Convective heat transfer performance of airfoil heat sinks fabricated by selective laser melting by Ho, Jin Yao, Wong, Kin Keong, Leong, Kai Choong, Wong, Teck Neng

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Digital health professions education on diabetes management : systematic review by the digital health education collaboration by Huang, Zhilian, Semwal, Monika, Lee, Shuen Yee, Tee, Mervin, Ong, William, Tan, Woan Shin, Bajpai, Ram, Tudor Car, Lorainne

“…Digital diabetes self-management education for patients has been shown to improve patients’ knowledge and outcomes. …”
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Effects of ZnO nanoparticle exposure on wastewater treatment and soluble microbial products (SMPs) in an anoxic-aerobic membrane bioreactor by Zhang, Dong Qing, Eng, Chin Yee, Stuckey, David C., Zhou, Yan

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Effects of thrombin and its related peptide fragments on neutrophils by Lim, Chun Hwee

“…NET-associated proteins have been argued to trap and kill bacteria, as well as being implicated in autoimmune complications. …”
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Metabolite profiling in identifying metabolic biomarkers in older people with late-onset type 2 diabetes mellitus by Tam, Zhi Yang, Ng, Sean Pin, Tan, Ling Qiao, Lin, Chih-Hsien, Rothenbacher, Dietrich, Klenk, Jochen, Boehm, Bernhard Otto, Goh, Kelvin Kau Kiat, Suwanchaikasem, Pipob, Tipthara, Pornpimol, Koenig, W., Riepe, M., Peter, R., Geiger, H., Ludolph, A., Arnim, C. v., Denkinger, M. D., Yang, Song Yi, Nagel, G., Weinmayr, G., Rapp, K., Dallmeier, D., Steinacker, J. M., Laszlo, R., Becker, T., Stingl, J.

“…Elevated levels of 5′-methylthioadenosine (MTA), which previously has only been implicated in animal model of diabetes, was found in urine of older people with T2D.…”
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Offset-16QAM-based coherent WDM with multi-carrier group detection by Xiang, Meng, Fu, Songnian, Tang, M., Shum, P., Liu, Deming

“…Recently, offset-QAM based coherent WDM (CoWDM) has been proposed to build up spectrally-efficient multi-carrier superchannels. …”
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Advanced code reuse attacks against modern defences by Wang, Chenyu

“…The result shows that in addition to the cases that have been discovered in previous work, our tool is able to find more cases of non-blinded constant. …”
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Novel mutation G324C in WNT1 mapped in a large Pakistani family with severe recessively inherited Osteogenesis Imperfecta by Kausar, Mehran, Saima Siddiqi, Muhammad Yaqoob, Sajid Mansoor, Makitie, Outi, Asif Mir, Khor, Chiea Chuen, Foo, Jia Nee, Anees, Mariam

“…To date several point mutations in 18 different genes causing different types of OI have been identified. Mutations in WNT1 compromise activity of the osteoblasts leading to disturbed bone mass accrual, fragility fractures and progressive skeletal abnormalities. …”
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On the most energy-efficient input functions and the lowest input energy of passive linear circuits by Smunyahirun, Radit

“…Energy-efficient has been an interested research for decades. For fundamentals circuits, resistors in a circuit always dissipate energy when they have current flow and it decreases energy efficiency. …”
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Cytogenetic and molecular aberrations of multiple myeloma patients : a single-center study in Singapore by Ng, Yit Jun, Tan, Yu Min, See, Karen Hsu Shien, Choo, Natasha Swee Lian, Lim, Sherry Xin Er, Lim, Alvin Soon Tiong, Lim, Tse Hui, Yee, Yenny, Lau, Lai Ching, Tien, Sim Leng, Sathish, Kumar, Tan, Daryl Chen Lung

“…Background-Much is known about the cytogenetic lesions that characterize multiple myeloma (MM) patients from the USA, Europe, and East Asia. However, little has been published about the disease among Southeast Asians. …”
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Negative auto-regulation of myostatin expression is mediated by SMAD3 and microRNA-27 by Ge, XiaoJia, McFarlane, Craig, Vajjala, Anuradha, Arigela, Harikumar, Lokireddy, Sudarsanareddy, Bonala, Sabeera, Manickam, Ravikumar, Kambadur, Ravi, Sharma, Mridula

“…In fact, loss of Mstn has been shown to result in increased post-natal muscle growth through enhanced satellite cell functionality; while elevated levels of Mstn result in dramatic skeletal muscle wasting through a mechanism involving reduced protein synthesis and increased ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation. …”
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The magnitude and risk factors of intestinal parasitic infection in relation to human immunodeficiency virus infection and immune status, at ALERT hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Taye, Biruhalem, Desta, Kassu, Ejigu, Selamawit, Dori, Geme Urge

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Message from ICME'12 technical program chairs by Cai, Jianfei, Hanjalic, Alan, Magli, Enrico, Pickering, Mark, Friedland, Gerald, Hua, Xian-Sheng

“…ICME has been a flagship international conference for the presentation of novel and fundamental research advances in the field of Multimedia since 2000. …”
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Low magnetic field exposure alters prostate cancer cell properties by Lange, Sigrun, Inal, Jameel, Kraev, Igor, Dart, Dafydd Alwyn, Uysal-Onganer, Pinar

“…Electromagnetic and magnetic fields have been classified as possible human carcinogens, but current understanding of molecular and cellular pathways involved is very limited. …”
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Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology by Gould, E, Fraser, HS, Parker, TH, Nakagawa, S, Griffith, SC, Vesk, PA, Fidler, F, Hamilton, DG, Abbey-Lee, RN, Abbott, JK, Aguirre, LA, Alcaraz, C, Aloni, I, Altschul, D, Arekar, K, Atkins, JW, Atkinson, J, Baker, CM, Barrett, M, Bell, K, Bello, SK, Beltrán, I, Berauer, BJ, Bertram, MG, Wood, A

“…Many of these studies have been in the social sciences, but one small “many analyst” study found similar variability in ecology. …”

Evidence-based roadmap for geoheritage conservation in southeast Arabia: Inventory, evaluations, and communicating geocultural connections by Sayama, K

“…</p> <p>First, a GIS-based study was conducted to identify the status quo of Quaternary geosites that have been studied in this region. Second, a science communication study was carried out to test the efficacy of highlighting the human-nature interconnection in introducing Quaternary geoheritage sites. …”

Understanding customer retrials in call centers: preferences for service quality and service speed by Hu, K, Allon, G, Bassamboo, A

“…<p><strong> Academic/practical relevance: </p></strong> Little empirical research has been done to understand customers’ strategic retrials, and theoretical research studies retrials by assuming the degree to which pickup speed and service quality impact retrials. …”

Attack strategies in birds of prey by Brighton, C

“…The deep fovea is optimised for long-range vision, and is directed at approximately 45° to the side of the head. It has been proposed that the head is held in line with the body for streamlining, while the body is turned in flight to fixate the image of the prey on the deep fovea, resulting in a curved trajectory. …”

Role of the collagen receptor DDR1 in epithelial morphogenesis and polarisation by Søgaard, P

“…In contrast, loss of polarity has been associated with progression of diseases such as cancer. …”

Integrated transcriptomic and proteomic profiling of responses to clinical and novel bisphosphonates by Lu, J

“…<p>Bisphosphonates have traditionally been used to treat bone resorptive disorders by inhibiting osteoclast activity. …”