Development of image-based method for the quantitative assessment of cartilage damage from CT as a biomarker in osteoarthritis by Zheng, J-Q

“…<p>Preclinical studies, like those for drug development, require quantitative methods to assess osteoarthritis (OA). …”

Metabolic maturation of induced pluripotent stem cells derived cardiomyocytes by Lopez, C

“…By simultaneously targeting both maturation methods we have shown a degree of maturation through an increased movement towards reduced glycolysis and increased FAO in our iPSC-CMs.</p> <p>Like others this thesis has shown that iPSC-CMs mature slowly over time with changes in structural genes occurring during the first month of differentiation and continuing to increase up to 3 months, whereas metabolic changes took longer to develop. 3D culture on collagen-derived scaffolds and engineered heart tissue (EHT) accelerated this maturation time and increased mitochondrial oxidative metabolism while decreasing anaerobic glycolysis. …”

Molecular characterisation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in cats, dogs and pet owners in a Veterinary Hospital by Afshar, Mohammad Farzad

“…Having close contact with animals like allowing them to lick face and having other animals had a significant association with carriage of staphylococci in this study. …”
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Enhancing the photo-electrocatalytic properties of g-C3N4 by boron doping and ZIF-8 hybridization by Atta, Mahmood Riyadh, Maizatul Shima, Shaharun, Khan, Maksudur Rahman Md, Bawadi, Abdullah, Al-Mahmodi, Akram Fadhl, Nur Diyan, Mohd Ridzuan, Munusamy, Thurga Devi, Jun Wei, Lim

“…As a result, merging these modifications noticeably enhanced the photo-electrocatalytic activity and light sensitivity of the main catalyst, which opens a wider range of applications and future research.…”
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Ceria-boosted Ni/Al2O3 catalysts for enhanced H2 production via acetic acid dry reforming by Nguyen, Anh-Tam, Ng, Kim Hoong, Kumar, Ponnusamy Senthil, Pham, Thuy-Phuong T., Herma Dina, Setiabudi, Yusuf, Mohammad, Pham, Le Kim Hoang, Thao, Bui T. Thu, Aishah, Abdul Jalil, Mahadi, Bahari, Al-Kahtany, Khaled, Vo, Dai-Viet N.

“…However, coke inhibition during ADR is the main challenge and not resolved by using suitable promoted catalysts. …”
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Patient and Health Care Worker Perceptions of Communication and Ability to Identify Emotion When Wearing Standard and Transparent Masks by Chu, Jacqueline N., Collins, Joy E., Chen, Tina T., Chai, Peter R., Dadabhoy, Farah, Byrne, James D., Wentworth, Adam, DeAndrea-Lazarus, Ian A., Moreland, Christopher J., Wilson, Jaime A. B., Booth, Alicia, Ghenand, Omkar, Hur, Chin, Traverso, Giovanni

“…Surveys took 15 to 20 minutes to complete. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: Participants' perceptions were assessed surrounding the use of both mask types related to communication and the ability to express emotions. …”
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Exploring and Exploiting Ribonuclease 1: from Protein Biochemistry to Protein Engineering by Wralstad, Evans Christian

“…Efforts to establish a zymogen directed toward the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 are described in two parts of this thesis. In Chapter 3, the main protease 3CLpro of SARS-CoV-2 is enzymologically characterized. …”
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Engineering Mechanical Counter Pressure Spacesuits and Compression Garments: Active Pressurization and Design for Mobility by Kothakonda, Akshay

“…Spacesuits must provide an astronaut with the conditions necessary to survive an EVA for several hours and to enable them to carry out these complex tasks. One of the main factors impeding the effectiveness of EVA operations is the stiffness of the spacesuits, which is inherent in gas pressurized suits. …”
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Sampling from convex sets with a cold start using multiscale decompositions by Narayanan, Hariharan, Rajaraman, Amit, Srivastava, Piyush

“…We show that even with a cold start, the mixing times of these chains are bounded by a polynomial in n and the aspect ratio of the body. Our main technical ingredient is an isoperimetric inequality for K for a metric that magnifies distances between points that are close to the boundary of K. …”
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Rail transit OD matrix estimation and journey time reliability metrics using automated fare data by Chan, Joanne, S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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友联社主编对马华文艺和马华身份的影响 ：以白垚为个案 = The influence of editors of the Union Cultural Organizational Limited towards Malaysian Chinese literature and identity : a case study of Bai Yao... by 陈茗敏 Tan, Joyce Min Min

