Living with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva: radiological images of a patient with extensive heterotopic ossification by Mohammed Mostafa Kotb, Omar, Usama Farghaly, Kaliya-Perumal, Arun-Kumar

“…Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is an exceptionally rare genetic disorder characterized by the progressive formation of heterotopic bone in soft tissues. Here, we present the radiological findings of an 18-year-old female diagnosed with FOP who had severe spinal and right-upper-limb abnormalities. …”
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Starting from scratch by Koh, Bernice Jia Hong, Goh Shun Jie, Tan, Benjamin, Tan, Joanne Li Ling

“…Based on research findings, the problem statement was identified, which helped hone the campaign’s strategy, tactics and goals. …”
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Optimisation of stamp compliance for nanoimprint lithography : an experimental and simulation investigation of deformation of Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and Ultraviolet Curable Po... by Ong, Zongjue

“…Finally, analysis is done on the results of the simulation and conclusions are drawn and summarised under conclusion section.…”
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Translational GTPase BipA is involved in the maturation of a large subunit of bacterial ribosome at suboptimal temperature by Goh, Kwok Jian, Ero, Rya, Yan, Xin-Fu, Park, Jung Eun, Kundukad, Binu, Zheng, Jun, Sze, Siu Kwan, Gao, Yong-Gui

“…Based on the growth curve, soft agar swimming assay, and sucrose gradient sedimentation analysis, mutation of the catalytic residue His78 rendered plasmid-borne bipA unable to complement its deletion phenotypes. …”
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Neutrophil‐mediated enhancement of angiogenesis and osteogenesis in a novel triple cell co‐culture model with endothelial cells and osteoblasts by Herath, Thanuja D. K., Larbi, Anis, Teoh, Swee Hin, Kirkpatrick, C. James, Goh, Bee Tin

“…Repair and regeneration of critical‐sized bone defects remain a major challenge in orthopaedic and craniomaxillofacial surgery. …”
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Desalination : discharging brine into coastal waters by Cher, Leo Wei Kwang.

“…Therefore, it is vital to find the techniques to enhance mixing of brine in the “allocated impact zone” thus preventing the spread of high salinity out of this region. …”
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New method for automatic generation of patient specific finite element models of the distal femur by Lek, Cheah Wen.

“…For model validation, the cortical bone was model with four-node shell elements while eight-node hexahedral elements and six-node wedge elements were used to model the cancellous bone. …”
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Neural-network-based control of discrete-phase concentration in a gas-particle corner flow with optimal energy consumption by Zhang, Xingyu, Li, Hua

“…The profile of the recirculation zone is then determined mathematically by the minimum net mass flux principle with a grid search technique. …”
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Field relations, petrogenesis and emplacement of the Bhagirathi leucogranite, Garhwal Himalaya by Searle, M, Metcalfe, RP, Rex, AJ, Norry, MJ

“…Various shear criteria in the gneisses immediately below the granite document the existence of a major zone of ductile NNE-SSW-directed extension across a northeastward dipping, low-angle normal fault zone. …”

Injection effects on settling velocity by Le, Duc Anh

“…However limited studies were done on possible injection effect on drag coefficient and settling velocity of sediment particles. …”
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Study of heat transfer through micro-structured surfaces by Chin, Wei Hao

“…The heat transfer performance of a chip can be determined directly from the calculation of the critical heat flux of the liquid medium surrounding the chip, just as the boiling curve arrives at the film boiling zone. A silicon chip of dimensions 15x18mm is used as a starting control to be compared later on. …”
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Numerical study of earth pressures on rigid pipes with tire-derived aggregate inclusions by Ni, Pengpeng, Qin, X., Yi, Yaolin

“…A parametric study is carried out to optimise the design, including the geometry of the TDA zone, the spacing between the pipe and the TDA zone, and the relative stiffness between soil and TDA. …”
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An energy-saving oriented air balancing method for demand controlled ventilation systems with branch and black-box model by Cui, Can, Zhang, Xin, Cai, Wenjian

“…This paper proposes an energy-saving oriented air balancing method based on a branch and black-box (B2) model for multi-zone demand controlled ventilation (DCV) systems. …”
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Toward intelligent multizone thermal control with multiagent deep reinforcement learning by Li, Jie, Zhang, Wei, Gao, Guanyu, Wen, Yonggang, Jin, Guangyu, Christopoulos, Georgios

“…In this paper, we investigate the multi-zone thermal control with optimized energy usage and canonical thermal comfort modeling. …”
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Soundfield control using loudspeaker array by Li, Renshi

“…Several methodologies have recently been proposed to achieve a desired soundfield within a listening zone of interest. These methods include maximizing the energy ratio between energies of audible and inaudible zones, maximizing energy difference between two zones and maximizing the energy ratio while maintaining a desired sound energy level in the zone of interest. …”
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A medical image-based computer-aided diagnosis system for musculoskeletal disease and disorder. by Chuah, Tong Kuan

“…As part of the advancement to classifying subjects with BML, the thesis investigated textural parameters as potential biomarker in separating between bone marrow with and without bone marrow lesion. …”
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The hollow fiber bioreactor as a stroma-supported, serum-free ex vivo expansion platform for human umbilical cord blood cells by Xue, Cao, Kwek, Kenneth Y. C., Chan, Jerry Kok Yen, Chen, Qingfeng, Lim, Mayasari

“…The bone marrow microenvironment plays an integral role in the regulation of hematopoiesis. …”
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From the Andes to the coast: human mobility and diet in the Atacama desert during the late intermediate period (ad 900-1450) by Santana Sagredo, F

“…Human remains were analysed for tooth enamel, bone collagen, bone apatite, and hair-keratin. A second aim of the thesis was to provide new analysis of archaeological plants and animals of the area. …”

Effect of deep cold rolling on residual stress distributions between the treated and untreated regions Ti–6Al–4V alloy by Lim, Andre, Castagne, Sylvie, Chow, Cher Wong

“…Other factors that cause a difference between the steady state and the transient zone of the burnished area are also investigated. …”
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Structural behavior of tubular frame under elevated temperature by Tan, Peng Hoe.

“…An interesting observation was noticed on the comparison of elements’ total stress level between high-stressed zone and low-stressed zone. Adequate and appropriate engineering judgement was employed to explain the irregularities of stress distribution on these contrasting zones. …”
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