

“…However, conventional microfluidics has some drawbacks. For example, its external fluidic couplings and fluid pumps are often bulky and hinder its applications in POCT. …”
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Diagrammatic Representation and Inference : 12th International Conference, Diagrams 2021, Virtual, September 28-30, 2021, Proceedings / by Diagrams (Conference) (12th : 2021 : Online) 643173, Basu, Amrita, 1953-, editor 643175, Stapleton, Gem, editor 643176, Linker, Sven, editor 643177, Legg, Catherine, editor 643178, Manalo, Emmanuel, editor 643179, Viana, Petrucio, editor 643180

the other child / by Atkins, Lucy, 192824 author

“…When Tess is sent to photograph Greg, a high-profile paediatric heart surgeon, she sees something troubled in his face, and feels instantly drawn to him. Their relationship quickly deepens, but then Tess, single mother to nine-year-old Joe, falls pregnant, and Greg is offered the job ofa lifetime back in his hometown of Boston. …”

SINGAPORE STANDARD : Specification for clean and green urban farms – Agriculture Incorporating Amendment No. 1 /

“…The Singapore Standards Council and Enterprise Singapore will not be responsible for identifying all of such legal obligations. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this Singapore Standard may be the subject of patent rights. …”
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POWER TO CHOOSE / by Sargent, Haydn, author 656354

“…He ha touched the lives of thousands through his highly respected radio show and in thi: book he draws on that experience to show us how to enrich our lives and be the master of our own destiny - NOEL WHITTAKER.…”

Creative Research : The Theory and Practice of Research for the Creative Industries / by Collins, Hilary (Hilary J.), author 656091

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Modeling and technique to improve PSRR and PS-IMD in analog PWM class-D amplifiers by Ge, Tong, Chang, Joseph Sylvester

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Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Feigin, VL, Abate, MD, Abate, YH, Bandyopadhyay, S, Bennett, DA, Lacey, B, Newton, CRJ

“…We also calculated burden of stroke attributable to 23 risk factors and six risk clusters (air pollution, tobacco smoking, behavioural, dietary, environmental, and metabolic risks) at the global and regional levels (21 GBD regions and Socio-demographic Index [SDI] quintiles), using the standard GBD methodology. 95% uncertainty intervals (UIs) for each individual future estimate were derived from the 2·5th and 97·5th percentiles of distributions generated from propagating 500 draws through the multistage computational pipeline. …”

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

“…This book illuminates scientifically informed career practices from an interdisciplinary perspective, engaging readers with concrete strategies and practical tips for working with clients of all kinds. Drawing on vocational, industrial, organizational, and personality psychology, Career Development and Counseling is ideal for graduate students at the masters and doctoral levels in counseling, counseling psychology, counselor education, and educational psychology.…”
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Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 co... by Ferrari, AJ, Santomauro, DF, Aali, A, Lacey, BWH, Rodriguez, JAB

“…HALE estimates were produced using YLDs per capita and age-specific mortality rates by location, age, sex, year, and cause. 95% uncertainty intervals (UIs) were generated for all final estimates as the 2·5th and 97·5th percentiles values of 500 draws. …”

Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-... by Schumacher, AE, Kyu, HH, Aali, A, Almidani, O, Bandyopadhyay, S, Basnyat, B, Maude, RJ, Bennett, D, Browne, AJ, Dolecek, C, Dunachie, SJ, Newton, CRJ, Rodriguez, JAB

“…Uncertainty intervals (UIs) were calculated for every metric using the 25th and 975th ordered values from a 1000-draw posterior distribution. <p><b>Findings</b></p> Global all-cause mortality followed two distinct patterns over the study period: age-standardised mortality rates declined between 1950 and 2019 (a 62·8% [95% UI 60·5–65·1] decline), and increased during the COVID-19 pandemic period (2020–21; 5·1% [0·9–9·6] increase). …”

Exploring the limitations of osmotically assisted reverse osmosis: membrane fouling and the limiting flux by Peters, Christian D., Li, Dan, Mo, Zijing, Hankins, Nicholas P., She, Qianhong

“…First, internal membrane fouling at the draw (permeate) side was shown to be insignificant. …”
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Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022-2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Vollset, SE, Ababneh, HS, Abate, YH, Lacey, BWH, GBD 2021 Forecasting Collaborators

“…The forecasting framework includes computing the age-sex-specific future population for each location and separately for each scenario. 95% uncertainty intervals (UIs) for each individual future estimate were derived from the 2·5th and 97·5th percentiles of distributions generated from propagating 500 draws through the multistage computational pipeline.…”

Slowdown: the end of the great acceleration—and why it's good for the planet, the economy, and our lives by Dorling, D

“…In this powerful and timely argument, Danny Dorling demonstrates the benefits of a larger, ongoing societal slowdown <br> Drawing from an incredibly rich trove of global data, this groundbreaking book reveals that human progress has been slowing down since the early 1970s. …”

SMARTEYE - for human posture and activity monitoring Part 2 by Lim, Jay Boon Kiat

“…Although, an accuracy of only 28% has been achieved for lying posture detection, the implemented system managed to detect falling activities accurately. Therefore, a conclusion can be drawn such that the current status of the elderly can be monitored successfully using the implemented system.…”
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Design and development of energy saver electrical plug by Lee, Hong Eng

“…Researches and experiment were conducted to determine standby power drawn by domestic electrical appliances and the project was developed based on the data from the research. …”
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The relationship between leisure time physical activity patterns, Alzheimer’s disease markers and cognition by James, S, Sudre, CH, Barnes, J, Cash, DM, Chiou, Y, Coath, W, Keshavan, A, Lu, K, Malone, I, Murray-Smith, H, Nicholas, JM, Orini, M, Parker, T, Almeida-Meza, P, Fox, NC, Richards, M, Schott, JM

“…Findings drawn from 468 participants (49% female) demonstrated a direct association between being active before 50 years old (≤43 years) and throughout life (up to age 69 years), with larger hippocampal volume at age 70 (P &lt; 0.05). …”

Power-aware routing in wireless sensor networks by Zha, Wei

“…Spatial index based routing protocols are able to inquire a selected area without flooding the whole network. The drawbacks are the high cost of maintenance and the lack of scalability. …”
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Formal contracts mitigate social dilemmas in multi-agent reinforcement learning by Haupt, Andreas, Christoffersen, Phillip, Damani, Mehul, Hadfield-Menell, Dylan

“…It is an open problem in MARL to replicate such cooperative behaviors in selfish agents. In this work, we draw upon the idea of formal contracting from economics to overcome diverging incentives between agents in MARL. …”
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A study of shoppers' motives and profiles by Ang, Delphine Ling Ling, Seah, Beng Huey, Hee, Li Ling

“…The study also revealed that the draw factors for the two kinds of shopping centres differ. …”
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