Comparison between self-sampling and gynecologist sampling of cervical specimen for pap cytology and HPV DNA detection among women in Jempol, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia by Ibrahim, Zaidah

“…For HPV testing, samples were measured for DNA concentration and quality and underwent HPV DNA detection using nested PCR (primer MY 9/11 and GP5+/6+). Specific HPV genotype was determined by gene sequencing which referred to the online NCBI gene bank. …”
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Extraction, purification and characterization of amylase enzyme from white pitaya (Hylocereus undatus (Haworth) britton & rose) peel using aqueous two- phase system by Shad, Zahra

“…It was found that optimum condition for amylase extraction was with sodium phosphate buffer pH 6 and buffer to sample ratio of (1:4) for 2 min which yielded the enzyme with specific activity of 5.89 U/mg. The purification of amylase was studied with ATPS method polyethylene glycol/sodium citrate. …”
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Experimental and numerical investigation of adhesively bonded kfrp/steel double strap joints incorporating eggshell powder-toughened epoxy adhesive by Chia Lia Yip, Chia Lia Yip, Sugiman Sugiman, Sugiman Sugiman, Desmond Chin, Desmond Chin, Ahmad, Hilton

“…Kenaf fibre-reinforced polymer (KFRP) has comparable specific strength with glass fibre-reinforced polymer (GFRP). …”
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Intention to purchase family takaful: An extension of decomposed theory of planned behavior by Qazi, Mansoor Ahmad, Md Husin, Maizaitulaidawati

“…Limited articles from specific journals are selected and the articles are in different contexts of countries. …”
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Food Expenditure of the B40 Households: Developing a Decision-Support System for Food Price Determination in Malaysia (S/O14168) by Jan, Soon Jan, Applanaidu, Shri Dewi, Abdul Adzis, Azira, Zainal Abidin, Norhaslinda

“…Indeed, the following fundamental questions remain, what is the spending pattern of B40 households specifically on food items; does the rise in food prices affect severely the expenditure of B40 households. …”
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Preparation for and performance of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm experiment on board the International Space Station by Flores, Pamela, Schauer, Rylee, McBride, Samantha A., Luo, Jiaqi, Hoehn, Carla, Doraisingam, Shankini, Widhalm, Dean, Chadha, Jasmin, Selman, Leah, Mueller, Daniel Wyn, Floyd, Shannon, Rupert, Mark, Gorti, Sridahr, Reagan, Shawn, Varanasi, Kripa K., Koch, Christina, Meir, Jessica U., Muecklich, Frank, Moeller, Ralf, Stodieck, Louis, Countryman, Stefanie, Zea, Luis

“…This campaign ended with the Experiment Verification Test (EVT), from which we present example morphology and transcriptomic results. …”
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Voice conversion with parallel/non-parallel data and synthetic speech detection by Tian, Xiaohai

“…On the other hand, voice conversion also presents a threat to Automatic Speaker Verification (ASV) systems. Synthetic speech detection is a technique to discriminate between live and synthetic speech. …”
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A comprehensive assessment of thermophysical properties of MXene doped Polyethylene glycol 400 for cold chain logistics by Paul Nadakkal, John, Samykano, Mahendran, Kumar Pandey, Adarsh Kumar, Kadirgama, Kumaran, Jacob, Jeeja, Saidur, Rahman Md

“…This research evaluates the thermophysical viability of a novel phase change composite, which could be used for a cold chain logistics system. Specifically, this research aims to shed light on energy storage systems that employ nanocomposites operating in lower (5–10 °C) temperature ranges. …”
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Protein arginine methyltransferase 6 enhances ligand-dependent and -independent activity of estrogen receptor α via distinct mechanisms by Sun, Yang, Chung, Hwa Hwa, Woo, Amanda Rui En, Lin, Valerie C.-L.

“…Here we report that PRMT6 specifically interacts with ERα at its ligand-binding domain. …”
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Unified information fusion network for multi-modal RGB-D and RGB-T salient object detection by Gao, Wei, Liao, Guibiao, Ma, Siwei, Li, Ge, Liang, Yongsheng, Lin, Weisi

“…In this work, a unified end-to-end framework is designed to simultaneously analyze RGB-D and RGB-T SOD tasks. Specifically, to effectively tackle multi-modal features, we propose a novel multi-stage and multi-scale fusion network (MMNet), which consists of a crossmodal multi-stage fusion module (CMFM) and a bi-directional multi-scale decoder (BMD). …”
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3D articulated skeleton extraction using a single consumer-grade depth camera by Lu, Xuequan, Deng, Zhigang, Luo, Jun, Chen, Wenzhi, Yeung, Sai-Kit, He, Ying

“…In this paper, we present a novel unsupervised framework to address this issue. Specifically, we first build one-to-one point correspondences among the point cloud frames in a sequence with our non-rigid point cloud registration algorithm. …”
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Identifying influential parameters of octahedrally coordinated cations in spinel ZnMnₓCo₂–ₓO₄ oxides for the oxidation reaction by Wang, Ting, Sun, Yuanmiao, Zhou, Ye, Sun, Shengnan, Hu, Xiao, Dai, Yihu, Xi, Shibo, Du,Yonghua, Yang, Yanhui, Xu, Zhichuan Jason

