The causes of presenteeism : a study of the antecedents of sickness presenteeism in the Singapore context. by Chang, Hua Lin., Yeo, Ciau Er., Phua, Justin Wei Zheng.

“…The main reason for its growing importance in the eyes of professionals is the overwhelming cost, surpassing the cost of absenteeism, incurred by employers when employees turn up for work feeling unwell. …”
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Novel exproprioceptive sensor configurations and user interfaces for mobile robot control in uncertain environments by Hau, Chee Seng.

“…Our experiment results illustrated that KSENS is particularly useful when the lighting condition is poor or image resolution is impoverished. …”
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Rheology on CNT-filled polymer nanocomposites (II) by Chan, Xue Shuang.

“…A major focus was to investigate on the influence of acid-treated MWCNTs and pristine MWCNTs on the rheological properties of the composite system for different MWCNTs concentration. When acid-treated MWCNTs were added, the increase in dynamic moduli and viscosity were more significant as compared to the composite system containing pristine MWCNTs. …”
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Theatre of the street : subverting otherness in photography. by Rr Apriani Kartika Dristiningsih.

“…I will be discussing the works of surrealist photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, as well as those from Jeff Wall and Philip-Lorca diCorcia to better understand how the photographed subjects can adopt the pose to subvert their Otherness when being photographed. In this discursive process, I will first explain how Cartier-Bresson defines the genre of street photography, where he coined the term the “decisive moment” – the opportune timing where all the elements within his vision form perfect geometry with each other. …”
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Translation termination mechanism studied by solution state NMR by Li, Yan

“…Translation termination occurs when one of three stop-codons (UAA, UGA, or UAG) in mRNA reaches the ribosomal A site. …”
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Applicability of behavioural finance by Chong, Chee Wah, Low, Ji Teng, Paik, Jek Yin

“…And are these measures of investor sentiment valid when used to explain market anomalies through the use of Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)? …”
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CFD simulations on the compressor of a mini jet engine-I by Chong, Clarence Yew Keong.

“…In addition, it is found that pressure ratios and entropy are related and that pressure ratios are lower when entropy gain is large. Lastly, the MRF simulation can be use as a basic estimation for the sliding mesh simulation.…”
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Analysis of near cortex versus both cortex screw fixation in bone fracture surgery by Ong, Chin Kuan.

“…Prompt healing can occur when the blood supply to bone is maintained or restored early. …”
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In vivo visualization of cells with fluorescent-labeled fab fragment. by Wee, Armanda Lixuan.

“…Mouse Fab fragments labeled with DyLight 650 (DL650) were found to have lower binding avidity and fluorescence intensity when compared to DL650-conjugated IgG. Time-lapse imaging of DL650 Fab stained-cells also revealed that DL650 Fab photobleaches readily. …”
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Study of remediation of heavy metals contaminated sediments with hydrothermal technology and sediment washing facilitated by chelating agents by Wong, Angeline Shou Yee.

“…For Cd, its removal was highest (11%) when no EDTA was used for washing. For Cu, Cr, Ni and As, their removals were negligible. …”
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Design and characterization of multiple-stimuli responsive shape memory hybrids by Tan, Jun Liang.

“…This shape-memory hybrid will later be used in the experiments for the testing of shape recoverability when subjected to the two stimuli. Concise methodologies were carried out and the results show that this hybrid responds insignificantly to the impact stimuli but surprisingly, able to achieve considerably high recovery of its shape in response to the water stimuli. …”
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Image analysis of plasmonic sensor for high-throughput biomarker detection by Li, Xiaochao.

“…The SPR biosensor measures the color change produced by surface plasmon excitation in the spectral domain. When bio-molecular interaction occurs at the sensor surface (such as antibody-antigen interaction), the refractive index value is varied and corresponding spectral shift will be produced in the spectrum. …”
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Reconfigurable antennas for GSM and WLAN applications by IHD Mavidu Nipunath Iddagoda

“…Simulations were carried out with ideal switches that switch the antenna between GSM and WLAN bands. When GSM band is desired, the switches used are conducting stubs whereas in the WLAN mode the conducting stubs were removed leaving a bare open slot between the two patches. …”
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Reliability management of power systems with wind power generation and energy storage by Gao, Zhiyong

“…Many problems such as reliability and security issues will arise when existing power systems are integrated with high wind power penetration. …”
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Singapore retail industry by Chia, Ellina Hui Sun, Lim, Jenny, Quek, Joanna Geok Lian

“…The concept of retail habitat has received a great deal of attention in retail research in recent years where the focus is on the social habits of consumers when they visit retail stores rather than buyer behavior as most previous studies emphasized. …”
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Using Sequenom to identify KRAS mutations in an Asian cohort of ovarian mucinous cancer by Tiong, Wen Ning

“…However, the Sequenom platform was found to have a high rate of false negative results, as well as a lower detection rate when compared to Sanger sequencing. Further studies will have to be done to determine reasons for the high rate of false negative results as well as the lower detection rate.…”
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Vibration and thermal cycling effects on solder joint reliability by Selvanathen, Daryl

“…Lastly, a conclusion was drawn when the above-mentioned lifetime models were pitted against one another. …”
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Rheological study of food gels by Goh, Benjamin Peng Siong

“…In order to understand how the storage (G’) and loss (G”) moduli were affected when the egg ages, the dynamic experiment was carried out. …”
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Variation of stiffness of two magnetically coupled beams for broadband energy harvesting by Xiao, Jincheng

“…Consequently, many researchers are trying to power such sensors by harvesting energy from ambient energy sources. Vibration energy, when compared to other energy sources such as solar and wind power, is more abundant and readily available. …”
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Characterisation of chemically exfoliated molybdenum disulfide with ultrasonication by Ooi, Yong Kai

“…Two-dimensional MoS2 is expected to possess unique properties and have great potential in many areas of study including optoelectronics, photocatalytic applications – due to its direct band gap when monolayers are isolated. There is a need for a scalable and efficient method to isolate nanosheets, however there are various methods which have drawbacks and limitations during the exfoliation process. …”
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