How ready is general practice to improve quality in chronic kidney disease? A diagnostic analysis by Crinson, I, Gallagher, H, Thomas, N, de Lusignan, S

“…Some sought to implement the full guidance, others only the pay-for-performance targets. Nearly all practitioners had reservations as to whether CKD was really a disease; problematised the diagnosis of CKD purely on an estimate of glomerular filtration rate; questioned whether CKD in older people was part of natural ageing; and had experienced difficulty in explaining the condition to patients without frightening them. …”

Are we apathetic? surveying Singaporeans' political attitudes, participation, and knowledge. by Chan, Boon Wee., Wong, Teck Zhung.

“…A representative nationwide survey using CATI was conducted in Singapore with adults aged 18 years above. …”
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Yeast9: a consensus genome-scale metabolic model for S. cerevisiae curated by the community by Zhang, Chengyu, Sánchez, Benjamín J., Li, Feiran, Cheng, Eiden Wei Quan, Scott, William T., Liebal, Ulf W., Blank, Lars M., Mengers, Hendrik G., Anton, Mihail, Rangel, Albert Tafur, Mendoza, Sebastián N., Zhang, Lixin, Nielsen, Jens, Lu, Hongzhong, Kerkhoven, Eduard J.

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Thermoplastic polymer nanocomposites based on polydopamine-coated clay : preparation, structures and properties by Phua, Si Lei

“…On the other hand, the effect of particle size was studied using polycaprolactone (PCL)-based PU as matrix. …”
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A review on synergistic coexisting pollutants for efficient photocatalytic reaction in wastewater remediation by F. F.A., Aziz, Aishah, Abdul Jalil, Nurul Sahida, Hassan, Anees Ameera, Fauzi, M. S., Azami, N. W.C., Jusoh, Rohayu, Jusoh

“…In a photocatalysis mechanism, the holes in the valence band can remarkably promote the oxidation of a pollutant. …”
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Real time monitoring of aminothiol level in blood using a near-infrared dye assisted deep tissue fluorescence and photoacoustic bimodal imaging by Anees, Palapuravan, Joseph, James, Sreejith, Sivaramapanicker, Menon, Nishanth Venugopal, Kang, Yuejun, Wing-Kwong Yu, Sidney, Ajayaghosh, Ayyappanpillai, Zhao, Yanli

“…Previously reported thiol imaging strategies were mainly based on a single mode of imaging with a limited application in vivo. …”
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Chillbot: Content Moderation in the Backchannel by Seering, Joseph, Khadka, Manas, Haghighi, Nava, Yang, Tanya, Xi, Zachary, Bernstein, Michael

“…Based on this deployment, we describe implications for the design of a broader variety of means by which moderation tools can help shape communities' norms and behavior.…”
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Predictors of functioning in treatment-resistant schizophrenia: the role of negative symptoms and neurocognition by Li, Yanhui, Ang, Mei San, Yee, Jie Yin, See, Yuen Mei, Lee, Jimmy

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Elderly monitoring system by Ong, Jeffrey

“…With the ever-growing elderly population in Singapore, there is an increase in emphasis placed on healthcare for the aging society. A major concern is that elderly’s wellbeing will be neglected when they are left alone at home as their usually have limited mobility. …”
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Aromatic nature of neutral and dianionic 1,4-diaza-2,3,5,6-tetraborinine derivatives by Ota, Kei, Kinjo, Rei

“…The pronounced aromatic nature of 4 ' is supported by ELF pi, PDI, and NICS pi zz, but ASE, the FiPC-NICS plot, and ACID oppose this. These data confirm that even with the same B4N2-skeletal framework of a 6 pi-system, the aromatic feature varies depending on the overall charge of the B4N2 systems.…”
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Understanding lived experiences of bereaved parents of children with chronic life-threatening Illness : towards a culture-specific and meaning-oriented narrative E-writing interven... by Dutta, Oindrila

“…Study 3 developed, piloted, and evaluated a novel evidence-based Narrative e-Writing Intervention (NeW-I) in Singapore to advance psycho-socio-spiritual support for parent-caregivers facing their child’s chronic life-threatening illness. …”
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Performance of kenaf fiber reinforced polymer composites in various environments by Meisam Razavi

