Functional roles of transforming growth factor activated Kinase-1 (TAK1) in skin wound healing by Tan, Siew Hwey

“…We show here that during wound healing, TAK1 activates von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor (pVHL) expression in keratinocytes which, in turn, represses the expression of PDGF-B and, integrins beta1 and beta5 via inhibition of the Sp1-mediated transcription. …”
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Effect of food texture on impression formation and prosocial behaviors by Tan, Kah Min

“…Many studies have showcased that particular tastes can influence judgements and behaviors but no studies to date has explored the extent to which how food texture can affect social perception and in turn influence behaviors. The present study seeks to investigate the metaphorical link between food texture and social perception along with social behaviors. …”
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Fabrication of smart structures through selective laser melting (3D printing) (II) by Ong, Cindy

“…Selective Laser Melting (SLM) of Nickel-Titanium SMAs uses high energy lasers to melt the powder, which in turn alters the microstructure of the alloy. Microstructure differs according to the SLM parameters used. …”
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Study of heat transfer through micro-structured surfaces by Chin, Wei Hao

“…Each chip has a different microstructure in the form of very small and elongated pin-fins, which will in turn affect the critical heat flux of each component. …”
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Immersing into 360 virtual reality by Lim, Zijie

“…Clickable annotations, also known as hotspots, are allowed on YouTube videos and this provides a method to create clickable buttons that could allow the user to choose options within the video. eViacam software has been included to act as a mouse to allow hand gestures to be part of the video. This can then in turn allow the hand to click on the hotspots. …”
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The design of liquid desiccant dehumidification control system by Wang, Gaige

“…In the thesis, we first introduce LDDS working principles, involved technologies, and then we turn to construct the control system, including the design of control circuits and development of control programs based on STM32 microcontroller. …”
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Monitoring the Wobbe Index of Natural Gas Using Fiber-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy by Sandfort, Vincenz, Trabold, Barbara M., Abdolvand, Amir, Bolwien, Carsten, Russell, Philip St. J., Wöllenstein, Jürgen, Palzer, Stefan

“…In contrast to bandgap PCF, kagomé-PCF allows for reliable detection of Raman-scattered photons even below 1200 cm−1, which in turn enables fast and comprehensive assessment of the natural gas quality of arbitrary mixtures.…”
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Conversion, ethnology, and law in the conquest of the Philippines by Cobo, NC

“…It also shows that the unique circumstances of the Philippines resulted in the flourishing of academic textual production by civil and ecclesiastical officials in this period; of highly local colonial institutions, within which ecclesiastical figures acquired unprecedented political authority; and of unique systems of colonial extraction and governance, and the ways in which these impacted indigenous communities and were in turn shaped by the people and circumstances of the Philippines.…”

Large range sizes link fast life histories with high species richness across wet tropical tree floras by Baker, TR, Adu-Bredu, S, Affum-Baffoe, K, Aiba, S, Akite, P, Alexiades, M, Almeida, E, de Oliveira, EA, Davila, EA, Amani, C, Andrade, A, Aragao, L, Araujo-Murakami, A, Arets, E, Arroyo, L, Ashton, P, Ifo, SAA, Aymard, GAC, Baisie, M, Balee, W, Balinga, M, Banin, LF, Banki, O, Baraloto, C, Malhi, Y, Moore, S

“…These lineages also have smaller maximum diameters and, in the Americas, contain dioecious species. In turn, lineages with greater overall range size have higher species richness. …”

Solidarity as a transformative practice by Cipollitti, PE

“…I propose a series of diachronic norms to guide solidary agents in navigating power and knowledge asymmetries. In Chapter 4, I turn to the process of personal transformation undergone by solidary agents. …”

Retrieve, reason, and refine: generating accurate and faithful patient instructions by Liu, F, Yang, B, You, C, Wu, X, Ge, S, Liu, Z, Sun, X, Yang, Y, Clifton, DA

“…An accurate and easy-to-follow PI can improve the self-management of patients which can in turn reduce hospital readmission rates. However, writing an appropriate PI can be extremely time consuming for physicians, and is subject to being incomplete or error-prone for (potentially overworked) physicians. …”

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

“…This impacts low cloud changes and in turn the model warming response through low cloud feedbacks. …”

Development of Food Waste Management Guidelines in Harmonizing and Sustaining the Ecosystem of the UUM Lake Restaurant (S/O 14247) by Yean, Tan Fee, Johari, Johanim, Hassan, Zuraida, Alias, Nursiha, Abdullah, Nor Azimah Chew, Abdul Rahman, Hazlan

“…This study addresses this issue by developing food waste management guidelines that prioritize 4Rs (Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) strategies that restaurants can use to prevent and divert wasted food. That, in turn, not only helps in reducing the volume and the cost of disposal, but also helps reduce pollution, save natural resources, and move towards becoming an environmentally friendly restaurant…”
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Influence of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation on Higher Education Performance: Mediating Effect of Quality Culture by Iqbal, Shahzaf, Razalli, Mohd Rizal, Taib, Che Azlan

“…This study has important implications for policymakers, administrators, and quality managers to focus on employees’ motivation to create a quality culture, which in turn will improve the performance of their respective organizations…”
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Cogency of Suggestion System in Managing Innovation: Reducing Progressive Die Change Over Time in Auto Stamping Operations by Baluch, Nazim Hussain, Mohtar, Shahimi, Nordin, Norani

“…They serve as an adjunct to them and provide a framework that can help organizations turn innovation into an enterprise-wide discipline-and a sustainable process that drives growth in good times and bad…”
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PUERTO RICO : A NATIONAL HISTORY / by Meléndez Badillo, Jorell A., author 656083

“…The last part of the book focuses on more recent developments from the neoliberal turn in the 1990s to current (and likely future) socio-economic and environmental crises"--…”
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Topochemical manipulation of some complex transition metal oxides by Amano Patiño, ME

“…By quenching or slow-cooling the materials during their synthesis, the size of the crystalline domains formed is affected and this in turn is observed to define the extent to which the topochemical deintercalation of oxide anions takes place. …”

Serotype distribution and incidence of invasive early onset and late onset group B streptococcal disease amongst infants in Singapore by Kam, Kai-Qian, Thoon, Koh Cheng, Tee, Nancy Wen Sim, Ang, Michelle Lay Teng, Tan, Natalie Woon Hui, Yeo, Kee Thai, Li, Jiahui, Chong, Chia Yin

“…The incidences of EOD and LOD were obtained by using patients with EOD and LOD who were born in our institution as the numerator and the live births in our institution per year of the study period as the denominator. …”
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The costs of rearing a buffalo calf from birth until weaning age at buffalo breeding and research centre, Telupid, Sabah by Ishak, Muhammad Hasifsafwan

“…The results of this study showed, on the extensive farm in 2015, there were 143 buffalo breeder and there were 133 buffalo calves born. The most common calf diseases in year 2015 were weight loss (15 cases), diarrhea (17 cases) and respiratory (3 cases).The age of weaning is three months. …”
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Judging facts, judging norms: Training machine learning models to judge humans requires a modified approach to labeling data by Balagopalan, Aparna, Madras, David, Yang, David H., Hadfield-Menell, Dylan, Hadfield, Gillian K., Ghassemi, Marzyeh

“…As governments and industry turn to increased use of automated decision systems, it becomes essential to consider how closely such systems can reproduce human judgment. …”
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