Effect of magnetic nanoparticles on the morphology of polystyrene-b-poly(methyl methacrylate) diblock copolymer thin film by Yang, Ping, Wang, Shuchao, Teng, Xue, Wei, Wei, Dravid, Vinayak P., Huang, Ling

“…We report the effect of oleic acid-capped magnetic nanoparticles (mNPs, γ-Fe2O3) on the morphology and phase separation behavior of diblock copolymer thin film, polystyrene-b-poly(methyl methacrylate), PS-b-PMMA, under various experimental conditions such as the casting solvent, mNPs concentration, and the annealing time. …”
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Monitoring bubble size distribution using pressure fluctuations. by Foo, Jing Quan.

“…The basis of comparison used was the bubble cap diameter and volume diameter, the volume diameter showed accuracy of up to 89%.…”
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Experimental development of fabry-perot fiber-optic metal ion sensor based on layer-by-layer (chitosan/polystyrene sulfonate) substrate and ionophore (carboxymethyl 18-crown-6). by Yu, Feng Jen.

“…In this project, development of a novel label-free Fiber-Optic Fabry-Perot interferometry (FPI) metal ion detector based on a successful immunosensor with similar mechanism is proposed. 2 configurations of the sensor were proposed, one with an additional SMF cap and one without. Using the EDC / NHS coupling mechanism, the sensing element (ionophore) was attached to the polyelectrolyte substrate (Chitosan / Polystyrene Sulfonate) formed by performing polymeric layer-by-layer (LBL) self-assembly technique. …”
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Synthesis and characterisation of MoS2 - NaYF4:Yb, Er nanocomposite by Ann, Kai Heng

“…The results indicate that MoS2 and the UCNPs have fused together to form a nanocomposite with its surface capped with oleic acid and oleylamine. However, the UCNPs showed slight aggregation, and there is a significant distribution of MoS2 nanosheet sizes. …”
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The effect of ultraviolet-light exposure on ornithine decarboxylase (ODC1) and pigmentation in human skin cells by Ong, Yee Hwee

“…This results in the formation of melanin caps around the nucleus of skin cells, which protect against DNA damage. …”
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Investigation of charge transport in nanofiber based solar cells by Sabba Dharani

“…Therefore one dimensional nanostructures are being explored as a replacement for nanoparticles with the aim of improving charge transport by providing a directional path for charge percolation and by reducing the surface traps and density of grain bound- aries associated with nanoparticles. …”
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Effects of microwave frying on physicochemical properties of edible oils and quality of potato chips by Elfaitouri, Taher A.Houssein

“…The oil distribution in microwaved potato chips fried under different microwave frying conditions showed that a crust developed during microwave frying. Oil was trapped only in intercellular spaces, which was strongly linked to the microstructure (not only in intercellular spaces but also over some cells). …”
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Optimization of P3HT : CdSe hybrid photovoltaic by Chua, Chong Kiat.

“…The result of this study shows that pyridine capped ligand exchanged CdSe nanorods display better solubility in the polymer matrix upon addition of pyridine as cosolvent. …”
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Phase separation of a microtubule plus-end tracking protein into a fluid fractal network by Czub, MP, Uliana, F, Grubić, T, Padeste, C, Rosowski, KA, Lorenz, C, Dufresne, ER, Menzel, A, Vakonakis, I, Gasser, U, Steinmetz, MO

“…Its liquid condensation likely involves the formation of higher-order oligomers that phase separate in a manner dependent on the protein’s N-terminal CAP-Gly domain and C-terminal EEY/F-like motif. …”

Assessment of arterial stiffness via arterial pulse waveform by See, Clement Wei Xian.

“…Parameters such as SBP, MAP and CAP were plotted against age and regression analysis was used to study these 3 parameters. …”
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The spreadsheet : is it an asset in an accountants balance sheet? by Heng, Stefanie Gek Hiong, Ng, Jane Sook Yin, Sia, Valerie Puay Khim

“…Hence, plans to increase/maintain market share should perhaps take into account strategic factors like: -building market share quickly, -enticing upgraders to switch, and -preventing existing customers from switching. To cap it all, this project has confirmed the role spreadsheets play in contributing to work performances within the accounting arena and dispelled the "myth" (belief) that Lotus is the leading spreadsheet.…”
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Mapping the extent and exploring the drivers of cocoa agroforestry in Nigeria, insights into trends for climate change adaptation by Koralewicz, A, Vlcek, J, Oliveras-Menor, I, Hirons, M, Akinyugha, A, Sikiru Olowoyo, O, Oluyemi, M, Owen, O

“…Remote sensing leveraging tasseled cap indices for Sentinel 2 data were used to delineate cocoa agroforestry from full-sun systems. …”

Mapping the extent and exploring the drivers of cocoa agroforestry in Nigeria, insights into trends for climate change adaptation by Koralewicz, A, Vlcek, J, Menor, IO, Hirons, M, Akinyugha, A, Olowoyo, OS, Ajayi-Ebenezer, M, Owen, O

“…Remote sensing leveraging tasseled cap indices for Sentinel 2 data were used to delineate cocoa agroforestry from full-sun systems. …”

Essays on the measurement of leverage and risk of banking institutions by Yong, Vincent Gan Beng

“…The index is aptly named the Capital Leverage Index or CapLev. It is also further shown how we can apply the methodology in constructing a new systemic risk measure, the Systemic Marginal Leverage Index or SysLev. …”
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Interface engineering for organic−inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells by Foo, Shini

“…To address these challenges, intensive developments have been made recently to interfacial engineering so as to reduce the amount of undesirable trap states in OIHP solar cells. Although significant progress has been made to improve the device performance and stability of OIHP solar cells using interfacial engineering, the preferable properties of passivation material utilized at various interfaces are often overlooked. …”
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Antiferromagnetic half-skyrmions and bimerons at room temperature by Jani, H, Lin, J-C, Chen, J, Harrison, J, Maccherozzi, F, Schad, J, Prakash, S, Eom, C-B, Ariando, A, Venkatesan, T, Radaelli, PG

“…Here we realize a family of topological antiferromagnetic spin textures in α-Fe2O3—an Earth-abundant oxide insulator—capped with a platinum overlayer. By exploiting a first-order analogue of the Kibble–Zurek mechanism20,21, we stabilize exotic merons and antimerons (half-skyrmions)8 and their pairs (bimerons)16,22, which can be erased by magnetic fields and regenerated by temperature cycling. …”

On the largest product-free subsets of the alternating groups by Keevash, Peter, Lifshitz, Noam, Minzer, Dor

“…We solve this problem for large n $n$ , showing that the maximum size is achieved by the previously conjectured extremal examples, namely families of the form { π : π ( x ) ∈ I , π ( I ) ∩ I = ∅ } $\left \{ \pi :\,\pi (x)\in I, \pi (I)\cap I=\varnothing \right \} $ and their inverses. …”
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Synergizing strategies: integrating fundamental, technical and news analysis for stock evaluation in energy & commodity market by Fang, Qian

“…We handpicked nine stocks with prospects based on market cap, dividend yield and 10-year average annual returns. …”
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Soft-biometrics based people description in surveillance systems by Ong, Glen Hong Ting

“…The selected traits are the presence of spectacles, cap and the pattern of top worn by subjects. As this project is required to detect these traits, three different classifiers are needed. …”
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EN06 computational environmental hydraulics : pre-treatment filter modeling by Krishnan Moorthi, Pavithra

“…Input parameters were limited to four particle sizes with the same concentration values and the headloss was capped at an appropriate value. The results of the code were also analysed in this report. …”
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