Optimization of SMART-based PCR for amplification from picogram amounts of RNA. by Lin, Zhaoting.

“…The number of genes which expressed at least three-fold change generally decreased with the amount of total RNA input used for amplification, suggesting that the relative abundance of differentially expressed genes is not as well maintained and becomes more variable when total RNA input approaches minute amounts.…”
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Protein interactions design. by Tay, Connie Gui Ching.

“…The suggested candidates were observed to retain at least half of the native hydrogen bonds. Therefore, we believe that, with further in-depth analysis, this computational design strategy would be a useful tool in designing protein interfaces.…”
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Co-operation and competition : the role of identity and social preferences by Chen, Hongyu, Zhang, Ruike, Zhang, Shaoyu

“…Moreover, while considering the interactive effects between gender and information, we observe that male subjects generally behave more aggressively than female and the impact of identity on them could be enhanced by unveiling both Intra-Group and Inter-Group Information. Last but not least, the experimental results suggest that a heterogeneous team composition leads to higher degree of rent dissipation.…”
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A simple design tool for the calculation of effective section area for class 4 closed section using ms-excel by Deng, Liang

“…Quantitatively, this program could provide extremely accurate results with precision more than 15 decimal places, and the efficiency is increased at least 700 times as compared to manual calculation.…”
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Impact of host gut microbiome on pathogen colonization by Low, Wai Leong

“…The human gastrointestinal tract is colonized by at least 400 different microbial species, known as the gut microbiota, which play vital roles in our health. …”
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Impact of extended trading hours in market microstructure: evidence from the Kuala Lumpur stock exchange by Gan, Seow Cheng, Lo, Sok Tsing, Lee, Seow Li

“…As for trading volume, it has shown a substantial increase of 2.72 times more after its extension of trading hours. Last but not least, the analysis on both autocorrelation coefficients and price adjustment show that the Kuala Lumpur stock market has not improved substantially on processing market-wide information despite the additional trading hours.…”
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Built heritage conservation, urban development and tourism : Singapore in the 21st Century by Henderson, Joan C.

“…Government policies are examined and reveal that heritage is seen by officials to serve multiple purposes, not least as a tourist resource. Its economic role is appreciated, but awareness of sociocultural and political value is also apparent. …”
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A review on the role of materials science in solar cells by Alghoul, M. A., Zaidi, Saleem H., Asim, Nilofar, Sopian, Kamaruzzaman, Ahmadi, Shideh, Saeedfar, Kasra, Saadatian, Omidreza

“…The desire for environmental-friendly alternative energy resources with the least dependency on fossil fuels is growing. Solar energy is an important technology for many reasons and is worthy of urgent attention. …”
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Labour pains: mothers and motherhood on the British left in the twentieth century by Riley, CL, Jenkins, L, Baughan, E

“…In left-wing women’s movements, motherhood has been recognised as essential and difficult; necessary for future revolutions, not least in raising future revolutionaries. In less radical circles, it has been understood as a crucial contribution to the functioning of society, often forming the basis of women’s claims to citizenship and maternalist forms of politics. …”

Symmetry and generalisation in machine learning by Elesedy, B

“…</p> <br> <p>We apply these ideas to equivariance and invariance in random design least squares and kernel ridge regression respectively. …”

The geopolitical crisis may trigger changes in energy strategies by Weafer, C

“…But the events of the last few months do at least seem to have injected a greater sense of urgency to ‘get on with it’. …”

Disciplining the state: virtue, violence, and state-making in modern China by Thornton, P

“…This study finds that in China, the challenges of governing produced a trajectory of state-building in which the processes of moral regulation and social control were at least as central to state-making as the exercise of coercive power. …”

Life is uncertain: inherent variability exhibited by organisms, and at higher levels of biological organization by Bull, JW

“…Important practical implications arise if organisms can indeed be defined by an association with specific classes of inherent uncertainty: not least that isolating those signatures then provides a potential means for detecting life, for considering the forms that life could theoretically take, and for exploring the wider limits to how life might become distributed. …”

Capacity, autonomy, and risk: reflecting on asymmetries in capacity to consent and capacity to refuse by Pugh, J

“…I then explain how two competing theories of risk-relative standards are incompatible with at least one of these claims. Drawing on Douglas’ distinction between standards of ‘true capacity’ and standards invoked in the ‘test’ for capacity, I then outline my ‘quality of evidence’ view. …”

A surface transporter family conveys the trypanosome differentiation signal by Dean, S, Marchetti, R, Kirk, K, Matthews, KR

“…Consistent with predictions for the response of trypanosomes to CCA, PAD proteins are expressed on the surface of the transmission-competent ‘stumpy-form’ parasites in the bloodstream, and at least one member is thermoregulated, showing elevated expression and surface access at low temperature. …”

Reasons and reproduction: gene editing and genetic selection by McMahan, J, Savulescu, J

“…We argue that both of these objections can be satisfactorily answered and thus that there is indeed a significant moral reason, at least in some cases, to use gene editing rather than embryo selection.…”

Simple ecological indicators benchmark regeneration success of Amazonian forests by Giles, AL, Schietti, J, Rosenfield, MF, Mesquita, RC, Vieira, DLM, Vieira, ICG, Poorter, L, Brancalion, PHS, Peña-Claros, M, Siqueira, J, Oliveira Junior, L, do Espírito-Santo, MM, Sarmento, PSDM, Ferreira, JN, Berenguer, E, Barlow, J, Elias, F, Cassol, HLG, Silva, RC, Ribeiro, SC, Medeiros, N, Junqueira, AB, Massoca, P, Ferreira, MJ

“…After 20 years, successful regeneration should reach a minimum basal area of 14 m². ha−¹, at least 34 tree species per 100 individuals, a structural heterogeneity index of 0.27, and 123 Mg.ha−¹ of aboveground biomass. …”

Projection of older population in Malaysia by physical disability status by Muhammad Aziz, Mohd Azmi Haron, Zailan Siri, Noriszura Ismail

“…By 2040, it is anticipated that Malaysia will have nearly 1.7 million disabled older persons experiencing at least two of the six physical limitations delineated in the National Health Morbidity Survey 2019. …”
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A linearization based on Taylor expansion to multi-objective linear fractional program with fuzzy coefficients and fuzzy decision variables by Mojtaba Borza, Azmin Sham Rambely

“…In two phases, this method alters the fully fuzzy problem into linear programming problem (LPP) which its solution is at least a weakly E - efficient for the main problem. …”
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Why not travel to Malaysia? variations in inbound tourists perceptions toward halal-friendly destination attributes by Azali, Mohamed, Kamal Basha, Norazlyn, Chang, Yee-Shan, Lim, Xin-Jean, Cheah, Jun-Hwa

“…A total of 666 observations were collected using surveys and the data sets were analyzed via partial least squares structural equation modeling. The empirical results show that both countries have indicated variations in terms of preferences for social environment, services, and facilities. …”