Narrative understanding by Prescott-Couch, A

“…Even if narrative is not the best means for providing us with causal information, it can provide us with information about something else of importance such as the events' “meanings” or others' experiences. …”

Music for plants? An investigation into the impact of exposure to acoustic stimulus in bok choy (brassica rapa) plants by Yeoh, JPS, Zhang, Z, Koh, KS, Sinniah, UR, Spence, CJ, Beh, WF

“…Three separate groups of bok choy plants were exposed to classical music, rock music, or else no music, during growth and development and the influence on yield was observed. …”

Injectable cell transplantation system for cytokine-based cancer immunotherapy by Gerard Nathanael Adrianus.

“…Genetic analysis confirmed up-regulation of several anti-tumour cytokines, TNF-α, IFN-β1, IL-10, and M-CSF by the macrophages. ELISA suggested the TNF-α was released in the first 24-hour post LPS stimulation, and then rapidly subsided. …”
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Dengue Serotype Cross-Reactive, Anti-E Protein Antibodies Confound Specific Immune Memory for 1 Year after Infection by Toh, Ying Xiu, Gan, Victor, Balakrishnan, Thavamalar, Zuest, Roland, Poidinger, Michael, Wilson, Solomonraj, Appanna, Ramapraba, Thein, Tun Linn, Ong, Adrian Kheng-Yeow, Ng, Lee Ching, Leo, Yee Sin, Fink, Katja

“…Since secondary patients rapidly produced antibodies specific for the virus envelope (E) protein, an E-specific ELISA was superior compared to a virus particle-specific ELISA to identify patients with secondary infections. …”
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The anti-circumsporozoite antibody response to repeated, seasonal booster doses of the malaria vaccine RTS,S/AS01 E by Ali, MS, Stockdale, L, Sagara, I, Zongo, I, Yerbanga, RS, Mahamar, A, Nikièma, F, Tapily, A, Sompougdou, F, Diarra, M, Bellamy, D, Provstgaard-Morys, S, Zoungrana, C, Issiaka, D, Haro, A, Sanogo, K, Sienou, AA, Kaya, M, Traore, S, Dicko, OM, Kone, Y, Yalcouye, H, Thera, I, Diarra, K

“…Results obtained with GSK ELISA and the Oxford Multiplex assay were strongly correlated (Pearson’s correlation coefficient, r = 0.94; 95% CI, 0.93–0.95). …”

Disruption of the Broadcast by Packer, Randall

“…But today, artists are plugged in and wired, like everyone else, such that the torrent of news and information that lights up our screens in such overabundance often finds its way into the artistic process. …”
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Do we need economic inequality? by Dorling, D

“…<br> Dorling shows how, amongst much else, a stabilizing population, changing gender relations and rising access to education make a more egalitarian alternative to this nightmare vision not only preferable, but realistic. …”

Asymmetric projection of introspection reveals a behavioural and neural mechanism for interindividual social coordination by Miyamoto, K, Harbison, C, Tanaka, S, Saito, M, Luo, S, Matsui, S, Sankhe, P, Mahmoodi, A, Lin, M, Trudel, N, Shea, N, Rushworth, MFS

“…We might estimate how well someone else will perform by extrapolating from estimates of how well we ourselves would perform. …”

Epstein-Barr viral latent and early antigen serology in nasopharyngeal carcinoma by Tan, Timothy Ter Ming.

“…Current methods include detection by indirect immunofluorescence assay which is laborious, subjective and requires highly-trained personnel, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), which can be easily performed by any hospital laboratory.…”
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Translating oral histories: a podcast by Wong, Melissa Xin Yu

“…In particular, the last approach of editorial insertions renders the translator visible, a deliberate decision made to both respect the original speaker and to remind readers that someone else has shaped the stories being presented.…”
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No Simple Fix: How AI Harms Reflect Power and Jurisdiction in the Workplace by Nedzhvetskaya, Nataliya, Tan, JS

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Personality predicts words in favorite songs by Qiu, Lin, Chen, Jiayu, Ramsay, Jonathan, Lu, Jiahui

“…Our study is the first to show how one's personality is related to linguistic cues in someone else's writings. It points to the possibility that people may like certain songs because the linguistic cues in the lyrics are congruent with their personality and hence can satisfy personal needs. …”
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The Policy, People, and Place Impacts of Mining for the Clean Energy Transition in the US by Randall, Abigail Marie

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SPICES: spectro-polarimetric imaging and characterization of exoplanetary systems. by Boccaletti, Anthony, Schneider, Jean, Traub, Wes, Lagage, Pierre-Olivier, Stam, Daphne, Gratton, Raffaele, Trauger, John, Cahoy, Kerri, Snik, Frans, Baudoz, Pierre, Galicher, Raphael, Reess, Jean-Michel, Mawet, Dimitri, Augereau, Jean-Charles, Patience, Jenny, Kuchner, Marc, Wyatt, Mark, Pantin, Eric, Maire, Anne-Lise, Vérinaud, Christophe

“…SPICES (Spectro-Polarimetric Imaging and Characterization of Exoplanetary Systems) is a five-year M-class mission proposed to ESA Cosmic Vision. Its purpose is to image and characterize long-period extrasolar planets and circumstellar disks in the visible (450-900 nm) at a spectral resolution of about 40 using both spectroscopy and polarimetry. …”
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Market research on a portable snake venom detection kit. by Thong, Hui Min.

“…The only commercially available diagnostic kit is from Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL) and it uses the Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) technique. However, it has disadvantages like the inability to fully quantify venom levels and time consuming test procedures which requires some level of expertise. …”
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Investigating the EM performance of building materials for mid-band 5G in urban built environment: an exploratory study by Ng, Sean Jake Peng

“…The thesis is concluded with the investigation of material loading on an evolved antecedent hexagonal-stubbed complementary split-ring resonator (CSRR)-loaded electrically small antenna (ESA) designed to cover the 3.5 GHz 5G frequency band. …”
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Chiral mirrors by Plum, Eric, Zheludev, Nikolay I.

“…Mirrors are used in telescopes, microscopes, photo cameras, lasers, satellite dishes, and everywhere else, where redirection of electromagnetic radiation is required making them arguably the most important optical component. …”
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Astray by Tan, Ken Wei Hao

“…Inspiration to do this project came fortunately with the advent of “YouTube” which had opened up my world to so much life changing content and as I was watching “The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross” something clicked in my head when he, in one episode said “I spent half my life doing someone else’s thing, painting should make you happy and if it doesn’t make you happy, you’re doing the wrong thing.” …”
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Relationship between active protection in vaccinated buffaloes against haemorrhagic septicaemia and passive mouse protection test or serum antibody titres by Chandrasekaran, S., Kennett, L., Yeap, P.C., Muniandy, N., Rani, B., Mukkur, T.K.S.

“…Although the passive mouse protection and indirect haemagglutination tests carried out with the pre-challenge sera from vaccinated buffaloes revealed no relationship with active protection in buffaloes, a relationship was observed between the ELISA antibody titres and protection. In contrast, a dose-response relationship was observed between the homologous active and passive mouse protection test. © 1994.…”
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Establishment of optimise strategies in production of recombinant Hepatitis B surface antigen for chip-based antibody detection approach by Tam, Yew Joon

“…The ability of the assay to detect anti-HBs in human sera samples was demonstrated with minor differences in comparison to that of the results obtained with ELISA.…”
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