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NURTURING TALENTS OF GEOMATICS SURVEYORS TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF LAND SUPPLY, WORKS PROJECTS AND SMART CITY OF HONG KONG by Chan, B. S.-B., Leung, S.-C., Ding, X.

“…The challenges brought by a growing number of large-scale land development projects (e.g., Northern Metropolis, Lantau Tomorrow, and related infrastructures)…”
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Oligomerization transforms human APOBEC3G from an efficient enzyme to a slowly dissociating nucleic acid-binding protein by Chaurasiya, Kathy R., McCauley, Micah J., Wang, Wei, Qualley, Dominic F., Wu, Tiyun, Kitamura, Shingo, Geertsema, Hylkje, Chan, Denise S. B., Hertz, Amber, Iwatani, Yasumasa, Levin, Judith G., Musier-Forsyth, Karin, Rouzina, Ioulia, Williams, Mark C.

“…The human APOBEC3 proteins are a family of DNA-editing enzymes that play an important role in the innate immune response against retroviruses and…”
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Larval and post-larval stages of Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) are resistant to elevated CO2 by Ginger, Ko W K, Vera, Chan B S, R, Dineshram, Dennis, Choi K S, Adela, Li J, Yu, Ziniu, Thiyagarajan, Vengatesen

“…The average pH of surface oceans has decreased by 0.1 unit since industrialization and is expected to decrease by another 0.3-0.7 units before the year 2300…”
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Cancer cell redirection biomarker discovery using a mutual information approach by Roche, Kimberly, Feltus, F Alex, Park, Jang Pyo, Coissieux, Marie-May, Chang, Chenyan, Chan, Vera B S, Bentires-Alj, Mohamed, Booth, Brian W

“…Introducing tumor-derived cells into normal mammary stem cell niches at a sufficiently high ratio of normal to tumorous cells causes those tumor cells to…”
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Decreased pH does not alter metamorphosis but compromises juvenile calcification of the tube worm Hydroides elegans by Lane, Ackley C., Mukherjee, Joy, Chan, Vera B. S., Thiyagarajan, Vengatesen

“…Using CO 2 perturbation experiments, we examined the pre- and post-settlement growth responses of a dominant biofouling tubeworm ( Hydroides elegans ) to a…”
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Exenatide efficacy and safety: a systematic review by Norris, S. L., Lee, N., Thakurta, S., Chan, B. K. S.

“…Objective  To examine the efficacy, effectiveness and side effects of exenatide when compared with oral glucose‐lowering agents or insulin therapy. Research…”
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HIV-1 Vif-mediated ubiquitination/degradation of APOBEC3G involves four critical lysine residues in its C-terminal domain by Iwatani, Yasumasa, Chan, Denise S.B, Liu, Lin, Yoshii, Hiroaki, Shibata, Junko, Yamamoto, Naoki, Levin, Judith G, Gronenborn, Angela M, Sugiura, Wataru

“…During coevolution with the host, HIV-1 developed the ability to hijack the cellular ubiquitin/proteasome degradation pathway to counteract the antiviral…”
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Ocean acidification reduces hardness and stiffness of the Portuguese oyster shell with impaired microstructure: a hierarchical analysis by Meng, Yuan, Guo, Zhenbin, Fitzer, Susan C., Upadhyay, Abhishek, Chan, Vera B. S., Li, Chaoyi, Cusack, Maggie, Yao, Haimin, Yeung, Kelvin W. K., Thiyagarajan, Vengatesen

“…The rapidly intensifying process of ocean acidification (OA) due to anthropogenic CO2 is not only depleting carbonate ions necessary for calcification but also…”
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Interactive Effects of Ocean Acidification, Elevated Temperature, and Reduced Salinity on Early-Life Stages of the Pacific Oyster by Ko, Ginger W. K, Dineshram, R, Campanati, Camilla, Chan, Vera B. S, Havenhand, Jon, Thiyagarajan, Vengatesen

“…Ocean acidification (OA) effects on larvae are partially attributed for the rapidly declining oyster production in the Pacific Northwest region of the United…”
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East-West Dialogues on the Ethics of Sex Robots by Chan, Benedict S. B.

