Electrochemical electrodes based on graphene materials for sensing and energy applications by Wang, Xuewan

“…The large defect-free surface area, unparrelled charge carrier mobility and wide electrochemical potential window make graphene a promising conductive platform for efficient electrochemical reactions. In this PhD thesis, dimensional-tailored graphene-based electrochemical electrodes were designed and developed, aiming to explore the potential of graphene materials in electrochemistry and their applications in novel sensor and energy devices. …”
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3D audio reproduction : natural augmented reality headset and next generation entertainment system using wave field synthesis by Ranjan, Rishabh

“…The main goal of this work is to develop a real-time high throughput scalable platform for the hybrid WFS setup, which would need multiple driving signals, as well as WFS synthesized binaural signals using virtual WFS at the same time. …”
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Thermal effects on particle deposition in microchannels by Yan, Zhibin

“…This design enables the dynamic particle deposition processes to be directly observed along the direction of the applied temperature gradient, thereby providing an effective microfluidic platform for investigating the particle-surface interaction phenomena under non-equilibrium thermal environment. …”
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Tailoring the electronic structures of zinc oxide based nanowires for optoelectronic applications by Zhao, Xin

“…ZnO nanowires (NWs) have attracted tremendous attention in the past 15 years after the first demonstration of optically pumped ultraviolet laser by Yang et al.1, 2 As a wide band gap (3.3 eV, RT) material possessing room-temperature stable excitons (60 meV binding energy), ZnO NWs have been treated as one of the most promising platform for next-generation optoelectronic devices.3, 4 The global lightening market calls for materials with controllable doping, energy band gap, as well as novel device design schemes to achieve high-efficiency devices emitting light with arbitrary mono or mixed colors.5, 6 In order to fulfill these requirements, we have synthesized ZnO NWs with designed electronic structures including 1) the n-/p-type doped MgZnO alloy wires where we tuned the carrier concentration and band gap simultaneously, 2) core/doped-shell NWs to spatially tuned band structure via integrated utilization of two growth methods: hydrothermal synthesis and pulsed laser deposition (PLD). …”
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Ultra-low power signal processor for biomedical applications by Seyed Mohammad Ali Zeinolabedin

“…Recent developments in integrated circuit (IC) design technology enable us to realize the complicated applications and algorithms which were mainly implemented in software-based platform. In addition, the rapid advancements in the world of digital signal and image processing have simultaneously brought the newer and more efficient algorithms into existence. …”
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Study on muscle remodeling using in vivo microscopy of drosophila metamorphosis and quantitative image analysis by Kuleesha

“…My tool provides additional support by providing an image processing platform to confirm the findings quantitatively.…”
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Study of the destructive effects of shear stress and ROS-generating drugs on circulating tumor cells by Regmi, Sagar

“…To increase the relevance of the previous study and to develop a potential platform for the discovery of anti-cancer drugs with the intention of killing CTCs, we further tested the drug model in this microfluidic system. …”
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3-D direct printing of silicone meniscus using a novel heat-curing extrusion based silicone printer by Luis Adiwati, Guntur Eric

“…Secondly, printer parameters such as print velocities, nozzle diameters, nozzle-platform distance, flow-rates, nozzle temperatures and bed temperatures were selected for characterization and testing. …”
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Efficient circuit-designs using spintronic devices by Deb, Suman

“…Recently, a great deal of scientific endeavour has been devoted to developing spin-based neuromorphic platforms owing to the ultra-low-power benefits offered by spin devices and the inherent correspondence between spintronic phenomena and the desired neuronal, synaptic behaviour. …”
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Complex task allocation for crowdsourcing in social network context by Jiang, Jiuchuan

“…Experimental results conducted on real-world datasets collected from some representative crowdsourcing platforms show that the presented approaches outperform existing benchmark approaches in previous studies.…”
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Daily iron supplementation for improving anaemia, iron status and health in menstruating women by Low, MSY, Speedy, J, Styles, CE, De-Regil, LM, Pasricha, S-R

“…In addition, we searched the World Health Organization International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (WHO ICTRP) and reference lists of relevant reviews. …”

