Quality of Life: A Longitudinal Analysis of Correlates of Morale in Old Age by Said Shahtahmasebi

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The Design of a Semi-Prefabricated LVL-Concrete Composite Floor by David Yeoh, Massimo Fragiacomo

“…This paper describes the design of a novel semi-prefabricated LVL-concrete composite floor that has been developed in New Zealand. In this solution, the floor units made from LVL joists and plywood are prefabricated in the factory and transported to the building site. …”
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INTERPERSONAL MEANINGS OF MODALITY IN JACINDA ARDERN’S SPEECHES ON COVID-19 by Evelina Ayu Kristianti

“…This study had different implementation of modal category from what Halliday had proposed which is triggered by the social situation during pandemic in New Zealand. This research discovers that the first speech only uses two types of modality which are probability and obligation, meanwhile the second speech uses all types of modality. …”
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A Reliable Generative Adversarial Network Approach for Climate Downscaling and Weather Generation by Neelesh Rampal, Peter B. Gibson, Steven Sherwood, Gab Abramowitz, Sanaa Hobeichi

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Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Malay Version Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire Tested among Mothers of Primary School Children in Malaysia by Shamarina Shohaimi, Wong Yoke Wei, Zalilah Mohd Shariff

“…It has been confirmed among children in America and applied to populations in France, Norway, and New Zealand. In order to extend the application of CFPQ, we conducted a factor structure validation of the translated version of CFPQ (CFPQ-M) using confirmatory factor analysis among mothers of primary school children (N = 397) in Malaysia. …”
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Distance-Based Congestion Pricing with Day-to-Day Dynamic Traffic Flow Evolution Process by Qixiu Cheng, Jiping Xing, Wendy Yi, Zhiyuan Liu, Xiao Fu

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Smartphone-Based Automated Non-Destructive Testing Devices by V. F. Petryk, A. G. Protasov, R. M. Galagan, A. V. Muraviov, I. I. Lysenko

“…To ensure the operation of the smartphone in the ultrasonic flaw detector mode, the smartphone has software installed that runs in the Android operating system and implements the proposed algorithm of the device, and can serve as a repeater for processing data over a considerable distance (up to hundreds and thousands of kilometers) if it necessary.The experimental data comparative analysis of the developed device with the Einstein-II flaw detector from Modsonic (India) and the TS-2028H+ flaw detector from Tru-Test (New Zealand) showed that the proposed device is not inferior to them in terms of such characteristics as the range of measured thicknesses, the relative error in determining the depth defect and the object thickness. …”
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Natural sources, refined extraction, biosynthesis, metabolism, and bioactivities of dietary polymethoxyflavones (PMFs) by Renyou Gan, Yi Liu, Hang Li, Yu Xia, Huan Guo, Fang Geng, Qiguo Zhuang, Huabin Li, Dingtao Wu

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Estimating the global cost of vision impairment and its major causes: protocol for a systematic review by Nathan Congdon, Thomas Butt, Peng Tee Khaw, Andrew Bastawrous, Tasanee Braithwaite, Rupert R A Bourne, Matthew J Burton, Serge Resnikoff, Jacqueline Ramke, Kevin Frick, Hugh Taylor, Iris Gordon, Ana Patricia Marques, John Cairns, Justine H Zhang, Hannah B Faal, Iain Jones, Marty Jovic, Allyala Nandakumar

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Research investigating patient and carer psychoeducation needs regarding post-stroke cognition: a scoping review by Nele Demeyere, Georgina Hobden, Faye Tabone

“…Studies were conducted in Australia (n=7), USA (n=6), UK (n=5), Canada (n=3), New Zealand (n=3), Ireland (n=2), Netherlands (n=2), South Korea (n=1) and Sweden (n=1). …”
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To remove or to replace traditional electronic games? A crossover randomised controlled trial on the impact of removing or replacing home access to electronic games on physical act... by Anne J Smith, Leon M Straker, Rebecca A Abbott

“…Parents can be advised that replacing sedentary electronic games with active electronic games is likely to have the same effect as removing all electronic games.Trial Registration Australia and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ACTRN 12609000279224)…”
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A Study of Nanoclay Reinforcement of Biocomposites Made by Liquid Composite Molding by Farida Bensadoun, Nadir Kchit, Catherine Billotte, Simon Bickerton, François Trochu, Edu Ruiz

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Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm: a Swiss case series of a very rare disease and a structured review of the literature by Ramona Meier-Lienhard, Cosima Suter, Thomas Pabst, Felicitas Hitz, Jakob R. Passweg, Olivier Spertini, Nathan Cantoni, Daniel Betticher, Lucas Simeon, Michael Medinger, Stefanie Hayoz, Adrian Schmidt

“…Most included patients were Europeans (n = 385, 64%) and Asians (n = 120, 20%), followed by Americans (n = 90, 15%) and patients from Australia/New Zealand (n = 3) and Africa (n = 2). BPDCN was more common in men with a predominance of 3:1. …”
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Lifestyle risk behaviours among adolescents: a two-year longitudinal study of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic by Nicola Clare Newton, Maree Teesson, Jennifer Debenham, Cath Chapman, Bridie Osman, Lauren Anne Gardner, Fiona Elizabeth Wylie, Katrina Elizabeth Champion

“…Targeted approaches to support groups that may be disproportionately impacted, such as adolescent girls, are needed.Trial registration number Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ACTRN12619000431123)…”
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Experimental Study of Modified Videman Method to Replicate Knee Osteoarthritis in Rabbits by Jing LIU, Qiaoxuan LIN, Liming LU, Zexing GUO, Hong LIU, Liangzhi ZHANG, Zhongbiao XIU

“…Objective:To establish a convenient, stable and efficient rabbit model of knee osteoarthritis (KOA).Methods:Sixty male New Zealand rabbits were selected as the normal group, traditional Videman method group (traditional group) and modified Videman method group (improved group) according to the random number table method, with twenty cases in each group. …”
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Observations of Microlensed Images with Dual-field Interferometry: On-sky Demonstration and Prospects by Przemek Mróz, Subo Dong, Antoine Mérand, Jinyi Shangguan, Julien Woillez, Andrew Gould, Andrzej Udalski, Frank Eisenhauer, Yoon-Hyun Ryu, Zexuan Wu, Zhuokai Liu, Hongjing Yang, —, Guillaume Bourdarot, Denis Defrère, Antonia Drescher, Maximilian Fabricius, Paulo Garcia, Reinhard Genzel, Stefan Gillessen, Sebastian F. Hönig, Laura Kreidberg, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Dieter Lutz, Florentin Millour, Thomas Ott, Thibaut Paumard, Jonas Sauter, T. Taro Shimizu, Christian Straubmeier, Matthias Subroweit, Felix Widmann, (The GRAVITY+ Collaboration), Michał K. Szymański, Igor Soszyński, Paweł Pietrukowicz, Szymon Kozłowski, Radosław Poleski, Jan Skowron, Krzysztof Ulaczyk, Mariusz Gromadzki, Krzysztof Rybicki, Patryk Iwanek, Marcin Wrona, Mateusz J. Mróz, (The OGLE Collaboration), Michael D. Albrow, Sun-Ju Chung, Cheongho Han, Kyu-Ha Hwang, Youn Kil Jung, In-Gu Shin, Yossi Shvartzvald, Jennifer C. Yee, Weicheng Zang, Sang-Mok Cha, Dong-Jin Kim, Seung-Lee Kim, Chung-Uk Lee, Dong-Joo Lee, Yongseok Lee, Byeong-Gon Park, Richard W. Pogge, (KMTNet Collaboration)

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