Glycosylated copper sulfide nanocrystals for targeted photokilling of bacteria in the near‐infrared II window by Hou, Shuai, Mahadevegowda, Surendra Hittanahalli, Mai, Van Cuong, Chan‐Park, Mary Bee Eng, Duan, Hongwei

“…This approach can be readily generalized to the targeting of other pathogens which have highly specific carbohydrate‐binding lectins.…”
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Deep self-supervised representation learning for free-hand sketch by Xu, Peng, Song, Zeyu, Yin, Qiyue, Song, Yi-Zhe, Wang, Liang

“…Key for the success of our self-supervised learning paradigm lies with our sketch-specific designs: (i) we propose a set of pretext tasks specifically designed for sketches that mimic different drawing styles, and (ii) we further exploit the use of the textual convolution network (TCN) together with the convolutional neural network (CNN) in a dual-branch architecture for sketch feature learning, as means to accommodate the sequential stroke nature of sketches. …”
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Engineering protein theranostics using bio-orthogonal asparaginyl peptide ligases by Wang, Zhen, Zhang, Dingpeng, Hemu, Xinya, Hu, Side, To, Janet, Zhang, Xiaohong, Lescar, Julien, Tam, James P., Liu, Chuan-Fa

“…Methods: We quantified substrate specificity differences between butelase-1 and VyPAL2, which provide orthogonality for a tandem ligation method for protein dual modifications. …”
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Between moral responsibility and postmodern disbelief : 'postmodern ethics' in the dramatic works of harold pinter by Fernandez, Stephen Frederick

“…Throughout this study, what is meant by a fixed religious or secular ethical code is an ethical code that is universal in its application – that is, one that does not consider the specific conditions under which acts of moral responsibility or irresponsibility occur. …”
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Spooky action in the film/novel debate. by Lee, Tracy Marie Shiyin., Luo, Esmonde Jianwen., Wong, Kai Wing., Manoj Prabhoda Chandran., Chee, Kang Xiong.

“…Spooky Action is a mixed media, site specific installation that unfolds amidst opposing shop- house rows as they become a platform for the exploration of human interaction between specific individuals. …”
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Calculation of Zakat on Financial Assets for American Muslims: A Financial and Jurisprudential Approach by Arsalan, Naveed

“…This thesis presents a comprehensive framework for calculating Zakat on modern financial assets specifically tailored for American Muslims. As one of the five pillars of Islam, Zakat is an obligatory form of charity for those who meet specific wealth criteria. …”
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On domain knowledge organization and extraction in software engineering by Ye, Deheng

“…In this thesis, we perform a pioneering study towards the long-term goal of enabling domain-specific knowledge graph and semantic search in software engineering. …”
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Measurement invariance of the higher-order model of Preschool Anxiety Scale (PAS) across child age, gender, parental anxiety, and pandemic period in England by Creswell, C, Reardon, T, Spence, S, Zhou, S

“…The Preschool Anxiety Scale (PAS) is a parent-report scale measuring young children’s anxiety symptoms involving five specific anxiety symptoms (separation anxiety, physical injury fears, social phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, generalised anxiety) that load on a higher-order factor representing general anxiety shared by all specific anxiety symptom subtypes. …”

Tips from an expert panel on the development of a clinical research protocol by Makram, AM, Elsheikh, R, Makram, OM, Van, NT, Nam, NH, Quan, NK, Duc, NTM, Nguye, NQT, Javes, GO, Elsheikh, SS, Imoto, A, Lee, P, Ohmagari, N, Aiga, H, Kamiya, Y, Endo, PT, Huy, NT

