Extracellular nucleic acids in monochloraminated drinking water distribution systems by Bairoliya, Sakcham

“…Analysis of eRNA revealed its potential as a signaling molecule in environmental systems and as a glimpse into the past metabolic state of the bacterial cells. To validate observations made in the lab-scale setup, the methods for eDNA and eRNA extraction from DWDS were optimized. …”
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论新加坡对红头巾和印度建筑工的态度 = A case study of Singapore government and Singaporeans' attitude towards Samsui women and Indian construction workers by 颜莉娜 Gan, Linda

“…Since the 1990s, Samsui women have become a figure of the past. Indian construction workers started coming to Singapore to make a livelihood. …”
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Deep transcriptome profiling reveals limited conservation of A-to-I RNA editing in Xenopus by Nguyen, Tram Anh, Heng, Joel Jia Wei, Ng, Yan Ting, Sun, Rui, Fisher, Shira, Oguz, Gokce, Kaewsapsak, Pornchai, Xue, Shifeng, Reversade, Bruno, Ramasamy, Adaikalavan, Eisenberg, Eli, Tan, Meng How

“…Background: Xenopus has served as a valuable model system for biomedical research over the past decades. Notably, ADAR was first detected in frog oocytes and embryos as an activity that unwinds RNA duplexes. …”
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Carbon-semiconductor hybrid nanostructures and their photoresponse behaviors by Zhan, Zhaoyao

“…Carbon nanomaterials (including carbon nanotube and graphene) and semiconductor nanoparticles have attracted considerable research effort in past two decades in terms of both fundamental and application research. …”
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Thermoplastic polymer nanocomposites based on polydopamine-coated clay : preparation, structures and properties by Phua, Si Lei

“…Polymer/clay nanocomposites have been widely investigated over past three decades due to the dramatic boost in properties at low filler content. …”
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Budget efficient online active learning and its applications by Hao, Shuji

“…To correct this weak assumption, this study proposes two robust online active learning algorithms, which not only consider the predictions of experts on current instance, but also consider the cumulative performance of experts on past instances. To validate the proposed algorithms, a series of experiments are conducted, in which the results show that the proposed algorithms greatly outperform the state-of-the-art existing algorithms and can achieve robust performance both in the normal and noisy scenarios. …”
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Developing metallic cathode for low-temperature solid oxide fuel cell applications by Yu, Chen-Chiang

“…With the effort input by numerous researchers in the past decade, the operating temperature of SOFCs had been successfully decreased to below 500 ˚C with more than 1 W·cm-2 of output power density. …”
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Genetic analysis of normal human phenotypes within the people of the British Isles by Meena, D

“…For normal hair pigmentation, nearly all of the well documented pigmentation genes were replicated, including <em>MC1R, SLC45A2, TYR, IRF4, HERC2, KITLG</em> and <em>SLC24A4</em> and results generally agreed with studies performed in the past. Replication of previous associations validates the PoBI dataset.…”

Association of current Schistosoma mansoni, Schistosoma japonicum, and Schistosoma mekongi infection status and intensity with periportal fibrosis: a systematic review and meta-ana... by Ewuzie, A, Wilburn, L, Thakrar, DB, Cheng, H, Reitzug, F, Roberts, N, Malouf, R, Chami, GF

“…<p><strong>Background:&nbsp;</strong>Periportal fibrosis is a severe morbidity caused by both current and past exposure to intestinal schistosomes. We aimed to assess the association between current infection status and intensity of&nbsp;<em>Schistosoma mansoni, Schistosoma japonicum</em>, or&nbsp;<em>Schistosoma mekongi</em>&nbsp;with periportal fibrosis.…”

Electronic structures of topological materials studied by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy by He, S

“…<p>This thesis summarizes my DPhil research projects, which involve electron optical simulations for photoelectron spectroscopy instruments and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) studies of several novel topological quantum materials:<br> 1. Over the past decades, photoelectron spectroscopy has experienced numerous advancements and become a powerful tool for understanding the electronic properties of solid-state systems. …”

Prevalence of West Nile virus in domesticated mammals (cattle, goat, horse and pig) in selected areas of Peninsular Malaysia by Mohammed, Mohammed Nma

