Interannual coral Δ14C records of surface water exchange across the Luzon Strait by Ramos, R. D., Goodkin, N. F., Druffel, E. R. M., Fan, T. Y., Siringan, F. P.

“…These results provide support to the dominant control of El Niño–SouthernOscillation on the long‐term ocean circulation variability in this region.…”
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Impact of Using Different Promoters and Matrix Attachment Regions on Recombinant Protein Expression Level and Stability in Stably Transfected CHO Cells by Ho, Steven C. L., Mariati, Yeo, Jessna H. M., Fang, Shiyi Goh, Yang, Yuansheng

“…High expression level and long-term expression stability are required for therapeutic protein production in mammalian cells. …”
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A systematic analysis of nucleosome core particle and nucleosome-nucleosome stacking structure by Korolev, Nikolay, Lyubartsev, Alexander P., Nordenskiöld, Lars

“…The CG model takes into account details of the nucleosome structure and adequately describes the long range electrostatic forces as well as excluded volume effects acting in chromatin. …”
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ANRIL promoter DNA methylation : a perinatal marker for later adiposity by Lillycrop, Karen, Murray, Robert, Cheong, Clara, Teh, Ai Ling, Clarke-Harris, Rebecca, Barton, Sheila, Costello, Paula, Garratt, Emma, Cook, Eloise, Titcombe, Philip, Shunmuganathan, Bhuvaneshwari, Liew, Samantha J., Chua, Yong-Cai, Lin, Xinyi, Wu, Yonghui, Burdge, Graham C., Cooper, Cyrus, Inskip, Hazel M., Karnani, Neerja, Hopkins, James C., Childs, Caroline E., Chavez, Carolina Paras, Calder, Philip C., Yap, Fabian, Lee, Yung Seng, Chong, Yap Seng, Melton, Philip E., Beilin, Lawrie, Huang, Rae-Chi, Gluckman, Peter D., Harvey, Nick, Hanson, Mark A., Holbrook, Joanna D., Godfrey, Keith M.

“…We identified a novel association between the level of CpG methylation at birth within the promoter of the long non-coding RNA ANRIL (encoded at CDKN2A) and childhood adiposity at age 6-years. …”
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Extensive promoter-centered chromatin interactions provide a topological basis for transcription regulation by Li, Guoliang, Ruan, Xiaoan, Auerbach, Raymond K., Sandhu, Kuljeet Singh, Zheng, Meizhen, Wang, Ping, Poh, Huay Mei, Goh, Yufen, Lim, Joanne, Zhang, Jingyao, Sim, Hui Shan, Peh, Su Qin, Mulawadi, Fabianus Hendriyan, Ong, Chin Thing, Orlov, Yuriy L., Hong, Shuzhen, Zhang, Zhizhuo, Landt, Steve, Raha, Debasish, Euskirchen, Ghia, Wei, Chia-Lin, Ge, Weihong, Wang, Huaien, Davis, Carrie, Fisher-Aylor, Katherine I., Mortazavi, Ali, Gerstein, Mark, Gingeras, Thomas, Wold, Barbara, Sun, Yi, Cheung, Edwin, Liu, Edison, Sung, Wing-Kin, Snyder, Michael, Ruan, Yijun, Fullwood, Melissa Jane

“…Using genome-wide Chromatin Interaction Analysis with Paired-End-Tag sequencing (ChIA-PET), we mapped long-range chromatin interactions associated with RNA polymerase II in human cells and uncovered widespread promoter-centered intragenic, extragenic, and intergenic interactions. …”
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Active nematics for mechanobiology: patterning and flows in living matter by Bhattacharyya, S

“…Biological tissues composed of anisotropic and active cells can develop long-range orientational order with nematic symmetry. …”

First records of diurnal and nocturnal predatory birds from artificial hunting perch trials in oil palm plantations by Tohiran, Kamil, Nasir, Dzulhelmi Muhammad, Burhanuddin, Maisarah, Nobilly, Frisco, Zulkifli, Raja, Moslim, Ramle, Yahya, Muhammad Syafiq, Norhisham, Ahmad Razi, Lechner, Alex M., Azhar, Badrul

