Quality of life and healthcare service utilization among methadone maintenance patients in a mountainous area of Northern Vietnam by Nguyen, Long Hoang, Nguyen, Lan Huong Thi, Boggiano, Victoria L., Hoang, Canh Dinh, Van Nguyen, Hung, Le, Huong Thi, Le, Hai Quan, Tran, Tho Dinh, Tran, Bach Xuan, Latkin, Carl A., Zary, Nabil, Vu, Minh Thuc Thi

“…Individuals who were multiple substance abusers and those who recently had inpatient care were more likely to have a lower VAS. Older respondents, those taking their medications at the more impoverished clinic, substance abusers, and individuals who were struggling with anxiety/depression or their usual daily activities were more likely to use both inpatient and outpatient care.Conclusions: In summary, we observed good HRQOL, but high prevalence of anxiety/depression and low rates of service utilization among MMT patients in Tuyen Quang province. …”
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Sequence-Dependent & -Independent Effects of Intron-Mediated Enhancement (IME) by Kowal, Emma J. K.

“…In this study we report the design and execution of several massively parallel reporter assays (MPRAs), interrogating the effect of tens of thousands of synthetic and natural intron sequences on gene expression in the human HEK293T and HeLa cell lines. We observe that even with random internal sequence, most of these introns splice well and trigger IME. …”
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Multi-criteria re-entrant jobs scheduling problems using GA and AHP by Lin, Danping.

“…The validation is conducted in two experiments, firstly single GA is implemented for the re-entrant lines and later a new combination of GA and AHP is carried out. …”
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Study of cascade failures of power grids by Ng, Jason Wei Long.

“…The substations and the transmission lines are denoted as the nodes and edges of the complex network respectively. …”
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Barriers and leverage points for seeing alcohol differently in integrated care systems in England: a senior stakeholder interview study by Madden, Mary, Stewart, Duncan, McCambridge, Jim

“…Results: ICS formation occurred when services had been under sustained pressures with lines of communication and accountability emergent and unclear. …”
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Development of coherent detector technologies for sub-millimetre wave astronomy observations by Tan, B-K

“…</p> <p>Using the current 16-pixel 350 GHz SIS receiver, HARP-B, we have observed the ¹²CO J=3→2 emission lines from two nearby galaxies. An important result we found is that the ¹²CO J=3→2 correlates strongly with the 8 μm Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon emission.…”

Structure and inhibition of novel cyclin-dependent kinases by Dixon-Clarke, S

“…Preliminary trials using these relatively non-selective compounds to inhibit CDK16 in melanoma and medulloblastoma cancer cell lines revealed rebastinib as the more efficacious drug causing loss of cell proliferation in the 1-2 micromolar range. …”

An aerodynamic investigation of a high-pressure turbine using rotor casing static pressure measurements at engine representative conditions with different tip designs, tip gaps, an... by Singh, D, Beard, PF, Cardwell, D, Staelens, V, Bahulekar, P, Stokes, M, Bather, S, Chana, K

“…Steady and unsteady casing static pressure measurements were acquired, using pneumatic lines and high-frequency response (∼100 kHz) Kulite pressure transducers, respectively. …”

Key transcriptional regulators of neutrophil function in inflammation by Ai, Z

“…</p> <p>To investigate the regulatory role of the selected TFs in neutrophils, I utilised HoxB8 myeloid progenitors as a model system for in vitro production of neutrophils and generated stable knockout lines for JUNB, RELB, IRF5, RFX2, KLF6, and RUNX1 in Hoxb8 myeloid progenitors, using the CRISPR/Cas9 mediated system. …”

BRCA1 regulation of breast cancer cell motility by Hernandez Nuñez, ZE

“…Time-lapse microscopy of breast cancer cell lines with various BRCA1 backgrounds was employed to evaluate the impact of inhibiting ubiquitin ligase activity. …”

How are cognitive maps formed and encoded in humans? by Glitz, L

“…In Chapter 4, we find evidence for the latter, with trajectory training resulting in neural encoding of the map that is more similar to separate transitive lines along rows and columns, the extent of which is related to behavioural accuracy. …”

Nanoparticles enhanced laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for characterisation and discrimination of gemstones by Al-Juboori, Haider, Haider, Zhaib, Hang, Wei, Roslan, Sufi

“…Results have shown a significant enhancement in spectral features, i.e., the emergence of several new spectral lines of major gemstone elements in the UV-Vis regions of the NELIBS spectra, while the CLIBS spectra were devoid of any meaningful spectral information. …”
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Towards graphane applications in security: the electrochemical detection of trinitrotoluene in seawater on hydrogenated graphene by Seah, Tzu Hui, Poh, Hwee Ling, Chua, Chun Kiang, Sofer, Zdeněk, Pumera, Martin

“…Graphene was found to display a higher sensitivity than hydrogenated graphene and could be an ideal material for the detection of TNT in seawater. This is likely due to the fact that graphene contains a larger amount of aromatic rings than hydrogenated graphene, enabling larger preconcentration. …”
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Does cultural similarity between CFOs and auditors impact audit quality? by Xiong, Xi

“…Using the exogenous change in cultural similarity as a result of normal CFO retirement, I show that the relationship between cultural similarity and audit quality is likely to be causal and unlikely driven by endogeneity. …”
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Laboratory and field measurement of dispersion curves using surface wave methods by Tan, Roy Guan Ming.

“…The use of active wave methods, such as the likes of Continuous Surface Wave and Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave, predominate the discussions of this project. …”
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Children’s influence on parental yielding on toys with respect to educational value and perceived price. by Li, Xian., Lee, Mildred Sook Han., Tan, Rachael Yan Hang.

“…In this research, results have shown that mothers are more likely to yield to toys that possess high educational value as compared to low educational value ones. …”
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Lie, cheat, and steal: how harmful brands motivate consumers to act unethically by Rotman, Jeff D., Khamitov, Mansur, Connors, Scott

“…That is, consumers are more likely to lie, cheat, or steal to punish a harmful brand. …”
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Surface plasmon enhanced thermal properties of noble metallic nanofluids by Lee, Kwang Hong, Low, Swee Ling, Lim, Geok Kieng, Wong, Chee Cheong

“…This mechanism of thermal enhancement is most likely attributable to the high surface area to volume ratio of the nanoparticles, and should be operative in other metallic nanoparticle suspensions as well.…”
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Improved NiSi salicide process using presilicide N2+ implant for MOSFETs by Wee, A. T. S., Chan, L., Mangelinck, D., Lee, Pooi See, Pey, Kin Leong, Ding, Jun

“…Phase transformation to the undesirable high resistivity NiSi2 phase was delayed, likely due to a change in the interfacial energy. …”
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Asia-Pacific university libraries on facebook : content analysis on posts and interactions by Somasundram, V., Seah, Frank Eng Kiat, Wong, Evelyn, Tan, Catherine, Sum, Hedren Wai Yuan

“…The majority (83%) of the interactions were expressed through post likes while the remaining were expressed through comments. …”
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