Use of Mid Upper-Arm Circumference (MUAC) as screening tool in an urban township in the Eastern Cape: rationale for testing changed cut-off values to identify malnutrition by McLaren, Shawn, Steenkamp, Liana, Venter, Danie

“…Results The current WHO MUAC cut-off values to identify MAM have a high specificity, but performed poorly when tested for sensitivity. The r-value (0.78) for the relationship between WHZ and MUAC suggests a dependent relationship between these two indicators. …”
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Event rates and incidence of post-COVID-19 condition in hospitalised SARS-CoV-2 positive children and young people and controls across different pandemic waves: exposure-stratified... by Pazukhina, E, Rumyantsev, M, Baimukhambetova, D, Bondarenko, E, Markina, N, El-Taravi, Y, Petrova, P, Ezhova, A, Andreeva, M, Iakovleva, E, Bobkova, P, Pikuza, M, Trefilova, A, Abdeeva, E, Galiautdinova, A, Filippova, Y, Bairashevskaia, A, Zolotarev, A, Bulanov, N, DunnGalvin, A, Chernyavskaya, A, Kondrikova, E, Kolotilina, A, Gadetskaya, S

“…The only significant difference between Omicron variant cohort and reference cohort was decreased school attendance. When comparing the Wuhan and Omicron variant cohorts, higher incidence of PCC and event rates of fatigue, decreased physical activity, and deterioration of relationships was observed. …”

Investigating the content and function of stress-induced extracellular vesicles in colorectal cancer by Mason, J

“…Furthermore, individuals who show a clinical response to nCRT appear to exhibit a different EV-miRNA profile when compared to non-responders, which may provide a novel method to predict response to treatment.…”

Culture of human pluripotent stem cells and neural networks in 3D using an optogenetic approach and a hydrogel model by Lee, S

“…Interestingly, ChR2-YFP expression of Axol and SY5Y cells was detectable when transferred to the 3D culture system.</p> <p>The optogenetically modified neurons were found responsive to light stimulation, showing firing patterns and calcium events typical of early developing neurons (e.g. mixed and burst waves; single and multipeak spikes). …”

Boronic acid and nitrofuranyl derivatives as potential therapeutics by Dey, AL

“…It is expected that the average reader would like to skip through the literature review of this chapter; however, at the risk of being forward and in the interests of completeness, a knowledge of its existence is thought desirable for the curious reader so that they may wish to utilise them when occasion demands. The aforementioned relatively short introduction in Chapter 2 precedes the detailed preparations of the Dynamic Combinatorial Library of benzodiazaborines and boronate esters herein. …”

Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in children and adolescents by Ratcliffe, H

“…The results showed a high prevalence of pre-existing immunity against seasonal coronaviruses when measuring IgG concentration of antibodies against spike protein but did not confer protection against SARS-CoV-2.…”

Neuroprotective effect of tocotrienol-rich fraction and a-tocopherol of vitamin E against glutamate toxicity in neuronal cells and astrocytes by Selvaraju, Thilaga Rati

“…In this study, the effects of vitamin E when supplemented before (pre-treatment) and after (post-treatment) glutamate insult were elucidated in neuronal and astrocyte cell lines. …”
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Essays on development economics by Wang, Wen

“…The estimation results remain robust when subjected to further checks and sensitivity tests. …”
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Discrete time optimal control and its applications in power systems by Zhang, Hehong

“…Not requiring complex power system modelling and historical data, the proposed TD is suitable for real-time synchrophasor estimation application especially when the states are corrupted by noises. The aforementioned SE algorithms can effectively reduce the computational resources needed and meet the requirements of state estimations in power systems. …”
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GeSn alloys fabricated by modified sputtering deposition by Qian, Li

“…Surface plasmon resonance occurred when the light of specified wavelength interacted with the metallic structure, resulting in an enhancement of 2 to 4 times on the basis of GeSn quantum dot/GaAs hetero-structure photodetector. …”
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Investigation of phenylpropanoid sucrose esters as antidiabetic compounds by Wong, Kathy Pooi Wen

