Fabrication of modified mesoporous carbons-coated monolith synthesized via evaporation-induced self- assembly approach for B-carotene adsorption by How, Cai Kian

“…Intra-particle diffusion featured the involvement in β-carotene adsorption mechanism however it is not the sole rate- limiting step. …”
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Work-Efficient Parallel Derandomization II: Optimal Concentrations via Bootstrapping by Ghaffari, Mohsen, Grunau, Christoph

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Structural performance of cold-formed steel with self-compacting concrete in a composite beam system by Muhammad Lawan, Mustapha

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Struvite precipitation for the recovery of ammonium nitrogen from landfill leachate by Mohamad S. J. Darwish

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Graph representation learning by Zhang, Xinyi

“…The convolution-based module is designed to capture the spatial information of nodes which is realized through the attention mechanism and the meta-path-based sequential information of nodes is preserved through a GRU unit. …”
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Structural characterization of vaccinia-related kinase 1 (VRK1), a histone mitotic kinase by Ngow, Yeen Shian

“…To achieve this purpose, further optimization is required to unravel the VRK1 and histone H3 interaction mechanism, which together with the ATP binding studies, can offer more strategies for the development of novel VRK1 inhibitors with better specificity and potency in the future.…”
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Rigid-strut-containing crown ethers and [2]catenanes for incorporation into metal-organic frameworks by Zhao, Yan-Li, Liu, Lihua, Zhang, Wenyu, Sue, Chi-Hau, Li, Qiaowei, Miljanić, Ognjen Š., Yaghi, Omar M., Stoddart, J. Fraser

“…These novel crown ethers not only retain the characteristics of their parent crown ethers since they can 1) bind cationic guests and 2) serve as templates for making mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs), such as catenanes and rotaxanes, but they also present coordination sites to connect with secondary building units (SBUs) in MOFs. …”
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Electrical characterization of bias temperature instability in MOSFETs with the ultrathin SiON and la-doped HfSiO gate dielectrics by Du, Guoan.

“…Hence, the newly developed UFS can provide a new insight of BTI degradation/ recovery mechanism. A detailed investigation of the NBTI induced degradation of the ultrathin SiON p-MOSFET is carried out with UFS measurement. …”
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Ordered hybrid nanoneedle arrays for gas sensing by Liu, Hai

“…Nor are the hybrid nanoneedles produced on the silicon surface coated with a thin metal that has a very high sputtering rate, such as Au and Ag. A mechanism of nanoneedle formation is proposed considering the alloying process during incident gallium ion irradiation to the silicon substrate coated with a thin layer of a sufficient low sputter rate. …”
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Cognitive enhancement in video game training: two separate routes of transfer? by Oei, Chie Ming

“…There has been considerable interest in the last decade on action video games’ effects on human perception and cognition, with many studies showing a positive effect of video game play on a variety of cognitive and perceptual measures. However, the mechanisms of transfer have not been well characterized. …”
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Tin oxide based dye sensitized solar cells by Teh, Jun Jie

“…Optimum Mo doping had significantly increased the Jsc by 73% while keeping Voc and FF of Ga-SnO2-NC relatively unchanged. The enhancement mechanism was studied under electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and was found mainly due to the increase in conductivity across mesoporous Mo, Ga-SnO2-NC layer where it significantly reduces the series resistance of the DSSC device and thus increases the short circuit current. …”
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Human detection and tracking in surveillance videos by Wang, Bing

“…Furthermore, a novel loss function incorporating temporally constrained multi-task learning mechanism is developed to make the deep model more effective in solving the tracklet association problem. …”
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Intelligent microgrid management and EV control under uncertainties in smart grid by Wang, Ran

“…Stimulated by the fact that in practical scenario, EV arrival and renewable energy may not follow any determinate process yet obtaining some statistical information of future EVs' arrivals (departures) is possible, we propose a novel two-stage EV charging mechanism to minimize the cost and efficiently utilize renewable energy. …”
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The effect of the amyloid-beta peptide on the fluidity of cell membranes : a study by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy by Ng, Justin Wei Qing

“…The reason for this negative response is yet unclear, and we do not rule out the possibility that Aβ exposure may induce changes in membrane fluidity under other conditions, such as in vivo and in AD patients, through complex mechanisms such as altered lipid metabolism. We also note the following limitations of our study – 1) because there was no solution-based assaying of the Aβ content, the exact composition of the Aβ solution is unknown; 2) the number and type of membrane probes used is not totally comprehensive; 3) there may be changes to the membrane that are too subtle or complex to be measured by standard ITIR-FCS and 4) our method of Aβ treatment represents an acute, high-dose exposure of cells to Aβ and may not be representative of what happens in the natural AD disease progression. …”
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Essays on social responsibility in the marketplace : an experimental economic analysis by Wang, Yan

“…Within our study, we introduce a third party voluntary contribution mechanism with opportunities to punish socially irresponsible sellers. …”
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Assessing the impact of anthropogenic pollution on isoprene-derived secondary organic aerosol formation in PM2.5 collected from the Birmingham, Alabama, ground site during the 2013... by Guo, Hongyu, Rattanavaraha, Weruka, Stone, Elizabeth A., Offenberg, John H., Zhang, Zhenfa, Gold, Avram, Surratt, Jason D., Chu, Kevin, Riva, Matthieu, Lin, Ying-Hsuan, Baumann, Karsten, Shaw, Stephanie L., Budisulistiorini, Sri Hapsari, Edgerton, Eric S., King, Laura, Weber, Rodney J., Neff, Miranda E.

“…Laboratory studies have revealed that anthropogenic pollutants, such as sulfur dioxide (SO2), oxides of nitrogen (NOx), and aerosol acidity, can enhance SOA formation from the hydroxyl radical (OH)-initiated oxidation of isoprene; however, the mechanisms by which specific pollutants enhance isoprene SOA in ambient PM2.5 remain unclear. …”
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Advanced code reuse attacks against modern defences by Wang, Chenyu

“…We study the design and implementation of constant blinding mechanism in Flash Player and analyse the weakness in its pseudo random number generator (PRNG). …”
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Mujeres a la fuga: narrativa del viaje como vehículo de resistencia para las mujeres en tránsito por México = Women on the run: narrative of the journey as a vehicle of resistance... by López, María E., Díaz de León, Alejandra, Castro Sam, Ana Sabina

“…Applying Achille Mbembe's concepts of necropolitics and the critique of black reason, as well as narrative studies, this article develops a critical analysis of the narrative of the migration process told by migrant women living in a shelter in Mexico City as a mechanism for (re)interpreting the journey and the women. …”
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Conformational changes involved in signal transduction in avian cryptochromes by Gehrckens, AS

“…Following a well-established radical pair mechanism, different downstream chemical and biochemical reactions are thought to take place depending on how the inclination of the Earth’s magnetic field influences the singlet and triplet yields of the magnetically sensitive radical pair. …”

Pathogen diversity and antimicrobial resistance transmission of Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Malawi: a genomic epidemiological study... by Dyson, ZA, Ashton, PM, Khanam, F, Chunga Chirambo, A, Shakya, M, Meiring, JE, Tonks, S, Karkey, A, Msefula, C, Clemens, JD, Dunstan, SJ, Baker, S, Dougan, G, Pitzer, VE, Basnyat, B, Qadri, F, Heyderman, RS, Gordon, MA, Holt, KE, Pollard, AJ, STRATAA Study Group

“…We investigated the genomic epidemiology, resistance mechanisms, and transmission dynamics of these pathogens at three urban sites in Africa and Asia.…”