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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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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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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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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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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The relations between Van Der Waals and covalent forces in layered crystals by Chaturvedi, Apoorva

“…In addition, the alloy ReSSe is both isostructural and anisotropic like ReS2 besides being direct bad gap. This paves the way for band gap engineering of rhenium dichalcogenides alloys and present them as viable alternative for optoelectronic low cost devices. …”
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Investigation of operational characteristics of vanadium redox flow batteries by Rajagopalan Badrinarayanan

“…The optimization was done in real-time to include flexibility of control due to external factors like temperature, humidity, etc., which can be added as a parameter based on the operator requirement. …”
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In2Se3-based two-dimensional photocatalysts for water-splitting by Wong, CCY

“…Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) confirmed the thin-sheet like morphology with around 10-50 layers of In₂Se₃. …”

Chronic neuropsychiatric sequelae of SARS-CoV-2: protocol and methods from the Alzheimer's Association Global Consortium by de Erausquin, GA, Snyder, H, Brugha, TS, Newton, C

“…Our specific hypothesis is that SARS-CoV-2 triggers ADRD-like pathology following the extended olfactory cortical network (EOCN) in older individuals with specific genetic susceptibility.…”

Green logistics practices in Malaysian food-based manufacturing industry by Hussin, Hilda

“…All the benefits are apparent into three perspectives as well like what have motivated them to practice green. …”
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Novel method of probe design for characterising unclassified microbial taxa in wastewater by Tan, Shi Ming

“…Shimingles; distinct clades were in line with two draft genomes recovered through genomic binning. …”
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Unsupervised bayesian generative methods by Li, Shaohua

“…The topic embeddings modify the word distributions in a way like “latent words”. This model can be viewed as a countinuous counterpart of Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA), with a few advantages.…”
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