Clinacanthus nutans crude polysaccharide extract as a green platform for microwave-assisted synthesis of silver nanoparticles: Optimization, characterization, and evaluation of bio... by Devasvaran, Kogilavanee, Alallam, Batoul, Lee, Carmen, Yong, Yoke Keong, Lim, Vuanghao

“…Hence, this research aimed to employ a green method using UL_CNP and silver nitrate to produce AgNP (UL_AgNP) with a small size and assess its potential toxicity, anticancer, and photocatalytic activities. …”
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Developing a Framework of Malaysian and Asean Business Communicative and Intercultural Competence (MABCIC) (S/O 13233) by Kaur, Paramjit, Mokhtar, Ahmad Azman, Raman, Arumugam, Muhammad Rawian, Rafizah

“…In designing effective business communication courses and preparing graduates that are competent in the English language it is essential to first examine the features, characteristics, and the various strategies that the users of ELF employ in business communication. Thus, the aim of this research was to develop a framework of business communicative and intercultural competence (MABCIC) based on the data from actual English language used in Malaysian and ASEAN business contexts from the perspectives of stakeholders in the business community. …”
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A comprehensive assessment of thermophysical properties of MXene doped Polyethylene glycol 400 for cold chain logistics by Paul Nadakkal, John, Samykano, Mahendran, Kumar Pandey, Adarsh Kumar, Kadirgama, Kumaran, Jacob, Jeeja, Saidur, Rahman Md

“…Specifically, this research aims to shed light on energy storage systems that employ nanocomposites operating in lower (5–10 °C) temperature ranges. …”
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GWTC-2.1: Deep extended catalog of compact binary coalescences observed by LIGO and Virgo during the first half of the third observing run

“…We analyze the final version of the strain data over this period with improved calibration and better subtraction of excess noise, which has been publicly released. We employ three matched-filter search pipelines for candidate identification, and estimate the probability of astrophysical origin for each candidate event. …”
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Generation, Detection, and Evaluation of Role-play based Jailbreak attacks in Large Language Models by Johnson, Zachary D.

“…Companies such as OpenAI employ manual tactics like red-teaming in order to enhance a LLM’s robustness against these attacks, however these tactics may fail to defend against all role-play based jailbreak attacks due to their potentially limited ability to predict unseen attacks. …”
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Interplay of Transition Metals and Noncovalent Interactions in C–H Activation Catalysis by Vennelakanti, Vyshnavi

“…In this thesis, we study the interplay of noncovalent interactions and transition metals in C–H activation catalysis using quantum mechanical simulations. We employ density functional theory (DFT) and wavefunction theory to perform an extensive computational study of protein HB interactions and transition metal complex (TMC) active sites in non-heme iron halogenases and hydroxylases. …”
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Learning hierarchical review graph representations for recommendation by Liu, Yong, Yang, Susen, Zhang, Yinan, Miao, Chunyan, Nie, Zaiqing, Zhang, Juyong

“…Previous review-based recommendation methods usually employ sophisticated compositional models, such as Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN) and Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN), to learn semantic representations from the review data for recommendation. …”
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Referring expression segmentation: from conventional to generalized by Liu, Chang

“…We combine the strengths of both kinds of methods and propose a novel framework that can analyze the relationship among instances while maintaining the efficiency of the FCN-like network. Secondly, we employ an attention-based network to model long-range dependencies in both image and language modalities. …”
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High flux strontium atom source by Feng, C. H., Robert, P., Bouyer, P., Canuel, B., Li, Jianing, Das, Swarup, Kwong, Chang Chi, Wilkowski, David, Prevedelli, M., Bertoldi, A.

“…To enhance the atomic flux, we employ tailored magnetic fields that minimize radial beam expansion and incorporate a cascaded Zeeman-slowing configuration utilizing two optical frequencies. …”
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PrimeNet: a framework for commonsense knowledge representation and reasoning based on conceptual primitives by Liu, Qian, Han, Sooji, Cambria, Erik, Li, Yang, Kwok, Kenneth

“…First, we collect commonsense knowledge and employ a gradual expansion strategy for knowledge integration. …”
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Flexible whispering gallery mode optical microcavities for lasers and sensors by Ta, Van Duong

