An EEG study on perceptual decision making and susceptibility to deceptive movement in taekwondo expert and novice athletes by Tan, Shi Ying

“…The study serves as a preliminary investigation and with improving technology, bringing EEG onto training fields can potentially facilitate better understanding of athlete’s brain-behaviour links.…”
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Neurobiology of culturally common maternal responses to infant cry by Rigo, Paola, Bornstein, Marc H., Putnick, Diane L., Esposito, Gianluca, Swain, James E., Suwalsky, Joan T. D., Su, Xueyun, Du, Xiaoxia, Zhang, Kaihua, Cote, Linda R., De Pisapia, Nicola, Venuti, Paola

“…Complementary functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) analyses of brain responses to their own infants’ cries in 43 new primipara US mothers revealed enhanced activity in concordant brain territories linked to the intention to move and to speak, to process auditory stimulation, and to caregive [supplementary motor area (SMA), inferior frontal regions, superior temporal regions, midbrain, and striatum]. …”
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ART: Adaptive fRequency-Temporal Co-Existing of ZigBee and WiFi by Li, Feng, Luo, Jun, Shi, Gaotao, He, Ying

“…On one hand, FAVOR allocates continuous (center) frequencies to nodes/links in a near-optimal manner, by innovatively converting the problem into a spatial tessellation problem in a unified frequency-spatial space. …”
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Climate change and Singapore by Lee, Kay Li

“…The Northern Sea Route (NSR), located in the Arctic, is a shipping route linking the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean. The heightened focus on the Arctic of late is primarily due to the impacts of climate change and the fact that these changes are occurring at an unprecedented rate in this region. …”
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The nature and determinants of user-generated content for dissatisfied customers: evidence from second-hand luxury fashion brands by Ozuem, Wilson, Willis, Michelle, Ranfagni, Silvia, Rovai, Serena, Howell, Kerry

“…Purpose This study examined the links between user-generated content (UGC), dissatisfied customers and second-hand luxury fashion brands. …”
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Ex vivo analysis of the association of GFP-expressing L. aethiopica and L. mexicana with human peripheral blood-derived (PBD) leukocytes over 24 hours by Ranatunga, Medhavi, Deacon, Andrew, Harbige, Laurence S., Dyer, Paul, Boateng, Joshua, Getti, Giulia

“…In mice models, the disease development or resolution is linked to T cell responses involving inflammatory cytokines and the activation of macrophages with the M1/M2 phenotype. …”
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Modeling polarity-driven laminar patterns in bilayer tissues with mixed signaling mechanisms by Moore, JW, Dale, TC, Woolley, TE

“…We then explore the spectral links between the quotient and large-scale dynamical systems to extend the laminar patterning criteria from existence to convergence for sufficiently large amounts of cellular polarity in the large-scale dynamical system, independent of spatial dimension and number of cells in the tissue.…”

A versatile system for receptor-mediated gene delivery permits increased entry of DNA into target cells, enhanced delivery to the nucleus and elevated rates of transgene expression by Fisher, KD, Ulbrich, K, Subr, V, Ward, CM, Mautner, V, Blakey, D, Seymour, LW

“…Here we show that vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), transferrin and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) can each be linked to polyHPMA-coated poly(L-lysine)/DNA complexes. …”

The relationship between visual acuity loss and GABAergic inhibition in amblyopia by Ip, IB, Clarke, WT, Wyllie, A, Tracey, K, Matuszewski, J, Jbabdi, S, Starling, L, Templer, S, Willis, H, Breach, L, Bridge, H, Parker, AJ

“…These findings suggest that reduced vision in one eye due to amblyopia is not strongly linked to GABAergic inhibition in the visual cortex. …”

Revolutionizing treatment for disorders of consciousness: a multidisciplinary review of advancements in deep brain stimulation by Yang, Y, Cao, T, He, S, Wang, L, He, Q, Fan, L, Huang, Y, Zhang, H, Wang, Y, Dang, Y, Wang, N, Chai, X, Wang, D, Jiang, Q, Li, X, Liu, C, Wang, S

