Evolution of an extracellular pathogen recognition mechanism in Solanaceae by Kourelis, J

“…First, I present a review and meta-analysis of the molecular mechanisms by which <em>R</em> gene products function, thereby identifying nine molecular mechanisms conferring pathogen resistance in plants. …”

Linguistic and content validation of the stroke impact scale (SIS) 3.0 in three languages by Ahmad Ainuddin, Husna, Romli, Muhammad Hibatullah, SF Salim, Mazatulfazura, Hamid, Tengku Aizan, Mackenzie, Lynette

“…The objective of the study is to culturally adapt, translate and validate the Bahasa Melayu, Mandarin and Tamil versions of the Stroke Impact Scale (SIS) 3.0 for its application in clinical practice and stroke research in Malaysia. Methods: A total of nine translators translated the SIS 3.0 and five professional experts carried out the linguistic validation of the SIS 3.0 in accordance with the Mapi Research Institute’s linguistic validation guideline. …”
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Predicting and modeling the effects of turbines noise on operator’s mental task performance in AL-DORA power plant by Mosa, Ali I., Al-Sadawi, Laith A., Attia, Osam H., Adam, Nor Mariah

“…The measurements were carried out for duration of nine weeks, three times a day during summer, and the extensive noise level was up to 110 dB. …”
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Investigating the influence of elements in pocket parks on the psychological restoration of young people: a study from Guiyang and Chongqing in Southwest China by Ma, Geng, Pellegrini, Paola, Ma, Jiaqi, Shi, Linfeng

“…Analysis of these images led to the identification of nine critical elements. Participants provided insights into how these factors relate to psychological characteristics and their subsequent restorative effects by responding to five carefully designed questions. …”
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To assess the impact of physical factors on velocity, speed, and accuracy of tennis serve by Ma, Xudong, Yaacob, Azhar, Tengku Kamalden, Tengku Fadilah, Ng, Yee Guan

“…Variations in serve velocity improvements ranged from 3.0% to 29.0% across studies, with disparities potentially due to different study durations (four weeks to nine months) and methodologies. Match fatigue significantly reduces serve velocity and stroke volume (SV) over time. …”
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Efficiency of Banks in Malaysia: a Super Efficiency Approach by Mat Kasim, Maznah, Ramli, Razamin, Baten, Md Azizul, Mohd Jamil, Jastini, Taleb, Mushtaq

“…Considering the weakness of the radial and non-radial DEA, this paper aims to calculate the banks efficiency of nine commercial banks in Malaysia from 2004 to 2013 by adopting the two-stage of super efficiency slack-based measure (SE-SBM) model. …”
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Practice of CSFs for the Pre-Development Process in New Product Innovation Processes at SMEs: Questionnaire Development by Abu, Noor Hidayah, Deros, B.M., Abd Wahab, Dzuraidah, Ab Rahman, Mohd Nizam

“…Therefore the instrument is valid and reliable and considered as satisfactory. Nine CSFs, which are believed suitable for SMEs have been proposed in this paper. …”
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Altmetrics : factor analysis for assessing the popularity of research articles on Twitter by Pandian, Nandhini Devi Soundara, Veeramachaneni, Bhargavi, Na, Jin-Cheon, Boothaladinni, Rashmi Vishwanath

“…From our findings, if a research article is mentioned by Twitter users with a greater number of friends, status, favourites, and lists, by tweets with a large number of retweets and likes, and largely by Twitter users with academic and expertise knowledge on the field of psychology, the article gains more Twitter mentions. …”
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Decarbonizing airport using solar and wind farm: A case of Biratnagar, Nepal by Yadav, Bharosh Kumar, Yadav, Ramhit, Jahangiri, Mehdi, Priya, S. Shanmuga, Bajracharya, Tri Ratna, Sudhakar, Kumarasamy

“…The combined 15 kW wind turbine-grid scenario is superior to the grid scenario for wind speeds of more than nine m/s and interest rates of less than 10 %. These findings increase airport authorities' and stakeholders' confidence in the investment in greener airports.…”
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Centering Patient and Clinician Voices in Developing Tools to Address Pain Related School Impairment: A Phase I Study of a Virtual Reality School Simulation for Children and Adoles... by Logan, Deirdre E., Khanna, Karina, Randall, Edin, O’Donnell, Shealyn, Reks, Talis, McLennan, Logan

“…These themes guided the development of our vRS prototype. Nine patients and eleven treating clinicians then engaged with the vRS prototype and provided feedback via semi-structured interviews and validated self-report measures. …”
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Isolation, screening, identification, and characterization of arsenic resistant plant growth promoting rhizobacteria isolated from Pennisetum purpureum by Rahman, Md Ekhlasur, Shamsuzzaman, S.M., Mahmud, Khairil, Uddin, Md Kamal, Abd Ghani, Siti Salwa, Abd Shukor, Mohd Yunus, Chompa, Sayma Serine, Akter, Amaily, Nabayi, Abba, Sadeq, Buraq Musa, Halmi, Mohd Izuan Effendi

“…Among them, 28N U UPM (Bacillus australimaris) performed the highest PGP traits. The findings revealed that these highly As-resistant rhizobacteria have the potential to produce PGP traits and can help P. purpureum growth and productivity. © 2024 Elsevier Ltd…”
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Modelling familiarity : towards age-friendly exergame design by Zhang, Hao

“…Based on all the research findings, familiarity can contribute to age-friendly exergame design and older adults' game experience can be enhanced with the help of this research.…”
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High and Dry: Rental Markets After Flooding Disasters by Brennan, Mark, Srini, Tanaya, Steil, Justin

“…How, if at all, do disasters affect rents? We find that severe floods are associated with significant increases in rents for households renting units priced at the bottom of the rent distribution, but not the middle or the top. …”
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New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) : Day-of-the-week effect and bid-ask spreads by Guo, Lisa Xiuhui, Ernest Julian Sutanto, Quek, Benny Shiwei

“…We find that the technology sector is associated with higher transaction cost. …”
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Research firm reputation and investors' reaction to research reports by Lei, Thi Quynh Giang, Le, Thao Nguyen, Nguyen, Viet Anh

“…Contrary to our expectation, we do not find any significant relationship between research firms’ ownership in the listed companies and abnormal returns. …”
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Three essays on corporate finance by Si, Fangbo

“…Using the 2003 mutual fund scandal as a shock to institutions’ risk-shifting incentives, we find that lenders charge higher loan spreads and impose more covenants after the scandal. …”
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Does cultural similarity between CFOs and auditors impact audit quality? by Xiong, Xi

“…Using last names to infer cultural values, I find that the cultural similarity between the CFO and the engagement partner is associated with high audit quality. …”
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StudentGO web application by Xie, Zijian

“…As a final year project, I propose to develop a web application for students in Nanyang Technological University (NTU) to find and manage their groups in their registered modules. …”
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PCA based feature extraction for cell image retrieval by Ananthagunan Muthukumaran

“…The Euclidian Distance method is adapted to find out the position of the new image in the subspace After Calculating the Euclidian Distance the images, which are stored, are retrieved back in the order of closeness with that of the test image. …”
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Risk perception and attitude of Singaporeans : online shopping in Singapore by Er, Mildred Mei Le, Wan, Shu Ting, Wong, Tai Yee

“…There has been an increase in the number of online purchases made by Singaporeans as compared to the past decade despite the increasing number of various risks involved. This paper aims to find the perceived risks and risk attitudes of Singaporeans by looking into their attitudes and behaviors towards online shopping. …”
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