Deactivation of the parvalbumin-positive interneurons in the hippocampus after fear-like behaviour following electrical stimulation of the dorsolateral periaqueductal gray of rats by Temel, Yasin., Blokland, Arjan., Lim, Lee Wei.

“…In conclusion, our findings indicate that the inhibition of this subpopulation of hippocampal parvalbumin-positive interneurons induced a long lasting anxiety- or fear-like behaviour.…”
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Application of mechanical demultiplexer in robotic hand by Tao, Jialin

“…This could also lead to more cost spent on shoulder actuation with prevailing actuators to lift heavyweights. …”
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Strange mythologies: cultural and linguistic opacity in Argonauts of the Western Pacific by Scott, Bede

“…During the years he spent conducting fieldwork in the Trobriand Islands, Bronislaw Malinowski became convinced that foreign cultures should be studied in their entirety, as fully integrated, “organic” structures. …”
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Development of toolkits for software analysis and testing by Ng, Song Teck.

“…Although more cost effective than traditional methods of prototyping and implementing analogue logic systems, large amounts of time and money are still spent, particularly during the testing phase. It is essential to devise processes which increase the efficiency with which such programs may be put into service. …”
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Educational game development 3 by Chia, Charlotte Re Teng

“…The mismatch of expectations regarding university degrees amongst prospective undergraduate students result in additional time and resources spent on obtaining a degree. The lack of resources to bridge student’s knowledge gap regarding the actual course content of university degrees suggests the need for an innovative solution to engage students. …”
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Behavioural study of Asian golden cats in the night safari, Singapore. by Lee, Pei Shan.

“…The amount of time the cats spent together also increased. The female Golden Cat exhibited an average of 29.82% activity during the observational timeframe. …”
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Water characteristic curves of recycled materials by Rahardjo, Harianto, Leong, Eng Choon, Vilayvong, K.

“…In this study, the WCCs of three specimens from recycled concrete aggregate, three specimens from reclaimed asphalt pavement, and one specimen from spent copper slag are studied. The objective of this study is to obtain WCCs of the recycled materials by using the Tempe cell pressure extractor for standard soil-water characteristic curve determination. …”
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21W.747 Rhetoric, Fall 2002 by Strang, Steven M.

“…Understanding rhetoric, then, is our best defense against its abusers-- e.g., political "spin doctors," advertisers, demagogues, apologists for immoral business practices, and hate mongers. …”
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Recovery of 3D shapes from 2D sketches by Liu, Yang

“…The objective of this research is to recover 3D freeform surfaces depicted in a single line drawing, with the aim of taking conceptual design sketches and converting them into 3D models. …”
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Thickness effect of nickel oxide thin films on associated solution-processed write-once-read-many-times memory devices by Wang, Xiao Lin, Liu, Zhen, Wen, Chao, Liu, Yang, Wang, Hong Zhe, Chen, Tu Pei, Zhang, Hai Yan

“…With self-prepared nickel acetate based solution, NiO thin films with different thicknesses have been fabricated by spin coating followed by thermal annealing. By forming a two-terminal Ag/NiO/ITO structure on glass, write-once-read-many-times (WORM) memory devices are realized. …”
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Raman spectroscopy of atomically thin two-dimensional magnetic iron phosphorus trisulfide (FePS3) crystals by Wang, Xingzhi, Du, Kezhao, Liu, Fredrik Yu Yang, Hu, Peng, Zhang, Jun, Zhang, Qing, Owen, Samuel Man Hon, Lu, Xin, Gan, Chee Kwan, Sengupta, Pinaki, Kloc, Christian, Xiong, Qihua

“…Herein we present a comprehensive investigation on the lattice dynamics and spin–phonon interactions of mechanically exfoliated atomically thin 2D magnetic material—iron phosphorus trisulfide (FePS3) by Raman spectroscopy and first principle calculations. …”
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Coherent energy scale revealed by ultrafast dynamics of UX3 (X = Al, Sn, Ga) single crystals by Nair, Saritha K., Zhu, J. X., Sarrao, J. L., Taylor, Antoinette J., Chia, Elbert E. M.

