Employment of a high throughput functional assay to define the critical factors that influence vaccine induced cross-variant neutralizing antibodies for SARS-CoV-2 by Gu, Yue, Shunmuganathan, Bhuvaneshwari, Qian, Xinlei, Gupta, Rashi, Tan, Rebecca S. W., Kozma, Mary, Purushotorman, Kiren, Murali, Tanusya M., Tan, Nikki Y. J., Preiser, Peter Rainer, Lescar, Julien, Nasir, Haziq, Somani, Jyoti, Tambyah, Paul A., Smith, Kenneth G. C., Renia, Laurent, Ng, Lisa F. P., Lye, David C., Young, Barnaby E., MacAry, Paul A.

“…The scale and duration of neutralizing antibody responses targeting SARS-CoV-2 viral variants represents a critically important serological parameter that predicts protective immunity for COVID-19. …”
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Stress analysis and stress intensity factor computation of DNV X65 pipes subjected to four point bending by Lee, Shaun Raphael Kwok Yuen

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Role of non-rational factors in the two levels of decision making. by Low, Eng Chiew.

“…The decision making process occur on two levels. Adapting from Evans’ (2008, 2010b) terminologies, the two levels are Type 1 automatic processing, or intuition, and Type 2 effortful processing, or reasoning. …”
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2μm InGaSb/AlGaAsSb 量子阱激光器理想因子的研究 = Investigation on ideality factor of 2 µm InGaSb/AlGaAsSb quantum well laser by 李翔 Li, Xiang, 汪宏 Wang, Hong, 乔忠良 Qiao, Zhongliang, 张宇 Zhang, Yu, 徐应强 Xu, Yingqiang, 牛智川 Niu, Zhichuan, 佟存柱 Tong, Cunzhu, 刘重阳 Liu, Chongyang

“…该结果与所使用的理论模型以及独立的GaSb材料整流结(pn结、GaSb/金属结等)理想因子n的数值是相吻合的。2 µm InGaSb/AlGaAsSb single quantum well(SQW) laser with low threshold current density of ~131 A/cm and its ideality factor n was presented. …”
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Strategy for measuring thermodynamic factors in lithium electrolytes with two neutral solvents by Jung, T, Wang, AA, Monroe, CW

Hypoxia-inducible factor-2 alpha up-regulates CD70 under hypoxia and enhances anchorage-independent growth and aggressiveness in cancer cells by Kitajima, Shojiro, Lee, Kian Leong, Fujioka, Masaki, Sun, Wendi, You, Jia, Chia, Grace Sushin, Wanibuchi, Hideki, Tomita, Shuhei, Araki, Marito, Kato, Hiroyuki, Poellinger, Lorenz

“…Hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) facilitate cellular adaptation to environmental stress such as low oxygen conditions (hypoxia) and consequently promote tumor growth. …”
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The role of growth factor receptor bound protein 2 (GRB2) in gain of function of mutant p53. by Lau, Sok Ting.

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Efficient realization of householder transform through algorithm-architecture co-design for acceleration of QR factorization by Merchant, Farhad, Vatwani, Tarun, Chattopadhyay, Anupam, Raha, Soumyendu, Nandy, Soumitra Kumar, Narayan, Ranjani

“…In this paper, we present efficient realization of Householder Transform (HT) based QR factorization through algorithm-architecture co-design where we achieve performance improvement of 3-90x in-terms of Gflops/watt over state-of-the-art multicore, General Purpose Graphics Processing Units (GPGPUs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), and ClearSpeed CSX700. …”
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Measuring ion recombination factor for a pencil beam scanning synchrotron-based proton therapy system by Gan, Jun Ken

“…The field size was 10x10 cm2 and the spot spacing was 2.5 mm. The ionisation chambers to be investigated were placed at 2 cm water depth using plastic water.…”
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Estimating risk factor time paths among people with Type 2 Diabetes and QALY gains from risk factor management by Gao, N, Dakin, HA, Holman, RR, Lim, L-L, Leal, J, Clarke, P

