Investigating the role of astrocytes in Parkinson's disease pathogenesis in GBA- N370S iPSC-derived neural cultures by Ibarra Aizpurua, N

“…</p> <p>Furthermore, bulk RNAseq data of control iASTROs treated with inflammatory cytokines and PFFs for 24h revealed very extensive transcriptomic changes in response to inflammatory cytokines but not PFFs, a finding that was verified with subsequent immunocytochemistry and RT-qPCR experiments conducted after 24h and 7 days of treatment. …”

Pregnant women admitted to hospital with covid-19 in 10 European countries: individual patient data meta-analysis of population based cohorts in International Obstetric Survey Syst... by Engjom, HM, de Bruin, O, Ramakrishnan, R, Aabakke, AJM, Äyräs, O, Deneux-Tharaux, C, Donati, S, Knight, M, Jonasdottir, E, Svanvik, T, Vercoutere, A, Vousden, N, Bleomenkamp, KWM

“…</p> <p><strong>Conclusions</strong> Population based surveillance in 10 European countries during the first 10 months of the covid-19 pandemic showed variations in the risk of hospital admissions for covid-19 in pregnant women. This finding indicates that national public health policies likely had a substantial and previously unrecognised role in protecting pregnant women. …”

Maternal Death Surveillance and Response in Sudan: an evidence-based, context-specific optimisation to improve maternal care by Altijani Osman Abbakar, N

“…A comprehensive systematic review of published and grey literature was carried out where a qualitative narrative was reported; a trend analysis using three consecutive Sudan household surveys [SHHS] with multivariable logistic regression used for analysis; an ecological study that used non-parametric rank correlation measures to investigate the relationship between health and other indicators with MMR using state-level indicators; and a qualitative study using semi-structured interviews with 54 maternal health providers and other officials and analysed using thematic content analysis.</p> <p><b>Findings:</b> The systematic review identified that MDRs were implemented worldwide, but no suitable MDR was identified for use in Sudan. …”

Prevalence of West Nile virus in domesticated mammals (cattle, goat, horse and pig) in selected areas of Peninsular Malaysia by Mohammed, Mohammed Nma

“…From the phylogenetic analysis of the partial sequence of the isolates, they grouped closely with lineage 2 WNV isolates, with close similarity (greater that 98%) with South African strain, and with recently reported Malaysian isolates of WNV. These findings show that domesticated mammals in Malaysia were exposed to WNV infection of which highlights the need for increased vigilance and surveillance for WNV to prevent future outbreak.…”
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Harvest age and planting density effects on yield and quality of two kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus l.) Varieties for fibre and animal feed by Mohammad Yusoff, Masnira

“…This was based from the finding that MHC 123 and V 36 were higher in dry matter yield, bast yield, core yield at density of 444,400 plants ha-1. …”
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Effect of detergent, herbs and spices on the growth of Vibrio parahaemolyticus biofilm in seafood by Nillian, Elexson

“…Besides, cloves demonstrated concentration that ranged from 78.125 – 156.25 µg/ml, and 312.5 – 625 µg/ml to inhibit and to totally eradicate the growth of antibiotic resistant V. parahaemolyticus biofilm. Thus, these findings can be used to mitigate the resistance of biofilm growth in any food supply chain related to seafood in future.…”
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Facebook as a Pedagogical Tool in Enhancing Students' Engagement and Stimulating Critical Thinking Skills (S/O 14517) by Abdul Majid, Jamaliah, Abu Bakar, Robiah

“…Third, drawbacks that students perceived in using the Facebook group. The findings showed that throughout the 14 weeks of the teaching period, the mean (median) number of times the students responded to the posting on the Facebook group is 36.55 (38.00). …”
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Investigations into high resolution imaging and contouring for diagnostic bio-applications by Valiyambath, Krishnan Mohankumar

