Comparative systems biology analysis to study the mode of action of the isothiocyanate compound iberin on pseudomonas aeruginosa by Givskov, Michael, Nielsen, Thomas E., Tolker-Nielsen, Tim, Tan, Sean Yang-Yi, Liu, Yang, Chua, Song Lin, Vejborg, Rebecca Munk, Jakobsen, Tim Holm, Chew, Su Chuen, Li, Yingying, Yang, Liang

“…Taken together, the findings suggest that the mode of QS inhibition in iberin is through downregulation of the Gac/Rsm QS network, which in turn leads to the repression of QS-regulated virulence factors, such as pyoverdine, chitinase, and protease IV. …”
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探 = In search of harmony by Ng, Woon Lam

“…This similarity is a result of overcoming limitations. Before the turn of the Industrial revolution, manufacturing technology was in its infancy and classical oil painting approach was limited by the availability of pigments. …”
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PPARβ/δ agonism upregulates forkhead box A2 to reduce inflammation in C2C12 myoblasts and in skeletal muscle by Phua, Wendy Wen Ting, Tan, Wei Ren, Yip, Yun Sheng, Hew, Ivan Dongzheng, Wee, Jonathan Wei Kiat, Cheng, Hong Sheng, Leow, Melvin Khee Shing, Wahli, Walter, Tan, Nguan Soon

“…Using PPARβ/δ agonist GW501516 upregulates FoxA2, which in turn, attenuates the production of proinflammatory cytokines and reduces the infiltration of CD45+ immune cells in two mouse models of muscle inflammation, systemic LPS and intramuscular injection of carrageenan, which mimic localized exercise-induced inflammation. …”
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Constructing 3D self-supporting surfaces with isotropic stress using 4D minimal hypersurfaces of revolution by Ma, Long, He, Ying, Sun, Qian, Zhou, Yuanfeng, Zhang, Caiming, Wang, Wenping

“…We show that the energy functional is simply the surface's gravitational potential energy, which in turn can be converted into a surface reconstruction problem with mean curvature constraint. …”
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Observation of an acoustic octupole topological insulator by Xue, Haoran, Ge, Yong, Sun, Hong-Xiang, Wang, Qiang, Jia, Ding, Guan, Yi-Jun, Yuan, Shou-Qi, Chong, Yidong, Zhang, Baile

“…Recent theories have generalised the concept of quantised dipoles to multipoles, resulting in the discovery of multipole topological insulators which exhibit a hierarchy of multipole topology: a quantised octupole moment in a three-dimensional bulk induces quantised quadrupole moments on its two-dimensional surfaces, which in turn induce quantised dipole moments on one-dimensional hinges. …”
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Two sides of the same coin : boons and banes of machine learning in hardware security by Liu, Wenye, Chang, Chip Hong, Wang, Xueyang, Liu, Chen, Fung, Jason M., Mohammad Ebrahimabadi, Karimi, Naghmeh, Meng, Xingyu, Basu, Kanad

“…The inability to fully understand and explain what has been done within the super-intelligence can turn an inherently benevolent system into malevolent. …”
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Synthesis and characterization of site selective photo-crosslinkable glycidyl methacrylate functionalized gelatin-based 3D hydrogel scaffold for liver tissue engineering by Sk, Md Moniruzzaman, Das, Prativa, Panwar, Amit, Tan, Lay Poh

“…The 3D hydrogel design with larger mesh sizes utilizes the advantage of the excellent diffusion properties of porous platform, and enhanced cell-growth was observed, which in turn elicited favorable Huh-7.5 response. The hydrogels led to improved cellular functions such as differentiation, viability and proliferation. …”
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Tin oxide based dye sensitized solar cells by Teh, Jun Jie

“…Optimum gallium doping which moderate up-shift of tin oxide band edge results in better charge injection from dye to electrode and impedes electron from recombination with electrolyte, which in turn to increase Voc and power conversion efficiency. …”
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The role of ports in supply chain disruption management by Loh, Hui Shan

“…The SEM results indicate that managing PSCD using the proposed model contributes positively to the identification of internal and external opportunities and, through that, to port’s resilience of internal operations. This, in turn, positively influences the port’s financial health and market reputation. …”
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Global response of Vibrio cholerae to predation by heterotrophic protists by Hu, Jie

