S. C. Ng

Publication List Details

Period

1971 - 2009

Number

48

Co-Authors

Intelligent Negotiation Agents in Electronic Commerce Applications (2009)

S.C. Ng, M.N. Sulaiman, M.H. Selamat

The purpose of study is to develop intelligent negotiation agents that can behave rationally so as to improve the final outcomes in a one-to-many negotiation. A Bayesian learning model of...

Machine Learning Approach in Optimizing Negotiation Agents for E-Commerce (2009)

S.C. Ng, M.N. Sulaiman, M.H. Selamat

This study discusses the implementation of machine learning approach in negotiation agents that can learn their opponent’s preferences and constraints during one-to-many negotiations. A novel...

Micro-Brillouin Study of the Eigenvibrations of Single Isolated Polymer Nanospheres (2008)

Li, Y., Lim, H. S., Wang, Z. K., Ng, S. C., Kuok, M. H.

The localized acoustic modes of single isolated polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) and polystyrene nanospheres have been studied by micro-Brillouin light scattering. The measured mode frequencies are...

Selection rules for Brillouin light scattering from eigenvibrations of a sphere (2008)

Li, Y., Lim, H. S., Ng, S. C., Wang, Z. K., Kuok, M. H.

Selection rules governing Brillouin light scattering from the vibrational eigenmodes of a homogeneous, free-surface submicron sphere have been derived using group theory. The derivation is for the...

Preservation of Coagulation Efficiency of Moringa oleifera, a Natural Coagulant (2008)

Katayon, S., Ng, S.C., Ghani, L.A.Abdul

In recent years, there has been an interest to use Moringa oleifera as the natural coagulant due to cost, associated health and environmental concerns of synthetic organic polymers and inorganic...

Increased T helper 1 cytokine responses by circulating T cells are present in women with recurrent pregnancy losses and in infertile women with multiple implantation failures after IVF (2003)

Chung-Bang, H.S., Ng, S.C., Ntrivalas, E.I., Mangubat, C.P., Beaman, K.D., ...

BACKGROUND: We aimed to study T‐helper 1 (Th1) and Th2 intracellular cytokine expression in peripheral blood lymphocytes of women with recurrent spontaneous abortions (RSA) or infertility with...

Status of peripheral blood natural killer cells in women with recurrent spontaneous abortions and infertility of unknown aetiology (2001)

Ntrivalas, E.I., Gilman-Sachs, A., Chung-Bang, H., Ng, S.C., Beaman, K.D., ...

The aim of this study was to investigate the functional status and immunophenotypic characteristics of natural killer (NK) cells in women who suffer recurrent spontaneous abortions (RSA) or have...

Preliminary investigation of follistatin gene mutations in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (2000)

Liao, W.X., Roy, A.C., Ng, S.C.

Strong evidence for a link between the follistatin gene and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) has recently been found in a well-designed large-scale study. Follistatin binds to activin and affects its...

Association of molecular variants of luteinizing hormone with male infertility (2000)

Ramanujam, L.N., Roy, A.C., Ng, S.C.

Luteinizing hormone (LH) stimulates the interstitial Leydig cells to produce testosterone, which is essential for spermatogenesis. Abnormalities in the function of LH may affect the process of...

Association of oestrogen receptor gene polymorphisms with outcome of ovarian stimulation in patients undergoing IVF (1999)

Sundarrajan, C., Roy, A.C., Ng, S.C.

Oestrogen plays an important role in follicular formation and oocyte maturation via its receptor (ER). Many studies have shown association of the ER gene polymorphisms with a variety of pathological...

A STUDY OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY IN LEADBISMUTH ALLOYS USING ELCTRON TUNNELING TECHNIQUES, (1998)

Adler,J. G., Ng,S. C.

Some of the properties of superconducting leadbismuth alloy films were investigated using electron tunneling techniques. The superconducting energy gaps and transition temperatures as well as the...

Fertilization and early embryology: Intracytoplasmic sperm injection of mouse oocytes with 5 mM Ca2+ at different intervals (1995)

Ahmadi, A., Ng, S.C., Liow, S.L., Ali, J., Bongso, A., Ratnam, S.S.

The objective of this investigation was to determine whether intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) can be performed in the mouse. Metaphase II oocytes were obtained from F1 hybrid mice (C57BL×...

Micro-centrifugation of human spermatozoa: its effect on fertilization of hamster oocytes after micro-insemination spermatozoal transfer (1990)

Ng, S.C., Bongso, T.A., Sathananthan, H., Tok, V.C.N., Ratnam, S.S.

