Regional water balance and slope stability analyses with field measurements by Chew, Jeremy Wei Jie

“…Two slopes were used for regional analyses, one being a slope in Dalvey Road located within the Bukit Timah Granite (BTG) zone while the other is a slope in Bidadari Park Drive located within the Old Alluvium (OA) zone. …”
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Simulation methods and tissue property models for non-invasive transcranial focused ultrasound surgery by Connor, Christopher W

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In vitro bioactivity and biocompatibility assessment of PCL/PLA–scaffolded mesoporous silicate bioactive glass: role of boron activation by Md. Zain, Siti Khalijah, Sazali, Ezza Syuhada, Ghoshal, Sib Krishna, Hisam, Rosdiyana

“…Bioactive glasses with rapid biodegradation and efficient biomineralization for damaged bone tissue repair remain deficient. Based on this fact, some new types of boron-activated mesoporous Bioactive silicate glasses (BMSGs) were made to determine the feasibility of achieving their improved mechanical strength, structure, porosity, biodegradability and bone healing performance. …”

Delocalized Davydov D1 Ansatz for the Holstein polaron by Sun, Jin, Duan, Liwei, Zhao, Yang

“…The delocalized D1 Ansatz lowers the ground-state energies at the Brillouin zone boundary significantly compared with the Toyozawa and Global-Local Ansätze in the weak coupling regime, while considerable improvement is demonstrated to have been achieved over the entire Brillouin zone in the strong coupling regime. …”
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Novel mutation G324C in WNT1 mapped in a large Pakistani family with severe recessively inherited Osteogenesis Imperfecta by Kausar, Mehran, Saima Siddiqi, Muhammad Yaqoob, Sajid Mansoor, Makitie, Outi, Asif Mir, Khor, Chiea Chuen, Foo, Jia Nee, Anees, Mariam

“…Results:Nine affected family members exhibited severe bone deformities, recurrent fractures, short stature and low bone mineral density. …”
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Automatic knee segmentation from multi-contrast MR images by Zhang, Kunlei

“…The automatic segmentations of knee bones, cartilages and menisci are evaluated on a comprehensive multi-contrast MRI database. …”
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Causal inference in health and disease: a review of the principles and applications of Mendelian randomization by Lovegrove, CE, Howles, SA, Furniss, D, Holmes, MV

“…This review provides a framework to enhance understanding of how MR may be used to triangulate evidence and progress research in bone and mineral metabolism as we strive to infer causal effects in health and disease.…”

Struvite precipitation for the recovery of ammonium nitrogen from landfill leachate by Mohamad S. J. Darwish

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Modelling damage in concrete structures by Lee, Sai Cheng., Cheong, Hee Kiat.

“…An investigation was carried out on the behaviour of concrete beams damaged to varying extends in the high moment zone.…”
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Using social media data for urban analysis in Singapore by Koh, Wee Boon

“…For business owners, identifying similar land zones can allow them to find the next potential area of expansion that fits their first success case. …”
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Attitudinal Factors of Fishermen Trapped in the B40 Category: an Empirical Study by Mustafar, Mastora, Mat Yamin, Fadhilah, Mohamed Ismail, Risyawati, Mohd Nawi, Nur Syazwani, Abu Bakar, Siti Zakiah, Johari, Ayub

“…Although the government has emphasised this issue by providing various programmes and funds that are suitable for fishing activities by Zone A fishermen, there are still some Zone A fishermen who are at the poverty level. …”
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Fatigue analysis of steel catenary riser by Chew, Jia Han.

“…The riser system, which is made of steel, has to withstand hostile condition of the deep sea especially in the touchdown zone. An object which is under constant cyclic loading can fail by fatigue, thus, a fatigue analysis will be done to find out the fatigue life of the SCR at the touchdown zone.…”
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Current trends in additive manufacturing of selective laser melting for biomedical implant applications by Nazari, Aufa Adlia, Hassan, Mohamad Zaki, Ismail, Zarini, Ramlie, Faizir, Jamaludin, Khairur Rijal, Md. Daud, Mohd. Yusof, Ren, James

“…The rate of degradation and corrosion resistance of the metallic SLM implant, which would have an impact on cell proliferation and bone remodeling between the surrounding tissue, were discussed. …”
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Axisymmetric plastic expansion of a cylindrical hole in isotropic metallic foam by Yu, T. X., Lu, G., Fan, Zhihua.

“…The evolution of plastic zone during the expansion is discussed in terms of the results from the analytical and finite element studies. …”
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Tropical Deep Convection, Cloud Feedbacks and Climate Sensitivity by Stephens, GL, Shiro, KA, Hakuba, MZ, Takahashi, H, Pilewskie, JA, Andrews, T, Stubenrauch, CJ, Wu, L

“…The study examines connections between this convective zone and cloud changes further afield in the context of CMIP6 model experiments of climate warming. …”

Specific inhibition of PI3K p110δ inhibits CSF‐1‐induced macrophage spreading and invasive capacity by Mouchemore, KA, Sampaio, N, Murrey, MW, Stanley, ER, Lannutti, BJ, Pixley, FJ

“…Here we show that pY721‐based signaling is necessary for CSF‐1‐stimulated PtdIns(3,4,5)P production. While primary bone marrow‐derived macrophages and the immortalized bone marrow‐derived macrophage cell line M−/−.WT express all three class IA PI3K isoforms, p110δ predominates in the cell line. …”

Violence-related skeletal trauma in the Epi-Jomon period: a case study from the Koboro cave site in Hokkaido, Japan by Braddick, I, Kubo, D, Matsumura, H, Schulting, RJ

“…Clear evidence of perimortem trauma was found on cranial (Koboro 1) and postcranial (Koboro 8) bones belonging to an adult male or males aged between 25–39 years old. …”

New material brazing by Sivaprasaath, Chandrasagaran

“…The dispersion of elements throughout the braze zone and diffusive zone was satisfactory. The samples were with very little voids, which already placed it as a superior choice for brazing. …”
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邯郸城化进程实证分析及战略研究 = Practical analysis and strategy research to urbanization process of HanDan city by 乔朝英 Qiao, Chaoying

“…Urbanization is a objective rule of human being development, following on the economic development, the population all over the world have gradually moved from rural areas to urban zones, due to this, the 21St century is named the city’s century. …”
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Land ase analysis for Surabaya metropolitan area urban transportation planning using spatial method by Abidin, Zainal, Prasetijo, Joewono, Mohd Masirin, Mohd Idrus

“…The East Java Province, which includes the city of Surbaya, is home to Indonesia's second-largest economic zone. It consists of the cities of Mojokerto and Surabaya as well as the five kabupaten (regencies) of Sidoarjo, Mojokerto, Lamongan, Gresik, Bangkalan, and Kota Mojokerto. …”
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