Autism narratives in Singapore by Ho, Melissa Yun Ling

“…Examining Singaporean autism narratives allows us insight into the ways in which dominant global discourses about autism are negotiated in local contexts; narratives are shaped by their socio-cultural contexts and examining those from Singapore, a globalised and multicultural, yet socially conservative city-state, enables us to understand the ways in which such multiple discourses come to bear upon individual narratives. Given that these narratives have, in turn, the potential to shape cultural discourses, and having shown through close literary analysis some effects of existing stereotypes and discourses, I argue for the urgency and importance of attending to narrative ethics in the production of autism narratives in Singapore.…”
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Photodynamic bubble-generating microneedles for enhanced transdermal cancer therapy by Ning, Xiaoyu, Chen, Si, Yang, Yating, Hwang, Jangsun, Wiraja, Christian, Zhang, Chi, Liu, Wei, Liu, Linbo, Xu, Chenjie

“…The drug delivery efficiency of this platform is first evaluated ex vivo using fresh mouse skins and human keloid tissues. Later, in the tumor-bearing mouse model, the platform enhances the skin penetration of photosensitizers (i.e., methylene blue) and correspondingly improves the efficacy of photodynamic therapy.…”
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Soil solution compositions and mineralogy of some active acid sulfate soils in Malaysia as affected by laboratory incubation with lime by Shamshuddin, J., Auxtero, E.A.

“…Acid sulfate soils in Malaysia are developed when pyrite bearing deposits in the coastal plains are drained for agricultural production. …”

Unravelling the bioactivities of Acmella paniculata extract-mediated green deep eutectic solvent of citric acid monohydrate and glycerol by Rajina Shahmir Sivaraj, Roziana Mohamed Hanaphi, Rizana Yusof

“…The antibacterial activity assessed by disc diffusion assay exhibited higher susceptible bacterial response of E. coli, Salmonella enterica ser. Typhimurium and S. aureus against the flower extract compared to the leaf extract. …”
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Driving Miss Norma : AN INSPIRATIONAL STORY ABOUT WHAT REALLY MATTERS AT THE END OF LIFE / by Bauerschmidt, Tim, author 655967, Liddle,Ramie, author 655968

Understanding the effect of M(III) choice in heterodinuclear polymerization catalysts by Eisenhardt, KHS, Fiorentini, F, Williams, CK

“…The novel Al(III)K(I) catalyst exhibits outstanding activities in the cyclohexane oxide (CHO)/CO₂ ROCOP, and at 1 bar CO₂ pressure it is the fastest aluminum-based catalyst reported to date. …”

Quantitative measurement of displacement in photopolymer layers during holographic recording using phase shifting electronic speckle pattern interferometry by Moothanchery, Mohesh, Bavigadda, Viswanath, Upputuri, Paul Kumar, Pramanik, Manojit, Toal, Vincent, Naydenova, Izabela

“…It was observed that the displacement profile is Gaussian and resembles to the profile of the recording beam. We observed an increase in shrinkage from 2 μm at 20 seconds of recording to 7.5 μm after 120 seconds of recording. …”
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Shape measurement of single gold nanorods in water using open-access optical microcavities by Yin, Y, Trichet, A, Qian, J, Smith, JM

“…Here we introduce a novel technique to measure the aspect ratio of rod-shaped particles by analyzing changes in the polarization state of a laser beam transmitted through an optical microcavity through which the particle diffuses. …”

Classification of non-tumorous skin pigmentation disorders using voting based probabilistic linear discriminant analysis by Liang, Yunfeng, Sun, Lei, Ser, Wee, Lin, Feng, Thng, Steven Tien Guan, Chen, Qiping, Lin, Zhiping

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Biochemical characterisation of NS2B-NS3 protease from flaviviruses by Nah, Jojo Qian Hui

“…In the dengue research field, the hydrophilic portion of NS2B is often engineered to NS3pro domain by joining with a flexible linker of nine amino acids, Gly4-Ser-Gly4 in studying their properties. Here, we compared the enzymatic activities of DENV NS2B47- G4SG4 NS3 Wild Type (WT) pro, DENV NS2B47- G4SG4 NS3WTSSpro with DENV NS2B47- G4SG4 NS3WTSS and Zika virus (ZIKV) NS2B-NS3 WT pro. …”
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A loss-of-function mutation in KCNJ11 causing sulfonylurea-sensitive diabetes in early adult life by Vedovato, N, Salguero, MV, Greeley, SAW, Yu, CH, Philipson, LH, Ashcroft, FM

