Automated lesion segmentation and quantification for prediction of paradoxical worsening in patients with tubercular serpiginous-like choroiditis by Kalra, Gagan, Agarwal, Aniruddha, Marchese, Alessandro, Agrawal, Rupesh, Bansal, Reema, Gupta, Vishali

“…To develop and evaluate a fully automated pipeline that analyzes color fundus images in patients with tubercular serpiginous-like choroiditis (TB SLC) for prediction of paradoxical worsening (PW). …”
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Development of diamond-like carbon films for large area microelectronic applications using ECR-CVD by Yoon, Soon Fatt.

“…In this project, the ECR-CVD technique has been used to deposit amorphous and diamond-like carbon films from a mixture of hydrogen and methane, and for the characterisation of optical, structural and mechanical properties of the films, the following analytical techniques has been employed.…”
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Fabrication and packaging of piezoresistive MEMS pressure sensor array for passive fish-like underwater sensing by Chia, Mark Sebastian Xiong Wei.

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Human metapneumovirus in Singapore : epidemiology, fusion-attachment protein interaction and virus-like particle assembly by Loo, Liat Hui

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DRD-UNet, a UNet-like architecture for multi-class breast cancer semantic segmentation by Ortega-Ruíz, Mauricio Alberto, Karabağ, Cefa, Roman-Rangel, Edgar, Reyes-Aldasoro, Constantino Carlos

“…This paper describes a UNet-like deep learning architecture called DRD-UNet, which adds a novel processing block called DRD (Dilation, Residual, and Dense block) to a UNet architecture. …”
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Recombinant expression systems for production of stabilised virus-like particles as next-generation polio vaccines by Sherry, L, Bahar, MW, Porta, C, Fox, H, Grehan, K, Nasta, V, Duyvesteyn, HME, De Colibus, L, Marsian, J, Murdoch, I, Ponndorf, D, Kim, S, Shah, S, Carlyle, S, Swanson, JJ, Matthews, S, Nicol, C, Lomonossoff, GP, Macadam, AJ, Fry, EE, Stuart, DI, Stonehouse, NJ, Rowlands, DJ

“…Continued use of these vaccines, however, threatens ultimate disease eradication and achievement of a polio-free world. Virus-like particles (VLPs) that lack a viral genome represent a safer potential vaccine, although they require particle stabilization. …”

Bacteriocin-like peptides encoded by a horizontally acquired island mediate Neisseria gonorrhoeae autolysis by Poncin, K, McKeand, SA, Lavender, H, Kurzyp, K, Harrison, OB, Roberti, A, Melia, C, Johnson, E, Maiden, MCJ, Greaves, DR, Exley, R, Tang, CM

“…The nap island in the gonococcus encodes 3 cationic, bacteriocin-like peptides which have no detectable antimicrobial activity. …”

Distinct movement disorders in contactin-associated-protein-like-2 antibody-associated autoimmune encephalitis by Gövert, F, Abrante, L, Becktepe, J, Balint, B, Ganos, C, Hofstadt-van Oy, U, Krogias, C, Varley, J, Irani, SR, Paneva, S, Titulaer, MJ, de Vries, JM, Boon, AJW, Schreurs, MWJ, Joubert, B, Honnorat, J, Vogrig, A, Ariño, H, Sabater, L, Dalmau, J, Scotton, S, Jacob, S, Melzer, N, Bien, CG, Geis, C, Lewerenz, J, Prüss, H, Wandinger, K-P, Deuschl, G, Leypoldt, F

“…In the elderly, anti-LGI1 and contactin associated protein like 2 (CASPR2) antibody-associated diseases compose a relevant fraction of autoimmune encephalitis. …”

Heterogeneity in definitions of surgical site infection after cranial surgery limits the validity of research findings in neurosurgery: a systematic review by Majidi, N, Sivakumar, A, Vogt, A, Ranganathan, S, Ashkan, K, Price, SJ, Lee, KS

“…This heterogeneity has hindered the ability to draw conclusions about the effects of interventions, with only 4.0% of authors accounting for this in their findings. It is important to be cautious when reviewing studies that report SSI-CRAN outcomes without acknowledging this heterogeneity, as the validity of their reported evidence may be limited. …”

