Transcriptome analysis of ischemic stroke recovery induced by neural stem cell preconditioned with baicalein-enriched fraction of oroxylum indicum by Satar, Asmaa’ Mohd

“…The results revealed that the experimental rats treated with NSCs preconditioned with BEF at 3.125 µg/mL for 48 hours improved neurological behavioral function as fast as just 24 hours after the treatment (p-value < 0.05), compared to rats treated with non-preconditioned NSCs and non-treated group. …”
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Biogeochemical cycling and environmental footprints of peatland-derived organic carbon in the coastal ocean in Southeast Asia by Zhou, Yongli

“…Terrigenous DOC derived from peatlands is advected from the east coast of Sumatra to the Singapore Strait during the Southwest Monsoon. …”
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Atmospheric characterization of cold exoplanets using a 1.5-m coronagraphic space telescope by Maire, Anne-Lise, Galicher, Raphael, Boccaletti, Anthony, Baudoz, Pierre, Schneider, Jean, Stam, Daphne, Cahoy, Kerri, Traub, Wes

“…We find that the characterization of the main planetary properties (identification of molecules, effect of metallicity, presence of clouds and type of surfaces) would require a median signal-to-noise ratio of at least 30. In the case of a solar-type star <10 pc, SPICES will be able to study Jupiters and Neptunes up to -5 and -2 AU respectively, because of the drastic flux decrease with separation. …”
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Beyond MELD Score: Association of Machine Learning-derived CT Body Composition with 90-Day Mortality Post Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Placement by Elhakim, Tarig, Mansur, Arian, Kondo, Jordan, Omar, Omar M. F., Ahmed, Khalid, Tabari, Azadeh, Brea, Allison, Ndakwah, Gabriel, Iqbal, Shams, Allegretti, Andrew S., Fintelmann, Florian J., Wehrenberg-Klee, Eric, Bridge, Christopher, Daye, Dania

“…Materials and Methods This retrospective multi-center cohort study included patients who underwent TIPS from 1995 to 2018 and had a contrast-enhanced CT abdomen within 9 months prior to TIPS and at least 90 days of post-procedural clinical follow-up. …”
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Efficient optimization of network metrics in large uncertain graphs by Saha, Arkaprava

“…As an example, the well-known social network Twitter alone has at least 187 million users and 132 billion connections as of now, and these numbers keep on increasing. …”
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SPP/LSP coupled hybrid mode directed multi-functional surface-enhanced Raman system by Du, Luping

“…Meanwhile, due to the extremely narrow linewidth of Raman peaks, the SPCE curve of SERS can also be employed for measuring the propagation length of SPPs and quantitatively characterizing the point spread function of an SPCE microscopy. Last but not least, as a promising application, the two-dimensional mapping of the strongly-dominant longitudinal field component of SPPs was realized based on the SERS imaging. …”
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Biomimetic whisker transducer for vibrissal tactile sensing by Ju, Feng

“…And a wide measurement range of viscosity was achieved which is at least from 8.93×10-4 to 4.15×10-2 N•s/m2. The WT can also self-sense the fluid velocity without using any additional sensors. …”
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Dynamics of current-driven magnetic domain walls and skyrmions by Indra Purnama

“…Our results shows it is possible to optimize the speed of the DWs in PMA nanowires by locking the DWs in a configuration that is least hindered when driven by current. Lastly, our work on the skyrmion research provides a framework to solve the issue of skyrmion annihilations. …”
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Development of (TAML) iron complexes for photocatalytic, oxidative water treatment by Lim, Jia Hui

“…The TAS results have verified that the Ru(bpy)32+/Co(NH3)5Cl3 photosensitizer system is able to oxidize 1 by at least one electron, producing a relatively long-lived oxidized 1 intermediate. …”
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Use of Mid Upper-Arm Circumference (MUAC) as screening tool in an urban township in the Eastern Cape: rationale for testing changed cut-off values to identify malnutrition by McLaren, Shawn, Steenkamp, Liana, Venter, Danie

