Thermal spraying of bioceramic (Hydroxyapatite) coatings by Kweh, Sidney Wei Kheong.

“…Hydroxyapatite (HA) is one such biomaterial which possesses unique biocompatibility that can promote osteogenesis or new bone formation. Thermal spray processes like plasma spraying are widely used to coat metallic implants with HA which proved to be highly effective. …”
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Simulation methods and tissue property models for non-invasive transcranial focused ultrasound surgery by Connor, Christopher W

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Transcriptional regulation of type I interferon responses of myeloid antigen presenting cells by Sin, Wei Xiang

“…Here we show IRF7 also regulates IFN-β responses to bacterial lipopolysaccharide in bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) but not in bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (BMDCs). …”
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The Nightingale / by Hannah, Kristin, author 369246, Macmillan Books (Online service) 655983

“…When a German captain requisitions Vianne’s home, she and her daughter must live with the enemy or lose everything. Without food or money or hope, as danger escalates all around them, she is forced to make one impossible choice after another to keep her family alive. …”
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Three essays on behavioral and experimental economics by Li, Yupeng

“…We explain this difference on the basis of the Singaporean senders’ beliefs about trustworthiness: they believed that people with a Mainland Chinese accent would return more money to them than their in-group Singaporean counterparts. …”
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Mobile app for crowdsourcing by Tan, Jesse Yin Xuan

“…Amateur who contributed to the task will receive money as reward from the task owner. With this model, the efficiency of outsource a task was increased significantly. …”
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Comparing destination images : Resorts World Sentosa and Resorts World Genting. by Low, Kah Hwee., Tang, Joo Wen., Teo, Jia Yun.

“…From the survey findings, respondents felt that Resorts World Sentosa was more luxurious and business-oriented, while Resorts World Genting was more value-for-money. Deeper analyses reflected that these image differences were influenced mainly by word-of-mouth. …”
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The effect of political contributions on CEO compensation. by Mok, Alan Zhen Tao., Tan, Nicholas Hua Shang., Yeo, Desmond Jan Hao.

“…The findings reveal that both individual and Political Action Committees (PAC) contributions has a significant positive effect on CEO Compensation both for fixed Total Current Compensation (TCC) and variable Total Direct Compensation (TDC) components of CEO compensation whereas Soft Money contributions are insignificant in explaining CEO Compensation. …”
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Unbiased metabolomics of volatile secondary metabolites in essential oils originated from Myrtaceae species by Manickavasagam, Ganapaty, San, Priscilla Wong Chie, Gorji, Sara Ghorbani, Sungthong, Bunleu, Yong, Yoke Keong, Fitzgerald, Melissa, Dewi, Firli Rahmah Primula, Lim, Vuanghao

“…In this study, an untargeted metabolomic approach was applied to analyze volatile secondary metabolites in five different essential oils (i.e., anise myrtle oil, honey myrtle oil, lemon myrtle oil, lemon-scented tea tree oil, and peppermint gum oil) from the Myrtaceae family, originating from the Australian bush plants. …”
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Comparison of a simplified skin pointer device compared with a skeletal marker for knee rotation laxity : a cadaveric study using a rotation-meter by Puah, Ken Lee, Yew, Andy Khye Soon, Chou, Siaw Meng, Lie, Denny Tijauw Tjoen

“…One Kirscher wire was driven into the tibial tubercle as a bone marker and a skin pointer was attached. Rotational forces of 3, 6 and 9 nm applied at 0°, 30°, 45°, 60° and 90° of knee flexion were analysed using the Pearson correlation coefficient and paired t-test. …”
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Struvite precipitation for the recovery of ammonium nitrogen from landfill leachate by Mohamad S. J. Darwish

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Using an ER-specific optogenetic mechanostimulator to understand the mechanosensitivity of the endoplasmic reticulum by Song, Yutong, Zhao, Zhihao, Xu, Linyu, Huang, Peiyuan, Gao, Jiayang, Li, Jingxuan, Wang, Xuejie, Zhou, Yiren, Wang, Jinhui, Zhao, Wenting, Wang, Likun, Zheng, Chaogu, Gao, Bo, Jiang, Liwen, Liu, Kai, Guo, Yusong, Yao, Xiaoqiang, Duan, Liting

“…To fill the knowledge gap, after developing a light-inducible ER-specific mechanostimulator (LIMER), we identify that mechanostimulation of ER elicits a transient, rapid efflux of Ca2+ from ER in monkey kidney COS-7 cells, which is dependent on the cation channels transient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily V, member 1 (TRPV1) and polycystin-2 (PKD2) in an additive manner. …”
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Application of MCG-PTCC system on neo-cartilage regeneration by Jiang, Yuwei

“…This project aims to apply the advance fabricated micro-cavities gel (MCG) construct and the innovative phase transfer cell culture (PTCC) strategy to cartilage tissue engineering to realize the self-formation of the bone fide neo-cartilage tissue. The phenomenon called edge flourish (EF) is the underlying principle for successfully creating the MCG-PTCC system. …”
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Segmentation of liver tumor from CT images by La, Cam Chung

“…Finally, a new semi-automatic method is proposed to improve liver tumor segmentation by finding out the ribcage curves on every CT slice, using the rib bone traces. One can use the rib curve as a post-processing step to fine tune the segmentation.…”
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Development of toolkits for software analysis and testing by Ng, Song Teck.

“…Although more cost effective than traditional methods of prototyping and implementing analogue logic systems, large amounts of time and money are still spent, particularly during the testing phase. …”
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Measuring sustainability : a holistic approach for a more sustainable future. by Chia, Xing Hua., Swathi Eswaramurthi.

“…Hence, we integrated the best of the existing rankings – Newsweek’s Green Rankings, CNN Money’s Top 100 Best Companies to Work For rankings and “Fortune’s Global 500 World’s Largest Corporations” ranking – to produce one holistic sustainability ranking. …”
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Dynamic web service composition by Tan, Li Ling.

“…Many different new ideas and concept had built upon on web services with cloud computing; and many big organizations have also tap to on these trends by investing money to build internal web services for their stakeholders. …”
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Effects of engine oil additives on engine performance and temperature by Law, Zheng Yi

“…Besides, the engine may keep running at a very high temperature that is over its operating temperature, this may cause the breakdown of the engine oil and thus increase the frequencies of changing engine oil. Hence, it costs more money. Here is where the problem comes. How to get the engine efficiency as good as the new one without doing any hardware modifications? …”
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Measuring Lean Culture: Designing a Research Instrument by Osman, Azim Azuan, Nordin, Norani, Abd. Rahman, M.F.

“…Self�administered questionnaire is a practical research instrument to measure the level of lean culture in multiple manufacturing organizations that are located in far-reaching geographical as it saves time, money and effort. In this paper, 36 questionnaire items for measuring lean culture has been designed. …”
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Knowledge sharing culture in an enforcement agency. by Low, Anthony Fang Jang.

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