Using knowledge translation to support the use of evaluation findings: A case study of the linda mama free maternity program in Kenya by Guleid, FH, Orangi, S, Kairu, A, Arwa, B, Keru, J, Musuva, A, Vilcu, I, Pattnaik, A, Ravishankar, N, Barasa, E

“…Using program evaluation findings is crucial in improving health programs and realising the program’s benefits. …”

Improving the well-being outcomes via decent work and job engagement: a findings from Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) in Malaysia by Norizan Baba Rahim, Rasidah Arshad, Zulnaidi Yaacob

“…Using purposive sampling technique which involved 143 PWDs in Malaysia via SurveyMonkey, the measurement items were adopted from past research with acceptable reliability, and the hypothesis were tested via Partial Least Squares (PLS) 2.0. The findings revealed that decent work was related to well-being outcomes. …”
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Translating decoration and symbolism of Chinese architectural works in tourism texts : a case study of Nan Hai Ming Zhu Tian Fu Gong (Pearl of the South Seas——Thian Hock Keng) by Koh, Qiumei

“…Hence, supplementary notes were incorporated in this project to aid in the understanding of the text. These findings also helped to address research questions including what strategies could be employed to effectively communicate the foreign culture to its target readers and alternative methods to deal with culture loss during the translation process. …”
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相声剧中的反思议题 ：以《东厂仅一位》为例 = Topics in stand-up comedy : a case study on “The Last One of Ming dynasty” by 杨凯威 Yeong, Hoi Wai

“…This thesis is a case study on Comedian Workshop’s work “The Last One of Ming Dynasty”, which performed on year 2001. It is one of the famous works by Comedian Workshop and being performed again as their first performance in China lately. …”
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Local rainfall is more likely than distant thunderstorms to affect movement behaviour in Northern Kenyan elephants by Mulder, T, Mortimer, B, Ferwerda, J, Vollrath, F

“…We conclude that climate change makes a strong case for studying elephant behaviours in response to environmental cues during the day and night, especially in dry-land study sites like Northern Kenya.…”

Enriching the methanol generation via CO2 photoconversion over the cockscomb-like fibrous silica copper by Mahadi, Bahari, Che Rozid, Mamat, Aishah, Abdul Jalil, Shing, Lo Sook, Nurul Sahida, Hassan, F. F.A., Aziz, Alhassan, Mansur, Mohd Ghazali, Mohd Nawawi, Kamarizan, Kidam, Herma Dina, Setiabudi

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Toward a crystal-clear view of the viral RNA sensing and response by RIG-I-like receptors by Luo, Dahai

“…The RIG-I-like receptors (RLRs)—RIG-I, MDA5, and LGP2—detect intracellular pathogenic RNA and elicit an antiviral immune response during viral infection. …”
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Persistent elevation of intrathecal pro-inflammatory cytokines leads to multiple sclerosis-like cortical demyelination and neurodegeneration by James, Rachel E., Schalks, Renee, Browne, Eleanor, Eleftheriadou, Ioanna, Munoz, Carmen Picon, Mazarakis, Nicholas D., Reynolds, Richard

“…Here we tested the hypothesis that persistent production of these cytokines in the meningeal compartment and diffusion into underlying GM can drive chronic MS-like GM pathology. Lentiviral transfer vectors were injected into the sagittal sulcus of DA rats to deliver continuous expression of TNF + IFNγ transgenes in the meninges and the resulting neuropathology analysed after 1 and 2 months. …”
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Chrysanthemum-like Au@Polydopamine synthesized using one-pot method and its advantage in immunochromatographic assay by Zhang, Gang-gang, Lai, Xiao-cui, Ding, Neng-shui, Xiong, Qirong, Hou, Shuai, Duan, Hongwei, Lai, Wei-hua

“…Flower-like gold nanoparticle (AuNF) is widely used as a probe. …”
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Functional characterization of plasmodium falciparum reticulocyte binding like protein homologue 1 (PfRH1) by Yap, Sally Shu Lin

“…One of the protein families involved in invasion, reticulocyte binding like protein homologues (PfRHs) has been suggested to be involved in host cell selection. …”
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Genes for carnivory : a comparative study on the local duplication of papain-like cysteine proteases in carnivorous plants by Tan, Qiao Wen

“…Thus, the presence of protein degrading enzymes such as papain-like cysteine proteases (PLCPs) in trap fluids is not surprising. …”
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