“…These findings will serve as a stepping-stone for further detailed understanding of the interactions between V. cholerae and protozoa, which in turn will lead to a better understanding of how pathogenic bacteria evolve in the environment.…”
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Mode of heparin attachment to nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite affects its interaction with bone morphogenetic protein-2 by Goonasekera, Chandhi S., Jack, Kevin S., Bhakta, Gajadhar, Rai, Bina, Luong-Van, Emma, Nurcombe, Victor, Cool, Simon M., Cooper-White, Justin J., Grøndahl, Lisbeth

“…Comparable amounts of heparin were attached via both covalent coupling and adsorption to the APTES-modified particles, but characterization of the particle surfaces by zeta potential and Brunauer–Emmett–Teller measurements indicated that the conformation of the heparin on the surface was dependent on the method of attachment, which in turn affected the stability of heparin on the surface. …”
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Young people's understanding of European values: enhancing abilities, supporting participation and voice by Ross, Alistair, Loughran, Tom, Brunold, Andreas, Hartsmar, Nanny, Liljefors Persson, Bodil, Chistolini, Sandra, Dotta, Leanete Thomas, Freires, Thiago, Kõiv, Kristi, Lopes, Juliana Crespo, Pembecioğlu, Nilüfer, Pereira, Fátima, Spinthourakis, Julia Athena

“…Each is introduced in turn, and for each there is • an overview of the value in the current European context: its source in the Convention and the Charter, and its development and contemporary meaning; • an analysis of how young people discussed the value – • differences in different Regions of Europe, and • differences in the characteristic descriptions, by timing, location, and type of othering (described in statistics and by illustrative quotations of remarks by young people) • a discussion of the implications of this for pedagogic practice about furthering the understanding of the specific value. …”
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Component-based security under partial compromise by Dehnel-Wild, M

“…This complexity increases both functionality and potential vulnerability. In turn, this makes ensuring the security of these critical systems simultaneously harder and more important than ever.…”

Induction of apoptosis and the signalling pathways involved by dillenia suffruticosa dichloromethane root extract in mcf-7 and mda-mb-231 breast cancer cells by Foo, Jhi Biau

“…The induction of apoptosis in MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells by DCM-DS is possibly due to the activation of pro-apoptotic JNK1 and down-regulation of anti-apoptotic ERK1 and AKT1, which in turn down-regulates anti-apoptotic BCL-2 to increase the BAX/BCL-2 ratio to initiate the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway. …”
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Agent-Based Model of Virtual Community Cohesion (S/O: 13443) by Yusop, Nor Iadah, Mat Aji, Zahurin, Ab. Aziz, Azizi, Md Dahalin, Zulkhairi

“…In achieving the aim of this study, an agent-based model (ABM) was applied to help understand the interactions between people (agents) who, in turn, influence one another. ABM bridges the descriptive approach used in the social sciences and the formal approach used in the hard sciences by focusing on the processes or behaviours that build the social reality. …”
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The Psychotherapy Documentation Primer / by Wiger, Donald E., author 655163, John Wiley & Sons (Online service) 647106

“…The standard professionals and students have turned to for quick and easy, yet comprehensive, guidance to writing a wide range of mental health documents, the Fourth Edition of The Psychotherapy Documentation Primer continues to reflect HIPAA and accreditation agency requirements as well as offer an abundance of examples. …”
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Stealthy and robust glitch injection attack on deep learning accelerator for target with variational viewpoint by Liu, Wenye, Chang, Chip-Hong, Zhang, Fan

“…The advocacy of 'model once, run optimized anywhere' paradigm introduces potential new security threat to edge intelligence that is methodologically different from the well-known adversarial examples. …”
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Principled asymmetric boosting approaches to rapid training and classification in face detection by Pham, Minh Tri

“…Traditional techniques for training a weak classifier usually run in time O(NT log N), with N examples (approximately 10,000), and T Haar-like features (approximately 40,000). …”
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Advanced code reuse attacks against modern defences by Wang, Chenyu

“…Our work shows that structural information in script language can be utilized to release non-blinded constant number. We run Blockade on Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome. …”
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Message from ICME'12 technical program chairs by Cai, Jianfei, Hanjalic, Alan, Magli, Enrico, Pickering, Mark, Friedland, Gerald, Hua, Xian-Sheng

“…Then, a research overview plenary session will run right after the afternoon tea break. We have designed the program in such a way that ICME audience will not miss the keynotes, overview talks and the plenary session, and can always find a high quality talk of interest at the parallel oral sessions. …”
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