Relationship between the timing of administration of IgM and IgA enriched immunoglobulins in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock and the outcome: A retrospective analysis by Berlot, G, Vassallo, MC, Busetto, N, Bianchi, M, Zornada, F, Rosato, I, Tartamella, F, Prisco, L, Bigotto, F, Bigolin, T, Ferluga, M, Batticci, I, Michelone, E, Borelli, M, Viviani, M, Tomasini, A

“…</p> <p><strong>Materials and Methods</strong> The medical records of all patients with severe sepsis or septic shock admitted to our ICU from July 2004 through October 2009 and treated with eIg (Pentaglobin®; Biotest, Dreieich, Germany) were retrospectively examined.…”

The post-modern Japanese identity of Haruki Murakami's literature. by Ling, Shannon.

“…Japan, in particular, had undergone massive changes since the end of the Meiji era and the Second World War, giving birth to a new generation of Japanese torn between respecting the traditional and embracing the modern. …”
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Anatomy of gloom. by Lim, Gwen Yuan Wen.

“…The Puppet wakes up in a gloomy world. Like a new born baby, she is amused her existence. A spider crawls out of her heart and hynotises the puppet, shows her an perplexing illusion of a woman trapped inside a massive flower. …”
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Out-of-band antenna characterization by Lim, Darrell Peng Fei.

“…This in turn affects the performance of the receiver and the other systems. …”
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Italian literature in the US and UK since 1945: translation and interaction by Saroldi, A

“…</p> <p>Across its three chapters, the thesis traverses the realms of prose, poetry, and theatre, examining for the first time the case studies of William Weaver’s translation of Giorgio Bassani’s <em>Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini</em> (1977), Charles Tomlinson’s translation of Attilio Bertolucci’s <em>Selected Poems</em> (1993), and Dario Fo and Franca Rame’s American tour of 1986, featuring on-stage translators Ronald Jenkins and Maria Consagra.…”

Numerical model and experimental investigation on the optical trapping of microsphere sample by Muhammad Haer Jam Hari.

“…With the increasing emphasis put on research and development in the industry, more sophisticated technology were born. The biomedical engineering field is no stranger to tremendous research and development efforts in the recent years. …”
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Feel to hear by Ummi Kaltsum Mohamed Bakri

“…Feel to Hear is a project inspired by hearing loss and the curiousity of the ways children born with profound deafness learn about sounds without the use of hearing aids. …”
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Design, simulation, and testing of a low cost laser micromachining system for flexible and rapid tissue-on-chip fabrication. by Nin, Jorge A.

“…With fabrication times of 6-8 minutes for small features and less than an hour for a full chip, our method represents a significant advancement in rapid prototyping capabilities. …”
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Indoor air quality in sleeping environments by Lim, Michael Ying Jie

“…The AER for NV conditions were well above the minimum AER of 0.35 /hour based on the guidelines from ASHRAE, but in AC conditions, the AER either fell short of 0.35 /hour, or were only slightly above this level. …”
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Islam in Late Antiquity: state-making, the Bedouin, and the end of empires by Wakeley, JM

“…Comparative approaches are also employed, not least to situate Arabia in a broader late antique context and also to improve our understanding of the development of the early Islamic state.…”

Incorporating elicited preferences for equality into electricity system planning modeling by Van-Hein Sackey, C, Nock, D, Cao, C, Armanios, D, Davis, A

“…These hybrid mini-grids, in turn, drive the carbon emissions intensity of the electricity system fourfold. …”

Psychological contract, motivation, perceived supervisor support and monitoring : relationships with effort by Hu, Sheena Min En, Pan, Wynne Huimin, Tan, Yane Chang

“…Specifically, it also studies the impacts of a) perceived employer inducement due to pay and b) perceived employer inducement due to support on the different types of employee motivation (intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation and amotivation) and perceived supervisor support, which may in turn affect employees' effort at work. Other determinants of effort like psychological contract breach and monitoring were also included in our proposed model.…”
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Simulation of solar cooling system by Goh, Dennis Kim Lai.

“…As our climate becomes hotter due to global warming, and the demands for air conditioning rises, it is important use an alternative solution to meet our demands and at the same time to reduce the amount of fossil fuel consumption and harmful emissions to the environment. …”
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Reallocation of time between device-measured movement behaviours and risk of incident cardiovascular disease by Walmsley, R, Chan, S, Smith-Byrne, K, Ramakrishnan, R, Woodward, M, Rahimi, K, Dwyer, T, Bennett, D, Doherty, A

“…Participants in UK Biobank, a prospective cohort, were asked to wear an accelerometer for 7 days, and we applied our machine-learning model to classify their movement behaviours. …”

Elite sports and national identity : a case study of Singapore's participation in the Olympics by Deepan Kaleselvan

“…Likewise, Singapore is also engaged in recruiting elite foreign-born athletes. This is done in the hope of rallying the masses behind the victories of the athletes and boosting their national pride. …”
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Study on simulation testbed development for traffic signal control application by Lin, Yulong

“…Extensive simulation tests were conducted using the SUMO traffic simulation tool to evaluate the method under a peak hour traffic scenario, with a horizontal comparison by selecting various existing control methods, to demonstrate the advancements of the proposed method. …”
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Study on vehicular fuel consumption and emissions (freight vehicles) by Hai, Yin

“…The suggested areas are off-hour delivery, research in IT-based freight, eco-driving and stricter enforcement of legislations.…”
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An empirical study on the effects of promotion of corporate social responsibility on employees’ organizational citizenship behaviors. by Huang, WanQing., Liew, Shi Min., Lee Ping, Joyce.

“…In turn, employees’ perceptions of CSR relate to higher OCBs, with a greater effect on OCB (O) than OCB (I). …”
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Whole-brain turbulent dynamics predict responsiveness to pharmacological treatment in major depressive disorder by Escrichs, A, Sanz Perl, Y, Fisher, PM, Martínez-Molina, N, G-Guzman, E, Frokjaer, VG, Kringelbach, ML, Knudsen, GM, Deco, G

“…Importantly, our model-free approach enabled prediction of which patients would turn out to be non-responders. …”

新加坡华族移民家庭学前儿童汉语语言习得个案分析 = A case study on a Chinese immigrant pre-school child’s language acquisition in Singapore by 方静 Fang, Jing

“…This research aims to investigate the language acquisition of Singapore immigrants' second generation. Our research is based on a Singapore Chinese child aged 2;9, we did a six-month observation of the child's language production on a daily basis naturally and did audio- and video-recording for a total of 16 hours. …”
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