Pollen geochronology from the Atlantic coast of the united states during the last 500 years by Christie, Margaret A., Bernhardt, Christopher E., Parnell, Andrew C., Shaw, Timothy Adam, Khan, Nicole S., Corbett, Dorbett Reide, García-Artola, Ane, Clear, Jennifer, Walker, Jennifer S., Donnelly, Jeffrey P., Hasse, Tobias R., Horton, Benjamin P.

“…Additionally, in a total of 24 models, including one or more pollen chronohorizons, increased precision (up to 41 years) or no change was found in 18 models.…”
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南洋理工大学在籍华族学生婚姻观 = Chinese undergraduates' views on marriage : a case study of Nanyang Technological University by 吴起慧 Goh, Qi Hui

“…So taking undergraduates to be a close proxy of graduates; through examining undergraduates’ attitudes towards marriage, one can make logical deduction of graduates’ eventual marital decisions. …”
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以“才”充“再”？以“再”充“才”？新加坡华语里“才”和“再”的使用情况 = Study of the usage of adverb cai and adverb zai in Singapore Chinese by 余依霖 Er, Yee Ling

“…Thus, integration of languages, which gives rise to unique language change and varieties of a language, is said to be inevitable. Singapore Chinese is one of such examples. According to Lu Jianming, Zhang Chuhao, Qian Ping (2002) and Xing Fuyi (2005), Singapore Chinese users tend to replace adverb zai with adverb cai. …”
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Electrode modification by diazonium chemistry : studies on the effect of steric bulk on film thickness, and modified activated carbon cloths for energy storage by Subrata, Arnold

“…Of the multiple methods which exist for this purpose, aryldiazonium cation reduction is widely considered to be the most popular, due to the high stability of the grafted layer on the surface, as well as the relative ease of the modification procedure. One key disadvantage of grafting by diazonium chemistry is the inherent tendency of the grafted film to bear multilayers of organic molecules, which is not desired in most applications requiring modified electrodes. …”
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Cryogelation of human hair keratins by Chua, Huei Min

“…Given that these intermolecular linkages are formed during the freeze-thaw (FT) process, the control of cryogelation parameters is therefore crucial in modulating the degree of HHK crosslinking and physical properties of the fabricated cryogel scaffolds. In this dissertation, one of the main cryogelation parameter explored is the number of FT cycles. …”
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Multi-fidelity high-throughput optimization of electrical conductivity in P3HT-CNT composites by Bash, Daniil, Cai, Yongqiang, Chellappan, Vijila, Wong, Swee Liang, Xu, Yang, Kumar, Pawan, Tan, Jin Da, Abutaha, Anas, Cheng, Jayce J. W., Lim, Yee‐Fun, Tian, Siyu Isaac Parker, Ren, Zekun, Mekki‐Berrada, Flore, Wong, Wai Kuan, Xie, Jiaxun, Kumar, Jatin, Khan, Saif A., Li, Qianxiao, Buonassisi, Tonio, Hippalgaonkar, Kedar

“…In this study, a rapid machine learning-driven automated flow mixing setup with a high-throughput drop-casting system is introduced for thin film preparation, followed by fast characterization of proxy optical and target electrical properties that completes one cycle of learning with 160 unique samples in a single day, a >10× improvement relative to quantified, manual-controlled baseline. …”
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Great enhancement effect of 20-40 nm Ag NPs on solar-blind UV response of the mixed-phase MgZnO detector by Han, Shun, Xia, Hao, Lu, Youming, Hu, Sirong, Zhang, Dao Hua, Xu, Wangying, Fang, Ming, Liu, Wenjun, Cao, Peijiang, Zhu, Deliang

“…High-performance solar-blind UV detector with high response and fast speed is needed in multiple types of areas, which is hard to achieve in one device with a simple structure and device fabrication process. …”
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Machine learning driven synthesis of few-layered WTe₂ with geometrical control by Xu, Manzhang, Tang, Bijun, Lu, Yuhao, Zhu, Chao, Lu, Qianbo, Zhu, Chao, Zheng, Lu, Zhang, Jingyu, Han, Nannan, Fang, Weidong, Guo, Yuxi, Di, Jun, Song, Pin, He, Yongmin, Kang, Lixing, Zhang, Zhiyong, Zhao, Wu, Guan, Cuntai, Wang, Xuewen, Liu, Zheng

“…Reducing the lateral scale of two-dimensional (2D) materials to one-dimensional (1D) has attracted substantial research interest not only to achieve competitive electronic applications but also for the exploration of fundamental physical properties. …”
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Haemodynamic changes in visceral hybrid repairs of type III and type V thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms by Ong, Chi Wei, Wee, Ian J. Y., Cui, Fangsen, Xu, Xiao Yun, Richards, Arthur Mark, Leo, Hwa Liang, Choong, Andrew M. T. L.

