Transcriptomic profiling of polymicrobial biofilm dynamics on catheters in Vitro by Lai, Valerie Jia Hui

“…Here, we report the set-up of catheter biofilm assay and our findings demonstrated that Escherichia coli UTI89 in the mixed species is preventing the dispersal of Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF in the mixed species although further investigation is required. …”
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Vein matching enhancement by Song, Daphne Liting

“…Based on the result, the most significant finding was that the senior citizen age group has a huge range in grayscale values as compared to other age groups.…”
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Applications of energy absorption strategies in industry by Lee, Jun Yi

“…Through the analysis of the Finite Element Models, we have seen that similar data and models can be used for accurate simulation and sharing findings help researchers save time and resources. …”
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Evolution, current and future developments in quality control circles : an empirical study trade unions' involvement in quality control circles in Singapore by Chow, Yvonne Chi Hong, Saraswathy D/O Shanmugam, Tan, Puay Cheng

“…Due to the stereotype perception of trade unions' role, they were not invited by management to be involved in QCCs. The findings support Debrah's preposition that in most situations, trade unions are not involved in the initiation of employee involvement techniques such as QCCs (Debrah,l991).…”
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Job search, expectations and preferences of accountancy and business undergraduates by Tan, Chia Yin, Tan, Lay Hua, Lim, Susan Choo Lian

“…Furthermore, interviews with graduates from Business (NTU) were conducted to supplement the information gathered (from the Graduate Employment Surveys) about the graduates from Business Administration (NUS). The analysis of findings revealed that the Accountancy and Business undergraduates exhibit different job search behaviour but share common job expectations and preferences. …”
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Public knowledge about healthcare financing philosophy and perception of affordability of medical treatment for cancers in Singapore by Tan, Yinghui

“…Consequently, the change in the variable factor (which is the presence of information), prove that majority of the respondents are not well aware of the public health facilities that they have access to, which may distort their initial perception of affordability of medical treatment in Singapore. The findings are organized into three broad levels of analysis, namely unique experiences, changes of perception before and after the information, as well as sources where they receive their information. …”
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"Wage growth must be offset by productivity growth" The determinants of real unit labour costs : a case of Singapore's manufacturing sector by Thomasz, Ryan Joel, Lim, Melissa Jie Yi, Chua, Jeremy Kun Da

“…Secondary data on Singapore’s manufacturing sector over the period of 1985 to 2014 was then utilized to study the three model variations of the overall manufacturing sector, two-digit industries, and the manufacturing sector as categorized by firm size. The main findings highlighted that increases in real wages are sustainable only if it is offset by proportionate increases in capital intensity and total factor productivity. …”
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Cooling of liquid in a tube under rotation by Chou, Samuel Zi Han

“…Features of the flow in these two phases are analyzed. From the findings, the rotation of the cone about z and y-axis gave better temperature homogenization than the rotation of the cone about the x-axis. …”
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Effects of indoor environment on building occupants by Patel, Vishwa

“…To obtain more conclusive findings, further studies need to be conducted that include several other factors of lighting such as quality, source, uniformity and reflectance. …”
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Social inequality and democracy by Keh, Yi Ling, Leong, Kwong Chuin, Leong, Kwong Shuo

“…Using a long-difference analysis, we also verify the relevance of the level of acceptance towards social inequality in explaining the differences in the democracy levels of countries between two time periods. The key finding of our empirical analyses is that the level of acceptance towards social inequality is also another significant cultural predictor of democracy levels. …”
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Effects of reflective practice on performance of developing badminton players by Tan, Kia Hwee

“…From the interview, participants shared that reflective practice had enabled them to be more self-aware and confident, which is supported by other research findings. The current study has provided a greater understanding in the effects of reflective practice on young developing athletes. …”
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Collection and analysis on data from Drugs.com by Aw, Teng Teng

“…Scrapy adapts to the different webpages with different structures using XPath.selectors. The findings will be presented in this report. The aim of this project is to utilize web scraping tools to collect data from Drugs.com and to be further analyzed. …”
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Effect of a circular tunnel in the foundation soil on the seismic response of dikes by Yeong, Siang Phong

“…For varying horizontal location, the increasing distance of tunnel away from the dike shows an increasing acceleration experienced at every point. However, another finding is at the location of 30 m away from dike (Toe of dike) shows the highest PGA for all different cases of horizontal tunnel placement. …”
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A human-centered design framework for the development of product-service systems by Wong, Thomson Chi Shing

“…This paper concludes with the discussion of findings, as well as the limitations of this study and recommendations for further research.…”
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Come and tell mama : the socialization of anger through talk by Sharifah Adibah Binte Syed Zainal

“…Conducted in the home setting, the dyads were prompted to discuss anger-related events without restrictions to topic and time. Findings reveal that mothers evaluated anger and its associated behavioural expression negatively. …”
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Exploring RNA interference for effective mosquito vector control by Govintharam Velu

“…We also conducted a preliminary study on the effects of soaking mosquito larvae in siRNA of different fragments the IAP1 gene. Our findings revealed that both the dsRNA treatment and siRNA soaking did not have significant effects on the mortality of mosquito larvae.…”
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Analysing transformative local leadership in Indonesia by Arifianto, Alexander Raymond

“…This report profiles a number of Indonesian local transformative leaders, most notably Surabaya Mayor Tri Rismaharini and Bandung Mayor Ridwan Kamil. The report finds a number of characteristics that helped them to become transformative local leaders, including: an ability to develop popular legitimacy among their citizens, independence from political parties, ability to promote innovative policy to reform local public services, having strong political networks with senior politicians and other stakeholders, an ability to handle setbacks, and having political pragmatism. …”
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Propagative plasmons in graphene investigated by simulation method and infrared spectroscopy by Legrand, David

“…Before achieving these active device, a crucial challenge remains : finding a platform enabling a high propagation of Graphene Plasmons Polaritons (GPPs). …”
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Improving the strength and microstructure of reactive magnesia based concrete blocks by Pu, Liyun

“…In all studies, the performance and microstructure of reactive MgO cement were investigated by various methods. The presented findings did not only facilitate the understanding and controlling of the properties that affect the performance and microstructure of MgO cement-based mixes, but also demonstrated the potential of commercial MgO cement-based concrete.…”
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The effects of gender and gain versus loss frame on processing breast cancer screening messages by Kim, Hyo Jung

“…In contrast, gain frame was more effective for men in increasing their memory of the BCS messages than loss frame. The findings provided practical implications for health communication practitioners in how to strategically use gain versus loss framing in accordance with their target population.…”
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