Novel nitric oxide donors for the dispersal and control of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms by Poh, Wee Han

“…In addition, due to the involvement of NO in various pathological processes, several classes of NO donors with varying pharmacological properties have been developed for different treatments. In the case of biofilm control, two main classes of NO donor are typically used to induce biofilm dispersal, sodium nitroprusside (SNP) and diazeniumdiolates (NONOates). …”
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Effect of residual soil depth on soil-water characteristic curve and unsaturated shear strength by Tikno, Nickanor

“…However, there are few quantification works that have been carried out on residual soil properties in terms of depth. …”
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Bio-modification of sand for cement grouting by Ng, Samuel Joel Rui Ming

“…Recently, new soil improvement methods based on the Microbial Induced Calcite Precipitation (MICP) process have been developed. The same approach may be used to improve the properties or gain surface of the sand or aggregates used for concrete and grouting and thus improve the strength of concrete and cement grout. …”
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Finite element analysis of a free-standing concrete sea-wall as alternative to traditional land reclamation by Harris, Raymond

“…One key area of development in Singapore is through the creation of new land to satisfy the demand on land use in Singapore, commonly known as land reclamation. Having been practiced for decades, this technique of dumping sand or fill materials into the designated reclaimed area until an area of usable land emerges from the sea has successfully increased Singapore’s size by 20%. …”
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Laser lock-in thermography for residual stress characterization on metallic plate by Chong, Jun Jian

“…Theses stresses remain in the materials even after all the internal and external loadings forced have been removed and they are called residual stresses. …”
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Improved performance of gravity-driven membrane filtration for seawater pretreatment: Implications of membrane module configuration by Tan, Hwee Sin, Hochstrasser, Florian, Wu, Bing, Christen, Tino, Suwarno, Stanislaus Raditya, Liu, Xin, Chong, Tzyy Haur, Burkhardt, Michael, Pronk, Wouter, Fane, Anthony Gordon

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Roughness-Controlled Self-Assembly of Mannitol/LB Agar Microparticles by Polymorphic Transformation for Pulmonary Drug Delivery by Zhang, Fengying, Ngoc, Nguyen Thi Quynh, Tay, Bao Hui, Mendyk, Aleksander, Shao, Yu-Hsuan, Lau, Raymond

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A Slip Gap of the 2016 Mw 6.6 Muji, Xinjiang, China, Earthquake Inferred from Sentinel‐1 TOPS Interferometry by Feng, Wanpeng, Tian, Yunfeng, Zhang, Yong, Samsonov, Sergey, Almeida, Rafael, Liu, Peng

“…The components of the regional Global Positioning System velocities parallel to the Muji fault have been inverted to obtain an interseismic slip rate of ∼10  mm/yr on this structure. …”
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Transfusion-transmitted severe Plasmodium knowlesi malaria in a splenectomized patient with beta-thalassaemia major in Sabah, Malaysia: a case report by Bird, Elspeth M., Parameswaran, Uma, William, Timothy, Khoo, Tien Meng, Grigg, Matthew J., Aziz, Ammar, Marfurt, Jutta, Yeo, Tsin Wen, Auburn, Sarah, Anstey, Nicholas M., Barber, Bridget E.

“…No confirmed case of accidental transfusion-transmitted P. knowlesi has yet been reported. CASE PRESENTATION: A 23-year old splenectomized patient with beta thalassaemia major presented with fever 11 days after receiving a blood transfusion from a pre-symptomatic donor who presented with knowlesi malaria 12 days following blood donation. …”
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Morphology engineering in monolayer MoS2‐WS2 lateral heterostructures by Zhou, Jiadong, Tang, Bijun, Lin, Junhao, Lv, Danhui, Shi, Jia, Sun, Linfeng, Zeng, Qingsheng, Niu, Lin, Liu, Fucai, Wang, Xiaowei, Liu, Xinfeng, Suenaga, Kazu, Jin, Chuanhong, Liu, Zheng

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See-through and spatial augmented reality - a novel framework for human-robot interaction by Dinh, Quang Huy, Viatcheslav, Iastrebov, Seet, Gim Lee Gerald

“…Autonomous and semi-autonomous mobile robots have been deployed to cooperate with humans in many industrial applications. …”
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试论宇文所安《剑桥中国文学史》的理念与呈现 = Principle and presentation on the Cambridge history of Chinese literature (Volume I) by 李佳 Li, Jia, 曲景毅 Qu, Jingyi

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Three physiological responses in fathers and non-fathers’ to vocalizations of typically developing infants and infants with Autism Spectrum Disorder by Esposito, Gianluca, Valenzi, Stefano, Islam, Tanvir, Bornstein, Marc H.