“…Research is in progress around the world for finding methods which are minimally invasive and which can provide accurate results with minimum patient discomfort. …”
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Detection and characterisation of a sixth Candida auris clade in Singapore: a genomic and phenotypic study by Suphavilai, Chayaporn, Ko, Karrie Kwan Ki, Lim, Kar Mun, Tan, Mei Gie, Boonsimma, Patipan, Chu, Joash Jun Keat, Goh, Sui Sin, Rajandran, Prevena, Lee, Lai Chee, Tan, Kwee Yuen, Bushra Binte Shaik Ismail, Aung, May Kyawt, Yang, Yong, Sim, Jean Xiang Ying, Venkatachalam, Indumathi, Cherng, Benjamin Pei Zhi, Spruijtenburg, Bram, Chan, Kian Sing, Oon, Lynette Lin Ean, Tan, Ai Ling, Tan, Yen Ee, Wijaya, Limin, Tan, Ban Hock, Ling, Moi Lin, Koh, Tse Hsien, Meis, Jacques F., Tsui, Clement Kin Ming, Nagarajan, Niranjan

“…We further implemented Bayesian logistic regression models to classify isolates into known clades and simulate the automatic detection of isolates belonging to novel clades as their WGS data became available. Findings: The three investigated isolates were separated by at least 37 000 SNPs (range 37 000–236 900) from all existing C auris clades. …”
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Advancements in Management Science: Applications to Online Retail, Healthcare, and Non-Profit Fundraising by Zhai, Chen Wen (Sabrina)

“…Surprisingly, the analysis also finds evidence which supports increased efficacy of first line agents relative to second-line antibiotics, which are of broader spectrum, albeit the effect difference is smaller compared to the comparison between first-line antibiotics and alternatives. …”
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Advanced attack and defense techniques in machine learning systems by Zhao, Mengchen

“…For multiple-credential scenarios, we formulate it as a bilevel optimization problem for finding the optimal defense strategy and then reduce it to a single level optimization problem called PEMS using complementary slackness conditions. …”
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An exploratory study for a new method to search for heavy neutrinos with data at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) by Tan, Cherlene Shu Ning

“…This report is an initial and simplified study of the CMS detector with the ultimate goal of finding out if mesons produced by the CMS could extend the search range of the HNL. …”
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Brain computer interface for post-stroke motor rehabilitation by Mane, Ravikiran Tanaji

“…Future research can use the findings presented in this thesis to design robust and more accurate BCI systems for highly personalized and holistic post-stroke rehabilitation.…”
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Enhancement of photoacoustic imaging systems for biomedical applications by Sharma, Arunima

“…Cross-sectional imaging at multiple depths was performed to show the capability of this system for finding the relative depth of different vessels and organs in a growing embryo. …”
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Localized structural and bulk effects in hybrid organic-inoraginc perovskites by Wong, Walter Pei De

“…Through a combination of steady state photoinduced absorption, transient absorption and transient photocurrent measurements, this chapter has confirmed the existence of theoretically predicted polaronic states in MAPbI3 which finds its origins in the ‘soft’ lead – iodide bond. …”
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Modelling, exploration and optimization of hardware accelerators for deep learning applications by Dutt, Arko

“…Deep learning has achieved popularity due to its improved prediction accuracy, and it finds widespread use in large data processing applications. …”
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Compositionally graded alloys fabricated using the laser powder bed fusion technique by Wei, Siyuan

“…On the basis of the findings, it is believed that such method can contribute greatly to the alloy designing and further development of AM.…”
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Scaling up parametric human recovery by Cai, Zhongang

“…This dataset is notable for its diversity in subjects, actions, and scenarios (which HuMMan lacks), obtained through gameplay with automatically annotated 3D ground truths. Our findings reveal that: 1) game-playing data is remarkably effective, 2) synthetic data provides essential supplements to real data, 3) the scale of the dataset is crucial, 4) strong supervision labels are key, and 5) synthetic data enhances the performance of larger models. …”
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Colloidal quantum dot light-emitting diode architectures for high performance by Leck, Kheng Swee

“…QD-LEDs have made great progress in terms of device performance over the years and there is room for further improvement. With all these findings and demonstrations in this thesis, we conclude that QD-LEDs hold great promise for potential applications in lighting and displays…”
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“British English is much more prestigious, everybody knows that!”: reproducing and resisting hegemonic language ideologies in Chilean English teacher education by Pérez Andrade, Gonzalo

“…Using Irvine and Gal’s (2009) framework of linguistic differentiation – iconisation, fractal recursivity and erasure – as an interpretive tool in the analysis of the interview data, I investigated the extent to which and how language ideologies regarding English operate in a group of Chilean ELT programmes. Findings from this study revealed the existence and promotion of opposing language ideologies that coexist within and across the teacher education programmes under scrutiny. …”
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