Geochemical heterogeneity in the Hawaiian plume : constraints from Hawaiian volcanoes and Emperor seamounts by Huang, Shichun

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How to learn Chinese characters? Exploring the effectiveness of different learning methods in young Singaporean children by Toh, Wendy Hwee Bin

“…In addition, the study also investigated whether children’s level of radical awareness (RA), which refers to the perception of radicals and components that make up compound characters, would mediate the effectiveness of specific learning conditions. Findings of Experiment 1 revealed that the presence of Pinyin during character learning affected character recognition (CR) accuracy by interfering with the orthographic form recognition (OR) and sound retrieval among the low RA children. …”
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Frequency synthesizer design for 60 GHz wireless communication by Chen, Weiping

“…The final design meets the specifications.…”
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Changes in cerebrospinal fluid balance of TNF and TNF receptors in naïve multiple sclerosis patients : early involvement in compartmentalised intrathecal inflammation by Magliozzi, Roberta, Pezzini, Francesco, Pucci, Mairi, Rossi, Stefania, Facchiano, Francesco, Marastoni, Damiano, Montagnana, Martina, Lippi, Giuseppe, Reynolds, Richard, Calabrese, Massimiliano

“…In conclusion, dysregulation of TNF and TNF-R1/2 pathways associates with specific clinical/MRI profiles and can be identified at a very early stage in MS patients, at the time of diagnosis, contributing to the prediction of the disease outcome.…”
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Electrode modification by diazonium chemistry : studies on the effect of steric bulk on film thickness, and modified activated carbon cloths for energy storage by Subrata, Arnold

“…Although ACCs have inherently lower porosity and specific surface area than other more commonly preferred carbonaceous materials for EDLCs, they were chosen for the study due to their mechanical stability and flexibility (and hence great potential for use in wearable electronics) while being electrically conductive. …”
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Biaxial strain induced OH engineer for accelerating alkaline hydrogen evolution by Zhang, Tao, Ye, Qitong, Han, Zengyu, Liu, Qingyi, Liu, Yipu, Wu, Dongshuang, Fan, Hong Jin

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Sentiment analysis and summarization of movie reviews across genres. by Tun, Thura Thet.

“…The objectives of this study are to: 1) investigate the characteristics and implications of different online genres in expressing opinions; 2) develop specific methods for sentiment analysis of review documents in different online genres; and 3) develop an effective method to combine and summarize the results of sentiment analysis across multiple genres. …”
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Competitive intrinsically motivated agents for resource allocation by Zhao, Guopeng

“…Resource Allocation maps user requirements to specific resources, and it plays an important role in enabling a ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of computing resources. …”
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Mechanical behaviors of individual core-shell microspheres and their polymeric composites under different strain rates by Zhang, Xin

“…Cowper-Symonds model was employed to predict the strength of microcapsule at specific strain rate. A linear relationship between strain rate and strength was obtained for all the microcapsule modified epoxy resin. …”
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Neuronal control of cardiac excitability in pro-hypertensive states by Larsen, H

“…</p> <p><b>Chapter 1</b> provides a general overview of the field of autonomic hypertension with a specific focus on the sympathetic control of cardiac excitability. …”

Sexual violence at higher education institutions: prevalence, nature, and opportunities for prevention by Steele, B

“…Universities UK has specifically called for UK HEIs to collect adequate data on SV at HEIs to inform current and future prevention and response initiatives.…”

Impact of interspecific competition on African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) in an ecosystem with artificial perennial water provision by Sandoval Serés, ME

“…My main results show that: a) prey conservation mainly in low waterhole density areas is crucial to decrease food resource competition between African wild dogs with large predators (Chapter 2); b) areas with too high waterhole densities increased the kleptoparasitism risk on African wild dogs and hence the risk of agonistic encounters with dominant predators through an increase on the number of dominant predators arriving at playback locations (Chapter 3); c) African wild dogs preferred temporal partitioning over spatial partitioning to avoid large predators, and African wild dogs were able to co-occur in areas (rich in prey) with high aggregation and density of dominant predators as long as there were enough permanent waterhole densities (at least ~0.01 waterholes per km²) and not too high hyaena densities (above ~14 hyaenas/100km²) (Chapter 4). Specifically to decrease the interspecific competition intensity of African wild dogs with larger predators, it is important that there are areas with enough permanent waterholes (at least ~0.01 waterholes per km²) during the late dry season, but to also limit the number of artificial waterholes created in high waterhole density areas (above ~0.03 waterholes per km²) (Chapter 5). …”

