Antimicrobial activity, phytochemical and toxicity analyses of salam [Syzygium polyanthum (Wight) Walp.] leaf extract and its application in food by Ramli, Suzita

“…In qualitative analysis of inhibition germination conidia, all the tested fungi species showed no growth after treated with extract started at 1× MIC for 9 days. Based on quantitative analysis, using 4× MIC for 24 h, the percentage of conidia germination were fully inhibited for A. flavus and R. oryzae (0%), meanwhile, for R. oligosporus and A. niger were reduced to 1% and 13%, respectively. …”
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The iHealth-T2D study, prevention of type 2 diabetes amongst South Asians with central obesity and prediabetes: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Kasturiratne, Anuradhani, Khawaja, Khadija I., Ahmad, Sajjad, Siddiqui, Samreen, Shahzad, Khurram, Athauda, Lathika K., Jayawardena, Ranil, Mahmood, Sara, Muilwijk, Mirthe, Batool, Tayyaba, Burney, Saira, Glover, Matthew, Palaniswamy, Saranya, Bamunuarachchi, Vodathi, Panda, Manju, Madawanarachchi, Suren, Rai, Baldeesh, Sattar, Iqra, Silva, Wnurinham, Waghdhare, Swati, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Rannan-Eliya, Ravindra P., Gage, Heather M., van Valkengoed, Irene G. M., Valabhji, Jonathan, Frost, Gary S., Loh, Marie, Wickremasinghe, Ananda R., Kooner, Jaspal S., Katulanda, Prasad, Jha, Sujeet, Chambers, John C.

“…More than 90% of follow-up visits are scheduled to be complete in December 2020. Based on the follow-up to end 2019, the observed incidence of T2D in the study population is in line with expectations (6.1% per annum). …”
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Grid integration and coordinated control of voltage source inverters with energy storage systems by Qi, Yang

“…In addition to the reactive power sharing, the unbalanced power introduced by negative-sequence load currents should also be accurately shared among DESSs based on the power ratings of VSIs. It is revealed that even small voltage measurement scaling errors may deteriorate the power sharing accuracy by injecting positive- and negative-sequence circulating currents. …”
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The sensitivity of tsunami models and tsunami energy to geologically constrained fault sources and shallow bathymetry by Felix, Raquel Picar

“…This damping largely depends on the ratio of the uplift patch width to the water depth; based on my results, when this ratio is close to 1, <50% of the energy is transmitted from seafloor to the sea surface. …”
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Integrative genomic analyses in adipocytes implicate DNA methylation in human obesity and diabetes by McAllan, Liam, Baranasic, Damir, Villicaña, Sergio, Brown, Scarlett, Zhang, Weihua, Lehne, Benjamin, Adamo, Marco, Jenkinson, Andrew, Elkalaawy, Mohamed, Mohammadi, Borzoueh, Hashemi, Majid, Fernandes, Nadia, Lambie, Nathalie, Williams, Richard, Christiansen, Colette, Yang, Youwen, Zudina, Liudmila, Lagou, Vasiliki, Tan, Sili, Castillo-Fernandez, Juan, King, James W. D., Soong, Richie, Elliott, Paul, Scott, James, Prokopenko, Inga, Cebola, Inês, Loh, Marie, Lenhard, Boris, Batterham, Rachel L., Bell, Jordana T., Chambers, John Campbell, Kooner, Jaspal S., Scott, William R.

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Methods of growth and transfer of carbon nanotubes onto substrates for advanced electrical and electronic applications by Ng, Zhi Kai

“…Another potential research direction is to synthesize VACNT on non-planar or flexibles substrates, for applications such as electromagnetic interference shielding, lightning strike protection and CNT based flexible electronics. However, these substrates may not withstand the CVD chemical environment and high growth temperature. …”
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何谓现实？怎样革命？——重探战后马华左翼文学思潮 (1945-1965) = Reality and revolution: a study of post-war Malayan Chinese left-wing literary trends (1945-1965)... by 李玥潼 Li, Yuetong

“…This study extensively explores historical materials from the leftist cultural front in Malaysia and Singapore over the twenty years following World War II, collecting and organizing original documents closely related to these three trends, including literary theories and editorials. Based on this foundation and integrating multiple perspectives such as discourse analysis, cultural political theory, cultural Cold War perspectives, and postcolonial studies, this research examines and reveals the arduous exploration and transformation of the Malayan Chinese left in a complex historical context.…”
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Failure analysis and characterization for microelectronic packaging by Lin, Pamela

