Modelling self-awareness in social robot by Zhang, Jiaheng

“…However, there are few studies conducted on information extraction (including sentiments and emotions) from a fictional novel and the next most relevant study was done on Shakespeare plays 7 years ago (Nalisnick & Baird, 2013). This project was able to improve this study, implementing state-of-the-art methods at each stage of sentiment and information extraction. …”
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Technological opportunities and challenges for Singapore logistics firm (sea perspective) by Tan, Bronessa Yan Ning

“…Especially for Singapore, the maritime industry plays a key role in our economic activities and job creation opportunities, contributing 7% GDP, and employing more than 170,000 of the workforce. …”
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Catalytic activities and resistance to poisoning of tar reforming catalysts for syngas upgrading by Dara Khairunnisa Mohamed

“…The formation of different reaction products during hydrolysis of precipitants influenced the distribution of Ni0, NiO and NiAl2O4 species, which played essential role in the tolerance towards poisoning during naphthalene reforming in the presence of H2S and HCl as impurities. …”
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Determinants of health-related quality of life after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA): a systematic review by Pek, Pin Pin, Fan, Kai Cheng, Ong, Marcus Eng Hock, Luo, Nan, Østbye, Truls, Lim, Shir Lynn, Ho, Andrew Fuwah

“…Conclusions: Individual characteristics, symptoms, and functioning played significant roles in explaining the variability in HRQoL. …”
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Speed, power and area optimized monotonic asynchronous array multipliers by Balasubramanian, Padmanabhan, Mastorakis, Nikos E.

“…Multiplication is a fundamental arithmetic operation in electronic processing units such as microprocessors and digital signal processors as it plays an important role in various computational tasks and applications. …”
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Post-quantum attacks against symmetric-key cryptography systems by Pham, Thi Minh Phuong

“…Contemporary cryptography plays an essential role in the security of digital communication, internet, and data storage. …”
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Advanced nanostructured materials : wide-band-gap oxides based magnetic semiconductors by Xing, Guozhong

“…Until recently, Singapore research groups have played a minor role in the field of ferromagnetic semiconductors. …”
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A parametric study of Proton Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) fuel cell performances by Lim, Adrian Eu Chun

“…Between the two flow channel's operating pressure, the cathode flow channel's operating pressure plays a predominant role in affecting the performance of the fuel cell. …”
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Flood inundation modeling under stochastic uncertainty by Sun, He.

“…Therefore, flood inundation modeling plays an essential role in both flood forecasting and damage estimation due to its capability to generate simulated flood extent and flood depth maps for flood risk management. …”
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Decentralized online social network primitives by Rajesh Sharma

“…Social computing is an area where the social behavior plays an important role for any computational systems. …”
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Establishment and optimization of induced pluripotent stem cell technologies by Amir Morshedi

“…Aberrant expression of this protein has shown to impact body stature, diabetes mellitus and heart development. Furthermore it plays an important role in cancer development and metastasis. …”
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Functional characterization of plasmodium falciparum reticulocyte binding like protein homologue 1 (PfRH1) by Yap, Sally Shu Lin

“…Co-presence of PfNBR and EBD in the same processed fragment of PfRH1 implies a close working relationship between these two domains. PfRH1 plays multiple roles along the invasion process including 1) host receptor binding, 2) ATP binding, and 3) signaling transduction but the interplay between these functional roles during invasion remain unclear. …”
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Maritime clusters and their development interplay with ports by Zhang Wei

“…Of all the sectors in a maritime cluster, the port plays an important role in cluster development. This research aims to study the maritime cluster concept and evolution and its interrelationship with port development, which are identified as the gaps in the study of maritime clusters. …”
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Two clustering problems in analyzing next generation sequencing data by Ye, Tian

“…DNA methylation is a significant epigenetic modification to regulate gene transcription and plays a critical role in diseases. The whole genome bisulfite sequencing (WGBS) is a specific NGS technology for the detection of genome-wide DNA methylation at a single CpG site resolution. …”
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Transcriptional regulation of type I interferon responses of myeloid antigen presenting cells by Sin, Wei Xiang

“…Macrophages, as crucial mediators of an innate immune response, exhibit functional plasticity by playing an essential role in both the initiation and resolution of inflammation. …”
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Synergistic effect of 5-fluorouracil and the small molecule Wnt/β-catenin inhibitor iCRT3 on Caco-2 colorectal cancer cells in vitro by Smarslik, Maren, Inal, Jameel

“…Wnt/β-catenin signalling plays a crucial role in CRC carcinogenesis and resistance, as Wnt expression is upregulated in 5-FU-resistant cells, protecting them from cell cycle arrest and apoptosis, thereby contributing to drug resistance. …”
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Can green finance facilitate Industry 5.0 transition to achieve sustainability? A systematic review with future research directions by Dhayal, Karambir Singh, Giri, Arun Kumar, Kumar, Anil, Samadhiya, Ashutosh, Agrawal, Shruti, Agrawal, Rohit

“…To achieve decarbonization, the climate change discussion is merged with Industry 5.0 (I5.0) where green finance (GF) plays a crucial role. This technological metamorphosis of transition from Industry 4.0 (I4.0) to I5.0 will affect humans and their society. …”
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Dependency, privilege, and counter-insurgency: a case study of the industrial elite of Hebron in the occupied West Bank by Arafeh, N

“…<p>A central but understudied aspect of the period following the Oslo peace process in 1993 is the rise of a native Palestinian business elite, which have been playing an important role in the political, economic, and social spheres in the West Bank. …”

Exploring effects of calcitonin and procalcitonin in cardiomyocytes by Moreira, LMF

“…PCT is an important mediator of inflammation, which, in turn plays a role in poAF. Functional studies in guinea pig CMs showed that CT administration inhibits arrhythmia and reduces Ca2+ transient amplitude induced by pacing fura2-loaded CMs in high Ca2+ solution. …”

Ten pressure points in primary care during COVID-19: findings from an international narrative review by Dykgraaf, SH, Parkinson, A, Wright, M, Wong, WCW, Desborough, J, Ball, L, Sturgiss, E, Dut, GM, Barnes, K, Butler, D, Davis, S, Douglas, K, Kendir, C, Martin, D, Marten, R, Rouleau, K, Barkley, S, de Toca, L, Kidd, M

“…Primary care practitioners (PCPs) and PC services played crucial roles in supporting global health system responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. …”