Rationale management tool for software engineering by Fwu, Stanislaus Benfa.

“…It is normally stored in the form of functional specification document or the design specification document. …”
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SEM model: cognitive function predicting activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living performance in older adults by Goh, Pei Swhen

“…Thereafter, structural equation modelling demonstrated that cognitive function had direct effects on difficulties in performing all specific ADL and IADL tasks. Thus, proving that cognitive function was a predictor of specific ADL and IADL tasks. …”
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Investigations of SWCNT/Polyoxometalates hybrid materials as electrode for supercapacitors by Lee, Ching Yi

“…Future societal and environmental needs have called in for a need to develop more efficient and sustainable energy storage systems of high specific power and long durability. Presently, the use of supercapacitor as an energy storage device is often limited by the charge storage capability. …”
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New electrode material β-FeOOH for aqueous rechargeable batteries by Ng, Ming Xuan

“…It was also observed that specific capacity has a larger reduction in the earlier cycles than the latter cycles. …”
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Elucidating the non-apoptotic role of the caspases in the Drosophila intestinal system by Arthurton, L

“…Using the Drop-seq single-cell sequencing technique, I observed the misexpression of several regional and cell-specific genes following loss of <em>Dronc</em>. Furthermore, these Dronc-specific effects may result in the deregulation of the intestinal microbiota. …”

Development of a brief assessment tool to identify children with probable anxiety disorders by Reardon, T, Ukoumunne, OC, Ball, S, Gray, A, Violato, M, iCATS Team, Creswell, C

“…None of the brief child- nor teacher-report questionnaires achieved acceptable sensitivity/specificity (&lt;75%). Parent-report questionnaires including between 2 and 9 items that assess anxiety symptoms and/or associated impact achieved acceptable sensitivity and specificity (≥75%).…”

Mucosal signatures of pathogenic T cells in HLA-B*27+ anterior uveitis and axial spondyloarthritis by Paley, MA, Yang, X, Hassman, LM, Penkava, F, Garner, LI, Paley, GL, Linskey, N, Agnew, R, Arantes de Faria, PH, Feng, A, Li, SY, Simone, D, Roberson, EDO, Ruzycki, PA, Esaulova, E, Laurent, J, Feigl-Lenzen, L, Springer, LE, Liu, C, Gillespie, GM, Bowness, P, Garcia, KC, Yokoyama, WM

“…In addition, we find an expansion of YeiH-specific CD8 T cells in the blood of axSpA and B27AAU over healthy controls, whereas influenza-specific CD8 T cells were equivalent across groups. …”

Investigating the role of lysine demethylase UTX-1 in lifespan regulation of C. elegans by Guillermo, A

“…Overexpression and downregulation of <p>utx-1</p> (H3K27me2/3-specific lysine demethylase UTX-1) was found to promote lifespan extension in <em>C. elegans</em>. …”

Germinal centre B cell and T follicular helper cell responses to viral vector and protein-in-adjuvant vaccines by Wang, C, Hart, M, Chui, C, Ajuogu, A, Brian, IJ, de Cassan, SC, Borrow, P, Draper, SJ, Douglas, AD

“…We then used flow cytometric assays capable of measuring total and antigen-specific germinal center (GC) B cell and follicular helper T cell (Tfh) responses to compare the induction of these responses by the different formulations.…”

Performance of composite cones under axial compression loading by Khalid, Asad Abdullah, Sahari, B.B, Khalid, Y.A

“…The specific energy absorption was in the range of 8.6-13.3% for cotton fiber/epoxy cones and 12.6-24.2 for glass/epoxy cones. …”
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The state of adoption and perceptions of linux in Singapore by Tan, Zi Hui, Ang, Peiwen, Foo, Hanjie

“…In view of the growing popularity of open source technology worldwide, this paper seeks to investigate the state of adoption of open technology, specifically Linux, in Singapore.…”
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Mechanical properties of additively manufactured kraft paper lattices and paper-epoxy interpenetrating phase composites for polymer foam replacement by Lim, Guo Yao, Kuek, Ryan Jian Xing, Teo, Javen, Seetoh, Ian Peiyuan, Lai, Chang Quan

“…The addition of epoxy matrix into an Octet Truss paper lattice increased its specific stiffness, specific strength and isotropy significantly. …”
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Single-stage and cascade design of high order multiplierless linear phase FIR filters using genetic algorithm by Ye, Wen Bin, Yu, Ya Jun

“…In a practical filter design problem, when the filter specification is stringent, requiring high filter order and wide coefficient wordlength, GAs often fail to find feasible solutions, because the discrete search space thus constructed is huge and the majority of the solution candidates therein can not meet the specification. …”
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Vypal2: a versatile peptide ligase for precision tailoring of proteins by Zhang, Dingpeng, Wang, Zhen, Hu, Side, Lescar, Julien, Tam, James P., Liu, Chuan-Fa

“…Together, these examples firmly establish Asx-specific ligases, such as VyPAL2, as the biocatalysts of the future for site-specific protein modification, with a myriad of applications in basic research and drug discovery.…”
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Techniques for intelligent novelty mining by Tsai, Flora S.

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Enhancing sentiment analysis on social media data by Ruan, Pingcheng

“…This report explains my extensive research on the engine’s improvement from the following three perspectives: Fine-grained analysis of the sentiment including specific emotions, associate the sentiment with the topics and compute a domain-specific word’s polarity. …”
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Modeling and control of solar photovoltaic systems connected to a weak power grid by Wang, Yaxin

“…Then, according to the specific grid-connected inverter, a simulation model is set up in MATLAB/Simulink software, and the simulation waveform and analysis are given to verify the scientificity and effectiveness of the method.…”
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Bridging science and accessibility: a tactile journey from gluten through to coeliac disease by Henneken, LM, Loh, TJ, Ciacchi, L, Ciacchi, L, Lim, J-J, Reid, HH, Tye‐Din, JA

“…In contrast to the common misconception of coeliac disease as a food allergy, our exhibits revealed its closer association with autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes, involving genetic susceptibility linked to specific human leukocyte antigens, crucial antigen-specific T- and B-cell responses and autoantibody production. …”

Pro defunctis: Lassos frühe Toten- und Memorialkompositionen zwischen Individualisierung und Generalisierung by Leitmeir, C

“…Although the Office and Mass for the Dead are celebrated with specific intentions, the liturgical formularies consistently adopt the generic plural. …”

Anaerobic digestion of strong wastes by Jeyaseelan, S., Tay, Joo Hwa

“…This study examines the significance of media specific surface, porosity, pore size, and surface texture on treatment performance of the laboratory scale anaerobic packet-bed system.…”
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