“…The r-value (0.78) for the relationship between WHZ and MUAC suggests a dependent relationship between these two indicators. The least squares regression formula (Y = 15.409 + 0.803x (males); Y = 15.13 + 0.83x (females)) was then used to predict where WHZ = -2 is most likely to correspond with a MUAC value in cm. …”
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Boronic acid and nitrofuranyl derivatives as potential therapeutics by Dey, AL

“…However, the desired NInC proved unstable and the studies on ester hydrolysis of these novel NInCs suggest that a suitable ester prodrug of these potential drug conjugates may be promising in a clinical setting. Last but not least, it is hoped that a handful of these potentially novel therapeutics could further be developed into leads or drug candidates either in Oxford or elsewhere in an attempt to tackle the ever-increasing antibacterial resistance. …”

A Lagrangian perspective on the lifecycle and radiative effect of deep convective clouds by Jones, WK

“…While the most intense DCCs have thin anvil fractions 0.15 higher than the least intense, the thin anvil fraction of the most organised DCCs is on average 0.12 less than isolated DCCs. …”

Chromatin structuring factor HMGA2 controls subtelomere stability and cancer chemosensitivity by Syed Moiz Ahmed

“…The oncofetal architectural factor HMGA2, by utilizing its three DNA binding domains has been shown to bind stalled replication forks and prevent their collapse into genotoxic DNA strand breaks in fast replicating cancer cells, hESCs as well as in other heterologous yeast and bacterial cell systems. …”
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GPU-accelerated real-time motion planning for safe human-robot collaboration by Fujii, Shohei

“…Our rapid trajectory smoother, based on a shortcutting technique, leverages fast clearance inference by a novel neural network and can consistently smooth a trajectory for a 6 DoF robot within 200 ms on a commercial GPU. …”
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Investigation of phenylpropanoid sucrose esters as antidiabetic compounds by Wong, Kathy Pooi Wen

“…Although none of the di-substituted series were more potent than the other in the inhibition of alpha glucosidase, 3,6’-di-substituted PSEs were the least potent amongst the di-substituted PSEs and 3,4’-di-substituted PSEs were the most potent in the inhibition of alpha amylase. …”
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Conditional prosociality in development: deconstructing social and materialistic factors that modulate early prosocial behavior by Lee, Kristy Jia Jin

“…Helping rate was found to exceed chance only under the least prohibitive condition (Low-Cost, Familiar Victim), stemming from a combination of not having a productive task to occupy one's time and energy, and simultaneously a familiar target which increases one's intrinsic motivation to help. …”
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Effect of surface albedo of urban fabrics on urban climate in tropical area by Long, Yongping

“…The cool roofs have the most cooling effect, followed by the cool wall, and the cool road has the least cooling effect. Cool coating applied on all urban fabrics can reduce the UHI intensity by up to 30% in residential areas and by 6% in commercial/industrial areas. …”
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Wage premium in Singapore. by Tan, Ruo Hui., Tan, Yan Yu., Lee, Wai Meng.

“…This sample size allows us to properly execute both the Ordinary Least Squares and Tobit and Probit methods to draw the relationships between the variables. …”
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《新客》：新加坡第一部华语电影的书报讨论 = Discussions of the first Singapore Chinese-language film, Xinke (new immigrant) by 张陶陶 Chong, Pheona TaoTao

“…According to the documentary records of the "Xin guo min re bao" (New Republic aka New Citizen) on 1926-1927, we confirmed that the film is at least experienced production and completed the screening stage. …”
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Export competitiveness in the context of Singapore by Chew, Kheng Lee, Phua, Chin Tiong, Yau, Puay Hiang

“…This dictum probably exists only in the Singapore context. Last but not least, we must bear in mind that Singapore is only a small economy. …”
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