The impact of environmental disclosure on initial public offering underpricing: sustainable development in Singapore by Kang, Eugene, Lam, Nguyen Bao

“…We provide new evidence that linguistic features, that is, tone and authenticity, interact to influence a key IPO outcome. …”
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Detection of osteoporosis using mechanical vibration by Lim, Chu Sing.

“…This report aims to investigate the feasibility of using a mechanical vibration test system as a possible in-vitro test unit for bone densitometry. The report reviews some major measurement techniques of bone densitometry and vibration analysis. …”
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The effect of secreted factors from breast tumour cells on osteogenic potential of mesenchymal cells by Toh, Gui Qin

“…As the breast cells metastasize to the bone, there are many interactions of the breast tumour cells with the bone. …”
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Synergistic effect of ultrasound and reinforced electrical environment by bioinspired periosteum for enhanced osteogenesis via immunomodulation of macrophage polarization through P... by Jiang, Ting, Yu, Fei, Zhou, Yuqi, Li, Ruomei, Zheng, Mengting, Jiang, Yangyang, Li, Zhenxia, Pan, Jun, Ouyang, Ningjuan

“…The periosteum plays a vital role in repairing bone defects. Researchers have demonstrated the existence of electrical potential in the periosteum and native bone, indicating that electrical signals are essential for functional bone regeneration. …”
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Biomimetic nanocomposites to control osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells by Liao, Susan, Nguyen, Luong T. H., Ngiam, Michelle, Wang, Charlene, Cheng, Ziyuan, Chan, Casey K., Ramakrishna, Seeram

“…Here, the production of materials based on nano-hydroxyapatite composites in scaffolds with nanofibrous and nanoporous topographies, designed to mimic the native bone matrix for applications in bone tissue engineering, is reported. …”
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Optimising high porosity 3D scaffold by wet electrospinning by Ong, Su Ming

“…Recently, there has been a significant increase of bone tissue engineering research for elderly as they are more prone to bone defects and damages. …”
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Mesh quality improvement by re-triangulation surface meshes on 3-dimensional CAD model of a human wrist joint by Leong, Mun Teik

“…In term of accuracy of the model, the surface area and volume of the cortical and cancellous bones had no significant changed with less than 0.15 % and 0.25 % compared to the initial bones model. …”
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Impact of alginate encapsulation on myeloid leukemia cells. by Kyaw Htay.

“…Leukemia is a type of blood cancer characterized by a neoplastic proliferative expansion of hematopoietic stem cells, which grow in the bone marrow. Current leukemia studies using 2D culture flasks and in vivo animal models have not explained clearly yet how the interactions of cellular components in the bone marrow and their niches promote the growth of leukemic stem cells and thwart the chemotherapy. …”
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Inhibition of endoplasmic reticulum stress using 4-phenyl butyrate mitigates osteoporosis in a mouse model of hindlimb suspension by Al-Daghestani, Hiba Saad Subhi

“…Osteoporosis (OP) characterized by micro-architectural deterioration of bone tissue is a common skeletal disease in the elderly and may lead to fragility fractures. …”
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Deep learning approach to cervical segmentation from routine CT images by Duan, Yiming

“…This method can accu rately extract the information of bone joint location of slices and incorporate it into image features in the form of channels, which can improve the accuracy of multiple bone joint segmentation and classification. …”
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Media framing reports on Malaysia's Anti-Fake News Law by Wan, Chen

“…The study also found that the attribution of responsibility frame was more susceptible to the positive tone whereas the conflict frame was more susceptible to the negative tone. …”
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Dense/porous bioceramic composites by Hu, Yifei

“…These new types of porous materials were prepared for bone replacement and reconstruction. The pores were designed for bone ingrowth, whereas the graded pores and the dense cores were introduced for load bearing capability. …”
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3D patient specific instrumentation for high tibial osteotomy by Wong, Gina Khay Fong

“…The most time-intensive part of this project is creating the bone models as there are many alternatives to build it, with many unknown variables, like how the detection algorithm for the Hounsfield Units (HU) works, which helps to build the bone model. …”
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BER analysis of FFH/FSK system with self-normalzing receiver over intentional and unintentional interference channels by Toh, Yew Ber.

“…By mean of a numerical search, we obtain the worst-case number of jamming tone, Q, which results in a worst-case BER performance.…”
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A Novel Approach to Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Distal Radius Fractures Utilizing a Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Traction and Stabilization Device by Oeding, Jacob F., Bockman, Sam, Chiu, Harriet, Hua, Cheyenne, Connor, James, Slocum, Alexander

“…Reduction is achieved by the surgeon pulling and manipulating the hand while looking at real-time X-rays, and frequently requires large forces to distract impacted fragments from the proximal bone. This study presents the design and preliminary testing of a multi-degree-of-freedom (DOF) device capable of performing both distraction and reduction of fractured bone fragments using a traction splint mechanism with locking ball joints. …”
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Analysing social presence in Whatsapp application using LIWC analysis by Siti Norzaimalina, Abd Majid, Abdul Rahim, Salam

“…However, they used a distanced form of discourse in their messages (authentic). The conversational tone was upbeat style and positive (tone). The first pronoun ‘we’ was used more than “I”. …”
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Investigation into ion channel- and nitric oxide-mediated vasodilation in resistance arteries by Wallis, LE

“…<p>Effective regulation of resistance artery tone is essential in maintaining adequate tissue perfusion across the body. …”

Living with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva: radiological images of a patient with extensive heterotopic ossification by Mohammed Mostafa Kotb, Omar, Usama Farghaly, Kaliya-Perumal, Arun-Kumar

“…A large mass of heterotopic bone was observed, corresponding to the location of the paraspinal muscles in the lumbar region, branching upwards and fusing with the scapulae on both sides. …”
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Translating oral histories: a podcast by Wong, Melissa Xin Yu

“…The project identifies the main challenge as maintaining the casual and informal tone of conversation in a textual form. This is done with a number of approaches: retaining the shorter clauses and sentences of the Chinese source text; translating oral features and other pieces of non-verbal communication; keeping and inserting discourse participles from both Chinese and Singlish to modulate the tone and build consensus; and editorial insertions. …”
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Characterisation of collagen type I/ type II composite scaffolds for osteochondral tissue engineering by Tamaddon, M

“…The goal of this thesis was to develop and characterise the layers of an osteochondral scaffold following the composition and structure of cartilage, the cartilage-bone interface and underlying bone to treat osteoarthritis or defects in bone and cartilage. …”