Using cluster analysis to reconstruct dengue exposure patterns from cross-sectional serological studies in Singapore by Sangkaew, Sorawat, Tan, Li Kiang, Ng, Lee Ching, Ferguson, Neil M., Dorigatti, Ilaria

“…Analyses of the relative size and age-stratification of the clusters by year of sample collection and the application of cluster analysis to the 2009 and 2013 datasets considered separately revealed the epidemic circulation of DENV2 and DENV3 between 2009 and 2013. …”
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Development of axially chiral urazole scaffolds for antiplant virus applications against potato virus Y by Jin, Jiamiao, Mou, Chengli, Zou, Juan, Xie, Xin, Wang, Chen, Shen, Tingwei, Deng, Youlin, Li, Benpeng, Jin, Zhichao, Li, Xiangyang, Chi, Robin Yonggui

“…It can cause severe damage to plants from the family Solanaceae, which results in billions of dollars of economic loss worldwide every year. To discover new antiviral drugs, a class of multifunctional urazole derivatives bearing a stereogenic C-N axis were synthesized with excellent optical purities for antiviral evaluations against PVY. …”
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Tracking oxidation-induced alterations in fibrin clot formation by NMR-based methods by Lau, Wai-Hoe, White, Nathan J., Yeo, Tsin Wen, Gruen, Russell L., Pervushin, Konstantin

“…However, experimental evidence explaining how HOCl oxidation impairs fibrinogen structure and function has not been demonstrated. We utilized polymerization studies and two dimensional-nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry (2D-NMR) to investigate the hypothesis that HOCl oxidation alters fibrinogen conformation and T₂ relaxation time of water protons in the fibrin gels. …”
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Perceived inequality in society may not motivate increased food intake in the absence of personal socioeconomic disadvantage by Cheon, Bobby K., Low, Xenia, Wijaya, Darren Jeffian, Lee, Albert

“…Background: Greater levels of socioeconomic inequality across societies have been associated with higher rates of obesity and cardiometabolic disease. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 accessory protein 7b forms homotetramers in detergent by Surya, Wahyu, Queralt-Martin, Maria, Mu, Yuguang, Aguilella, Vicente M., Torres, Jaume

“…Also, anti-p7b antibodies have been found in the sera of SARS-CoV convalescent patients. …”
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Rule-based meta-analysis reveals the major role of PB2 in influencing influenza A virus virulence in mice by Ivan, Fransiskus Xaverius, Kwoh, Chee Keong

“…Many individual studies have been carried out in mice to uncover the viral factors responsible for the virulence of IAV infections. …”
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Discrete time optimal control and its applications in power systems by Zhang, Hehong

“…A closed-form mathematical derivation for the DTOC algorithm was fi rst proposed by Han, which has been widely used to design estimators, observers and noise-tolerant differentiators. …”
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Role of N-WASP in cell proliferation : implication for organ development and cancer by Verma, Apoorva

“…Development of organs such as lungs and mammary glands requires elongation and branching of epithelial tissues which are critically depended on apical-basal polarity, cell adhesion, cell proliferation and interactions with the extracellular matrix proteins. N-WASP has also been shown to regulate cell invasion and EMT (Epithelial to Mesenchymal transition), which are often upregulated during cancer progression. …”
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Two-dimensional (2D) covalent organic framework as efficient cathode for binder-free lithium-ion battery by Yao, Chang-Jiang, Wu, Zhenzhen, Xie, Jian, Yu, Fei, Guo, Wei, Xu, Zhichuan Jason, Li, Dong-Sheng, Zhang, Shanqing, Zhang, Qichun

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Modelling familiarity : towards age-friendly exergame design by Zhang, Hao

“…Although the benefits of taking physical exercises has been highly publicized, the majority of older adults do not achieve the minimum physical activity level. …”
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Controlling the magnetic properties of LaMnO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures by stoichiometry and electronic reconstruction : atomic-scale evidence by Li, Mengsha, Tang, Chunhua, Paudel, Tula R., Song, Dongsheng, Lü, Weiming, Han, Kun, Huang, Zhen, Zeng, Shengwei, Wang, Renshaw Xiao, Yang, Ping, Ariando, Chen, Jingsheng, Venkatesan, Thirumalai, Tsymbal, Evgeny Y., Li, Changjian, Pennycook, Stephen John

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Modelling and characterization of membrane fouling in osmotically-driven membrane processes (ODMPs) by Lai, Li

“…With intensification of water scarcity, forward osmosis has been drawing increasing attention due to its low energy requirement and power of removing pollutants in wastewater treatment and desalination processes. …”
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ESBL and AmpC β-lactamase encoding genes in E. coli from pig and pig farm workers in Vietnam and their association with mobile genetic elements by Hounmanou, Yaovi Mahuton Gildas, Bortolaia, Valeria, Dang, Son Thi Thanh, Truong, Duong, Olsen, John E., Dalsgaard, Anders

“…In three strains, we observed a novel bla CTX-M-27 harboring IncF type of plasmid which had not been reported before. Its closest reference in NCBI was the non-ESBL Salmonella Typhimurium plasmid pB71 that might have experienced an insertion of bla CTX-M-27. …”
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Modulation and control strategies for neutral-point-clamped converters by Beniwal, Neha

“…Finally, this thesis summarizes the work that has been done and presents some directions for future research.…”
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Coacervates derived from mussel foot proteins by Guo, Qi

“…Biomimetics has inspired the development of various advanced technologies and novel materials, in which mussel adhesion has been regarded as a practical strategy to investigate the underwater adhesives with robust wet adhesion capacities attributed to the abundant post-translationally modified amino acid l-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (Dopa) in mussel foot proteins (Mfps). …”
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Intelligent agent design for persuading the elderly to adopt a healthy lifestyle by Yu, Xinjia

“…Extensive user studies (n=62) have been conducted in this thesis to support the effectiveness of our proposed model and agent design in both communication engagement and persuasion effectiveness. …”
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Multi-sensor calibration and multi-modal perception for intelligent systems by Zhang, Jun

“…Thirdly, for the extrinsic calibration between a non-repetitive scanning 3D LiDAR and a thermal camera, limited work has been performed. Thus, ThermalVoxCalib is proposed. …”
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Selective laser melting of ceramic particles strengthened stainless steel by Zhai, Wengang

“…Yield strength of wrought 316L can be as low as 170 MPa according to ASTM A240. Efforts have been made to fabricate ceramic particles strengthened stainless steel composites. …”
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A 1.3-micrometre-thick elastic conductor for seamless on-skin and implantable sensors by Jiang, Zhi, Chen, Nuan, Yi, Zhigao, Zhong, Junwen, Zhang, Feilong, Ji, Shaobo, Liao, Rui, Wang, Yan, Li, Haicheng, Liu, Zhihua, Wang, Yang, Yokota, Tomoyuki, Liu, Xiaogang, Fukuda, Kenjiro, Chen, Xiaodong, Someya, Takao

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Development of novel electrospun nanofibrous scaffold with nanomaterials for target adsorption in different applications by Lim, Huai Xun

“…With the concerning rise in pollution of waters threatening the critical sources of clean water, tremendous amounts of efforts had been put into the research and development of water treatment technologies, inexhaustive of conventional municipal water treatment, to ion-exchange, electrolysis or biological treatment, membrane technology is one of the most energy efficient processes to remove targeted solutes from water. …”
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