Mobile/Social Media Use for Political Purposes Among Migrant Laborers in Singapore by Aricat, Rajiv George

“…Political participation has generally been evaluated among civic resident populations using the indices of voting and campaign participation. …”
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Infection spreading, detection and control in community networks by Yu, Yi, Xiao, Gaoxi

“…Extensive studies have been carried out on defining and quantifying community structures as well as developing algorithms for detecting them in extra-large complex systems. …”
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Bio-nanohybrids of quantum dots and photoproteins facilitating strong nonradiative energy transfer by Safak Seker, Urartu Ozgur, Mutlugun, Evren, Hernandez-Martinez, Pedro Ludwig, Sharma, Vijay K., Lesnyak, Vladimir, Gaponik, Nikolai, Eychmüller, Alexander, Demir, Hilmi Volkan

“…Such photoproteins have been isolated and identified for a long time; the exact mechanism of their bioluminescence is well established. …”
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Invisibility Dips of Near-Field Energy Transport in a Spoof Plasmonic Metadimer by Gao, Fei, Gao, Zhen, Luo, Yu, Zhang, Baile

“…Invisibility dips, i.e., minima in scattering spectrum associated with asymmetric Fano-like line-shapes, have been predicted with transformation optics in studying strong coupling between two plasmonic nanoparticles. …”
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Auditory to Visual Cross-Modal Adaptation for Emotion: Psychophysical and Neural Correlates by Wang, Xiaodong, Guo, Xiaotao, Chen, Lin, Liu, Yijun, Goldberg, Michael E., Xu, Hong

“…Adaptation is fundamental in sensory processing and has been studied extensively within the same sensory modality. …”
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Laboratory investigation on hydraulic anisotropy behavior of unsaturated soil by Priono, Rahardjo, Harianto, Chatterjea, Kalyani, Leong, Eng-Choon

“…Hydraulic anisotropy behavior of unsaturated soil has not been fully investigated. Direct laboratory measurement and indirect determination of hydraulic anisotropy under a drying condition were carried out on statically compacted specimens having different initial conditions. …”
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Applying Macromolecular Crowding to 3D Bioprinting: Fabrication of 3D Hierarchical Porous Collagen-based Hydrogel Constructs by Ng, Wei Long, Goh, Min Hao, Yeong, Wai Yee, Naing, May Win

“…Printable macromolecule-based bio-inks (polyvinylpyrrolidone, PVP) have been developed and printed in a DOD manner to manipulate the porosity within the multi-layered collagen-based hydrogels by altering the collagen fibrillogenesis process. …”
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Experimental observation of optical Weyl points and Fermi arc-like surface states by Chong, Yi Dong, Chen, Kevin P., Rechtsman, Mikael C., Noh, Jiho, Huang, Sheng, Leykam, Daniel

“…Their band-crossing points, called ‘Weyl points’, carry a topological charge and are therefore highly robust. There has been much excitement over recent observations of Weyl points in microwave photonic crystals and the semimetal TaAs. …”
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Genetic studies of Prader-Willi patients from Taiwan identify two patients with atypical deletions and provide evidences for conservation of genomic architecture in proximal chromo... by Lin, Shuan Pei., Ho, Shi Yun., Chen, Yen Jiun., Huang, Chi Yu., Chiu, Hui Ching., Chuang, Chih Kuang., Hou, Aihua., Chen, Jennifer Chi Fung., Lin, Hsiang Yu., Chen, Ken-Shiung.

