Credit market tightness and zombie firms: theory and evidence by Hamano, M, Schnattinger, P, Shintani, M, Uesugi, I, Zanetti, F

“…We develop a simple model of financial intermediation with search and matching frictions between banks and firms. The model links credit market tightness –encapsulating the abundance of credit– to the search and opportunity costs of credit intermediation. …”

Hypoxia inhibits MHC I expression and antigen presentation to escape immune surveillance by Estephan, H, Tailor, A, Parker, R, Kreamer, M, Papandreou, I, Campo, L, Easton, A, Moon, EJ, Denko, N, Ternette, N, Hammond, E, Giaccia, A

“…Hypoxia is a common feature of solid tumors that has previously been linked to resistance to radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and more recently to immunotherapy. …”

Sequential phreatomagmatic eruptions during the lateral propagation of giant dyke swarms by Pryce, E, Cartwright, J, Kirkham, C, Phillips, D

“…The well data allow us to exclude crater forming mechanisms based on collapse into a void, but are consistent with those linked to phreatomagmatic eruption. We propose that the rapid cooling of dyke magma during the phreatomagmatic eruptive process was an important contributory factor in the upward arrest of dyke propagation, preventing surface extrusion and hence promoting lateral propagation.…”

Inflammation of the nasal mucosa is associated with susceptibility to experimental pneumococcal challenge in older adults by Urban, BC, Gonçalves, ANA, Loukov, D, Passos, FM, Reiné, J, Gonzalez-Dias, P, Solórzano, C, Mitsi, E, Nikolaou, E, O'Connor, D, Collins, AM, Adler, H, Pollard, A, Rylance, J, Gordon, SB, Jochems, SP, Nakaya, HI, Ferreira, DM

“…Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization in the upper respiratory tract is linked to pneumococcal disease development, predominantly affecting young children and older adults. …”

Topology surveillance of the lanosterol demethylase CYP51A1 by signal peptide peptidase by Sergejevs, N, Avci, D, van de Weijer, ML, Corey, RA, Lemberg, MK, Carvalho, P

“…Cleavage of transmembrane segments on target proteins by the aspartyl intramembrane protease signal peptide peptidase (SPP, encoded by HM13) has been linked to immunity, viral infection and protein quality control. …”

Information structure and syntactic choices in Kelabit by Hemmings, CL

“…Hence, there is no one-to-one link between particular grammatical functions and information structure roles. …”

Competition policy and the labour share by Zac, A, Casti, C, Decker, C, Ezrachi, A

“…This suggests a potential link between the design and effectiveness of competition policy and the labor share, and more broadly to distributional outcomes. …”

RAD50 deficiency and its effects on zebrafish embryonic development and DNA repair mechanisms by Nahid Khalili, Shazrul Fazry, Mahmood, Ibrahim, Ahmed Najm, Ahmad Azfaralariff

“…Mutations in RAD50 are linked to severe conditions such as microcephaly, mental retardation, and growth retardation in humans. …”
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Dynamic linkages of Asian stock markets by Baharumshah, Ahmad Zubaidi, Sarmidi, Tamat, Tan, Hui Boon

“…The empirical results suggest that all the Asian markets are closely linked with each other and with the world capital markets, namely those of the US and Japan, over the post-liberalization era. …”

Enhancing software effort estimation in the analogy-based approach through the combination of regression methods by Javdani Gandomani, Taghi, Dashti, Maedeh, Zulzalil, Hazura, Md Sultan, Abu Bakar

“…The success of software projects is closely linked to accurate effort estimation, driving continuous efforts by researchers to refine estimation methods. …”
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Learning in a Foreign Country: Acculturative Stress in UUM’s International Students (S/O 14575) by Aziz, Azelin, Hassan, Hazlinda, Husin, Nurul Sharniza

“…Loss of social support has been linked to various psychological consequences. This study investigated the effect of acculturative stress on academic satisfaction and well-being among Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) international students. …”
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Navigating US-ASEAN economic relations after the 2024 US presidential election by Pitakdumrongkit, Kaewkamol, Wester, Shay

