The effect of the amyloid-beta peptide on the fluidity of cell membranes : a study by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy by Ng, Justin Wei Qing

“…Three cell lines – SH-SY5Y human neuroblastoma, U87 human glioma and Neuro-2a mouse neuroblastoma – were selected for our study based on their origin in brain tissue and previous use in Aβ-related studies. …”
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The transition to net zero emissions: competing perspectives on the use of nuclear power by Umbach, Frank

“…Climate change, geopolitical risks linked to fossil fuel imports, and dependence on unreliable energy-exporting countries have revived plans for expanding nuclear power use worldwide. …”
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Crushing of braced tubes by Ho, Teng Chye.

“…The aim of this project is to study the energy absorption capabilities of thin-walled tubes with various cross sectional geometry. 6 tubes of mainly circular, square and hexagonal shapes were studied. 2 of the circular tubes had 2 and 3 reinforcement lines in the middle whereas 1 of the square tubes had 2 reinforcement lines in the middle. …”
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Visual odometry using RGB-D camera on ceiling vision by Wang, Han, Mou, Wei, Suratno, Hendra, Seet Gim Lee, Gerald, Li, Maohai, Lau, Michael Wai Shing, Wang, Danwei

“…The principal direction is defined based on the fact that our ceiling is filled with artificial vertical and horizontal lines and these lines can be used as reference for the current robot's heading direction. …”
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Japan's quest for security by Satake, Tomohiko

“…Japan has sought to break away from its previous low-profile security posture and to strengthen its defence capabilities through strategic use of military assets and supply lines, advanced technologies, economic security, and partnerships with like-minded countries.…”
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Automated reconstruction from multiple photographs by Zisserman, A, Schaffalitzky, F, Werner, T, Fitzgibbon, A

“…These two themes are linked in an example application of automated architectural reconstruction from images. …”

Grassmannian packings

“…H. Conway in "Packing lines, planes, etc.: packings in Grassmannian spaces" (Experiment. …”
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Numerical study on the operation rules of hydropower generation by Tan, Benjamin Zhi Wen

“…Currently, most cascade dual-reservoir models are incapable of considering the hydraulic links between upstream and downstream reservoirs and of applying different operating rules to each reservoir. …”
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The role of supply chains for the sustainability transformation of global food systems: a large‐scale, systematic review of food cold chains by Trotter, PA, Becker, T, Renaldi, R, Wang, X, Khosla, R, Walther, G

“…Here, we conduct a large-scale, systematic literature review of 48,014 academic articles to assess the links between the food cold chain literature and sustainable development. …”

Dynamics of the blood plasma proteome during hyperacute HIV-1 infection by Nazziwa, J, Freyhult, E, Hong, M, Johansson, E, Årman, F, Hare, J, Gounder, K, Rezeli, M, Mohanty, T, Kjellström, S, Kamali, A, Karita, E, Kilembe, W, Price, MA, Kaleebu, P, Allen, S, Hunter, E, Ndung’u, T, Gilmour, J, Rowland-Jones, SL, Sanders, E, Hassan, AS, Esbjörnsson, J

“…Here, we quantify 1293 blood plasma proteins from 157 longitudinally linked plasma samples collected before, during, and after hyperacute HIV-1 infection of 54 participants from four sub-Saharan African countries. …”

Local entrepreneurs : motivations, traits, and problems. by Koh, Lay Sien., Kong, Pei Ling., Lim, Li Nah.

“…Its economic growth is explained by the proliferation of multinational corporations (MNCs) and government-linked companies (GLCs).…”
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Next-generation transgenic mice for optogenetic analysis of neural circuits by Feng, Guoping, Asrican, Brent, Augustine, George J., Berglund, Ken, Chen, Susu, Chow, Nick, Gloss, Bernd, Deisseroth, Karl, Mancuso, James, Hira, Riichiro, Hoffmann, Carolin, Tan, Gregory, Kasai, Haruo, Katarya, Malvika, Kim, Jinsook, Kudolo, John, Lee, Li Ming, Lo, Shun Qiang, Matsuzaki, Masanori, Nakajima, Ryuichi, Qiu, Li, Tang, Yanxia, Ting, Jonathan T., Tsuda, Sachiko, Wen, Lei, Zhang, Xuying, Zhao, Shengli

“…Here we characterize several new lines of transgenic mice useful for optogenetic analysis of brain circuit function. …”
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Adeno-associated virus mediated rhodopsin delivery in preventing secondary cone degeneration in rhodopsin knockout mice by Dauletbekov, D

“…<p>Rhodopsin-linked retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is the most common form of autosomal dominant RP, an inherited retinal degeneration, in which rod degeneration is followed by secondary cone loss leading to loss of vision and blindness. …”

Quality seaport : model building and empirical validation by Phang, Louise Foong Hung.

“…The survey was sent out to a total of 350 Freight Forwarders, Shipping Lines and Cargo Owners who are main users of the Singapore Port that we are focusing our study on for simplification purposes. …”
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涂涂写写 = Alchemy of color and brushwork by Ng, Woon Lam

“…To me, lines and brushworks are meant to define forms, while colors seek to emotionally enrich the image. …”
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Injectable cell transplantation system for cytokine-based cancer immunotherapy by Gerard Nathanael Adrianus.

“…The construct was able to exert toxicity to two malignant cell lines, MCF-7 and HepG2, but no effect was observed in HeLa and H1229 cells. …”
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Evaluation and selection of rice mutants for high yield and quality fodder production by Abisola, Oladosu Yusuff

“…Evaluation over two locations, mutant lines ML21, ML10, ML4, ML6 and ML9 performed better in terms of yield production compared to other mutants. …”
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A Wavelet-Based Approach Reveals Host-Cell-Type-Specific Multi-omics Networks in Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Chang, Stephanie, Shankar, Adeethyia, Zhao, Yongzhong, Liu, Tong, Wang, Xiaodi

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Decentralized online social network primitives by Rajesh Sharma

“…This is challenging due to the fact that problems need to be solved without global coordination of local information and local links. We explore \distributed social computing" to solve various challenges in a DOSN. …”
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Mitigating marine megafauna captures in fisheries by Arlidge, W

“…In this thesis, I explore mitigating impacts from fisheries on marine megafauna, linking system-wide approaches with individual-level incentives in a unified framework. …”