Serglycin (SG) proteoglycans (PG) are predominantly located intracellularly in secretory vesicles of hematopoietic cells such as macrophages, cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs), monocytes, basophils, neutrophils and mast cells (MCs). These PGs are characterized by their protease-resistant serine and glycine-rich core and also by their covalently attached negatively charged glycosaminoglycans (GAG) ...

In nature, cells perform a variety of complex functions such as sensing, catalysis, and energy conversion which hold great potential for biotechnological device construction. However, cellular sensitivity to ex-vivo environments necessitates development of bio-nano interfaces which allow integration of cells into devices and maintain their desired functionality. In order to develop such an inte...

Secure and private smart grid: the SPEAR project The rapid evolution of technologies has digitised electrical grid into a new paradigm called (SG). Despite multiple benefits, this reality raises severe cybersecurity concerns. provides global solution, which (a) detects SG-related cyberthreats, (b) an advanced forensic readiness framework; (c) introduces SG cyber hygiene framework.

Slow cycling is a common feature shared among several stem cells (SCs) identified in adult tissues including hair follicle and cornea. Recently, existence of unipotent SCs in basal and lumenal layers of sweat gland (SG) has been described and label retaining cells (LRCs) have also been localized in SGs; however, whether these LRCs possess SCs characteristic has not been investigated further. He...

INTRODUCTION The Short Form-12 version 2 (SF-12v2) is a shorter version of the Short Form-36 version 2 (SF-36v2) for assessing health-related quality of life. As the SF-12v2 could not be resolved into the physical- and mental-component summary score (PCS and MCS, respectively) in the general population of Singapore, this study aims to determine and validate the Singapore SF-12 version 2 (SG-12v...

BACKGROUND It has been argued that visual analog scales (VASs) elicit an individual's measurable value function. The theoretical link between an individual's measurable value function v(.) and his or her von Neumann-Morgenstem utility function u(.) appears to provide a justification for transforming VAS scores into standard gamble (SG) utilities. However, VAS scores have been found to be subjec...

The suprageniculate nucleus (Sg) of the feline thalamus, which subserves largely unimodal sensory and orientation behavior, receives input from the deep layers of the superior colliculus (SC), and projects to the suprasylvian cortical areas, such as the anterior ectosylvian visual area and the insular visual area (IVA), which contain visually responsive neurons. Through a double tract-tracing p...