The toxicity of amyloid ß oligomers by Zhao, Li Na, Long, Hon Wai, Mu, Yuguang, Chew, Lock Yue

“…Such interaction gives rises to phase transitions in the sub-structures of the Aβ peptide from α-helical to β-sheet structure. By means of a coarse-grained model, we exhibit the tendency of β-sheet structures to aggregate, thus providing further insights to the process of membrane induced aggregation. …”
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Molybdenum disulfide (MoS_2) as a broadband saturable absorber for ultra-fast photonics by Zhang, H, Lu, S B, Zheng, J, Du, J, Wen, S C, Tang, D Y, Loh, K P

“…To explore its potential applications in ultrafast photonics, we fabricated a passive mode locker for ytterbium-doped fibre laser by depositing few-layered MoS2 onto the end facet of optical fiber by means of an optical trapping approach. Our laser experiment shows that few-layer MoS2-based mode locker allows for the generation of stable mode-locked laser pulse, centered at 1054.3 nm, with a 3-dB spectral bandwidth of 2.7 nm and a pulse duration of 800 ps. …”
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Effects of high loading rate on reinforced concrete beams by Fujikake, Kazunori, Adhikary, Satadru Das, Li, Bing

“…The wide range of data pertaining to DIF and the apparent changes in failure modes means, however, that general agreement has yet to be reached among researchers. …”
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The Impact of Open Development Initiatives in Lower- and Middle Income Countries: A Review of the Literature by Bentley, Caitlin Maureen, Chib, Arul

“…We therefore question the normative value of open development as a means to transform power relations. However, we argue that a more concentrated vision within this field is needed to exploit the full potential of digitally enabled openness for development.…”
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Banking as a support industry in China. by Tan, Lay Lay., Sam, Kai Ming., Ho, Choon Hong.

“…First, we would provide a broad overview of China’s economy and her banking system in order to establish some general understanding of China’s background. Next, through the means of a questionnaire sent to companies with investments in China, we establish the foreign investors’ preferences among Chinese, Singapore and other foreign banks, and the reasons for their preferences.…”
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Decentralization : the China and Indonesia experiences. by Quan, Quan.

“…Donor agencies’ push for adoption of decentralization policies in developing countries indiscriminately, which forms an important part of policies prescribed in “Washington Consensus”, seem to fall into the trap of mistaking decentralization as a political development end goal, instead of a means towards further political development.…”
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Repairing the world: faith against online hate by Greenberg, Yudit

“…It is important for the state, educators, and religious actors to actively involve themselves in anticipating the different means in which this hatred is expressed, educating people, and developing preventive measures to protect faith communities in every country.…”
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Efficient algorithms for multicast routing by Aw, Claudment Ah Lam

“…One of the mean of conserving resources is through effective multicast routing.…”
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Detection of ethanol level by chemical method by Aung Kyaw Thu

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A meditation : spinning tops by Teong, Derek Shi Hong

“…As such, this report contains an inquiry into spirals in nature and culture, the means through which spirals can be generated, and the most basic spirals that serve as the template for other spirals.…”
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Counter ideology: battle for hearts and minds in Indonesia by Nur Azlin Yasin

“…Fighting contemporary terrorism in Indonesia is a protracted effort that needs strategies aimed at not just short term results, but also long term effectiveness. This means protecting the future generations of Indonesia from the terrorists' ideology.…”
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Implementation of peer coaching in a secondary school to enhance teacher development by Yeoh, Joan Pek Neo.

“…To Fullan and Hargreaves, (1992: 5) developing the teacher means developing the whole person -his or her life experiences, past reflections, beliefs and culture, which affect his or her interest in and response to change and motivation to seek improvement.…”
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Amplified : promotion of a music web site by Jiang, Genevieve Hui Mei, Ng, Hwee Koon, Tan, Xui Fen

“…It explores the ways of promoting a web site through the Internet and discusses the integration of interactive marketing with traditional means of publicity. The report is organised into steps involved in our study to give an idea of the learning processes involved. …”
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Investigative study about sources and consequences of emotional toxicity in the workplace. by Lim, Jenny Cheng Choo.

“…Qualitative research design and methods are deployed in three areas : the data source is obtained from a compilation of verbatim interviews given by people talking about their work, a grounded theory approach was used to do the data analyse, and finally, the presentation of the findings was done using illustrative data and narrative means.…”
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Real-time positioning implementation via GPS code phase mesurements by Shi, Danhong

“…Together with improvements in the related technologies, GPS is rapidly on its way towards donning the mantle of the de-facto navigation means of the 21st century. GPS receivers are gradually overcoming cost boundaries: handhold GPS receivers are now available for less than $100 (US dollars) and millions are sold every year. …”
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Capacity of wireless CDMA system by Hsu, Daniel Ta Siong.

“…Wireless cellular communication must deal with a variety of interferences. By means of Direct Sequence Coded Division Multiple Access (DS CDMA) system, communication performance can be improved. …”
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Social image tag recommendation by concept matching by Chong, Jun An.

“…However, for tags to be an effective means of image organization and retrieval, every image needs to be tagged with a sufficient amount of meaningful and relevant tags. …”
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Design language in packaging. by Wijaya, Merwyn.

“…Its name is derived from the word 'cairdeas', which means friendship in Irish. It proposes a new ritual that takes inspiration from the act of breaking bread to share with others, celebrating the bond that they have.…”
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Glow by Vuong, Minh Trung

“…It also used backlit claymation as way of transition and transformation and also as a means to reinforce the tactile quality of the whole piece.…”
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Design and implementation of a power-line intra-building communication device by Tan, Yu Qin

“…There are good deals of similar products available in the market, most of these communication products using higher frequencies to offer higher bit rate and low noise level which means a larger bandwidth for transmission. In this project, transmitting and receiving signals at a low frequency, as this is much easier to explore and investigate the functionality through power-line.…”
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