Accuracy of thoracolumbar pedicle screw insertion based on routine use of intraoperative imaging and navigation by Sundaram, Pirateb Paramasivam Meenakshi, Oh, Jacob Yoong-Leong, Tan, Mark, Nolan, Colum Patrick, Yu, Chun Sing, Ling, Ji Min

“…Overview of Literature: The use of 3D intraoperative imaging and navigation in spinal surgery is aimed at improving the accuracy of pedicle screw insertion. …”
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Impact of interannual and multidecadal trends on methane-climate feedbacks and sensitivity by Cheng, Chin-Hsien, Redfern, Simon Anthony Turner

“…Interannually, increased emissions via positive feedbacks (e.g. wetland emissions and wildfires) with higher land surface air temperature (LSAT) are often followed by increasing CCH4 due to weakened methane sink via atmospheric •OH, via negative feedbacks with lowered sea surface temperatures (SST), especially in the tropics. …”
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Taking Flight: FROM WAR ORPHAN TO STAR BALLERINA/ by Deprince, Michaela, author 656399, Deprince, Elaine, author 656400

“…Michaela DePrince was known as girl Number 27 at the orphanage, where she was abandoned at a young age and tormented as a "devil child" for a skin condition that makes her skin appear spotted. …”

Challenges and opportunities for physiologically controlled therapy in neural systems by Marks, VS, Piper, RJ, Van Rheede, JJ, Benjaber, M, Green, AL, Tisdall, MT, Denison, TJ

“…The utility of such a bidirectional application is exemplified by the success of the NeuroPace responsive neuro stimulation (RNS) device in the reduction of seizures [1] and pivotal trials of spinal cord stimulation for chronic leg pain using evoked compound action potentials to facilitate a homeostatic feedback system [2] .…”

Finite rate Innovation and its applications in electrocardiography by Amrish Nair

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Profiling microbial communities in idiopathic granulomatous mastitis by Ong, Seeu Si, Xu, Jia, Sim, Choon Kiat, Khng, Alexis Jiaying, Ho, Peh Joo, Kwan, Philip Kam Weng, Ravikrishnan, Aarthi, Tan, Benita Kiat-Tee, Tan, Qing Ting, Tan, Ern Yu, Tan, Su-Ming, Putti, Thomas Choudary, Lim, Swee Ho, Tang, Serene Ee Ling, Nagarajan, Niranjan, Karnani, Neerja, Li, Jingmei, Hartman, Mikael

“…A total of 21 IGM and 3 LM paired pus and skin samples underwent metagenomic analysis. Bray−Curtis ecological dissimilarity distance showed dissimilarity across four sample types (IGM pus, IGM skin, LM pus, and LM skin; PERMANOVA, p < 0.001). …”
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Fundamental ADI-FDTD method for multiple-pole Debye dispersive media by Heh, Ding Yu, Tan, Eng Leong

“…The interaction of terahertz pulse with human skin, in particular, healthy skin and basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is shown. …”
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An achievable region for double-unicast networks with linear network coding by Zeng, Yong, Ho, Tracey, Guan, Yong Liang, Xu, Xiaoli

“…In this paper, we present an achievable rate region for double-unicast networks by assuming that the intermediate nodes perform random linear network coding, and the source and sink nodes optimize their strategies to maximize the achievable region. …”
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Design and fabrication of voltage and current sensor boards for the medium voltage converter by Wee, Zhi Yuan

“…In this project, a voltage and current sensor interface board are designed using the Altium to interface the sensors with the EtherCAT coupler, which uses the EtherCAT communication link to give feedback to the master controller (PC). …”
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Preparation, characterisation, and topical delivery of Terbinafine by Hossain, Monjur, Sil dos Santos, Bruno, Iliopoulos, Fotis, Lever, Rebecca, Hadgraft, Jonathan, Lane, Majella E.

