Blood-based biomarkers are associated with different ischemic stroke mechanisms and enable rapid classification between cardioembolic and atherosclerosis etiologies by Harpaz, Dorin, Seet, Raymond C. S., Marks, Robert S., Tok, Alfred Iing Yoong

“…Stroke is a top leading cause of death, which occurs due to interference in the blood flow of the brain. …”
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Modeling of outdoor natural ventilation and energy performance for buildings in an industrial park by Tan, Joel Heang Kuan.

“…In tropical countries such as Singapore, roof temperatures can get very hot during the day. In order to cool the building to comfortable temperatures, fans and air conditioning are used and they take up considerable amount of electricity. …”
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Localization using LEO satellites by Xia, Yingyu

“…In addition the CRLB was also derived. On top of that the comparison between only using TDOA estimate and when including the differential Doppler information was also made. …”
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Design of robot integrated restaurant by Santhosh Pandiaraj

“…This project goes on to show the benefits of integrating robots in restaurants and how the cost of integrating robots have been deemed to be much cheaper compared to human labour. On top of that, this project shows how robots tend to be much more efficient and productive in their service as they do not grow tired as the day goes by, do not need to take breaks or medical leaves like humans do. …”
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Service quality gaps in the container liner industry by Lim, Tzer Jing.

“…From the survey, the Tangibles and Outcomes dimensions have been identified as the top priorities for shippers and freight forwarders. …”
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Experimental study of steel beam-column joints with novel slot-bolted connections under a central-column-removal scenario by Ma, You-Xin, Chen, Shuang, Tan, Kang Hai

“…Due to the ample clearance provided by fin plate (FP) and top-and-seat with web angel (TSWA) connections for erection purposes, FP and TSWA connections are commonly utilised in steel structures. …”
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Moral panic, fear, stigma, and discrimination against returnee migrants and Muslim populations in Nepal: analyses of COVID-19 media content by Aryal, Nirmal, Regmi, Pramod, Dhakal Adhikari, Shovita, Sharma, Shreeman, van Teijlingen, Edwin

“…Data were analysed using a thematic approach. We identified a total of 56 relevant news items from daily newspapers, 35 items from online news portals and 18 videos from YouTube. …”
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g-C3N4/ZnO hybrid material as photocatalyst for photocatalytic CO2 reduction by Hu, Zhaoning

“…The climate change resulting from the increasing emission of greenhouse gases in atmosphere has become a serious global environmental issue. Among total amount of the greenhouse gases, CO2 is the principal one and takes account of 76%. …”
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Strain-hardening cementitious composites ultra-thin whitetopping (SHCC-PUTW) for rapid asphalt pavement rehabilitation by NguyenDinh, Nen, Liu, Yangqing, Qiu, Jishen, Bawono, Ali Aryo, He, Shan, Lechner, Bernhard, Yang, En-Hua

“…Whitetopping is the concrete overlay used to upgrade distressed asphalt road surface, where the distressed asphalt is milled off and concrete is cast on top as the new wearing course. However, it requires road closure for multiple days, which is not accepted in many urban constructions. …”
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Development of robust fluorinated TiO2/PVDF composite hollow fiber membrane for CO2 capture in gas-liquid membrane contactor by Loh, Chun Heng, Wang, Rong, Lin, Yuqing, Xu, Yilin

“…The continuous fTiO2 layer deposited on top of PVDF substrate was found to possess a tighter microstructure and better hydrophobicity, which effectively prevented the membrane from wetting and lead to a high CO2 absorption flux (12.7 × 10−3 mol m−2 s−1). …”
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Cognitive dynamic airspace management by Wong, Cheryl Sze Yin

“…The model seeks to balance the ATC monitoring workload, minimize the total coordination workload and maximize the similarity of sector shapes with the initial sectorization. …”
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Developing a portable, high-speed, low-cost desktop photoacoustic tomography imaging system by Kalva, Sandeep Kumar

“…Photoacoustic tomography (PAT) is a non-invasive, hybrid biomedical imaging modal- ity. Conventional PAT system uses Nd:YAG-OPO laser as excitation source and a single-element ultrasound transducer (SUT) for detecting the generated photoacoustic (PA) waves from the imaging object. …”
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Adaptive Instructional Systems : Adaptation Strategies and Methods : Third International Conference, AIS 2021, Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Vir... by AIS (Conference : 2019- ) (3rd : 2021 :) Online, organiser 642976, Sottilare, Robert, editor 642977, Schwarz, Jessica, editor 642978, International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (23rd : 2021 : Online), organiser 642922

Numerical modeling of the impacts of high albedo materials on building energy savings by R.E.W.M.R.K Nisansala Ratnadiwakara

“…The conduction heat gain contribution to the annual energy consumption is reduced in the range of 4 - 4.5 kWh/m2 due to the impact of increasing solar reflectance from 0.4 to 0.8 in a lower floor which has no effect from roof conduction. For the top most floors, which has the impact of roof conduction; 13 – 17 kWh/m2 of annual energy consumption could be reduced. …”
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Pengaruh pemahaman membaca teks Arab terhadap penulisan struktur ayat pelajar berasaskan model CIRC by Che Daud @ Che Mud, Ahmad Fuad

“…Dapatan bagi penulisan prakajian menunjukkan peserta kajian tidak mampu menghasilkan variasi ayat yang pelbagai, selain struktur ayat yang dibina tidak mempunyai unsur keterangan yang jelas. …”
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Insecticidal potential of wax-degrading bacteria derived from fermented Ficus extract against Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley by Ahmmed, Sultan, Lau, Wei Hong, Adam, Nur Azura, Sinniah, Uma Rani

“…Methodology and results: A total of ten isolates of wax-degrading bacteria were isolated from fermented Ficus extract (Ficus FPE) using a selective medium, Davis minimal agar (DMA), which was enriched with mealybug wax. …”
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A ranking of critical competencies for maritime logistics executives in the era of digitalisation by Ng, Charlene Xin Ying

“…The sub-competency Leadership and Managerial Abilities was ranked top five globally in importance, showing that this sub-competency is important regardless of position in the organisation. …”
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Polymeric nanoparticles and organic fluorophores for cancer sensing and therapy by Ang, Chung Yen

“…Cancer has been ranked as one of the top killer diseases around the world. Traditional therapeutic strategies often result in high side effect accompanied by the relatively low rate of survivability. …”
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What do you want to make? What to make of public library makerspaces: a look into the power of makerspaces in Singapore public libraries by Tan, Yi Lin

“…An interview with NLB was conducted to obtain a deeper understanding of the day-to-day task of running the makerspaces at Jurong, Woodlands, Tampines, and Punggol Regional Libraries. …”
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An external validation of the QCovid risk prediction algorithm for risk of mortality from COVID-19 in adults: a national validation cohort study in England by Nafilyan, V, Humberstone, B, Mehta, N, Diamond, I, Coupland, C, Lorenzi, L, Pawelek, P, Schofield, R, Morgan, J, Brown, P, Lyons, R, Sheikh, A, Hippisley-Cox, J

“…Similar results were obtained for the second time period. In the top 5% of patients with the highest predicted risks of death, the sensitivity for identifying deaths in the first period was 65·94% for men and 71·67% for women. …”