“…We sought to appraise the clinical relevance of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analyses in the setting of visceral hybrid TAAA repairs. Two patients, one with a type III and the other with a type V TAAA, underwent successful elective and emergency visceral hybrid repairs, respectively. …”
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Investigating spatio-temporal variability of initial ²³⁰Th/²³²Th in intertidal corals by Chiang, Hong-Wei, Philibosian, Belle, Meltzner, Aron J., Wu, Chung-Che, Shen, Chuan-Chou, Edwards, R. Lawrence, Chuang, Chih-Kai, Suwargadi, Bambang W., Natawidjaja, Danny H.

“…One of the key factors in obtaining precise and accurate 230Th ages of corals, especially for corals with ages less than a few thousand years, is the correction for non-radiogenic 230Th based on an initial 230Th/232Th value (230Th/232Th0). …”
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The dual GGDEF/EAL domain enzyme PA0285 is a Pseudomonas species housekeeping phosphodiesterase regulating early attachment and biofilm architecture by Eilers, Kira, Yam, Joey Kuok Hoong, Liu, Xianghui, Goh, Yu Fen, To, Ka-Ning, Paracuellos, Patricia, Morton, Richard, Brizuela, Jaime, Yong, Adeline Mei Hui, Givskov, Michael, Freibert, Sven-Andreas, Bange, Gert, Rice, Scott A., Steinchen, Wieland, Filloux, Alain

“…It was reported that deletion of the EAL/GGDEF dual enzyme PA0285, one of five c-di-GMP-related enzymes conserved across all Pseudomonas species, impacts biofilms. …”
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Detection of florfenicol resistance in opportunistic Acinetobacter spp. infections in rural Thailand by Tan, Bernice Siu Yan, Mohan, Lalit, Watthanaworawit, Wanitda, Ngamprasertchai, Thundon, Nosten, Francois H., Ling, Clare, Bifani, Pablo

“…There are numerous reports of resistance genes from organisms infecting or colonizing animals found in human pathogens, suggesting a possible exchange of genetic materials. One of these genes is floR, a gene that encodes for an efflux pump that removes Ff from bacterial cells, conferring resistance against amphenicol, and is often associated with mobile genetic elements and other resistant determinants. …”
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The novel quinoline derivative SKA-346 as a KCa3.1 channel selective activator by Wong, Brandon Han Siang, Shim, Heesung, Goay, Stephanie Shee Min, Ong, Seow Theng, Nur Ayuni Binte Muhammad Taib, Chai, Kelila Xin Ye, Lim, Kerry, Huang, Dachuan, Ong, Choon Kiat, Vaiyapuri, Thamil Selvan, Cheah, Yeong Cheng, Wang, Yulan, Wulff, Heike, Webster, Richard David, Shelat, Vishalkumar G., Verma, Navin Kumar

“…We synthesized five quinoline derivatives and used electrophysiology to screen them on KCa3.1 and a panel of 14 other ion channels. One quinoline derivative, SKA-346, activated KCa3.1 with an EC50 of 1.9 μM and showed selectivity against the other channels. …”
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The stalks of the motor A1A0 ATP synthase come into the focus : structural insight into subunits E, F and H by Gayen, Shovanlal

“…The subunit H is a component of one of the two peripheral stalks connecting the upper water soluble A1 ATPase and the membrane bound subcomplex AO. …”
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Sentiment analysis and summarization of movie reviews across genres. by Tun, Thura Thet.

“…Two methods for sentiment analysis, one using a machine learning technique and another using a natural language processing and rule-based approach, were developed and evaluated in this study. …”
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New multi-target based therapeutics against an opportunistic superbug by Premkumar, Jayaraman.

“…Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) is one of the most opportunistic and challenging Gram-negative pathogens, often resistant to a number of widely used antibiotics even when combination therapies are administered, thereby joining the ranks of “superbugs”. …”
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Competitive intrinsically motivated agents for resource allocation by Zhao, Guopeng

“…Finally, two case studies are conducted to explore the practical use of the proposed agents for resource allocation in real-life applications. One is for load balancing in a Large-Scale Collaborative Virtual Environment, and the other is related to Cloud resource management for enterprise users. …”
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Photo-driven smart polymers and their molecular self-assembly by Hu, Jinhua

“…The interfacial energy between the hydrophobic core-layer and the more polar solvent was one of the key factors that governed the vesicle formation. …”
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Improved life cycle assessment for desalination : handling the choices and uncertainties by Zhou, Jin

“…To investigate the impacts by the choice of in-stock dataset for background system, this thesis compared the environmental burdens of a desalination plant with three different electricity production models in the United States, Singapore, and Spain. One potential problem was that the existing database cannot represent Singapore’s local characteristics. …”
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Essays on the dynamics of the U.S. real exchange rate by Li, Yingzhu

“…Three long-run relationships are found in the data, one of which states that the U.S. real exchange rate appreciates with higher relative output. …”
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