The effect of the amyloid-beta peptide on the fluidity of cell membranes : a study by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy by Ng, Justin Wei Qing

“…We therefore sought to find a conclusive answer to the question of whether Aβ affects cell plasma membrane fluidity. …”
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探讨新加坡人的怕输特征与其文化意涵 = A study on the Singaporean Kiasuism and its cultural connotation by 蔡惠璘 Chua, Debbie Hui Lin

“…This paper shall explore the Singaporean Kiasu phenomenon and its origins, and through it, attempt to find a connection between Kiasu and Popular Culture.…”
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Global monitoring of volcanic SO2 degassing with unprecedented resolution from TROPOMI onboard Sentinel-5 Precursor by Barrington, Charlotte, Taisne, Benoit, Theys, N., Hedelt, P., De Smedt, I., Lerot, C., Yu, H., Vlietinck, J., Pedergnana, M., Arellano, S., Galle, B., Fernandez, D., Carlito, C. J. M., Delgado-Granados, H., Loyola, D., Van Roozendael, M.

“…Using the operational processing algorithm, we explore the benefit of improved spatial resolution to the monitoring of global volcanic degassing. We find that TROPOMI surpasses any space nadir sensor in its ability to detect weak degassing signals and captures day-to-day changes in SO2 emissions. …”
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Offset-16QAM-based coherent WDM with multi-carrier group detection by Xiang, Meng, Fu, Songnian, Tang, M., Shum, P., Liu, Deming

“…Moreover, 0.5 dB required OSNR penalty at BER=10-3 is obtained given 18 GHz ADC bandwidth. Besides, we find that side carriers suffer from severer performance degradation than the central carrier with limited ADC resolution and only 0.08 dB and 0.2 dB required OSNR penalty at BER=10-3 are secured with 6 bits ADC resolution for central carrier and side carriers, respectively.…”
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Upper mantle rheology from GRACE and GPS postseismic deformation after the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake by Banerjee, Paramesh, Panet, I., Mikhailov, V., Diament, M., Grijalva, K., Pollitz, Fred F.

“…This suggests that the localization of relatively low viscosity in the asthenosphere is chiefly in the transient viscosity rather than the steady state viscosity. We find a 8.10^18 Pa s mantle viscosity in the 220–660 km depth range. …”
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Message from ICME'12 technical program chairs by Cai, Jianfei, Hanjalic, Alan, Magli, Enrico, Pickering, Mark, Friedland, Gerald, Hua, Xian-Sheng

“…We have designed the program in such a way that ICME audience will not miss the keynotes, overview talks and the plenary session, and can always find a high quality talk of interest at the parallel oral sessions. …”
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Understanding customer retrials in call centers: preferences for service quality and service speed by Hu, K, Allon, G, Bassamboo, A

“…Though recognizing this problem, call centers find it challenging to reduce retrials without overshooting their operating expenses. …”

A sociological analysis of Iranian popular music in the 21st century by Safideh, Mohammad Rezazadeh

“…Based on reference to the history of Iranian popular music, this research aims at analyzing the nature of Iranian popular music and to find out what are the constituent elements of such social phenomenon in order to present an analytical definition of it. …”
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Control and operation of DC microgrids by Adhikari, Sujan

“…Recently, bipolar-type DC microgrids have gained tremendous attention of researchers due to its advantages over conventional DC microgrids in terms of elevated level of quality, reliability and efficient power supply. …”
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Design of a power management unit for a wireless-power-transfer-enabled wireless sensor node by Luo, Hao

“…Moreover, the load-adaptive negative-resistance helps to boost the DC-gain of the proposed OCL-LDO while improving the current efficiency and ensuring fast-settling and frequency stability. …”
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Design and analysis of passive phase shifters using controllable defected ground structures in 65nm CMOS technology for 77-81 GHz automotive radar by Wu, Jiaqi

“…The antenna array was simulated to have a Field of View (FoV) of 44° and angular resolution of 1.5° with the antenna gain in a range of 20.84 to 22.97 dB in 77 to 81 GHz.…”
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Reduced semiconductor energy conversion systems. by Zhang, Lei.

“…Although the two studied energy systems have demonstrated improvements, they nonetheless use the same nine-switch converter as other existing ac-ac applications mostly in ac motor drives. To gain further improvements, modifications to the basic converter topology must be done, where one possible area is to generate more than two switching levels per phase. …”
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Efficient circuit-designs using spintronic devices by Deb, Suman

“…We propose design optimizations to reduce the number of write operations in Domain Wall motion-based logic circuits, and therefore, achieve overall gain in energy performance. As a case study, we perform in-depth study of the cutting-edge cryptographic block cipher SIMON, using experimentally validated Verilog-A models of MTJ and Racetrack Memory. …”
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Therapeutic effects of Cosmos caudatus kunth leaf extract in the prevention and treament of obesity in sprague dawley rats by Abdul Rahman, Hafeedza

“…In the preventive study, the extracts significantly suppressed the increase in body weight gain by 33.0 - 42.5% and percentage of abdominal fat by 33.0 - 42.0% when compared to that of control HFD group. …”
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A parallel fill estimation algorithm for sparse matrices and tensors in blocked formats by Ahrens, Willow

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Advancements in Models and Algorithms for Management Science by Yao, Yuanfan (Evan)

“…Based on these empirical findings, we develop a mathematical model for the underlying data generating process and propose both numerical and theoretical finds that further justify the DCRI approach. …”
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Fluid-fluid displacement in porous-media microfluidics by Qiu, Yu

“…For viscously favorable displacements (when the invading fluid is more viscous than the defending fluid), we find a universal behavior of the dynamic contact angle—a macroscopic descriptor of interface shape—which increases monotonically with capillary number. …”
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Relationship between synoptic scale meteorology, aircraft parameters, and observable contrails by Barbosa, Maria Paula

“…We then applied the "locally" optimal Gaussian parameters from the four 2D algorithms to the respective 3D algorithms and ran all eight algorithms on the remaining 148 contrails (1762 labels). We find that the optimal performance for all eight algorithms ranges from 68.2% to 76.2%. …”
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以“才”充“再”？以“再”充“才”？新加坡华语里“才”和“再”的使用情况 = Study of the usage of adverb cai and adverb zai in Singapore Chinese by 余依霖 Er, Yee Ling

“…According to Lu Jianming, Zhang Chuhao, Qian Ping (2002) and Xing Fuyi (2005), Singapore Chinese users tend to replace adverb zai with adverb cai. To find out whether such a phenomenon exists, and the extent of its usage, a questionnaire survey was carried out. …”
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Structural and biochemical mechanisms of NLRP1 inhibition by DPP9 by Huang, Menghang, Zhang, Xiaoxiao, Toh, Gee Ann, Gong, Qin, Wang, Jia, Han, Zhifu, Wu, Bin, Zhong, Franklin, Chai, Jijie

“…Activation of the NLR protein NLRP1 requires autocleavage within its function-to-find domain (FIIND)1-7. In resting cells, the dipeptidyl peptidases DPP8 and DPP9 interact with the FIIND of NLRP1 and suppress spontaneous NLRP1 activation8,9; however, the mechanisms through which this occurs remain unknown. …”
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