Controlling fibrous capsule formation through long-term down-regulation of collagen type I (COL1A1) expression by nanofiber-mediated siRNA gene silencing by Rujitanaroj, Pim-On, Jao, Brian, Yang, Junghoon, Wang, Feng, Anderson, James M., Wang, Jun, Chew, Sing Yian

“…By encapsulating complexes of COL1A1 siRNA with a transfection reagent (Transit TKO) or the cell penetrating peptides CADY or MPG within the nanofibers (550–650 nm in diameter), a sustained release of siRNA was obtained for at least 28 days (loading efficiency ∼60–67%). Scaffold-mediated transfection significantly enhanced cellular uptake of oligonucleotides and prolonged in vitro gene silencing duration by at least 2–3 times as compared to conventional bolus delivery of siRNA (14 days vs. 5–7 days by bolus delivery). …”
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Search for dijet resonances in events with an isolated charged lepton using s = 13 TeV proton-proton collision data collected by the ATLAS detector by Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abbott, DC, Abed Abud, A, Abeling, K, Abhayasinghe, DK, Abidi, SH, AbouZeid, OS, Abraham, NL, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Achkar, B, Adachi, S, Adam, L, Adam Bourdarios, C, Adamczyk, L, Adamek, L, Adelman, J, Adersberger, M, Adiguzel, A, Adorni, S, Adye, T, Ambroz, L, Artoni, G, Backes, M, Balunas, WK, Barr, AJ, Beresford, L, Bortoletto, D, Cooper-Sarkar, AM, Foti, MG, Frost, JA, Gallardo, GE, Gallas, EJ, Gwenlan, C, Hays, CP, Huffman, TB, Karava, K, Marchese, L, Merlassino, C, Nagai, K, Nickerson, RB, O’neill, AP, Paredes Saenz, SR, Petrov, M, Schopf, E, Sharma, A, Shipsey, IPJ, Stanislaus, B, Stankaityte, M, Tosciri, C, Tseng, JC, Viehhauser, GHA, Weidberg, AR, Wölker, R, Zemaityte, G, Zgubǐc, M

“…A search for dijet resonances in events with at least one isolated charged lepon is performed using 139 fb−1 of s = 13 TeV proton-proton collision data recorded by the ATLAS detector at the LHC. …”

Using smart energy meter data to design better policy: prepayment meter customers, fuel poverty and policy targeting in Great Britain by Fawcett, T, Palmer, J, Terry, N, Boardman, B, Narayan, U

“…This sample use less energy than the general population and 63 % self-disconnected at least once a year, with an annual average 28 h of disconnection. …”

Hero. by Wang, Xun.

“…This 2D animation short brings back Xiang's last combat in Chinese folk tales to life, whereby he fought against 200 Han cavalry soldiers with his heroic spirit before he committed suicide.The real world and the shadowy combat are expressed respectively in visual art of classical Chinese shan shui paintings and clear pencil sketches.…”
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Blinken's Beijing visit: private conversations, public criticism by Ho, Benjamin Tze Ern

“…Antony Blinken’s first visit to Beijing last weekend may not be quite as dramatic or consequential as Henry Kissinger’s secret visit in 1971. …”
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Optimization of component placement operations for multi-head concurrent operation PCBA machines by Wu, Lijun.

“…Over the last few years, optimization of PCB component onsertion/placement operations has emerged as an important research area and an increasing number of solution approaches have been proposed. …”
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Control of a high-order boost converter by Yeo, Jackie Shi Jing.

“…Two of these controllers are current mode based controllers. The last controller is voltage mode based controller. …”
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Ubin or, life in the woods. by Tan, Katrina Liyi.

“…The installation showcases a series of images and found objects that encapsulates the essence of this last bit of rural landscape left in Singapore. Experimenting with the early photographic salt print process using local seawater, the work speaks of the organic beauty of the island and its ephemeral state.…”
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Super-lift DC/DC converters by Sahan Udana Indrarathne.

“…To meet the energy demand many measures have been taken in last few decades. Many researches have been conducted on how to use energy cost effectively and efficiently to tackle the issues in Energy industry. …”
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An exploratory study of award and non award winning retail companies in Singapore. by Chan Sock Leng, Lim Shu Pin, Ong Wah Lian Alan

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A study of web services adoption in Singapore. by Seow, Poh Sun., Phoa, Ang Hiok., Soh, See Kong.

“…With the advent of Web Services in the last 18 months, discussions on the subject of Web Services have increased dramatically in the IT and business press. …”
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一首 "长恨" "长" 又 "恨" ：《长恨歌》作为 "新乐府" 的解读 = The eternalised hatred of ‘The Song of Everlasting Hatred’ : from the perspective of the ‘YueFu’ movement... by 曾思慧 Chew, Si Hui

“…Although the language used was purposed to be easily understood and entertaining, the last four sentences still puzzled many till this day. …”
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Socioeconomic inequalities in risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2 delta and omicron variants in the UK, 2020-22: analysis of the longitudinal COVID-19 Infection Survey by Razieh, C, Shabnam, S, Dambha-Miller, H, Morris, EJA, Yates, T, Chudasama, Y, Zaccardi, F, Gillies, C, Banerjee, A, Pareek, M, Lacey, B, White, M, Khunti, K, Islam, N

“…The adjusted incidence rate ratios for a positive test result in the most deprived group compared with the least deprived group in the delta cohort were 1.59 (95% confidence interval 1.25 to 2.02) and 1.50 (1.19 to 1.87) in the healthcare and manufacturing or construction sectors, respectively. …”

Putin and the navalny factor by Cheang, Chris

“…In fact, that is not the case, at least till 2024, when his current term of office ends.…”
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An evaluation of the legal rights, responsibilities and obligations of the traveller and the travel business by De Souza, Conrad Gerard

“…Tourism is one of the highest income earners and a major contributor to the GDP of many countries in the world. Not least among the reasons for this is that as more and more nations become developed and wealthy, their citizens correspondingly become affluent and begin to seek overseas travel as a new and upgraded form of leisure or relaxation.…”
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Southeast Asian space activities: recent trends in regional cooperation by Berthet, Maximilien

“…Though not new, it has increasingly flourished in the last ten years, especially in three areas: satellite engineering, space policymaking, and space entrepreneurship. …”
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Time/cost performance ratio modelling for estimation and project evaluation by Goh, Ngan Hong.

“…The objective of this study is to develop a theoretical background for defining and measuring performance of construction projects in relation to both time and cost effectiveness and to investigate and analyze the contract performance with respect to public institutional building and road projects in Singapore in the last ten years (1981 to 1990). It also attempts to formulate methods by which the results of the study can be used for improving performance of similar building and road projects in future by setting realistic time and cost targets.…”
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Local entrepreneurs : motivations, traits, and problems. by Koh, Lay Sien., Kong, Pei Ling., Lim, Li Nah.

“…Over the last three decades, Singapore has achieved a rate of economic progress equalled by few countries in the world. …”
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Cinema industry in Singapore by Ng Ee San, Shang Pei Lin, Yue Lai Ping Sherry

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Entrepreneurship in Singapore : nature or nurture ? by Teo Ghim Lan, Tan Sok Hong

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