Investigating the effects of IGFs on immune responses in prostate cancer by Kim, J

“…<p>Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men. Insulin-like growth factor (IGF), a hormone necessary for normal cell growth, is correlated with prostate cancer progression and mortality and is known to have immunosuppressive actions in the tumour immune-microenvironment (TIME). …”

Metasomatism of the continental crust and its impact on surface uplift: insights from reactive‐transport modelling by Worthington, JR, Chin, EJ, Palin, RM

“…Although orogenic surface-uplift mechanisms for modern continental plateaus near known plate margins like Tibet are well-characterized, they cannot account for examples in intracontinental settings like the Colorado Plateau. …”

A simulation study showed that linear regression and Mann-Whitney test can be used to analyse the Days Alive and at Home by day 30 (DAH30) outcome in a randomized controlled trial by Cook, J

“…Mann-Whitney test in some circumstances (small effects and smaller samples sizes) provides better ability (like for like) to detect a difference between the groups.…”

Segmentation of magnetic resonance images for assessing neonatal brain maturation by Wang, S

“…This thesis thus focuses on structural segmentation and spatio-temporal modelling of the so-called myelin-like signals on T2-weighted scans for early prognostic evaluation of the preterm brain.…”

Environmental enrichment preconditioning prevents chronic social defeat stress-induced memory impairment and hippocampal neurodegeneration by Nik Ramli, Nik Nasihah, Shamsul Adzmi, Nur Adzreen, Nasarudin, Siti Nur Atiqah Zulaikah, Hashim, Mohamad Hisham

“…Male C57BL/6N mice were (n=5) housed in enriched environments for 30 days before undergoing daily social defeat stress by ICR strain aggressor mice over 10 days. Depressive-like behavior was assessed using the forced swim test (FST) and tail suspension test (TST). …”
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LTEM: Lightweight Trust Evaluation Model in IoT Environment by Alhandi, Somya Abdulkarim, Kamaludin, Hazalila, Mohammed Alduais, Nayef Abdulwahab, Mohd Safar, Noor Zuraidin, A. Mostafa, Salama

“…In the domain of the Internet of Things (IoT), data reliability is important, particularly within critical sectors like healthcare, environmental surveillance, and smart grids. …”
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Evaluation of carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua L.) pods, through three different drying techniques, and ultrasonic assisted extraction, for presence of bioactives by Hussain, Ashiq, Arif, Muhammad Rehan, Ahmed, Adnan, Laaraj, Salah, Firdous, Nida, Ali, Muhammad Qasim, Haya Fatima, ., Yaqub, Shazia, Kauser, Samina, Nisar, Rizwan, Gorsi, Faiza Iftikhar, Ud Din, Ghulam Mueen, Elfazazi, Kaoutar

“…The purpose of this study was to determine how ethanolic extracts of carob pods from Morocco, prepared with ultrasonic assistance were affected by microwave (525 °C for 2.5 min), hot air (65 °C for 16 h), and spray drying (input and output air temperatures 180 and 90 °C, respectively, feed flow rate 2.5 mL/min and 5 bars, respectively), in terms of their physicochemical composition and biological activity. …”
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Development and characterization of a microneedle-based sensor by Chan, Kenzo Zheng Long

“…The proposed sensor is targeted to offer the potential for continuous and accurate monitoring of biomarkers, including glucose, oxygen, and drug compounds like codeine. The focus of this research would be on enhancing the sensor's performance through the deposition of gold nanoparticles and graphene oxide onto commercial electrodes, optimizing conditions for effective interaction with target analytes. …”
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Human resource practices in the Singapore Civil Service. by Lee, Wai Yin., Ng, Yen Ling., Sim, Siew Lan.

“…Our project covers a wide spectrum and explores issues like the recruitment and selection of employees, the performance appraisal system, transfer and promotion procedures, compensation packages, training and development programmes, control, monitory and audit practices, retirement and layoffs procedures and lastly, one of the most talked about topics, their productivity improvement programs.…”
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Are Singaporeans saving enough to lead a comfortable life upon retirement? by Tan, Irene., Quek, Cindy., Toh, Hoon Choo.

“…To attain our objective, our report covers factors like medical expenses, housing trends and financial obligations. …”
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Analysis of alternative energy sources and their impact on shipping by Chia, Ting Ting., Wee, Jun Xiang., Munira P. A Abdulla Kunhi.

“…This paper explores how alternate sources of energy like Biofuels, LNG and CNG will affect the shipping industry by looking at current market trends, various cost analyses as well as their impact on the marine environment when used as fuel in vessels and the effects of various governmental efforts.…”
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An autonomous ultrasonic fastener holes inspection system of an aircraft lower wing skin by Lim, Chee Wei.

“…An aircraft structure is subjected to stress and fatigue during flying. Fasteners like rivets and bolts bear a large part of the stress and thus require frequent inspection for cracks around the fastener's holes. …”
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The state of the UMNO-PH union by Hamdan, Shahril

“…With the passage of time, Malaysia’s post-election coalition looks like it is being normalised by all key parties in government. …”
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Application of parabolic reflector to harness solar energy by Valliappan, Arunachalam

“…Concentrating on these factors like abundance, cost in terms of money, environment and efficiency, researches are being in progress to trap the maximum possible energy from this largest natural resource. …”
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Evie. by Chong, Ren Rong.

“…This animation focuses on conceptual themes and symbolism, seeking at the same time to bring together things of contrast, much like the disparate mediums used together in this work. …”
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Real-time control of activated sludge process by Chen, Chung-Yuan.

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Carbon footprint and energy used in mega underwater reinforced concrete structure by Phua, Yee Hwee.

“…With Singapore’s increasing population, a demand of land space for housing development raises. Several of methods like building HDB flats higher, were being looked into for better use of the land space we have. …”
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Design of perching mechanism for UAV by Lee, Wei Chong.

“…Research and development toward improving surveillance capabilities include extending mission life, by allowing the UAV to perch on locations such as tree branches, like birds.…”
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Implementation of reinforcement learning using neural networks by Tan, Keng Hui

“…Reinforcement Learning is a unique machine learning paradigm that has the ability to mimic behaviors and learn like what human do. Reinforcement learning can be used to train machine to do our daily job such as cleaning the house, driving the car and may even one day breach into the manufacturing world.…”
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Overseas listing of China's companies : causes and consequences by Wu, Yujun

“…Examines the causes and consequences of the overseas listing decisions and explains why these firms would like to list on the overseas market, through a study of 72 Chinese firms listed in the Hong Kong Exchange and 663 domestically listed Chinese firms.…”
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