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Chinese literary works translated into Baba Malay: a bibliographical study
No full textAnalyses 68 unique titles of Baba translated works published between 1889 and 1950. The titles are held in the libraries of the University of Malaya (UM), Science University Malaysia (USM), National University of Malaysia (UKM), the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP), National University of Singapore (NUS), National Library of Singapore (NLS) and the British Library (BL). The results reveal three periods of active publication of Baba translated works. A total of 18 works were translated before World War I, followed by 10 just after the war, 39 titles were published before the break of the World War II and 1 was identified in 1950. There were 103 persons involved in the 68 translated works, some of whom are responsible for more than one title. The most prominent translators were Chan Kim Boon, Wan Boon Seng, Seow Chin San and Lee Seng Poh. Some of the translators were also be editors, illustrators or editors. There were 31 publishers and 21 printing presses involved, all were located in Singapore. The most active publishers were Wan Boon Seng, Kim Seck Chy Press and Nanyang Romanised Malay Book Co. The translated works mainly cover historical classical Chinese stories, chivalrous stories, romances, folklore and legends. The titles were priced between 10 cents to 2 dollars in Straits currency. The University of Malaya Library held the largest number of unique title (62) out of which 15 were unique titles
Antecedents Of Brand Origin Recognition Accuracy (BORA) And It’s Impact On Product Preferences Among Young Malaysians
No full textThis study seeks to examine the antecedents of Brand Origin Recognition Accuracy (hereinafter called BORA) score, measure young Malaysians’ BORA score and test the consequences of BORA score. The antecedents of BORA score are consumer ethnocentrism, consumer animosity, need for cognition, education, international experience, vocation and gender. In this study, there are six measures of BORA scores, namely Overall BORA score, Malaysia BORA score, Foreign BORA score, US BORA score, Europe BORA score and Singapore BORA score
Report on professional attachment with Lee Kok Poh & Co.
No full textAuthor experience and lessons learnt on the attachment to Lee Kok Poh & Co
Biophysical and gene expression change in living cells by force-induced mechanotransduction
No full textWithin the past decade, there has been abounding scientific evidences supporting the notion that mechanical forces are crucial in regulating the physiologic functions of cells and tissues. The importance of engineering principles in studying the biological behavior of cells is no longer in question. Instead, much research is now focused on how mechanical forces are transduced into biochemical activities and biological responses at the cellular and molecular level - a process known as mechanotransduction. This work uses both engineering and biological principles to investigate the different biophysical and gene expression changes of individual cells in response to exogenous forces. We attempt to unravel the mechanism at which forces are transmitted from the apical surface of the cell in to the nucleus.
The work presented here provides the first unequivocal evidence that a local surface force can directly alter nuclear functions without intermediate biochemical cascades. We show that a local dynamic force via integrins results in direct displacements of coilin and SMN proteins in Cajal bodies and direct dissociation of coilin-SMN associated complexes. Fluorescence resonance energy transfer changes of coilin-SMN depend on force magnitude, an intact F-actin, cytoskeletal tension, Lamin A/C, or substrate rigidity. Other protein pairs in Cajal bodies exhibit different magnitudes of fluorescence resonance energy transfer. Dynamic cyclic force induces tiny phase lags between various protein pairs in Cajal bodies, suggesting viscoelastic interactions between them. These findings demonstrate that dynamic force-induced direct structural changes of protein complexes in Cajal bodies may represent a unique mechanism of mechanotransduction that impacts on nuclear functions involved in gene expression.
