Unveiling perspectives of Islam : seeing through the eyes of Singapore's educated Chinese youths who subscribe to No religion by Nur Ameera Amirrudin

“…Finally, while the negative perceptions of respondents are rather mild, these data reveal that actions should be taken to curb this negativity.…”
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Molecular insights into evolution, mutations and receptor-binding specificity of influenza A and B viruses from outpatients and hospitalized patients in Singapore by Ivan, Fransiskus Xaverius, Zhou, Xinrui, Lau, Suk Hiang, Rashid, Shamima, Teo, Jasmine S. M., Lee, Hong Kai, Koay, Evelyn S., Chan, Kwai Peng, Leo, Yee Sin, Chen, Mark I. Cheng, Kwoh, Chee Keong, Chow, Vincent T.

“…Background: This study compared the genomes of influenza viruses that caused mild infections among outpatients and severe infections among hospitalized patients in Singapore, and characterized their molecular evolution and receptor-binding specificity. …”
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Data for the ‘Orchid Observers’ project by Shuttleworth, S, O’Donnell, J, Lintott, C, Tweddle, J

“…The Natural History Museum (NHM) wants to find out if this is true for other wild orchids and whether all species are responding in the same way. …”

An exploratory study for a new method to search for heavy neutrinos with data at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) by Tan, Cherlene Shu Ning

“…All fermions of the elementary particles in the standard model have a known left and right chirality- except the neutrino. Till this date, all neutrinos observed are left-handed, rotating clockwise with respect to the direction of motion while the corresponding antineutrinos are right-handed, spinning counterclockwise. …”
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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

“…The dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus was the wild-type variant in all countries during the study period (1 March 2020 to 31 December 2020).…”

Vision-language-model-based video quality assessment by Zhang, Erli

“…This work not only advances the state-of-the-art in VQA but also sets the stage for future research in evaluating and enhancing the quality of in-the-wild videos.…”
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The king of fruits by Thorogood, CJ, Ghazalli, MN, Siti‐Munirah, MY, Nikong, D, Kusuma, YWC, Sudarmono, S, Witono, JR

“…Here we review recent findings in the genus with a focus on Malaysia and Indonesia. …”

Loss of caveolin-1 impairs light flicker-induced neurovascular coupling at the optic nerve head by Loo, Jing Hong, Lee, Ying Shi, Woon, Chang Yi, Yong, Victor H. K., Tan, Bingyao, Schmetterer, Leopold, Chong, Rachel S.

“…However, there was no significant difference in RGC density between Cav-1 KO and wild type mice. These findings highlight the role of Cav-1 in regulating neurovascular coupling and IOP and suggest that the loss of Cav-1 may predispose to vascular dysfunction and decreased RGC signaling in the absence of structural loss. …”
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The role of PTEN in human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells mediated tumor cells suppression. by Toh, Xin Yi.

“…In parallel, isogenic glioma cell lines U251, which overexpresses wild-type PTEN upon tetracycline treatment, resulted in 1.43-fold glioma cell growth retardation when cultured in the presence of MSC. …”
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Gobo: A System for Exploring User Control of Invisible Algorithms in Social Media by Bhargava, Rahul, Chung, Anna, Gaikwad, Neil S, Hope, Alexis, Jen, Dennis, Rubinovitz, Jasmin, Saldías-Fuentes, Belén, Zuckerman, Ethan

“…Through an iterative design process, we've built and deployed Gobo in the wild and conducted a pilot study in the form of a survey to understand how the users respond to the shift of control from invisible algorithms to themselves. …”
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Wear and friction properties of pineapple leaf fibers-reinforced natural rubber composites with the influence of multi-walled carbon nanotubes by Xuan, Yeo Yi, Ridzuan, M.J.M., Abdul Majid, M.S., Syayuthi, A.R.A., Mat, Fauziah, Salit @ Sinon, Mohd Sapuan

“…The PALF content was ranged from 0, 10, 20 to 30 parts per hundred rubber (phr) while the MWCNT content was maintained at 10 phr. A two-roll mill mixing process followed by molding was employed to fabricate the NR composites. …”
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Sorptive properties of biofilm matrix for heavy metal sequestering by Elisa Tiaras

“…The characteristics and the ability to treat heavy metals in 4 strains, namely PAO1 wild-type, ΔPelA strain, ΔPslBCD strain and double mutant ΔPelA- ΔPslBCD strain, were compared in the study. 2 types of metals that are commonly found in the environment were used in the study: copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn). …”
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Studies of gallium nitride (GaN) based high electron mobility transistor (HEMTS) by Ong, Eugene Wei Han

“…GaN (Gallium Nitride) on High Electron Mobility Transistors (HEMTs) has been developed since the early 2000s, however, it is not till recent times that it is commercialised and used for an impressive array of technologically advanced advents. …”
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Unveiling the future of budget hotels in Singapore by Chua, Hwee Lian, Kew, Wong Yip, Soh, Wee Li

“…These include using Porter's five forces model to define the external environment in which budget hotels operate and a SWOT analysis to function as an internal check. The findings of this study point towards a shortage of budget hotels that is likely to persist till 1995. …”
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Pear person-centred care for dementia patients (front end Android app) by Ng, Jian Xiong

“…The absence of medical treatment for dementia till today, had sparks researchers around the globe to find a breakthrough in the treatment one day. …”
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We’re too busy singing: acoustic analysis with apes by French, Fiona, Good, Stephen, Mokkadem, Karim, Frost, Naomi, Finch, Katherine

“…Ultimately, we are planning a deeper investigation of auditory perception, by developing interactive devices that offer agency to non-humans and enable us to find out more about the hearing capabilities of different species.…”
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Enhanced restoration of visual code after targeting ON bipolar cells compared to retinal ganglion cells with optogenetic therapy by Rogers, J, Hughes, S, Ebrahimi, A, Allen, A, Storchi, R, Lindner, M, Peirson, S, Badea, T, Hankins, M, Lucas, R

“…Our data show that, while both approaches restore visual responses with impressive fidelity, ON BC targeting produces a richer visual code closer to that of wild-type mice. …”

Urban-rural communities attitudes and perceptions toward wildlife meat consumption in Bintulu, Sarawak by Thomas, Alexander, Mariapan, Manohar, Lim, Evelyn Ai Lin, Johari, Shazali

“…Among the wildlife meat, wild boar meat is the most preferred. The findings provide guidance towards developing successful strategies and actions to influence local communities towards sustainable use of wildlife for consumption.…”

Studies on the antioxidant mechanisms of betacyanins from improved fermented red dragon fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus) drink in HepG2 cells by Lim, Teck Wei, Lim, Renee Lay Hong, Pui, Liew Phing, Tan, Chin Ping, Ho, Chun Wai

“…The present study aimed to investigate the antioxidant mechanisms of the stabilised betacyanins in a novel RDF functional drink, Improved-FRDFD-dH2O (produced from mild, sustainable approaches) using HepG2 cell line. …”
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Assessing compounding climate-related stresses and development pathways on the power sector in the central U.S. by Gurgel, Angelo Costa, Reilly, John, Morris, Jennifer, Schlosser, C. Adam, Gao, Xiang, Yuan, Mei, Tapia-Ahumada, Karen

“…Potential supply gaps range from 5% in the North Central region under mild changes in climate to 21% in the Lakes-Mid Atlantic region under more severe climate change. …”
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