Crystallographic Correlations with Anisotropic Oxide Ion Conduction in Aluminum-Doped Neodymium Silicate Apatite Electrolytes by An, Tao, Baikie, Tom, Wei, Fengxia, Pramana, Stevin S., Schreyer, Martin K., Piltz, Ross O., Shin, J. Felix, Wei, Jun, Slater, Peter R., White, Timothy John

“…On annealing, Nd redistribution and homogenization removes these interfaces and also reduces the number of interstitial oxide ions, hence eliminating this second semicircle while reducing the bulk conductivity. …”
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Effects of thrombin and its related peptide fragments on neutrophils by Lim, Chun Hwee

“…In addition, these peptides were shown to have immunomodulatory effects on monocytes, but whether they have any effects on the other major innate immune cells, neutrophils, was not known. Hence, we aimed to address the immunomodulatory potential of these C-terminal truncations on neutrophil functions. …”
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Laser-pyrolysed ZnFe2O4 anode for lithium-ion batteries : understanding of the lithium storage mechanisms by Bourrioux, Samantha

“…Li/Li+ that favours lithium plating at fast charging. Hence there is a need for alternative anode material that can in future replace graphite to address these challenges. …”
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Myocardial injury is distinguished from stable angina by a set of candidate plasma biomarkers identified using iTRAQ/MRM-based approach by Cheow, Esther Sok Hwee, Cheng, Woo Chin, Yap, Terence, Dutta, Bamaprasad, Lee, Chuen Neng, Kleijn, Dominique P. V. de, Sorokin, Vitaly, Sze, Siu Kwan

“…The lack of precise biomarkers that identify patients at risk for myocardial injury and stable angina delays administration of optimal therapy. Hence, the search for noninvasive biomarkers that could accurately stratify patients with impending heart attack, from patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD), is urgently needed in the clinic. …”
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Application of magnetic field for reduction of sludge bulking in activated sludge system by Zaidi, Nur Syamimi

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Chang'E lunar microwave radiometer data analysis and lunar subsurface temperature profile modelling by Zhang, W

“…The PKT is enriched with a high abundance of radioactive elements such as uranium and thorium. Hence a heat flow model based on radioactive elements as well as internal cooling was built up to investigate such a finding.…”

Composting evaluation of oil palm empty fruit bunches with palm oil effluent anaerobic sludge by Wan Razali, Wan Aizuddin

“…Palm oil mill effluent (POME) is also produced in huge quantities because the ratio of water required to the oil palm fresh fruit bunches (OPFFB) processed is usually 1:1 ratio. Hence, this project was conducted to evaluate the pressed-shredded OPEFB and palm oil mill effluent (POME) anaerobic sludge composting treatment. …”
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In vitro anti-proliferative mechanism of combination therapy with tannic acid and cisplatin against human osteosarcoma cell line U2OS by Kasiram, Mohamad Zahid Mohd

“…Tannic acid (TA), a phenolic compound found in medicinal plants, has shown promising efficacy in enhancing chemotherapeutic drugs against various cancers. Hence, this study aimed to investigate the effect of TA treatment combined with cisplatin on human osteosarcoma cell line (U2OS). …”
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Combating Household Bankruptcy: Developing a New Integrated Financial Education Model for Malaysian (S/O 13585) by Sawandi, Norfaiezah, Abu Bakar, Abu Sufian, Shaari, Hasnah, Amran, Noor Afza, Saad, Ram Al Jaffri

“…While there have been efforts undertaken by the government agencies and non-governmental organisation (NGOs) to curb these problems, recent evidence indicates that urgent action are needed to address the problems in the long term in which financial education has been seen as one of the vital means in order to equip people with appropriate financial knowledge that can help them to develop good financial/debt management. This study, hence, aims to develop a new integrated financial education model to strengthen the current financial education efforts undertaken by e.g. the government agencies. …”
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The identification of significant features towards travel mode choice and its prediction via optimised random forest classifier : An evaluation for active commuting behavior by Nur Fahriza, Mohd Ali, Ahmad Farhan, Mohd Sadullah, P.P. Abdul Majeed, Anwar, Mohd Azraai, Mohd Razman, Musa, Rabiu Muazu

“…The use of machine learning has since been ubiquitous in a myriad of fields, including transportation studies and hence is also investigated towards its efficacy in predicting travel mode choice. …”
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Self-assembled structures using CABC multi-block copolymers by Zheng, Jie

