Polyamide-imide hollow fiber membranes crosslinked with amine-appended inorganic networks for application in solvent-resistant nanofiltration under low operating pressure by Lim, Siow Kee, Setiawan, Laurentia, Bae, Tae-Hyun, Wang, Rong

“…Membranes conditioned with isopropanol consistently showed higher solvent fluxes coupled with lower rejections of Rose Bengal (RB) ranging 75-87%. On the other hand, membranes conditioned with deionized water had lower fluxes and high RB rejections of 96-99%. …”
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Efficient generation of an array of single silicon-vacancy defects in silicon carbide by Wang, Junfeng, Zhou, Yu, Zhang, Xiaoming, Liu, Fucai, Li, Yan, Li, Ke, Liu, Zheng, Wang, Guanzhong, Gao, Weibo

“…This method serves as a critical step in integrating single VSi defect emitters with photonic structures, which, in turn, can improve the emission and collection efficiency of VSi defects when they are used in a spin photonic quantum network. On the other hand, the defects are shallow, and they are generated about 40 nm below the surface which can serve as a critical resource in quantum-sensing applications.…”
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Exploring the influence of haptic and olfactory cues of a virtual donut on satiation and eating behavior by Li, Benjamin Junting, Bailenson, Jeremy N.

“…Studies based on situational cues or self-perception theory provide support for the hypothesis that touching and smelling a virtual food item may lead to increased consumption as a result of modeling expected behavior. On the other hand, studies grounded in embodied cognition suggest that satiation may take place as a result of mental simulation that resembles actual consumption behavior. …”
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Function of second cladding layer in hollow core tube lattice fibers by Huang, Xiaosheng, Yoo, Seongwoo, Yong, KenTye

“…A small core, on the other hand, facilitates the gas-filled TLF applications, but at the expense of the increased mode attenuation. …”
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Magneto-photoconductivity of three dimensional topological insulator bismuth telluride by Cao, Bingchen, Eginligil, Mustafa, Yu, Ting

“…This can be attributed to the coupling of surface states. On the other hand, the thicker sample shows no positive magneto-photoconductance up to 7 T since there is only one surface state at play. …”
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An efficient channel clustering and flow rate allocation algorithm for non-uniform microfluidic cooling of 3D integrated circuits by Qian, Hanhua, Chang, Chip Hong, Yu, Hao

“…On the other hand, for a specific peak temperature constraint, up to 21.8% saving in total flow rate with moderate thermal gradients is achieved by the proposed clustered microfluidic cooling.…”
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Rainfall and sampling uncertainties : a rain gauge perspective by Villarini, Gabriele., Mandapaka, Pradeep V., Krajewski, Witold F., Moore, Robert J.

“…It is shown that the temporal sampling uncertainties increase with the sampling interval according to a scaling law and decrease with increasing averaging area with no strong dependence on local orography. On the other hand, the spatial sampling uncertainties tend to decrease for increasing accumulation time, with no strong dependence on location of the gauge within the pixel or on the gauge elevation. …”
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Intelligent diagnostic feedback in virtual learning environment by Guo, Ruisheng

“…In recent years, e-learning has becoming increasingly commonplace in higher education. On the other hand, according to the National Student Survey (NSS) reports (2007-2010), in England, about half of students and 35% of students (2011 -2014), and 30% of students (2015-2016) did not agreed with that: 1, feedback on their work has been prompt; 2, feedback on their work has helped them clarify things they did not understand; 3, they have received detailed comments on their work. …”
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Modelling cross-docking in a three-level supply chain with stochastic service and queuing system: MOWFA algorithm by Rostami, Parinaz, Avakh Darestani, Soroush, Movassaghi, Mitra

“…The arrival rate of goods from suppliers to the cross‐dock is stochastic with a general probability distribution. On the other hand, the time required to prepare and send the goods is random with a general probability distribution. …”
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Political unrest under IMF programmes: labour mobility, fiscal conditionality, and democratic representation by Metinsoy, S

“…Where labour is mobile, on the other hand, it is easier for workers to switch between sectors and jobs when the economic crisis hits their sector. …”

Active nematics for mechanobiology: patterning and flows in living matter by Bhattacharyya, S

