Relative deficiency in interferon-γ-secreting CD4+ T cells is strongly associated with poorer COVID-19 vaccination responses in older adults by Ho, Vanda W. T., Boon, Low Heng, Cui, Jianzhou, Juequn, Zhou, Shunmuganathan, Bhuvaneshwari, Gupta, Rashi, Tan, Nikki Y. J., Qian, Xinlei, Purushotorman, Kiren, Fong, Siew-Wai, Renia, Laurent, Ng, Lisa F. P., Angeli, Veronique, Chen, Jinmiao, Kennedy, Brian K., Ong, Catherine W. M., Macary, Paul A.

“…Although the two-dose mRNA vaccination regime provides protection against SARS-CoV-2, older adults have been shown to exhibit poorer vaccination responses. …”
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Optimising the surveillance and control of communicable diseases: the effects of population heterogeneity on early outbreak transmission dynamics by Lovell-Read, F

“…Then, we extend our model to account for age-dependent factors that affect SARS-CoV-2 transmission, including patterns of social contacts, variation in susceptibility to infection, and the likelihood of developing clinical symptoms. …”

2007 revised competitveness ranking of Indian States and Union territories with relative competitiveness indices of 66 economies of China and India by Lee, Szu Yung, Pham, Ai Minh Ha, Vu, Minh Huong

“…This report centers on the study of competitiveness of the 35 States and Union Territories of India by applying the methodology used in the World Competitiveness Yearbook. …”
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McAdvertising and children: fast food television advertisement strategies and reception by preschoolers by Afshan Asad Junaid

“…The research was conducted with 36 children at two care centers in Singapore. The reception of television fast food advertisements by these children was studied using ethnographic in-depth interviews.…”
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Arenavirus diversity and phylogeography of Mastomys natalensis rodents, Nigeria by Olayemi, A, Obadare, A, Oyeyiola, A, Igbokwe, J, Fasogbon, A, Igbahenah, F, Ortsega, D, Asogun, D, Umeh, P, Vakkai, I, Abejegah, C, Pahlman, M, Becker-Ziaja, B, Günther, S, Fichet-Calvet, E

Case Volume Justification of 3D-Navigated Spinal Procedures: A Cost-Benefit Analysis by Suri, Ikaasa, Suri, Mehr, Hu, James, Dedhia, Siddarth K., Yaeger, Kurt

“…Values reported in literature and by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services databases were plugged into the model to calculate variables. …”
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NetBlocks: Staging Layouts for High-Performance Custom Host Network Stacks by Brahmakshatriya, Ajay, Rinard, Chris, Ghobadi, Manya, Amarasinghe, Saman

“…Modern network applications and environments, ranging from data centers and IoT devices to AR/VR headsets and underwater robotics, present diverse requirements that cannot be satisfied by the all or-nothing approach of TCP and UDP protocols. …”
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The impact of Ming and Qing dynasty maritime bans on trade ceramics recovered from coastal settlements in northern Sumatra, Indonesia by Tai, Yew Seng, Daly, Patrick, Mckinnon, E. Edwards, Parnell, Andrew, Feener, R. Michael, Majewski, Jedrzej, Nazli Ismail, Sieh, Kerry

“…Within several decades of the start of Ming Ban 1, people in Aceh began importing ceramics from production centers in Burma and Thailand as a substitute for Chinese ceramics. …”
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Energy-efficient crypto acceleration with HW/SW co-design for HTTPS by Xiao, Chunhua, Zhang, Lei, Liu, Weichen, Bergmann, Neil, Xie, Yuhua

“…Entering the Big Data era leads to the rapid development of web applications which provide high-performance sensitive access on large cloud data centers. HTTPS has been widely deployed as an extension of HTTP by adding an encryption layer of SSL/TLS protocol for secure communication over the Internet. …”
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Unveiling student perspectives on online presentations by Siti Ainun Jariyah, Hassan, Hamizah, Zahari, Ezihaslinda, Ngah

“…In a typical online presentation, students deliver information or projects through digital platforms, sharing their work in real time with instructors and peers. Various tools, such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet, are frequently used to facilitate these presentations. …”
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Cognitive aspects of generalised anxiety disorder in adolescents: exploring intolerance of uncertainty, cognitive avoidance, and positive beliefs about worry by Shipp, LR, Leigh, E, Laverton, A, Percy, R, Waite, P

“…Adolescents with GAD reported significantly higher intolerance of uncertainty and positive beliefs about worry relative to their peers with other anxiety diagnoses, whilst levels of cognitive avoidance did not differ significantly. …”

British Muslim youth and religious fundamentalism: a quantitative investigation by Kashyap, R, Lewis, VA

“…We use new survey data to empirically examine how Muslim youth differ from older Muslims and non-Muslim British peers on religiosity, Islam-specific and broader social attitudes. …”

Javier by Tan, E-lis, Lim, Gladys Qiong Fang

“…Javier centers on the life of a 20-year old aspiring musician who has Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). …”
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Multi-sensor calibration and multi-modal perception for intelligent systems by Zhang, Jun

“…A sphere is utilized as the target, by observing that the sphere center is a viewpoint-invariant feature. Then, a sphere detection and sphere center estimation method is introduced to extract the sphere center from a cluttered point cloud. …”
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Design and implementation of a web based platform for EEE students internship/job experience sharing by Fang, Meiheng

“…The three main focuses of this application are providing space for sharing latest reviews, exploring different interest fields with peers, and presenting helpful resources from both the campus and external sources in an organized and user-friendly manner.…”
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Mobile app for virtual study room by Ng, Yu Zhe

“…The hope is that students who are from less well-off families, who only have access to a smart phone in Singapore today, would not be disadvantaged as compared to their peers due to how online education systems are being built around computers rather than mobile devices.…”
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StudentGO web application by Xie, Zijian

“…StudentGo web application will provide a platform for students to communicate with their peers, find new friends and cultivate a community of like-minded students striving for excellence. …”
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Comparative analysis of undergraduate life science education at NTU, Singapore and Kyutech, Japan : commonalities and differences in preparing students for employment or graduate s... by Lee, Kok Sang.

“…Students in Singapore were found to spend more time to study and less time for entertainment compared to their peers in Japan. Differences in government policies of Japan and Singapore are believed to cause most of the differences observed. …”
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The leap of faith : lived experiences of madrasah students negotiating the transition from a religiously-homogeneous environment to a secular environment by Shaik Muhammad Khairun Nabil, Nur Syahirah Mohamed Salim

“…The findings point to four main transition outcomes which is shaped by (i) their motivations to align their habitus with that of their new peers and (ii) their commitment to maintain their previously-conditioned habitus and ties with the Madrasah community. …”
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Student poster conferences as a formative, authentic, inclusive and sustainable assessment practice by Sims, D, Aitken, D, Swales, C

“…Of primary importance, the poster conference is a safe-to-fail formative experiential learning opportunity, with opportunities for feedback from peers and key stakeholders. It is a form of authentic assessment that replicates a ‘real world’ conference experience and aspects of public scholarship and peer review. …”