Physical unclonable function based solutions to unification of user, device and data authentication by Zheng, Yue

“…For this use case, the proposed scheme can do away with challenge-response enrolment and hence the need for a trusted third party server to secure the database of challenge-response pairs. …”
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Interface engineering for organic−inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells by Foo, Shini

“…Specifically, modifications were conducted to the electron transport layer (ETL), as well as the ETL/ OIHP and OIHP/ hole transport layer (HTL) interfaces. Hence, this thesis hopes to encourage the commercialization of OIHP solar cells by using premediated passivation materials at various interfaces for the creation of highly efficient, reliable, and stable of OIHP solar cells. …”
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Enhancing tensile and fatigue properties of additively manufactured alloys by post-processing heat treatment by Radhakrishnan, Jayaraj

“…The second set of heat treatments led to complete recrystallization, and hence loss of as-built microstructural signatures, with no δ phase. …”
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The sensitivity of tsunami models and tsunami energy to geologically constrained fault sources and shallow bathymetry by Felix, Raquel Picar

“…The Flores back-arc thrust is selected as the study site because the 2018 Mw >6 earthquake sequence gave new insight regarding its fault geometry – with an active fault ramp downdip of a d´ecollement – and tsunamigenic potential. Hence, there is a need to re-evaluate the tsunami hazard due to slip on the thrust. …”
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Fabrication of hollow fiber membranes using amphiphilic block copolymers as pore-forming additives by Loh, Chun Heng

“…It is possible that due to the long PPO and PEO blocks in these Pluronics, PEO brush layer that reduces the apparent membrane pore size has formed on the internal pore surface and hence the solute rejection of the resultant membranes is improved. …”
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Failure analysis and characterization for microelectronic packaging by Lin, Pamela

“…The interfacial fracture energy of 8.23 and 9.79 J/ m2 obtained from the MD-FEM simulations and the indentation damage experiment respectively, are also in good agreement. Hence, the combined approach is accurate and effective in characterizing and predicting the interfacial delamination in the multilayered IC packaging. …”
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Development of resistive random access memory for next-generation embedded non-volatile memory application by Sun, Jianxun

“…It is also found that the conventional way of doing MLC operation by varying one parameter while fixing the other one would lead to the drifting of resistances. Hence, the concept of dynamic boundaries has been proposed after taking the evolution of the filament into account. …”
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A combined numerical and experimental approach to investigations of body-freedom flutter on flying wings by Ang, Elijah Hao Wei

“…In such scenarios, the fuselage cannot be assumed to be fixed, and rigid-body modes have to be considered. Hence, this brings about a need for a new methodology to flutter investigations, as conventional methods used in the past may not be applicable to flying wings undergoing BFF. …”
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Part I : Peptide functionalized materials for gram-negative bacteria targeted PDT and LPS sensing. Part II : Small peptide and membrane lipid based self-assembled nanostructures fo... by Liu, Fang

“…Generally, Gram-negative bacterial pathogens have additional outer membranes mainly composed of highly conserved and unique lipopolysaccharide (LPS) molecules, which serve as permeability barriers to prevent the cell bodies from toxic antimicrobial molecules1-2 including many photosensitizers, which have been successfully used in photoinactivation of Gram-positive strains.3-4 Furthermore, LPS, a potent inducer to human innate immune systems, hence called endotoxin, is now primarily responsible for sepsis associated with the infections of Gram-negative pethogens.5-6 Therefore, the most promising strategy is use of LPS neutralizing peptide as the binding ligand to deliver antibacterial agents meanwhile minimize the side effects.7 The first objective of the research in part I is the design and synthesis of photosensitizer-peptide conjugates for multivalent targeted cellular imaging and photodynamic inactivation (PDI) against Gram-negative bacterial strains. …”
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Design and analysis of high torque density machines for aerospace applications by Shen, Fawen

“…It is found the asymmetric stator teeth-tips can enhance the working harmonics by generating magnetomotive force harmonics and permeance harmonics. Hence, it can achieve high torque density and improve PM utilization ratio simultaneously. …”
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Energy storage management for renewable energy systems by Feng, Xue

“…Excess dependence on fossil fuels and hence large amount of carbon emission overloads the atmosphere of the earth and causes global warming which poses negative impacts on the sustainability development of the human being. …”
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Health monitoring, lifetimes estimation, and thermal management of IGBT-based power converters by Mohamed Halick Mohamed Sathik

“…However, most of the power electronic components failure distribution follows either Weibull or Lognormal, where the failure rate changes with respect to time. Hence, MTTF is not adequate for useful lifetime estimation in critical applications. …”
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Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation by Lindson, N, Butler, AR, McRobbie, H, Bullen, C, Hajek, P, Wu, AD, Begh, R, Theodoulou, A, Notley, C, Rigotti, NA, Turner, T, Livingstone-Banks, J, Morris, T, Hartmann-Boyce, J

“…Very few studies reported data on other outcomes or comparisons; hence, evidence for these is limited, with CIs often encompassing both clinically significant harm and benefit. …”

Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation by Lindson, N, Butler, AR, McRobbie, H, Bullen, C, Hajek, P, Begh, R, Theodoulou, A, Notley, C, Rigotti, NA, Turner, T, Livingstone-Banks, J, Morris, T, Hartmann-Boyce, J

“…Very few studies reported data on other outcomes or comparisons, hence, evidence for these is limited, with CIs often encompassing both clinically significant harm and benefit.…”

Preparation of low-dimensional materials for plasmonic bio-sensing by Das, Chandreyee Manas

“…Very few researchers have focused on actual GH shift sensing experimental works and hence with this we intend to setup some initial basic work in this area that can be further utilized and developed in a better way in terms of experiment protocol and system design in order to realize effective GH shift based SPR sensors. …”
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Evaluation of Enterococcus hirae isolated from vegetable wastes as probiotic and improvement of immune response in African catfish (Clarias spp.) by Hamid, Nur Hidayahanum

“…Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) constitute a group of Grampositive bacteria with high ability to produce antimicrobial compounds and improve fish performance which makes them excellent probiotics. Hence, the main objective for the study was to evaluate a bacterium, Enterococcus hirae isolated from vegetable wastes for growth promotion, immune responses and protection against Aeromonas hydrophila in juvenile catfish (Clarias spp.). …”
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Studies on GaN based HEMT heterostructures on 100-mm silicon grown by molecular beam epitaxy by Ravikiran Lingaparthi

“…AlN/GaN SMLs stack was successful in achieving compressive stress, lower pit density, larger grain sizes and lower TDD in the GaN buffer compared to AlGaN SML. Hence, AlN/GaN SMLs were chosen for the development of AlGaN/GaN HEMT heterostructure growth on 100-mm Si substrate. …”
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Investigations into high resolution imaging and contouring for diagnostic bio-applications by Valiyambath, Krishnan Mohankumar

“…The proposed algorithm and developed methodology apply pixel level processing, and hence, processing of both whole field and high resolution images can be carried out.Contouring of abnormality based on bioactivity differences that can be identified optically, namely dynamic speckle based methodology, was the second target area of the research. …”
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Tsewang Norbu NGB by Cantwell, C, Mayer, R

“…While probably insignificant to the doxographical arrangements of texts within the editions (which of course reflects doctrinal thinking), regionality might however be of much greater significance in terms of the actual exemplars used for copying, and hence to transmissional and text-critical concerns of all kinds.…”