In-situ chemical attenuation of pharmaceutically active compounds using CaO₂: influencing factors, mechanistic modeling, and cooperative inactivation of water-borne microbial patho... by Zheng, Ming, Gao, Bing, Zhang, Jie, El-Din, Mohamed Gamal, Snyder, Shane Allen, Wu, Minghong, Tang, Liang

“…PhACs attenuation were mainly via oxidization (H2O2, •OH/O•-, and O2•-) and alkaline hydrolysis (OH-) from CaO2. …”
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Behaviour and design of hot-rolled stainless steel channel section members by Li, Shuai

“…The assessment results revealed that the current design codes result in conservative cross-section resistance predictions, but scattered member resistance predictions with both conservative and unsafe results, mainly owing to the lack of proper consideration of the pronounced material strain hardening and nonlinear material property of stainless steel in the design. …”
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Tin oxide based dye sensitized solar cells by Teh, Jun Jie

“…The enhancement mechanism was studied under electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and was found mainly due to the increase in conductivity across mesoporous Mo, Ga-SnO2-NC layer where it significantly reduces the series resistance of the DSSC device and thus increases the short circuit current. …”
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新加坡华语中的倒置双宾结构 = Inverted double object construction in Singapore Mandarin by 林届霓 Lim, Jie Ni

“…The data of this project is mainly collected from recent Singapore variety shows and public surveys. …”
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Investigating the genetics and immunopathogenesis of ankylosing spondylitis by Liu, F

“…<p>Ankylosing spondylitis is an immune-mediated inflammatory arthritis mainly affecting the spine, although the peripheral joints, skin, intestine, and eyes could also be affected. …”

Mediating effects of satisfaction in the relationship between motivation factors and continuous viewing intentions towards Chinese documentary programs by Mengyu, Li

“…Although the government, television stations and video websites have invested a lot of energy and services in terms of policies, funds and creative talents to support Chinese documentary programs, the dilemma still cannot be solved. Prior studies have mainly analysed the content and narrative of Chinese documentary programs. …”
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Towards the Realization of National Automotive Policy (NAP): Modelling the Malaysian Consumers’ Purchase Behavioral Intention towards Energy Efficient Vehicles (EEVs) (S/O 14165) by Mohd Noor, Nor Azila, Mohd Fadhil, Faudziah Hanim, Md Isa, Filzah, Salleh, Hayatul Safrah, Muhammad, Azli

“…Research on green purchase behaviour have mainly based on Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) and Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA). …”
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A computational fluid dynamics analysis of cryo-CO2 flow and thermal behaviour in high-speed milling process by Nur Fatini, Mohamad Fauzee, Nurul Hayati, Abdul Halim, Zainoor Hailmee, Solihin, Izdihar, Tharazi, Irnie Azlin, Zakaria, Musfirah, Abdul Hadi

“…Cryogenic CO2 machining performance is mainly dependent on how well heat generated during cutting is dissipated from the cutting zone. …”
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Synthesis of Au@Pd core/shell nanomaterials for high-performance ethanol oxidation reactions by Xu, Weichang

“…This thesis summarizes my postgraduate research on the studies of Pd-based electrocatalysts for ethanol oxidation reactions, mainly on two directions: (1) the fabrication of a high-surface-area electrode, Pd coated Au nanowire (AuNW) forest on porous nickel foam substrate, to enhance the catalytic activity of ethanol oxidation reactions, and (2) cyclic voltammetry (CV) guided deposition of sub-monolayer Pd on Au surface with fine-tuning Pd thickness and real-time monitoring of the electrochemical properties. …”
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Counterfactual explanations for machine learning models on heterogeneous data by Wang, Yongjie

“…Existing research has mainly focused on two areas: incorporating practical constraints and introducing various solving methods. …”
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Learning-based robot navigation in dynamic environments: from indoor scenes to human crowd scenes by Jiang, Haoge

“…To counter more dynamic indoor situations, our improved work named iTD3-CLN was proposed, which is a DRL-based low-level motion controller, that mainly focuses on map-less autonomous navigation in indoor dynamic scenes. …”
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A medical image-based computer-aided diagnosis system for musculoskeletal disease and disorder. by Chuah, Tong Kuan

“…This thesis makes several advancements in the research and development of an image-based CAD system for musculoskeletal diseases, mainly focusing on OA and various aspects of the CAD system. …”
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Stock prediction using support vector regression by Manasa, Abburu.

“…SVMs can be used for both classification and regression purposes and for our research we mainly focus on regression. Support Vector Machine for Regression (SVM-R) has been proven to be more advantageous than BP when it comes to handling financial data. …”
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Effects of geometrical parameters on performance of miniature centrifugal pump by Liu, Guiqin

“…For the same impeller operating at the same rotational speed, the difference between them is negligible, because the energy losses are mainly due to the volute length. For the same volute height and outlet width, the difference in the volute length is only 1% for the two methods. …”
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古典文学中的“戏妻”、“试妻”现象 = An analysis of "Husband Teasing wife" in classical Chinese literature by 郑慧萍 Tay, Hui Ping

“…From the Ming Dynasty onwards, “Husband Teasing Wife” mainly exists in the form of “Husband Testing Wife”. …”
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新加坡国庆歌曲的双语现象与国家认同建构 ：以《家》为例 = Bilingual National Day songs in Singapore and its construction of national identity : a case study on “Home”... by 郑回芯 Tay, Hui Xin

“…This study writes about the ten bilingual National Day songs from 1998 to 2009. The paper mainly dwells on the role of these ten bilingual National Day songs in the forging of national identity among netizens. …”
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Cell and tissue specific functional genomics of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis by Lledo Lara, A

“…<p>Psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are chronic inflammatory diseases mainly affecting the skin and joints that result from the interaction of genetic and environmental factors. …”

Increased consumption of unsaturated fatty acids improves body composition in a hypercholesterolemic Chinese population by Haldar, Sumanto, Ponnalagu, Shalini, Osman, Farhana, Tay, Shia Lyn, Wong, Long Hui, Jiang, Yuan Rong, Leow, Melvin Khee-Shing, Henry, Christiani Jeyakumar

“…While total body weight increased slightly (0.36 ± 0.12 kg, p = 0.005) in women during intervention, this was mainly due to gain in lean mass (0.38 ± 0.081 kg, p < 0.0001). …”
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Outcome assessment for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients in Singapore and Japan with initial shockable rhythm by Okada, Yohei, Shahidah, Nur, Ng, Yih Yng, Chia, Michael Y. C., Gan, Han Nee, Leong, Benjamin S. H., Mao, Desmond R., Ng, Wei Ming, Irisawa, Taro, Yamada, Tomoki, Nishimura, Tetsuro, Kiguchi, Takeyuki, Kishimoto, Masafumi, Matsuyama, Tasuku, Nishioka, Norihiro, Kiyohara, Kosuke, Kitamura, Tetsuhisa, Iwami, Taku, Ong, Marcus Eng Hock

“…We hypothesize this is mainly due to differences in the use of ECPR.…”
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How to learn Chinese characters? Exploring the effectiveness of different learning methods in young Singaporean children by Toh, Wendy Hwee Bin

“…Past research on early Chinese word reading and instruction has mainly focused on children in Mandarin-speaking societies or adult foreign/second language learners. …”
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