Sustainability, safety, biocompatibility and benefits of laser ablated gold, silver and copper nanoparticles: a comprehensive review by Alhajj, Mahmood, Ghoshal, Sib Krishna

“…Pulse laser ablation in liquid (PLAL) technique became versatile for the production of diverse surface functionalized stable and pure organic/inorganic nanostructures including various noble metal nanoparticles (NMNPs) required for high performance applications in a sustainable way. …”

Using print narrative to address mental illness stigma. by Liao, Jun Qi., Low, Yue Ting., Sim, Roslina Hui Ting., Too, Vanessa Su Wen.

“…Higher source expertise was found to be more effective in changing attitudes when participants had low issue involvement with mental illness and negative pre-attitudes towards mental illness. In contrast, higher source trustworthiness was more effective in changing attitudes when participants had high issue involvement and positive pre-attitudes towards mental illness.…”
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Effects of reflective practice on performance of developing badminton players by Tan, Kia Hwee

“…Using SPSS, the performance scores from the pre- and post-tests analysed through the administration of a Paired Samples T-Test. …”
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Forecasting the UK top 1% income share in a shifting world by Castle, JL, Doornik, JA, Hendry, DF

“…UK top income shares have varied hugely over the past two centuries, ranging from more than 30% to less than 7% of pre-tax national income allocated to the top 1 percentile. …”

A review of the effects of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on the growth of sunflower microgreens and their nutritional potential by Hong, Lim Chew, Sreeramanan Subramaniam

“…This review provides an overview of the benefits of sunflowers, sunflower microgreens, pre-treatments, and the ideal harvest period. The potential improvements from LED lighting are discussed and its impact on human health is explained.…”
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Influence of hydro, mechanical, and chemical treatments to seed for germination and seedling growth of Saraca asoca (Roxb. de Wilde) by Manohar Kandileri, Abha, Shukla, Gopal, Louis, Libin T., Kizha, Anil Raj, Husen, Azamal, Chakravarty, Sumit

“…The study analyzed the effect of various hydro, mechanical, and chemical pre-sowing treatments on the germination and one-year growth of Ashoka seedlings. …”
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Evaluation of paper spray mass spectrometry for direct analysis of small molecule drugs and hemoglobin constant spring peptide markers by Takyi-Williams, John

“…However, the required extensive sample pre-treatment prior to chromatographic separation and detection is a major bottleneck. …”
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The effect of using individual self-guided Breathing controlled with imagery Training among novice and skill athletes by Roslan, Siti Raihanah

“…For SA, the mean score change from 370.00during pre-test to 503.85during post-test. It showed significant increased in the self-efficacy for SA from pre-test to post-test withp=0.015. …”
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Intracranial volume post cranial expansion surgery using 3D CT scan imaging in children with craniosynostosis by Sulong, Shukriyah

“…Mc Nemar's test was used to analyse pre and post-operative changes within the same patients. …”
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Effect of educational intervention on the intention to provide family-centered care among selected hospitals’ paediatric nurses in Tehran, Iran by Rostami, Forouzan

“…After the intervention, there was a significant increase in the mean score of attitude [mean i.e. M (pre) = 3.35%, M (post) = 3.97, P < 0.001)], subjective norms [M (pre) = 3.72, M (post) = 4.21, P < 0.001)], perceived behaviour control [M (pre) = 3.36, M (post) =3.75, P < 0.001)], and intention [M (pre) = 3.56, M (post) = 4.37, P < 0.001)], over the 3-month follow-up in the intervention group. …”
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Project Management in the Construction Industry : From Concept to Completion / by Mubarak, Saleh A., author 451381, John Wiley & Sons (Online service) 647106

“…Written by a longtime professional and author with diversified and international experience in academia and industry, Project Management in the Construction Industry covers sample topics such as: Project life cycle and organization, covering why and how projects are initiated and pure project versus functional management; Scope management, covering the decision making process, scope creep versus progressive elaboration, and cost of change versus time; The planning phase, covering delivery methods and contract types, priorities, feasibility studies, and the “go” decision; Project budgeting, financing, and cost management, covering direct versus indirect cost, classes and purposes of estimates, bonds and insurance, and the CSI MasterFormat. …”
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Numerical analysis in rock engineering by Zhu, Cheng.

“…Impacting load determines the peak and slope of stress-time and displacement-time curves. Presence of pre-existing cracks weakens the materials’ stiffness and adds to their deformability. …”
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3D printing of morphing composites by Lim, Shi En

“…The material property that determines the magnitude of morphing is the pre-strain induced in the printed part when printed using the 3D printer. …”
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Evaluating the effectiveness of online lectures in developing problem-solving skills in engineering students by Puah, Alice Xee Ran

“…Results revealed a statistically significant improvement in scores from pre-test to post-test, indicating that students demonstrated gains in problem-solving skills after learning the course. …”
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Image aesthetic style classification and region detection using Convolutional Neural Network by Xue, Chuhui

“…We firstly build the network based on [5] and train an image aesthetic style classification model on AVA Dataset [4] with some selected style classes after data cleaning. By using this pre-trained model, we then apply Faster R-CNN [1] algorithm on image aesthetic style region detection. …”
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Role of glia in delirium: proposed mechanisms and translational implications by Heffernan, ÁB, Steinruecke, M, Dempsey, G, Chandran, S, Selvaraj, BT, Jiwaji, Z, Stavrou, M

“…Finally, we discuss how established neuroimaging and single-cell techniques may provide further mechanistic insight at pre-clinical and clinical levels.…”

Development Of A Formative Assessment Regime For Chinese-english Interpreter Training And Its Effects On Academic Achievement, Motivation, And Collaboration by Yan, Da

“…Methodologically, an embedded experimental design was adhered to in the study to comprehensively include the pre-intervention, intervention, and post-intervention phases within a unified research framework. …”
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CSF in Product Innovation Process: A Comparative Study of Three Malaysian Manufacturing SMEs by Abu, Noor Hidayah, Deros, B.M., Mansor, Mohd Fitri

“…Specific studies about pre-development process which are concentrating in SMEs are required. …”
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Three-dimensional structure of human β-defensin 28 via homology modelling and molecular dynamics by Kwak, Sang Kyu, Chen, Wenwen, Tay, Derrick Kok Sing, Leong, Susanna Su Jan

“…With known high-resolution structures of HBD-2 and -3, single- and multiple-template sequence alignments are applied to find highly probable candidates for HBD-28, which are in turn refined through MD simulations in pure water and 50% trifluoroethanol/water mixture. …”
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Chemoselective synthesis and evaluation of β-oxovinylarsines as an arsenic synthetic precursor by Tay, Wee Shan, Li, Yongxin, Lu, Yunpeng, Pullarkat, Sumod A., Leung, Pak-Hing

“…Stereoselective syntheses furnished geometrically pure cis- A nd trans-isomers from the same ynone under different conditions. …”
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