“…Two distinct paths based on the election outcome are outlined with recommendations for ASEAN to navigate the likely scenarios.…”
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Novel single-step hydrophobic modification of polymeric hollow fiber membranes containing imide groups : its potential for membrane contactor application by Zhang, Yuan, Wang, Rong, Zhang, Lizhi, Fane, Anthony Gordon

“…Experiments reveal that the modification changed the membrane morphology and structure, resulted in surface pore opening and thinning down of the membrane skin layer. As a compromise between the membrane hydrophobicity and mechanical strength, 10–30 min were considered as appropriate modification times for the PAI membranes. …”
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3D spheroid-microvasculature-on-a-chip for tumor-endothelium mechanobiology interplay by Zhang, Yingqi, Jiang, Fengtao, Zhao, Charles Yunduo, Cho, Ann-Na, Fang, Guocheng, Cox, Charles D., Zreiqat, Hala, Lu, Zu Fu, Lu, Hongxu, Ju, Arnold Lining

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Automatic metric 3D surface mesh generation using subdivision surface geometrical model. Part 1 : construction of underlying geometrical model by Lee, Chi King

“…By using the subdivision surface concept, the new mesh generator can generate finite element meshes to model a wide range of surfaces which may contain sharp features such as cusp points and crease lines. When comparing with other traditional algorithms which use analytical surface patches as the underlying geometrical model, the new mesh generation scheme can be used in applications such as large deformation or crack analyses in which the domains to be gridded are not well defined or involve changing boundaries. …”
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Critical role for cold shock protein YB-1 in cytokinesis by Mehta, Sunali, Algie, Michael, Al-Jabry, Tariq, McKinney, Cushla, Kannan, Srinivasaraghavan, Verma, Chandra Shekhar, Ma, Weini, Zhang, Jessie, Bartolec, Tara K., Masamsetti, V. Pragathi, Parker, Kim, Henderson, Luke, Gould, Maree L., Bhatia, Puja, Harfoot, Rhodri, Chircop, Megan, Kleffmann, Torsten, Cohen, Scott B., Woolley, Adele G., Cesare, Anthony J., Braithwaite, Antony

“…Here, we found that YB-1 depletion in several cancer cell lines and in immortalized fibroblasts resulted in cytokinesis failure and consequent multinucleation. …”
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Study on supply chain challenges in container shipping : the port operator's perspectice by Muhammad Zulkarnain Mess.

“…Main challenges faced by port operators highlighted in the report include the ever increasing size of vessels, the chronic problem of port congestions and mergers and acquisitions of shipping lines. Some recommendations made for these problems are best practices adopted by ports world wide, while others such as ‘sharing concept’ are derived personally. …”
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Empirical investigation on container port competition and cooperation by Aw, Bing Zong

“…Through empirical investigation and interviews with terminal operators, shipping lines and shippers, this paper aims to investigate the competitive factors in the current economic climate and the effect of sister-port agreements between container ports. …”
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Crypto-linguistics in Singapore : deciphering the Singapore Stone by Chua, Sock Hui

“…The Singapore Stone was a sandstone with around 50 lines of inscription, but was blown up in 1843. A fragment of the original stone now lies in the National Museum of Singapore. …”
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Doxorubicin-loaded cell-derived nanovesicles: an alternative targeted approach for anti-tumor therapy by Goh, Wei Jiang, Lee, Choon Keong, Zou, Shui, Woon, Esther, Czarny, Bertrand, Pastorin, Giorgia

“…Here, we report a systematic approach pertaining to various loading methods of the chemotherapeutic drug doxorubicin into our CDNs and examine the differential cellular uptake of drug-loaded CDNs in cancerous (HeLa) and healthy (HEK293) cell lines. Lastly, we proved that the addition of doxorubicin-loaded CDNs to the HeLa and HEK293 co-cultures showed a clear discrimination toward cancer cells at the cellular level. …”
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