A study on the influence of corporate social responsibility on brand equity among Singaporeans. by Ngui, Jia Min., Lee, Jackson Ting Zhang., Chua, Roxanne Wan Xuan.

“…The different areas of CSR have varying effects on the specific brand equity domains but generally, CSR policies that apply to customers have the strongest effect on increasing overall brand equity as well as most of the specific brand equity domains among Singaporean consumers. …”
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Contradictions and compromises in sustainability planning: The case of the sub-Arctic city of Yakutsk, Russia by Durova, Aleksandra, Ryan, Brent D.

“…Sustainability assessment frameworks often fall short of elucidating context-specific conflicts inherent in planning practice and its contribution to diverse sustainability priorities. …”
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Pushing the limits of relaxation and modulated-bath AC calorimetry. by Song, Zhibo.

“…The measurement of low temperature specific heat provides us a great amount of information on the lattice and electronic properties. …”
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The thermophysical properties of seawater: A review of existing correlations and data by Sharqawy, Mostafa H., Lienhard, John H., Zubair, Syed M.

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A human atlas of DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation by Inoue, M

“…To fully understand tissue-specific epigenetic mechanisms, a comprehensive human tissue atlas of these modifications is indispensable. …”

Gene-primer a PCR primer design program by Kok, Wui Lim.

“…In this project, we develop GENE-PRIMER, a genome- specific PCR primer design program that is amenable to a genome-wide scale. …”
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Factors affecting longevity of foreign direct investments. by Chua, Pamela Wan Leng., Kwek, Yi Shin., Ng, Bee Keng.

“…This paper examines the longevity of foreign direct investments under the influence of mode of entry, firm specific and environment-specific factors. Hypotheses are developed on cultural distance, mode of entry(start-ups versus acquisitions), type of product expansion and firm size.…”
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Laser capture microdissection of single neurons with morphological visualization using fluorescent proteins fused to transmembrane proteins by Chang, Ching Ching, Chong, Hai Tarng, Tashiro, Ayumu

“…Genetic methods expressing fluorescent proteins are widely used to label specific neuronal populations. However, because cell type specificity of genetic labeling is often limited, it is advantageous to combine genetic labeling with additional methods to select specific cell/neuronal types. …”
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Futureproofing and stress in students: a longitudinal study by Tam, Bryan Wei Hoe

“…Multilevel modelling revealed different effects of futureproofing, foresight and proactive prevention on stress across a situation-specific and a global measure of stress – futureproofing and its subscales were found to be more relevant to a situation-specific measure of stress. …”
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Examining IoT-based smart campus adoption model: an investigation using two-stage analysis comprising structural equation modelling and artificial neural network by Sneesl, Radhwan, Jusoh, Yusmadi Yah, A. Jabar, Marzanah, Abdullah, Salfarina

“…Moreover, the study findings support the importance of perceived usefulness in technology-specific factors, facilitating conditions, and propagation in organizational-specific factors, government support, social influence, and external pressure in environmental-specific factors, as well as privacy concerns, self-efficacy, satisfaction, and domain-specific knowledge in end-user-specific factors. …”
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Molecular characterization of microbial interactions with labile dissolved organic matter by Halloran, Kathryn H.

“…This substrate selectivity is likely driven by transporter specificity. The distinct fate of these structurally similar molecules emphasizes the importance of compound-specific characterization of labile DOM. …”
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Distinctive antibody responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in pulmonary and brain infection by Spatola, M, Nziza, N, Irvine, EB, Cizmeci, D, Jung, W, Van, LH, Nhat, LTH, Ha, VTN, Phu, NH, Nghia, HDT, Thwaites, GE, Lauffenburger, DA, Fortune, S, Thuong, NTT, Alter, G

“…<br> In individuals with TBM, we identified CSF-specific antibody profiles that marked a unique and compartmentalized humoral response against <i>M. tuberculosis</i>, characterized by an enrichment of <i>M. tuberculosis</i>-specific antibodies able to robustly activate complement and drive phagocytosis by monocytes and neutrophils, all of which were associated with milder TBM severity at presentation. …”

Structural mimicry of the dengue virus envelope glycoprotein revealed by the crystallographic study of an idiotype–anti-idiotype Fab complex by Wong, Yee Hwa, Goh, Boon Chong, Lim, She Yah, Teo, En Wei, Lim, Angeline P. C., Dedon, Pete C., Hanson, Brendon J., MacAry, Paul A., Lescar, Julien

“…A detailed understanding of the fine specificity of serotype-specific human antibodies is vital for the development and evaluation of new vaccines for pathogenic flaviviruses such as dengue virus (DENV) and Zika virus. …”
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Protein engineering using asparaginyl peptide ligases by Wang, Zhen

“…Peptidyl Asx-specific ligases (PALs) function as molecular gluing machines to join peptide and proteins together at Asn or Asp junctions. …”
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Investigation of the mechanical properties of polyimide fiber/polyamide 12 composites printed by multi jet fusion by Chen, Mei, Hou, Yanbei, An, Ran, Tey, Wei Shian, Gao, Ming, Chen, Jiayao, Zhao, Lihua, Zhou, Kun

“…Furthermore, the incorporation of lightweight PI fibres endowed the composites with high specific tensile strength (67.60 kN·m/kg) and specific flexural strength (93.70 kN·m/kg), which are superior to those of MJF-printed PA12 composites reinforced with other fibres. …”
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Red blood cell adhesion to artificial surfaces in the presence of non-adsorbing macromolecules. by Zhang, Zhengwen

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Development of aptamer-based low-background assays for adenosine triphosphate detection by Peng, Yanfen.

“…The first assay made use of an aptamer-hairpin complex composed of an ATP-specific aptamer sequence and a signaling sequence. …”
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Information cascades and the collapse of cooperation by Yang, Guoli, Csikász-Nagy, Attila, Waites, William, Xiao, Gaoxi, Cavaliere, Matteo

“…We show that promiscuous decisions (high sensitivity, low specificity) are advantageous for cooperation when the strength of competition is weak; however, if competition is strong then the best decisions for cooperation are risk-adverse (low sensitivity, high specificity). …”
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Development of multimodal nanoprobe for targeting cancer by Anu Maashaa Nedumaran

“…It also requires to be conjugated with a unique contrast agent of a specific imaging modality to validate its use in nanomedicine. …”
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Identification of the meiotic life cycle stage of Trypanosoma brucei in the tsetse fly by Peacock, L, Ferris, V, Sharma, R, Sunter, J, Bailey, M, Carrington, M, Gibson, W

“…In experimental crosses, expression of meiosis-specific proteins usually occurred before cell fusion. …”