Publications by authors named "C M Mah"

Background: 'Diet cost' refers to a methodological approach developed by Drewnowski and colleagues to estimate individual daily diet costs, where cost vectors are derived by matching prices from food supply data to the food sources of reported intakes from dietary assessment tools. The dietary assessment method and food price collection approach have been found to vary diet cost estimates. There is a need to better understand how food supply prices might be better standardized and attached to price individuals' diets.

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This paper reports several new occurrences for Asteroidea and Echinoidea in Hong Kong. New records for asteroids include Anseropoda rosacea, Aquilonastra cepheus, Pentaceraster alveolatus, Pentaceraster sibogae, and Culcita novaeguineae. For echinoids, new records include Coelopleurus maculatus, Eucidaris metularia, Prionocidaris baculosa, Echinostrephus molaris, Pseudoboletia indiana, Salmacis bicolor, Stomopneustes variolaris, Toxopneustes pileolus, Clypeaster reticulatus, Metalia spatagus, and Nacospatangus altus.

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Article Synopsis
  • The North Pacific hosts many undiscovered species, particularly in deep-sea habitats below 200 m, with new findings primarily from in situ and museum collections.
  • The Goniasteridae family, the most diverse group of starfish (Asteroidea), has led to the identification of one new genus and seven new species.
  • Recent observations from research vessels R/V Nautilus and MBARI have enhanced understanding of goniasterid ecology and morphology in deep-sea environments.
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Two new species and one new genus, collected by NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer, Bathyceramaster kelliottae n. sp. and Rhianastra isosceles n.

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Background: Neonatal intensive care unit admissions of newborns are emotional and stressful for parents, influencing their mental and physical well-being and resulting in high rates of psychological morbidities. Significant research has been undertaken to understand and quantify the burden of a newborn's medical journey on parents' well-being. Simultaneously, an increase has been observed in the development and implementation of telemedicine interventions, defined as the remote delivery of health care.

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