Supporting Parents & Kids Through Lockdown Experiences (SPARKLE): a digital parenting support app implemented in an ongoing general population cohort study during the COVID-19 pand... by Kostyrka-Allchorne, K, Creswell, C, Byford, S, Day, C, Goldsmith, K, Koch, M, Gutierrez, WM, Palmer, M, Raw, J, Robertson, O, Shearer, J, Shum, A, Slovak, P, Waite, P, Sonuga-Barke, EJS

“…Co-designed with parents and based on decades of parenting research, Parent Positive consists of three elements: (i) Parenting Boosters: where advice, delivered in the form of narrated animations, videos, graphics and text is provided to help parents with eight common parenting challenges; (ii) Parenting Exchange: a facilitated parent-to-parent communication and peer support platform and; (iii) Parent Resources: giving access to carefully selected high-quality, evidence-based online parenting resources. …”

Research portfolio examining the role of imagery and safety planning for self-harm and suicide prevention in young people and adults: a mixed-methods approach by Susi, K

“… <p><b>Potential impact and psychological mechanisms associated with viewing self-harm imagery on the internet and social media platforms: a critical systematic review</b></p> <p> <b>Background:</b> Concerns regarding the harmful effects of the internet and social media have led to changes to online harms policy. …”

Follicular flushing during oocyte retrieval in assisted reproductive techniques by Georgiou, E, Melo, P, Brown, J, Granne, I

“…We also searched the trial registries ClinicalTrials.gov and the World Health Organization (WHO) International Clinical Trials Registry Platform to identify ongoing and registered trials up to 4 July 2017. …”

Cultural hybridity in central and southern Jordan at the end of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A by Finlayson, B, Makarewicz, CA, Smith, SJ

“…Ongoing research has narrowed this gap, documenting a shift from semi-subterranean pisé constructions to circular free-standing stone structures during the Late PPNA, as well as the cessation of el-Khiam point manufacture and the emergence of an opposed platform blade technology that appears to echo parallel Early PPNB developments in chipped stone technology to the North. …”

Immunogenicity and safety of beta variant COVID-19 vaccine AZD2816 and AZD1222 (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19) as primary-series vaccination for previously unvaccinated adults in Brazil, South A... by Costa Clemens, SA, Jepson, B, Bhorat, QE, Ahmad, A, Akhund, T, Aley, PK, Bansal, H, Bibi, S, Kelly, EJ, Khan, M, Lambe, T, Lombaard, JJ, Matthews, S, Pipolo Milan, E, Olsson, U, Ramasamy, MN, Moura de Oliveira Paiva, MS, Seegobin, S, Shoemaker, K, Szylak, A, Villafana, T, Pollard, AJ, Green, JA

“…These findings demonstrate the continued importance of ancestral COVID-19 vaccines in protecting against severe COVID-19 and highlight the feasibility of using the ChAdOx1 platform to develop COVID-19 vaccines against future SARS-CoV-2 variants. …”

Development of chloroplast genome library for DNA tracking and conservation of endangered Aquilaria species native to Malaysia by Hishamuddin, Muhammad Syahmi

“…In this study, a comparative analysis was performed on eight Aquilaria species complete chloroplast (cp) genomes, of which seven were newly sequenced using Illumina HiSeq X Ten platform followed by de novo assembly. All Aquilaria species utilised in this study were collected during fieldwork and the Aquilaria germplasm of Forest Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM), and grown in the greenhouse of the Faculty of Forestry and Environment, Universiti Putra Malaysia. …”
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DNA free transcriptional activation using CRISPR / DCAS9 nucleoproteins to enhance the biosynthesis of steviol glycosides in stevia (Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni) by Ghose, Asish Kumar

“…Successful application of CRISPR/dCas9-TAD RNP in activating specific genes in stevia protoplasts provided a platform for gene functional studies in stevia while paving the way for production of DNA-free genetically modified crops that can improve public acceptance.…”
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Conceptual model for funding of businesses based on Islamic principles in Malaysia by Dangulbi, Sani Musa

“…Against this backdrop, I embarked on this thesis as the platform to document my journey as a Muslim entrepreneur to search for funding that observes the principles of Islam, in particular meeting the objectives of Islamic law (maqasid al-shariah, MaS). …”
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Sarcasm detection model based on tweets’ strength using hashtags and non-hashtags sentiment analysis by Nadali, Samaneh

“…Recently, microblogs platforms such as Twitter are becoming popular day by day. …”
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