Biodegradable antenna on fiber-based substrate by Tan, Yun Xian

“…This will be a stepping-stone to future research, which if successful, will be beneficial to the healthcare industry.…”
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Analysis of strategies in translating idiomatic expressions from English into Malay by Farah Syazana Suhaimi

“…Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, and Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games. This study employs quantitative and descriptive quantitative methodologies and defines an idiom as a multiword expression that are either pure or semi idioms whose meaning and use are conventional, and contain at least one nominal element which functions as a noun. …”
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First clinical experience following the consensus guide for calibrating a proton stopping power ratio curve in a new proton centre by Koh, Calvin Wei Yang, Lew, Kah Seng, Wibawa, Andrew, Master, Zubin, Yeap, Ping Lin, Chua, Clifford Ghee Ann, Lee, James Cheow Lei, Tan, Hong Qi, Park, Sung Yong

“…Results: The results show a WET difference of less than 3.5% except for the result in the Bone region between Schneider's and ESTRO's methods. …”
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Application of MCG-PTCC system on neo-cartilage regeneration by Jiang, Yuwei

“…This project aims to apply the advance fabricated micro-cavities gel (MCG) construct and the innovative phase transfer cell culture (PTCC) strategy to cartilage tissue engineering to realize the self-formation of the bone fide neo-cartilage tissue. The phenomenon called edge flourish (EF) is the underlying principle for successfully creating the MCG-PTCC system. …”
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System design and development of human-robot interaction control scheme for assistive robotic Arm extender by Yang, Sibo

“…Notably, the ARAE system significantly reduces muscle activity, offering particular benefits to patients with low muscle tone. However, challenges persist for those with high spasticity due to complex interactions and increased resistance from muscle tone. …”
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Developing hydroxyapatite CAPS coatings on metallic implants for tissue replacement by Montserrat Espanol Pons.

“…Hydroxyapatite (HA) is an appropriate ceramic for artificial teeth or bones due to its excellent biocompatibility and bioactivity. …”
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Comparison of a simplified skin pointer device compared with a skeletal marker for knee rotation laxity : a cadaveric study using a rotation-meter by Puah, Ken Lee, Yew, Andy Khye Soon, Chou, Siaw Meng, Lie, Denny Tijauw Tjoen

“…One Kirscher wire was driven into the tibial tubercle as a bone marker and a skin pointer was attached. Rotational forces of 3, 6 and 9 nm applied at 0°, 30°, 45°, 60° and 90° of knee flexion were analysed using the Pearson correlation coefficient and paired t-test. …”
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Short-term facial skin simulation system by Zhong, Yunjie

“…However, it is difficult for customers to see the actual product's effect how skin pore or skin tone are improved through the text description, numerical information, and advertisement that may be overly glorified. …”
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The first person pronoun in archaic Chinese, with a note on duplex characters by Benedict, Paul K.

“…Tibeto-Burman (TB) *nga (tone *A) `first person pronoun' and the topic marker (TM) *ga - ka play a strange "cat and mouse" game as they romp about the family. …”
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The contemporary approach to a low cost carrier’s business model : through a value network. by Chong, Sue Lin., Ong, Jia Yun., Tan, Kenneth Wei Jie.

“…The growing trend of the Low Cost Carrier business model has set the tone for what is to come in the near future in the aviation scene. …”
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Translator’s visibility in mediating confrontational responses of “challenge” strategy at China’s diplomatic press conferences by Yang, Wei, Mansor, Nor Shahila, Ang, Lay Hoon, Yang, Mingxing

“…In maintaining the confrontational tone, the main strategies involve modulation in syntax and reduction in lexicon. …”
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BMPR1A promotes ID2–ZEB1 interaction to suppress excessive endothelial to mesenchymal transition by Lee, Heon-Woo, Adachi, Takaomi, Pak, Boryeong, Park, Saejeong, Hu, Xiaoyue, Choi, Woosoung, Kowalski, Piotr S, Chang, C Hong, Clapham, Katharine R, Lee, Aram, Papangeli, Irinna, Kim, Jongmin, Han, Orjin, Park, Jihwan, Anderson, Daniel G, Simons, Michael, Jin, Suk-Won, Chun, Hyung J

“…Components of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signalling have been implicated in both pathogenesis of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and endothelial-mesenchymal transition (EndoMT). …”
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Segmentation of liver tumor from CT images by La, Cam Chung

“…Finally, a new semi-automatic method is proposed to improve liver tumor segmentation by finding out the ribcage curves on every CT slice, using the rib bone traces. One can use the rib curve as a post-processing step to fine tune the segmentation.…”
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Gender equality or employment promotion? The politicization of parental leave policy in Finland by Nygard, Mikael, Nyby, Josefine, Kuisma, Mikko

“…The road towards this reform was not entirely uncontroversial, and one stumble stone was different interpretations of the meaning of gender equality. …”
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Managing age diversity in Singapore SMEs : exploring employees' perceptions towards younger and older workers. by Ng, Vivian Shi Ying., Low, Angela Hui Qing., Yue, Samantha Si Min.

“…Originality/value – This research acts as a stepping stone for future research about how to better manage age diversity in SMEs. …”
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Tunable three dimensional scaffolds for tissue engineering applications by Loh, Qiu Li.

“…Overall, the current study provides new insights into the role of the 3D physical environment in determining cellular function, and is a stepping stone towards the development of instructive scaffolds with tunable properties post-fabrication for tissue engineering applications.…”
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Platform development for control of induction machine (Part II control algorithm verification) by Kang, Jia Yi

“…In this project the VVVF method will be used in verifying whether the software control algorithm for VVVF and the hardware constructed could be successfully integrated and will act as a stepping stone for the future implementation of the close loop algorithm.…”
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Topic extraction and sentiment analysis of subreddit - /r/Singapore by Lim, Shaun Wei Min

“…To detect subjective information such as attitudes, opinions, tone, expression etc, sentiment analysis is used to analyze these data. …”
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An experimental investigation on relation of stress with occurrence of tinnitus by Ng, Chee Seng.

“…Noise exposure stress experiment aims to find out the stress response of subject when exposed to high frequency pure tone noise which resembles the noise produced by tinnitus. …”
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AudiCeive : mobile application to recognize unique audio frequencies using acoustic fingerprinting by Saraswathi Karuppiah

“…For this reason, the outcome of applying the Shazam fingerprinting algorithm onto a couple of externally generated single sine tones, having frequencies above 20,000hz will be reflected mainly in this paper.…”
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