Optimised “green solvent” extraction of long-chain menaquinones (Vitamin K2) from wet Lactococcus lactis biomass by Lee, Sze Ying, Hu, Xiao, Stuckey, David C.

“…In addition, the use of ethanol as the extraction solvent coupled with microwave heating and bead-beating was investigated. Enhanced extraction was achieved using microwave-assisted extraction at an elevated temperature of 125 °C for 5 min, with a 1.15- and 1.2-fold increase in menaquinone-7 and menaquinone-8 yields, respectively. …”
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Electrospun aligned PCLl/gelatin scaffolds mimicking the skin ECM for effective antimicrobial wound dressings by Ghomi, Erfan Rezvani, Lakshminarayanan, Rajamani, Chellappan, Vijila, Verma, Navin Kumar, Chinnappan, Amutha, Neisiany, Rasoul Esmaeely, Amuthavalli, Kottaiswamy, Poh, Zhi Sheng, Wong, Brandon Han Siang, Dubey, Nileshkumar, Narayan, Roger, Ramakrishna, Seeram

“…The morphological study showed that the electrospun wound dressings were smooth, continuous, and bead-free, with a mean diameter ranging from 267 ± 7 to 331 ± 8 nm for all random and aligned nanofibers. …”
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Report to the President for year ended June 30, 2024, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences by Fee, Michale

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Development of image-based method for the quantitative assessment of cartilage damage from CT as a biomarker in osteoarthritis by Zheng, J-Q

“…</p> <p>The next phase included segmenting the cartilage from aligned CT volumes, utilizing a deep learning segmentation method, the Gate Attention-U-net, for enhanced precision and versatility in cartilage segmentation, achieving an 88% DSC and 9um ASD in the tibia's weight-bearing area.</p> <p>After extracting cartilage shape, we compared the thickness and remaining volume of tibial cartilage in the weight-bearing area with a prior semi-manual method, observing a Pearson correlation coefficient (R value) exceeding 0.8 with the semi-manual method (p&lt;0.0001) and a correlation with OA scores from histological images (p&lt;0.05). …”

Low-Cost Electronic Microfluidics for Multiplexed Point-of-Care Biomarker Detection by Kikkeri, Kruthika

“…Chapter 2 introduces a sample-to-answer PoC workflow, consolidating blood testing steps through at-site sample collection, on-chip blood-to-plasma separation, and a bead-based electrochemical assay. Leveraging microfluidics and electronics, this system offers a rapid 30-minute assay time. …”
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Development of Food Waste Management Guidelines in Harmonizing and Sustaining the Ecosystem of the UUM Lake Restaurant (S/O 14247) by Yean, Tan Fee, Johari, Johanim, Hassan, Zuraida, Alias, Nursiha, Abdullah, Nor Azimah Chew, Abdul Rahman, Hazlan

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Fabrication of a rotary MR brake and data collection by Sim, Desmond Huang De.

“…In this report, a finalized design of MR drum rotary brake which consists of 3 main sub-assemblies of external housing comprising of inner housing, rotor, coil holder, bearings and radial shaft seals can therefore ensure to achieve at least 5Nm of torque in the presence of magnetic field. …”
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Magnetic levitation using neodymium magnets for vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) II by Lai, Chunji

“…Achieving magnetic levitation is the ultimate goal of the project. Bearing this in mind, the author and his partner did their research and study on magnetic levitation especially on the Inductrack system. …”
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Impact behaviour of prepreg laminates with dispersed core/shell particles in ply interfaces by Mubarak Ali Mohamed Ali

“…A significant improvement in the energy absorption capability, the impact load bearing capacity, the deflection characteristics of the C/SH modified laminates was observed. …”
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Regression analysis ofr characterization of materials for photovoltaic cells by Vundavalli, Bala Satya Manikanta

