Bombyx and Bugs in Meiji Japan: Toward a Multispecies History? by Onaga, Lisa A.

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Interleukin-26 (IL-26) is a novel anti-microbial peptide produced by T cells in response to staphylococcal enterotoxin by Woetmann, Anders, Alhede, Morten, Dabelsteen, Sally, Bjarnsholt, Thomas, Rybtke, Morten, Nastasi, Claudia, Krejsgaard, Thorbjørn, Andersen, Mads Hald, Bonefeld, Charlotte M., Geisler, Carsten, Givskov, Michael, Odum, Niels

“…Staphylococcus aureus is an enterotoxin producing, Gram-positive pathogen, which is a major cause of soft tissue infections and life-threatening bacteremia and sepsis. Here we show that (i) skin T cells in chronic wounds infected with S. aureus express interleukin-26 (IL-26) in situ, (ii) staphylococcal enterotoxins (SE) trigger IL-26 expression in T cell lines and primary skin T cells, and (iii) IL-26 triggers death and inhibits biofilm formation and growth of S. aureus. …”
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Effect of partial debonding on catenary action of reinforced concrete frames by Yu, Jun, Tan, Kang Hai

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Cohort differences in physical health and disability in the United States and Europe by Gimeno, L, Goisis, A, Dowd, JB, Ploubidis, GB

“…<p><strong>Objectives</strong></p> Declines in mortality have historically been associated with improvements in physical health across generations. While life expectancy in most high-income countries continues to increase, there is evidence that younger generations, particularly in the United States, are less healthy than previous generations at the same age. …”

'Women in an extraordinary time': the transnational network and educational spaces of the Canadian Eiwa Girls' mission schools in 1920s and 1930s Japan by Dugal, A

“…This thesis thus looks to Eiwa women and youth in their roles as graduates, educators, and students to demonstrate a dynamic understanding of 1930s Japanese educational and intellectual life.…”

The Urgency Numeric Rating Scale: Psychometric Evaluation in Adults with Crohn’s Disease by Dubinsky, M, Vadhariya, A, Su, S, Zhou, X, Durand, F, Clucas, C, Stassek, L, Kawata, AK, Travis, S

“…Introduction: Bowel urgency has recently been recognized as a Crohn’s disease (CD) symptom that substantially impacts patients’ quality of life. The Urgency NRS is a single-item patient-reported outcome measure assessing bowel urgency severity in the past 24 h (0–10 scale). …”

Efficient techniques for subgraph mining and query processing by Lin, Wenqing

“…However, mining network motifs is computationally challenging, as it requires to enumerate subgraphs from a real-life graph, and compute the frequency of each subgraph in a large number of random graphs. …”
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Failure of austenitic stainless steels and superalloys at high temperatures by Seow, Siow Liang.

“…Understanding of the causes would help to find remedial methods and help to prevent recurrence of the problem.…”
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Is patriotism a sufficient justification for liberal democracies to coerce conscription? by Tan, Jared Yue Rong

“…Liberal democracies are stable when free and equal citizens find overlapping consensus via public reason to form a unified political conception – that of the liberal democracy. …”
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Dreams : bespoke for the soul by Dinh, Hai Yen

“…By having the audience looking at the pieces, it is a hope that they can find a piece which resonates most closely and it may encourage them to reflect about themselves. …”
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A study of validation of performance measures in the context of Singapore's knowledge-based economy. by Kunjammai Sockalingam.

“…This drives economies to find ways in sustaining their competitiveness levels and accelerating growth; such as through increasing investments in key areas being innovation, entrepreneurship, research & development, information and communication technologies (ICT) and educated workforce. …”
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In search of a New Asian theatre. by Chin, Mary., Law, Kian Yan.

“…Bringing together masters, performers and participants fiom different parts of Asia, the symposium aims to provide a platform for the inter-cultural exchange and experience of Asian traditional arts. Its main aim is to find an Asian voice in theatre. In light of Singapore’s efforts to promote the city-state as an international arts centre, the theme and subject of our exploration becomes even more relevant. …”
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Mechanical and vibrational testing of clamped rail steel assembly by Ong, Wei Long

“…Experiments were conducted, changing parameters of the setup systematically to find out the cause and effects of each parameter. …”
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Religious coping and resilience in parents of children with special needs. by Siti Nurhuda Hamsani.

“…The purpose of this study is to find out whether the process of resilience in parents of children with special needs can be explained by the transactional model of stress by Lazarus (1990). …”
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Animation of electronic and optical processes in semiconductors by Khan Intezar Ahmad.

“…This project is basically being developed to provide aid to learners who are interested in learning the semiconductor fundamentals. Usually students find it quite difficult to understand the basics of “electronic and optical processes in semiconductors”. …”
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Buckling of pre-twisted threads embedded in a soft matrix by Liow, Zhen Yi

“…This Final Year Project seeks to find out the buckling effect of pre-twisted threads embedded in a soft matrix. …”
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Clustering techniques for web mining by Lu, Jiao.

“…These techniques can be used to increase the accuracy and efficiency of the users to find the relevant information they want from the internet. …”
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A study on the information-seeking behaviour of aircraft engineers in the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) by Yiang, Wai Han.

“…In addition, questions were asked to find out about the availability of resources and library /information sources.…”
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Project management of projects in India by Singapore contractors through joint ventures by Sreenivasan Sreenath.

“…The two main objectives of this study are to evaluate how successful the project management of the Singapore - India Joint Venture Projects is inspite of the unstable political, economic, social and trade union problems, and to find out the challenges and obstacles faced by Singapore contractors during the various phases of the projects. …”
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Tournament induced incentives and analysts' boldness. by Yin, Huifang.

“…Using data from 1991 to 2007, I find that interim losers are more likely to increase the boldness of their forecasts in the remainder of the tournament period than interim winners. …”
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