Translational assessment of a genetic engineering methodology to improve islet function for transplantation by van Krieken, Pim P., Voznesenskaya, Anna, Dicker, Andrea, Xiong, Yan, Park, Jae Hong, Lee, Jeong Ik, Ilegems, Erwin, Berggren, Per-Olof

“…Moreover, the presented methodology might serve as a useful research strategy to dissect cellular signalling mechanisms of relevance for optimal islet function.…”
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Review of 3D printable hydrogels and constructs by Li, Huijun, Tan, Cavin, Li, Lin

“…Following this will be a summary and discussion of some frequently used hydrogels for bioprinting, and their respective limitations as well. …”
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Dielectric failure mechanisms in advanced Cu/low-k interconnect architecture by Tan, Tam Lyn

“…In this work, specially designed test structures i.e. line end (S1) and corner (S2) interconnect layouts were used to investigate the failure mechanisms. This is due to its electric field enhancement effects and thus enabling more stringent reliability assessments, and also due to its efficacy in failure analysis. …”
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Congestion estimation and turning ratio prediction based on machine learning with applications in urban traffic light control by Chen, Qixing

“…The second pre-work is about traffic network turning ratio prediction, which may be useful in developing more accurate network dynamic models. …”
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Why are territorial disputes left unresolved? Finding the true utility of ASEAN through a mixed-method analysis on the case of Malaysia and its territorial disputes in Southeast A... by Chan, Felicia Jia Hui, Ng, Wei Ting

“…This dissertation attempts to use a mixed-methods methodology to identify factors that influence dispute management resolution and analyse the effectiveness of ASEAN’s dispute management mechanisms. …”
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Cortical tracking of speech-in-noise develops from childhood to adulthood by Vander Ghinst, Marc, Bourguignon, Mathieu, Niesen, Maxime, Wens, Vincent, Hassid, Sergio, Choufani, Georges, Jousmäki, Veikko, Hari, Riitta, Goldman, Serge, De Tiège, Xavier

“…Still, it is unknown whether such preferential tracking also occurs in children whose speech-in-noise (SiN) abilities are typically lower compared with adults. We used magnetoencephalography (MEG) to investigate the frequency-specific cortical tracking of different elements of a cocktail party auditory scene in 20 children (age range, 6-9 years; 8 females) and 20 adults (age range, 21-40 years; 10 females). …”
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Estimating human wrist stiffness during a tooling task by Phan, Gia-Hoang, Hansen, Clint, Tommasino, Paolo, Budhota, Aamani, Mohan, Dhanya Menoth, Hussain, Asif, Burdet, Etienne, Campolo, Domenico

“…A typical hand-held, abrasive tool used by humans during finishing tasks was instrumented at the handle (through which both robots and humans are attached to the tool) to assess the 3D force/torque interactions between operator and tool during finishing task, as well as the 3D kinematics of the tool itself. …”
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Time and anti-realism in modern and contemporary Irish novels by Li, Lianghui

“…Narrative time is approached from two aspects: narrative self-reflexivity that distinguishes narrated time from time of narration, and linguistic experimentation with the use of tense and time deixis. Examining works by Samuel Beckett, John Banville, Anne Enright, Mike McCormack, and Sara Baume, I argue that the anti-realist impulse in these novels reveals narration as non-retrospective and a process of re-conceptualizing time. …”
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RNA G-quadruplex structures mediate gene regulation in bacteria by Shao, Xiaolong, Zhang, Weitong, Mubarak Ishaq Umar, Wong, Hei Yuen, Seng, Zijing, Xie, Yingpeng, Zhang, Yingchao, Yang, Liang, Kwok, Chun Kit, Deng, Xin

“…However, the presence, locations, and functions of rG4s in prokaryotes are still elusive. We used QUMA-1, an rG4-specific fluorescent probe, to detect rG4 structures in a wide range of bacterial species both in vitro and in live cells and found rG4 to be an abundant RNA secondary structure across those species. …”
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Edge/cloud resource management for time-sensitive applications by Pham, Quoc Hung