“…For UGa3, our data are consistent with the formation of a spin density wave gap as evidenced from the quasidivergence of the relaxation time τ near the Néel temperature TN. …”
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Entanglement witness via symmetric two-body correlations by Tan, Ernest Y.-Z., Kaszlikowski, Dagomir, Kwek, Leong Chuan

“…In addition, it detects the entanglement of spin-squeezed states, with a detection strength that approaches the maximal value for sufficiently large numbers of particles. …”
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Enhancing indoor photovoltaic performance of inverted type organic solar cell by controlling photoactive layer solution concentration by Mohamed Nafeer Wajidh, Nour Attallah Issa, Kam, Sheng Lau, Sin, Tee Tan, Chin, Hua Chia, Muslizainun Mustapha, Mohammad Hafizuddin Hj Jumali, Chi, Chin Yap

“…The ZnO electron transport layer was deposited on fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO)-coated glass substrates using a spin coating technique. The photoactive layers with different solution concentrations were spin coated on top of the ZnO layer. …”
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Exploring the B2C E-Commerce environment in Singapore. by Lee, Kian Chih., Phua, Mark Chin Chuen., Chang, Roy Ming Hon.

“…This research addresses: the profile of cyber-shoppers, the factors that encourage or discourage on-line shopping, the types of products and services that are popular on-line, the attitudes of consumers towards B2C E-Commerce and on-line shopping, and the current E-Commerce climate in Singapore.…”
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Collaborative model of care between Orthopaedics and allied healthcare professionals in knee osteoarthritis (CONNACT) : study protocol for an effectiveness-implementation hybrid ra... by Tan, Bryan Yijia, Pereira, Michelle Jessica, Yang, Su-Yin, Hunter, David J., Skou, Soren Thorgaard, Thumboo, Julian, Car, Josip

“…Discussion: CONNACT MoC is a complex intervention. In line with the MRC guidance for developing and evaluating complex interventions, a pilot feasibility study was completed and a comprehensive approach including an RCT, economic evaluation and process evaluation is described in this study protocol. …”
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Glorious autarky? Foreign resources and the British fiscal-military state, 1688-1815 by Graham, A

“…The transition to a fiscal-military state in ‘glorious autarky’ therefore occurred long aſter the existing historiography supposes, and largely out of necessity rather than by choice.…”

Trichostrongylus colubriformis extract upregulates TNF-α receptor expression and enhances TNF-α sensitivity of L929 cells by Riffkin, M.C., Seow, H.-F., Wood, P.R., Brown, L.E.

“…Many pathogens have developed strategies to avoid the host's immune system and hence improve their long-term survival. These strategies include antigenic variation, mimicry of host regulatory proteins and production of immunoregulatory molecules. …”
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Emergence of spatio-temporal variations in chemotherapeutic drug efficacy : in-vitro and in-silico 3D tumour spheroid studies by Sheraton, Muniraj Vivek, Chiew, Geraldine Giap Ying, Melnikov, Valentin, Tan, E. Y., Luo, K. Q., Verma, N., Sloot, Peter M. A.

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Deep learning based solder joint defect detection on industrial printed circuit board X-ray images by Zhang, Qianru, Zhang, Meng, Gamanayake, Chinthaka, Yuen, Chau, Geng, Zehao, Jayasekara, Hirunima, Woo, Chia-wei, Low, Jenny, Liu, Xiang, Guan, Yong Liang

“…With the improvement of electronic circuit production methods, such as reduction of component size and the increase of component density, the risk of defects is increasing in the production line. Many techniques have been incorporated to check for failed solder joints, such as X-ray imaging, optical imaging and thermal imaging, among which X-ray imaging can inspect external and internal defects. …”
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