Autoinhibition releasing provides a platform for developing p21-activated kinase-1 (PAK1) activators for hypertrophic heart diseases by He, Y

“…However, the pursuit of kinase activators has encountered limited success, emphasising the importance of a strategic approach to define specific targeted sites. Our focus centres on p21activated kinase-1 (PAK1), which is important in maintaining cellular homeostasis and enhancing cardiomyocyte adaptability to stress. …”

Robust deep learning methods for accountable contrast-agent-free CMR imaging in clinical applications by Gonzales, RA

“…A generalist deep learning model was developed for the automated annotation of anatomical landmarks, specifically the anterior right ventricular insertion point and the LV centre point, using a dual-stage residual neural network framework, which accurately tracks these key landmarks. …”

Investigating the role of CDK1 in governing the transcriptional landscape in cancer cells by Pluta, AJ

“…An elegant method of examining this role is through the use of cell lines expressing an ATP analogue-sensitive CDK1 (AS-CDK1), which allows for rapid and specific inhibition of the kinase. This project details the characterization of the HeLa AS-CDK1 experimental model, and the development of two new cell lines for studying CDK1 function, HCT116 CDK1WT/AS and HEK293 AS-CDK1. …”

A preliminary study on the effects of substituting fishmeal with defatted black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larval meal on Asian seabass (Lates calcarifer) juveniles: Growth pe... by Liu, Yun, Andin, Victor Charlie, Chor, Wei-Kang, Gunasekaran, Baskaran, Chong, Chou-Min, Lee, Po-Tsang, Loh, Jiun-Yan

“…These results show that differences in weight gain and specific growth rate among the different treatments were statistically significant (p < 0.05), except for the absence of significant variation (p < 0.05) between BSFL0 and BSFL5, and followed by BSFL10 > BSFL0 > BSFL5 > BSFL15 > BSFL20. …”

Anti-leukaemic and chemotherapy supportive effects of berberis vulgaris l. Fruit crude extract on in vitro and in vivo models by Saedi, Tayebeh Azam

“…Moreover, real time PCR was used to amplify mRNA and determine the expression of some specific related genes in leukaemia. Whereas, for the in vivo model, leukaemia was induced in male BALB/c mice using mouse leukaemic cell line (WEHI-3) and treatment was carried out using different concentrations of BVFCE and chemotherapy drug, separately for comparison. …”
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Cytotoxicity and mechanisms of action of Zerumbone-loaded nanostructured lipid carrier in triple negative breast cancer cells, MDA-MB-231 by Hosseinpour, Mahnaz

“…Finally, ZER and ZER-NLC treatment did not affect the proliferation of non-cancerous breast epithelial cells (MCF-10A), suggesting that they are cancer-cell specific. In conclusion, the current study showed that the cytotoxic effect of ZER-NLC in the induction of apoptosis similar to that of ZER. …”
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Mitogenic activity of mesenchymal stem cells on hematopoietic stem cells via cellular analysis and gene expression by Mohadeseh, Hashem Boroojerdi

“…In addition, the total number of colonies that formed was generally increased in MSC co-culture. The specific gene expression that induced by MSC during HSC expansion was captured using micro array. …”
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The development and validation of digital medical education environment (digimee) instrument in measuring online learning environment for undergraduate medical students by Haris, Noor-I-Kiran

“…Given the acknowledged role of technology-enhanced learning in medical education, there is a need for a focused evaluation approach for online learning environments specific to this field. The current lack of dedicated evaluation methods underscores the necessity for identifying key components in online learning environments for medical education. …”
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