Prism by Ho, Clement Yong En

“…The question is: what makes these games so addictive and what draws people to them?…”
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Hearing loss and risk of major osteoporotic fracture: a population-based cohort study in the United Kingdom by Khalid, S, Alhambra, DP, Hasheminasab, SA, Vinogradova, Y, Qureshi, N, Ratzinger, M, Brunetti, V, Salas, A, Canals, L

“…Significant risk factors for MOF and hip fracture included age ≥ 70 years, fracture history, falls, osteoporosis diagnosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder and cardiovascular disease (HL cohort). …”

Fictions of youth: childness in selected West African novels, 1991-2009 by Moellenberg, T

“…A "child" here is defined as a human person under age 18 and is referred to using the term <em>childness</em>, drawing from the work of children's literature scholar Peter Hollindale. …”

Atomic Habits : Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results : An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones / by Clear, James, author 656048

“…Clear is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work. Here, he draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible. …”

Performance study of mobility support in WiMAX network by Guo, Aifen.

“…IEEE 802.16 technology is attractive in a wide variety of environments, and becomes a potential candidate to satisfy the requirements of high data rate and wide coverage in the next generation wireless communication system. …”
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Buying influence? The international diplomacy behind donor financing of the World Bank’s International Development Association by Xu, J

“…The first is why the hegemon maintained its burden shares regardless of rise or fall in economic status; I call this <em>‘Hegemonic Lag’</em>. …”

Thermal energy storage enhancement of latent heat thermal energy storage systems by Low, Zheng Hua

“…With respect to horizontal fins, positively inclined fins of +15º and +30º delayed the full melt time by 3.8% and 4.0%, respectively, while negatively inclined fins at -15º and -30º improved the melt fraction difference by up to 5.2%. …”
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Immunity debt for seasonal influenza after the COVID-19 pandemic and as a result of non-pharmaceutical interventions: an ecological analysis and cohort study by Chen, L, Guo, Y, López-Güell, K, Ma, J, Dong, Y, Xie, J, Prieto Alhambra, D

“…Our findings support the population immunity debt hypothesis for influenza and call for proactive preparations against its consequences in future pandemics.…”

Tuning the selectivity of NH 3 oxidation via cooperative electronic interactions between platinum and copper sites by Chen, L, Guan, X, Fei, Z, Asakura, H, Zhang, L, Wang, Z, Su, X, Yao, Z, Keenan, LL, Hayama, S, van Spronsen, MA, Karagoz, B, Held, G, Allen, CS, Hopkinson, DG, Decarolis, D, Callison, J, Dyson, PJ, Wang, FR

“…Operando XAFS studies reveal that the surface Pt atoms in PtSCuO/Al2O3 enhance the redox properties of the Cu species, thus accelerating the Cu2+ reduction rate and improving the rate of the NH3-SCO reaction. …”

Reframing reflexivity: collaborative ethics, collective responsibility, and learnings from researching Russia’s war on Ukraine by Howlett, M, Kurylo, B

“…This paper critically examines the role of reflexivity in the study of wars, conflicts, and authoritarianism, drawing on insights gained from researching Russia’s war against Ukraine. …”

Discussion on relevance and studies of prescription compatibility in Chinese medicine by Loh, Steven Cheng Toa, Goh, Xin Yi

“…The complexity of various herbs in combined effect, the absorption and utility rate by the body, uniqueness of individual physique, sub-types of pathological behaviors and time-line progression of the healing process add on to the complication of understanding the full effect of CM. …”
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Protectionism in Thailand insurance industry by Yong, Zi Ling, Vu, Hong Ha, Liu, Can

“…Three measures are used; growth rate, concentration level and government regulation. …”
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Shaped Bessel beam singulation of glass substrates by Chia, Hao Guang

“…A practical approach has been then devised to remove the challenges posed by lack of full depth penetration at the edges and the association fracture pattern. …”
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The low overpotential regime of acidic water oxidation part II: trends in metal and oxygen stability numbers by Scott, Soren B., Sørensen, Jakob E., Rao, Reshma R., Moon, Choongman, Kibsgaard, Jakob, Shao-Horn, Yang, Chorkendorff, Ib

“…We show that materials based on RuOx have a higher dissolution rate than the rate of incorporation of labelled oxygen from the catalyst into the O2 evolved (“labelled OER”), while for IrOx-based catalysts the two rates are comparable. …”
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Strength of rotator cuff repair by Leong, Jeremy Zhi Wei

“…The specimens were cyclically loaded between 10 N and 180 N at a rate of 8.33 mm/s for 3000 cycles. Following which, each specimen was pulled to failure at a rate of 1 mm/s. …”
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Impact of BPL penalty functions and PSF models in PET/CT radial spatial resolution recovery by Si, Wang Jie

“…A capillary tube was used to draw the selected drop, creating the point source with volume 1 mm3. …”
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Volunteer service motivations in eldercare : an explorative study of meaningful inputs from existing volunteers, with the purpose of devising strategies for increased volunteer par... by Lim, Russell Fang Yu

“…The Singapore government is known for its stance against welfare state policies. It calls on Voluntary Welfare Organizations (VWO) and individuals, to step up and provide necessary social services. …”
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An assessment of India’s energy landscape: 2008–13 by Deb, K

“…A five-year average GDP growth rate of 8.6 per cent per annum (p.a.) over 2003–8, more than twice that of the world average of 3.8 per cent p.a., and a full percentage point higher than the rest of the non-OECD countries (7.6 per cent p.a.), had arguably set India up for what was expected to be a period of high growth, rivalling that of China. …”

IoT - development of home automation system 2 by Muhammad Irsyad Redzuan

“…The system is also capable of operating at full automation while still allowing overrides by the user. …”
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Dynamical Janus interface design for reversible and fast-charging zinc–iodine battery under extreme operating conditions by Zong, W, Li, J, Zhang, C, Dai, Y, Ouyang, Y, Zhang, L, Li, J, Zhang, W, Chen, R, Dong, H, Gao, X, Zhu, J, Parkin, IP, Shearing, PR, Lai, F, Amine, K, Liu, T, He, G

“…Due to this design, we demonstrate an excellent Zn-plating/-stripping behavior in Zn||Cu asymmetric cells over 1000 cycles with an average Coulombic efficiency (CE) of 99.95%. Moreover, the Zn||I2 full cells achieve a high-rate capability (217.1 mA h g–1 at 40 A g–1; C rate of 189.5C) at room temperature and enable stable cycling with a CE of more than 99% at −50 °C at a current density of 0.05 A g–1. …”