“…The traditional Design-of-Experiments (DoEs) adapted so far, are slow and the information obtained sometimes bears little relevance to optimizing the key performance parameters of merit. …”
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Development of axially chiral urazole scaffolds for antiplant virus applications against potato virus Y by Jin, Jiamiao, Mou, Chengli, Zou, Juan, Xie, Xin, Wang, Chen, Shen, Tingwei, Deng, Youlin, Li, Benpeng, Jin, Zhichao, Li, Xiangyang, Chi, Robin Yonggui

“…To discover new antiviral drugs, a class of multifunctional urazole derivatives bearing a stereogenic C-N axis were synthesized with excellent optical purities for antiviral evaluations against PVY. …”
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Applications of deep learning for physical layer of wireless communication systems by Xie, Yihang

“…The 1D-TRNet receiver outperforms traditional OFDM receivers and state-of-the-art generalized approximate message passing (GAMP) receivers in terms of bit-error rate (BER) performance. The third research work proposes a deep learning-based 5G receiver, named communication transformer network (Comm-Trans Net), which is designed to be robust for different sub-types of TDL channels. …”
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Molecular modulation of fluorene-dibenzothiophene-S,S-dioxide-based conjugated polymers for enhanced photoelectrochemical water oxidation under visible light by Dai, Chunhui, Gong, Xuezhong, Zhu, Xianglin, Xue, Can, Liu, Bin

“…Three conjugated polymers (CPs) bearing a common fluorene-dibenzothiophene-S,S-dioxide backbone were designed and synthesized for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water oxidation upon visible-light irradiation (>420 nm). …”
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Photodynamic bubble-generating microneedles for enhanced transdermal cancer therapy by Ning, Xiaoyu, Chen, Si, Yang, Yating, Hwang, Jangsun, Wiraja, Christian, Zhang, Chi, Liu, Wei, Liu, Linbo, Xu, Chenjie

“…The drug delivery efficiency of this platform is first evaluated ex vivo using fresh mouse skins and human keloid tissues. Later, in the tumor-bearing mouse model, the platform enhances the skin penetration of photosensitizers (i.e., methylene blue) and correspondingly improves the efficacy of photodynamic therapy.…”
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Soil solution compositions and mineralogy of some active acid sulfate soils in Malaysia as affected by laboratory incubation with lime by Shamshuddin, J., Auxtero, E.A.

“…Acid sulfate soils in Malaysia are developed when pyrite bearing deposits in the coastal plains are drained for agricultural production. …”

Tailoring engineered cementitious composites for impact resistance by Yang, En-Hua., Li, Victor C.

“…Low speed drop weight tower test on ECC panels and beams was also conducted. Damage characteristics, load and energy dissipation capacities, and response to repeated impacts, were studied.…”
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Optimization of solubility of corannulene polymers via ring opening metathesis polymerization by Gunasegaran, Kevitrra

“…Corannulene group bearing copolymers have great potential in electrochemical storage applications. …”
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Medical informatics in medical research - the Severe Malaria in African Children (SMAC) Network's experience by Olola, CHO, Missinou, MA, Issifou, S, Anane-Sarpong, E, Abubakar, I, Gandi, JN, Chagomerana, M, Pinder, M, Agbenyega, T, Kremsner, PG, Newton, CRJC, Wypij, D, Taylor, TE

Sexual selection predicts the persistence of populations within altered environments by Parrett, Jonathan M., Mann, Darren J., Chung, Arthur Y. C., Slade, Eleanor M., Knell, Robert J.

“…The effect of sexual selection on species persistence remains unclear. The cost of bearing ornaments or armaments might increase extinction risk, but sexual selection can also enhance the spread of beneficial alleles and increase the removal of deleterious alleles, potentially reducing extinction risk. …”
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Increased interleukin-6 correlates with myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibodies in pediatric monophasic demyelinating diseases and multiple sclerosis by Horellou, P, Wang, M, Keo, V, Chrétien, P, Serguera, C, Waters, P, Deiva, K

“…Cytokines and anaphylatoxins in CSF were measured by Cytometric Bead Array immunoassay. MOG antibody titers in plasma were tested by flow cytometry using a stable cell line expressing full-length human MOG. …”