The role of PTEN in human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells mediated tumor cells suppression. by Toh, Xin Yi.

“…Human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) have been increasingly used as a vehicle for gene delivery to cancer. Still, little is known about the role of MSC in the tumor microenvironment. …”
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Evaluation of context awareness algorithms for recommending mobile content by Dong, Hong Liang

“…This study purposes to fill the gap of evaluating context-awareness algorithms for recommending mobile content. …”
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Market replacing family : liberal familialism and the decline of grandparental care in Singapore by Lee, Jing Ian

“…Furthermore, care provided by families were still reported to be preferable but it remains to be seen whether such an arrangement would last into the future. …”
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Essays on blood supply management by Senga, Juan Ramon Liboro

“…The results show that more mature blood banks have more strategies available at their disposal when it comes to trying to maintain fill-rates. We also observe that the dynamic donation rate strategy results in lower fill-rates during disasters when the fill-rate is low despite being able to meet donation targets, and that multiple waves with short lead times exacerbate this effect. …”
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AXES at TRECVID 2012: KIS, INS, and MED by Aly, R, Mcguinness, K, Chen, S, O'Conner, NE, Chatfield, K, Parkhi, OM, Arandjelović, R, Zisserman, A, Fernando, B, Tuytelaars, T, Oneata, D, Douze, M, Revaud, J, Schwenninger, J, Potapov, D, Wang, H, Harchaoui, Z, Verbeek, J, Schmid, C

“…We performed comparatively well in both experiments. Our best KIS run found 13 of the 25 topics, and our best INS runs outperformed all other submitted runs in terms of P@100. …”

The relationship between leisure time physical activity patterns, Alzheimer’s disease markers and cognition by James, S, Sudre, CH, Barnes, J, Cash, DM, Chiou, Y, Coath, W, Keshavan, A, Lu, K, Malone, I, Murray-Smith, H, Nicholas, JM, Orini, M, Parker, T, Almeida-Meza, P, Fox, NC, Richards, M, Schott, JM

“…There was little evidence that leisure time physical activity had direct effects on other brain health measures (all P > 0.05). However, leisure time physical activity patterns modified and attenuated the association between poorer cognitive functioning at age 70 and a range of Alzheimer’s disease-related neurodegenerative markers (Aβ status; hippocampal and whole-brain volume; cortical thickness in Alzheimer’s disease regions) (all P < 0.05). …”

Seafarers' mental health and wellbeing - pose covid and beyond by Lim, Priscilla Jia Qian

“…Purpose: The purpose of the research is to investigate the impact of the technostress framework on several aspects of seafarers' mental well-being and, as a result, turnover intention. …”
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The significance of intellectual property literacy among Malaysian creative industry practitioners by Mohamad Isa, Siti Fariza, Yasin, Megat Al-Imran, Mohammad Razi, Siti Aishah, Mohd Ishan, Zahira

“…Empirical data has shown from previous studies indicates the creative industry players are not well-versed in the area of copyright literacy. Due to this, the contents created by the industry players were exploited by capitalist that has greater access to law and policymakers. …”
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Developing Online Opinion Leaders Model in the Health Promotion Digital Era (S/O: 14598) by Lynn-Sze, Joyce Cheah, Ahmad, Mohd Khairie, Yusof, Norhafezah, Kamaruddin, Azlina

“…However, many researchers are still uncertain if the opinion leader concept of health can be applied to the new media environment. …”
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Analysis of Minimum Interaction Time for Continuous Distributed Interactive Computing by Zhang, Lu, Tang, Xueyan, He, Bingsheng

“…When the simulation time offsets among the servers are fixed, we show that finding the minimum achievable interaction time is still NP-hard. …”
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Searching for a cultural identity in Singapore – the idea of home, belonging and not belonging through the individual and collective in Kuo Pao Kun’s The Spirits Play. by Ho, Ziting.

“…Though economically functional and able to support herself, Singapore still lacks a strong sense of cultural cultivation which is needed to give her a sense of belonging within the country itself as well as in her people. …”
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Targeting the cytochrome oxidases for drug development in mycobacteria by Lee, Bei Shi, Sviriaeva, Ekaterina, Pethe, Kevin

“…The identification of small-molecule inhibitors of the cytochrome bcc-aa3 under numerous experimental conditions reflects the essentiality of the pathway for the optimum growth of M. tuberculosis. Recent findings on the biology of the cytochrome bcc-aa3 as well as the report of the first high-resolution structure of a mycobacterial cytochrome bcc-aa3 complex will help in the characterization and further development of potent inhibitors. …”
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Fluid to composite structure interaction by Tan, Melvyn Han Xiang.

“…The report ended off by concluding all findings and also recommending future work that can be done to improve on the current results as well as embarking on other useful areas of study.…”
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Screening for pathogenic neuronal autoantibodies in serum and CSF of patients with first-episode psychosis by Theorell, J, Ramberger, M, Harrison, R, Mgbachi, V, Jacobson, L, Waters, P, Erhardt, S, Sellgren, CM, Cervenka, S, Piehl, F, Irani, SR

“…To ourselves address these-and other-limitations, we investigated a prospectively ascertained clinically well-characterised cohort of 71 FEP patients without traditional neurological features, and 48 healthy controls. …”

Usage and acceptance of learning management system among students at a public University in Malaysia by Lee, Hwei Ling

“…This quantitative research uses self-administered questionnaires that have involved 400 undergraduate and postgraduate students. The findings of the study indicated that the Putra LMS is effective in helping students complete their tasks, is an essential online tool, simple to use, and is accessible at all times. …”
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Attracting the right people in an IT labor-scarce economy : a study of Singapore and Philippine recruitment advertisements and strategies. by Guevarra, Monalou S.

“…Amidst increasing global IT labor shortage problems, organizations in Southeast Asia and the rest of the world are finding it more difficult to fill job vacancies for information technology (IT) related functions that require a new skills-set necessary for global competitiveness and growth. …”
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Is Ying Chou an act of corruption? : An exploratory study of Ying Chou and the multidimensionality of Taiwanese female’s perception and judgement of Ying Chou in Taiwan. by Liew, Shi Min.

“…However, it is still not definite that Ying Chou is unethical and considered an act of corruption if they were executed due to “valid” reasons.…”
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Exploring employers' perceptions on public universities' quality and graduate employability in Malaysia by Almasri, Amal Ahmad, Ali, Noor Azman, Jantan, Amer Hamzah

“…Therefore, this study recommends that the higher authorities in public universities and employers need to strengthen the associations between them and activate partnerships for all parties’ benefit. As well, public universities need to pay more attention to the determinants of quality, which contribute to enhancing graduate employability.…”

Mechanical performance of carbon fibre reinforced vinyl ester composite plate bonded concrete exposed to tropical climate by Abu Hassan, Shukur

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Adverse events of common psychiatric medications: an umbrella review by Bartellas, K

“…</p> <p>METHODS: The 23 most commonly prescribed psychiatric medications in the United States as well as eight psychiatric medications from the World Health Organization's Essential Medicine List were included. …”