GeSn alloys fabricated by modified sputtering deposition by Qian, Li

“…Most commercial and military optoelectronic devices are fabricated by direct band-gap group III-V compounds like GaAs, InSb, InAsSb, etc. Recently, group IV Ge1-xSnx alloy has been attracting great attention. …”
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新加坡华语电视剧华人形象研究 = A study of ethnic Chinese images in Singapore Chinese television drama by Xiang, Zhili

“…Based on collecting, viewing and categorizing the representative TV series of MediaCorp Channel 8, this thesis analyzes the six dimensions in the construction of images of ethnic Chinese: Chinese nationals (Overseas Chinese), Singapore citizens, English education, language dialects, new immigrants from China, and other races in Singapore like Malays and Indian. In terms of the images of Overseas Chinese and Singapore citizens, Singapore Chinese TV dramas have demonstrated the transformation of the identities; before the Second World War, the emphasis was on the establishment of the Overseas Chinese identity; after the independence of Singapore, the attention was on promoting and instilling the identity of Singapore citizens. …”
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High-voltage IR-UWB pulse generator MMIC design and beamforming for indoor-ranging and radar applications by Hussain Ansari Md Arif

“…In recent times, impulse-radio ultra-wideband (IR-UWB) systems have gained significant attention for indoor positioning and short-range radar applications due to many of their inherent properties like ultra-fine temporal resolution, non-line-of-sight detection, multipath immunity, low power consumption, low-cost, etc. …”
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Solution-processed lead halide perovskite single crystal scintillators by Xie, Aozhen

“…Heavy element Pb, low fabrication cost and relatively strong emission make some of perovskite scintillators (like (PEA)2PbBr4 and (BA)2PbBr4 in this thesis) potentially competitive in comparison to current commercial scintillators. …”
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Multi-colony coral skeletal Ba/Ca from Singapore’s turbid urban reefs : relationship with contemporaneous in-situ seawater parameters by Tanzil, Jani Thuaibah Isa, Goodkin, Nathalie Fairbank, Sin, T. M., Chen, Mengli, Fabbro, Gareth Nicholas, Boyle, E. A., Lee, A. C., Toh, K. B.

“…This implies that (1) the incorporation of terrestrially derived humic-like substances into the coral is independent of Ba, and (2) it is likely factors other than freshwater discharge/flood events are driving the poor reproducibility of Ba/Cacoral and disconnect with BaSW at our study sites. …”
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Lipid-polymer hybrid nanoparticles enhance the potency of ampicillin against Enterococcus faecalis in a protozoa infection model by Tan, Chuan Hao, Jiang, Lai, Li, Wenrui, Chan, Siew Herng, Baek, Jong-Suep, Ng, Noele Kai Jing, Sailov, Talgat, Kharel, Sharad, Chong, Kelvin Kian Long, Loo, Joachim Say Chye

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Tracking oxidation-induced alterations in fibrin clot formation by NMR-based methods by Lau, Wai-Hoe, White, Nathan J., Yeo, Tsin Wen, Gruen, Russell L., Pervushin, Konstantin

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Atypical DNA methylation, sRNA-size distribution, and female gametogenesis in Utricularia gibba by Cervantes-Pérez, Sergio Alan, Yong-Villalobos, Lenin, Florez-Zapata, Nathalia M. V., Oropeza-Aburto, Araceli, Rico-Reséndiz, Félix, Amasende-Morales, Itzel, Lan, Tianying, Martínez, Octavio, Vielle-Calzada, Jean Philippe, Albert, Victor A., Herrera-Estrella, Luis

“…Moreover, some key genes involved in the RdDM pathway may not represented by compensatory paralogs or comprise truncated proteins, for example, U. gibba DICER-LIKE 3 (DCL3), encoding a DICER endonuclease that produces 24-nt small-interfering RNAs, has lost key domains required for complete function. …”
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Coacervates derived from mussel foot proteins by Guo, Qi

