Design and Implementation of Active Antennas for IoT-Based Healthcare Monitoring System by MUSA, UMAR, MOHD SHAH, SHAHARIL, A. MAJID, HUDA, MAHADI, ISMAIL AHMAD, A. RAHIM, MOHAMAD KAMAL, YAHYA, MUHAMMAD SANI, ZAINAL ABIDIN, ZUHAIRIAH

“…Two dual-band (2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz) microstrip patch antennas, one with a PIN diode and one without, are fabricated using Rogers Duroid RO3003™ substrate. …”
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Skeletal myotubes expressing ALS mutant SOD1 induce pathogenic changes, impair mitochondrial axonal transport, and trigger motoneuron death by Martínez, Pablo, Silva, Mónica, Abarzúa, Sebastián, Tevy, María F., Jaimovich, Enrique, Constantine-Paton, Martha, Bustos, Fernando J., van Zundert, Brigitte

“…We report that conditioned media from mutSOD1 myotubes (mutSOD1-MCM), but not from control myotubes (NTg-MCM), induced robust death of primary MNs in mixed spinal cord cultures and compartmentalized microfluidic chambers. …”
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Identification and application of self-binding zipper-like sequences in SARS-CoV spike protein by Zhang, Si Min, Liao, Ying, Neo, Tuan Ling, Lu, Yanning, Liu, Ding Xiang, Vahlne, Anders, Tam, James Pingkwan

“…Self-binding peptides containing zipper-like sequences, such as the Leu/Ile zipper sequence within the coiled coil regions of proteins and the cross-β spine steric zippers within the amyloid-like fibrils, could bind to the protein-of-origin through homophilic sequence-specific zipper motifs. …”
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Improved virtual keyboard design for P300-based brain-computer interface by Tay, Abel Ping Liang.

“…Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), brainstem stroke, brain or spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophies, multiple sclerosis, and numerous other diseases impair the neural pathways that control muscles or impair the muscles themselves. …”
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Hearing loss and risk of major osteoporotic fracture: a population-based cohort study in the United Kingdom by Khalid, S, Alhambra, DP, Hasheminasab, SA, Vinogradova, Y, Qureshi, N, Ratzinger, M, Brunetti, V, Salas, A, Canals, L

“…Purpose: Assess association between hearing loss (HL) and major osteoporotic fracture (MOF; spine, wrist/forearm, shoulder/proximal humerus, hip) in individuals aged ≥ 60 years, and risk factors for MOF in individuals with HL. …”

Fast motion estimation algorithms for video coding by Zhu, Shan.

“…For effective storage and delivery, digital video data is required to be encoded at a much higher compression ratio compared with that of still image compression owing to its temporal redundancies. Motion estimation is the key technique to substantially reduce such redundancies but requires fairly high computation. …”
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Tin oxide as an electron transport layer in perovskite solar cells: Advances and challenges by Wali, Qamar, Aamir, Muhammad, Ejaz Khan, Muhammad, Jose, Rajan, Fan, Wei, Yang, Shengyuan

“…Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have appeared as a growing photovoltaic technology owing to their unprecedented performance compared to the market leader, silicon solar cells. …”
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Development of reduced graphene oxide from biowaste as an electrode material for vanadium redox flow battery by Abbas, Aumber, Eng, Xue Er, Ee, Nicholas, Saleem, Faisal, Wu, Dan, Chen, Wenqian, Handayani, Murni, Tabish, Tanver A., Wai, Nyunt, Lim, Tuti Mariana

“…Vanadium redox flow battery (VRB) is a renowned electrochemical energy storage device for large scale applications owing to its promising storage capability, long life and safety. …”
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Solution adsorption formation of a π-conjugated polymer/graphene composite for high-performance field-effect transistors by Liu, Yun, Hao, Wei, Yao, Huiying, Li, Shuzhou, Wu, Yuchen, Zhu, Jia, Jiang, Lei

“…Semiconducting polymers with π‐conjugated electronic structures have potential application in the large‐scale printable fabrication of high‐performance electronic and optoelectronic devices. However, owing to their poor environmental stability and high‐cost synthesis, polymer semiconductors possess limited device implementation. …”
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Automated teller machines in Singapore by Soh, Yong Chee, Phua, Alice Loo Huay, Tan,Yang Leng