“…Subsequently, a combined approach based on MD-FEM simulations is adopted to characterize and predict delamination in a-Si3N4/Si bilayer system. …”
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Developing a portable, high-speed, low-cost desktop photoacoustic tomography imaging system by Kalva, Sandeep Kumar

“…Overall, by combining all the innovations described earlier, we have developed an affordable, portable, high-speed desktop PLD based PAT imaging system. Using this system we achieved a high spatial resolution of 165 μm and an in vitro imaging depth of 3 cm. …”
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Pnictogen-halide semiconductors for photovoltaics by Liu, P

“…</p> <p>My thesis work offers insights into the efficiency-limiting mechanisms in vacancy-ordered triple perovskites, which may also be applicable in other bismuth- and antimony-based perovskite-inspired materials. Future investigations could focus on the effect of bismuth-antimony and bromide-iodide alloying on the electronic dimensionality and self-trapping in these materials. …”

Effects of noise exposure on occupational stress among palm oil mill workers in Malaysia by Roya, Latifi Naeini

“…The study was conducted at seven sections of five selected palm oil mills and 173 participants were invited through purposive sampling based on inclusive criteria. Different materials and techniques were used in order to determine the occupational stress level among the workers, including salivary alpha amylase (sAA) assay kit as the physiological (bio marker) indicator and personal stress inventory (PSI) as the psychological indicator. …”
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Development of human enterovirus 71 nano calcium phosphate adjuvanted candidate vaccine for parenteral and mucosal delivery by Saeed Ahmed, Mohamed Ibrahim

“…The purpose of this work was to examine the applicability of inducing improved postvaccination immunity of Human Enterovirus 71 killed vaccine based on using nanosized vaccine-adjuvant particles, variable routes of parenteral immunization and different polymeric delivery carriers for inducing enhanced post vaccination immunity as a novel approach for the development of an effective HEV71 vaccine. …”
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Coordinated power management for islanded microgrids by Lin, Pengfeng

“…The power interactions between AC and DC subgrids can be proportionally allocated to BICs based on their different power ratings in a fully distributed manner, which gives BICs distributed power sharing. …”
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Characterisation of transport and thermodynamic properties for various binary electrolytes by Hou, T

“…We propose that the electrolytes are Mg-chloride-complex based, with a positive Mg dimer, [Mg₂Cl₃·6(THF)]⁺, as cation, and Cl⁻ as anion. …”

Tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy versus non‐surgical treatment for chronic/recurrent acute tonsillitis by Burton, MJ, Glasziou, PP, Chong, LY, Venekamp, RP

“…<br> We combined data from five trials in children; these trials included children who were 'severely affected' (based on the specific 'Paradise' criteria) and less severely affected. …”

French foreign policy towards Poland (1989-1993) by Dangelmayer, AM

“…</p> <p>Given the absence of comprehensive secondary sources, this thesis is based to a large extent on primary sources. These include the debates of the Assemblée Nationale and the Sénat, official documents of the Assemblée, treaties, speeches, communiqués, transcripts of the Commission for External Affairs of the Assemblée and European Community documents. …”

Effects of condensed tannin fractions from Leucaena leucocephala (LAM.) De wit hybrid on methane mitigation, rumen fermentation and diversity of methanogens, protozoa and bacteria... by Mookiah, Saminathan

“…The in vitro gas production test was used to investigate the effects of CT fractions on CH4 production, rumen microbial fermentation and populations (methanogens, protozoa and bacteria) in vitro. Based on the vanillin assay, it was found that the DP of the five CT fractions (fractions F1–F5) ranged from 4.86 to 1.56. …”
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Surface engineering to manipulate solar energy for thermal management by Fei, Jipeng

“…Inspired by a color difference of designed solar steam generator after water saturation, we found that hierarchical porous structure exhibits contrasting optical property under various wetting conditions. Based on this finding, we developed a coating layer with switchable optical properties for solar energy management. …”
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A machine-learned approach for reducing airborne delays and environmental impact in terminal manoeuvring area using extended arrival management by Lim, Zhi Jun

“…By framing the speed control problem as a Markov Decision Process (MDP), RL agents learn to make sequential speed decisions based on real-time environmental feedback. The agents are trained over 1 million steps using the Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) algorithm and evaluated through 100 simulations against two baseline scenarios: no action and random action. …”
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In-situ infrared spectroscopy studies of surface reactions over irradiated photocatalysts by Gong, Dangguo

“…Interest in photocatalysis driven by solar energy has risen greatly over the past four decades due to the fact that it is one of the most promising approaches to help solve the energy crisis and effectively combat environmental contamination. TiO2-based nanomaterials remain attractive candidates as photocatalysts due to their high photoefficiency, strong oxidizing power, good stability, and non-toxicity. …”
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