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Quantum spin Hall effect and topological phase transition in InNxBiySb1−x−y/InSb quantum wells by Song, Zhigang, Bose, Sumanta, Fan, Weijun, Zhang, Dao Hua, Zhang, Yan Yang, Li, Shu Shen

“…Recently, the quest for new materials exhibiting non-trivial topological state of matter has been of great research interest, as TIs find applications in new electronics and spintronics and quantum-computing devices. …”
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Quantitative mass spectrometry of human reticulocytes reveal proteome-wide modifications during maturation by Chu, Trang T. T., Sinha, Ameya, Malleret, Benoit, Suwanarusk, Rossarin, Park, Jung Eun, Naidu, Renugah, Das, Rupambika, Dutta, Bamaprasad, Ong, Seow Theng, Verma, Navin Kumar, Chan, Jerry K., Nosten, François, Rénia, Laurent, Sze, Siu Kwan, Russell, Bruce, Chandramohanadas, Rajesh

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Functional analysis of a hypomorphic allele shows that MMP14 catalytic activity is the prime determinant of the Winchester syndrome phenotype by de Vos, Ivo J. H. M., Goggi, Julian L., Wilson, Gabrielle R., Stegmann, Alexander P. A., Amor, David J., Dunn, Norris Ray, Carney, Thomas James, Lockhart, Paul J., Coull, Barry J., van Steensel, Maurice A. M., Tao, Evelyn Yaqiong, Ong, Sheena Li Ming, Scerri, Thomas, Low, Chernis Guai Mun, Wong, Arnette Shi Wei, Grussu, Dominic, van Geel, Michel, Janssen, Renske, Bahlo, Melanie

“…To date, only one missense mutation in MMP14, encoding the membrane-bound matrix metalloprotease 14, has been reported in WS patients. Here, we report a novel hypomorphic MMP14 p.Arg111His (R111H) allele, associated with a mitigated form of WS. …”
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Kinematics of Active Deformation Across the Western Kunlun Mountain Range (Xinjiang, China) and Potential Seismic Hazards Within the Southern Tarim Basin by Guilbaud, Christelle, Simoes, Martine, Barrier, Laurie, Laborde, Amandine, Van der Woerd, Jérôme, Li, Haibing, Tapponnier, Paul, Coudroy, Thomas, Murray, Andrew

“…Finally, we compare the seismotectonic context of the Western Kunlun to what has been proposed for the Himalayas of Central Nepal. …”
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Investigating protein adsorption at solid-liquid interfaces towards the development of functional biomaterial coatings by Park, Jae Hyeon

“…Protein adsorption is one of such areas of research that has been considered highly necessary and relevant for various applications, yet much of its details remain under vigorous scrutiny due to its complexity. …”
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Transport properties of CO2 and CH4 in hollow fiber membrane contactor for the recovery of biogas from anaerobic membrane bioreactor effluent by Rongwong, Wichitpan, Wongchitphimon, Sunee, Goh, Kunli, Wang, Rong, Bae, Tae-Hyun

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Cross-reactive dengue human monoclonal antibody prevents severe pathologies and death from Zika virus infections by Kam, Yiu-Wing, Lee, Cheryl Yi-Pin, Teo, Teck-Hui, Howland, Shanshan W., Siti Naqiah Amrun, Lum, Fok-Moon, See, Peter, Kng, Nicholas Qing-Rong, Huber, Roland G., Xu, Mei-Hui, Tan, Heng-Liang, Choo, Andre, Maurer-Stroh, Sebastian, Ginhoux, Florent, Fink, Katja, Wang, Cheng-I, Ng, Lisa F.P., Rénia, Laurent

“…Zika virus (ZIKV) infections have been linked with neurological complications and congenital Zika syndrome. …”
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