Facebook as a Pedagogical Tool in Enhancing Students' Engagement and Stimulating Critical Thinking Skills (S/O 14517) by Abdul Majid, Jamaliah, Abu Bakar, Robiah

“…Third, drawbacks that students perceived in using the Facebook group. The findings showed that throughout the 14 weeks of the teaching period, the mean (median) number of times the students responded to the posting on the Facebook group is 36.55 (38.00). …”
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Investigations into high resolution imaging and contouring for diagnostic bio-applications by Valiyambath, Krishnan Mohankumar

“…Research is in progress around the world for finding methods which are minimally invasive and which can provide accurate results with minimum patient discomfort. …”
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Detection and characterisation of a sixth Candida auris clade in Singapore: a genomic and phenotypic study by Suphavilai, Chayaporn, Ko, Karrie Kwan Ki, Lim, Kar Mun, Tan, Mei Gie, Boonsimma, Patipan, Chu, Joash Jun Keat, Goh, Sui Sin, Rajandran, Prevena, Lee, Lai Chee, Tan, Kwee Yuen, Bushra Binte Shaik Ismail, Aung, May Kyawt, Yang, Yong, Sim, Jean Xiang Ying, Venkatachalam, Indumathi, Cherng, Benjamin Pei Zhi, Spruijtenburg, Bram, Chan, Kian Sing, Oon, Lynette Lin Ean, Tan, Ai Ling, Tan, Yen Ee, Wijaya, Limin, Tan, Ban Hock, Ling, Moi Lin, Koh, Tse Hsien, Meis, Jacques F., Tsui, Clement Kin Ming, Nagarajan, Niranjan

“…We further implemented Bayesian logistic regression models to classify isolates into known clades and simulate the automatic detection of isolates belonging to novel clades as their WGS data became available. Findings: The three investigated isolates were separated by at least 37 000 SNPs (range 37 000–236 900) from all existing C auris clades. …”
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Advancements in Management Science: Applications to Online Retail, Healthcare, and Non-Profit Fundraising by Zhai, Chen Wen (Sabrina)

“…Surprisingly, the analysis also finds evidence which supports increased efficacy of first line agents relative to second-line antibiotics, which are of broader spectrum, albeit the effect difference is smaller compared to the comparison between first-line antibiotics and alternatives. …”
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Advanced attack and defense techniques in machine learning systems by Zhao, Mengchen

“…For multiple-credential scenarios, we formulate it as a bilevel optimization problem for finding the optimal defense strategy and then reduce it to a single level optimization problem called PEMS using complementary slackness conditions. …”
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An exploratory study for a new method to search for heavy neutrinos with data at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) by Tan, Cherlene Shu Ning

“…This report is an initial and simplified study of the CMS detector with the ultimate goal of finding out if mesons produced by the CMS could extend the search range of the HNL. …”
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Brain computer interface for post-stroke motor rehabilitation by Mane, Ravikiran Tanaji

“…Future research can use the findings presented in this thesis to design robust and more accurate BCI systems for highly personalized and holistic post-stroke rehabilitation.…”
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Enhancement of photoacoustic imaging systems for biomedical applications by Sharma, Arunima

“…Cross-sectional imaging at multiple depths was performed to show the capability of this system for finding the relative depth of different vessels and organs in a growing embryo. …”
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Localized structural and bulk effects in hybrid organic-inoraginc perovskites by Wong, Walter Pei De

“…Through a combination of steady state photoinduced absorption, transient absorption and transient photocurrent measurements, this chapter has confirmed the existence of theoretically predicted polaronic states in MAPbI3 which finds its origins in the ‘soft’ lead – iodide bond. …”
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Modelling, exploration and optimization of hardware accelerators for deep learning applications by Dutt, Arko

“…Deep learning has achieved popularity due to its improved prediction accuracy, and it finds widespread use in large data processing applications. …”
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Compositionally graded alloys fabricated using the laser powder bed fusion technique by Wei, Siyuan

“…On the basis of the findings, it is believed that such method can contribute greatly to the alloy designing and further development of AM.…”
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Scaling up parametric human recovery by Cai, Zhongang

“…This dataset is notable for its diversity in subjects, actions, and scenarios (which HuMMan lacks), obtained through gameplay with automatically annotated 3D ground truths. Our findings reveal that: 1) game-playing data is remarkably effective, 2) synthetic data provides essential supplements to real data, 3) the scale of the dataset is crucial, 4) strong supervision labels are key, and 5) synthetic data enhances the performance of larger models. …”
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Colloidal quantum dot light-emitting diode architectures for high performance by Leck, Kheng Swee

“…QD-LEDs have made great progress in terms of device performance over the years and there is room for further improvement. With all these findings and demonstrations in this thesis, we conclude that QD-LEDs hold great promise for potential applications in lighting and displays…”
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“British English is much more prestigious, everybody knows that!”: reproducing and resisting hegemonic language ideologies in Chilean English teacher education by Pérez Andrade, Gonzalo