Micro-centrifugation (MC) at 6500 r.p.m. (3352 g) has not been used previously for spermatozoal concentration and subsequent fertilization. We investigated MC for micro-insemination spermatozoal...

Human micro-insemination by injection of single or multiple sperm: ultrastructure (1989)

Sathananthan, A.H., Ng, S.C., Trounson, A., Bongso, A., Laws-King, A., Ratnam, S.S.

The process of micro-insemination by single or muhiple sperm transfer into the perivitelline space (PVS) or by direct sperm injection into oocytes was examined by transmission electron microscopy....

Human fertilization by micro-injection of immotile spermatozoa (1989)

Bongso, T. A., Sathananthan, A.H., Wong, P.C., Ratnam, S.S., Ng, S.C., Anandakumar, C., ...

Microfertilization of human oocytes with spermatozoa from a man with immotile cilia syndrome is reported, confirming a preliminary investigation where a zona-free donor oocyte was fertilized with...

Eighty consecutive cases of gamete intra-Fallopian transfer (1988)

Wong, P.C., Ng, S.C., Hamilton, M.P.R., Anandakumar, C., Wong, Y.C., Ratnam, S.S.

Eighty patients with the main problems of unexplained infertility, oligospermia and endometriosis were treated with gamete intraFallopian transfer (GUT). From 80 treatment cycles, 29 women conceived...

Brillouin light-scattering from poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels (1985)

Ng, S.C., Hosea, T.J.C., Gan, L.M.

The Brillouin shift and width for poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels of two different crosslink densities have been obtained as a function of gel network volume fraction using a five-pass Fabry-Pérot...

Hypersonic wave propagation in the triton X-100 — water gelation system as studied by Brillouin spectroscopy (1985)

Ng, S.C., Hosea, T.J.C.

The hypersonic velocity and absorption coefficient for six concentrations of the triton X-100 — water system have been obtained as functions of temperature through the sol-gel transition...

Brillouin light-scattering from poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels (1985)

Ng, S.C., Hosea, T.J.C., Gan, L.M.

The Brillouin shift and width for poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels of two different crosslink densities have been obtained as a function of gel network volume fraction using a five-pass Fabry-Pérot...

Hypersonic wave propagation in the triton X-100 — water gelation system as studied by Brillouin spectroscopy (1985)

Ng, S.C., Hosea, T.J.C.

The hypersonic velocity and absorption coefficient for six concentrations of the triton X-100 — water system have been obtained as functions of temperature through the sol-gel transition...

Brillouin light-scattering from poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels (1985)

Ng, S.C., Hosea, T.J.C., Gan, L.M.

The Brillouin shift and width for poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels of two different crosslink densities have been obtained as a function of gel network volume fraction using a five-pass Fabry-Pérot...

Hypersonic wave propagation in the triton X-100 — water gelation system as studied by Brillouin spectroscopy (1985)

Ng, S.C., Hosea, T.J.C.

The hypersonic velocity and absorption coefficient for six concentrations of the triton X-100 — water system have been obtained as functions of temperature through the sol-gel transition...

Fruit Ripening in the Oil-palm Elaeis guineensis (1971)

THOMAS, R. L., SEW, P'HANG, MOK, C. K., CHAN, K. W., EASAU, P. T., NG, S. C.

Some gross morphological, biochemical, and quantitative size changes of the fruit which occur during the 150 or 80 days from fertilization to ripeness for this species are described. Three main...

Phyllotaxis in the Oil Palm: Applications in Selection of Interspecific Hybrids (1970)

THOMAS, R. L., NG, S. C., CHAN, K. W.

The main purpose of the investigation was to determine whether measures associated with or dependent on the differences in phyllotaxis organization of the stem, fronds, and inflorescences of three...

Phyllotaxis in the Oil Palm: Arrangement of Male/Female Florets along the Spikelets (1970)

THOMAS, R. L., NG, S. C., WONG, C. C.

The paper continues an earlier study of the geometry of inflorescence structures in the oil palm in which geometry is measured in terms of Equivalent Phyllotaxis Index (E.P.I.). In this case the...

Phyllotaxis in the Oil Palm: Arrangement of Male/Female Spikelets on the Inflorescence Stalk (1970)

THOMAS, R. L., CHAN, K. W., NG, S. C.

The geometry of spikelet arrangement along the massive male and female inflorescences of this monoecious palm is investigated through techniques of phyllotaxis measurement (Equivalent phyllotaxis...

