翻译与社会场域理论 ：以新加坡华族小吃双语名称为例 = Translation and field theory : study on bilingual names of Chinese delicacies in Singapore by 林育正 Lin, Yu Cheng

“…Names of these Chinese local foods are often displayed with illustrations as part of the food stall and to serve their purpose in to build communication between the hawkers and customers when ordering food. However, errors of spelling and translation of both English and Chinese texts are observed and yet omitted or ignored by commuters, who are reading them in almost every day. …”
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新移民的跨国实践和离散论述 ：孙侠(铃铛)个案研究 = Transnational practice and diasporic discourses of new immigrant : a case study on Sun Xia (Ling Dang) by Sun, Guizi

“…As a new immigrant from mainland China in the 1990s, Sun Xia portrays very different traits when compared to the earlier Chinese immigrants. …”
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Modeling human-like non-rationality in social agents by Kochanowicz, Jaroslaw Slawomir

“…It is a continuation and specification of the Cognitive-Affective Personality System theory and is an alternative to the dominating ' trait models' whose drawbacks as descriptive tools are multiplied when they are used as generating mechanisms. SCP is parametrized using sociological data and used in a series of simulations including multiple agent interactions. …”
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“一带一路”倡议对新加坡经济的动力及阻力 = Economic stimulus and impetus to Singapore caused by the “Belt and Road” initiative by 肖彬 Xiao, Bin

“…China-Singapore relation dates back to the late 1970s when China has just began its reforms under Deng Xiaoping. …”
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Development of carbon nanotubes for vacuum electronics application by Lim, Yu Dian

“…From the simulation, it is found that the signal gain of TWTA increases when the electron beam current increases from 2 to 25 mA. …”
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语言接触与新加坡华语被动式的欧化现象 ：基于语料库的考察研究 = Europeanisation of passive constructions in Singapore Mandarin Chinese : a corpus-based study... by 孙梦漪 Sun, Mengyi

“…Furthermore, the results show that SMC has been influenced by English to a greater degree than MMC, and the difference is even more distinctive when the spoken forms are compared between the two varieties. …”
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Investigating the role of astrocytes in Parkinson's disease pathogenesis in GBA- N370S iPSC-derived neural cultures by Ibarra Aizpurua, N

“…Pre-treatment of iASTROs with TNFα+IFNγ before the co-cultures did not affect their neurosupportive capacity, whereas some of the data suggests that when treating and maintaining the co-cultures with cytokines, control and <em>GBA-N370S</em> iASTROs became neurotoxic and/or lost neurosupportive functions. …”

Pregnant women admitted to hospital with covid-19 in 10 European countries: individual patient data meta-analysis of population based cohorts in International Obstetric Survey Syst... by Engjom, HM, de Bruin, O, Ramakrishnan, R, Aabakke, AJM, Äyräs, O, Deneux-Tharaux, C, Donati, S, Knight, M, Jonasdottir, E, Svanvik, T, Vercoutere, A, Vousden, N, Bleomenkamp, KWM

“…Few pregnant women with moderate to severe covid-19 were given specific medical treatment for SARS-CoV-2 disease, even when there were no or minor safety concerns. Lessons for future pandemics include the importance of rapid, robust surveillance systems for maternal and perinatal health, and of including use for pregnant women early in the development and testing of medicines and vaccines for public health emergencies.…”

Association of current Schistosoma mansoni, Schistosoma japonicum, and Schistosoma mekongi infection status and intensity with periportal fibrosis: a systematic review and meta-ana... by Ewuzie, A, Wilburn, L, Thakrar, DB, Cheng, H, Reitzug, F, Roberts, N, Malouf, R, Chami, GF

“…Periportal fibrosis was heterogeneously defined with the Niamey ultrasound protocol most used. When findings were pooled, current schistosome infection status was associated with a higher likelihood of periportal fibrosis compared with no current infection (odds ratio [OR] 2&middot;65, 95% CI 1&middot;79&ndash;3&middot;92; p&lt;0&middot;0001). …”

Changes in microbial and physicochemical properties during free-cell and encapsulated probiotic fermentation of red dragon fruit juice by Ong, Yien Yien

“…The results of probiotic microencapsulation was promising in which lesser viability loss of probiotic (0.5 log cfu/g) was observed in red pitaya juice fermented with encapsulated L. casei after 4 week storage at 4oC when comparing to free cell L. casei fermented juice. …”
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Green logistics practices in Malaysian food-based manufacturing industry by Hussin, Hilda

“…In addition, the findings showed that the manufacturers obtained several perceived benefits when applying green in their logistics activities. …”
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Toxicity, permeability and drug-metabolizing enzyme activities of curcumin analogues by Yakubu, Ndatsu

“…Therefore, both MS65 and BDMC33 could be potential lead compounds to address the problems and issues of rapid metabolism, and poor bioavailability of curcumin when consumed orally.…”
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Dna markers and mapping of quantitative trait loci for yield and bunch quality in Deli dura X Yangambi pisifera oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) population by Seng, Tzer Ying

“…Also, more closely linked markers or flanking markers to the QTLs should be sought because recombinations between the markers and QTLs can occur when transferring the results from one population to another. …”
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Establishment of optimise strategies in production of recombinant Hepatitis B surface antigen for chip-based antibody detection approach by Tam, Yew Joon

“…From the results, an optimised cell disruption strategy with up-scale adaptability consisted of a number of passes set at 20 times, biomass concentration of 7.70 g/L of dry cell weight (DCW) and pulse pressure at 1,029 bar was demonstrated and was shown to increase cell disruption efficiency by 2- fold and 4-fold for specific protein release of HBsAg when compared to glass bead method yielding 75.68% cell disruption rate (CDR) and HBsAg concentration of 29.20 mg/L, respectively. …”
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Using density dependent approach for simulation and control of seawater intrusion into coastal aquifers by Saad Nusari, Mohammed Saleh

“…The growth and decay of the mixing zone showed a narrow mixing zone occurred when freshwater inflow rate was high. However, the mixing zone was significantly widened with decreasing freshwater inflow rate. …”
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Facebook as a Pedagogical Tool in Enhancing Students' Engagement and Stimulating Critical Thinking Skills (S/O 14517) by Abdul Majid, Jamaliah, Abu Bakar, Robiah

“…Focusing solely on the experimental group, the regression results show that the coefficients on Facebook_Response is statistically non-significant, suggesting that among the experimental group of students, their responses toward Facebook learning activities have no impact on the critical thinking skills. When analysing the impact of using Facebook on students' critical thinking skills by comparing the experimental group with the control group, the results shows that the coefficients on FB Response is statistically non-significant for both mini cases, but it is statistically significant in a positive direction for the group assignment. …”
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PostIndependentzia by Calzada, I

“…And is it possible for us, when defining territorial strategies and policies at the local level, to turn the role of social entrepreneurs and activists into promoters of progress rather than victims of stagnation? …”

Optimized core design of a supercritical carbon dioxide-cooled fast reactor by Handwerk, Christopher S. (Christopher Stanley), 1974-

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Phase measurements based indoor visible light positioning systems by Zhang, Sheng

“…Meanwhile, the RSS as the most cost-efficient algorithm has higher SNR tolerance when no rotation or intensity disturbance occurs. …”
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中国大陆文化软实力对台湾政治安全的影响 ：以偶像养成类综艺选秀节目为案例分析 = The influence of mainland China’s cultural soft power on Taiwan's political security : a case study on idol survival variety programmes... by 王凯义 Ong, Kai Yi

“…In 2007, Hu Jintao championed for the elevation of “Soft Power” of Chinese culture when he spoke during the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. …”
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