Structural and functional characterisation of chikungunya virus replication complex dynamics by Tan, Yaw Bia

“…Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a 12 kilobase (kb) positive sense single strand RNA (+ssRNA) mosquito-borne virus. Through mosquito bites, the infected victims develop Chikungunya Fever (CHIKF) associated with symptoms like acute fever and painful polyarthritis. …”
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Characterising the metabolic functionality of the preterm neonatal gut microbiome prior to the onset of necrotising enterocolitis: a pilot study by Chapman, JA, Wroot, E, Brown, T, Beck, LC, Embleton, ND, Berrington, JE, Stewart, CJ

“…Background: Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) is a devastating bowel disease that primarily occurs in infants born prematurely and is associated with abnormal gut microbiome development. …”

After neonatal care, what next? A qualitative study of mothers’ post-discharge experiences after premature birth in Kenya by Maluni, J, Oluoch, D, Molyneux, S, Boga, M, Jones, C, Murila, F, English, M, Ziebland, S, Hinton, L

“…Background: Approximately 15 million babies are born prematurely every year worldwide. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and Asia account for more than half of the global preterm deliveries. …”

Association between gestational bisphenol a exposure and maternofoetal outcomes: a cohort study in a single tertiary hospital in Klang Valley by Juliana Yusof, Sarah Zulkifli, Mohd Shahril Ahmad Saman, Danial Efendy Goon, Nurliana Abd Mutalib, Nur Izzaty Yusnazery, Izzuan Khirman Adnan, Siti Hamimah Sheikh Abdul Kadir

“…Babies who need NICU admission were born to mothers who exhibited significantly different urinary BPA levels compared to those whose babies were not admitted (p=0.049). …”
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Virus-specific T lymphocytes home to the skin during natural dengue infection by Rivino, Laura, Kumaran, Emmanuelle A., Thein, Tun-Linn, Too, Chien Tei, Gan, Victor Chih Hao, Hanson, Brendon J., Wilder-Smith, Annelies, Bertoletti, Antonio, Gascoigne, Nicholas R. J., Lye, David Chien, Leo, Yee Sin, Akbar, Arne N., Kemeny, David M., MacAry, Paul A.

“…Dengue, which is the most prevalent mosquito-borne viral disease afflicting human populations, causes a spectrum of clinical symptoms that include fever, muscle and joint pain, maculopapular skin rash, and hemorrhagic manifestations. …”
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Nanoparticle-induced chemoresistance: the emerging modulatory effects of engineered nanomaterials on human intestinal cancer cell redox metabolic adaptation by Wu, Zhuoran, Setyawati, Magdiel Inggrid, Lim, Hong Kit, Ng, Kee Woei, Tay, Chor Yong

“…Herein, we screened several representative food-borne comparator ENMs (i.e. ZnO, SiO2 and TiO2 nanoparticles (NPs)) and report that human colon cancer cells can insidiously exploit ZnO NP-induced adaptive response to acquire resistance against several chemotherapeutic drugs. …”
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Dynamic Expansion and Merging of the Equatorial Ionization Anomaly During the 10–11 May 2024 Super Geomagnetic Storm by Aa, Ercha, Chen, Yanhong, Luo, Bingxian

“…The investigation utilizes multi-instrument datasets, including ground-based observations (GNSS TEC, ionosonde, and Fabry–Perot interferometer) as well as space-borne satellite measurements (GOLD, Swarm, DMSP, and TIMED). …”
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Adenovirus-associated health risks for recreational activities in a multi-use coastal watershed based on site-specific quantitative microbial risk assessment by Kundu, Arti., McBride, Graham., Wuertz, Stefan.

“…In conclusion, site-specific QMRA on water-borne adenoviruses in this watershed provided a similar level of protection against public health risks as would be obtained by enumeration of fecal indicator bacteria under the new U.S. …”
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Viral proteases activate the CARD8 inflammasome in the human cardiovascular system by Nadkarni, Rhea, Chu, Wern Cui, Lee, Cheryl Q. E., Mohamud, Yasir, Yap, Lynn, Toh, Gee Ann, Beh, Sheryl, Lim, Radiance, Fan, Michelle Yiyun, Zhang, Lyanne Yizhuo, Robinson, Kim, Tryggvason, Karl, Luo, Honglin, Zhong, Franklin, Ho, Lena

“…The endothelium is the first line of defense against blood-borne pathogens, but it is unclear which NLRs control endothelial cell (EC) intrinsic immunity. …”
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性格特征、代际差异与职场冲突 ：中国90后研究 = Personality traits, generation gaps and challenges in the workplace : a study of China’s post-90s generation by 魏妙凌 Ngai, Jasmine Miao Ling

