Internet tool to support self-assessment and self-swabbing of sore throat: development and feasibility study by Lown, M, Smith, KA, Muller, I, Woods, C, Maund, E, Rogers, K, Becque, T, Hayward, G, Moore, M, Little, P, Glogowska, M, Hay, A, Stuart, B, Mantzourani, E, Wilcox, CR, Thompson, N, Francis, NA

“…A web-based tool that helps people assess their sore throat, through the use of clinical prediction rules, taking throat swabs or saliva samples, and taking throat photographs, has the potential to improve self-management and help identify those who are the most and least likely to benefit from antibiotics. <br><strong> Objective:<br></strong> We aimed to develop a web-based tool to help patients and parents or carers self-assess sore throat symptoms and take throat photographs, swabs, and saliva samples for diagnostic testing. …”

Antihyperlipidemic and hepatoprotective effect of Zingiber cassumunar Rhizome extract in high-fat diet-induced hyperlipidemic rats: the role of antioxidant activity by Mahfudh, Nurkhasanah, Sulistyani, Nanik, Sari, Novita Sari, Sari, Indah Puspita, Dedi, Adrian, Othman, Fezah, Zakaria, Zainul Amiruddin

“…Data of the study were presented as mean ± SD and analyzed by using one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by Least Significant Difference (LSD) test for multiple comparisons. …”
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Effects of carbon to nitrogen ratio and organic loading rate on biogas methane production from anaerobic digestion of food waste by Tanimu, Musa Idris

“…The feedstock with C/N=30 had the least foaming tendency with foaming volume of 10% at OLR of 7.5 g VS/Ld.…”
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离散、家国、女性 ： 韩素音的中国性论述 = Diaspora, home, feminism : the Chinese-ness in Han Suyin’s works by 梁依婷 Neo, Yi Ting

“…Therefore, she always felt socially excluded but yet held strong desires to help connect the East and the West. Despite experiencing transnational diaspora, Han Suyin devoted her entire life into crossing the boundaries between different nations, cultures, race and gender, and upholding of the Chinese culture. …”
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Priorities to inform research on marine plastic pollution in Southeast Asia by Omeyer, Lucy C. M., Duncan, Emily M., Aiemsomboon, Kornrawee, Beaumont, Nicola, Bureekul, Sujaree, Cao, Bin, Carrasco, Luis R., Chavanich, Suchana, Clark, James R., Cordova, Muhammad R., Couceiro, Fay, Cragg, Simon M., Dickson, Neil, Failler, Pierre, Ferraro, Gianluca, Fletcher, Stephen, Fong, Jenny, Ford, Alex T., Gutierrez, Tony, Shahul Hamid, Fauziah, Hiddink, Jan G., Hoa, Pham T., Holland, Sophie I., Jones, Lowenna, Jones, Nia H., Koldewey, Heather, Lauro, Federico M., Lee, Charlotte, Lewis, Matt, Marks, Danny, Matallana-Surget, Sabine, Mayorga-Adame, Claudia G., McGeehan, John, Messer, Lauren F., Michie, Laura, Miller, Michelle A., Mohamad, Zeeda F., Nor, Nur Hazimah Mohamed, Müller, Moritz, Neill, Simon P., Nelms, Sarah E., Onda, Deo Florence L., Ong, Joyce J. L., Pariatamby, Agamuthu, Phang, Sui C., Quilliam, Richard, Robins, Peter E., Salta, Maria, Sartimbul, Aida, Shakuto, Shiori, Skov, Martin W., Taboada, Evelyn B., Todd, Peter A., Toh, Tai Chong, Valiyaveettil, Suresh, Viyakarn, Voranop, Wonnapinij, Passorn, Wood, Louisa E., Yong, Clara L. X., Godley, Brendan J.

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Characterization of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) isolated from NDV vaccinated broiler farms and investigation of vaccine efficacy against challenge with Velogenic genotype VII NDV by Shahrestani, Kiarash Roohani

“…However, since 1990s genotype VII NDV is the predominant velogenic NDV circulating in South-East Asia causing outbreaks even in well vaccinated flocks. …”
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Precipitation trend analysis for The Langat River Basin, Selangor, Malaysia by Palizdan, Narges

“…The results of the seasonal precipitation trend analysis showed that most of the stations, during the North East Monsoon (NEM) and Inter Monsoon 1 (INT1) seasons, and half of the stations in South West Monsoon (SWM) season, experienced insignificant positive trends. …”
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Target Design and Optimizations for Spent Fuel Transmutation by Tukharyan, Grigor