“…Despite a lack of data from Asians regarding the incident of deletion subtypes to allow for further comparison, it has previously been proposed that ethnic differences in genomic architecture may be responsible for the discrepancy in genetic etiology observed. …”
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Morphology, crystal structure and adsorption performance of hydrothermally synthesized titania and titanate nanostructures by Lim, Linda Ying Wen, Tang, Yuxin, Cheng, Yu Hua, Chen, Zhong

“…Excellent performance has been shown in the MB adsorption test by the sodium titanate nanostructures.…”
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Postural stability in cyclists by Preece, Mia, Grainger, Karl, Starrs, Paul

“…Core stability exercises have been well documented as having a positive effect on balance, but the effect of cycling on balance has not been widely considered. …”
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Low-dimensional nanomaterials for nanofluids: a review of heat transfer enhancement by Malek, Norhazwani Abd, Masuri, Siti Ujila, Saidur, R., Aiza Jaafar, Che Nor, Supeni, Eris Elianddy, Khaliquzzama, Muhammad Anis

“…However, there has not been a substantial amount of research linking the morphological studies to the heat transfer enhancement in nanofluids. …”

Seroprevalence of antibodies to hepatitis E virus in the normal blood donor population and two aboriginal communities in Malaysia by Seow, Heng-Fong, Bali Mahomed, Nizam Malik, Mak, Joon-Wah, Riddell, Michaela A., Li, Fan, Anderson, David A.

“…The prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis E virus (HEV) has been examined in many countries, but such studies have generally been limited to majority populations such as those represented in healthy blood donors or cross sections of urban populations. …”
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The effect of varying the duration of the butane/air pretreatment on the morphology and reactivity of (VO)2P2O7 catalysts by Waugh, K.C, Taufiq-Yap, Y.-H

“…Three vanadium pyrophosphate catalysts have been prepared by calcining vanadium hydrogen phosphate hemihydrate (VOHPO4·0.5H2O), prepared in an organic medium, for different lengths of time (40, 100 and 132h) in a n-butane (0.75%)/air mixture at 673K. …”
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Development of the viscous plane damper applicable in limited space within structures subjected to dynamic loads by Mohd Ali, Mohd Ridzuan, Hejazi, Farzad

“…Recently, many advanced viscous damper devices have been developed for implementation in structures to diminish structural vibration due to earthquakes or wind. …”
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Bioinformatics tools assist in the screening of potential porcine-specific peptide biomarkers of gelatin and collagen for halal authentication by Abdul Shukor, Muhd Syarafuddin, Abdullah, Mohd Faiz Foong, Zainal Abidin, Siti Aimi Sarah, Yuswan, Mohd Hafis, Mohd Ismail, Azilawati

“…As a result, 69 fasta file of protein sequence from both UniProtKB and NCBInr have been collected, 81 collagen peptides sequence and 118 gelatine peptides has been attainable that have the potential to distinguish different species. …”
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Defect detection of GFRP composites through long pulse thermography using an uncooled microbolometer infrared camera by Anwar, Murniwati, Mustapha, Faizal, Abdullah, Mohd Na’im, Mustapha, Mazli, Sallih, Nabihah, Ahmad, Azlan, Mat Daud, Siti Zubaidah

“…The detection of impact and depth defects in Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) composites has been extensively studied to develop effective, reliable, and cost-efficient assessment methods through various Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) techniques. …”
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Development of ground dune sand blended cement by Hassan, Omer Abdalla Alawad

“…Pozzolan materials (e.g. fly ash, slag, silica fume, rice husk ash) have been used successfully as a partial ordinary Portland cement (OPC) replacement material. …”
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Pre-shift anxiety and its factors influencing among nursing students during clinical placement in Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus by Ting, Veronica Lim Mei

“…Surprisingly, there has been no research done regarding this issue. Pre-shift anxiety is an anticipatory anxiety that is used to describe healthcare students or healthcare professionals experiencing anxiety symptoms right before starting their shift in the day. …”
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Effects of transport inhibitors on the cellular uptake of liposomes from mycobacterium smegmatis by human monocytes dendritic cells by Nordin, Nor Asyikin

“…Based on literature, few studies investigating on the potential of liposomes derived from Mycobacterium smegmatis (M. smegmatis) (liposomes-Msmeg) as a lipid-based vaccine have been reported, however the uptake mechanism of liposomes-Msmeg by human monocytes DCs from human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and initiation of adaptive immune response have not been fully discovered. …”
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