“…While all the tested PSE compounds degraded instantaneously when exposed to simulated gastric fluid (SGF) as expected, a trend was identified regarding the stability of the PSE compounds in simulated intestinal fluid (SIF). …”
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Optimization and scheduling for a large-scale urban transportation system involving human factors by Zhang, Yi

“…The second part of the thesis investigates the potential impact of the pedestrian movement to the vehicle traffic networks when pedestrian safety is considered in the system. …”
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Securing untrusted memories in embedded systems by Vig, Saru

“…DISSECT can mitigate the frequent over owing of counters that are used for encryption when the tree arity is increased. Experimental results show an average of 20% reduction in authentication time over the balanced tree approach. …”
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新加坡华语电视剧华人形象研究 = A study of ethnic Chinese images in Singapore Chinese television drama by Xiang, Zhili

“…In terms of the images of Overseas Chinese and Singapore citizens, Singapore Chinese TV dramas have demonstrated the transformation of the identities; before the Second World War, the emphasis was on the establishment of the Overseas Chinese identity; after the independence of Singapore, the attention was on promoting and instilling the identity of Singapore citizens. When it comes to English education and language issues, the TV dramas have reflected on English education and criticized the loss of Chinese traditional values. …”
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Magic v.3 : an integrated software package for systematic structure-based coarse-graining by Mirzoev, Alexander, Nordenskiöld, Lars, Lyubartsev, Alexander

“…The inverse solver includes also variational Inverse Monte Carlo approach when some of the coarse-grained potentials are fixed while others vary in order to fit the whole set of reference distribution functions. …”
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Dynamic fracture mechanics of FRP-concrete interface by Li, Gen

“…It was found that the dynamic enhancing effect on interfacial bond properties became more significant when a specimen has a larger FRP load capacity or a lower concrete load capacity. …”
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Controlling the magnetic properties of LaMnO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures by stoichiometry and electronic reconstruction : atomic-scale evidence by Li, Mengsha, Tang, Chunhua, Paudel, Tula R., Song, Dongsheng, Lü, Weiming, Han, Kun, Huang, Zhen, Zeng, Shengwei, Wang, Renshaw Xiao, Yang, Ping, Ariando, Chen, Jingsheng, Venkatesan, Thirumalai, Tsymbal, Evgeny Y., Li, Changjian, Pennycook, Stephen John

“…It is found that the electronic reconstruction is confined within the first 3 ucs of LMO from the interface, and more importantly, it is robust against oxygen nonstoichiometry. When restoring stoichiometry, an enhanced ferromagnetic insulating state in LMO films with a thickness as thin as 2 nm (5 uc) is achieved, making LMO readily applicable as barriers in spin filters.…”
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Stochastic optimisation of unmanned aerial vehicle assisted package delivery planning by Sawadsitang, Suttinee

“…The computational time gaps between the decomposed GADOP and the original GADOP are grown exponentially when the numbers of drones and uncertainty scenarios increase. …”
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Probabilistic modeling of nodal charging demand based on spatial-temporal dynamics of moving electric vehicles by Musa, Ryan Rezal

“…Applying this to real life situations, this type of probabilistic models would be useful for the many power service providers out there as they can use them to predict when the peak periods are going to happen and then take the corresponding necessary preventive measures to avoid potential power congestions from occurring. …”
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Multi-colony coral skeletal Ba/Ca from Singapore’s turbid urban reefs : relationship with contemporaneous in-situ seawater parameters by Tanzil, Jani Thuaibah Isa, Goodkin, Nathalie Fairbank, Sin, T. M., Chen, Mengli, Fabbro, Gareth Nicholas, Boyle, E. A., Lee, A. C., Toh, K. B.

“…Our results highlight the possibility of high heterogeneity in coral responses to environmental conditions, and the need for careful selection of colonies and a site-specific, replicated approach when attempting to apply Ba/Cacoral as a trace element proxy.…”
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