Sampling from convex sets with a cold start using multiscale decompositions by Narayanan, Hariharan, Rajaraman, Amit, Srivastava, Piyush

“…However, rapid mixing from a cold start may not hold for every random walk, e.g., the well-known “ball walk” does not have rapid mixing from an arbitrary cold start. On the other hand, for the “hit-and-run” random walk, Lovász and Vempala proved rapid mixing from a cold start. …”
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Germanium on Silicon Integrated Photonics for the Mid-Wave Infrared by Morgan, Rachel E.

“…Thermal phase shifters fabricated out of 400 µm long metal wires have a predicted power required for a 2𝜋 phase shift (P₂ subscript 𝜋) of 410 mW without top cladding and a P₂ subscript 𝜋 of 100 mW with Nb₂O₅ cladding. …”
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The metal ion-dependent adhesion site motif of the Enterococcus faecalis EbpA pilin mediates pilus function in catheter-associated urinary tract infection by Nielsen, Hailyn V., Guiton, Pascale S., Kline, Kimberly A., Port, Gary C., Pinkner, Jerome S., Neiers, Fabrice, Normark, Staffan, Henriques-Normark, Birgitta, Caparon, Michael G., Hultgren, Scott J.

“…As this motif occurs in other sortase-assembled pili, our results have implications for the molecular basis of virulence not only in E. faecalis CAUTI but also in additional infections caused by enterococci and other Gram-positive pathogens.…”
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Self-assembled structures using CABC multi-block copolymers by Zheng, Jie

“…Controlled radical polymerizations, especially the reversible complexation mediated polymerization (RCMP), have been introduced. I also introduced the motivations and purposes of Chapters 2, 3 and 4. …”
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当青春成为最后的乌托邦 ：探析 "小字辈" 文本所影射的文化现象 = When youth becomes the last utopia : a study of the 'tiny texts' cultural phenomena by 王捷灵 Ong, Cerys Jie Ling

“…This paper analyses “tiny texts” (texts beginning with “xiao” meaning “tiny” in Chinese) that have proliferated in the Chinese cultural entertainment market over the past ten years. …”
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Boon or bane? : The role of filial piety, relationship quality, caregiver gender on work-family interface among working caregivers of the elderly by Leong, Anthony Xueheng

“…The results suggest that the two dimensions of filial piety have unique relationship with work-family interface; CR was positively associated with Family-Enriches-Work (FEW) and Work-Enriches-Family (WEF), while PO was negatively associated with WEF and Family-Interference-with-Work (FIW). …”
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Microtissue-encapsulating devices for hypoxia reduction of cellular therapeutics in diabetes treatment by Chen, Yang

“…Macrodevices for cell encapsulation have gained increasing attention due to its ease of retrievability and higher loading capacity of therapeutic cells. …”
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Increased consumption of unsaturated fatty acids improves body composition in a hypercholesterolemic Chinese population by Haldar, Sumanto, Ponnalagu, Shalini, Osman, Farhana, Tay, Shia Lyn, Wong, Long Hui, Jiang, Yuan Rong, Leow, Melvin Khee-Shing, Henry, Christiani Jeyakumar

“…Whether and to what extent these associations apply to Asian population have not been established. We investigated the effects of two separate Asian-based oil blends, rich in unsaturated fats, made from refined rice bran, sesame, and flaxseed oils, in comparison with refined olive oil, on body composition using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), from an 8-week, parallel design, randomized trial in 66 men (58.7 ± 5.71 years old, 23.0 ± 2.38 kg/m2) and 69 postmenopausal women (59.1 ± 5.34 years old, 21.7 ± 2.52 kg/m2), with borderline hypercholesterolemia. …”
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Exploring dependence structures among European electricity markets: static and dynamic copula-GARCH and dynamic state-space approaches by Ly, Sel, Sriboonchitta, Songsak, Tang, Jiechen, Wong, Wing-Keung