“…The huge success and contributions of the Union contributed to the ideology of Malaysian Chinese Literature as the current main focus of literature instead of its American-backed background. …”
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当青春成为最后的乌托邦 ：探析 "小字辈" 文本所影射的文化现象 = When youth becomes the last utopia : a study of the 'tiny texts' cultural phenomena by 王捷灵 Ong, Cerys Jie Ling

“…The paper discerns that the Youth are the main producers and consumers of these texts, which tend to endorse the mentality of seizing “tiny luck” (xiao que xing) while looking upon the "little life" (xiao ri zi) of social and political apathy as an ideal life model. …”
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Loss of caveolin-1 impairs light flicker-induced neurovascular coupling at the optic nerve head by Loo, Jing Hong, Lee, Ying Shi, Woon, Chang Yi, Yong, Victor H. K., Tan, Bingyao, Schmetterer, Leopold, Chong, Rachel S.

“…Intraocular pressure (IOP) remains the main risk factor for this leading cause of blindness. …”
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Great enhancement effect of 20-40 nm Ag NPs on solar-blind UV response of the mixed-phase MgZnO detector by Han, Shun, Xia, Hao, Lu, Youming, Hu, Sirong, Zhang, Dao Hua, Xu, Wangying, Fang, Ming, Liu, Wenjun, Cao, Peijiang, Zhu, Deliang

“…The slight enhancement in UV light intensity from 20 to 40 nm Ag NPs induces multiple tunnel breakdown phenomena within the mixed-phase MgZnO thin film, which is the main reason for the abnormal great enhancement effect on deep UV response of the device, so the recovery speed of the modified device is not influenced. …”
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新加坡福建话马来语及英借词使用情况调查 = Usage of English and Malay loanwords amongst Singapore Hokkien speakers by 张良忆 Teo, Joey Liang Yi

“…The study is divided into two main parts: (1) a questionnaire survey to collect linguistic and personal background information of the speakers and (2) an interview to examine the use of loanwords by Singaporean Hokkien speakers aged 21 and above, using 72 loanwords collected from the Singapore Minnan Dictionary (Xinjiapo Minnan Hua Cidian) coupled with multiple summary questions. …”
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Exploring the perceptions of mhealth interventions for the prevention of common mental disorders in university students in Singapore: qualitative study by Salamanca-Sanabria, Alicia, Jabir, Ahmad Ishqi, Lin, Xiaowen, Alattas, Aishah, Kocaballi, A. Baki, Lee, Jimmy, Kowatsch, Tobias, Car, Lorainne Tudor

“…Results: The following 6 main themes were identified: a healthy lifestyle as students, access to mental health services, the role of mental health promotion campaigns, preferred mHealth engagement features, factors that influence the adoption of mHealth interventions, and cultural relevance of mHealth interventions. …”
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Leakage-resilient secret sharing with constant share size by Tjuawinata, Ivan, Xing, Chaoping

“…The current paper has two main contributions: (i) we obtain leakage-resilient secret sharing schemes with constant share sizes and unbounded numbers of players. …”
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新加坡淡马锡经验对黑龙江省国企改革与国资监管体系建设的借鉴研究 = Studying and using the experiences of Temasek in Singapore for Heilongjiang Province state-owned enterprises reform and state-owned assets supervi... by 张学伦 Zhang, Xuelun

“…Based on various study approaches, such as meetings and interviews, questionnaire survey, quantitative and qualitative analysis of relevant references and data, the author analyses the basic features and main problems of Heilongjiang Provincial state-owned enterprises and the reform of the state-owned assets supervision administration system. …”
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Numerical and experimental investigation of thick composites manufacturing for wind turbines by Ammasai Sengodan, Ganapathi

“…Subsequently, a pressure sensing device consisting of a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) was designed which is capable of measuring in-situ resin pressure with improved sensitivity even at low pressure. The main purpose of this sensor is to validate the developed numerical simulation procedure by measuring the resin pressure at selected location. …”
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Adaptive resource optimization of three-tier web applications running on the cloud by Borhani, Amir Hossein

“…Furthermore, a CPU micro-benchmark is utilized to investigate CPU performance of cloud-based VMs in greater detail. The main objective of this study is to evaluate and compare the average response time and operational cost of three-tier web applications running on commercial cloud providers. …”
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