“…Long-term use of agrochemicals in the oil palm plantation sector, particularly chemical pesticides for pest control, can have a negative impact on the environment. …”

Performance-oriented seismic reliability analysis of structural systems by Gu, Xiaoming

“…In the second part, probabilistic models defining three main performance levels are studied for both structural and non-structural components. …”
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Maker breaker game : pairing strategy in modified tic-tac-toe board by Jonathan, Kevin

“…Furthermore, as real-game tic-tac-toe affects the pairing strategy, a modified algorithm is required to obtain a new pairing configuration. With these two main problems addressed, this thesis proposes the solution to the algorithms. …”
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Autonomous grass cutter part II by Chew, Jia He

“…In this project, the main objective is to understand the capabilities of existing products and fabricate an autonomous grass cutter which is portable, durable, and easy to maintain. …”
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In search of a New Asian theatre. by Chin, Mary., Law, Kian Yan.

“…Bringing together masters, performers and participants fiom different parts of Asia, the symposium aims to provide a platform for the inter-cultural exchange and experience of Asian traditional arts. Its main aim is to find an Asian voice in theatre. In light of Singapore’s efforts to promote the city-state as an international arts centre, the theme and subject of our exploration becomes even more relevant. …”
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Driver fatigue detection from facial features by Tee, Hui Qian

“…Given that drivers’ fatigue is one of the main causes of road accidents, it is important for drivers’ fatigue to be monitored and detected early. …”
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The hermeneutic self: Sartre and philosophical hermeneutics by Lim, Wan Ting

“…This paper will mainly focus on the major ideas of Heidegger and Gadamer and will attempt to start a conversationbetween them and early Sartrean ideas.…”
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Ultrasound backscattering from cancellous bone by Zhou, JieQun.

“…There are three theoretical models explaining the scattering phenomenon in the cancellous bone: the Faran Model, Weak Scattering Model and the Binary Mixture Model, all of them have shown success in modeling scattering from soft tissue.The main objectives of the study was to assess effectiveness of Binary Mixture Model as the theoretical scattering model from cancellous bone by a direct comparison with experimental measurements, the study explored the correlation between BUB coefficient and age-related osteoporosis.…”
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Effect of negative mood on working memory in 3 to 5 year old pre-schoolers. by Revathy Pachamuthu.

“…The findings did not give support to our main hypothesis, as results showed that there was no significant difference in reaction time between negative and neutral mood manipulated group in the SOPT, but additional insights were revealed.…”
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Low power CMOS multiplier IC design by Zhang, Wanqing

“…This dissertation mainly studies the design of a 16-bit low-power multiplier. …”
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Lucid by Lokman, Nursabrina Muhamad

“…LUCID is a 2D-animated graphic novel about two main characters, Sam and Izzy, who end up trapped in the realm of spirits, the Pasar Malam, after an attempt to achieve lucid dreaming goes wrong. …”
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Nanosized silica particles for achiral drug separation by Tan, Timothy Thatt Yang.

“…In this work, we have demonstrated about 3 times enhanced separation using a C18 functionalized nanosilica column compared to a commercial column. The main objectives of the project are: (1) to synthesize and functionalize silica nanoparticles and (2) apply the nanosilica for achiral drug separation. …”
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Flow field analysis of columnar vortex by How, Wai Hong.

“…Flow visualization was performed in order to study the key characteristics of the spiral-type vortex breakdown. The main qualitative analysis came from Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) in an attempt to capture the vortex breakdown process in the flow within a confined circular pipe. …”
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Modeling communication system components for prediction of RF performance by Lim, Seok Tien.

“…A process to model components specifications in RF front-end system is being demonstrated through a series of exploring basic fundamental of components and software simulators. The main objective of this report is to investigative the individual component specification in RF front-end system. …”
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