Coacervates derived from mussel foot proteins by Guo, Qi

“…Repeated three times within the Mfp-5 sequence, enzymatically modified GK-16* could undergo LLPS triggered by certain ionic strength at pH 3, in which the mechanical properties of coacervate droplets would be adjusted by salt concentration and urea concentration. CD and FTIR spectra also characterized the formation of localized β-sheet structures with the addition of salts. …”
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Strategic adaptabilty and firm performance : an empirical study of the miles and show typology by Boey, Stephanie Lai Fong, Leong, Ngai Fong, Tan, Bee Bee

“…Further analyses show that most organisations emphasise profitability as a key performance measure with Prospector, Analysers and Reactors ranking net profit to sales as the most important performance indicator. …”
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Enhanced Approach of Decision Making in Determining Contemporary Critical Preferential Factors and Location Decisions for Residential Project using MCDM Technique (S/O 13903) by Lamsali, Hendrik, Mad Lazim, Halim, Abdul Rahim, Mohd Kamarul Irwan, Osman, Wan Nadzri, Salleh, Mohamed Najib

“…Analysis on overall sub-criterion ranks safety as the highest priority/preference followed by property's sales price, physical structure of the property (size and type), and warranty offered by the developer. …”
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Optimizing frontal polymerization of different epoxy resins for magnetocuring by Tay, Jerry Rong Yao

“…In this study a structure relationship study of three epoxy monomers, two onium salts and five thermal initiators will be explored, aiming to optimize the curing temperature required for frontal polymerization. …”
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Physical properties and in vitro transfection efficiency of gene delivery vectors based on complexes of DNA with synthetic polycations by Reschel, T, Koňák, Č, Oupický, D, Seymour, L, Ulbrich, K

“…PECs formed by polycations with quaternary ammonium groups were the least resistant to destruction by the added salt and provided the lowest activity in transfection assays. …”

Effect of low temperature blanching, cysteine-HCI, N-acetyl-L-cysteine, Na metabisulphite and drying temperatures on the firmness and nutrient content of dried carrots by Mohamed, Suhaila, Hussein, Rosli

“…LTLT blanching allows pectin methyl esterase to deesterify pectin which can then react with calcium to form salt bridges. 0.3% L-cysteine-HCl was found to be most effective in preventing ascorbic acid loss and obtaining a product with the highest rehydration ability, compared to pretreatments with 0.3% N-acetyl-L-cysteine and 0.1% sodium metabisulphite. …”

Misfit-layered Bi1.85Sr2Co1.85O7.7−δ for the hydrogen evolution reaction : beyond van der Waals heterostructures by Chua, Chun Kiang, Sofer, Zdeněk, Jankovský, Ondřej, Pumera, Martin

“…Herein, a misfit-layered chalcogenide consisting of CoO2 layers interleaved with an SrO–BiO–BiO–SrO rock-salt block and having the formula Bi1.85Sr2Co1.85O7.7−δ is synthesized and examined for its structural and electrochemical properties. …”
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Hyperfast water transport through biomimetic nanochannels from peptide-attached (pR)-pillar[5]arene by Li, Qing, Li, Xuesong, Ning, Lulu, Tan, Choon-Hong, Mu, Yuguang, Wang, Rong

“…This membrane gives a significantly improved water flux while retaining high salt rejection. The results establish a tangible foundation for developing highly efficient artificial water channel‐based biomimetic membrane for water purification applications.…”
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A facile route to enhance the water flux of a thin-film composite reverse osmosis membrane: incorporating thickness-controlled graphene oxide in a highly porous support layer by Lee, Jaewoo, Jang, Jun Hee, Chae, Hee-Ro, Lee, Sang H., Lee, Chung-Hak, Park, Pyung-Kyu, Won, Young-June, Kim, In-Chul

“…The TFC RO membrane made of the GO composite support layer had almost 1.6 to 4 times higher water flux with comparable salt rejection compared to both the current upper bounds of the RO membranes prepared by modification of the active layer and commercial RO membranes.…”
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Antitumor polycyclic acridines. 7. Synthesis and biological properties of DNA affinic tetra- and pentacyclic acridines by Stanslas, Johnson, Hagan, Damien J., Ellis, Michael J., Turner, Claire, Carmichael, James, Ward, Wynne, Hammonds, Timothy R., Stevens, Malcolm F. G.