“…Terbinafine (TBF) is commonly used in the management of fungal infections of the skin because of its broad spectrum of activity. Currently, formulations containing the free base and salt form are available. …”
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A flexible optoacoustic blood 'stethoscope' for noninvasive multiparametric cardiovascular monitoring by Jin, Haoran, Zheng, Zesheng, Cui, Zequn, Jiang, Ying, Chen, Geng, Li, Wenlong, Wang, Zhimin, Wang, Jilei, Yang, Chuanshi, Song, Weitao, Chen, Xiaodong, Zheng, Yuanjin

“…Flexible sensors can realize on-skin assessment of several vital signals, but generally exhibit limited function to monitor blood characteristics. …”
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The opioid receptor influences circadian rhythms in human keratinocytes through the β-arrestin pathway by Bigliardi, Paul, Junnarkar, Seetanshu, Markale, Chinmay, Lo, Sydney, Bigliardi, Elena, Kalyuzhny, Alex, Ong, Sheena, Dunn, Ray, Wahli, Walter, Bigliardi-Qi, Mei

“…The recent emphasis on circadian rhythmicity in critical skin cell functions related to homeostasis, regeneration and aging has shed light on the importance of the PER2 circadian clock gene as a vital antitumor gene. …”
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Beat the beam: an applied research study on sunscreen usage habits amongst young adults in Singapore by Yeo, Cassandra Jia Xi, Ow Yong, Gladys Xin Yi, Ho, Wen San, Galistan, Tessa Yu-Ting

“…Beat The Beam is an applied communications research project aimed at addressing the fight against skin cancer through the use of sunscreen. Our project aims to develop effective strategies for promoting the usage of sunscreen as a protective measure against skin cancer in young adults aged 21 to 29 in Singapore. …”
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Improvement of thermal performance of building envelope through passive technologies by Yap, Adeline Su Jing

“…In this project, the author carries out both 2D and 3D investigations on the double-skin roof model in Energy Systems Lab followed by CFD simulations using ANSYS Workbench 14.5 – FLUENT. …”
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Automatic knee segmentation from multi-contrast MR images by Zhang, Kunlei

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Near-Infrared Fluorescent Molecular Probe for Sensitive Imaging of Keloid by Miao, Qingqing, Yeo, David Chenloong, Wiraja, Christian, Zhang, Jianjian, Ning, Xiaoyu, Xu, Chenjie, Pu, Kanyi

“…The first activatable near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent molecular probe is reported for sensitive imaging of keloid cells, skin cells from abnormal scar fibrous lesions. As keloid cells have high expression levels of fibroblast activation protein-alpha (FAPα), the probe (FNP1) is designed to have a caged NIR dye and a FAPα-cleavable peptide substrate linked by a self-immolative segment. …”
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Development of a compact PCB cooling system comprising a flexible bellow and a closed two phase thermosyphon by Lee, Boon Liang

“…The report documents the development of a flexible bellow heat sink with finned thermosyphons. The main objective of this project was to demonstrate the working principle of the thermosyphon with flexible bellow in electronic cooling. …”
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The significant effect of hydromagnetic on carbon nanotubes based nanofluids flow and heat transfer past a porous stretching/shrinking sheet by Abdul Samat, Nazrul Azlan, Bachok, Norfifah, Md Arifin, Norihan

“…Besides, the increment of magnetic field into the flow will increase both the skin friction and the heat transfer coefficient, while on the contrary, the decreasing in both the skin friction and the heat transfer coefficient will occur if the porosity parameter is raised. …”
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Hybrid nanofluid flow over a shrinking rotating disk: response surface methodology by Yahaya, Rusya Iryanti, Md Arifin, Norihan, Pop, Ioan, Md Ali, Fadzilah, Mohamed Isa, Siti Suzilliana Putri

“…The current study optimized the local skin friction coefficient and Nusselt number in Al2O3-Cu/water hybrid nanofluid flow over a permeable shrinking rotating disk. …”
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Remarkably enhanced thermal transport based on a flexible horizontally-aligned carbon nanotube array film by Qiu, Lin, Wang, Xiaotian, Su, Guoping, Tang, Dawei, Zheng, Xinghua, Zhu, Jie, Wang, Zhiguo, Norris, Pamela M., Bradford, Philip D., Zhu, Yuntian

“…The primary reason is the large thermal contact resistance between the CNT tips and the heat sink. Here we report a simultaneous sevenfold increase in in-plane thermal conductivity and a fourfold reduction in the thermal contact resistance at the flexible CNT-SiO2 coated heat sink interface by coupling the CNTs with orderly physical overlapping along the horizontal direction through an engineering approach (shear pressing). …”
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