The rickettsial effector Sca4 has a conserved interaction with host clathrin and a tick cell specific role in infection by Vondrak, Cassandra Joan

“…Rickettsia species are obligate intracellular bacteria that cause vector-borne diseases that constitute an ongoing public health threat. …”
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Materials approaches for next-generation encapsulated cell therapies by Krishnan, Siddharth R., Langer, Robert, Anderson, Daniel G.

“…Transplanted cells can act as living drug factories capable of secreting therapeutic proteins in vivo, with applications in the treatment of Type 1 diabetes (T1D), blood borne disease, vision disorders, and degenerative neural disease, potentially representing functional cures for chronic conditions. …”
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TraceTogether : pandemic response, democracy, and technology by Stevens, Hallam, Haines, Monamie Bhadra

“…However, by deploying these within a context that centralizes data, the app turns ideals borne of dissent and protest on their head, using them to build trust not within a community but rather in government power and control. …”
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The post-modern Japanese identity of Haruki Murakami's literature. by Ling, Shannon.

“…And for the modern Japanese writers like Haruki Murakami, this conflict presents a pertinent issue with his literature often derided by Japanese scholars and writers alike for the failure to represent the real Japan in his novels.In the first part of my thesis, I would seek to explore the influence that the writer himself has on his writing, discussing a little about his history such as the generation of Japanese that he was borne into. At the same time, I would also look at the particular genre of detective fiction in a critical component in understanding Murakami’s writings, as well as his fondness of music and how shapes his style of writing and in symbolizing the search for the identity. …”
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Dengue Virus Non-Structural Protein 5 by El Sahili, Abbas, Lescar, Julien

“…The World Health Organization estimates that the yearly number of dengue cases averages 390 million. This mosquito-borne virus disease is endemic in over 100 countries and will probably continue spreading, given the observed trend in global warming. …”
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Lights, camera, and action : vertebrate skin sets the stage for immune cell interaction with arthropod-vectored pathogens by Chong, Shu Zhen., Evrard, Maximilien., Ng, Lai Guan.

“…Despite increasing studies targeted at host-pathogen interactions, vector-borne diseases remain one of the largest economic health burdens worldwide. …”
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The Pandemic EVIDENCE Collaboration Pillar 1: diagnostics and transmission by Conly, J, Plüddemann, A, Jefferson, T, Rosca, C, Heneghan, C

“…The transmission dynamics to allow for a replication-competent virus to move from a reservoir to a susceptible host and establish an invasive infection is complex and it is likely multiple modes of transmission exist from direct reservoir-to-host (contact, droplet deposition, transplacental) and indirect reservoir-to-intermediary-to- host (vehicle-borne, foodborne, waterborne, and airborne) routes. …”

A critical analysis of current debates in natural law: a theo-cultural engagement with John Finnis, Jean Porter, & John Milbank by Morgan, G

“…The contribution of this thesis is borne out of a two-fold realisation: (1) that despite renewed levels of inter-disciplinary interest within the academy, the discourse has become increasingly fragmented and will continue to fragment in the absence of a critical analysis of the deeper theo-cultural assumptions and aporias that animate current debates in natural law; (2) that by illuminating and attending to the theological and methodological “unsaid(s)” that have, heretofore, been seldom acknowledged, one can begin to appreciate how the fragmentation of the discourse is inexorably linked to the fragmentation of the secular mythos. …”

The physiological effect of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanopesticide on Aedes aegypti Larvae by Ting, Chuan Hsieh, Syahirah Zakaria, Siti Khadijah Mohd Bakhori, Shahrom Mahmud, Siti Nasuha Hamzah

“…Aedes aegypti is responsible for transmitting various mosquito-borne diseases. Recently, there have been concerns about the negative impacts of the insecticides used in vector control including insecticide resistance development in the mosquito population. …”
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跨媒介视野下的严歌苓研究 ：从《陆犯焉识》到《归来》的影视改编 = Cultural studies of Yan Geling from the trans-media perspective : from the adaption of the novel “The Prisoner Called Yanshi Lu” to the movie “Com... by 叶晓霞 Ye, Amber Xiaoxia

