Boronic acid and nitrofuranyl derivatives as potential therapeutics by Dey, AL

“…However, the desired NInC proved unstable and the studies on ester hydrolysis of these novel NInCs suggest that a suitable ester prodrug of these potential drug conjugates may be promising in a clinical setting. Last but not least, it is hoped that a handful of these potentially novel therapeutics could further be developed into leads or drug candidates either in Oxford or elsewhere in an attempt to tackle the ever-increasing antibacterial resistance. …”

A Lagrangian perspective on the lifecycle and radiative effect of deep convective clouds by Jones, WK

“…While the most intense DCCs have thin anvil fractions 0.15 higher than the least intense, the thin anvil fraction of the most organised DCCs is on average 0.12 less than isolated DCCs. …”

Investigation of phenylpropanoid sucrose esters as antidiabetic compounds by Wong, Kathy Pooi Wen

“…Although none of the di-substituted series were more potent than the other in the inhibition of alpha glucosidase, 3,6’-di-substituted PSEs were the least potent amongst the di-substituted PSEs and 3,4’-di-substituted PSEs were the most potent in the inhibition of alpha amylase. …”
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Conditional prosociality in development: deconstructing social and materialistic factors that modulate early prosocial behavior by Lee, Kristy Jia Jin

“…Helping rate was found to exceed chance only under the least prohibitive condition (Low-Cost, Familiar Victim), stemming from a combination of not having a productive task to occupy one's time and energy, and simultaneously a familiar target which increases one's intrinsic motivation to help. …”
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Design of low-power analog filters in WBAN receiver front-ends for hyper/hypothyroidism patients by Wang, Xiaoying

“…A figure-of-merit (FoM) was also introduced to compare the power efficiency and the linearity performance together with the noise performance. Last but not least, the conclusion is drawn in the end of this thesis with future work which may include the flipped-source-follower cell to deal with the trade-off between the noise performance and the in-band linearity.…”
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Effect of surface albedo of urban fabrics on urban climate in tropical area by Long, Yongping

“…The cool roofs have the most cooling effect, followed by the cool wall, and the cool road has the least cooling effect. Cool coating applied on all urban fabrics can reduce the UHI intensity by up to 30% in residential areas and by 6% in commercial/industrial areas. …”
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Wage premium in Singapore. by Tan, Ruo Hui., Tan, Yan Yu., Lee, Wai Meng.

“…This sample size allows us to properly execute both the Ordinary Least Squares and Tobit and Probit methods to draw the relationships between the variables. …”
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《新客》：新加坡第一部华语电影的书报讨论 = Discussions of the first Singapore Chinese-language film, Xinke (new immigrant) by 张陶陶 Chong, Pheona TaoTao

“…According to the documentary records of the "Xin guo min re bao" (New Republic aka New Citizen) on 1926-1927, we confirmed that the film is at least experienced production and completed the screening stage. …”
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Export competitiveness in the context of Singapore by Chew, Kheng Lee, Phua, Chin Tiong, Yau, Puay Hiang

“…This dictum probably exists only in the Singapore context. Last but not least, we must bear in mind that Singapore is only a small economy. …”
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Supporting insulin initiation in type 2 diabetes in primary care: results of the Stepping Up pragmatic cluster randomised controlled clinical trial by Furler, John, O’Neal, David, Speight, Jane, Manski-Nankervis, Jo-Anne, Gorelik, Alexandra, Holmes-Truscott, Elizabeth, Ginnivan, Louise, Young, Doris, Best, James, Patterson, Elizabeth, Liew, Danny, Segal, Leonie, May, Carl, Blackberry, Irene

