A study of the expectation gap regarding fraud detection by Ang, Lay Hian, Chua, Hui Hoon, Tan, Teresa Tsai Lin

“…The r es ult s showed that approximately half of the surveyed investors expected the auditor t o detect fraud. …”
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Design of Cleavable Monomers and Cross-Linkers for the Synthesis of Degradable Polymer Architectures by Cardoso da Costa, Leticia

“…The difference in backbone degradation rates, imparted by the silyl ether substituents, leads to different drug release profiles and therapeutic efficacy in vitro (Chapter 3). …”
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A synthetic biology platform for malaria parasites based on orthogonal transcriptional control by Cárdenas Ramírez, Pablo

“…Malaria is responsible for half a million deaths each year in some of the poorest communities around the world. …”
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The strategy of coercive isolation U.S. security policy by Timonthy W. Crawford

“…From this discussion we also draw several conclusions about the conditions that favour the success of coercive isolation strategies. …”
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Information structure of subordinate clauses in Miriwoong by Sim, Michelle Jia En

“…Finally, paratactic clauses were found to 1) express sequential events or 2) draw a relation between two observations.…”
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Disposition kinetics of tylosin administered intravenously and intramuscularly in Desert Sheep and Nubian Goats by Taha, A.A., Elsheikh, H.A., Khalafalla, A.E., Osman, I. A. M., Abdullah, A. Salam

“…The bioavailability (f) of the drug in goats (0.84 ± 0.11) was not significantly higher than that in sheep (0.73 ± 0.08). …”
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‘I don’t care who joins my choir’: investigating attitudes to diversity and inclusivity in lower- and upper-voice choirs in the United Kingdom by MacGregor, E

“…We conclude by making initial recommendations for how choirs might recognise and address such challenges, and call for a shift in the research agenda to pay greater attention to exclusionary factors in amateur and community music participation…”

Interfacial phenomena and biological recognition of mammalian cells on biomimetic materials by Chan, Vincent.

“…We intend to fill this gap by interrogating the biophysical events involved in membrane-polymer interaction, biological adhesion, tissue engineering and cellular fluid mechanics. …”
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Antimicrobial efficacy testing of antibiotic-containing biodegradable nanopolymers against biofilm and planktonic cells. by Polimyr Caesar Dave Pelisco Dingal.

“…With efficient use of drug-encapsulated nanopolymers, bactericidal dosages are sufficiently lowered and dosing intervals can be extended due to the sustained drug release feature afforded by these efficacious nanocarriers.…”
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Synergistic effect of 5-fluorouracil and the small molecule Wnt/β-catenin inhibitor iCRT3 on Caco-2 colorectal cancer cells in vitro by Smarslik, Maren, Inal, Jameel

“…Subsequently, the drugs were combined in different ways, and drug combination index (DCI) calculations were performed to evaluate their interaction. iCRT3 was found to be 2.45-fold more potent than 5-FU (p = 0.1982). …”
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Assessing surface seals of soils on slopes by Liu, Chenying

“…This phenomenon is attributed to the formation of a thin dense layer called surface seal on the surface soil. The surface seal is created by interaction forces between water and soil particles such as compaction, attachment, dispersion and so on. …”
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Linking short-term to long-term convergent tectonics using geodetic observations, geological constraints and numerical simulations by Mallick, Rishav

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China and the “Singapore Model” : perspectives from mid-level cadres and implications for transnational knowledge transfer by Liu, Hong, Wang, Tingyan

“…Although this phenomenon has been studied, no attention has been drawn to the perspectives of those mid-level cadres who took part in the training and what those perspectives might imply. …”
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Design and Synthesis of Stimuli-Responsive Polymers with Programmable Cleavability by Zafar, Hadiqa

“…The third chapter investigates a synergistic approach to treating pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) with drug-loaded BBPs by leveraging multiple facets of structural modularity, including linker and drug identities and concentration ratios. …”
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Ig.n.is. by Ong, Jian'an.

“…The topic I am addressing is this mysterious phenomenon that we call Fire. It has permeated the fabric of our everyday lives, right from the beginning of its discovery, its domestication to the modern everyday use of its properties. …”
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When the Earth Breathes: An Anthology of Volcanic Urbanism by Carucci Alvarez, Maria Gabriela

“…Together, these imaginaries draw an unyielding binary narrative about volcanoes as purely destructive entities, and further dismiss the porosity that exists between the geos, the bios and the polis. …”
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Next generation electrolytes for sodium ion battery by Do, Minh Phuong

“…First, the effect of sodium conducting salts in IL electrolyte on the cyclability of Na0.6Mn0.9Co0.1O2 half-cell and the formation of electrode-electrolyte interphases were investigated. …”
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Improved lower bounds on book crossing numbers of complete graphs by Salazar, G., Pasechnik, Dmitrii V., De Klerk, Etienne.

“…If a graph is drawn on a book with k pages in such a way that the vertices lie on the spine, and each edge is contained in a page, the result is a k-page book drawing (or simply a k-page drawing). …”
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Studies towards the synthesis of bioactive natural products and development of new synthetic methods by Khanizeman, Rabi’ah Nisha

“…It has been estimated that more than half of all approved drugs, from the period 1981 to 2014, are either natural products or their derivatives. …”
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Cell-derived nanovesicles from mesenchymal stem cells as extracellular vesicle-mimetics in wound healing by Neupane, Yub Raj, Handral, Harish K., Syed Abdullah Alkaff, Chng, Wei Heng, Venkatesan, Gopalakrishnan, Huang, Chenyuan, Lee, Choon Keong, Wang, Jiong-Wei, Sriram, Gopu, Dienzo, Rhonnie Austria, Lu, Wen Feng, Yusuf Ali, Czarny, Bertrand, Pastorin, Giorgia

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