Centrioles in the beginning of human development.

Sathananthan, A H, Kola, I, Osborne, J, Trounson, A, Ng, S C, Bongso, A, ...

We demonstrate the presence of centrioles in fertilized human oocytes at syngamy. Single or double centrioles within centrosomes were detected by transmission electron microscopy at one pole of the...

DNA sequence alterations responsible for the synthesis of thermosensitive VP1 in temperature-sensitive BC mutants of simian virus 40.

Ng, S C, Behm, M, Bina, M

The segment of simian virus 40 (SV40) genome which is recognized as the BC domain encodes for the COOH-terminal end of the SV40 major capsid protein VP1. Mutations in this domain lead to the...

Temperature-sensitive BC mutants of simian virus 40: block in virion assembly and accumulation of capsid-chromatin complexes.

Ng, S C, Bina, M

We examined the morphology, protein composition, and stability of the nucleoprotein complexes assembled in cells infected with simian virus 40 mutants belonging to the BC complementation group...

Analysis of temperature-sensitive mutations in the simian virus 40 gene encoding virion protein 1.

Behm, M, Lowman, H, Ng, S C, Bina, M

Temperature-sensitive (ts) assembly mutants of the tumorigenic virus simian virus 40 (SV40) fail to follow the normal pathway of virion morphogenesis at 40 degrees C. The mutations were previously...

Expression of the potent vasoconstrictor endothelin in the human central nervous system.

Lee, M E, De La Monte, S M, Ng, S C, Bloch, K D, Quertermous, T

Endothelin is a potent vasoconstrictive peptide initially characterized as a product of endothelial cells. To examine the potential role of endothelin as a neuropeptide, we studied its distribution...

Centrioles in the beginning of human development.

Sathananthan, A H, Kola, I, Osborne, J, Trounson, A, Ng, S C, Bongso, A, ...

We demonstrate the presence of centrioles in fertilized human oocytes at syngamy. Single or double centrioles within centrosomes were detected by transmission electron microscopy at one pole of the...

DNA sequence alterations responsible for the synthesis of thermosensitive VP1 in temperature-sensitive BC mutants of simian virus 40.

Ng, S C, Behm, M, Bina, M

The segment of simian virus 40 (SV40) genome which is recognized as the BC domain encodes for the COOH-terminal end of the SV40 major capsid protein VP1. Mutations in this domain lead to the...

Temperature-sensitive BC mutants of simian virus 40: block in virion assembly and accumulation of capsid-chromatin complexes.

Ng, S C, Bina, M

We examined the morphology, protein composition, and stability of the nucleoprotein complexes assembled in cells infected with simian virus 40 mutants belonging to the BC complementation group...

Analysis of temperature-sensitive mutations in the simian virus 40 gene encoding virion protein 1.

Behm, M, Lowman, H, Ng, S C, Bina, M

Temperature-sensitive (ts) assembly mutants of the tumorigenic virus simian virus 40 (SV40) fail to follow the normal pathway of virion morphogenesis at 40 degrees C. The mutations were previously...

Expression of the potent vasoconstrictor endothelin in the human central nervous system.

Lee, M E, De La Monte, S M, Ng, S C, Bloch, K D, Quertermous, T

Endothelin is a potent vasoconstrictive peptide initially characterized as a product of endothelial cells. To examine the potential role of endothelin as a neuropeptide, we studied its distribution...

Serum C-reactive protein measurement in the detection of intercurrent infection in Oriental patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Hind, C R, Ng, S C, Feng, P H, Pepys, M B

In a prospective study serum C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations were measured during 28 febrile episodes in 27 Oriental patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Although active SLE was...

Aberrant GAP-43 gene expression in Alzheimer's disease.

De La Monte, S. M., Ng, S. C., Hsu, D. W.

GAP-43 is a growth-associated phosphoprotein expressed at high levels in neurons during development, axonal regeneration, and neuritic sprouting. GAP-43 gene expression in mature neurons is probably...

Acute organic brain syndrome due to drug-induced eosinophilia.

Ng, S. C., Lee, M. K., Teh, A.

A 72 year old man developed acute organic brain syndrome associated with marked eosinophilia following self medication with a variety of drugs. Investigations revealed no other known causes of...

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura with terminal pancytopenia.

Ng, S. C., Adam, B. A.

A 27 year old housewife developed thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura during the twelfth week of pregnancy. She had partial response to initial plasma infusion and subsequent plasmapheresis. However,...