Study of lithium-ion battery anodes based on silicon nanostructures by Fan, Yu

“…Silicon is well known as a very promising anode material because it has an extremely high theoretical specific capacity of ~4200 mA h g-1 and some other advantages such as low discharge potential, non-toxicity and abundance, etc. …”
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Human factors in agile software development by Lin, Jun

“…The second research direction is to design new collaboration tools for agile team members to deal with difficult situations such as detecting users' real goals from specific stories, allocating tasks to novice members or distributed team members based on current contexts, and dealing with possible task delay or team member's emotional crisis. …”
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Interaction-mediating sequences within class I viral fusion glycoproteins : their roles in viral infection and in applications by Zhang, Simin

“…Class I viral fusion glycoproteins facilitate fusion of the viral envelope with cell membranes and entry of the virus into the cell, through extensive short sequence-specific interactions. Regions mediating these interactions include the N-terminal hydrophobic fusion peptide, a pair of extended 4,3-hydrophobic heptad repeats (HRs), a membrane-active membrane proximal external region (MPER), a hydrophobic transmembrane domain and the cytoplasmic tail region. …”
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Developing metallic cathode for low-temperature solid oxide fuel cell applications by Yu, Chen-Chiang

“…To achieve high performance at a low operating temperature of 300 to 500 ˚C for SOFC, this dissertation is dedicated to developing metal-based cathodes that can meet the criteria of long-term stability, low area-specific resistance, easy to fabricate, and cost effective. …”
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Investigation of operational characteristics of vanadium redox flow batteries by Rajagopalan Badrinarayanan

“…One of the major reasons for this is not having enough ageing studies for this comparatively recent technology and lack of battery specific unique optimization techniques. This thesis focuses on the two important issues in batteries, namely capacity decay and charging methodology. …”
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Optimized GPU algorithms for sparse data problems by Pham, Nguyen Quang Anh

“…While some of the techniques are problem specific, others can be generalized to deal with issues common to many GPU based sparse data computations. …”
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Analysis and exploitation of dispersive waves for source localization on solids by Arun, Kattukandy Rajan

“…Depending on material properties and geometry of the body, several modes of wave propagation in solids are possible and are characterized by their specific particle oscillatory patterns. Based on research derived from this thesis, amplitudes of these mode responses are shown to vary with source location. …”
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Control and operation of modular multilevel converters by Yang, Shunfeng

“…The proposed repetitive controller has excellent harmonic elimination, with benefits of less memory occupation, less delay period, doubled low frequency gain, faster convergence rate and dynamic response and wider bandwidth at specific frequencies. The full design details of the even-harmonic repetitive control for an MMC system has been presented. …”
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Assessing the impact of anthropogenic pollution on isoprene-derived secondary organic aerosol formation in PM2.5 collected from the Birmingham, Alabama, ground site during the 2013... by Guo, Hongyu, Rattanavaraha, Weruka, Stone, Elizabeth A., Offenberg, John H., Zhang, Zhenfa, Gold, Avram, Surratt, Jason D., Chu, Kevin, Riva, Matthieu, Lin, Ying-Hsuan, Baumann, Karsten, Shaw, Stephanie L., Budisulistiorini, Sri Hapsari, Edgerton, Eric S., King, Laura, Weber, Rodney J., Neff, Miranda E.

“…Laboratory studies have revealed that anthropogenic pollutants, such as sulfur dioxide (SO2), oxides of nitrogen (NOx), and aerosol acidity, can enhance SOA formation from the hydroxyl radical (OH)-initiated oxidation of isoprene; however, the mechanisms by which specific pollutants enhance isoprene SOA in ambient PM2.5 remain unclear. …”
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Space charge induced beam loss on a high intensity proton synchrotron by Pine, B

“…</p> <p>Finally this work was put into context by examing specific transverse space charge effects for a proposed ISIS upgrade and including ideas developed throughout the thesis. …”

Investigating the role of astrocytes in Parkinson's disease pathogenesis in GBA- N370S iPSC-derived neural cultures by Ibarra Aizpurua, N

“…</p> <p>To generate a representative in vitro model of midbrain cells, induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) obtained from healthy donors and PD patients carrying the <em>GBA-N370S</em> mutation were derived into dopaminergic neurons (iDAn) and midbrain-specific astrocytes (iASTROs). An in- depth characterization of iASTROs demonstrated their regional and astrocytic identity and their functional maturity. …”

Using machine learning to discover candidate localised transcripts from microscopy and genome-wide bioinformatics data by Kiourlappou, M

“…I further investigate the specific RBPs that contribute the most to the model and find a large percentage of them have established roles in mRNA localisation and RNA methylation.…”

Do dual-mobility cups reduce revision risk in femoral neck fractures compared with conventional tha designs? An international meta-analysis of arthroplasty registries by Farey, JE, Masters, J, Cuthbert, AR, Iversen, P, van Steenbergen, LN, Prentice, HA, Adie, S, Sayers, A, Whitehouse, MR, Paxton, EW, Costa, ML, Overgaard, S, Rogmark, C, Rolfson, O, Harris, IA

“…</p> <p><strong>Questions/purposes: </strong>We summarized observational data from multiple arthroplasty registries for patients receiving either a dual-mobility or conventional THA to ask: (1) Is dual-mobility use associated with a difference in risk of all-cause revision surgery compared with conventional THA? (2) Are there specific patient characteristics associated with dual-mobility use in the hip fracture population? …”

Interventions for smoking cessation in hospitalised patients by Rigotti, NA, Clair, C, Munafo, MR, Stead, LF

“…Intensive counselling interventions that began during the hospital stay and continued with supportive contacts for at least one month after discharge increased smoking cessation rates after discharge (risk ratio (RR) 1.37, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.27 to 1.48; 25 trials). A specific benefit for post‐discharge contact compared with usual care was found in a subset of trials in which all participants received a counselling intervention in the hospital and were randomly assigned to post‐discharge contact or usual care. …”

Landless in God’s own country: development and perpetual struggles in Kerala by Ramapurath Chemmencheri, S

“…Departing from the trend of classifying land provision measures in specific countries/regions into neat categories, such as distribution and redistribution, I argue for the consideration of the state’s use of myriad permutations of land-related policies, which I collectively call “landfare.” …”

Thomas Kling: influences, contemporaries, successors. A study in poetic tradition / Thomas Kling: Einflüsse, Zeitgenossen, Nachfolger. Studie über poetische Tradition by Rakar, I

“…What appears as new against a very specific background is connected with Kling’s reception of the Viennese post-war avant-garde. …”

Distribution and risk factors of canine heart diseases and survey for owners treatment intention by Noordin, Norhidayah

“…In conclusion, gender, age group, and breed size were significant predictors for the likelihood of heart diseases in dogs and are best applied in the context of specific heart diseases. Compliance with long-term treatment significantly improved the lifespan of DMVD dogs. …”
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Effect of detergent, herbs and spices on the growth of Vibrio parahaemolyticus biofilm in seafood by Nillian, Elexson

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of detergent, herbs, and spices on antimicrobial activity and specificity to mitigate the growth of V. parahaemolyticus biofilm. …”
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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

“…The mean age of participants was 36.1 years (SD = 9.1), and they were female (100%) without any specific training about FCC (93.8%). After the intervention, there was a significant increase in the mean score of attitude [mean i.e. …”
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Effects of probiotic supplementation on calcium absorption and bone health status in ovariectomized rats by Parvaneh, Kolsoom

“…Therefore, choosing appropriate probiotics as a single species or mixed strains is important to act on the target organ for intervention or treatment of the specific disease, such as bone in order to prevent osteoporosis.…”
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