晚明男色小说中的性别书写和意义 ：《宜春香质〉为例 = Gender writings and significance in late ming male erotic novels : a case study on Yi Chun Xiang Zhi by 王昀诗 Ong, Cheryl Yun Shi

“…Secondly, this article seeks to explore and the androgynous writings of Yi Chun Xiang Zhi through individual characters display of the androgyny image. Lastly, by analyzing the homosexuality writings, this article explores the power relationship between two. …”
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Surface water sensitivity to climate variability by Paltan-Lopez, H

“…Building on this, this thesis secondly analyses the direct link between natural sources of climate variability and land surface hydrological processes and risks at the global scale. Lastly, the repercussions of anthropogenic climate change, in the context of current global climate agreements, in influencing hydrological extremes are explored. …”

Investigating the genetics and immunopathogenesis of ankylosing spondylitis by Liu, F

“…T-cell instructed activation of primary patient-derived monocytes in vitro was inhibited by silencing the ERN1 gene or by chemical inhibition of its gene product IRE1α.</p> <p>Lastly, I identified a CXCR6+ Th17/Tph polyfunctional CD4+ T cell subset with the enriched expression of AS GWAS genes through integrating scRNA-seq profiling of AS synovial fluid T cells and genetics approaches. …”

Properties of sugar palm/glass fibre-reinforced thermoplastic polyurethane composites by Mohd Afdzaluddin, Atiqah

“…The thermal stability were also improved in the SP/G/TPU hybrid composites. Lastly, the fiber treatment based SP/G/TPU hybrid composites were fabricated and characterized its properties. …”
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Exfoliation and alignment of h-BN for thermal application by Teo, Jing Xiang

“…It is also noteworthy that the uniqueness and potent characteristics of functionalized h-BNNS like enhanced solubility in liquid, stability, and excellent biocompatibility have also led to specific extensive applications to be made possible, such as improved thermal conductivity (film method or Thermal paste method) and novel polymeric composites. This project conducts a study of assembling h-BN nanosheets through exfoliation and the application of magnetic alignment. …”
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Long-Term Associations between Disaster-Related Home Loss and Health and Well-Being of Older Survivors: Nine Years after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami by Shiba, Koichiro, Hikichi, Hiroyuki, Okuzono, Sakurako S., VanderWeele, Tyler J., Arcaya, Mariana, Daoud, Adel, Cowden, Richard G., Yazawa, Aki, Zhu, David T., Aida, Jun, Kondo, Katsunori, Kawachi, Ichiro

“…DISCUSSION: Home loss due to a disaster may have long-lasting adverse impacts on the cognitive social capital, mental health, and prosociality of older adult survivors.…”
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Exploring connections between seagrass ecosystem services and meadow hydrodynamics by Schaefer, Rachel

“…The spatial reduction in sediment carbon at the latter site was attributed to spatial diminishment of sediment supply with increasing distance into the meadow, away from the lagoon inlet. Lastly, in a patchy current-dominated meadow the spatial variability in sediment carbon stocks did not correlate with the spatial distribution of patches. …”
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Using magnetic resonance relaxometry to evaluate the safety and quality of induced pluripotent stem cell-derived spinal cord progenitor cells by Tan, Jerome, Chen, Jiahui, Roxby, Daniel, Chooi, Wai H., Nguyen, Tan D., Ng, Shi Y., Han, Jongyoon, Chew, Sing Y.

“…MRR was also able to predict Day 10 SCPC OCT4 levels from Day 1 undifferentiated iPSC T2 values and identified poorly differentiated SCPCs with lower T2, indicative of lower neural progenitor (SOX1) and stem cell (Nestin) marker expression levels. Lastly, MRR was able to provide predictive indications for the extent of differentiation to Day 28 spinal cord motor neurons (ISL-1/SMI-32) based on the T2 values of Day 10 SCPCs. …”
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Understanding lay conceptions of workplace criers: a prototype analysis by Tan, Terri Su-May

“…These findings corroborated the prototype structure by demonstrating its impact on implicit cognition. Lastly, in further examining central features of workplace criers, an RT task in Study 4 (n = 107) assessed if individual central features were implicitly gendered in nature (i.e., whether each feature would be more rapidly associated with a male or female workplace crier). …”
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P4-network : a networking infrastructure for intra-aircraft cabin wireless communication by Pham, Chau Khoa.

