Cyclic compression of mesenchymal stem cells loaded scaffolds for bone tissue engineering by Guo, Fangfang

“…Results in the second study showed that proliferation was inhibited in the loaded group in a short-term culture (7 days) while enhanced in long-term (14 days). ALP activity was enhanced (1.35 fold) in cyclic loaded group at day 14, which in turn result in promoted mineralization. …”
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The loss of 4 legged friends : supporting pet owners through pet bereavement by Yuen, Pei Yun

“…In recent years, pet bereavement has been acknowledged as an area of neglect that can have long term adverse effect on the human’s physical and emotional health. …”
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Synthesis of bioconjugated gold nanoparticles for targeted imaging of breast cancer cells by Low, Yu Qi

“…They also have characteristics such as superior photostability, easy bioconjugation, and optical tunability which are suitable for long term and multiplexed detection. In this research, we prepared 20 nm gold nanoparticles for synthesis of 50 nm particles so that they can be used for dark field imaging of breast cancer cells. …”
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Processor-in-the-loop simulation of permanent magnet motor drive using DSP TMS320F28335 by Yang, Shuo

“…And there were many problems when designing the system, and one thing took the author long time to figure out, which is to connect the software to the MCU. …”
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Multiple toxic heavy metal ions detection based on graphene quantum dots optical sensing by Loh, Jun Jie

“…However, these methods requires a long process period, sophisticated instruments, complex sample preparation and are bulky and costly. …”
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Tracing Our Roots by Yeo, Cassandra Wei Shan, Chan, Cheryl Shi Hui, Lim, Daniel Yong En, Lee, Velyn Hui Min

“…Ultimately, the Tracing Our Roots team hopes that increasing Sense of Place will translate to greater willingness to participate in future conservation efforts and activities in order to safeguard Singapore’s natural heritage from potential threats in the long run.…”
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A systematic review : motivational factors influencing volunteer participation in sporting events by Phua, Xiu Quan

“…Once their needs are satisfied, volunteers would retain and commit in volunteering in a long run.…”
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Acoustic and video processing demonstration system by Lim, Scott Nathaniel

“…However, searching the power values from SRP-PHAT poses issues of long processing time and tendencies to peak at undesired local maxima. …”
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Mimosa Pudica : modelling and analysis of heat stimulation of the plant movement by Aw, Fang Yu

“…The recovery period is relatively long for the subsequent cycles and approaches a limiting value. …”
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Predicting the antigenicity and reassortment probability of influenza viruses by Ong, Wenqi

“…These analytical and predictive models accelerate researchers in the development of effective vaccines in the long run. As such, the aim of this project is to aid the aforementioned through developing two web applications, by proposing and applying various computation methods to data. …”
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Copula-based pairs trading in local markets by Zou, Xi

“…The intrinsic idea of pairs trading is to identify a pair of stocks whose prices move together in their history. Subsequently, long/short positions are constructed when the stock prices are undervalued/overvalued relative to their counterparty. …”
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Regulatory RNAs discovered in unexpected places by Pek, Jun Wei, Okamura, Katsutomo

“…Recent studies have discovered both small and long noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) encoded in unexpected places. …”
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An emerging Asian model of governance and transnational knowledge transfer : an introduction by Liu, Hong, Wang, Tingyan

“…Although Asia has a long history of governance practice, its modern governance has been disproportionately influenced by the Western models. …”
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Ultra-low power SRAM and SRAM based PUF design by Lu, Lu

“…With the recent development of portable devices and wearable technology, the requirements of long battery life-time, ultra-low power consumption and low cost in system-on-a-chip (SoC) are becoming increasingly significant. …”
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Recent Advances on Functionalized Upconversion Nanoparticles for Detection of Small Molecules and Ions in Biosystems by Gu, Bin, Zhang, Qichun

“…Compared with traditional fluorescent probes (e.g., organic dyes, metal complexes, or inorganic quantum dots), UCNPs have many advantages such as non-autofluorescence, high chemical stability, large light-penetration depth, long lifetime, and less damage to samples. This article focuses on recent achievements in the usage of lanthanide-doped UCNPs as efficient probes for biodetection since 2014. …”
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The Perils of Consensus: How ASEAN’s Meta-Regime Undermines Economic and Environmental Cooperation by Vinod, K. Aggarwal, Chow, Jonathan T.

“…The member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have been frequently criticized for adhering to a long-standing norm of strict non-interference in each other’s domestic affairs, thereby hampering collective efforts to address regional problems. …”
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Bubble dynamics in laser lithotripsy by Mohammadzadeh, Milad, Mercado, Julian Martinez, Ohl, Claus-Dieter

“…Laser lithotripsy is a medical procedure for fragmentation of urinary stones with a fiber guided laser pulse of several hundred microseconds long. Using high-speed photography, we present an in-vitro study of bubble dynamics and stone motion induced by Ho:YAG laser lithotripsy. …”
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Ultranarrow graphene nanoribbons toward oxygen reduction and evolution reactions by Zhang, Jian, Sun, Yuanmiao, Zhu, Jiawei, Gao, Zhonghui, Li, Shuzhou, Mu, Shichun, Huang, Yunhui

“…Here, a unique defect‐rich N‐doped ultranarrow graphene nanoribbon with a high aspect ratio that exhibits excellent ORR/OER bifunctional activities and impressive long‐term cycling stability in Zn–air batteries is successfully fabricated. …”
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India’s emerging land warfare doctrines and capabilities by Singh, Harinder

“…The paper argues that the Indian Army can be expected to adapt itself well to emerging threats and challenges, and deter or, if necessary, defend the country against China, and achieve sufficient combat superiority vis-à-vis Pakistan, in the medium to long term. India’s army can be expected to emerge as an important security provider in the region, with sufficient force projection capabilities to pursue its legitimate interests in the neighbourhood, and even beyond.…”
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Achieving faster handovers in mobile WiMAX networks by Lu, Qi, Ma, Maode

“…However, in the standard handover process, a long latency to data transmissions is caused resulting in the serious interruption to ongoing services. …”
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