Characterisation of particulate matter of traffic origin in singapore

... CHARACTERISATION OF PARTICULATE MATTER OF TRAFFIC ORIGIN IN SINGAPORE YANG TZUO SERN (B Eng (Hons), RMIT) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ... commuters in a confined bus interchange and that of the general public in urban microenvironments still remain poorly understood Characterization of PM of Traffic Ori...

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... Pharmacological characterisation of antiinflammatory compounds in acute and chronic mouse models of cigarette smoke-induced inflammation Respiratory Research 2010 11:126 Submit your next manuscript ... would examine the same endpoints in the models as in the clinic Typically, early proof -of- concept studies for COPD anti-inflammatory strategies in man asse...

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... feasibility in daily clinical practice in the care of critically ill patients The three main imaging techniques available to establish a diagnosis of sinusitis are a standard sinus X-ray (SXR), ultrasound ... sinus, making sinusitis the most likely cause of bacteraemia However, no definite conclusions about cause and effect can be drawn because bacteraemia can also l...

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... and binds phosphatidic acid (PA) via a TAPAS domain in its unique N-terminal region An increase in intracellular CA2+ brings about binding of PDE4A1 to PA and insertion into lipid bilayers in an ... domain REC domains play a crucial role in bacterial signalling systems They may also be involved in protein-protein interactions (Galperin 2010) Phosphorylation of the REC domain may...

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... development in a long membrane channel In this research work, a long membrane channel is defined as the membrane channel that is made up of several membrane elements connected in series in a single ... conventional separation processes in water reclamation and wastewater treatment Fouling alleviation and control is seriously hindered by ineffective f...

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... (Cooling Rate) C/s β–Sn : Beta phase of tin δσ/δε : Work hardening rate dε Strain interval : xv List of Acronyms ε : Strain εs : Strain of the specimen εi : Magnitude of the incident strain passing ... areas of research are useful in the modelling of solder interconnects, most of them might be damaged due to impact During drop impact scenarios, solder joints experience de...

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... IMPORTATION AND REGISTRATION OF NEW AND USED CARS IN SINGAPORE Vehicle Registration All motor vehicles in Singapore must be registered with the Land Transport Authority (LTA) Importation of ... will incur a corresponding registration surcharge of between S$5,000 and S$20,000 Details of CEV bandings are as follows: Band A1 A2 A3 A4 B C1 C2 C3 C4 CEV BANDIN...

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... reflected in Yearbook of Statistics Singapore 2008 and 2009, DOS.) Living Arrangements of Elderly in the Community In contrast, the vast majority of Singapore s old aged 65 and over live in the community ... Active Ageing Index was computed for Singapore based on the NSSC 2005 (Annex A explains the construction of the index.) A total of 13 indicators refle...

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... putting a strain on parental mediation efforts Singaporean gamers are increasingly downloading video game titles instead of buying them from stores, thereby constraining parents’ involvement in ... schools) VGCS Video Games Classification System (Singapore) ! xv! CHAPTER 1: BACKGROUND This chapter underlines the significance of exploring parental mediation of video gami...

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... the aims and scope of the current study, and the significance of the study 1.2.1 Singapore English and discourse particles New Englishes such as Singapore English are newly emerging languages ... account of discourse particles in Singapore English requires an account of the cognitive processes involved in interpreting them in discourse In the next se...

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... allele was present at frequencies of 65 % in both Chinese and Indians, and 68 % 129 Chapter Association Study of ABCA1 Polymorphisms in Singapore Populations in Malays, with no significant differences ... Chapter Association Study of ABCA1 Polymorphisms in Singapore Populations 6. 2.2.2 237indelG 237indelG is a one-base insertion/deletion (indel) polym...

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... AJ012376 NM 0 055 02 AF1 652 81 AF2 851 67 EST AI802228 AA627178 AI80 753 4 AI 356 194 AI628099 R01 050 R01 051 AA527406 AI 359 714 AA9029 25 AA493786 AI399824 AA731742 AI819 656 R31961 AW 051 752 AA814091 AI6 950 68 AA883989 ... denaturing conditions Primers were designed to amplify most of the 50 exons individually including the entire 5 UTR and the protein coding portion of exon 50...

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... aligned using ClustalW 44 Chapter Materials and Methods -515 -49 4U PrU -564T>C -41 7 -40 0U -46 3C>T TSS +1 -40 7G>C -302C>T -278C>G -99G>C -14C>T +280+297L PrL Primers PrU -515 49 4U -41 7 40 0U PrL +280-+297L ... 63 o 56 C 342 107 o 55 C 3 64 142 o 55 C 311 135 o 59 C 333 1 04 o 57 C 44 8 93 o 56 C 43 6 245 o 59 C 41 3 141 52, o 57 C 48 Chapter Materials and Methods 4. 3 Genetic...

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... gene-environment interactions are investigated, even larger sample sizes are probably necessary (Ioannidis, 20 03) 3. 6 .3 Chance Findings In a typical association study, each SNP is tested for association in ... required before selecting suitable SNPs for an association study 3. 6.6 Confounding One main drawback of the association study is its potential for confounding...

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... that ABCA1 over-expression raises HDL-C (Vaisman et al., 20 01; Singaraja et al., 20 01) Joyce et al (20 02) provided first proof of a direct anti-atherogenic role for ABCA1: expression of human ABCA1 ... phosphatidylethanolamine (Rye et al., 1999) 2. 2 .2 Laboratory Determination of HDL In routine biochemical analysis, HDL in plasma is assayed as the total cholesterol cont...

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