Evaluation of femtosecond laser-assisted anterior capsulotomy in the presence of ophthalmic viscoelastic devices (OVDs) by Mansoor, Hassan, Liu, Yu-Chi, Wong, Yoke Rung, Lwin, Nyein C., Seah, Xin Y., Mehta, Jodhbir Singh

“…Using 150% energy, Healon GV showed a significantly worse total arc-length (p = 0.01), total tag-length (p = 0.03) and total tag-area (p = 0.05) compared to the control group. …”
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Seven children inequality and Britain’s next generation by Dorling, D

“…And how can we reverse the trends leaving all children worse off than their parents?…”

Study on statistical correlation exploitation in distributed video coding by Sun, Jin.

“…Distributed video coding (DVC), i.e., lossy compression with receiver side information, enables low-complexity video encoding where the bulk of the computation is shifted to the decoder.However, compared to conventional motion-compensated interframe coding, distributed video coding (DVC) has a worse rate-distortion performance according to the existing works. …”
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Case Report: Concurrent transcatheter aortic and mitral valve replacement for symptomatic concomitant aortic and mitral valve stenoses by Bussmann, BM, Dawkins, S, Newton, J, Cahill, T

“…In patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), multi-valve disease is common and associated with worse outcomes. Despite multiple emerging transcatheter valve treatment options, no guidelines exist for the transcatheter treatment of multi-valve disease. …”

Employment equity and mental health conditions: what affects Singaporeans' willingness to work with people with schizophrenia and people with depression? by Cheang, Anna Xin Hui

“…These indicate that more resources need to be devoted to address the greater stigma borne by People with Schizophrenia, and that public education efforts should be focused on instilling beliefs of equity rather than increasing literacy.…”
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SMRT spectrum sensing by Gan, Hui Da

“…This would help prevent train breakdowns which can be very disruptive, especially in Singapore where daily train ridership exceeds 3 million. [1] This information will the be displayed on a webpage which will be updated in real time as train moves along the tracks via a train borne device. The signal spectrum will be captured, analysed and uploaded to an online database for real time access. …”
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Optimising expression and purification of Dengue soluble E protein by Poh, Nina Yong Xin

“…Dengue, a type of flavivirus, is a widespread mosquito-borne infection lacking effective antiviral treatments. …”
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China's collaboration with IndoChina countries in hydropower development in the Mekong region - how far can it go? by Phua, Pei Pei.

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Display of chikungunya epitope on ferritin for potential application as vaccine by Su, Chengxun

“…Chikungunya virus is a human pathogen and one of the leading causes of mosquito-borne arthralgia in parts of Africa, India and Southeast Asia. …”
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Determinants Of Displaced Commercial Risk In Islamic Banking Institutions: Malaysia Evidence by Che Arshad, Noraziah, Zakaria, Roza Hazli, Sulaiman @ Mohamad, Ahmad Azam, Irijanto, Tubagus Thresna

“…DCR arises from the assets managed on behalf of the investment account holders which may be borne by the Islamic bank’s own capital, when the Islamic banks forgo part or all of its share of profits on the investment account holders funds, in order to increase the return to the investment account holders. …”
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Moral persuasion and the diversity of fiction by Liao, Shen-yi.

“…Narrative representations can change our moral actions and thoughts, for better or for worse. In this article, I develop a theory of fictions' capacity for moral education and moral corruption that is fully sensitive to the diversity of fictions. …”
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Initial public offering : voluntary disclosure and its effect on United States IPOs. by Koh, Wee Meng., Lim, Junrong., Ong, Peng Kiat.

“…On the contrary, firms that state Investment as the primary reason experience worse long run stock performance.…”
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Comparison of yard crane scheduling algorithms by Low, Yihang.

“…It was discovered that the heuristic algorithms (Nearest Neighbour, Shortest Completion-time Job First and Partial Sequence Search) produced solutions of only slightly worse quality than the optimal one found by A*, but at a far small execution time cost.…”
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Do higher politician salaries reduce corruption and improve governance? by Chin, Hong Xiang, Low, Guo Quan, Wang, Yiwei

“…Based on our results, we find that (1) in non-democracies, (a) higher salaries of top politicians are associated with higher corruption and worse governance, while (b) higher salaries of cabinet ministers are associated with lower corruption and better governance; (2) in democracies, somewhat surprisingly, there is no association between politician salaries and corruption/quality of governance. …”
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Two paradoxes in women’s wellbeing by Kaiser, C, Muggleton, N, Quispe-Torreblanca, E, De Neve, J-E

“…First, although women today report higher levels of life satisfaction and overall happiness than men, they experience worse outcomes in mental health and negative affect. …”

Immunotherapy-resistant neuropathic pain and fatigue predict quality-of-life in contactin-associated protein-like 2 antibody disease by Ceronie, B, Strippel, C, Uy, C, Paneva, S, Makuch, M, Soleimani, B, Turaga, S, Binks, S, Ramanathan, S, Michael, S, Varley, J, Easton, A, Themistocleous, A, John Dawes, Bennett, DL, Irani, A, Handel, AE, Irani, SR

“…Furthermore, these two factors—but not CASPR2 antibody levels or subclasses—independently predicted worse disability and quality-of-life at 24 months. …”

Poorer representation of minds underpins less accurate mental state inference for out-groups by Payne, B, Bird, G, Catmur, C

“…This shows that poorer mental state inference is not underpinned by a reduced propensity to consider out-group minds, but instead by a worse representation of the minds of out-groups.…”

Why do we care how much oxygen tumors have? by Martin, LAW, Hammond, EM

“…We understand how hypoxia makes cancer worse, but we are still working on ways to get rid of hypoxic cancer cells.…”

That's Not How We Do It Here! : A Story About How Organizations Rise, Fall - and Can Rise Again / by Kotter, John P., 1947-, author 368412, Rathgeber, Holger, author 507836

“…As things keep getting worse, the har­mony of the clan is shattered. …”

Cohort differences in physical health and disability in the United States and Europe by Gimeno, L, Goisis, A, Dowd, JB, Ploubidis, GB

“…Still, in both the United States and Europe, we observed a structural break in disability trends, with declines observed in prewar cohorts slowing, stalling, or reversing for cohorts born since 1945. <p><strong> Discussion</strong></p> In all regions, we found evidence for worsening health across cohorts, particularly for those born since 1945. …”