Relationship between the level of haptoglobin and diabetic vascular complications by Mak, Song Wen

“…An indication of vascular complications is endothelium dysfunction, which is caused by cell death through various complex biochemical pathways and Hp2-2. …”
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Microfluidic chip for blood sample processing by Chalapathy Raja Shobana

“…In under-developed countries, detection of disease and treatment at an early stage are unlikely causing the severity of disease more rapid. To make it simpler, the Paper-based microfluidic chip is developed from the conventional blood sample processing that provides timely diagnosis by conducting tests instantly at home care. …”
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Smart sensor-based pillbox for polypharmacy management by Kum, Brandon Zhi Wei

“…Research has shown that patients forgetting or deciding not to consume a dose is the most important cause of poor adherence amidst many other contributing factors. …”
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To bail-out or to bail-in? Answers from an agent-based model by Klimek, P, Poledna, S, Farmer, JD, Thurner, S

“…These crisis resolutions are often accompanied by austerity programs causing political and social friction on both domestic and international levels. …”

Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis detection in beef cattle in Taman Pertanian Universiti, UPM by Ismail, Nur Farah Athirah

“…Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) is the aetiology agent causes Johne‟s disease which viewed as a chronic, contagious bacterial of intestinal tract in ruminant species. …”
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Antimicrobial Impact of Sintok Extract; Assessment of Sintok Extract Virucidal Potential Against the Covid-19 Virus (S/O 14669) by Mohamed Ismail, Risyawati, Yaacob, Noorulsadiqin Azbiya

“…The extract was also shown to be effective in killing various types of fungus especially those causing skin diseases. Such strong antimicrobial actions suggested that the extract has the potential to kill of virulent pathogen such as COVID-19 virus. …”
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Beyond-the-Ice: Designing Games for Facilitating Deeper Conversations by Lee, Cassandra

“…This work builds on formal knowledge from the social sciences, HCI, and game design, as well as informal knowledge from facilitation, gathering practices, party games, and Tarot, by presenting five distinct design principles aligned with theories grounded in past work: 1) Make emotional disclosure special; 2) Scaffold responsiveness; 3) Approach depth through fun; 4) Empower “the work” through constraints and permissions; 5) Center objects to feel with. …”
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Temperature induced biological alterations in the major carp, Rohu (Labeo rohita): assessing potential effects of climate change on aquaculture production by Mridul, Md. Monirul Islam, Zeehad, Md. Shariar Kabir, Aziz, Dania, Salin, Krishna R., Hurwood, David A., Rahi, Md. Lifat

“…This study tested the effects of five different temperature levels (28 °C, 30 °C, 32 °C, 33 °C and 34 °C) on selected physiological and biochemical traits, and also on the expression of five targeted genes of L. rohita. …”
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An interdisciplinary study of the plumbing system and eruption dynamics at Marapi volcano (Sumatra, Indonesia) by Nurfiani, Dini

“…First, I analyzed the compositions and textures of phenocrysts in recent volcanic bombs and applied mineral thermobarometry and conducted a joint inversion of receiver function and horizontal-to-vertical (H/V) spectral ratio of Rayleigh waves. Second, I investigated reversely-zoned orthopyroxene crystals via Fe-Mg interdiffusion to retrieve the time scales of the magmatic processes causing the reverse zoning. …”
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The role of Wee1 in the hypoxia-induced DNA damage response and its potential as a therapeutic target by O'Brien, EM

“…Wee1 is involved in G₂-M progression; inhibitors of Wee1 force cells into premature mitosis causing damage as well as radiosensitising cells even under hypoxic conditions.…”

Modelling familiarity : towards age-friendly exergame design by Zhang, Hao

“…The interview results show that Escape Room exergame is highly familiar to the participants and all the five sub-constructs were involved in the exergame design. …”
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Which factors affect the performance of technology business incubators in China? An entrepreneurial ecosystem perspective by Yuan, Xiangfei, Hao, Haijing, Guan, Chenghua, Pentland, Alex

“…Further, seven factors related to all four areas have various statistically significant associations with an incubator’s performance in five major regional data set. In particular, a technology related factor has a consistently statistically significant association with the performance of the incubator in both national model and the five regional models, as we expected.…”
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Compressive behaviour and resistances of S690 high strength steel welded pi-shaped and cruciform section stub columns by Cabawatan, Nicolas

“…The experimental programme was conducted on five welded S690 high strength steel π-section and five welded S690 high strength steel cruciform sections, and included material tensile coupon tests, initial local geometric imperfection measurements, and twenty concentrically loaded stub column tests. …”
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Data-driven ecological driving behaviour evaluation and green supply chain improvement by Zhou, Zhongcan

“…In the 14th Five-Year Plan, China has emphasized the importance of promoting green development, and the policy once again emphasized the importance of promoting energy conservation, thus improving the green supply chain. …”
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Experimental study on cache-performance optimization for graph storage by Foo, Wei Ling

“…In this extension, I have collected ten types of large graph datasets to measure the execution time using five graph ordering algorithms and five graph traversal algorithms as benchmarks from Fabrice Lecuyer et al. [2]. …”
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The role of stock market volatility in predicting macroeconomic quantities. by Leong, Florence Mei Hua., Wirawan, Sulistiyana., Kevin, Yohanes.

“…The five variables are real gross domestic product, employment rate, industrial production index, real personal consumption expenditure and nondurables goods & services consumption. …”
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Young children retain fast mapped object labels better than shape, color, and texture words by Holland, Amanda, Simpson, Andrew, Riggs, Kevin J.

“…Retention of the mapping between the new word and the novel object or property was measured either five minutes or one week later. After five minutes, retention was significantly above chance in all conditions. …”
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Genome-wide association analysis of composite sleep health scores in 413,904 individuals by Goodman, MO, Faquih, T, Paz, V, Nagarajan, P, Lane, JM, Spitzer, B, Maher, M, Chung, J, Cade, BE, Purcell, SM, Zhu, X, Noordam, R, Phillips, AJK, Kyle, SD, Spiegelhalder, K, Weedon, MN, Lawlor, DA, Rotter, JI, Taylor, KD, Isasi, CR, Sofer, T, Dashti, HS, Rutter, MK, Redline, S

“…Here we construct novel sleep health scores (SHSs) incorporating five core self-report measures: sleep duration, insomnia symptoms, chronotype, snoring, and daytime sleepiness, using additive (SHS-ADD) and five principal components-based (SHS-PCs) approaches. …”

A management framework for sudden water pollution: a systematic review output by Bello, Nura, Jamil, Nor Rohaizah, Looi, Ley Juen, Yap, Ng Keng

“…Meanwhile, five mitigation strategies included reservoir operation, real-time monitoring, early warning, and chemical and biological treatments. …”

Simulation and optimisation design of microchannel heat sinks by Chong, Sh Hua.

“…This project studied the thermal and hydrodynamic performances of microchannel heat sink of five different design.…”
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