“…The China’s Post-90s generation was born when the country was at a relatively stable state. …”
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探析中国打工妹之婚恋 = A study on love and marriage of Chinese female migrant workers by 朱嘉怡 Zhu, Jiayi

“…As China moves into an era of market-oriented, modernized and globalised economy, Chinese migrant women become an indispensable part of cheap labor. Rural-born female migrant workers hope to gain a brighter prospect in the city through labour work and also desire to find their love in the city. …”
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Marta Czok URBE by Scarso, Jacek Ludwig, Ionescu, Georgiana, Czok, Marta

“…Here, the broad imagery of Marta Czok, as an international artist, born in Beirut (1947) to Polish political refugees, raised in London and, since the seventies, Italian by adoption, focuses on the urban context, exploring the scenes of social life that have made the work of this artist recognizable all over the world. …”
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新加坡离散华文作家研究 1945-1980 = a study on Singapore diasporic Chinese writers 1945-1980 by 孫惠敏 Sun, Huey Min

“…Whether they were immigrants or native-born, their writings bore witness to how they had strived to integrate into a multi-racial, multi-cultural society with English as the dominant language, their struggle between their attachment to their ancestral home and their commitment to their new-found home, and their final choice to become Singaporeans. …”
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Rethinking speech sound disorder (SSD) in non-syndromic cleft lip and palate: the importance of recognizing phonological and language difficulties by van Eeden, S, McKean, C, Stringer, H

“…<p><strong>Background</strong></p> Children born with cleft palate ± lip (CP ± L) are at risk of speech sound disorder (SSD). …”

From Sample to Answer: Innovations in sample processing and CRISPR-based diagnostics for enhanced clinical translation and field deployment by Arizti Sanz, Jon

“…We also designed and tested multiplexed diagnostic assays for the detection and differentiation of three tick-borne pathogens in clinical samples. Finally, given the inadequacy of existing sample processing methods – and their importance to nucleic acid test deployment – we developed a high throughput experimental workflow to analyze the effects of chemical reagents on diagnostic assay performance and nuclease activity in patient samples using a commercially available microfluidic platform. …”
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Conditional knock out of N-WASP in keratinocytes causes skin barrier defects and atopic dermatitis-like inflammation by Kalailingam, Pazhanichamy, Tan, Hui Bing, Jain, Neeraj, Sng, Ming Keat, Chan, Jeremy Soon Kiat, Tan, Nguan Soon, Thanabalu, Thirumaran

“…N-WASPK14KO (N-WASP fl/fl ; CK14-Cre) mice were born following Mendelian genetics suggesting that N-WASP expression in keratinocytes is not essential during embryogenesis. …”
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新加坡华族移民家庭学前儿童汉语语言习得个案分析 = A case study on a Chinese immigrant pre-school child’s language acquisition in Singapore by 方静 Fang, Jing

“…Although many immigrant children are born in such an environment, there is a lack of study on language acquisition of immigrants’ children. …”
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Le cinéma d’Afrique noire contemporaine: une impossible décolonisation? by Fouhba, H

“…An Africa driven by "primitivity" in the 21st century, and in which witchcraft, early marriages, excision, under-schooling of young people, non-schooling of women, juvenile delinquency, absent civil documentation (marriage and birth certificates) , water-borne diseases and insalubrity… constitute the daily lot of the populations.…”

Exhibiting Southeast Asia in the cultural Cold War: geopolitics of regional art exhibitions (1940s-1980s) by Ditzig Kathleen Elizabeth Li-Ying

“…These are: Bali, Background for War (1943), an exhibition of Balinese artworks presented at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York and developed by the British-born American anthropologist Gregory Bateson; the First Southeast Asian Art Competition and Conference (1957), an exhibition of modern art in Manila organised by the Art Association of the Philippines; and Toward a More Meaningful and Responsible Painting (1982), an exhibition in Jakarta of paintings from the Futuristic Experimental Art Center Balai Seni Toyabungkah, organised by Indonesian linguist and philosopher Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana. …”
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Boronic acid and nitrofuranyl derivatives as potential therapeutics by Dey, AL

“…‘Rule of 5’, there has been extensive research on lead-like compounds other than those in the realm of small molecule drug-likeness. With this borne in mind Chapter 1, Antimicrobial Peptides – a New Chasm, introduces the concept of protein-protein interactions (PPIs), which could pave the way for development of promising therapeutic agents of various properties such as pacidamycin and muraymycin which are all peptide-based antibiotics that are concerned with PPIs. …”