We further extend our study to mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs). Increasing evidence suggests that mechanical factors play a critical role in fate decisions of stem cells. We demonstrate that forces transmitted through different natural extracellular matrix proteins or cell-cell adhesion molecules such as fibronectin, laminin or E-cadherin, have different effects on cell spreading, cell stiffness, Oct3/4 gene expression, and cell proliferation rate. Surprisingly, it was also observed that mouse ESCs do not stiffen when substrate stiffness increases. These cells do not increase spreading on more-rigid substrates either. However, ESCs do increase their basal tractions as substrate stiffness increases. ESCs therefore exhibit mechanical behaviors distinct from those of mesenchymal stem cells and of terminally differentiated cells, and decouple its apical cell stiffness from its basal tractional stresses during the substrate rigidity response. We further elucidate how mechanical forces influence the differentiation of ESCs into spatially organized endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm germ layers. ESCs cultured within 3D soft fibrin gels in the absence of Leukemia Inhibitory Factor (LIF) promotes in vivo tissue morphogenesis during vertebrate gastrulation. The results presented demonstrate that mechanical forces play different roles in different force transduction pathways to shape early embryogenesis.Item withdrawn by Mark Zulauf ([email protected]) on 2013-04-15T18:47:34Z
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THE IMPACTS OF WORLDMINDEDNESS AND NATIONALISM ON STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE AND PURCHASE INTENTION TOWARDS PORTABLE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS: A CROSS-NATIONAL STUDY
No full textI Know You: User Profiling on Social Media Usage of Chinese Private University Students
No full textChinese university students’ use of social media is becoming increasingly diverse, and students from private universities in China have different group characteristics than those from public universities. This research endeavoured to establish a comprehensive user profile of Chinese private university students by examining their social media usage patterns. The purpose was to gain profound insights into the distinctive attributes of students in China’s private universities within the context of the current era characterised by extensive data availability. This study employed a questionnaire-based research approach to acquire a dataset consisting of 673 instances of social media usage among students enrolled in private universities in China. Subsequently, exploratory factor analysis was performed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software, extracting five (5) categorical feature tags. Combined with the extracted feature tags and the usage status and perception dimension data, the K-means cluster analysis method was used to perform rapid clustering to derive four (4) differentiated groups comprising information exchange-oriented users, instrument-oriented users, dependent-oriented users and entertainment-oriented users. Furthermore, thorough analysis and description of the essential attributes for these 4 user profile categories have been conducted by incorporating the fundamental user information
Satu kajian ke atas satu persatuan Buddhis di Negeri Melaka / Ronnie Teo
No full textKajian ini cuba melihat keseluruhan aspek Persatuan Buddhis Seck Kia Eenh, Melaka. Pengkaji bermula di dalam Bab 2 dengan melihat sejarah perkembangan agama Buddha di negara ini supaya pembaca boleh mendapat gambaran terlebih dahulu mengenai bagaimana mulanya agama ini serta perkembangan hingga ke hari ini. Malah, sejak kebelakangan ini agama Buddha dikatakan sedang melalui proses revivalisme kerana bermacam-macam mazhabnya yang lain sedang bercambah. Sebelum melihat lebih lanjut lagi ke dalam persatuan ini, adalah wajar pengkaji bermula dengan meneliti sejarah penubuhan persatuan ini serta tahap-tahap perkembangannya. Ini dihuraikan di dalam Bab 3. Usaha-usaha dan sumbangan-sumbangan golongan pengasas dan beberapa orang tokoh yang pernah memajukan persatuan ini juga dilihat. Di dalam Bab 4 pula, pengkaji memberi diskripsi yang seberapa boleh tentang persatuan ini. Ianya meliputi gambaran fizikal, objektif-objekti£ serta orang-orang yang mendatangi persatuan ini. Pengkaji juga menyentuh ten tang struktur organisasi persatuan ini serta cuba mengenali bidang kuasa badan-badan yang mentadbir persatuan ini. Turut dilihat juga adalah kedudukan kewangan persatuan ini secara am. Bab 5 pula melihat aktiviti-aktiviti semasa yang dikelolakan oleh persatuan ini dengan memberi penerangan yang memadai mengenai tiap-tiap satu. Ini seterusnya bertindak sebagai asas untuk menilai pencapaian persatuan ini nanti. Di dalam Bab 6, pengkaji membuat pemerhatian dan memberi pandangan dan penafsiran tentang masyarakat Buddhis dalam persatuan ini. Pengkaji menyentuh topik ini dari segi sosial, politik dan ekonomi. Sebagai kesimpulan pula, pengkaji memberi rumusan kepada semua yang telah dibincangkan mengikut perspektif pengkaji semata-mata. Pengkaji menilai tahap-tahap perkembangan persatuan ini dan cuba melihat kedudukan persatuan ini di negeri Melaka dan di dalam konteks sosial yang lebih luas lagi. Aspek kerjasama antara ahli-ahli persatuan dan komuniti di dalamnya juga diberi satu penilaian. Pengkaji turut membincangkan masalah ketara yang dihadapi oleh persatuan ini. Akhir sekali, pengkaji melihat masa depan serta memberi beberapa cadangan untuk kemajuan persatuan ini
Deterministic approach to polarization mode dispersion
No full textThesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2004.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 209-224).by Poh-Boon Phua.Ph.D
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