Elite sports and national identity : a case study of Singapore's participation in the Olympics by Deepan Kaleselvan

“…Likewise, Singapore is also engaged in recruiting elite foreign-born athletes. This is done in the hope of rallying the masses behind the victories of the athletes and boosting their national pride. …”
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Inequality and the 1% by Dorling, D

“…Even before birth, being born outside the 1% will have dramatic impact on the rest of your life: it will reduce your life expectancy, educational and work prospects, as well as your mental health. …”

The life and works of Fu Maoji 傅懋勣的生平和学术活动 by Xu, Lin

“…His sobriquet was Zijia. He was born on May 16, 1911, and passed away in Beijing after an illness on September 13, 1988, at the age of 77. …”
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“Why do people kill each other?” (Tolstoy and empire) by Zorin, A

“…Tolstoy always believed that the resistance to invaders and the defence of land where humans were born, by which products they are fed and where they are going to life after death is natural, but considered this instinct as pre-moral and pre-Christian contradicting the personal moral conscience that unconditionally rejects all sorts of violence.…”

Characteristic vibration patterns of odor compounds from bread-baking volatiles upon protein binding : density functional and ONIOM study and principal component analysis by Treesuwan, Witcha, Hirao, Hajime, Morokuma, Keiji, Hannongbua, Supa

“…It was found that acetaldehyde (“acid” category) binds strongly in the large cavity inside the receptor, whereas 2-ethyl-3-methylpyrazine (“roasted”) binds weakly. Lys296, Tyr268, Thr118 and Ala117 were identified as key residues in the binding site. …”
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Role of posttranslational modifications of histone proteins in epigenetics by Raj, R

“…Homogeneously GlcNAcylated histone protein, H2A-Thr101 was synthesized. The modified protein was used to reconstitute histone sub-complexes and nucleosomes. …”

Functional food candidate from Indonesian green algae Caulerpa racemosa (Försskal) J. Agardh by two extraction methods: metabolite profile, antioxidant activity, and cytotoxic prop... by Taslim, Nurpudji Astuti, Hardinsyah, Hardinsyah, Radu, Son, Mayulu, Nelly, Tsopmo, Apollinaire, Kurniawan, Rudy, Tallei, Trina Ekawati, Herlina, Tati, Maksum, Iman Permana, Nurkolis, Fahrul

“…The sequence of the identified peptide was ELWKTF (Glu-Leu-Trp-Lys-Thr-Phe; C41H58N8O) and its abundance was identified in the α-chymotrypsin hydrolysate of C. racemosa. …”
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My garden of you by Chen, Zhi Lin

“…When my youngest brother was born, my paternal grandmother from Taiwan flew exactly 3,231 kilometres from home to be with my family to look after him when my parents were at work. …”
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Machine learning driven synthesis of two-dimensional materials by Chia, Jia Jun

“…No humans are born perfect and as such people tend to make mistakes or have limited capabilities in certain aspect as compared to machines. …”
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Soft cells and the geometry of seashells by Domokos, G, Goriely, A, Horváth, ÁG, Regős, K

“…Remarkably, these ideal soft shapes, born out of geometry, are found abundantly in nature, from cells to shells.…”

Constructions of Japan and the Japanese : war, memory and foreign policy in Singapore by Liu, Joseph Woon Keong

“…The collaborative mode of memory was born of the political and economic engagements with Japan since Singapore’s independence. …”
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Moral cultivation, meritocracy and the origin of petty people: a hypothesis by Lee, Sheng Yue

“…Specifically, one of the main problems in accounting for petty people is that everyone is born as a petty person and petty people are defined to be people who freely express their dispositions and do not pursue moral cultivation, but some are able to undergo ethical transformation and some remain as petty people. …”
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The rise and fall of Britain’s golden cohort: how the remarkable generation of 1925-1934 had their lives cut short by austerity by Hiam, L, Dorling, D

“…The British born between 1925 and 1934 experienced exceptional improvements in their annual mortality; earning them the title ‘the Golden Cohort’. …”

Rule Britannia: Brexit and the end of empire by Dorling, D, Tomlinson, S

“…In this wide-ranging and thoughtful analysis, now fully updated to cover the fallout from Brexit and the impact of coronavirus, Dorling and Tomlinson argue that if Britain can reconcile itself to its new place on the world stage, a new identity can be born from the ashes. <i>Rule Britannia</i> is a powerful call to leave behind the jingoistic ignorance of the past and build a fairer Britain, eradicating the inequality that blights our society and embracing our true strengths.…”

Exploring effects of calcitonin and procalcitonin in cardiomyocytes by Moreira, LMF

“…However, in human atrial CMs, CT had no effect on phosphorylation of these same proteins, while PCT increased phosphorylation of CaMKII (thr286/287). I also show that CT, via binding to CTR expressed in CMs, increased cAMP production, indicating Gαs-coupling of CTRs in human CMs. …”

My research career by Ma, Xueliang

“…I was born in Rongcheng County in Shandong province on June 22. 1913. …”
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Rule Britannia: Brexit and the end of empire by Dorling, D, Tomlinson, S

“…In this wide-ranging and thoughtful analysis, now fully updated to cover the fallout from Brexit and the impact of coronavirus, Dorling and Tomlinson argue that if Britain can reconcile itself to its new place on the world stage, a new identity can be born from the ashes. <i>Rule Britannia</i> is a powerful call to leave behind the jingoistic ignorance of the past and build a fairer Britain, eradicating the inequality that blights our society and embracing our true strengths.…”

Susunan perkataan berdasarkan cerita rakyat Masyarakat Iban: analisis program minimalis by Doratya Gerry, Harishon Radzi, Fazal Mohamed Mohamed Sultan

“…Bagi masyarakat Iban, cerita rakyat merupakan satu genre sastera yang dimiliki sejak turun temurun. Hal ini dikatakan demikian kerana cerita rakyat dijadikan sebagai satu hiburan kepada masyarakat Iban. …”
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SP.2H3 / ESG.SP2H3 Ancient Philosophy and Mathematics, Fall 2006 by Perlman, Lee David

“…Western philosophy and theoretical mathematics were born together, and the cross-fertilization of ideas in the two disciplines was continuously acknowledged throughout antiquity. …”
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Analysis of corporate governance and corporate performance in the 2007-2008 financial crisis by Tan, Kean Bu, Teo, Jing Jing, Jodi Yanto

“…Alan Greenspan described the recent financial crisis as a “once-in-a-century credit tsunami”, born of a collapse deep inside the US housing sector. …”
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