Analysis of neural stem cell self-renewal and differentiation using in vivo RNAi in drosophila. by Wong, Jian Xiang.

“…In this study, we screened a collection of 500 RNAi lines and identified a number of mutants in the process. …”
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Enhanced visualization of fine needles under sonographic guidance using a MEMS actuator by Shen, Zhiyuan, Zhou, Yufeng, Miao, Jianmin, Vu, Kien Fong

“…Interference between the radiated and diagnostic ultrasound pulses was observed as bright lines in the B-mode ultrasound image, from which the mini actuator could be recognized with ease. …”
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Survival of mammoths (Mammuthus sp.) into the Late Pleistocene in Southwestern British Columbia (Vancouver Island), Canada by Termes, L, Keddie, G, Hebda, R, Trask, P, Arbour, V, Speller, C, Paskulin, L, Ramsey, C, Richards, MR

“…These later new dates support other lines of evidence for portions of Vancouver Island remaining unglaciated towards the end of Late Pleistocene.…”

Comprehensive Analysis of Insulator Performance in High Voltage Transmission Systems: Implications for Efficient Power Transfer by Ahsan, Matiullah, Bahrom, Md Nor Ramdon, Zainal, Zainab, Mohd Ariffin, Azrul, Muhammad Saufi, Muhammad Saufi, Mohd Yousof, Mohd Fairouz, Zambri, Nor Aira, Mustafa, Farahiyah, Mohd Noh, Faridah Hanim, Ab Ghafar, Aimi Syammi, Ahmed, Mehmood

“…This research article examines the performance of insulators in high-voltage transmission systems, specifically focusing on their role in facilitating efficient power transfer along transmission lines. The study evaluates different types of insulators used in various geographical regions and assesses their withstand voltage characteristics. …”
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Urban Big Data: City Management and Real Estate Markets by Barkham, Richard, Bokhari, Sheharyar, Saiz, Albert

“…Nevertheless, smaller scale interventions are likely to crop up everywhere, even in the short run. …”
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Effects of maze appearance on maze solving by Semizer, Yelda, Yu, Dian, Wan, Qianqian, Balas, Benjamin, Rosenholtz, Ruth

“…As mazes are typically complex, cluttered stimuli, solving them is likely limited by visual crowding. Thus, several aspects of the appearance of the maze – the thickness, spacing, and curvature of the paths, as well as the texture of both paths and walls – likely influence the performance. …”
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Basel II implementation challenges and solutions by Ang, Shawn Chee Ann, Cheng, Ryan Kam Wai, Lim, Gabriel Geok Chuan

“…To review the Basel 2 Accord in order to investigate the likely impact of its implementation on the banks in Singapore.…”
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E-commerce regulation and trader compliance: a comparative and empirical inquiry by Pflücke, F

“…The ambition of the thesis is to define and measure the levels of compliance and to test four hypotheses: (H1) traders do not comply in full with their legal obligations; (H2) large traders are more likely to be compliant compared to SMEs; (H3) traders that are older are more likely to be compliant compared to companies that were incorporated more recently; (H4) traders that base their terms and conditions on pre-drafted standard contract terms are more likely to be in compliance with the selected legal obligations. …”

Three essays on family firms by Lim, So-Yeon

“…Relative to single-family founding firms, multi-family cofounding firms are more likely to force out founders and less likely to allow descendants to take control after founders retire.…”
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When money can’t buy political love: lab experiments on vote buying in Ghana and Uganda by Burbidge, D, Cheeseman, N, Panin, A

“…Participants play the roles of voters and candidates with opportunities to bribe. Voters are more likely to vote for a candidate who had the opportunity to bribe but refrained from doing so. …”

21A.355J / STS.060J The Anthropology of Biology, Spring 2009 by Helmreich, Stefan

“…Looking at such cultural artifacts as cell lines, biodiversity databases, and artificial life models, and using primary sources in biology, social studies of the life sciences, and literary and cinematic materials, we rephrase Erwin Schrödinger's famous 1944 question, "What Is Life?" …”
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Synthesis design of a wideband bandpass filter with inductively coupled short-circuited multi-mode resonator by Zhang, Runqi, Zhu, Lei

“…The MMRs are formed by n sections of cascaded transmission lines, which are all set to be one quarter wavelength long with respect to the center frequency of the passband. …”
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Collective synthesis of 4-Hydroxy-2-pyridone alkaloids and their antiproliferation activities by Ding, Feiqing, Leow, Min Li, Ma, Jimei, William, Ronny, Liao, Hongze, Liu, Xue-Wei

“…Interestingly, among the six tumor cell lines investigated, torrubiellone C was found to induce potent and apoptotic inhibitory activities on Jurkat T cells with IC50 values of 7.05 μm. …”
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Substation reliability and its impacts on composite system adequacy by Ren, Shuhua

“…Failure events in substations and switching stations often result in multiple outages of generators, lines, and/or loads in power system. Station-originated outages are normally of short duration but their effect on the security and stability of power systems may be quite severe. …”
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A model green city? : the history of conservation discourse in Singapore 1965 to the present by Tan, Yee Ting

“…Promoting herself as the “City in a Garden”, it’s difficult to ascertain the boundaries between humans and nature. Along these lines of thought, is the problem of conservation. …”
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Hybrid brain computer interface for relaxation management by Ngian, Michelle Mei Xue

“…In mental engagement and mental response, participants are observed to be having lower engagement level and higher stress level during least liked passage and vice versa for most liked passage. …”
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Jokowi’s cabinet reshuffle : juggling performance, patronage and politics by Sebastian, Leonard C., Tiola Javadi, Adhi Priamarizki

“…While performance is one determining factor, it is likely to be overshadowed by patronage and political calculations.…”
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Sponsorship of television programs by Gan, Ser Hui, Puah, Sor Bee, Woo, Mui Kwee

“…However, it is television sponsorship which is likely to be the area of greatest sponsor attention. …”
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A temporal study of the effects of online opinions : information sources matter by Huang, Jianxiong, Boh, Wai Fong, Goh, Kim Huat

“…Premised on the theory of information search, we hypothesize that consumers are more likely to engage in active search in the early stages of a movie’s release due to greater choice uncertainty, and passive attention is more likely to kick in for later stages of a movie’s release, as uncertainty decreases. …”
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The impact of antimicrobial stewardship ward rounds on antimicrobial use and predictors of advice, uptake, and outcomes by Eyre, D, Pill, G, Ng, B, Herin, C, O’Riordan, B, Izzard, D, Dunsmure, L, Paulus, S, Jeffery, K, Jones, N

“…Senior doctors were more likely than pharmacists or specialist doctors in training to recommend de-escalation/stopping antibiotics and to have their advice followed. …”