Evaluating Imputation Methods for rainfall data under high variability in Johor River Basin, Malaysia by Zulfaqar Sa’adi, Zulkifli Yusop, Nor Eliza Alias, Ming Fai Chow, Mohd Khairul Idlan Muhammad, Muhammad Wafiy Adli Ramli, Zafar Iqbal, Mohammed Sanusi Shiru, Faizal Immaddudin Wira Rohmat, Nur Athirah Mohamad, Mohamad Faizal Ahmad

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Relative contribution of trends in myocardial infarction event rates and case fatality to declines in mortality: an international comparative study of 1·95 million events in 80·4 m... by Ximena Camacho, MMath, Lee Nedkoff, PhD, F Lucy Wright, DPhil, Nhung Nghiem, PhD, Emmalin Buajitti, MPH, Raphael Goldacre, MSc, Laura C Rosella, PhD, Olena Seminog, DPhil, Eng Joo Tan, PhD, Alison Hayes, PhD, Andrew Hayen, ProfPhD, Nick Wilson, ProfMBChB, Tony Blakely, ProfPhD, Philip Clarke, ProfPhD

“…Summary: Background: Myocardial infarction mortality has declined since the 1970s, but contemporary drivers of this trend remain unexplained. …”
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The impact of home energy efficiency interventions and winter fuel payments on winter- and cold-related mortality and morbidity in England: a natural equipment mixed-methods study by Ben Armstrong, Oliver Bonnington, Zaid Chalabi, Michael Davies, Yvonne Doyle, James Goodwin, Judith Green, Shakoor Hajat, Ian Hamilton, Emma Hutchinson, Anna Mavrogianni, James Milner, Ai Milojevic, Roberto Picetti, Nirandeep Rehill, Christophe Sarran, Clive Shrubsole, Phil Symonds, Jonathon Taylor, Paul Wilkinson

“…Limitations: The quantification of intervention impacts in this national study is reliant on various indirect/model-based assessments. …”
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Evolving Perspectives of Stewardship in the Seafood Industry by Robert Blasiak, Robert Blasiak, Alice Dauriach, Alice Dauriach, Jean-Baptiste Jouffray, Carl Folke, Carl Folke, Carl Folke, Henrik Österblom, Jan Bebbington, Frida Bengtsson, Amar Causevic, Bas Geerts, Wenche Grønbrekk, Patrik J. G. Henriksson, Patrik J. G. Henriksson, Patrik J. G. Henriksson, Sofia Käll, Duncan Leadbitter, Darian McBain, Darian McBain, Guillermo Ortuño Crespo, Helen Packer, Isao Sakaguchi, Lisen Schultz, Elizabeth R. Selig, Max Troell, Max Troell, José Villalón, Colette C. C. Wabnitz, Colette C. C. Wabnitz, Emmy Wassénius, Emmy Wassénius, Reg A. Watson, Nobuyuki Yagi, Beatrice Crona, Beatrice Crona

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How Magnetic Reconnection May Affect the Coherence of Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections by C. J. Farrugia, B. J. Vasquez, N. Lugaz, N. A. Al-Haddad, I. G. Richardson, E. E. Davies, R. M. Winslow, B. Zhuang, C. Scolini, R. B. Torbert, L. B. Wilson III, F. Regnault, A. Rogers, A. B. Galvin, W. Yu

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法律經濟學與著作權共舞 Shall We Dance? When Law and Economics Meets Copyright by 胡心蘭 Hsin-Lan Hu

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Workplace learning of new engineers in an automotive industry by Chan, Yuen Fook, Balaraman, Selvam

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Recent Changes in Hydroclimatic Patterns over Medium Niger River Basins at the Origin of the 2020 Flood in Niamey (Niger) by Giovanni Massazza, Maurizio Bacci, Luc Descroix, Mohamed Housseini Ibrahim, Edoardo Fiorillo, Gaptia Lawan Katiellou, Geremy Panthou, Alessandro Pezzoli, Maurizio Rosso, Elisa Sauzedde, Andrea Terenziani, Tiziana De Filippis, Leandro Rocchi, Sara Burrone, Maurizio Tiepolo, Théo Vischel, Vieri Tarchiani

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Existing and potential infection risk zones of yellow fever worldwide: a modelling analysis by Freya M Shearer, BSc, Joshua Longbottom, MSc, Annie J Browne, MPH, David M Pigott, DPhil, Oliver J Brady, DPhil, Moritz U G Kraemer, DPhil, Fatima Marinho, PhD, Sergio Yactayo, MD, Valdelaine E M de Araújo, PhD, Aglaêr A da Nóbrega, PhD, Nancy Fullman, MPH, Sarah E Ray, BS, Jonathan F Mosser, MD, Jeffrey D Stanaway, PhD, Stephen S Lim, ProfPhD, Robert C Reiner, Jr, PhD, Catherine L Moyes, PhD, Simon I Hay, ProfFMedSci, Nick Golding, DPhil