“…Setting: Primary care practices in Victoria, Australia, with a practice nurse and at least one consenting eligible patient (HbA1c ≥7.5% with maximal oral treatment). …”
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GP-OSMOTIC trial protocol : an individually randomised controlled trial to determine the effect of retrospective continuous glucose monitoring (r-CGM) on HbA1c in adults with type... by Furler, John, O’Neal, David Norman, Speight, Jane, Blackberry, Irene, Manski-Nankervis, Jo-Anne, Thuraisingam, Sharmala, de La Rue, Katie, Ginnivan, Louise, Browne, Jessica Lea, Holmes-Truscott, Elizabeth, Khunti, Kamlesh, Dalziel, Kim, Chiang, Jason, Audehm, Ralph, Kennedy, Mark, Clark, Malcolm, Jenkins, Alicia Josephine, Liew, Danny, Clarke, Philip, Best, James

“…Eligibility: Aged 18–80 years, T2D for ≥1 year, a (past month) HbA1c>5.5 mmol/mol (0.5%) above their individualised target while prescribed at least two non-insulin hypoglycaemic therapies and/or insulin (therapy stable for the last four months). …”
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Derivation of extreme non-gaussian stochastic offshore structural responses using finite memory nonlinear system by Mukhlas, Nurul ’Azizah

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The dietetic practice of prescribing amino acid-based formulas in paediatrics patients without cow’s milk allergy: a single centre retrospective study by O’Connor, Graeme, Mansell, Melissa

“…Inclusion criteria were patients aged between 0 and 16 years old who had been prescribed an AAF as part of their enteral nutrition, providing at least 80% of their estimated energy requirements for any condition other than allergic disease. …”
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Investigating the health and care needs of pregnant women with multiple long-term conditions by D'Arcy, R

“…The predominant MLTC type was co-morbid physical and mental health conditions (54%), with mental-health only MLTC being the second commonest (31%), and physical-health only MLTC being the least common type (15%). Complex MLTC (3 or more pre-existing health conditions) was found in 31% of pregnancies among women with MLTC.…”

Chronic neuropsychiatric sequelae of SARS-CoV-2: protocol and methods from the Alzheimer's Association Global Consortium by de Erausquin, GA, Snyder, H, Brugha, TS, Newton, C

“…<p><strong>Introduction</strong><br> Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused >3.5 million deaths worldwide and affected >160 million people. At least twice as many have been infected but remained asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic. …”

Distribution and risk factors of canine heart diseases and survey for owners treatment intention by Noordin, Norhidayah

“…Empathic concern was made as a moderator through the partial least squares method. Most of the respondents (83.5%) claimed that they were aware of the disease, however, their ability to identify clinical signs was fair. …”
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Development of single seedling nursery tray for the System of Rice Intensification by Zubairu, Usman Bashar

“…These values reported a decrease in germination (85%) with increasing NaCl concentration (120 g/L), with least germination vigor of 62% in water 3 days after sowing. …”
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Effect of detergent, herbs and spices on the growth of Vibrio parahaemolyticus biofilm in seafood by Nillian, Elexson

“…The thirty six (n=36) isolates were further tested with antibiotic susceptibility test and they werefound to be resistant to at least seven out of eighteen antibiotics. V. parahaemolyticus isolates (97.2%) showed Multiple Antibiotics Resistance index > 0.2, indicating that these isolates might have originated from high risk source. …”
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Effectiveness of digital education on communication skills among medical students : systematic review and meta-analysis by the digital health education collaboration by Kyaw, Bhone Myint, Posadzki, Pawel, Paddock, Sophie, Car, Josip, Campbell, James, Car, Lorainne Tudor

“…Blended digital education seems to be at least as effective as and potentially more effective than traditional learning for communication skills and knowledge. …”
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Study on process parameter optimization for electron beam melting additive manufacturing by Wang, Chengcheng

“…Moreover, the significance and potential industrial applications of the ML-centered tetrahedral framework are depicted in the general discussion chapter of the thesis. Last but not least, the established ML-empowered methodology for process parameter optimization based on SEBM processing in this study can also be applied to other metal AM processes, such as laser-based powder bed fusion, directed energy deposition and binder jetting.…”
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