“…The novel water-soluble agent dihydroindolizino[7,6,5-kl]acridinium chloride 14 has inhibitory activity in a panel of non-small-cell lung and breast tumor cell lines exceeding that of m-AMSA. The salt inhibited the release of minicircle products of kDNA confirming that disorganization of topoisomerase II partly underlies the activity of the compound. …”

Barrier Function to Skin Elasticity in Talking Head by Chaturvedi, Iti, Pandelea, Vlad, Cambria, Erik, Welsch, Roy, Datta, Bithin

“…We first validated the approach on the diffusion of salt water in coastal areas using a synthetic finite element simulation. …”
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Controlling the thermally-driven crystallization of DNA-coated nanoparticles with formamide by Hueckel, Theodore, Woo, Seungyeon, Macfarlane, Robert J

“…While various design handles such as particle size, DNA design, and salt concentration influence the stability of the DNA duplexes linking PAEs in a lattice, their influence on the system's melting temperature (Tm) often follows complicated trends that make rational tuning of self-assembly challenging. …”
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Next generation electrolytes for sodium ion battery by Do, Minh Phuong

“…First, the effect of sodium conducting salts in IL electrolyte on the cyclability of Na0.6Mn0.9Co0.1O2 half-cell and the formation of electrode-electrolyte interphases were investigated. …”
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Image processing algorithms for medical applications by Ling, Regina Ming Zhen

“…The four types of medical images will be corrupted individually with four different noises (i.e. Gaussian, Poisson, Salt and Pepper and Speckle noise). The experiment was carried out on a total of 40 images, 10 images for each type of medical images. …”
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Enhancement of novel water battery by surface additive treatment on porous media by Razali Mohamed Shariff

“…FO utilizes difference in salt concentration to induce flow from low concentration feed side to the high concentration draw side through a semi-permeable membrane. …”
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Olga Tokarczuk’s art of reading: a linguistic view by Bilut-Homplewicz, Zofia, Krauz, Maria

“…The purpose of this article is to analyze the process of reading shown from different perspectives in Olga Tokarczuk's essay Palec w soli, czyli Krótka historia mojego czytania (A Finger in the Salt, or A Short History of My Reading). The authors examine how the writer understands the process of reading, how she captures the category of the reader, and what role the imagination of the recipient plays in this process. …”
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Whence came these plants most foul? Phylogenomics and biogeography of Lowiaceae (Zingiberales) by Niissalo, Matti A., Gardner, Elliot M., Khew, Gillian S., Šída, Otakar, Poulsen, Axel Dalberg, Leong-Škornicková, Jana

“…Our phylogenetic reconstructions confirm that the family is most closely related to Strelitziaceae, and that species with dark, foul-smelling flowers form a grade in which a clade of species with paler flowers are embedded. The pale-flowered species produce a distinct odor, resembling edible mushrooms. …”
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Solvent-driven aqueous separations for hypersaline brine concentration and resource recovery by Foo, Zi Hao, Stetson, Caleb, Dach, Elizabeth, Deshmukh, Akshay, Lee, Hyeonseok, Menon, Akanksha K., Prasher, Ravi, Yip, Ngai Yin, Lienhard, John H, Wilson, Aaron D.

“…Solvent-driven fractional crystallization can leverage sequential treatment and control of process conditions to rapidly recover salts without requiring evaporation of water. Despite promising applications, the principles and potential of solvent-driven aqueous separations remain poorly understood. …”
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Investigation of pulsed electric field operation as a chemical-free anti-scaling approach for electrodialysis desalination of brackish water by Honarparvar, Soraya, Al-Rashed, Rashed, Winter V., Amos G.

“…To evaluate the effects of the pulsed operation on the extent and kinetics of salt formation, a series of nine-day batch experiments were performed for pulsed and conventional ED (PED and CED, respectively). …”
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Molecular, Genetic, and Process Approaches for Improving Secreted Pharmaceutical Protein Quality in Komagataella phaffii by Yang, Yuchen

“…This thesis explores three different engineering approaches aimed at improving the quality of both aglycosylated and glycosylated proteins, with a particular focus on monoclonal antibodies, the leading class of protein biopharmaceuticals by both sales and innovation. Firstly, we demonstrated significant quality improvements through molecular sequence engineering of aglycosylated monoclonal antibody backbones. …”
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