No evidence of difference in mortality with amoxicillin versus co-amoxiclav for hospital treatment of community-acquired pneumonia by Wei, J, Uppal, A, Nganjimi, C, Warr, H, Ibrahim, Y, Gu, Q, Yuan, H, Rahman, N, Jones, N, Walker, S, Eyre, D

“…<p><strong>Objectives:</strong> Current guidelines recommend broad-spectrum antibiotics for high-severity community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), potentially contributing to antimicrobial resistance (AMR). …”

Validation of wearable inertial sensors for spinal motion assessment by Tan, Crljen Yong Ming

“…However, the IMU’s accuracy differs greatly from that of the MoCap System.…”
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Flame-made calcium phosphate nanoparticles with high drug loading for delivery of biologics by Tsikourkitoudi, Vasiliki, Karlsson, Jens, Merkl, Padryk, Loh, Edmund, Henriques-Normark, Birgitta, Sotiriou, Georgios A.

“…Moreover, it is shown that CaP nanoparticles protect LL-37 from proteolysis in vitro. …”
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EU and ASEAN : in common disunity by Chong, Alan, Kliem, Frederick

“…Nationalist obsessions and failure to grasp the transboundary ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic characterise the deficient responses of the world’s two leading regional organisations. …”
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Phase extraction from electronic speckle patterns by statistical analysis by Tay, Cho Jui, Quan, Chenggen, Chen, Lujie, Fu, Yu

“…Subsequently, a phase map wrapped in [0,π) is extracted. In order to obtain a standard 2π wrapped phase map, an initial one step phase shift is introduced. …”
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Interactive E-learning environment for learning BJT via simple project by Muhammad `Arif Bin Abdul Malek

“…This project's main objective is to facilitate vivid visualization and comprehension of previously hard to understand concepts and content on Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJT) through an E-Learning environment for students to be able to comfortably grasp the knowledge of BJT at their own pace…”
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One-pot encapsulation of luminescent quantum dots synthesized in aqueous solution by amphiphilic polymers by Yuwen, Lihui, Bao, Biqing, Liu, Ge, Tian, Jing, Lu, Haoting, Luo, Zhimin, Zhu, Xingrong, Boey, Freddy Yin Chiang, Zhang, Hua, Wang, Lianhui

“…Furthermore, the photostability of the amphiphilic polymer-coated QDs is much better than that of the synthesized QDs capped with MPA.…”
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Numerical investigations on vortex-ring collisions with heated sphere by Hoong, Jun Fong

“…Due to the opposite vorticity between secondary/tertiary ring with primary vortex ring, the secondary/tertiary hairpin vortices wrap around the primary vortex ring, initiating azimuthal stability and leads to the breakdown to turbulence. …”
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Solved Problems in Transport Phenomena : Energy Transfer / by Tosun, İsmail, author 635800, World Scientific (Online service) 655444

“…Instead, it highlights clear and easy presentation to help students grasp the methodology in problem-solving. This useful reference text benefits upper undergraduate and graduate level students in the fields of chemical, mechanical, petroleum, and environmental engineering"--…”
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“Following according to a rule is FUNDAMENTAL to our language-game.” Rules and meaning in Wittgenstein by Child, W

“…There is widespread agreement that, in his later philosophy, Wittgenstein sees the meaning of a word as a matter of the rules for its use; to grasp its meaning is to grasp the rules for its use; and using the word with that meaning is a matter of following those rules. …”

Evaluation of the Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act Singapore : a legal and social perspective. by Chiong, Suet Chee., Koh, Yilan., Ng, Edwin Weng Wee.

“…The development of the Act is traced and a detailed evaluation of specific areas of the Act such as the three day cooling-off period and the $20,000 cap on claims, among others is also done.…”
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Correlated barrier hopping and ionic conduction mechanism in glycolic acid-doped alginate-PVA biopolymer electrolytes by N. M., Ghazali, Ahmad Salihin, Samsudin

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Bioinspired hierarchical composites by Kathirvel Periasamy

“…We crosslinked gelatin with tannic acid to achieve the self-healing property and added calcium phosphate (CaP) microplatelets to the polymer matrix. Alignment of the CaP platelets in the gel matrix is needed for anisotropic mechanical properties in the composite. …”
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Structural characterization of the full-length Hantaan virus polymerase by Keown, JR, Carrique, L, Nilsson-Payant, BE, Fodor, E, Grimes, JM

“…The full-length polymerase structure depicts the location of the cap binding and C-terminal domains which are arranged in a conformation that is incompatible with transcription and in a novel conformation not observed in previous conformations of cap-snatching viral polymerases. …”

A 9.87 nW 1 kS/s 8.7 ENOB SAR ADC for implantable epileptic seizure detection microsystems by Do, Anh Tuan, Lam, Chun Kit, Tan, Yung Sern, Yeo, Kiat Seng, Cheong, Jia Hao, Yao, Lei, Tan, Meng Tong, Je, Minkyu

“…A latched comparator is used to quickly generate the comparison results while consuming no DC current. Split-cap architecture with an attenuation cap is used to minimize area and to further reduce the power consumption. …”
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No One Wants To Be A Parasitologist: The Shrinking Field of America's Least Favorite Animals by Richter, Hannah

“…Parasites have a bad rap. Most people think of them as scary, gross, or both, but they are also diverse creatures that have evolved in and on every animal and ecosystem on the planet. …”
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Kinematic analysis of an upper extremity stroke rehabilitation orthosis by Yang, Fang

“…Using this method, the designer could predict the motion of the hand and thus gain better control over the system. Cylindrical grasp is used as an example. This method also has some deficiencies, due to lack of the actual hand anatomy data for Singapore’s stroke patient, especially the joint angle of each finger bone, some assumptions and estimations are made. …”
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Ligand effect on switching the rate-determining step of water oxidation in atomically precise metal nanoclusters by Liu, Zhihe, Tan, Hua, Li, Bo, Hu, Zehua, Jiang, De-en, Yao, Qiaofeng, Wang, Lei, Xie, Jianping

“…Herein, we employ atomically precise Au25 nanoclusters with different ligands (i.e., para-mercaptobenzoic acid, 6-mercaptohexanoic acid, and homocysteine) as paradigm electrocatalysts to demonstrate oxygen evolution reaction rate-determining step switching through ligand engineering. Au25 nanoclusters capped by para-mercaptobenzoic acid exhibit a better performance with nearly 4 times higher than that of Au25 NCs capped by other two ligands. …”
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Pressure independent index for arterial pulse waveform by Ho, Clement Wei En.

“…However, the best parametric representation with regards to age was still CAP. The ∆A* (ABS) shows good potential and can be further explored by addressing the limitations and building on the recommendations mentioned in this report.…”
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The formation of a carbon nanotube–graphene oxide core–shell structure and its possible applications by Dong, Xiaochen, Xing, Guichuan, Chan-Park, Mary B., Shi, Wenhui, Xiao, Ni, Wang, Jing, Yan, Qingyu, Sum, Tze Chien, Huang, Wei, Chen, Peng

“…Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and electrical characterization suggest that SWCNTs are completely wrapped by GO nano-sheets. The spontaneous formation of such a core–shell structure is due to the strong pi–pi stacking interaction between the two materials. …”
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