“…<p><strong>Objectives:</strong> Most type 2 diabetes simulation models utilise equations mapping out lifetime trajectories of risk factors [e.g. glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c)]. …”

Chromatin structuring factor HMGA2 controls subtelomere stability and cancer chemosensitivity by Syed Moiz Ahmed

“…The oncofetal architectural factor HMGA2, by utilizing its three DNA binding domains has been shown to bind stalled replication forks and prevent their collapse into genotoxic DNA strand breaks in fast replicating cancer cells, hESCs as well as in other heterologous yeast and bacterial cell systems. …”
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Eigenspace-based minimum variance beamformer combined with sign coherence factor : application to linear-array photoacoustic imaging by Shamekhi, Sadaf, Periyasamy, Vijitha, Pramanik, Manojit, Mehrmohammadi, Mohammad, Mohammadzadeh Asl, Babak

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A frequency-domain output-constrained active noise control algorithm based on an intuitive circulant convolutional penalty factor by Shi, Dongyuan, Gan, Woon-Seng, Lam, Bhan, Shen, Xiaoyi

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Key environmental factors underlying terrestrial arthropod abundance and diversity in alley-cropping and monoculture oil palm plantations by Ashraf, Mohamad, Hosaka, Tetsuro, Norhisham, Ahmad R., Sanusi, Ruzana, Tohiran, Kamil A., Zulkifli, Raja, Azhar, Badrul

“…However, the environmental factors responsible for these differences remain unclear. …”
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DSIF factor Spt5 coordinates transcription, maturation and exoribonucleolysis of RNA polymerase II transcripts by Kuś, K, Carrique, L, Kecman, T, Fournier, M, Hassanein, SS, Aydin, E, Kilchert, C, Grimes, JM, Vasiljeva, L

“…We show that the key transcription termination factor, RNA exonuclease Xrn2 engages with Pol II forming a stable complex. …”

Sig2GRN : a software tool linking signaling pathway with gene regulatory network for dynamic simulation by Zhang, Fan, Liu, Runsheng, Zheng, Jie

“…Then a Boolean model and a thermodynamics-based model are employed to predict the downstream changes in gene expression based on the simulated dynamics of transcription factors in signaling pathways. Results: Our empirical case studies show that the simulation of Sig2GRN can predict changes in gene expression patterns induced by DNA damage signals and drug treatments. …”
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Factors affecting the decision making process of customer when their salesperson jumps ship to another firm : an analysis of the Singapore insurance industry by Soh, Yong Joo, Lim, Elijah Vincent Deyuan, Yan, Naung Htut

“…A 2x2 decision matrix was developed to show the extent of the different scenarios and how they affect the customer’s decision to switch.…”
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Beyond user control and two-way communication: the four-factor model of interactivity of wrist-worn smart devices by Kang, Hyunjin, Oh, Jeeyun

“…Study 2 revalidates the measurement structure of interactivity developed in Study 1 and further tests the theoretical value of the four-factor model by examining how the four factors predict usage intention mediated by hedonic and utilitarian benefits. …”
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Factors influencing Malays as a second language learning in essay writing: a case study of Iban ethnic students in Sarawak, Malaysia by Edmund Austrus, Zamri Mahamod, Norhafizah Adnan

“…The findings identified three main factors: (i) mother tongue factors influence, (ii) linguistic environment factors influence, and (iii) psychological factors influence. …”
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Foot care behaviours and associated factors among patients with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study by Ang, Chin-Siang, Goh, Kelley Fann Ing, Lodh, Nandika, Qin, Vicky Mengqi, Liew, Huiling, Sidhu, Harvinder Raj Singh, Ng, Jun Jie, Subramaniam, Tavintharan, Tan, Elaine, Koh, Gerald Choon Huat, Best, James, Wong, Julian, Car, Josip, Ho, Andy Hau Yan, Venkataraman, Kavita

“…We conducted descriptive and inferential analyses to explore the relationships between potential risk and protective factors and FC behaviours. Results: Overall, 429 individuals (73.2%) had good FC behaviours, while 157 (26.8%) displayed poor FC behaviours. …”
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