“…Serological results indicate past exposure to WNV in all the species in this study. …”
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Scope, characteristics, behavior change techniques, and quality of conversational agents for mental health and well-being: systematic assessment of apps by Lin, Xiaowen, Martinengo, Laura, Jabir, Ahmad Ishqi, Ho, Andy Hau Yan, Car, Josip, Atun, Rifat, Tudor Car, Lorainne

“…Apps with CAs in English that uploaded or updated from January 2020 and provided interventions aimed at improving mental health and well-being and the assessment or management of mental disorders were tested by at least 2 reviewers. The BCT taxonomy v1, a comprehensive list of 93 BCTs, was used to identify the specific behavior change components in CAs. …”
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Detection and characterisation of a sixth Candida auris clade in Singapore: a genomic and phenotypic study by Suphavilai, Chayaporn, Ko, Karrie Kwan Ki, Lim, Kar Mun, Tan, Mei Gie, Boonsimma, Patipan, Chu, Joash Jun Keat, Goh, Sui Sin, Rajandran, Prevena, Lee, Lai Chee, Tan, Kwee Yuen, Bushra Binte Shaik Ismail, Aung, May Kyawt, Yang, Yong, Sim, Jean Xiang Ying, Venkatachalam, Indumathi, Cherng, Benjamin Pei Zhi, Spruijtenburg, Bram, Chan, Kian Sing, Oon, Lynette Lin Ean, Tan, Ai Ling, Tan, Yen Ee, Wijaya, Limin, Tan, Ban Hock, Ling, Moi Lin, Koh, Tse Hsien, Meis, Jacques F., Tsui, Clement Kin Ming, Nagarajan, Niranjan

“…Findings: The three investigated isolates were separated by at least 37 000 SNPs (range 37 000–236 900) from all existing C auris clades. …”
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Improving the diagnostic yield of whole genome sequencing: neurodevelopmental and epilepsy disorders by Hashim, M

“…Moreover, the base resolution of WGS revealed complexities cryptic to karyotyping in 7 cases of the apparently balanced translocations. At least 30% of the apparently balanced translocations (ABTs) resulted in gene disruption that is likely to cause the phenotype, 15% disrupted topologically associated domains (TADs) for known disease genes, and 5% were associated with pathogenic genomic imbalances. …”

Structural and functional characterisation of the collagen binding domain of fibronectin by Millard, CJ

“…However, the presence of at least a single GlcNAc sugar residue on the second sugar chain site on 8Fn1 (N- linked to N511) is essential for full affinity binding to collagen. …”

Layer-by-Layer Nanoparticles for Cytokine Delivery by Pires, Ivan S.

“…In the past decade, cancer immunotherapy has been a promising therapeutic strategy for cancer treatment. …”
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Optimized core design of a supercritical carbon dioxide-cooled fast reactor by Handwerk, Christopher S. (Christopher Stanley), 1974-

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Dynamics in blue emitting metal halide perovskites for light emitting diodes by Karlsson, Max

“…Metal halide perovskites are a group of semiconductors that have received a great amount of attention during the past years due to impressive - and continuously increasing - performance as active materials implemented in solar cells and light emitting diodes. …”
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Predicting glaucoma progression using deep learning framework guided by generative algorithm by Hussain, Shaista, Chua, Jacqueline, Wong, Damon, Lo, Justin, Kadziauskiene, Aiste, Asoklis, Rimvydas, Barbastathis, George, Schmetterer, Leopold, Yong, Liu

“…The proposed method was used to predict VF changes 12 months after the first visit by combining past multimodal inputs with synthesized future images generated using generative adversarial network (GAN). …”
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Vision-based patient wellness monitoring using facial cues by Sathyanarayana, Supriya

“…The wellness indicators such as eye state, eyeball movement, blink, mouth kept open, yawning, talking and brow furrows were finally integrated into a framework to determine the wellness state to be one of - asleep, awake, drowsy, inactive and discomfort. Past history of the wellness state over a period of time was also incorporated to generate a wellness profile, which is then used to assess the condition of the patient relative to an initial state. …”
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