A regulatory SNP causes a human genetic disease by creating a new transcriptional promoter by De Gobbi, M, Viprakasit, V, Hughes, JR, Fisher, C, Buckle, V, Ayyub, H, Gibbons, RJ, Vernimmen, D, Yoshinaga, Y, de Jong, P, Cheng, J-F, Rubin, EM, Wood, Wg, Bowden, D, Higgs, DR

“…Association studies of affected individuals from Melanesia localized the disease trait to the telomeric region of human chromosome 16, which includes the α-globin gene cluster, but no molecular defects were detected by conventional approaches. …”

Revealing Structural and Spin-state Dependent Reactivity of Single Atom Catalysts (SACs) with Systematically Improvable Computational Tools by Jia, Haojun (贾皓钧)

“…In this thesis, we use range-separated hybrid density functional theory (DFT) to compare the energetics and structure of the direct metal-coordinating environment in the presence of 2p (i.e., N or O) and 3p (i.e., P or S) dopants and with increasing finite graphene model flake size to mimic differences in local rigidity. …”
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Memory and fluctuations in chemical dynamics by Farahvash, Ardavan

“…Using these methods, I show that the local coordination number around a CO molecule plays a crucial role in the transition states of the adsorption/desorption process, and that CO tends to increase its coordination number before desorbing. …”
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Portable Acceleration of CMS Computing Workflows with Coprocessors as a Service by Hayrapetyan, A., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Andrejkovic, J. W., Bergauer, T., Chatterjee, S., Damanakis, K., Dragicevic, M., Hussain, P. S., Jeitler, M., Krammer, N., Li, A., Liko, D., Mikulec, I., Schieck, J., Schöfbeck, R., Schwarz, D.

“…This approach can be easily generalized to different types of coprocessors and deployed on local CPUs without decreasing the throughput performance. …”
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Control of microgrids by Seah, Justin Nan Zheng

“…A microgrid is a localized group of electricity sources and loads that operates synchronously with the main grid. …”
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Unveiling the future of budget hotels in Singapore by Chua, Hwee Lian, Kew, Wong Yip, Soh, Wee Li

“…These require close coordination among the URA, the SHA, the STPB and the budget hotels. …”
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Novel material composites for dielectric elastomer actuators by Ankit

“…Most of the current approaches mange to only demonstrate reversible stiffness and involves combination of a passive reversible stiffness component with the existing actuator. …”
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Phase measurements based indoor visible light positioning systems by Zhang, Sheng

“…In this thesis, our first concern on the classical PDOA systems is the use of local oscillators (LOs). The LOs normally use hardware devices and the modulation frequencies are constrained by the multiples (harmonics) of a fundamental LO’s frequency. …”
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Transport and inhibition of the sphingosine-1-phosphate exporter SPNS2 by Li, HZ, Pike, ACW, Chang, Y, Prakaash, D, Gelova, Z, Stanka, J, Moreau, C, Scott, HC, Wunder, F, Wolf, G, Scacioc, A, McKinley, G, Batoulis, H, Mukhopadhyay, S, Garofoli, A, Pinto-Fernández, A, Kessler, BM, Burgess-Brown, NA, Štefanić, S, Wiedmer, T, Dürr, KL, Puetter, V, Ehrmann, A, Khalid, S, Sauer, DB

“…Finally, using these structural, localization, and S1P transport results, we identify how pathogenic mutations ablate the protein’s export activity and thereby lead to hearing loss.…”

Structural and electronic features enabling delocalized charge-carriers in CuSbSe 2 by Fu, Y, Lohan, H, Righetto, M, Huang, Y, Kavanagh, SR, Cho, C, Zelewski, SJ, Woo, YW, Demetriou, H, McLachlan, MA, Heutz, S, Piot, BA, Scanlon, DO, Rao, A, Herz, LM, Walsh, A, Hoye, RLZ