“…In this guide, we aim to provide detailed guidance with the key components and offer practical tips for crafting a research protocol in line with the various study designs. Specifically, the structure of a research protocol should contain the following items: (1) a title that is specific, catchy, and impressive within the word limitation; (2) an abstract that briefs the critical points of the study; (3) an introduction highlighting the study context from broad to narrow and defining the knowledge gap; (4) a justification underlining the significance of the proposed study; (5) Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-bound (SMART) objective(s) and aim(s); (6) a methodology covering seven sub-items, including [i] study design and settings, [ii] study subjects, [iii] sample size calculation and sampling, [iv] participants recruitment and follow-up, [v] questionnaire development, [vi] potential variables and outcomes, and [vii] data analysis plan; (7) dissemination of the results; (8) ethics and conflict of interests; (9) budgets analysis/ funding disclosure; and (10) references. …”

Which context matters for capturing energy needs? A multi-level analysis by Puranasamriddhi, A, Trotter, PA, Parikh, P, Batidzirai, B, Brophy, A

“…The need for development interventions to be context-specific in the Global South has become a mantra in the academic research over the last decade. …”

Src family kinase expression and subcellular localization in macrophages: implications for their role in CSF‐1‐induced macrophage migration by Dwyer, AR, Mouchemore, KA, Steer, JH, Sunderland, AJ, Sampaio, N, Greenland, EL, Joyce, DA, Pixley, FJ

“…Moreover, expression of individual Src family kinases is both species specific and dependent on colony‐stimulating factor‐1–induced macrophage differentiation. …”

Contribution of hypoxia-inducible factor 1alpha to pathogenesis of sarcomeric hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by Raj Murthi, S, Petry, A, Shashikadze, B, Stöckl, JB, Schmid, M, Santamaria, G, Klingel, K, Kračun, D, Chen, X, Bauer, S, Schmitt, JP, Flenkenthaler, F, Gorham, J, Toepfer, CN, Potěšil, D, Hruška, P, Zdráhal, Z, Mayer, Z, Klop, M, Lehmann, L, Qin, Y, Papanakli, L, Spielmann, N, Moretti, A

“…Therefore, the effect of a cardiomyocyte-specific Hif-1a knockout (cHif1aKO) was studied in an established α-MHC719/+ HCM mouse model that exhibits the classical features of human HCM. …”

Part I: Chemical functionalization of peptides and proteins. Part II: Synthetic studies towards the total synthesis of Platensimycin by Jenefer Alam

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Providing electricity supply to houses in rural areas (Project B) by Lum, Kenneth Chi Wah.

“…This report focuses on the project requirements and specifications for a stand-alone photovoltaic (PV) system. …”
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Sintercom : experiment in online civil society by Kwok, Amanda Ching Yee

“…Sintercom the website was started in 1994, only to shut down in 2001 – along the way, it faced challenges internal and external. It specifically sets out to engage in a more detailed examination of specific Sintercom projects in a chronological order. …”
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Thank God, I've finally found the one : dating culture of Christian young adults in Singapore by Ho, Gabriel Chee Chuan, Ho, Shu Hui, Khong, Zoey

“…This paper seeks to study the impact of religious institutions and its influence in the social lives of Christians, specifically the Protestant Church and the culture of dating among Christian young adults in Singapore. …”
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The sailor's tale by Hopkin, D

“…This article explores the connection between a specific occupational group —long-haul sailors—and a specific genre of oral literature, the sailor’s tale or ‘long yarn’. …”

How culture shapes consumer responses to anthropomorphic products by Baskentli, S, Hadi, R, Lee, L

“…In the present work, we examine the validity of this common intuition and uncover the specific cultural dimension underlying this difference in consumer response. …”

Use of Mid Upper-Arm Circumference (MUAC) as screening tool in an urban township in the Eastern Cape: rationale for testing changed cut-off values to identify malnutrition by McLaren, Shawn, Steenkamp, Liana, Venter, Danie

“…A sensitivity of 100% and specificity of 94.5% was achieved with the male MUAC cut-off. …”
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Improving electrochemical hybridization assays with restriction enzymes by Zhou, Xingcheng, Zamani, Marjon, Austin, Katherine, De Bock, Marieke, Ullola, Joshua Chaj, Rikia, Smah, Furst, Ariel L.

“…Electrochemical hybridization assays are sensitive and specific but are limited to very short nucleic acids. …”
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