“…An open-source simulation toolkit called CloudSim Plus, which runs on Java, is used to implement this system. This simulation environment simulates the core functionality of the cloud, such as job/task queue, events processing, broker policy implementation, and the communication between different entities. …”
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Performance enhancement of ultrafiltration membrane via simple deposition of polymer-based modifiers by Tian, Miao, Wang, Rong, Goto, Atsushi, Mao, Weijia, Miyoshi, Yasuyuki, Mizoguchi, Hirotaka

“…The results show that the random copolymer modified membrane exhibited average 26 % rises in water permeability compared with the virgin PES UF membrane when 0.5 wt% BSA solution was used as feed. The stable permeability and flux recovery rate during the cyclic study with chemical cleaning suggest good affinity of the newly synthesized random copolymer with the PES membrane and water. …”
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Effective coping among dementia caregivers in Singapore : narratives through an online MCAT-DC intervention by Tan, Lynette Shun Ying

“…Grounded theory approach was used for the data analysis. Findings: The emergent model consisted of a total of nine themes across four theme categories – having self-compassion, staying realistically positive, remembering caregiving purpose, and holistic online MCAT-DC experience. …”
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Insight into the lateral ride discomfort thresholds of young-adult bus passengers at multiple postures : case of Singapore by Nguyen, Teron, NguyenDinh, Nen, Lechner, Bernhard, Wong, Yiik Diew

“…The lateral ride discomfort thresholds would be useful for several value-add applications which include better vehicle design including its interiors, and better vehicle handling about the road layout. …”
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Credit card cue effect : how mere exposure to credit card cues promotes consumers’ perceived financial well-being and spending by Wong, King Yin, Lynn, Michael

“…This study suggests that marketers may use credit-card cues to promote consumer spending, whereas consumers, especially spendthrifts, should be aware of how credit-card cues may inflate their perceived financial well-being and stimulate them to spend more.…”
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Enhancing e-commerce recommender system adaptability with online deep controllable Learning-To-Rank by Zeng, Anxiang, Yu, Han, He, Hualin, Ni, Yabo, Li, Yongliang, Zhou, Jingren, Miao, Chunyan

“…Since September 2019, DC-LTR has become a core service enabling adaptive online training and real-time deployment ranking models based on changing business objectives in AliExpress and Lazada. Under both everyday use scenarios and peak load scenarios during large promotional campaigns, DC-LTR has achieved significant improvements in satisfying real-world business objectives.…”
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Forest warrior : a virtual reality application to enhance climate change awareness by Sankar, Ahkshara

“…The action of slashing paper subconsciously evokes awareness about the abundant and mostly unnecessary use of paper. As the papers get slashed, the forest gets restored. …”
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The contemporary age of square stepping exercise on cognitive and cohesion among older adults by Low, Kimmy Yi Ting

“…JASP paired t-test and Wilcoxon sign-rank test were used to analyse the acute effect of cognitive and social functions. …”
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Two sides of the same coin : boons and banes of machine learning in hardware security by Liu, Wenye, Chang, Chip Hong, Wang, Xueyang, Liu, Chen, Fung, Jason M., Mohammad Ebrahimabadi, Karimi, Naghmeh, Meng, Xingyu, Basu, Kanad

“…ML schemes have been extensively used to enhance the security and trust of embedded systems like hardware Trojans and malware detection. …”
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A serious game to educate youths on depression by Yeoh, Sarah Sue Min

“…This report aims to destigmatize the topic of depression in youths through the use of serious games. This specifically targets youths who do not have exposure to direct contact with mental health issues. …”
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Skeleton-based human action recognition with graph neural networks by U S Vaitesswar

“…The insights derived from this study will be useful for future models developed for skeleton-based action recognition task.…”
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