“…Activation of ATMs can also be enhanced by substituting the present A TM card and PIN system with either voice recognition, retina recognition or thumbprints. …”
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Real time analysis of social behavior from video and kinect recordings by Ramasamy, Pandi Ramesh

“…Finally,analysis will be performed using pattern recognition algorithms and machine learning classifiers to detect the emotion of the subject.In this project,machine learning classifiers such as K-nearest neighbors,Naive Bayes and C4.5 Decision tree learning has been used. The prime aim is to pin point the most seemly machine learning classifier for obtaining highest accuracy for classification.…”
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Design and implementation of a multi-camera automated inspection system for PCB assembly by Yang, Xia Hua

“…Inspection for PCB assembly is indispensable if high product quality is to be assured. In recent years, owing to a large number of very small surface mount devices (SMDs) being packed on PCBs, inspection of PCB assembly becomes very difficult for human operators. …”
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Critical analysis of the role of biodegradable polymeric scaffolds in differentiation of human embryonic stem cell into cardiomyocytes by Amritamayee Sahoo

“…Congestive heart failure is a widespread problem throughout the world. Owing to the shortage of donors there has been a constant quest to find alternatives to organ transplant. …”
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Evolutionary and ecological insights from Cytinus: a plant within a plant by de Vega, C, Thorogood, CJ, Albaladejo, RG, Rakotonasolo, F, Hobbhahn, N, Martos, F, Burgoyne, PM, Johnson, SD

“…Cytinus species are externally invisible for most of their life, emerging from their hosts only to flower and set seed. Owing to this cryptic life cycle, the genus is poorly understood and is likely to include several hitherto undescribed species, particularly in threatened forest habitat in Madagascar. …”

The inference-boundary model reinterpreting theme and rheme by Leong, Ping Alvin

“…The Hallidayan notions of theme and rheme pose an interesting challenge to linguists in their attempts to pin them down more specifically. This paper argues that since the thematic structure of the clause organises it as a message, a useful starting point in theme–rheme research is an understanding of how clausal messages are typically processed by language users. …”
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The effects of processing conditions on the morphology of single conjugated polymers. by Yeo, Hui Lin.

“…Drop-cast single chains were proposed to either retain its extended conformation in CHCl3 solution, or adopt an ordered structure with hair-pin loops, giving rise to two corresponding distinct types of intensity traces. …”
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Experimental and numerical study of self-locking adaptable inter connection for modular steel structures by Nadeem, Gohar, Safiee, Nor Azizi, Bakar, Nabilah Abu, Karim, Izian Abd, Mohd Nasir, Noor Azline

“…The findings indicated that the gap produced between connection and column under higher displacement was sensitive to the outer bolt and spring pin. This gap could be further reduced by increasing the number of outer bolts and by reducing tolerance between adapter and column walls.…”

Smart home control system design using internet of things based energy harvesting technology by Silalahi, Lukman Medriavin, Indrawan, Muhammad Rafi, Budiyanto, Setiyo, Hanafi, Dirman, Abdul Hamid, Abdul Hamid, Ronaldo, Davit

“…The objective of this research is to provide security for homeowners by facilitating fingerprints and PIN (Personal Identification Numbers) in entering the house, then in the event of a power outage, it activates the function of energy harvesting technology. …”
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Ultrafast diffusive cross-sheet motion of lithium through antimonene with a 2+1 dimensional kinetics by Kistanov, Andrey A., Kripalani, Devesh Raju, Cai, Yongqing, Dmitriev, Sergey V., Zhou, Kun, Zhang, Yong-Wei

“…Layered two-dimensional (2D) materials like graphene are highly appealing for lithium battery applications owing to their high surface–volume ratios. However, a critical issue that limits their practical applications is the confined motion of lithium atoms within their van der Waals gaps, which is the leading cause for battery failure due to severe clustering and phase separation. …”
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FPGA implementation of back propagation neural network by Li, Jianing

“…The FPGA can achieve a much shorter training time owing to architecture advantage and computation data type simplification. …”
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