“…There are six long-lived fission products (LLFPs) identified in nuclear spent fuel, which account for at least 99% of the long-term radiotoxicity once actinide recycling is completed. …”
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Structural molecular modeling of bacterial integral membrane protein enzymes and their AlphaFold2 predicted water-soluble QTY variants by Sajeev-Sheeja, Akash, Zhang, Shuguang

“…We superposed the structures of native beta-barrel integral membrane enzymes with their AlphaFold2-predicted QTY variant structures that showed remarkable similarity despite the replacement of at least 22.95% amino acids in transmembrane regions, the superposed structures displayed notable structural similarity, indicated by RMSD values ranging from 0.181 Å to 0.286 Å. …”
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Seismic attenuation tomography from 2018 Lombok earthquakes, Indonesia by Priyono, Awali, Nugraha, Andri Dian, Muzli, Muzli, Ardianto, Ardianto, Atin Nur Aulia, Prabowo, Billy Sugiartono, Zulfakriza, Zulfakriza, Shindy Rosalia, Sasmi, Annisa T., Afif, Haunan, Sahara, David P., Widiyantoro, Sri, Wei, Shengji, Husni, Yayan M., Sarjan, Achmad Fajar Narotama

“…The selected data consist of 6,281 P-wave t∗ values from 914 events, which had good t∗ quality in at least four stations. Our results show that the two aftershock clusters northwest and northeast of Lombok Island have different attenuation characteristics. …”
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The hazards of unconfined pyroclastic density currents: a new synthesis and classification according to their deposits, dynamics, and thermal and impact characteristics by Lerner, Geoffrey A., Jenkins, Susanna F., Charbonnier, Sylvain J., Komorowsk, Jean-Christophe, Baxter, Peter J.

“…These two unconfined PDC types are the least described from previous volcanic eruptions, but during the 2010 Merapi eruption the overspill flows resulted in building destruction and the LEDS in significant loss of life. …”
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MCMC inversion of the transient and steady-state creep flow law parameters of dunite under dry and wet conditions by Masuti, Sagar, Barbot, Sylvain

“…Here, we constrain a constitutive framework that captures transient creep and steady state creep consistently using the mechanical data from laboratory experiments on natural dunites containing at least 94% olivine under both hydrous and anhydrous conditions. …”
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Assessment of arterial stiffness via measurement of pulse wave velocity a study for the normotensive population by Chang, Serene Wei Nee.

“…Using the method of sum of least squares, the proposed regression model is baPWV = 0.093*age + 5.464, with Pearson factor r of 0.791, R2 of 0.624, and significant value < 0.001. …”
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Investigation of charge collection pathways in mesoscopic solar cells by Chua, Julianto

“…Secondly, the grid thickness should be at least thicker than photoelectrode thickness minus a third of EDL. …”
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Fabrication and application of novel highly ordered nano-heterostructure arrays in optoelectronics by Yadian, Boluo

“…Nano-heterostructures are material system formed by the joint of at least two dissimilar semiconductor material components at nanoscale. …”
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E2 protein nanocage as a pickering emulsifier and its applications by Sarker, Mridul

“…The E2-stabilized emulsion exhibits pH-switchability for at least 5 cycles and shows stability in a wide range of pH (neutral to basic), ionic strength (as high as 250 mM NaCl) and storage temperature (up to 50°C). …”
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Populism in foreign policy by Chryssogelos, Angelos

“…These dislocations will take different forms, but populism in the West and populism in the Global South can be seen, despite more specific differences of outlook, at the very least as a specific type of reaction to concurrent political and economic crises in a rapidly denationalized and deterritorialized world. …”
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Adipose tissue fatty acid composition, serum lipids, and serum alpha-tocopherol in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients living on the island of Crete by Nikolakakis, N, Kounali, D, Tornaritis, M, Anastassou, A, Papadakis, E, Kassotakis, G, Kafatos, A

“…Both CAPD patients and controls had been residents of Crete for at least the last 10 years.</p> <br> <p><strong>Main Outcome Measures:</strong> Adipose tissue was aspirated, and a 12-hour fasting blood sample was collected for determination of serum lipid parameters and serum α-tocopherol levels; dietary data from a 3-day recall were recorded.…”

Ergogenic and metabolites analyses of piyarom date (Phoenix dactylifera L.) using NMR-based metabolomics and its effect on Sprague dawley rats by Shanan, Hana Kadum

“…The principal component analysis (PCA) and partial least square discriminate analysis (PLS-DA) plots of different date varieties exhibited clear and distinct separations between the dates. …”
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Biogeochemical cycling and environmental footprints of peatland-derived organic carbon in the coastal ocean in Southeast Asia by Zhou, Yongli

“…Terrigenous DOC derived from peatlands is advected from the east coast of Sumatra to the Singapore Strait during the Southwest Monsoon. …”
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