“…Methods: We assembled 1155 geographical records of yellow fever virus infection in people from 1970 to 2016. We used a Poisson point process boosted regression tree model that explicitly incorporated environmental and biological explanatory covariates, vaccination coverage, and spatial variability in disease reporting rates to predict the relative risk of apparent yellow fever virus infection at a 5 × 5 km resolution across all risk zones (47 countries across the Americas and Africa). …”
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Economic, Health and Physical Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic in Sub-Saharan African Regions: A Cross Sectional Survey by Mashige KP, Osuagwu UL, Ulagnathan S, Ekpenyong BN, Abu EK, Goson PC, Langsi R, Nwaeze O, Timothy CG, Charwe DD, Oloruntoba R, Miner CA, Ishaya T, Ovenseri-Ogbomo GO, Agho KE

“…Khathutshelo Percy Mashige,1 Uchechukwu Levi Osuagwu,1,2 Sekar Ulagnathan,3 Bernadine N Ekpenyong,1,4 Emmanuel Kwasi Abu,5 Piwuna Christopher Goson,6 Raymond Langsi,7 Obinna Nwaeze,8 Chikasirimobi G Timothy,9 Deborah Donald Charwe,10 Richard Oloruntoba,11 Chundung Asabe Miner,12 Tanko Ishaya,13 Godwin O Ovenseri-Ogbomo,1,14 Kingsley E Agho1,15 1African Vision Research Institute (AVRI), School of Health Sciences, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, 3629, South Africa; 2Translational Health Research Institute (THRI), Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia; 3Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; 4Department of Public Health, Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences, College of Medical Sciences, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria; 5School of Allied Health Sciences, Department of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana; 6Department of Psychiatry, College of Health Sciences, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria; 7Health division, University of Bamenda, Bamenda, Cameroon; 8County Durham and Darlington National Health Service (NHS) Foundation, Darlington, Durham, UK; 9Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences, School of Public Health, Biomedical Sciences and Technology, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kakamega, Kenya; 10Tanzania Food and Nutrition Center, Dar-es Salaam, Tanzania; 11Supply Chain Management, Curtin Business School, School of Management and Marketing, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia; 12Department of Community Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Jos, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria; 13Department of Computer Science, University of Jos, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria; 14Department of Optometry, Centre for Life Sciences, University of the Highlands and Islands, Inverness, IV2 3JH, UK; 15School of Health Sciences, Western Sydney University, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaCorrespondence: Uchechukwu Levi OsuagwuTranslational Health Research Institute (THRI), School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, NSW, 2560, AustraliaTel +61 401 193 234Email l.osuagwu@westernsydney.edu.auPurpose: The key preventive measures adopted to minimise the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) had significant health, economic and physical impacts mostly in developing countries. …”
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Inquiring the inter-relationships amongst grain-filling, grain-yield, and grain-quality of Japonica rice at high latitudes of China by Muhammad Shahbaz Farooq, Maqsood Ahmed Khaskheli, Muhammad Uzair, Yinlong Xu, Fahad Masood Wattoo, Obaid ur Rehman, Gyilbag Amatus, Hira Fatima, Sher Aslam Khan, Sajid Fiaz, Muhammad Yousuf, Muhammad Ramzan Khan, Naeem Khan, Kotb A. Attia, Sezai Ercisli, Kirill S. Golokhvast

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Mentoring Interventions to Affect Juvenile Delinquency and Associated Problems by Patrick Tolan, David Henry, Michael Schoeny, Arin Bass

“…For drug use heterogeneity was substantial (Q(5) = 18.5, p < .01; SMD = ‐0.13 to SMD = 0.34). …”
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An Interview with Dr. Daniel Callahan, Bioethics Pioneer by Voices in Bioethics

“…His most recent book, The Five Horsemen of the Modern World, is due out in May 2016. …”
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Evidence and Potential Mechanism of Action of Lithospermum erythrorhizon and Its Active Components for Psoriasis by Jiao Wang, Jiao Wang, Liu Liu, Liu Liu, Xiao-Ying Sun, Shuo Zhang, Shuo Zhang, Ya-Qiong Zhou, Kan Ze, Si-Ting Chen, Yi Lu, Xiao-Ce Cai, Xiao-Ce Cai, Jia-Le Chen, Ying Luo, Yi Ru, Bin Li, Bin Li, Xin Li, Xin Li

