Neuroprotective effect of tocotrienol-rich fraction and a-tocopherol of vitamin E against glutamate toxicity in neuronal cells and astrocytes by Selvaraju, Thilaga Rati

“…In this study, the effects of vitamin E when supplemented before (pre-treatment) and after (post-treatment) glutamate insult were elucidated in neuronal and astrocyte cell lines. The neuroprotective effect of TRF and α-TCP were investigated. …”
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Specific inhibition of PI3K p110δ inhibits CSF‐1‐induced macrophage spreading and invasive capacity by Mouchemore, KA, Sampaio, N, Murrey, MW, Stanley, ER, Lannutti, BJ, Pixley, FJ

“…While primary bone marrow‐derived macrophages and the immortalized bone marrow‐derived macrophage cell line M−/−.WT express all three class IA PI3K isoforms, p110δ predominates in the cell line. …”

Structural edge detection of photographic images of rooms with machine learning by Yao, Xin Meng

“…Future works include further enhancing the current model’s accuracy and creating an algorithm to construct a wireframe model from the line equations.…”
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Mimo: multipath signals and location aware by Luo, Yong Bin.

“…In this report, experimental study was conducted to investigate the multipath effect and the improvement to the signal quality by measuring the QoS parameters between MIMO (802.11n) and SISO (802.11a/b/g) under line of sight (LOS) and non-line of sight (NLOS) environment. …”
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A low-cost dual output switch mode power supply (SMPS) for laptop by Palaniappan Balathandayutham

“…It switches at a much-higher frequency 40 kHz than that of the AC line, which means that the transformer that it feeds can be much smaller than one connected directly to the line/mains. …”
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Strontium isoscape of sub-Saharan Africa allows tracing origins of victims of the transatlantic slave trade by Wang, X, Bocksberger, G, Arandjelovic, M, Agbor, A, Angedakin, S, Aubert, F, Ayimisin, EA, Bailey, E, Barubiyo, D, Bessone, M, Bobe, R, Bonnet, M, Boucher, R, Brazzola, G, Brewer, S, Lee, KC, Carvalho, S, Chancellor, R, Cipoletta, C, Cohen, H, Copeland, SR, Corogenes, K, Costa, AM, Coupland, C, Neil, E

“…We demonstrate the efficacy of this Sr isoscape, in combination with other lines of evidence, to trace the African roots of individuals from historic slavery contexts, particularly those with highly radiogenic 87Sr/86Sr ratios uncommon in the African Diaspora. …”

Fullwave modeling of coplanar-waveguide discontinuities for applications in filter design and metamaterial characterization by Gao, Jing

“…Coplanar waveguide (CPW) has been finding wide applications in microwave integrated circuit (MIC) and monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) due to several advantages it offers over microstrip lines. Typical discontinuities characteristics are an integral part of practical circuit design. …”
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Integrative taxonomy clarifies the evolution of a cryptic primate clade by van Elst, T, Sgarlata, GM, Schüßler, D, Tiley, GP, Poelstra, JW, Scheumann, M, Blanco, MB, Aleixo-Pais, IG, Rina Evasoa, M, Ganzhorn, JU, Goodman, SM, Hasiniaina, AF, Hending, D, Hohenlohe, PA, Ibouroi, MT, Iribar, A, Jan, F, Kappeler, PM, Le Pors, B, Manzi, S, Olivieri, G, Rakotonanahary, AN, Rakotondranary, SJ, Rakotondravony, R

“…Here we illustrate best practices for clarifying cryptic diversification processes by presenting an integrative framework that leverages multiple lines of evidence and taxon-informed cut-offs for species delimitation, while placing special emphasis on identifying patterns of isolation by distance. …”

Database and Application Programming Interface Development for Rotational Spectroscopy by Cheung, Jasmine So Yee

“…A database of spectroscopic data serves as the foundation of the automation pipeline for assigning spectral lines to species. While there are existing databases available for use, we developed our custom database, named SAAGAdb, and an application programming interface (API) to access the database to fulfill the needs of SAAGA. …”
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Serial interconnections of 1-contracting and 2-contracting systems by Ofir, Ron, Margaliot, Michael, Levron, Yoash, Slotine, Jean-Jacques

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Assessing the financial performance of container shipping companies by Shen, Wanling.

“…Five companies were shortlisted from the top 30 container shipping lines, where trends and changes in five selected indicators were analyzed over a specified timeframe before and after integration. …”
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Targeted therapy to gastric cancer by Hou, Qian.

“…In this study, 17 gastric cancer cell lines were used to screen a library of 60 small molecule inhibitors and chemotherapy drugs for discovery of potential therapeutic agent by methyl thiazole tetrazolium (MTT) assays. 8 effective drugs which include Docetaxel, Paclitaxel, 17-DMAG, Bortezomib, Calyculin A, Okadaic acid, Staurosporine and Bafilomycin A1 were identified and subject to further characterization by IC50 calculation, cell migration assay, morphology study and cell cycle analysis by FACS. …”
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Body . space . generative forms. by Tee, Chor Hiong.

“…The human body and its proportions are often used as blueprint of measurements for constructing regulating lines and division of spaces. As such, the aesthetic and practical relationship between these entities is undisputed. …”
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Reconfigurable antennas for GSM and WLAN applications by IHD Mavidu Nipunath Iddagoda

“…A prototype antenna was fabricated with commercially available diodes used for switching between the two frequency bands. DC biasing lines were drawn from the top surfaces of the nested antenna. …”
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Effects of hemodynamic shear stress on circulating tumor cells by How, Yunhan

“…MDA-231-C3 was circulated and recovered repeatedly to obtain a series of flow-selected breast cancer cell lines (231-S1 to 231-S6). The effect of fluid shear stress on CTC survival was studied by quantifying the cell viability and level of apoptosis at 0-hr, 12-hr and 24-hr time points of circulation. …”
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Impact of BREXIT on key stakeholders of the maritime industry in Asia by Eng, Esther Cai Yun

“…These will impact the stakeholders, which are mainly shipping lines, port operators, ship owners, seafarers and maritime professionals. …”
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YY1 binding is a gene-intrinsic barrier to Xist-mediated gene silencing by Bowness, JS, Almeida, M, Nesterova, T, Brockdorff, N

“…In this study, we examine mouse embryonic stem cell lines with an inducible Xist allele (iXist-ChrX mESCs) and integrate allele-specific data of gene silencing and decreasing inactive X (Xi) chromatin accessibility over time courses of Xist induction with cellular differentiation. …”

Meaning and speech acts by Rumfitt, I

“…The chapter concludes with some initial remarks about the shape of a semantic theory cast on Strawsonian lines.…”

Wettability of laser surface modified soda lime silica glass by Abdul Fattah, Mohamad Tahir, Nur Najwa, Khairul Azman, Syarifah Nur Aqida, Syed Ahmad, Izwan, Ismail

“…Negative interaction between hatch spacing and water contact angle concluded this study with cross-hatch is better than line hatch. Meanwhile, cross-type hatch produced better outcomes on contact angle than line hatch. …”
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Hybrid machine learning method to determine the optimal operating process window in aerosol jet 3D printing by Zhang, Haining, Moon, Seung Ki, Ngo, Teck Hui

“…Hence, at a new print speed, the number of line samples for identifying a new operating process window is greatly reduced. …”
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