Subtitling strategies of Singlish particles and their effects on foreign audiences' comprehension: Ah Boys to Men series as a case study by Chia, Li Fang

“…The survey found that most of the participants were able to accurately interpret their implied meanings and were reported to have relied mostly on the speaker’s tone, body language and facial expressions as cues. …”
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Komet by Lim, Guo Jun

“…Snow falls, star falls One step, one beginning Two worlds meet one A trail to ever last Butterfly city, never night city Red light, green light Ghosts of thousand faces Beckoning from the wall Good, bad, and ugly Stone ocean, iron sky Omens of million wings The lady fortune frowns So ends the pendulum Farewell goodbye An empty longing For things long gone -In memory of all good things-…”
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New method for automatic generation of patient specific finite element models of the distal femur by Lek, Cheah Wen.

“…For model validation, the cortical bone was model with four-node shell elements while eight-node hexahedral elements and six-node wedge elements were used to model the cancellous bone. …”
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An acoustic remote sensing method for high-precision propeller rotation and speed estimation of unmanned underwater vehicles by Railey, Kristen, DiBiaso, Dino, Schmidt, Henrik

“…First, causes of high frequency tones were determined through direct measurements of two micro-UUVs and an isolated thruster at a range of speeds. …”
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The role of expectation: attention in cognitive performance lab study by Wong, Cheryl Qi Yin

“…Distractors were defined by random 80 dB tones lasting 3 seconds. Expected distractors were defined by a click sound occurring 1.5 seconds before each distractor tone. …”
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The hollow fiber bioreactor as a stroma-supported, serum-free ex vivo expansion platform for human umbilical cord blood cells by Xue, Cao, Kwek, Kenneth Y. C., Chan, Jerry Kok Yen, Chen, Qingfeng, Lim, Mayasari

“…The bone marrow microenvironment plays an integral role in the regulation of hematopoiesis. …”
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Neural-network-based control of discrete-phase concentration in a gas-particle corner flow with optimal energy consumption by Zhang, Xingyu, Li, Hua

“…The profile of the recirculation zone is then determined mathematically by the minimum net mass flux principle with a grid search technique. …”
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Introducing Philosophy Through Pop Culture : From Socrates to Star Wars and Beyond / by Irwin, William, 1970-, editor 654991, Johnson, David Kyle, editor 654992, John Wiley & Sons (Online service) 647106

“…"Though Trey Parker and Matt Stone haven't been killed for it (they did receive death threats after their 200th episode) the creators of South Park have faced accusations much like those that led to Socrates' execution: the corruption of youth and the teaching of vulgar , irreligious behavior. …”
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The Matter of the Hold: Housing futures and the paradigm of the ship by Donovan, Inge, Pankhurst, David

“…Many of the port cities of North America are built upon ballast stones, discarded by ships after their transit across the Atlantic. …”
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Breaking of PT-symmetry in bounded and unbounded scattering systems by Ambichl, Philipp, Makris, Konstantinos G., Ge, Li, Chong, Yidong, Stone, A. Douglas, Rotter, Stefan

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A generic micropatterning platform to direct human mesenchymal stem cells from different origins towards myogenic differentiation by Tan, Lay Poh, Yu, Ting, Chua, Chee Kai, Tay, Chor Yong, Wen, Feng, Yu, Haiyang, Chan, Jerry Kok Yen, Chong, Mark Seow Khoon, Leong, David Tai Wei

“…Recent work shows that cell shape manipulation via micropatterning can modulate the differentiation of bone-marrow-derived MSCs. Herein, the effect of micropatterning on the myogenesis of MSCs isolated from three different sources (bone marrow, fetal tissue, and adipose) is reported. …”
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An energy-saving oriented air balancing method for demand controlled ventilation systems with branch and black-box model by Cui, Can, Zhang, Xin, Cai, Wenjian

“…This paper proposes an energy-saving oriented air balancing method based on a branch and black-box (B2) model for multi-zone demand controlled ventilation (DCV) systems. …”
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Developing optogenetics for use in vascular research by Rorsman, N

“…Fine control of artery tone was attained by varying the intensity of the blue light stimulus. …”

Numerical study of earth pressures on rigid pipes with tire-derived aggregate inclusions by Ni, Pengpeng, Qin, X., Yi, Yaolin

“…A parametric study is carried out to optimise the design, including the geometry of the TDA zone, the spacing between the pipe and the TDA zone, and the relative stiffness between soil and TDA. …”
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A medical image-based computer-aided diagnosis system for musculoskeletal disease and disorder. by Chuah, Tong Kuan

“…As part of the advancement to classifying subjects with BML, the thesis investigated textural parameters as potential biomarker in separating between bone marrow with and without bone marrow lesion. …”
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From the Andes to the coast: human mobility and diet in the Atacama desert during the late intermediate period (ad 900-1450) by Santana Sagredo, F

“…Human remains were analysed for tooth enamel, bone collagen, bone apatite, and hair-keratin. A second aim of the thesis was to provide new analysis of archaeological plants and animals of the area. …”

Generalized sub–Schawlow-Townes laser linewidths via material dispersion by Pillay, Jason Cornelius, Natsume, Yuki, Stone, A. Douglas, Chong, Y. D.

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The development of CT urography for investigating haematuria by Cowan, N

“…</p> <p>Haematuria can signify serious disease such as urinary tract stones, renal cell cancer, upper tract urothelial cancer (UTUC) and bladder cancer (BCa).…”

Tropical Pacific SST and ITCZ biases in climate models : double trouble for future rainfall projections? by Samanta, Dhrubajyoti, Karnauskas, Kristopher B., Goodkin, Nathalie F.

“…The double Intertropical Convergence Zone bias remains a persistent problem in coupled general circulation model simulations. …”
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Field relations, petrogenesis and emplacement of the Bhagirathi leucogranite, Garhwal Himalaya by Searle, M, Metcalfe, RP, Rex, AJ, Norry, MJ

“…Various shear criteria in the gneisses immediately below the granite document the existence of a major zone of ductile NNE-SSW-directed extension across a northeastward dipping, low-angle normal fault zone. …”