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Isolation of Bifidobacteria infantis and its antagonistic activity against ETEC 0157 and Salmonella typhimurium S-285 in weaning foods by Mohd Yusof, Rokiah, Haque, Formuzul, Ismail, Maznah, Hassan, Zaiton

“…Using carbohydrate fermentation profile test API-CH-50 kits, 20 Bifidobacteria strains had been identified: they were the species of Bifidobacteria infantis and two different sub-species, mainly infantis and lacentis. …”

Induced-charge electro-osmosis by Squires, Todd M., Bazant, Martin Z.

“…Motivated by a simple physical picture, we calculate ICEO flows around conducting cylinders in steady (DC), oscillatory (AC), and suddenly applied electric fields. …”
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Heart cycles using heart sounds by Ng, Jia Long

“…What happens when Singapore goes towards an ageing population? Have you ever wondered what if one day, Singapore is short of healthcare professionals? …”
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Muscarinic activation of a non-selective cationic conductance in pyramidal neurons in rat basolateral amygdala by Yajeya, J, de la Fuente Juan, A, Bajo, VM, Riolobos, AS, Heredia, M, Criado, JM

“…Similarly, superfusion with low-Ca2+ solution plus Ba2+ and intracellular EGTA did not affect the carbachol-induced depolarization, suggesting a Ca2+-independent mechanism. …”

Microbial lipid production from food waste saccharified liquid and the effects of compositions by Ma, Xiaoyu, Gao, Zhen, Gao, Ming, Ma, Yingqun, Ma, Hongzhi, Zhang, Min, Liu, Yu, Wang, Qunhui

“…When four metal elements (i.e. Mg, Ca, Na and K) were present in the medium, total biomass concentration, lipid concentration, lipid content and lipid yield increased by 22.01%, 33.51%, 9.43% and 33.33%, respectively, compared with those in the control group. …”
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Superior photocatalytic degradation of pharmaceuticals and antimicrobial Features of iron-doped zinc oxide sub-microparticles synthesized via laser-assisted chemical bath technique by Zyoud, Samer H., Che Abdullah, Che Azurahanim, Ashames, Akram, Hassan, Nageeb, Yahia, Ibrahim S., Zyoud, Ahed H., Zahran, Heba Y., Qamhieh, Naser, Makhadmeh, Ghaseb N., AlZoubi, Tariq

“…Structural analyses confirmed the hexagonal wurtzite structure of ZnO SMPs, with noticeable changes due to Fe doping, including a transition from sub-microrods to sub-microsheets and a redshift in the optical band gap. …”
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Automated lesion segmentation and quantification for prediction of paradoxical worsening in patients with tubercular serpiginous-like choroiditis by Kalra, Gagan, Agarwal, Aniruddha, Marchese, Alessandro, Agrawal, Rupesh, Bansal, Reema, Gupta, Vishali

“…The study included 139 patients (139 eyes; 92 males and 47 females; mean age: 44.8 ± 11.3 years) with TB SLC. …”
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Automated segmentation of visceral, deep subcutaneous, and superficial subcutaneous adipose tissue volumes in MRI of neonates and young children by Kway, Yeshe Manuel, Thirumurugan, Kashthuri, Tint, Mya Thway, Michael, Navin, Shek, Lynette Pei-Chi, Yap, Fabian Kok Peng, Tan, Kok Hian, Godfrey, Keith M., Chong, Yap Seng, Fortier, Marielle Valerie, Marx, Ute C., Eriksson, Johan G., Lee, Yung Seng, Velan, S. Sendhil, Feng, Mengling, Sadananthan, Suresh Anand

“…Segmentation performance was assessed using Dice scores. Results: When the model was tested on the test datasets across the 10 folds, the model had strong agreement with the ground truth for all testing sets, with mean Dice similarity scores for SSAT, DSAT, and VAT, respectively, of 0.960, 0.909, and 0.872 in neonates and 0.944, 0.851, and 0.960 in children. …”
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