“…A limitation of these novel materials, which is being increasingly commonly found, is carrier localization, which substantially reduces mobilities and diffusion lengths. …”

The compound risk of heat and COVID-19 in New York City: riskscapes, physical and social factors, and interventions by Knox-Hayes, Janelle, Osorio, Juan Camilo, Stamler, Natasha, Dombrov, Maria, Winer, Rose, Smith, Mary Hannah, Blake, Reginald A, Rosenzweig, Cynthia

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Deep learning based monocular visual-inertial odometry by Mahdi Abolfazli Esfahani

“…In between all sensor combinations, using a monocular camera simultaneously with an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) is in researchers' focus in the past three years because of its lightweight, low-cost, and small combinations of sensors. …”
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ANN-based statistical downscaling of climate variables for rainfall prediction in Negeri Sembilan by Sudin, Vencent Kerun, Shazlyn Milleana Shaharudin, Shazlyn Milleana Shaharudin, Sulaiman, Nurul Ainina Filza, Zainuddin, Nurul Hila, Ismail, Saidatul Akmar, Hairulnizam Mahdin, Hairulnizam Mahdin

“…In addition to the above, this study also investigated the most accurate imputation methods for dealing with missing local data in order to be able to use statistical downscaling methods when dealing with missing local data as well as the methods for reducing dimensionality of data in order to use statistical downscaling methods. …”
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The Properties of Whiteness by Williams, Darien Alexander, Delgado, Laura Humm, Cameron, Nicholette, Steil, Justin

“…Drawing on archival analysis of documents regarding early 20th-century municipal segregation ordinances and legal analysis of court decisions regarding property and land use law, this study makes three primary contributions to the literature. …”
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Episcopacy and parochialism in early South African Anglicanism: Bishop Robert Gray and the antecedent churches of the Cape Colony, 1806-72 by Bester, M

“…</p> <p>Anglicanism in the Cape Colony prior to Gray was a state-dominated minority denomination established under a system of colonial ordinances. Its ten churches, mostly founded by local mercantilist and socially aspirant élites, were controlled by commercially motivated investorshareholders. …”

Landless in God’s own country: development and perpetual struggles in Kerala by Ramapurath Chemmencheri, S

“…Illustrating seven different sectors from which livelihood expulsions are underway in the lives of landless Adivasis in Kerala, the thesis argues that their position in the local growth trajectory can be understood as an “in-between” one, wherein their wage labour is becoming less and less relevant to the local growth path, although they remain embedded in capitalist relations. …”

Stakeholder views on the uptake of sustainable and responsible nickel mining and processing supply chains for electric vehicles in Indonesia by Malik, Rameen Hayat

“…Indonesia’s strategy to escalate value addition locally is critically assessed, revealing both progress and persistent ethical and environmental challenges. …”
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The evaluation of blast resistance and submergence tolerance of new breeding rice (Oryza sativa L.) lines developed through 4-way marker-assisted breeding by Selvia Dewi Pohan, Noor Liyana Sukiran, Nur Sakinah Mohd Yusri, Shakirah Mohammad Nahar, Jamsari, Jamsari, Noraziyah Abd Aziz Shamsudin

“…This was achieved by introducing Pi and Sub1 QTLs into the popular local rice variety, Pulau Batu using a 4-way marker-assisted breeding technique. …”
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Modeling polarity-driven laminar patterns in bilayer tissues with mixed signaling mechanisms by Moore, JW, Dale, TC, Woolley, TE

“…Recent advances in high-resolution experimental methods have highlighted the significance of cell signal pathway crosstalk and localized signaling activity in the development and disease of numerous biological systems. …”

Tea trolley teaching in critical care: integrating evidence-based practice with library services by McGivern, H, Bridge, S, Sutherland, S, Reynolds, E, Ede, J

“…This project aimed to integrate the tea trolley teaching model, already established in our local critical care unit, with library services. …”