Yi Tan

Aug 29, 2024 | mdpi.com | Xiaoli Wang |Yi Tan

1. IntroductionSince the first introduction of cross-border venture capital investment in China, it has undergone significant growth and until 2003, China has become the world’s largest net cross-border venture capital inflow country (Aizenman and Kendall 2012). With an annual growth rate of 20.76% from year 2003 to year 2016, the cross-border VC investment even has a growth rate higher than the GDP growth rate in China. (Yin and Zeng 2013; Yang et al. 2023).

Apr 29, 2024 | mdpi.com | Yi Tan |Xiaoli Wang |Jason Lee |Kun Shi

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Feb 20, 2024 | zula.sg | Yi Tan

Romantic Things On A BudgetIf you feel that you need to book a candlelight dinner at an expensive restaurant or visit romantic cafes in Singapore to wow your boo, think again. We asked 7 Singaporean girls to share the most romantic things that their partners did for them on a budget. The next time you’re racking your brains to impress your SO, use this list as a reference and be inspired to get your creative juices flowing.

Jan 31, 2024 | nature.com | Yi Tan |Leah Siskind |Robert Mitchell |Jun Yan

AbstractThe tumor microenvironment is reprogrammed by cancer cells and participates in all stages of tumor progression. Neutral ceramidase is a key regulator of ceramide, the central intermediate in sphingolipid metabolism. The contribution of neutral ceramidase to the reprogramming of the tumor microenvironment is not well understood. Here, we find that deletion of neutral ceramidase in multiple breast cancer models in female mice accelerates tumor growth.

Aug 28, 2023 | blog.dhigroup.com | Yi Tan

With the rapid rise in global temperatures, there is a growing emphasis on the importance of nature-based solutions (NbS) in mitigating climate change. NbS are ‘actions to protect, sustainably manage and restore natural or modified ecosystems, that address societal challenges effectively and adaptively, simultaneously providing human well-being and biodiversity benefits’1.