“…This systematic review aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Lithospermum erythrorhizon and its main active components and to elucidate the potential mechanisms of their action in psoriasis treatment.Methods: PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Chinese Scientific Journals, Wan Fang, and Chinese Biomedicine databases were systematically searched for articles published between 1 January 1970, and 31 February 2021. …”
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PREVIEW study&mdash;influence of a behavior modification intervention (PREMIT) in over 2300 people with pre-diabetes: intention, self-efficacy and outcome expectancies during the e... by Huttunen-Lenz M, Hansen S, Christensen P, Meinert Larsen T, Sandø-Pedersen F, Drummen M, Adam TC, Macdonald IA, Taylor MA, Martinez JA, Navas-Carretero S, Handjiev S, Poppitt SD, Silvestre MP, Fogelholm M, Pietiläinen KH, Brand-Miller J, Berendsen AAM, Raben A, Schlicht W

“…Maija Huttunen-Lenz,1 Sylvia Hansen,1 Pia Christensen,2 Thomas Meinert Larsen,2 Finn Sand&oslash;-Pedersen,2 Mathijs Drummen,3 Tanja C Adam,3 Ian A Macdonald,4,5 Moira A Taylor,5 J Alfredo Martinez,6&ndash;8 Santiago Navas-Carretero,6&ndash;8 Svetoslav Handjiev,9 Sally D Poppitt,10 Marta P Silvestre,10 Mikael Fogelholm,11 Kirsi H Pietil&auml;inen,12,13 Jennie Brand-Miller,14 Agnes AM Berendsen,15 Anne Raben,2 Wolfgang Schlicht1 1Department of Exercise and Health Sciences, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany; 2Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; 3Department of Nutrition and Movement Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; 4MRC/ARUK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK; 5School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham Medical School, Nottingham, UK; 6Center for Nutrition Research at the University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; 7Madrid Institute of Advanced Studies (IMDEA Food), Madrid, Spain; 8Biomedical Research Centre Network in Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBERobn), Carlos III Institute, Madrid, Spain; 9Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical University &ndash; Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria; 10Human Nutrition Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; 11Department of Food and Nutrition, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; 12Obesity Research Unit, Research Program Unit, Diabetes and Obesity, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; 13Abdominal Center, Endocrinology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; 14Charles Perkins Centre and School of Life and Environmental Biosciences, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia; 15Division of Human Nutrition &amp; Health, Wageningen University &amp; Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands Purpose: Onset of type 2 diabetes (T2D) is often gradual and preceded by impaired glucose homeostasis. …”
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Emergence of Diseases of Affluence in Oman : Where do they Feature in the Health Research Agenda? by Samir Al-Adawi

“…Hospital bed space grew from 12 beds in 1970 to 5,200 beds and more than 120 health centres in 2000. …”
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Interventions for adults with a history of complex traumatic events: the INCiTE mixed-methods systematic review by Hollie Melton, Nick Meader, Holly Dale, Kath Wright, Julie Jones-Diette, Melanie Temple, Iram Shah, Karina Lovell, Dean McMillan, Rachel Churchill, Corrado Barbui, Simon Gilbody, Peter Coventry

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Seek and You Will Find: Understanding a Trans- Parochial Charismatic Community by Noel Asiones

“…Changing Youth Worship. 2 National Society/Church House Publishing, 1997. …”
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Historical Patterns of Diagnosis, Treatments, and Outcome of Epilepsy Associated With Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: Results From TOSCA Registry by Rima Nabbout, Elena Belousova, Mirjana P. Benedik, Tom Carter, Vincent Cottin, Paolo Curatolo, Maria Dahlin, Lisa D'Amato, Guillaume Beaure d'Augères, Petrus J. de Vries, José C. Ferreira, Martha Feucht, Carla Fladrowski, Carla Fladrowski, Christoph Hertzberg, Sergiusz Jozwiak, Sergiusz Jozwiak, John A. Lawson, Alfons Macaya, Ruben Marques, Ruben Marques, Finbar O'Callaghan, Jiong Qin, Matthias Sauter, Seema Shah, Yukitoshi Takahashi, Renaud Touraine, Sotiris Youroukos, Bernard Zonnenberg, Anna C. Jansen, J. Chris Kingswood

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LONG-TERM OUTCOMES OF CHILDHOOD ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA WITH MODIFIED BERLIN-FRANKFURT-MÜNSTER PROTOCOL IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL: A MULTICENTRIC HOSPITAL-BASED SURVIVAL ANALYSI... by PRCB Horn, AMB Azevedo, S Rouxinol, MT Schramm, BS Sanches, NL Duarte, TSF Seixas, ES Costa, MGP Land, MHFO Souza

“…Results: At 5 years, in the 1st decade, the event-free survival was 50.7% (±3.0) and the overall survival was 61.5% (±2.9). …”
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