“…Associating different stripes with extensile and contractile activities respectively can generate shearing flows inside each stripe, and long-time slipping of the stripes. On the other hand, confining active nematics with viscoelastic boundaries give rise to periodic flow reversals. …”

Social bonding among children in joint physically active play by Jefferies, M

“…This was followed by a pictorial measure of social closeness, followed by a behavioural inhibition task in which one child was instructed to place their hand inside a box containing unknown stimuli. No significant differences were detected between the two conditions. …”

Mitigating marine megafauna captures in fisheries by Arlidge, W

“…</p> <p>Throughout the fishery case study, I draw on established decision-making processes to better understand the conservation issue at hand and to develop an understanding of what is necessary to empirically calculate net outcomes in data-poor fishing systems using the proposed framework. …”

The effects of 2,4-D, BAP, and sucrose concentrations in the callus induction of white (Clitoria ternatea var. Albiflora) and blue butterfly pea (Clitoria ternatea) by Tengku Nurul Amira Aqma Tengku Zakaria, Hui, Shi Tan, Zurina Hassan, Sreeramanan Subramaniam, Bee, Lynn Chew

“…Callus and cell suspension cultures, on the other hand, offer an alternative for the consistent production of these metabolites. …”
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Humour as an act of deracination and native resistance through alterity, subaltern and negritude in selected plays by Francis Davis Imbuga by A. Majeed, Abdulhameed

“…Such negritude society is treated as subaltern ethnicity, which indicates their inferior state. On the other hand, the British colonial ethnicity was tackled as oppressive alterity, or othering, that tries to impose its colonial culture upon the natives. …”
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Experimental investigation of glass fibre-reinforced polymer (GFRP) when subjected to low and high velocity impact events by Razali, Noorshazlin

“…For low velocity impact test specimens, laminated plate specimens with a dimension of 100 mm × 150 mm were fabricated using a hand layup technique into 10 layers, 12 layers and 14 layers of GFRP woven roving plies. …”
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Exploratory Survey on UUM Student’s Acceptance Towards the Founding of Waqf Institution For Education by Omar, Hydzulkifli Hashim, Abu Bakar, Azizi, Basary, Noor Faezah, Shuib, Mohd Sollehudin, Yusuff, Noraini

“…Generally cash waqf has tremendous potential for the development of the human capital because it is liquid assets compared to traditional endowment in the form of fixed assets such as land and buildings. On the other hand the traditional endowment can only be done by rich people. …”
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The potential of biodegradable compostable eco-straw from Lepironia Articulata sp. (Purun/Kercut) by Nurul Farah Anisa, Hairolnizam, Muhammad Amirul Syafiq, Nasarudin, Ali Zainal-Abidin, Mohamad Termizi, Farah, Amalina, Abdul Syukor, Abd Razak, Suryati, Sulaiman

“…Excessive usage, on the other hand, generates a large amount of plastic garbage that is hazardous to the environment and can harm endangered species. …”
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Graphene nanopattern as a universal epitaxy platform for single-crystal membrane production and defect reduction by Kim, Hyunseok, Lee, Sangho, Shin, Jiho, Zhu, Menglin, Akl, Marx, Lu, Kuangye, Han, Ne Myo, Baek, Yongmin, Chang, Celesta S., Suh, Jun Min, Kim, Ki Seok, Park, Bo-In, Zhang, Yanming, Choi, Chanyeol, Shin, Heechang, Yu, He, Meng, Yuan, Kim, Seung-Il, Seo, Seungju, Lee, Kyusang, Kum, Hyun S., Lee, Jae-Hyun, Ahn, Jong-Hyun, Bae, Sang-Hoon, Hwang, Jinwoo, Shi, Yunfeng, Kim, Jeehwan

“…Layer transfer methods as an alternative approach, on the other hand, suffer from the limited availability of transferrable materials and transfer-process-related obstacles3. …”
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Tablets, Pens, and Pencils: The Influence of Tools on Sketching in Early Stage Design by Das, Madhurima, Huang, May, Yang, Maria C

“…</jats:p> <jats:p>In this study, we investigate the influence of hand sketching on a tablet as compared to pencil or pen and paper on early stage sketching for concept generation. …”
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