Biomarkers and cognition study, Singapore (BIOCIS): protocol, study design, and preliminary findings by Leow, Yi Jin, Wang, J. D. J., Vipin, Ashwati, Sandhu, Gurveen Kaur, Soo, See Ann, Kumar, Dilip, Mohammed, Adnan Azam, Zailan, Fatin Zahra, Lee, Faith Phemie Hui En, Ghildiyal, Smriti, Liew, Shan Yao, Dang, Chao, Tanoto, Pricilia, Tan, Isabelle Yu Zhen, Chong, Wayne Freeman Weien, Kandiah, Nagaendran

“…Mean age and education is 61.32 years and 14.34 years respectively with 39.8% males. 47.9 % of the cohort are employed and 32.06% have a family history of dementia. …”
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A novel quasi-cubic CuFe2O4–Fe2O3 catalyst prepared at low temperature for enhanced oxidation of bisphenol A via peroxymonosulfate activation by Oh, Wen-Da, Dong, Zhili, Hu, Zhong-Ting, Lim, Teik-Thye

“…A facile eco-friendly co-precipitation synthesis at low temperature was employed to fabricate CuFe2O4–Fe2O3 for the oxidation of bisphenol A (BPA) via peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation. …”
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The development and application of mass-spectrometry-based tools to monitor proteome remodeling in microbes by Telusma, Bertina

“…In chapter 2, I describe the development and characterization of these proteomic methods, including a detailed analysis of the variety of metabolic labeling schemes that can be employed in budding yeasts, which facilitate the bulk of my thesis work. …”
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Exploring the utility of silane cross-linkers for synthesis of superhydrophobic antibacterial fabrics by Agrawal, Neha

“…Metal-oxide nanoparticles have been employed to offer antibacterial activity and nanoscale roughness, essential to achieve superhydrophobicity and antibacterial functionality on the fabric. …”
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The combined activation of KCa3.1 and inhibition of Kv11.1/hERG1 currents contribute to overcome Cisplatin resistance in colorectal cancer cells by Pillozzi, Serena, D'Amico, Massimo, Bartoli, Gianluca, Gasparoli, Luca, Petroni, Giulia, Crociani, Olivia, Marzo, Tiziano, Guerriero, Angela, Messori, Luigi, Severi, Mirko, Udisti, Roberto, Wulff, Heike, Chandy, Kanianthara George, Becchetti, Andrea, Arcangeli, Annarosa

“…Background: Platinum-based drugs such as Cisplatin are commonly employed for cancer treatment. Despite an initial therapeutic response, Cisplatin treatment often results in the development of chemoresistance. …”
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Shear-flow characteristics of rock fractures and implications for injection-induced seismicity by Ji, Yinlin

“…Hydraulic stimulation has been employed to enhance the permeability of geothermal reservoirs and to maintain the productivity of renewable heat. …”
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Synthesis of metal nanomaterials with unconventional crystal phases and their applications in electrocatalysis by Liu, Jiawei

“…These nanorods, with similar size and morphology, but different crystal phases, provide an effective platform to explore the crystal phase-dependent catalytic applications. When they are employed as electrocatalysts toward the electrochemical ethanol oxidation reaction (EOR) in alkaline media, both the mass activity and stability follow the trend that the L12 PdCuSn > L12 Pd3Sn > fcc Pd3Sn > Pd/C, demonstrating the significance of alloying effect and crystal phase in determining their catalytic performance.…”
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Prediction of stable perovskite quantum dots (QDs) using machine learning (ML) algorithms by Cheong, Ivan

“…With a focus on the promising optical properties of perovskites understanding its photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) and the possibility of implementation in photovoltaics applications The general strategy employed is to create a reusable database of as many elemental combinations of perovskites and their available properties from published literature, containing both simulations and experimental results. …”
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A feed-centric hypoglycaemia pathway ensures appropriate care escalation in at-risk infants by Chandran, Suresh, Siew, Jia Xuan, Rajadurai, Victor Samuel, Lim, Rachel Wei Shan, Chua, Mei Chien, Yap, Fabian

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Hydrogen from waste: technical feasibility of thermal waste treatement for decarbonization of economy by Ong, Joel Wen Jun

“…A pyrolysis-thermolysis process was employed to produce hydrogen and solid carbon by-product that could store carbon. …”
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P4-network : a networking infrastructure for intra-aircraft cabin wireless communication by Pham, Chau Khoa.

“…A machine-learning routing approach, Q-ROUTING, is employed to increase the data rates by combining several redundant commu-nication paths. …”
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COVID-19 and bilingual children's home language environment: digital media, socioeconomic status, and language status by Sun, He, Tan, Justina, Chen, Wenli

“…Two online parental questionnaires were employed for data collection. One-way repeated-measures MANOVA and path models were used to address the questions. …”
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Bifunctional layer-by-layer metal-organic framework thin films for gas detection by Tan, Fu Lun

“…However, one of the significant challenges in employing MOFs for gas detection is their preference for rigid substrates, which limits their adaptability in flexible electronics. …”
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Acoustic resolution photoacoustic microscopy imaging enhancement: learning based and model based approaches by Zhang, Zhengyuan

“…Variable splitting techniques, like the HQS method, can be employed to solve this problem, iterative schemes are developed to enhance the AR-PAM image with deep PnP prior. …”
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Development of vision-based terrain recognition method for lower limb exoskeleton for outdoor environments by Gupta, Paluk

“…Additionally, it examines the idea of other techniques like getting an area of interest from depth map, employing neural mode present in ZED Camera and depth inpainting for bettering terrain classification precision under difficult terrain circumstances. …”
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Ammonia-dependent reducing power redistribution for purple phototrophic bacteria culture-based biohydrogen production by Huang, Peitian, Chen, Yun, Li, Zong, Zhang, Baorui, Yu, Siwei, Zhou, Yan

“…However, existing studies report much lower H2 yields than theoretical value when using acetate as carbon source and ammonia as nitrogen source, primarily attributed to the widely employed pulse-feeding mode which suffers from ammonia inhibition effect on nitrogenase. …”
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Differences in pulse manifestations at Cunkou based on simplified modeling of tactile sensing by Shi, Yubing, Yang, Hongyi, Yeo, Joon Hock

“…Results: Due to the characteristics of tactile sensing, significant variations were observed in pulse manifestations at different pulse-depths under the application of changing compression levels; while no such changes in pulse manifestations were observed from the employment of transducer only, without tactile sensing involved. …”
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Charge storage and transport mechanisms in printable supercapacitors by Wee, Grace Tsyh Ying

“…The cycle stability of the printable SCs was examined by employing galvanostatic charge-discharge test, and the reasons for capacitance degradation after cycling were investigated. …”
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Modulating optical and electrical properties of TiO2 photoanode in dye-sensitized solar cells by Pham, Thi Thu Trang

“…To study changes in charge recombination and electrolyte diffusion, several methods such as electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, intensity modulated voltage/photocurrent spectroscopy as well as photovoltage, photocurrent transient were employed to calculate the electron lifetime, recombination and diffusion resistance. …”
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Active control of wakes and vortex-induced vibration of a circular cylinder at Re = 100 by Wang, Chenglei

“…In this framework, the multi-block scheme and an improved overlap-mesh approach are adopted to balance the computational accuracy and efficiency, the interpolated half-way bounce-back scheme is incorporated to deal with the curved body surfaces, and the corrected momentum exchange method is employed for accurate evaluation of aerodynamic forces experienced by bodies. …”
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