Laser annealing of semiconductor materials for future electron device application by Ong, Chio Yin.

“…The formation of alloy from group IV semiconductors as well as group III-V semiconductors by LA was investigated. …”
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Transcriptome alterations of vascular smooth muscle cells in aortic wall of myocardial infarction patients by Wongsurawat, Thidathip, Woo, Chin Cheng, Giannakakis, Antonis, Lin, Xiao Yun, Cheow, Esther Sok Hwee, Lee, Chuen Neng, Richards, Mark, Sze, Siu Kwan, Nookaew, Intawat, Sorokin, Vitaly, Kuznetsov, Vladimir Andreevich

“…Prediction Analysis of Microarray (PAM) identified genes that significantly discriminated the two groups of samples. Incorporation of gene ontology (GO) identified a VSMCs-associated classifier that discriminated between the two groups of samples. …”
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Copper-catalyzed meta-selective arylation of phenol derivatives: an easy access to m-aryl phenols by Maraswami, Manikantha, Hirao, Hajime, Loh, Teck-Peng

“…Here, we report a general approach to achieve meta-arylated phenols with a simple and common directing group. This coppercatalyzed protocol proceeds with complete meta-selectivity and tolerates a variety of functional groups in both coupling partners. …”
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The hijab : to wear or not to wear? by Nur Hidayah Fauzan.

“…At the same time, it also compares how the different gender groups in the Muslim community react to the hijab and the wearer.…”
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Growth performances, carcass yield and meat quality of free range village chickens fed on diet containing dehydrated processed food waste by Shanaghi, Hossein

“…Fat content and ash were the lowest in the control group while moisture was the highest (71.14 %). T4 significantly had the highest fat content and it decreased linearly to the control group (P<0.05). …”
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An exploration of clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes associated with dietetic intervention in adolescent anorexia nervosa by Brennan, Cliona, Felemban, Lara, McAdams, Ellen, Walsh, Kevin, Baudinet, Julian

“…Results: The study included 92 participants (dietetic group = 33 participants; non-dietetic group = 59 participants). …”
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Prognostic significance of pleural fluid microbiological positivity in pleural infection: a bicentric 10-year retrospective observational study by Wong, C, Fan, HC, Rahman, NM, Wong, JCC, Cheng, HS, Chiu, PH, Tong, CW, Miu, FPL, Yam, LYC

“…They were classified into MPPI (n = 169) and MNPI (n = 212), respectively. The MPPI group had more elderly home residence and use of large-bore chest tube, and higher Charlson comorbidity index and RAPID score, compared to the MNPI group. …”

Effectiveness of interpretive exhibits in influencing students’ intention in birdwatching activity at a Bird Interpretive Center, Fraser’s Hill, Pahang, Malaysia by Mokhli, Nuraain Amalina

“…The intervention group showed significantly higher mean scores than the control group for all other affective, intention, and design constructs. …”
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Overexpression of 4EBP1, p70S6K, Akt1 or Akt2 differentially promotes Coxsackievirus B3-induced apoptosis in HeLa cells by Xing, X., Huang, L., Li, X., Li, Z., Zhou, W., Tian, L., Chen, J., Chen, C., Ma, Xing, Yang, Z.

“…Compared with controls, the expression of CVB3 mRNA was increased at 3, 6, 12 and 24 h postinfection (p. i.) in all groups. At the meantime, VP1 expression in 4EBP1 group was higher than control during the process of infection, while the expressions in the other groups were change dynamically. …”
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Early and strong leptin reduction is predictive for long-term weight loss during high-protein, low-glycaemic meal replacement: a subanalysis of the randomised-controlled ACOORH tri... by Kempf, Kerstin, Röhling, Martin, Banzer, Winfried, Braumann, Klaus-Michael, Halle, Martin, Schaller, Nina, McCarthy, H. David, Predel, Hans Georg, Schenkenberger, Isabelle, Tan, Susanne, Toplak, Hermann, Martin, Stephan, Berg, Aloys

“…The intervention group additionally used a protein-rich, low-glycaemic meal replacement. …”
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Transforming collaborative narrative writing through storyboard that for ESL upper secondary school students by Subramaniam, Vanitha A/P, Ruhil Amal, Azmuddin

“…The research design involves an experimental design, with pre-and post-tests administered to control and experimental groups. Findings show that students in the experimental group who used the Storyboard That improved their narrative writing scores significantly compared to those in the control group. …”
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Schizophrenia in Singapore : the invisible illness. by How, Kay Lii., Lin, Xinyi., Tan, Melody Huizhen., Teo, Xuanwei.

“…By raising awareness about the illness, and the issues patients have to deal with, the group hoped to remove the stigma they have to face. …”
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Nanosphere lithography for ordered-arrayed semiconductor nanowire formation via top-down method by Low, Guorong.

“…In this project, nanosphere lithography will be explored for group IV nanowires formation via etching method. …”
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Non-abelian representations of some sporadic geometries by Ivanov, Alexander A., Pasechnik, Dmitrii V., Shpectorov, Sergey V.

“…For a point-line incidence system S =(P, L) with three points per line we define the universal representation group of S asR(S)= 〈zp, p∈P|zp^2=1 for p∈P,zp zq zr = 1 for {p,q,r} ∈ L〉We prove that if G is the 2-local parabolic geometry of the sporadic simple group F1(the Monster) or F2(the Baby Monster) thenR(G)≅F1or 2·F2, respectively.…”
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Subject realisation in Greek preschool learners of English by Faitaki, F, Murphy, VA

“…Both groups produced significantly more null and fewer overt subjects in English than an English monolingual control group, but the same number of null and overt subjects in Greek as a Greek monolingual control group. …”

Understanding campus mobility by Toh, Christopher Gerard Wei Hong

“…To understand social relations better, identifying group behaviour amongst students is necessary, and student who partake in sports-related activities (s_students) were chosen as a pilot study. …”
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Synthesis and properties of amino- and guanidino-peptoid peptide nucleic acids by Lu, Xiao Wei

“…Other AP-PNA derivatives were obtained by acylating the amino group with interesting functional groups. Chapter 3 demonstrates the hybridization and cellular uptake properties of AP-PNA, GP-PNA and the side-chain amine-acylated AP-PNA derivatives.…”
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A build-and-learn pedagogical framework for engineering outreach by Thng, Jing Rong

“…In this project, two robotic kits are designed - one for primary school and another for secondary school age groups. The kits are of suitable difficulty for the two age groups and can be assembled into robot cars. …”
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Optimising investigative pathways in military medicine: operational impact of a military cardiopulmonary exercise testing clinic by Holland, JL, Cowie, P, Gardner, L, Mulae, J, Richards, S, Holdsworth, D

“…Median peak VO2 (as a percentage of the predicted peak) was lower in the higher-risk symptom group than in the lower-risk symptom group (97.8% vs 121%; p&lt;0.001). …”

A 24-month National Cohort Study examining long-term effects of COVID-19 in children and young people by Stephenson, T, Pinto Pereira, SM, Nugawela, MD, Dalrymple, E, Harnden, A, Whittaker, E, Heyman, I, Ford, T, Segal, T, Chalder, T, Ladhani, SN, McOwat, K, Simmons, R, Xu, L, Fox-Smith, L, Shafran, R

“…The reinfected group has more symptoms than the other positive groups; the NN group has the lowest symptom burden (p < 0.001). …”