“…Here, we report a novel loss-of-function mutation (Ser118Leu) in the pore helix of Kir6.2 paradoxically associated with sulfonylurea-sensitive diabetes that presents in early adult life. …”

Optimization of solubility of corannulene polymers via ring opening metathesis polymerization by Gunasegaran, Kevitrra

“…Corannulene group bearing copolymers have great potential in electrochemical storage applications. …”
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Summarized Causal Explanations For Aggregate Views by Youngmann, Brit, Cafarella, Michael, Gilad, Amir, Roy, Sudeepa

“…SQL queries with group-by and average are frequently used and plotted as bar charts in several data analysis applications. …”
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Wireless measurement of elastic and plastic deformation by a metamaterial-based sensor by Ozbey, Burak, Demir, Hilmi Volkan, Kurc, Ozgur, Erturk, Vakur, Altintas, Ayhan

“…The NSRR probe is fixed on a standard steel reinforcing bar (rebar), and its frequency response is monitored telemetrically by a network analyzer connected to the antenna across the whole stress-strain curve. …”
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PTFE-assisted immobilization of Pluronic F127 in PVDF hollow fiber membranes with enhanced hydrophilicity through nonsolvent-thermally induced phase separation method by Zhao, Jie, Chong, Jeng Yi, Shi, Lei, Wang, Rong

“…The resultant membranes possess a pure water permeability (PWP) of 869 ± 39 L m−2h−1bar−1 with a mean pore size of 0.09 ± 0.01 μm and an outstanding tensile strength of 7.0 ± 0.3 MPa, suggesting the potential of N-TIPS method for tuning the membrane pore structure and hydrophilicity by using multifunctional additives.…”
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Heteroatom-doped microporous carbon nanosheets derived from pentaerythritol-melamine for supercapacitors and CO₂ capture by Hu, Xiaochun, Luo, Yuqing, Wu, Xianyue, Niu, Jiabin, Tan, Mingwu, Sun, Zhiqiang, Liu, Wen

“…When used for CO2 capture, the HMCN synthesized by the pyrolysis of a 3:2 mixture of MEL and PER at 900 °C (3/2-HMCNs-900) affords a CO2 uptake of 5.35 mmol g−1 at 273 K and 1 bar CO2 partial pressure. Density functional theory calculations suggest that the high CO2 uptake performance of the HMCNs is associated with the chemical modification of the surface, as a result of N- and O- co-doping. …”
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Fabrication of organic solvent nanofiltration membranes with graphene oxide - enhanced covalent organic framework via interfacial polymerization by Oor, Jia Zheng, Ong, Chi Siang, Tan, Yong Zen, Chew, Jia Wei

“…The PES-COF-GO membranes exhibited optimal solvent permeance and separation efficiency at an intermediate 0.8wt% GO, which gave the highest water permeance of 16.2L/m2 h bar and a molecular weight cut-off (MWCO) of around 325 gmol-1. …”
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Sexual selection predicts the persistence of populations within altered environments by Parrett, Jonathan M., Mann, Darren J., Chung, Arthur Y. C., Slade, Eleanor M., Knell, Robert J.

“…The effect of sexual selection on species persistence remains unclear. The cost of bearing ornaments or armaments might increase extinction risk, but sexual selection can also enhance the spread of beneficial alleles and increase the removal of deleterious alleles, potentially reducing extinction risk. …”
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A novel approach based on the elastoplastic fatigue damage and machine learning models for life prediction of aerospace alloy parts fabricated by additive manufacturing by Zhan, Zhixin, Li, Hua

“…In the aerospace engineering, many metal parts produced using Additive Manufacturing (AM) technique often bear cyclic loadings, so the fatigue failures of AM alloy parts become very common phenomena. …”
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Resonant forward-scattered field in the high-saturation regime : elastic and inelastic contributions by Kwong, Chang Chi, Wellens, T., Pandey, K., Wilkowski, David

“…We measure the resonant forward scattering of light by a highly saturated atomic medium through the flashes emitted immediately after an abrupt extinction of the probe beam. The experiment is done in a dilute regime where the phenomena are well captured using the independent scattering approximation. …”
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