Learning from nature : experimental observation of mimosa pudica by Zhang, Yi

“…Remarkably, the partial pinna stimulation demonstrated a twofold increase in closing time in comparison to entire pinna stimulation, which implied the stimulation contact area did play a significant part in pinna closing time but had no effect on pinna reopening time. …”
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Evaluation of bonding strength of some tropical wood species as a function of surface roughness by Tan, Hui Ling.

“…Experiments were conducted for Kapur, Meranti and Pine wood to find out the adhesion bonding strength as a function of surface roughness. …”
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Study the effects of annulus fibrosus deficiency on spinal deformity using T7-T9 finite element model by Candy Sarah George

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Ghost Stories / by Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849, author 324196, James, M. R., 1862-1936, (Montague Rhodes), 242996

“…Twenty-two exciting stories from the twilight world of haunted houses and hair-raising spectres are contained in this spine-chilling anthology. Each tale is illustrated with specially commissioned drawings.…”

Sporopollenin-inspired design and synthesis of robust polymeric materials by Glinkerman, Christopher M, Lin, Shaoting, Ni, Jiahua, Li, Fu-Shuang, Zhao, Xuanhe, Weng, Jing-Ke

“…Recent investigation of the molecular structure of pine sporopollenin revealed unique monomeric units and inter-unit linkages distinct from other previously known biopolymers, which could be harnessed for new material design. …”
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Island area and remoteness shape plant and soil bacterial diversity through land use and biological invasion by Xu, Mingshan, Yang, Anna, Yang, Xiaodong, Cao, Wenting, Zhang, Zengke, Li, Zengyan, Zhang, Yu, Zhang, Huaguo, You, Wenhui, Yan, En-Rong, Wardle, David A.

“…However, land use intensity increased with island area which also promoted plant diversity, and loss of pine forest by the pinewood nematode invasion increased with island remoteness which reduced plant diversity. …”
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Synaptic plasticity in VLSI : a floating-gate approach by Gopalakrishnan, Roshan

“…Potentiation occurs when a postsynaptic spike succeeds a presynaptic spike; otherwise depression happens. …”
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Age-related bone loss is associated with FGF21 but not IGFBP1 in healthy adults by Lee, Shuen Yee, Fam, Kai Deng, Chia, Kar Ling, Yap, Margaret M. C., Goh, Jorming, Yeo, Kwee Poo, Yap, Eric Peng Huat, Chotirmall, Sanjay Haresh, Lim, Chin Leong

“…The IGFBP1 concentration was not correlated with BMD at the hip or spine (all P > 0.05). In humans, FGF21 might be involved in the age-associated decline in BMD, especially at the spine, through increased bone turnover. …”
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Design and investigation of air-cooled heat sinks using 3D printing technology by Lim, Ming Chong

“…This study presents the heat transfer performance of five pin fin heat sinks that have been fabricated using Selective Laser Melting. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 evolution during treatment of chronic infection by Kemp, SA, Collier, DA, Datir, RP, Ferreira, IATM, Gayed, S, Jahun, A, Hosmillo, M, Rees-Spear, C, Mlcochova, P, Lumb, IU, Roberts, DJ, Chandra, A, Temperton, N, Sharrocks, K, Blane, E, Modis, Y, Leigh, KE, Briggs, JAG, van Gils, MJ, Smith, KGC, Bradley, JR, Smith, C, Doffinger, R, Ceron-Gutierrez, L, Barcenas-Morales, G, Pollock, DD, Goldstein, RA, Smielewska, A, Skittrall, JP, Gouliouris, T, Goodfellow, IG, Gkrania-Klotsas, E, Illingworth, CJR, McCoy, LE, Gupta, RK

“…The spike protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is critical for virus infection through the engagement of the human ACE2 protein1 and is a major antibody target. …”

Improved lower bounds on book crossing numbers of complete graphs by Salazar, G., Pasechnik, Dmitrii V., De Klerk, Etienne.

“…A book with k pages consists of a straight line (the spine) and k half-planes (the pages), such that the boundary of each page is the spine. …”
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Pinkcapsule.com : the digital agora. by Choong, Hon Shien., Kwek, David Swee Hong., Ng, Sor Luan., Yeo, Vivan Pih Hwee.

“…Build as a Web Portal, PinkCapsule.com aims to be the common destination for Web surfers to interact in a virtual marketplace or agora setting.…”
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Accuracy of thoracolumbar pedicle screw insertion based on routine use of intraoperative imaging and navigation by Sundaram, Pirateb Paramasivam Meenakshi, Oh, Jacob Yoong-Leong, Tan, Mark, Nolan, Colum Patrick, Yu, Chun Sing, Ling, Ji Min

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Evaluating Fairness of Artificial Intelligence Models for Radiology Image Classification by Sandadi, Varsha

“…Our findings indicate that cervical spine fracture detection models exhibit overall fairness, while abdominal trauma detection models demonstrate some unfairness in specific injury regions, possibly due to limited sample size. …”
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A systems biology approach to define SARS-CoV-2 correlates of protection in non-human primates by Brady, C

“…The relationship between spike antibody isotype, IgG subclass, glycosylation and functional responses, and the relationship between these properties and protection, was explored. …”

Existence and Analysis of a Rotating Stall Inception Continuum & Development of Concept Questions in Fluid Dynamics by Cherry, Maranda F.

“…The divergence of stall inception from two-dimensionality is suggested as a distinguishing feature of spike type stall inception compared to modal type stall inception. …”
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A meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging studies of dyslexia in alphabetic words and chinese characters. by Kwok, Fu Yu.

“…Results from the Chinese language meta-analysis study replicates the results from previous empirical studies showing low activation primarily in areas such as the left middle frontal gyrus and the right middle occipital gyrus (Liu et al., 2012; Siok, Niu, Jin, Perfetti, & Tan, 2008; Siok, Perfetti, Jin, & Tan, 2004; Siok, Spink, Jin & Tan, 2009; Yang, 2005). In addition, functional neuroimaging single studies examining the effect of dyslexia in both alphabetical languages and Chinese language have shown that there are differences in the brain activations between these languages (Paulesu et al., 2001; Richlan et al., 2010; Siok et al., 2004). …”
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Stress faced by executives in Singapore. by Par, Hwee Fong., Tan, Chin Ying., Thong, Hwei Ling.

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Challenges faced by women in the corporate world by Ang, Hui Jia, Sim, Jasmine Mei Yao, Yeo, Siew Hong

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Robust text-independent speaker verification in environmental noise by Panda, Ashish

“…Experimental evaluations of the proposed psychoacoustic model compensation technique conclusively demonstrate that it provides superior performance in both white and pink noise conditions, outperforming parallel model combination by 36% and max function based model compensation by 24%. …”
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