“…Using Irvine and Gal’s (2009) framework of linguistic differentiation – iconisation, fractal recursivity and erasure – as an interpretive tool in the analysis of the interview data, I investigated the extent to which and how language ideologies regarding English operate in a group of Chilean ELT programmes. Findings from this study revealed the existence and promotion of opposing language ideologies that coexist within and across the teacher education programmes under scrutiny. …”
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Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990–2013:... by Forouzanfar, M, Alexander, L, Anderson, H, Ali, R, Beardsley, J, Bennett, D, Briggs, A, Chen, Z, Gething, P, Jha, V, Moschandreas, J, Newton, C, Rahimi, K, Scarborough, P

“…Attributable burden for clusters of risks and all risks combined took into account evidence on the mediation of some risks such as high body-mass index (BMI) through other risks such as high systolic blood pressure and high cholesterol. <p><strong>Findings</strong></p> All risks combined account for 57·2% (95% uncertainty interval [UI] 55·8–58·5) of deaths and 41·6% (40·1–43·0) of DALYs. …”

Two-dimensional metal-organic frameworks for gas sensing by Lister, AM

“…This method successfully generates uniform distributions of the desired MOFs in situ on glass, gold, paper and cotton substrates, and is therefore anticipated to be a significant finding in the fields of wearable electronics, chemiresistive sensors and capacitor devices.…”

The limits of liberalization: WTO entry and Chinese state-owned firms by Tan, Y, Davis, CL

“…However, where strategic goods targeted by industrial policy hold a large share of bilateral trade, lowering tariffs has no impact on SOE trade. These findings highlight the tensions between state-led economic models and global trade law premised upon market principles.…”

Normative modeling of brain morphometry in clinical high risk for psychosis by Haas, Shalaila S., Ge, Ruiyang, Agartz, Ingrid, Amminger, G. Paul, Andreassen, Ole A., Bachman, Peter, Baeza, Inmaculada, Choi, Sunah, Colibazzi, Tiziano, Cropley, Vanessa L., de la Fuente-Sandoval, Camilo, Ebdrup, Bjørn H., Fortea, Adriana, Fusar-Poli, Paolo, Glenthøj, Birte Yding, Glenthøj, Louise Birkedal, Haut, Kristen M., Hayes, Rebecca A., Heekeren, Karsten, Hooker, Christine I., Hwang, Wu Jeong, Jahanshad, Neda, Kaess, Michael, Kasai, Kiyoto, Katagiri, Naoyuki, Kim, Minah, Kindler, Jochen, Koike, Shinsuke, Kristensen, Tina D., Kwon, Jun Soo, Lawrie, Stephen M., Lebedeva, Irina, Lee, Jimmy, Lemmers-Jansen, Imke L. J., Lin, Ashleigh, Ma, Xiaoqian, Mathalon, Daniel H., McGuire, Philip, Michel, Chantal, Mizrahi, Romina, Mizuno, Masafumi, Møller, Paul, Mora-Durán, Ricardo, Nelson, Barnaby, Nemoto, Takahiro, Nordentoft, Merete, Nordholm, Dorte, Omelchenko, Maria A., Pantelis, Christos, Pariente, Jose C., Raghava, Jayachandra M., Reyes-Madrigal, Francisco, Røssberg, Jan I., Rössler, Wulf, Salisbury, Dean F., Sasabayashi, Daiki, Schall, Ulrich, Smigielski, Lukasz, Sugranyes, Gisela, Suzuki, Michio, Takahashi, Tsutomu, Tamnes, Christian K., Theodoridou, Anastasia, Thomopoulos, Sophia I., Thompson, Paul M., Tomyshev, Alexander S., Uhlhaas, Peter J., Værnes, Tor G., van Amelsvoort, Therese A. M. J., van Erp, Theo G. M., Waltz, James A., Wenneberg, Christina, Westlye, Lars T., Wood, Stephen J., Zhou, Juan H., Hernaus, Dennis, Jalbrzikowski, Maria, Kahn, René S., Corcoran, Cheryl M., Frangou, Sophia

“…Conclusions and Relevance: In this case-control study, findings suggest that macroscale neuromorphometric measures may not provide an adequate explanation of psychosis risk.…”
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Transport phenomena of immiscible fluids in microchannels by Yin, Shuai

“…The biggest advantage of the proposed approach is that it removes the necessity of surface treatment for O/W droplet formation in PMDS microchannels, breaking the limits brought by the surface wettability for the first time and rendering itself to be a universal method for O/W droplet active generation with outstanding controllability. Our findings would widen the applications of the PDMS based microchips. …”
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Light-matter interactions in atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides by Zhao, Jiaxin

“…In addition, the dynamics of charged excitons (trions) is observed to be different from that of excitons that the radiative lifetime of trions is around 108.7 ps at low excitation densities. These findings elucidate the dynamics of excitonic quasiparticles and intricate many-body physics in the 2D semiconductors. …”
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