The development of improved strategies to monitor and control biofouling of membranes in the water industry by Low, Jiun Hui

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An integer optimization framework for future air traffic flow management by Diao, Xudong

“…Unrestricted directed graph is a type of general structure which allows not only complex o-d routes to be theoretically represented but also preserves global optimal solutions of the ATFM rerouting problem in some specific situations. Optimal traffic flow strategy which includes rerouting, ground-holding, airborne holding and speed control could be obtained directly for each individual flight by solving the model with commercial software. …”
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Identification of potential common cyclic-di-GMP regulated biomarkers among three gram negative bacteria via transcriptomic and metabolomic profiling by Cai, Zhao

“…Variations in intracellular c-di-GMP levels may change cellular metabolic profile and lead to the expression of specific biomarkers. The identification of such biomarkers modulated by c-di-GMP might provide alternative methods to diagnose biofilm-related infections. …”
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The role of fibroblasts in cancer progression, therapy resistance and field cancerization by Chan, Jeremy Soon Kiat

“…The overexpression or knockdown of specific nuclear receptors in CAFs resulted in the attenuation of one or more aggressive phenotypes in tumor epithelial cells, namely, proliferation, invasiveness, drug resistance, energy metabolism and oxidative stress. …”
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Effects of physical stimuli applied via substrate/scaffold on in-vitro culture of mesenchymal stem cells and neurons by Xu, Qinwei

“…This Ph.D. project was proposed to obtain a better understanding of cell-microenvironment interactions with physical stimuli, and three sub-projects were conducted specifically for this purpose. In the first part, the mechanical properties of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) were found to be influenced by both the mechanical properties of the substrates that they adhered to and the culture time. …”
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Robust cooperative control and optimization of multi-agent systems by Sun, Chao

“…In the third part, the network controllability problem is investigated. Specifically, we study the controllability of a class of antagonistic networks with not only positive weights but also negative ones. …”
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Theoretical analysis of structures and electronic spectra in molecular cadmium chalcogenide clusters by Nguyen, Kiet A., Pachter, Ruth, Day, Paul N., Su, Haibin

“…The clusters belong to three topological classes, specifically supertetrahedral (Tn), penta-supertetrahedral (Pn), and capped supertetrahedral (Cn), where n is the number of metal layers in each cluster. …”
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Engineered cylindrical NiFe magnetic nanoparticles for cancer cell death by Wong, Shawn De Wei

“…High aspect ratios MNPs were observed to form the triple vortex state, which displayed high heating efficiency as measured by the specific absorption rate. For uniform magnetic fields, biaxial field configuration has been shown to be the most efficient magneto-actuated cell apoptosis method, which maximized the induced magnetic torque. …”
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The role of POPX2 in the regulation of hippo pathway by Muhammad Bakhait Rahmat

“…The pathway is renowned for regulating the two transcriptional co-activators, YAP and TAZ, which are key players for cell proliferation, organogenesis, and maintenance of tissue-specific progenitor cells during tissue renewal and regeneration. …”
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Effective antibodies immobilization and functionalized nanoparticles in a quartz-crystal microbalance-based immunosensor for the detection of parathion by Della Ventura, Bartolomeo, Iannaccone, Marco, Funari, Riccardo, Pica Ciamarra, Massimo, Altucci, Carlo, Capparelli, Rosanna, Roperto, Sante, Velotta, Raffaele

“…Although important to be detected, small analytes (few hundreds of Daltons) are an issue in biosensing since the signal they induce in the transducer, and specifically in a Quartz-Crystal Microbalance, is undetectable. …”
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Artificial photosynthesis by light absorption, charge separation, and multielectron catalysis by Đokić, Miloš, Soo, Han Sen

“…We discuss some of the latest developments in the vital functions of light harvesting, charge separation, and multielectron reductive and oxidative catalysis, as well as their optimization, to achieve the ultimate goal of storing sunlight in chemical bonds. Specific attention is dedicated to the use of earth-abundant elements and molecular catalysts that offer greater product selectivity and more intricate control over the reactivity than heterogeneous systems. …”
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Eliciting and honouring end-of-life care preferences : a multiple methods study on place of death by Tan, Woan Shin

“…This dissertation aimed to explore the complex contextual factors involved in eliciting end-of-life care preferences and to identify facilitators and barriers of home deaths in Singapore with a specific focus on the impact of Advance Care Planning (ACP). …”
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Second order multi-object filtering with target interaction using determinantal point processes by Teoh, Timothy Zhisheng

“…An algorithm to implement the determinantal PHD filter using Sequential Monte Carlo (SMC) method is developed. Under specific scenarios, the numerical results obtained are shown to exhibit better performance when compared under the Poisson setting.…”
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Morphology control and thermal stability of binderless-graphene aerogels from graphite for energy storage applications by Nguyen, Son Truong, Nguyen, Hoa Tien, Rinaldi, Ali, Nguyen, Nam P. V., Fan, Zeng, Duong, Hai Minh

“…To achieve these goals, the development of new electrode materials with high electrical conductivity, corrosion-resistance, high specific surface area, high porosity and low cost is highly desirable. …”
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Active vibration control of flexible beam incorporating recursive least square and neural network algorithms. by Abd. Jalil, Nurhanafifi

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Words and facts: children's fast mapping, retention and extension by Holland, Amanda

“…Children spontaneously extended a newly learned novel object label, but not a specific fact ("my uncle gave this to me"). However, they extended a more generalisable fact, ("it comes from a place called Modi") to other members of the same object category, to the same extent as object labels. …”
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Religion and spirituality in therapeutic training in the UK: a survey of current and recent trainees by Hunt, Jane

“…Participants reported low satisfaction rates with training received unless integrated throughout their course and identified specific knowledge gaps around religious/spiritual literacy, therapeutic skills, and awareness of religion and mental health research. …”
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A wearable circulator‐like circularly polarised antenna for full‐duplex wireless body area network applications by Thakur, Ajeet, Sharma, Ashwani, Garcia Zuazola, Ignacio Julio

“…A circulator‐like high gain, unidirectional, dual circularly polarised (DCP) wearable antenna with a low specific absorption rate of 0.088 W/kg for 5.8 GHz industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) band (5.725 − 5.875 GHz) full‐duplex wireless body area network (WBAN) applications is proposed. …”
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Marta Czok URBE by Scarso, Jacek Ludwig, Ionescu, Georgiana, Czok, Marta

“…Continuing the collaboration with the Culture, Sciences, Education Commission of the Chamber of Deputies, which began with the exhibition De Innocentia in January 2024 on the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Dr Jacek Ludwig Scarso with Georgiana Ionescu curated an anthological exhibition taken from its Permanent Collection, in a site-specific intervention in the Galleria dei Busti at the Italian Parliament’s Palazzo Montecitorio, Rome. …”
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The outcomes, burdens and experiences of patients receiving immunotherapy for cancer by Wiltshire, R

“…</p> <br> <p>A reliable and valid IO-specific patient-reported outcome measure, burden of treatment measure and patient experience questionnaire have been developed as part of this thesis. …”