“…Further, the results of both the dynamic copulas and dynamic state-space models show that most pairs of the European electricity markets co-move symmetrically and have a time-varying dependence, but do not appear to grow over time. …”
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Robust incentive mechanisms for efficient and secure coded edge intelligence by Ng, Jer Shyuan

“…Although coding techniques have shown their effectiveness in solving the challenges of traditional distributed computing systems, there are several challenges that need to be addressed for large-scale implementations over the distributed edge computing networks that involves millions of heterogeneous edge nodes. …”
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新加坡福建话马来语及英借词使用情况调查 = Usage of English and Malay loanwords amongst Singapore Hokkien speakers by 张良忆 Teo, Joey Liang Yi

“…The study found that (i) Hokkien speakers from an older age group have a better command of Malay loanwords than younger speakers, while the reverse is true for English loanwords. …”
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Leakage-resilient secret sharing with constant share size by Tjuawinata, Ivan, Xing, Chaoping

“…In this work, it is also confirmed that indeed AG codes over extension fields have stronger leakage-resilience under some reasonable assumptions. …”
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Assessment of arterial stiffness via measurement of pulse wave velocity a study for the normotensive population by Chang, Serene Wei Nee.

“…Comparison made between the derived elastic modulus of men and women showed that women up till approximately the age of 50, where their arterial stiffness start to increase very rapidly, have a lower arterial stiffness than men. Such an observation was attributed to the change in hormones during menopause especially in estrogen which serves as protection against atherosclerosis. …”
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Defect chemistry in 2D atomic layers for energy photocatalysis by Di, Jun, Hao, Gazi, Jiang, Wei, Liu, Zheng

“…Conspectus Photocatalysis is a promising technology to simultaneously relieve the worldwide energy crisis and environmental pollution issues, providing an effective avenue for carbon neutrality. Numerous efforts have been dedicated to the reasonable design of photocatalytic materials to improve the photocatalytic efficiency. …”
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Nontoxic, biodegradable hyperbranched poly(β-amino ester)s for efficient siRNA delivery and gene silencing by Ooi, Ying Jie, Huang, Chongquan, Lau, Kieran, Chew, Sing Yian, Park, Jong Gu, Chan-Park, Mary B.

“…Non-viral gene vectors, such as poly(β-amino esters) (pBAEs), have emerged as a potential candidate due to their biodegradability, low toxicity profile, ease of synthesis, and high gene transfection efficiency for both DNA and siRNA delivery. …”
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From cosmos to cell: constructing a paradoxical selfhood through planetary and biological bodies in the poetry of Diane Ackerman and Jane Hirshfield by Tan, Jasmine Hui Jun

“…To date, research on literature and science have favored long-form writing and this thesis seeks to remedy that by investigating the utilization of biological metaphors to construct selfhood by understudied contemporary poets Diane Ackerman and Jane Hirshfield. …”
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Biaxial strain induced OH engineer for accelerating alkaline hydrogen evolution by Zhang, Tao, Ye, Qitong, Han, Zengyu, Liu, Qingyi, Liu, Yipu, Wu, Dongshuang, Fan, Hong Jin

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Tumor-targeted nano-assemblies for energy-blocking cocktail therapy in cancer by Chen, Manling, Liu, Yidu, Li, Yang, Liu, Xue

“…To minimize the dosage of both drugs, we have developed a drug delivery strategy that prepared metformin as a nanoderivative, denoted as MA-dots. …”
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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 energy provided for or released during the process of ATP hydrolysis or synthesis is transmitted via the stalk parts to the membrane-bound AO domain to facilitate ion conduction. The stalk parts have an important role for the regulation of this class of enzymes and are separated into a central part (C:D:F) and peripheral parts (Ex:H2:aN). …”
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Sentiment analysis and summarization of movie reviews across genres. by Tun, Thura Thet.

“…The results indicate that review texts in different genres have different characteristics, and cover various aspects of a movie differently. …”
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