Leucine-rich α-2-glycoprotein 1 suppresses endothelial cell activation through ADAM10-mediated shedding of TNF-α receptor by Pang, Kuin Tian, Ghim, Mean, Liu, Chenghao, Tay, Hui Min, Fhu, Chee Wai, Chia, Rui Ning, Qiu, Beiying, Sarathchandra, Padmini, Chester, Adrian H., Yacoub, Magdi H., Wilkinson, Fiona L., Weston, Ria, Warboys, Christina M., Hou, Han Wei, Weinberg, Peter D., Wang, Xiaomeng

“…LRG1 in endothelial cells (ECs) of arteries and serum of patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI) was assessed by immunohistochemistry and ELISA, respectively. LRG1 expression in sheared and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α)-treated ECs was analyzed. …”
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Patient and Health Care Worker Perceptions of Communication and Ability to Identify Emotion When Wearing Standard and Transparent Masks by Chu, Jacqueline N., Collins, Joy E., Chen, Tina T., Chai, Peter R., Dadabhoy, Farah, Byrne, James D., Wentworth, Adam, DeAndrea-Lazarus, Ian A., Moreland, Christopher J., Wilson, Jaime A. B., Booth, Alicia, Ghenand, Omkar, Hur, Chin, Traverso, Giovanni

“…RESULTS: The national survey consisted of 1000 participants (mean [SD] age, 48.7 [18.5] years; 496 [49.6%] women) with a response rate of 92.25%. …”
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Investigation of digital twins and metaverse by Chow, Harry Yun Fatt

“…The primary goal of this final year project is to bring the solution developed by CHiLX to the market and commercialise it. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of disorders affecting the nervous system, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Steinmetz, JD, Seeher, KM, Schiess, N, Bennett, DA, Maude, RJ, Newton, CRJ, Rodriguez, JAB

“…<p><b>Methods</b></p> We estimated mortality, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), years of life lost (YLLs), and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), with corresponding 95% uncertainty intervals (UIs), by age and sex in 204 countries and territories, from 1990 to 2021. …”

Performance analysis of life insurance industry in Singapore. by Au, Hui Fang., Che, Pei Yee., Lin, Jinling.

“…In the later part of the project, a projection of the new business sales is carried out for years 2006 to 2010, assuming the absence of significant influence. …”
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Are Singaporeans saving enough to lead a comfortable life upon retirement? by Tan, Irene., Quek, Cindy., Toh, Hoon Choo.

“…This report examines whether Singaporeans are saving and investing wisely to ensure comfortable “Golden Years”. To attain our objective, our report covers factors like medical expenses, housing trends and financial obligations. …”
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Gold's recovery as a vital global reserve asset by Chan, Elgin

“…Increased geopolitical and inflationary risks have made gold even more valuable in recent years.…”
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Ferroelectric Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) thin films by metallo-organic decomposition (MOD) technology for memory applications by Liu, Zhi Qing.

“…Ferroelectric thin film materials have had a strong resurgence and development in recent years, primarily because of their attractive properties of their high dielectric constant and reversible, large remnant polarization for non-volatile random access memory (NV-RAM) and dynamic random access memory (DRAM) applications.…”
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Power-aware routing in mobile ad hoc networks by Yang, Tao

“…Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) are gaining increasing popularity in recent years because of their ease of deployment. It has been the focus of many recent research and development efforts. …”
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Supporting activex-based client for large-scale collaborative virtual environment by Wu, Liang.

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Energy optimization of air distribution and chilled water systems by Zhang, Ling

“…Currently, the most popular HVAC systems in large commercial buildings are chilled water systems, and the primary-secondary pumping chilled water loop is a tool that the HVAC engineers have been using for nearly 50 years. In this dissertation, we will only discuss the energy optimization for air distribution and chilled water systems of large HVAC systems.…”
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Simulation of aircraft contrail formation by Lee, Sock Jun.

“…As a result, through the years, great efforts have been put in to the research on the possibility of minimizing contrail formation by jet aircrafts.…”
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Agency-client relationships in U.S. and South Korea by Loh Sock Hoon, Mabel Yeow Kia Chin, Yow Tsung Hsien

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Perceived impact of shift from income tax to GST by Singapore residents by Eng, Celina Soo Hwi, Ling, Hue Miin, Kuah, Beng Hui

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Study on the effectiveness of media planning and advertising strategy employed in an anti-smoking campaign by Ang, Kok Keong, Ang, Teck Hoe, Lee, Kian Huat

“…This field study investigates how anti-smoking campaigns can more effectively persuade male Malays between the ages of sixteen to thirty years old to quit smoking. It was conducted during the 1994's anti-smoking advertising blitz, using the theme "Too Tuff To Puff''.…”
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Purchasing behaviour of the Japanese visitors, an application of the theory of planned behaviour. by Yong, Yoon Mei.

“…However, we are witnessing a declining trend in the expenditure level of the Japanese visitors in the recent years and this phenomenon has motivated the current study which aims to enhance understanding of the Japanese visitors' shopping and purchasing behaviour.…”
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Relationship between duality of chairman and CEO in the board of directors and corporate performance. by Chionh, Bernard Wei Lun., Teo, Weiling., Lim, Wei Ling.

“…The study was conducted using data for the years 1995,1998 and 2001. Firms were divided into small and large firms for comparison. …”
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Comparative legal history: methodology for morphology by Dyson, M

“…This chapter discusses the boundaries, terminology and purpose of methodology and a collection of five methodological steps that can assist in doing comparative legal history, drawing on examples from a range of legal systems in the last 200 years.…”

The Trapezuntine poems in Panagiou Taphou 370 by Lauxtermann, MD

“…Panagiou Taphou 370 (commonly attributed to Stephen Sgouropoulos) and identify references to historical events that took place in Trebizond during the first thirty years of the fifteenth century.…”

Buried in the mists of history : the comfort women of Singapore by Chee, Sylvia Sook Yan

“…Although most of the women are now dead, surviving victims are still suffering from the trauma inflicted more than seventy years ago. Over the decades, more stories from the former comfort women about their wartime servitude have surfaced, but none from the comfort women of Singapore. …”
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