“…The purpose of this essay is to review and evaluate chapters in Fan and Cherry’s Sex Robots: Social Impact and the Future of Human Relations . In this edited…”
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Temperature dependent effects of elevated CO2 on shell composition and mechanical properties of Hydroides elegans: insights from a multiple stressor experiment by Chan, Vera B S, Thiyagarajan, Vengatesen, Lu, Xing Wen, Zhang, Tong, Shih, Kaimin

“…The majority of marine benthic invertebrates protect themselves from predators by producing calcareous tubes or shells that have remarkable mechanical…”
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Digoxin-specific antibody fragments in the treatment of digoxin toxicity by Chan, B. S. H., Buckley, N. A.

“…Abstract Context. Digoxin-specific antibody fragments (digoxin-Fab) are widely regarded as a safe and effective treatment for the management of acute and…”
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Weakening Mechanisms of the Serpulid Tube in a High-CO2 World by Li, Chaoyi, Chan, Vera B. S, He, Chong, Meng, Yuan, Yao, Haimin, Shih, Kaimin, Thiyagarajan, Vengatesen

“…Many benthic marine organisms produce calcium carbonate (CaCO3) structures for mechanical protection through a biologically controlled calcification process…”
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Deaminase-independent inhibition of HIV-1 reverse transcription by APOBEC3G by Iwatani, Yasumasa, Chan, Denise S.B., Wang, F., Maynard, Kristen Stewart, Sugiura, Wataru, Gronenborn, Angela M., Rouzina, Ioulia, Williams, Mark C., Musier-Forsyth, Karin, Levin, Judith G.

“…APOBEC3G (A3G), a host protein that inhibits HIV-1 reverse transcription and replication in the absence of Vif, displays cytidine deaminase and single-stranded…”
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Characterization of Calcification Events Using Live Optical and Electron Microscopy Techniques in a Marine Tubeworm by Chan, Vera B S, Toyofuku, Takashi, Wetzel, George, Saraf, Laxmikant, Thiyagarajan, Vengatesen, Mount, Andrew S

“…Characterizing the first event of biological production of calcium carbonate requires a combination of microscopy approaches. First, intracellular pH…”
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Effect of age on the severity of chronic lithium poisoning by Chan, B. S., Cheng, S., Isoardi, K. Z., Chiew, A., Siu, W., Shulruf, B., Vecellio, E., Buckley, N. A.

“…Objectives: Severe lithium toxicity is commonly observed in older people. We aimed to determine the extent to which age is associated with increased severity…”
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Mechanical robustness of the calcareous tubeworm Hydroides elegans: warming mitigates the adverse effects of ocean acidification by Li, Chaoyi, Meng, Yuan, He, Chong, Chan, Vera B. S., Yao, Haimin, Thiyagarajan, V.

“…Development of antifouling strategies requires knowledge of how fouling organisms would respond to climate change associated environmental stressors. Here, a…”
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Hospital-acquired venous thromboembolism and prophylaxis in an integrated hospital delivery system by Dorfman, M., Chan, S. B., Maslowski, C.

“…Summary Background:  Without prophylaxis, hospital‐acquired deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is approximately 10–40% among medical or general surgical patients and…”
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Direct Deposition of Crystalline Aragonite in the Controlled Biomineralization of the Calcareous Tubeworm by Chan, Vera B S, Toyofuku, Takashi, Wetzel, George, Saraf, Laxmikant, Thiyagarajan, Vengatesen, Mount, Andrew S

“…Although space delineation is a well-accepted requirement for biologically controlled biomineralization, the actual location of the mineralizing compartment…”
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Topology and bifurcations in Hamiltonian coupled cell systems by Chan, B. S., Buono, P. L., Palacios, A.

“…The coupled cell formalism is a systematic way to represent and study coupled nonlinear differential equations using directed graphs. In this work, we focus on…”
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