“…Her works are often adapted and directed into movie productions, in which one of her earliest works “TianYu” had won seven honorable awards from the Golden Horse Film Festival. Her works also garnered attention from acclaimed directors, where the novel “The Prisoner Called Yanshi Lu” gained extensive recognition after it was adapted and directed by Zhang Yimou. …”
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Development of an advanced nano-satellite VELOX-I – a micro-thruster system by Gay, Dexter Kai Wei.

“…Testing was done using wire wrapping. This helped to boost the efficiency by 50%. …”
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Performance evaluation of SAFIS for benchmark problems by Sinara Vijayan.

“…Here, a detailed sensitivity study of the SAFIS parameters is done and a study in selecting the range of the best algorithm parameters are done. …”
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A high-performance electric motor drive for automated ground vehicle by Cheong, Joon Fai

“…The future implementation explains the works that have been done so far and highlights what other implementation can be done in the future. …”
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Fluid to composite structure interaction by Tan, Melvyn Han Xiang.

“…Fabrication of the mount and the wing was done and initial designs were drawn out using the Solidworks program. …”
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Laser-Guide-Star Satellite for Ground-Based Adaptive Optics Imaging of Geosynchronous Satellites by Marlow, Weston, Carlton, Ashley, Hyosang, Yoon, Clark, James, Haughwout, Christian, Cahoy, Kerri, Males, Jared, Close, Laird, Morzinski, Katie

“…The concept for a satellite guide star was first discussed in the literature by Greenaway and Clark in the early 1990s ("PHAROS: An Agile Satellite-Borne Laser Guidestar," Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 2120, 1994, pp. 206-210), and expanded upon by Albert in 2012 ("Satellite-Mounted Light Sources as Photometric Calibration Standards for Ground-Based Telescopes," Astronomical Journal, Vol. 143, No. 1, 2012, p. 8). …”
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Strategies to mitigate establishment under the Wolbachia incompatible insect technique by Soh, Stacy, Ho, Soon Hoe, Ong, Janet, Seah, Annabel, Dickens, Borame Sue, Tan, Ken Wei, Koo, Joel Ruihan, Cook, Alex R., Sim, Shuzhen, Tan, Cheong Huat, Ng, Lee Ching, Lim, Jue Tao

“…Regular releases of male Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes can lead to the suppression of mosquito populations, thereby reducing the risk of transmission of vector-borne diseases such as dengue. However, due to imperfect sex-sorting under IIT, fertile Wolbachia-infected female mosquitoes may potentially be unintentionally released into the environment, which may result in replacement and failure to suppress the mosquito populations. …”
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Current collector health monitoring of LRT trains powered by three-phase AC power rail based on inductive coupling method by Zhao, Zhenyu, Chua, Eng Kee, Svimonishvili, Tengiz, Fan, Fei, Jie, Huamin, Wang, Wensong, Shu, Zhou, Sun, Quqin, See, Kye Yak

“…The monitoring system developed using the proposed method can be easily fitted on a train so that it doubles up as a train-borne health monitoring system (TBHMS) during revenue hours. …”
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LATEX MADE SIMPLE / by Yusof Yaacob, author 190182

“…Publishers prefer an author who writes his work using LATEX, because the typsetting is done by a computer.…”

Structural modeling of LAG-3 protein and immunoglobulin domains by Lai, Marcel Chang Long

“…LAG3 structural modeling by I-TASSER and SWISS-MODEL was done using the online interface and modeling in MODELLER was done using a standalone package. …”
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Robotic mobility on top of a LCD display by Kee, Willie Meng Hui.

“…Base on the factor mentions, the implementations test done will discuss the following issue; getting the possible colour that can be used, the different type of line, the algorithm use and the modification done to the hardware to enhance the mobility. …”
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