“…Pvfp-5-Dopa could form coacervate microdroplets under seawater conditions, while Pvfp-5-Tyr could only form gel-like precipitates. Further characterization results using periodate oxidation, NMR and QC calculation found that Dopa residues could form a transient triangular hydrogen bonding network which is specific for Pvfp-5-Dopa. …”
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Dimensionality-dependent type-II Weyl semimetal state in Mo₀.₂₅W₀.₇₅Te₂ by Li, Peiling, Deng, Ya, Hsu, Chuang-Han, Zhu, Chao, Cui, Jian, Yang, Xue, Zhou, Jiadong, Hung, Yi-Chun, Fan, Jie, Ji, Zhongqing, Qu, Fanming, Shen, Jie, Yang, Changli, Jing, Xiunian, Lin, Hsin, Liu, Zheng, Lu, Li, Liu, Guangtong

“…Our theoretical calculations show that the observed quantum oscillation originates from a Weyl-orbit-like scenario due to the unique band structure of Mo$_{0.25}$W$_{0.75}$Te$_{2}$. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 accessory protein 7b forms homotetramers in detergent by Surya, Wahyu, Queralt-Martin, Maria, Mu, Yuguang, Aguilella, Vicente M., Torres, Jaume

“…The SARS-CoV-2 genome, like its predecessor SARS-CoV, contains open reading frames that encode accessory proteins involved in virus-host interactions active during infection and which likely contribute to pathogenesis. …”
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Toward a generic federated learning platform optimized for computer vision applications by Zhuang, Weiming

“…However, this centralized training approach is becoming infeasible due to the increasingly stringent data privacy regulations, especially for privacy-sensitive computer vision applications like face recognition and person re-identification that contain sensitive personal information in training images. …”
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Vision language representation learning by Yang, Xiaofeng

“…Firstly, visual information and language information operate at different levels. Visual information, like image pixels, typically constitutes low-level information, while language information generally carries high-level information with semantic meanings. …”
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Roseburia intestinalis generated butyrate boosts anti-PD-1 efficacy in colorectal cancer by activating cytotoxic CD8⁺ T cells by Kang, Xing, Liu, Changan, Ding, Yanqiang, Ni, Yunbi, Ji, Fenfen, Lau, Harry Cheuk Hay, Jiang, Lanping, Sung, Joseph Jao Yiu, Wong, Sunny Hei, Yu, Jun

“…Mechanistically, butyrate directly bound to toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5) receptor on CD8(+) T cells to induce its activity through activating nuclear factor kappa B (NF-& kappa;B) signalling. …”
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Synergistic-potential engineering enables high-efficiency graphene photodetectors for near- to mid-infrared light by Jiang, Hao, Fu, Jintao, Wei, Jingxuan, Li, Shaojuan, Nie, Changbin, Sun, Feiying, Wu, Steve Qing Yang, Liu, Mingxiu, Dong, Zhaogang, Wei, Xingzhan, Gao, Weibo, Qiu, Cheng-Wei

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Nonequilibrium hyperuniform fluids by Lei, Yusheng

“…Comparing to original reactive particle systems, we find that a liquid-gas-like phase separation occurs due to this extra attractive force between particles, and we measure the phase diagram of the liquid-gas mixture. …”
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《新客》：新加坡第一部华语电影的书报讨论 = Discussions of the first Singapore Chinese-language film, Xinke (new immigrant) by 张陶陶 Chong, Pheona TaoTao

“…It was a questionable conclusion that brought me search and sort out the newspapers, books and magazines, like “Xin guo min re bao” and “Nanyang Annual” to found evidences that “Xin ke” was been released, and finally found “Xin ke” is not only Singapore’s first Chinese-language film, but also Singapore’s first locally produced movie.…”
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Thermoplastic polymer nanocomposites based on polydopamine-coated clay : preparation, structures and properties by Phua, Si Lei

“…The results showed drastic improvement in UV resistance and thermal stability of PP/D-clay owing to the effective radical scavenging ability of melanin-like PDA layer on clays. Meanwhile, the excellent UV resistance of PP/D-clay nanocomposites can be attributed to the masking effect imposed by PDA coating. …”
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Dynamic drug combination methods for suppressing bacterial antibiotics resistance adaptation by Bhone, Myint Kyaw

“…This is particularly important because developing new drugs for the prevention of resistance adaptation of multi-drug resistant bacteria like MRSA is extremely time consuming, expensive and comes with a high failure rate.…”
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Carbon nanotube fence-wall for radio frequency isolation by Tan, Dunlin

“…Carbon nanotubes have potential to be utilized in such a way due to its exemplary electrical, mechanical and thermal properties supported by both simulations and experimental data. However, like many emerging materials, there are existential issues that have to be addressed before its potential can be realized. …”
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