“…Next, utilising the highest development platform, P4-ENGINE realises the proposed ideas and shows a video streaming application in the real network. Lastly, although being under continuing development, P4-DRIVER has enabled the availability of the network to a wide range of compatible applications. …”
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Charge storage and transport mechanisms in printable supercapacitors by Wee, Grace Tsyh Ying

“…The cycle stability of the printable SCs was examined by employing galvanostatic charge-discharge test, and the reasons for capacitance degradation after cycling were investigated. Lastly, printable SC was integrated with an energy harnessing (organic photovoltaic) device demonstrating and confirming its viability in applications ranging from printable electronics to innovative energy harnessing and storage applications.…”
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Tools for multi-agent crowd simulation : redesigning and extending the COSMOS crowd simulation suite by Nasri Othman

“…The breadth of features supported by our library relieves modellers from having to implement the required functionality themselves. Lastly, the library is envisioned to be extensible. …”
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历史与文学的交错 ：论李靖多重形象的演变 = The entwinement of history and literature : a study on the multiple images of Li Jing by 吴文培 Goh, Wen Pei

“…This research seeks to understand the connections between the various images and to uncover the reasons that led to the transformation of his images. Lastly, the paper will evaluate the overall image development trend of Li Jing. …”
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中国移民在新加坡的适应与发展 ：以电视剧《雾锁南洋》为研究对象 = Chinese immigrants’ adaptation and development in Singapore : a case study of drama series The Awakening... by 刘宛姗 Low, Wan Shan

“…This thesis aims to analyze the migration factors and identification shift of the Chinese immigrants in Singapore using the plot of The Awakening and research materials to understand the adaptation and development of Chinese Immigrants. Lastly, the thesis compares the characteristics and differences between the historical narrative and presentation of historical texts and television, using The Awakening as an example.…”
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Conformational changes involved in signal transduction in avian cryptochromes by Gehrckens, AS

“…</p> <p>Using a range of complementary techniques, this thesis aims to elucidate protein conformational changes as the first step in signal transduction in several cryptochrome species finding similar changes in the same loop regions across multiple proteins, tackled the question whether a functional dimer might exist in the context of magnetoreception and found two important residues involved in dimerisation, and lastly used the finding that this dimerisation process is light-induced to start investigating the interaction surfaces in these dimeric structures.…”

Synthetic approaches to all-porphyrin nanorings by Field, J

“…We obtained evidence suggesting the successful construction of the gold-porphyrin intermediate macrocycle, but all attempts at reductive elimination from this to give our desired all-porphyrin nanoring were unsuccessful.</p> <br> <p>Lastly in Chapter 5, a new project is explored, in which we present the synthesis towards electron-rich and electron-deficient porphyrin monomers for their use in redox-gated single-molecule conductance measurements. …”

Sensorimotor control of Drosophila copulation by Herbert, MR

“…Effects on the likelihood and duration of copulation were also a common phenotype we identified in these manipulations, but we could not howeveridentify any obvious effect of the aberrant mating posture on reproductive success. </p> <p>Lastly, taking insight from our behavioural experiments, we have leveraged genetically encoded calcium indicators and the transsynaptic labelling technology; trans-Tango,to identify and visualize connections between sensory MTS neurons and upstream circuits in an attempt to establish a view of how body movement can be coordinated via communication between many independent proprioceptive organs. …”

Identification of proteins and genes as potential biomarkers in brown-marbled grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus forsskal) resistance to Vibrio sp by Low, Chen Fei

“…These novel unigenes warrant further identification and characterization of its function in immune response of grouper against pathogens. Lastly, brown marbled grouper fingerlings observed for seven days after experimental infection with Vibrio parahaemolyticus determined grouper susceptible to infection, with these fish having skin lesions ≥ 5mm. …”
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A sociological analysis of Iranian popular music in the 21st century by Safideh, Mohammad Rezazadeh

“…The grounds, forms, genres and lastly contents and musical structure of popular Iranian music are also taken into consideration. …”
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Green hydrogen derived from municipal wastewater via bioconversion by attached microalgae onto various sizes of polyurethane foam cubes by Musa Ardo, Fatima, Khoo, Kuan Shiong, Min Woon, Jia, Nurul Tasnim, Sahrin, Fong Yeong, Yin, Ng, Huisuan, Sean Goh, Pei Sean, Herma Dina, Setiabudi, Kiatkittipong, Worapon, Wei Lim, Jun, Ikenaga, Kazutoshi, Ansar, Sabah

“…The hydrogen production from 1 cm cubes was also well fitted into the first order kinetics, attaining theR2 = 0.9998 and rate constant of 0.1247±0.0005h-1. Lastly, a statistical model was derived to predict the overall hydrogen yield from attached microalgae onto 1 cm polyurethane foam cubes. …”
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