“…Advances in computational models have also facilitated a deeper exploration of the neural dynamics associated with DOC, linking neuron-level dynamics with macroscopic behavioral changes. …”

Simple Executive Function as an endophenotype of autism-ADHD, and differing associations between simple versus complex Executive Functions and autism/ADHD traits by Hendry, A, Bedford, R, Agyapong, M, Begum Ali, J, Bazelmans, T, Ersoy, M, Goodwin, A, Mason, L, Narvekar, N, Pasco, G, Johnson, MH, Jones, EJH, Charman, T

“…Exploratory analysis linked FH-autism specifically with lower Executive Attention (top-down attentional control) at age 2, and the combination of FH-autism and FH-ADHD with lower Complex EF (involving selectively deploying responses, or updating information) at age 3. …”

Maintaining energy provision in the heart: the creatine kinase system in ischaemia-reperfusion injury and chronic heart failure by Lygate, CA

“…We conclude that the correlative evidence linking impaired energetics to cardiac dysfunction is compelling; however, causal evidence from loss-of-function models remains equivocal. …”

Conceptualizing educational resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic by Aleghfeli, YK

“…The discussion rounds out the paper by linking international development agencies’ engagement of educational resilience to the academic discourse to emphasize the need for a more robust conceptualization of educational resilience that can address vulnerability to disruption risk.…”

Environmental health risks and well-being among the Orang Asli in Peninsular Malaysia: a review by Yew, Wong Chin

“…Water-borne infections and other infectious diseases have been epidemiologically linked to these environmental conditions. They are anecdotally high in remote indigenous communities. …”
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A technique for measuring the density and complexity of understorey vegetation in tropical forests by Marsden, Stuart J., Fielding, Alan H., Mead, Claire, Hussin, M.Zakaria

“…The dense understorey regrowth after disturbance of tropical forests has been linked to serious declines in many understorey and terrestrial animal taxa. …”
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Spatial distribution characteristics of leisure urban spaces and the correlation with population activity intensity: a case study of Nanjing, China by Li, Xinyang, Kozlowski, Marek, Ismail, Sumarni, Salih, Sarah Abdulkareem

“…The spatial distribution of Leisure Urban Spaces (LUSs) is closely linked to urban sustainability and residents’ quality of life. …”
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Development of a Highly Specific RecombinantToxocara canis Second-Stage Larva Excretory-Secretory Antigen for Immunodiagnosis of Human Toxocariasis by Yamasaki, Hiroshi, Araki, Kunioki, Lim, Patricia Kim Chooi, Zasmy, Ngah

“…The specificity of the recombinant Toxocara canis antigen developed for the immunodiagnosis of human toxocariasis was compared with that of the excretory-secretory antigen from T. canis second-stage larvae (TES) by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. A total of 153 human serum samples from patients infected with 20 different helminths, including 11 cases of toxocariasis, were examined. …”
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Effect of pH on phosphorylation of sago starch by Muhammad, K., Hussin, F., Man, Y.C., Ghazali, H.M.

“…Paste clarity measurements of the phosphorylated starches indicated that cross-linking accelerated rapidly above pH 8 with STMP, above pH 9 with STPP, and above pH 6 with a mixture of the two.…”
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Mechanism of damnacanthal induced apoptosis in CEM-SS cell line by Gopalsamy, Banulata, Saiful Yazan, Latifah, Abdul Hamid, Hisyam

“…Cell viability and morphology was tested with trypan blue assay, flow cytometry analysis detected the apoptotic activity of damnacanthal, caspase colorimetric protease assay tested the Caspase 2, 3, 6, 8, and 9’s involvement and Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) was carried out to quantify the Human p53, Bcl-2, and Bax expression levels. …”
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Profiling the Malaysian Consumers’ Consumption Behaviour Toward Dietary Supplement Products (S/O: 13155) by Mohd Noor, Nor Azila, Liew, Kok-Hong, Yap, Sheau-Fen, Abdul Rahman, Maria, Muhammad, Azli

“…There exists compelling evidence linking nutrition deficiency with increased risk for chronic diseases. …”
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