Post-acute sequelae of hospitalised COVID-19 re-infection compared with hospitalised first-time infection: a population-based retrospective cohort study in Hong Kong by Yin Zhang, Francisco T T Lai, Shirley Chiu Wai Chan, Chak Sing Lau, Xue Li, Eric Yuk Fai Wan, Lung Yi Mak, Celine S L Chui, Ivan F N Hung, Esther Wai Yin Chan, Vincent Ka Chun Yan, Deliang Yang, Carlos Wong, Ian Chi-Kei Wong

“…Although preliminary studies have suggested that COVID-19 re-infection may have a cumulative effect on long-term outcome, differential effects of COVID-19 re-infection severe enough to be hospitalised on post-acute sequelae compared with hospitalised first-time infection have not been explored.Methods Retrospective cohort study using territory-wide electronic medical records databases in Hong Kong. …”
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Effectiveness Study of Artificial Intelligent Facility System in Maintaining Building Fire Safety (Case Study: Typical Public Building Cases of Fire-Fighting Facilities Management... by Weijie Xu, S. C. Chan, W. Y. Leong

“…The rapid development of the economy and society has put forward higher standards and requirements for fire supervision. …”
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Nilotinib-Induced Dystonia and Cognitive Deficits in a Neurologically Normal Patient with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia by Justine Chan, Paarth Shah, Guillermo Moguel-Cobos

“…This agent is also being studied in neurodegenerative disorders including Parkinson disease. Studies have shown that nilotinib may decrease the accumulation of parkin substrates and decrease the loss of dopaminergic cells. …”
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A Multistep Look-Ahead Deadlock Avoidance Policy for Automated Manufacturing Systems by Chao Gu, Zhiwu Li, Abdulrahman Al-Ahmari

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Improving Performance and Safety of Lithium Metal Batteries Through Surface Pretreatment Strategies by Gyuri Youk, Jeongmin Kim, Oh B. Chae

“…In addition, dendrite growth has hindered the commercial application of Li metal batteries in regular portable electronics to EVs. …”
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Opportunity Loss Minimization and Newsvendor Behavior by Xinsheng Xu, Hong Yan, Chi Kin Chan

“…The numerical example shows that the optimal order quantity that minimizes CVaR of opportunity loss is bigger than expected profit maximization (EPM) order quantity for high-profit products and smaller than EPM order quantity for low-profit products, which is different from the experimental results in Schweitzer and Cachon (2000). …”
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Age-dependent alpha-synuclein aggregation and Lewy body formation in Parkinson’s disease by Chun Chau Sung, Kenny K. K. Chung

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Phygital Experience Platform for Textile Exhibitions in Small Local Museums by Supaporn Chai-Arayalert, Supattra Puttinaovarat, Wanida Saetang

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Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) Principle 7: Establish Record Keeping and Documentation Procedures by Larry Eubanks, Chad Carr, Ronald H. Schmidt

“…AN221, a 4-page fact sheet by Larry Eubanks, Chad Carr, and Ronald H. Schmidt, describes how to establish proper recordkeeping as an imperative part of the HACCP system of preventative accountability. …”
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Context-dependent modulation of spatial attention: prioritizing behaviourally relevant stimuli by Noah Britt, Jackie Chau, Hong-jin Sun

“…Abstract Human attention can be guided by semantic information conveyed by individual objects in the environment. …”
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ARABIDOPSIS ATMKK1 KNOCKOUT MUTANT FLOWERS UNDER SHORT DAY CONDITIONS by Chad CONROY, Khadijah M. NIZAM, Tim XING

“…There are a variety of conditions that regulate flowering time in Arabidopsis, but there are no reported instances mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways playing a decisive role in flowering time. Our work has indicated that when long-day plant Arabidopsis mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 1 (AtMKK1) was knocked out, Arabidopsis plants flowered under short day conditions. …”
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NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF TEMPERATURE FIELD AND STRESS FIELD FOR BRAKE DISK IN MINE HOIST by YANG Ying, YE Chao, ZOU ShenYong

“…Based on the of theory heat conduction and thermal-elasticity,simulated the braking process of mine hoist. The changing laws of the boundary condition on the brake disc’s surface during braking were analyzed and the computing method of the convective coefficient was discussed emphatically. …”
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STRENGTH SIMULATION OF PLASTIC HELICAL GEARS IN NEW CAR DOOR LOCK BASED ON FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS by YANG Meng, KAN ShuLin, XIE Chao

“…To study the stress of plastic helical gears in the new type car door lock under the working condition,establish the finite element model of helical gear mesh through ABAQUS,the contact process of plastic helical gears is simulated and analyzed based on nonlinear contact algorithm,and obtain the contact stress and bending stress of plastic helical gears. …”
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Estimating Safety Effects of Green-Man Countdown Devices at Signalized Pedestrian Crosswalk Based on Cellular Automata by Chen Chai, Xiupeng Shi, Yiik Diew Wong

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Adaptive Reduction of Curse of Dimensionality in Nonparametric Instrumental Variable Estimation by Ming-Yueh Huang, Kwun Chuen Gary Chan

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Companding transform technique combined with iterative filtering for reducing PAPR of OFDM signals by Chao YANG, Yong WANG, Jian-hua GE

“…Considering the drawbacks of the traditional companding transforms，an efficient companding scheme combined with iterative filtering was proposed to reduce the peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signals.By introducing a joint optimization approach for PAPR and bit error rate (BER) performances along with remaining an unchanged average output power level，the scheme could achieve significant reduction in PAPR as well as an improved BER simultaneously.Moreover，by adaptively adjusting the transform parameters in the iterative process，more design flexibility in companding form and lower out-of-band radiation could also be given to satisfy various system requirements.The proposed scheme had a simple functional form and less computational complexity.The theoretical results regarding the transform gain and impact of companding distortion were derived.Simulation results show that this scheme can substantially offer better overall performances in terms of PAPR reduction，BER performance and bandwidth efficiency.…”
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Stochastic Stability Criteria for Neutral Distributed Parameter Systems with Markovian Jump by Yanbo Li, Chao-Yang Chen, Chengqun Li

“…In this model, we only need to know the absolute maximum of the state transition probability on the principal diagonal line; other transition rates can be completely unknown. Based on calculating the weak infinitesimal generator and combining Poincare inequality and Green formula, a stochastic stability criterion is given in terms of a set of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) by the Schur complement lemma. …”
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New Composite Indexes through Factor Analysis Simplifying the Interpretation of Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes of Surgical Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients Complet... by Wai-Wang Chau, Bobby Kin-Wah Ng

“…The development of the new composite indexes “Trunk symmetry and HRQOL” and “Body appearance” simplifies result interpretation without losing the characteristics of SRS-22 and SAQ. Results can be interpreted in the same direction.…”
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Use of Thromboelastogram in Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for a Patient with Pulmonary Hemorrhage due to Microscopic Polyangiitis by Chak-Kwan Tong, Jun Jin, Qian Du

“…Activated clotting time (ACT) or activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) has been the mainstay of monitoring of heparin dose. …”
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Cross-Talk between PPARs and the Partners of RXR: A Molecular Perspective by Lap Shu Alan Chan, Richard A. Wells

“…Therefore, the PPARs often complete with other RXR-dependent nuclear receptors and this competition has important biological implications. Thorough understanding of this cross-talk at the molecular level is crucial to determine the detailed functional roles of the PPARs. …”
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