“…They are basic building blocks for the investigation of cavity quantum electrodynamics, nonlinear optical effects, and employed as optical switches, optical filters, lasers and sensors. …”
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Toward a neuroscientific understanding of play: a dimensional coding framework for analyzing infant–adult play patterns by Neale, Dave, Clackson, Kaili, Georgieva, Stanimira, Dedetas, Hatice, Scarpate, Melissa, Wass, Sam, Leong, Victoria

“…We expect that the proposed framework will have wide utility amongst researchers wishing to employ an integrated, multimodal approach to the study of play, and lead toward a greater understanding of the neuroscientific basis of play. …”
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Performance analysis of IEEE 802.11p safety message broadcast with and without relaying at road intersection by Md. Noor-A-Rahim, G. G. Md. Nawaz Ali, Nguyen, Hieu, Guan, Yong Liang

“…To improve the overall broadcast performance of such scenarios, we employ a road side unit (RSU) at the intersection-center to relay the safety messages once. …”
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Integrating Multi-Cancer Early Detection (MCED) Tests with Standard Cancer Screening: System Dynamics Model Development and Feasibility Testing by Fagery, Mussab, Khorshidi, Hadi A., Wong, Stephen Q., Karanfil, Özge, Emery, Jon, IJzerman, Maarten J.

“…The SD model was built to investigate three scenarios for the use of MCED testing: firstly, to explore the viability of MCED testing as a substitute among individuals who are not opting for SOC screening for any reason; secondly, to implement MCED testing exclusively for individuals ineligible for SOC screening, yet have high-risk characteristics; and thirdly, to employ MCED testing after SOC screening to serve as a triaging/confirmatory tool for individuals receiving inconclusive test results. …”
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15.783J / 2.739J / ESD.32J Product Design and Development, Spring 2002 by Eppinger, Steven D., Whitney, Daniel E., Kressy, Matt, Roemer, Thomas, Whitcomb, Clifford A., Yassine, Ali

“…The cornerstone is a project in which teams of management, engineering, and industrial design students conceive, design, and prototype a physical product. Class sessions employ cases and hands-on exercises to reinforce the key ideas. …”
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Ligand effect on switching the rate-determining step of water oxidation in atomically precise metal nanoclusters by Liu, Zhihe, Tan, Hua, Li, Bo, Hu, Zehua, Jiang, De-en, Yao, Qiaofeng, Wang, Lei, Xie, Jianping

“…The ligand effects of atomically precise metal nanoclusters on electrocatalysis kinetics have been rarely revealed. Herein, we employ atomically precise Au25 nanoclusters with different ligands (i.e., para-mercaptobenzoic acid, 6-mercaptohexanoic acid, and homocysteine) as paradigm electrocatalysts to demonstrate oxygen evolution reaction rate-determining step switching through ligand engineering. …”
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Electrically tunable two-dimensional heterojunctions for miniaturized near-infrared spectrometers by Deng, Wenjie, Zheng, Zilong, Li, Jingzhen, Zhou, Rongkun, Chen, Xiaoqing, Zhang, Dehui, Lu, Yue, Wang, Chongwu, You, Congya, Li, Songyu, Sun, Ling, Wu, Yi, Li, Xuhong, An, Boxing, Liu, Zheng, Wang, Qi Jie, Duan, Xiangfeng, Zhang, Yongzhe

“…Most designs to date employ a photodetector array with distinct spectral responses or require elaborated integration of micro & nano optic modules, typically with a centimeter-scale footprint. …”
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Sanctions with Chinese characteristics : the effects of China's sanctions rhetoric on its behaviour by Poh, Angela Ming Yan

“…More specifically, this study examines the extent to which China has employed economic sanctions as a political tool, as well as the factors influencing China’s sanctions behaviour. …”
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From External to Swap Regret 2.0: An Efficient Reduction for Large Action Spaces by Dagan, Yuval, Daskalakis, Constantinos, Fishelson, Maxwell, Golowich, Noah

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Optical and core-level X-ray spectroscopy of correlated two-dimensional materials by Occhialini, Connor Alexander

“…We next investigate the broader class of triangular lattice nickel dihalides, NiX₂ (X = Cl, Br, I), to identify the origin of sharp optical excitations, i.e. excitons, in nickel-based vdW magnets. We employ Ni-L₃ edge resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) to access a q-resolved and site-specific view into the excitation spectra. …”
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