“…Both Mn and Co contribute to the activity with Mn cations as the primary active species when they coexist; the intrinsic specific activity is found to be dependent on composition, and the highest activity is seen at a Mn/Co molar ratio of 0.11. …”
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Malaria parasite stress tolerance is regulated by DNMT2-mediated tRNA cytosine methylation by Hammam, Elie, Sinha, Ameya, Baumgarten, Sebastian, Nardella, Flore, Liang, Jiaqi, Miled, Samia, Bonhomme, Frédéric, Erdmann, Diane, Arcangioli, Benoit, Arimondo, Paola B., Dedon, Peter, Preiser, Peter, Scherf, Artur

“…In this study, we identified the writer of a specific tRNA cytosine methylation site as a new layer of epitranscriptomic regulation in malaria parasites that regulates the translation of a subset of parasite proteins (>400) involved in different metabolic pathways. …”
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Directing the architecture of surface-clean Cu₂O for CO electroreduction by Liu, Jiawei, You, Futian, He, Bowen, Wu, Yinglong, Wang, Dongdong, Zhou, Weiqiang, Qian, Cheng, Yang, Guangbao, Liu, Guofeng, Wang, Hou, Guo, Yi, Gu, Long, Feng, Lili, Li, Shuzhou, Zhao, Yanli

“…Herein, a facile surfactant-free synthesis method is developed to regulate the morphology of Cu2O nanocrystals (e.g., solid nanocube, concave nanocube, cubic framework, branching nanocube, branching concave nanocube, and branching cubic framework) to enhance the electrocatalytic performance for the conversion of CO to n-propanol. Specifically, the Cu2O branching cubic framework (BCF-Cu2O), which is difficult to fabricate using previous surfactant-free methods, is fabricated by combining the concentration depletion effect and the oxidation etching process. …”
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Cryo-electron microscopy structure of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis cytochrome bcc:aa₃ supercomplex and a novel inhibitor targeting subunit cytochrome cI by Mathiyazakan, Vikneswaran, Wong, Chui Fann, Harikishore, Amaravadhi, Pethe, Kevin, Grüber, Gerhard

“…The structural and mechanistic insights provided the basis for a virtual screening campaign that identified a potent M. tuberculosis cyt-bcc:aa3 inhibitor, cytMycc1. cytMycc1 targets the mycobac- terium-specific a3-helix of cytochrome cI and interferes with oxygen consumption by interrupting electron translocation via the cIcII head. …”
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Differentiating people with schizophrenia from healthy controls in a developing country: an evaluation of portable functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) as an adjunct diagn... by Tran, Bach Xuan, Nguyen, Tham Thi, Boyer, Laurent, Fond, Guillaume, Auquier, Pascal, Nguyen, Hao Si Anh, Tran, Ha Thi Nhi, Nguyen, Hung Manh, Choi, Jongkwan, Le, Huong Thi, Latkin, Carl A., Nathan, Kalpana Isabel, Husain, Syeda F., McIntyre, Roger S., Ho, Cyrus S. H., Zhang, Melvyn, Ho, Roger C. M.

“…The Youden’s index reached a peak (0.57) at the optimal cut-point value (HbO2 cutoff <0.209 μmol/ml for schizophrenia) in which the sensitivity was 85%; specificity was 72%; positive predictive value (PPV) was 0.88; negative predictive value (NPV) was 0.68 and correct classification rate was 76%. …”
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Non-invasive diagnosis of lung cancer based on CFD modeling and fractal analysis by Chen, Rou, Zhou, Ying, Yan, Weiwei, Li, Hua

“…Finally, the fractal distributions of exhaled aerosols in the breath test at different respiratory intensities and aerosol-releasing positions are specifically investigated. The results show that the coupled CFD modeling and fractal analysis is a reliable method for deciphering the complexity of exhaled fingerprints which is shown to quantify and differentiate the exhaled aerosol patterns adequately. …”
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The role of post-pyrolysis carbon dioxide capture in hydrogen recovery from waste-derived pyrolysis gas by Wang, Yuxin, Veksha, Andrei, Ong, Joel, Ueki, Yasuaki, Yoshiie, Ryo, Naruse, Ichiro, Lisak, Grzegorz

“…Normalized rate constants K for CO2 capture by CaO, determined by the grain model, varied between 0.0001 and 0.0006 min−1, revealing the feedstock-specific effectiveness of CaO. The higher CaO consumption rates were observed in case of RDF and biomass compared to sludge and marine litter. …”
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Deep sequencing of small RNA facilitates tissue and sex associated microRNA discovery in zebrafish by Vaz, Candida, Wee, Choon Wei, Lee, Gek Ping Serene, Ingham, Philip William, Tanavde, Vivek, Mathavan, Sinnakaruppan

“…In brain, gut and liver sequencing was done sex specifically. Majority of the sequenced reads (16–62 %) mapped to known miRNAs, with the exception of ovary (5.7 %) and testis (7.8 %). …”
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Using dynamic assessment of writing to promote technology-enhanced learning in higher education (Abstract) [Conference paper] by Meletiadou, Eleni

“…Round 3 (most explicit) consisted of comment bubbles/specific comments that showed the student the location of the significant problems, explained the issues, and included recommendations for repair. …”
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