“…Unlike conventional systems, the present star-to-flower transformation keeps micellar structures and hence does not liberate polymers but only external molecules selectively. …”
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Electrode modification by diazonium chemistry : studies on the effect of steric bulk on film thickness, and modified activated carbon cloths for energy storage by Subrata, Arnold

“…Although ACCs have inherently lower porosity and specific surface area than other more commonly preferred carbonaceous materials for EDLCs, they were chosen for the study due to their mechanical stability and flexibility (and hence great potential for use in wearable electronics) while being electrically conductive. …”
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Preliminary environmental risk consideration for small UAV ground risk mapping by Chung, Han Jie, Mohd Hasrizam Che Man, Sivakumar, Anush Kumar, Low, Kin Huat

“…Consequently, an increase in sUAV traffic may lead to a higher likelihood of failure, and crash occur primarily due to environmental factors. Hence, the objective of this study was to investigate the influence of environmental factors on sUAV operations.The study identifies three environmental risk categories relevant to Singapore’s context, namely weather, obstacle, and signal. …”
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Exploring dependence structures among European electricity markets: static and dynamic copula-GARCH and dynamic state-space approaches by Ly, Sel, Sriboonchitta, Songsak, Tang, Jiechen, Wong, Wing-Keung

“…Based on the results of the ARMA-GJR-GARCH model, we first find that there are spillover effects in the returns of both base and peak spot prices in the five European electricity markets, and there are heteroskedastic, asymmetric, and leverage effects with negative and positive shocks, including spikes and drops during both base and peak load periods. Hence, a decrease in prices will boom the variance of the returns, and a decrease in returns can lead to a much greater increase in volatility. …”
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Assessing nanotoxicity of food-relevant particles: a comparative analysis of cellular responses in cell monolayers versus 3D gut epithelial cultures by Gautam, Archana, Lim, Hui Kheng, Li, Jasmine Jia’En, Hughes, Christopher Owen, Yeo, Calvin Wee Sing, Rakshit, Moumita, Leavesley, David Ian, Lim, Michelle Jing Sin, Tan, Joseph Choon Wee, Tan, Li Yi, Chan, Joanne Sheot Harn, Smith, Benjamin Paul Chapman, Ng, Kee Woei

“…The lack of validated methodologies is a bottleneck towards resolving this uncertainty. Hence, the current study aims to compare two cell models by examining the toxicological impacts of two food-relevant NPs (SiO2 and Ag) on intestinal epithelia using monolayer Caco-2 cells and full-thickness 3D tissue models of human small intestines (EpiIntestinalTM). …”
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Tumor-targeted nano-assemblies for energy-blocking cocktail therapy in cancer by Chen, Manling, Liu, Yidu, Li, Yang, Liu, Xue

“…However, its antitumor efficacy is limited when used alone due to compensatory energy mechanisms. Hence, we introduced glycolysis inhibitor 2-deoxy-d-glucose (2-DG) to inhibit an alternative tumor energy pathway. …”
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New multi-target based therapeutics against an opportunistic superbug by Premkumar, Jayaraman.

“…Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) is one of the most opportunistic and challenging Gram-negative pathogens, often resistant to a number of widely used antibiotics even when combination therapies are administered, thereby joining the ranks of “superbugs”. Hence, there is a dearth of treatment options for community-acquired and nosocomial Pseudomonas infections due to several rapidly emerging multidrug-resistant phenotypes along with the complexity of rising resistance rates. …”
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Synthesis and optical characterization of cadmium sulfide (CdS) single crystals for laser cooling effect by Zhang, Chiyuan

“…But large scale is needed instead of nano size in order to make this material useful in real life, for example, optical refrigerator or self-cooling laser. Hence, the author first characterizes the commercial single crystals of CdS (1 cm2 square meters) to see the laser cooling character of bulk CdS single crystals. …”
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A product conceptualization strategy based on crowd-innovation by Chang, Danni

“…In this regard, various design strategies, such as open innovation and value co-creation, have been proposed, through which the potential of utilizing the dispersed knowledge distributed among the crowd for creativity is deeply recognized. Hence, crowd wisdom could be a heterogeneous organizational knowledge resource that deserves further research. …”
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新加坡当代社会同志自由的研究 = A study of homosexuals’ liberty in present day Singapore by 陈惠嫔 Tan, Mabel Hui Ping

“…Yet, there are very little indepth open discussions and dialogues to address these issues. Hence, without a free and open platform to engage the public in meaningful discussions and explorations of the social issues regarding gay rights, it is questionable how these discriminations of homosexuals can be resolved in this dominantly heterosexist society of Singapore. …”
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