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Relationship between Mastery and Caregiving Competence in Protecting against Burden, Anxiety and Depression among Caregivers of Frail Older Adults by Chan, Ee-Yuee, Glass, G., Chua, K.-C., Ali, N., Lim, W.-S.

“…Objective Studies suggest the protective effect of mastery and caregiving competence against psychological stressors of caregiving in the context of dementia,…”
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Defining community acquired pneumonia severity on presentation to hospital: an international derivation and validation study by Lim, W S, van der Eerden, M M, Laing, R, Boersma, W G, Karalus, N, Town, G I, Lewis, S A, Macfarlane, J T

“…Background: In the assessment of severity in community acquired pneumonia (CAP), the modified British Thoracic Society (mBTS) rule identifies patients with…”
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Risk factors for hospitalisation and poor outcome with pandemic A/H1N1 influenza: United Kingdom first wave (May-September 2009) by Nguyen-Van-Tam, J S, Openshaw, P J M, Hashim, A, Gadd, E M, Lim, W S, Semple, M G, Read, R C, Taylor, B L, Brett, S J, McMenamin, J, Enstone, J E, Armstrong, C, Nicholson, K G

“…During the first wave of pandemic H1N1 influenza in 2009, most cases outside North America occurred in the UK. The clinical characteristics of UK patients…”
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Prolonging fuel cell stack lifetime based on Pontryagin's Minimum Principle in fuel cell hybrid vehicles and its economic influence evaluation by ZHENG, C. H, XU, G. Q, PARK, Y. I, LIM, W. S, CHA, S. W

“…The lifetime of fuel cell stacks is a major issue currently, especially for automotive applications. In order to take into account the lifetime of fuel cell…”
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Broad spectrum antimicrobial PDMS-based biomaterial for catheter fabrication by Armugam, Arunmozhiarasi, Teong, Siew Ping, Lim, Diane S. W, Chan, Shook Pui, Yi, Guangshun, Yew, Dionis S, Beh, Cyrus W, Zhang, Yugen

“…Abstract Background In addition to the widespread use of antibiotics in healthcare settings, the current COVID-19 pandemic has escalated the emergence of…”
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Association of the choline acetyltransferase gene with responsiveness to acetylcholinesterase inhibitors in Alzheimer's disease by Yoon, H, Myung, W, Lim, S-W, Kang, H S, Kim, S, Won, H-H, Carroll, B J, Kim, D K

“…The response to acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (AChEIs) of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients varies depending on the genetic characteristics of the patient…”
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Tea consumption reduces the incidence of neurocognitive disorders: Findings from the Singapore longitudinal aging study by Feng, L., Chong, M. -S., Lim, W. -S., Gao, Q., Nyunt, M. S. Z., Lee, T. -S., Collinson, S. L., Tsoi, T., Kua, E. -H., Ng, T. -P.

“…Objectives To examine the relationships between tea consumption habits and incident neurocognitive disorders (NCD) and explore potential effect modification by…”
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independent role of inflammation in physical frailty among older adults with mild cognitive impairment and mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease by Tay, Laura, Lim, W. S, Chan, M, Ye, R. J, Chong, M. S

“…OBJECTIVES: To examine the independent and combined effects of inflammation and endocrine dysregulation on (i) baseline frailty status and (ii) frailty…”
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Social Frailty and Executive Function: Association with Geriatric Syndromes, Life Space and Quality of Life in Healthy Community-Dwelling Older Adults by Ong, M, Pek, K, Tan, C N, Chew, J, Lim, J P, Yew, S, Yeo, A, Lim, W S

“…Despite emerging evidence about the association between social frailty and cognitive impairment, little is known about the role of executive function in this…”
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Study of community acquired pneumonia aetiology (SCAPA) in adults admitted to hospital: implications for management guidelines by Lim, W S, Macfarlane, J T, Boswell, T C J, Harrison, T G, Rose, D, Leinonen, M, Saikku, P

“…BACKGROUND Since the last British study of the microbial aetiology of community acquired pneumonia (CAP) about 20 years ago, new organisms have been identified…”
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Variation in clinical outcomes and process of care measures in community acquired pneumonia: a systematic review by Lawrence, H, Lim, W S, McKeever, T M

“…Variation in outcomes of patients with community acquired pneumonia (CAP) has been reported in some, but not all, studies. Although some variation is expected,…”
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One-Step Preparation of Functionalized (E)-Vinylsilanes from Aldehydes by Lim, Diane S. W, Anderson, Edward A

“…Functionalized (E)-vinylsilanes have been prepared in one step from a wide range of aldehydes, via a chromium(II)-mediated olefination with novel…”
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Obesity Definitions in Sarcopenic Obesity: Differences in Prevalence, Agreement and Association with Muscle Function by Khor, E Q, Lim, J P, Tay, L, Yeo, A, Yew, S, Ding, Y Y, Lim, W S

“…Sarcopenic obesity (SO) is associated with poorer physical performance in the elderly and will increase in relevance with population ageing and the obesity…”
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Setting Goals or Shifting Goalposts: Role of Frailty for Critical Care Decisions During COVID-19 by Lee, Raphael Hsien-Xiong, Ho, E. Peiying, Neo, H.-Y, Hum, A, Lim, W.-S

“…Whilst the multidimensional measure of frailty such as Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) and Frailty Index (FI) generally predict higher hospital mortality, longer…”
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Depressive symptoms increase the risk of mild neurocognitive disorders among elderly Chinese by Feng, Lei, Lim, W.-S., Chong, M.-S., Lee, T.-S., Gao, Q., Nyunt, M. S. Z., Feng, L., Kua, E.-H., Ng, T.-P.

“…Background Depression is prevalent among patients with late life neurocognitive disorders but its role as an independent risk factor is not established. We…”
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Evaluating Quality-of-Life, Length of Stay and Cost-Effectiveness of a Front-Door Geriatrics Program: An Exploratory Proof-of-Concept Study by Pereira, M J, Chong, E, Molina, J A D, Ng, S H X, Goh, E F, Zhu, B, Chan, M, Lim, W S

“…The Emergency Department Interventions for Frailty (EDIFY) program was developed to deliver early geriatric specialist interventions at the Emergency…”
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Association of Oral Health with Frailty, Malnutrition Risk and Functional Decline in Hospitalized Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study by Chew, Justin, Chia, J. Q, Kyaw, K. K, Fu, J. K, Ang, J, Lim, Y. P, Ang, K. Y, Tan, H. N, Lim, W. S

“…BackgroundPoor oral health is known to be associated with adverse outcomes, but the frequency and impact of poor oral health on older adults in the acute…”
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A care-bundles approach to improving standard of care in AECOPD admissions: results of a national project by Turner, A M, Lim, W S, Rodrigo, C, Welham, S A, Calvert, J M

“…This report describes a care bundles implementation project for COPD undertaken during 2013 in England and Wales. High-level data were collected on outcomes of…”
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Sarcopenia in Distal Radius Fractures: A Scoping Review by Yam, M, Ng, H, Lim, C L, Munro, Y L, Lim, W S

“…Sarcopenia is an emerging disease that adversely impacts outcomes of older adults across the spectrum of fragility fractures. Few studies have examined…”
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Soft Surface Nanostructure with Semi-Free Polyionic Components for Sustainable Antimicrobial Plastic by Chan, Shook Pui, Lim, Diane S W, Armugam, Arunmozhiarasi, Yi, Guangshun, Zhang, Yugen

“…Surface antimicrobial materials are of interest as they can combat the critical threat of microbial contamination without contributing to issues of…”
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