Adipose tissue fatty acid composition, serum lipids, and serum alpha-tocopherol in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients living on the island of Crete by Nikolakakis, N, Kounali, D, Tornaritis, M, Anastassou, A, Papadakis, E, Kassotakis, G, Kafatos, A

“…The mean total percentage of saturated fatty acids (p = 0.004), along with the mean percentage of ω-6 (p = 0.002), the mean value of the ratio ω-6/ω-3 (p < 0.0001), and the percentage of linoleic acid (p = 0.001) were significantly lower in CAPD patients than in the controls. …”

Trends in end digit preference for blood pressure and associations with cardiovascular outcomes in Canadian and UK primary care: a retrospective observational study by Greiver, M, Kalia, S, Voruganti, T, Aliarzadeh, B, Moineddin, R, Hinton, W, Dawes, M, Sullivan, F, Syed, S, Williams, J, De Lusignan, S

“…Associations between site EDP levels and mean BP. Associations between site EDP levels and frequency of cardiovascular outcomes.…”

Hydrodynamic stability of flow over Kramer-type compliant surface by Tan, Shi Nguan.

“…Thus, a pressure switch was designed to simplify the experiment process. The development began with five conceptual designs and the matrix evaluation table was then used to select the final design. …”
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Nanyang venture formula 1: testing and performance evaluation of formula vehicle under FSAE on-track regime by Yip, Seng Han

“…This FYP report details the assembly and setup of the steering, drivetrain and suspension systems and the testing and data analysis of NTUs first FSAE car, the NVF-1. The report began with the assembly and modification of systems previously designed by seniors who graduated. …”
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An evaluation of the RecycleNSave initiative in Singapore by Ho, Xin Rui

“…Despite four years having passed since the initiative began and the recent announcement of the upcoming Beverage Container Refund Scheme which has similar objectives, there is a lack of literature examining the effectiveness of this ongoing initiative. …”
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Mitigating quantization effects on distributed sensor fusion : a least squares approach by Zhu, Shanying, Chen, Cailian, Xu, Jinming, Guan, Xinping, Xie, Lihua, Johansson, Karl Henrick

“…Moreover, we characterize its rate of convergence in the mean square sense and that of the mean sequence. …”
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Impacts of market impact cost on portfolio selection strategies by Tang, Jingxiang

“…This report studies optimal dynamic portfolio choice with mean-variance analysis in continuous time when there are market impact costs. …”
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Automated lesion segmentation and quantification for prediction of paradoxical worsening in patients with tubercular serpiginous-like choroiditis by Kalra, Gagan, Agarwal, Aniruddha, Marchese, Alessandro, Agrawal, Rupesh, Bansal, Reema, Gupta, Vishali

“…The PW + group had significantly higher mean lesion area (p = 0.0152), mean pixel intensity (p = 0.0181), and integrated pixel intensity (p < 0.0001) compared to the PW- group. …”
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Online object detection and tracking by Ooi, Jun Han.

“…The report introduces the real-time object detection and tracking by using HOG feature extraction, mean-shift tracking and k-NN classification methods. …”
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Seoul-Hong Kong-Macau : love with an alien (1957) and postwar Korea-Hong Kong co-production by Lee, Sangjoon

“…Instead of making local cinema in vernacular languages, Shaw Brothers began to produce numerous Mandarin films for the thriving overseas Chinese communities.…”
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The westward spread of Zhouyi and the issue of its English name by Mu, Xiao Feng

“… - The second stage was the “Richard Wilhelm’s Yi-study stage”, which began with the appearance of Richard Wilhelm’s German translation in 1924. …”
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The inert online citizen : online political spaces in Singapore by Rachna Raghupathi

“…It is difficult to believe that as recently as 40 years ago, as academics began to delve into the ways in which countries could democratise, most of them had not even dreamed of what would be an eventual gamechanger: the internet. …”
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Getting from here to there : stitching together goods agreements in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement by Elms, Deborah

“…In these ongoing negotiations, officals began the talks in late 2009 and early 2010 with repeated pronouncements about the need to open markets "with no exceptions" to the other members. …”
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Translational tilings by a polytope, with multiplicity by Robins, Sinai., Shiryaev, Dmitry., Gravin, Nick.

“…The investigation of simple tilings by translations (which we call 1-tilings in this context) began with the work of Fedorov [5] and Minkowski [15], and was later extended by Venkov and McMullen to give a complete characterization of all convex objects that 1-tile Rd. …”
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Developing and validating a digital literacy assessment: bridging the digital divide among adolescents in Sabah, Malaysia by Shakira Arbine, Mohamad Shukri Abdul Hamid

“…Despite growing up in a digital era, many youths in Tawau demonstrate limited skills in essential software like Microsoft Office, highlighting a significant digital divide. The study began by identifying key themes from existing instruments, leading to the development of a tailored assessment tool for Tawau, Sabah. …”
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A marxist reading on the disintegration of American families in Sam Sherpard's true west and curse of the starving class by Majeed, Abdulhameed A.

“…American society began to experience the effects of capitalism in the twentieth century. …”
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Ability of ceramic composite beads as a pre-treatment for laundry wastewater and preparation of the process by Bakar, S A, Nizam, N S M, Musa, S, Mohamed, R M S R, Khamidun, M H, Al-Gheethi, A

“…This study aimed to enhance laundry wastewater treatment by employing ceramic composite beads using ceramic sanitary ware waste and chitosan. The investigation began by characterizing laundry wastewater to identify its specific attributes. …”
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Green practices in the hotel industry: the push and pull factors by Aripin, Norhani, Amran, Noor Afza, Saad, Natrah, Awalludin, Noor Rohin

“…The environmental issue in Malaysia has a long history, which began with river pollution because of tin mining operations.It has now become more critical as air pollution and waste disposal by the hotel industry have a negative impact on the environment.A total of 86 questionnaires were received from four-star and five-star hotels in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya.The dependent variable is green practices, while the independent variables are motivational factors and barriers. …”
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Are we apathetic? surveying Singaporeans' political attitudes, participation, and knowledge. by Chan, Boon Wee., Wong, Teck Zhung.

“…Findings showed Singaporeans' mean level of trust in the government was fairly high, while the mean level of political knowledge was average. …”
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Estimating consumptive water use of rice in lowland paddy fields of Tanjung Karang, Malaysia by Abdullahi, Abubakar Sadiq

“…The mean values of DP during off season irrigation activity for the three growth stages ranged between 2.0-3.6 mm/d, 1.4-3.5 mm/d and 2.2-4.6 mm/d respectively. …”
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