Mechanistic cutting force model for ball-end milling by Girsang, Irving Paul.

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Women’s quest for home: spatial imaginary in Kazuo Ishiguro’s a pale view of hills by Ling, Xu, Awang, Mohammad Ewan, Singh, Hardev Kaur Jujar

“…This paper examines the meanings of home in A Pale View of Hills by drawing upon Blunt’s and Dowling’s concept of home as a spatial imaginary. …”
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Experience and perceptions of mental ill-health in people with epilepsy in rural Ethiopia: A qualitative study by Tsigebrhan, R, Newton, CR, Selamu, M, Hanlon, C

“…Introduction: Understanding the lived experience of mental health and illness in people with epilepsy has been little investigated in Africa and yet is essential to inform person-centered care. …”

Genomic profiling of mycobacterium tuberculosis strains, Myanmar by Aung, Htin Lin, Nyunt, Wint Wint, Fong, Yang, Biggs, Patrick J., Winkworth, Richard C., Lockhart, Peter J., Yeo, Tsin Wen, Hill, Philip C., Cook, Gregory M., Aung, Si Thu

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Evaluation of paper spray mass spectrometry for direct analysis of small molecule drugs and hemoglobin constant spring peptide markers by Takyi-Williams, John

“…The studies described in this thesis were undertaken to evaluate the application of paper spray mass spectrometry for direct analysis of small molecule drugs and biomarker in dried matrix spot samples. …”
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Molecular characterization of Candida auris outbreak isolates in Qatar from patients with COVID-19 reveals the emergence of isolates resistant to three classes of antifungal drugs by Abid, Fatma Ben, Salah, Husam, Sundararaju, Sathyavathi, Dalil, Lamya, Abdelwahab, Ayman H., Salameh, Sarah, Ibrahim, Emad B., Almaslmani, Muna A., Tang, Patrick, Perez-Lopez, Andres, Tsui, Clement Kin-Ming

“…Here, we investigated the molecular epidemiology of these C. auris isolates and the mechanisms associated with antifungal drug resistance.…”
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One day at a time. by Ho, Qi Yi.

“…People who suffer from mental illness are often misunderstood as deviants of the society. …”
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Modular Titratable Polypills for Personalized Medicine and Simplification of Complex Medication Regimens by Karavasili, Christina, Babaee, Sahab, Kutty, Shruti, Chu, Jacqueline N., Min, Seokkee, Fitzgerald, Nina, Morimoto, Joshua, Inverardi, Nicoletta, Traverso, Giovanni

“…To fill the existing gap in drug dose personalization and simplification of complex medication regimens commonly encountered in the treatment of cardiovascular disease, tuberculosis, and tapering of corticosteroid therapy, a modular titratable polypill approach that simultaneously addresses both aspects is proposed. …”
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Investigation of blood pressure regulation schemes by Chai, Chang Yong

“…Hence, continuous monitoring and careful control of the infusion of drug is required. Since the middle 1970s, many researches have been conducted using various types of feedback control system to regulate blood pressure through the infusion of antihypertension drug [5]. …”
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An empirical bioethical examination of Norwegian and British doctors' views of responsibility and (de)prioritization in healthcare by Everett, JAC, Maslen, H, Nussberger, A-M, Bringedal, B, Wilkinson, D, Savulescu, J

“…Finally, some behaviours were considered more appropriate grounds for deprioritization (smoking, alcohol, drug use)—potentially because of the certainty of impact and direct link to ill health. …”

Interfacial phenomena and biological recognition of mammalian cells on biomimetic materials by Chan, Vincent.

“…We intend to fill this gap by interrogating the biophysical events involved in membrane-polymer interaction, biological adhesion, tissue engineering and cellular fluid mechanics. …”
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Between City and Self: Reading Beirut in Mohamed Soueid’s Tango of Yearning by Anouti, Ghida

“…Weaving historical realism with fabulation to fill or distort representational lacuna, his film offers doubled lenses – one of his life and another of Beirut’s contemporary history. …”
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Undang-undang rawatan dan pemulihan dadah dari sudut pandangan global: Suatu perbandingan by Ahmad, Rusniah, Khalil, Samihah, Abdullah, Siti Alida John, A. Rahman, Aspalella, Md Isa @ Yusuff, Yusramizza, Azrae, Ahmad Nasyran, Mohd Shariff, Roos Niza

“…Viewed from the aspects of entrance into drug rehabilitation centers and arrests made on drug related offences, the problems pertaining to drug abuse and addiction has attracted the attention of authorities everywhere and many national legislative bodies have taken steps by passing legislation in the aspects of drug treatment and rehabilitation in a bid to address this social illness. …”
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Shadow connection. by Poh, Kian Sing.

“…As the player grows more proficient in playing the game, her/his recognition of the game controller slowly fades till the day s/he becomes an expert in the game and finally s/he forgets the existence of the game controller.…”
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Reinterpreting politics in thirteenth-century south-west Wales by Brodie, HD

“…Part 3 offers new perspectives on the region’s political narrative, drawing on the preceding thematic analysis. It demonstrates that until the mid-thirteenth century there was much more political cooperation between Welsh and Marcher lords than hitherto understood and considers why the pattern of politics changed, drawing comparison with medieval Ireland.…”

Lotte Reiniger re-imagined by Kang, Fabian Yong Sheng

“…The installation comprise two parts, Hier kommt die U-Bahn, a series of ball-point pen drawings of ‘real world’ 1920s Berlin in an exterior white-cube space; as well as Ein Abenteuer im Wunderwald, an interactive silhouette animation interface inside a black-box space. …”
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Psychotropic taxonomies: constructing a therapeutic framework for psychiatry by McCutcheon, RA, Cowen, P, Nour, MM, Pillinger, T

“…Disease-based classification systems (e.g., &lsquo;antidepressant&rsquo; and &lsquo;antipsychotic&rsquo;) do not reflect the fact that psychotropic agents are used across diagnostic categories, nor account for the dimensional nature of both the psychopathology and biology of psychiatric illnesses.</p> <p>In this review we discuss the history of psychotropic drug taxonomies and their influence on both clinical practice and drug development. …”

The influence of additives on the delivery of paclitaxel from bioresorbable PLGA films by Huang, Charlotte Liwen.

“…The study of the influences of additives on the drug delivery characteristics from PLGA thin films as a coating on angioplasty balloons was reported in this thesis. …”
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At the frontiers between penal and psy discourses: judicial constructions of the mentally dis/ordered defendant in Hong Kong sentencing judgments by Chiu, TCU

“…In particular, ‘mental disorder’ is ill-defined in Hong Kong sentencing jurisprudence, and judicial determinations of what constitutes disorder and its effects on the final sentence remain unexamined in the limited research available. …”

Information structure of subordinate clauses in Miriwoong by Sim, Michelle Jia En

“…This project hence deviates from a structural perspective, analysing subordinate clauses through information structure, using Lambrecht’s (1994) framework. To fill the gap in Miriwoong literature, this paper covers additional ground, such as structure in simple and paratactic clauses, and other features hypothesised as relevant to focus structure in subordinate clauses. …”
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