Structured population models for macrophage heterogeneity in early atherosclerosis by Chambers, KL

“…When instead HDL capacity dominates in the blood, mean MDM lipid content is lower and mean MDM phenotype is resolving. …”

Deep brain stimulation of the hypothalamic region: a systematic review by Mofatteh, M, Mohamed, A, Mashayekhi, MS, Skandalakis, GP, Neudorfer, C, Arfaie, S, MohanaSundaram, A, Sabahi, M, Anand, A, Aboulhosn, R, Liao, X, Horn, A, Ashkan, K

“…The mean duration of the disease ranged from 2.2 ± 1.7 (mild Alzheimer’s disease) to 19.8 ± 10.1 years (refractory headaches). 213 (51.7%) patients across 29 studies (85.3%) reported symptom improvements which ranged from 23.1% to 100%. 25 (73.5%) studies reported complications, most of which were associated with higher voltage stimulations. …”

Accelerometer-based sedentary time, light physical activity, and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity from childhood with arterial stiffness and carotid IMT progression: a 13-yea... by Agbaje, AO, Barker, AR, Lewandowski, AJ, Leeson, P, Tuomainen, T-P

“…<p><b>Results</b></p> Among 1339 [56.4% female] participants, mean ST increased from ages 11 through 24 years, while mean LPA and MVPA decreased. …”

Practical guide to implementing patient-reported outcome measures in gender-affirming care: evaluating acceptability, appropriateness and feasibility by Kamran, R, Jackman, L, Laws, A, Stepney, M, Harrison, C, Jain, A, Rodrigues, J

“…<p><strong> Results </strong></p>A total of 132 transgender and gender diverse (TGD) patients (mean age, SD: 33, 14) and 13 gender-affirming healthcare professionals (mean age, SD: 43, 11) completed the AIM, IAM and FIM, representing a range of gender identities. …”

Using QALYs as an outcome for assessing global prediction accuracy in diabetes simulation models by Dakin, H, Gao, N, Leal, J, Holman, RR, Tran-Duy, A, Clarke, P

“…QALYs relate&nbsp;directly to decision-making and combine mortality and diverse clinical events into a single&nbsp;measure using evidence-based weights that reflect population preferences. (2) To explore the&nbsp;usefulness of Q2 (Q-squared), the proportional reduction in error, as a model performance metric&nbsp;and compare it with other metrics: MSE; mean absolute error; bias (mean residual); and R2.…”

DNA fragmentation, an indicator of apoptosis, in cultured black tiger shrimp penaeus monodon infected with white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) by Sahtout, A.H., Hassan, M.D., Shariff, M.

“…The 10 specimens that gave PCR-positive results for WSSV by nested PCR only (i.e., 5 grossly normal shrimp and 5 grossly positive for WSSV) gave mean counts of 16 ± 8% TUNEL-positive cells, while the 25 specimens PCR positive by 1-step PCR gave mean counts of 40 ± 7% TUNEL-positive cells. …”
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Enhancing reservoir operations with charged system search (CSS) algorithm: Accounting for sediment accumulation and multiple scenarios by Almubaidin, Mohammad Abdullah Abid, Ahmed, Ali Najah, Abdul Malek, Marlinda, A. Mahmoud, Moamin, Sherif, Mohsen, El-Shafie, Ahmed

“…Risk analysis (volumetric reliability, shortage index (SI), resilience, vulnerability) and error indexes (correlation coefficient R2, the root mean square error (RMSE), and the mean absolute error (MAE)) were used to compare results between scenarios, in addition to the annual water deficit values from the CSS algorithm for each scenario. …”
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Instrument for premarital counselling (PREPARE) in Singapore by Khong, Angela Lay Ching.

“…The results showed that "happy" couples had a higher mean score on the KMSS than "unhappy" couples, indicating that the KMSS could differentiate between the two groups of couples. …”
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Coffee over the internet by Zhu, Yatao.

“…"Coffee Over the Internet", does not mean to drink or deliver coffee over the Internet, rather it implies "a dream" in the future. …”
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Efficient impulse noise removal for highly degraded images by Yuan, Pu.

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Elite capture of foreign aid: evidence from offshore bank accounts by Andersen, JJ, Johannesen, N, Rijkers, B

“…The implied leakage rate is around 7.5% at the sample mean and tends to increase with the ratio of aid to GDP. …”

New avenues for regional cooperation : tackling human trafficking in Asia by Cook, Alistair David Blair, Caitriona H. Heinl

“…In Southeast Asia, rising population and technological advances mean that unfortunately human traffickers have a growing target base online and are making greater use of technology. …”
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It's a dog eat dog world: predator prey models of the financial markets. by Choi, Wen Ting.

“…In this thesis, a model of interacting agents for financial markets was discussed. In the mean field limit of the model, the system of agents resembles a predator prey relationship described by a pair of coupled Volterra equations. …”
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Robotic inspection and repair of gas and fluid transplant structures by Low, Eicher., Nickols, Francis Malcolm John.

“…The purpose of the RG 93/98 is to explore the most economical and effective mean to conduct maintenance tasks inside pipelines or conduits. …”
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Jokowi’s “Look West” foreign policy : expanding Indonesia’s sphere of influence? by Sebastian, Leonard C., Syailendra, Emirza Adi

“…While President Jokowi has to contend with intense short-term domestic challenges, it does not mean he will completely decry the internationalist foreign policy outlook of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. …”
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An Efficient Implementation of Interior-Point Methods for a Class of Nonsymmetric Cones by Chen, Y, Goulart, P

“…We present an implementation of interior-point methods for generalized power cones, power mean cones and relative entropy cones, by exploiting underlying low-rank and sparsity properties of the Hessians of their logarithmically homogeneous self-concordant barrier functions. …”

Time-inconsistent control problems, path-dependent PDEs, and neural network approximation by Nguwi, Jiang Yu

“…More precisely, in Chapter 1 we extend the construction of equilibria for mean-variance portfolio and linear-quadratic problems available in the literature to a large class of mean-field continuous-time TIC problems. …”
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Evaluating the effect of n-butanol additive on particulate matter emission in diesel engine by Zhu, Qiren, Zong, Yichen, Tan, Yong Ren, Lyu, Jieyao, Yu, Wenbin, Yang, Wenming, Kraft, Markus

“…The results indicate that the addition of n-butanol can improve the mixing process of fuel and oxidizer and result in a lower mean chamber temperature. The addition of n-butanol can also reduce NOx emission (up to 25 %) because the lower mean chamber temperature caused by the lower heating value of n-butanol tends to reduce NOx emission although there is extra oxygen content in n-butanol. …”
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Fabrication of PVDF ultrafiltration membrane using modified thermally induced phase separation: the role of amphiphilic and hydrophilic non-solvents by Chen, Ningyuan, Zhao, Jie, Shi, Lei, Goto, Atsushi, Wang, Rong

“…On the contrary, UF membranes with a mean pore size of 55 nm could be obtained by adding hydrophilic triethylene glycol (TEG) to the dope with a satisfactory pure water permeability (PWP) of 262.6 L m−2 h−1 bar−1. …”
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Optimization of the thermal performance of building double-skin envelope by Chua, Wei Jin

“…But it was found that the excessive use of air-conditioner, not only in Singapore, has given rise in the mean global temperature or in other words, global warming. …”
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