Blood-based biomarkers are associated with different ischemic stroke mechanisms and enable rapid classification between cardioembolic and atherosclerosis etiologies by Harpaz, Dorin, Seet, Raymond C. S., Marks, Robert S., Tok, Alfred Iing Yoong

“…Ischemic stroke (blockage) accounts for most cases (87%) and is further subtyped into cardioembolic, atherosclerosis, lacunar, other causes, and cryptogenic strokes. The main value of subtyping ischemic stroke patients is for a better therapeutic decision-making process. …”
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Adhesive properties of adsorbed layers of two recombinant mussel foot proteins with different levels of DOPA and tyrosine by Bilotto, Pierluigi, Labate, Cristina, De Santo, Maria P., Deepankumar, Kanagavel, Miserez, Ali, Zappone, Bruno

“…Using a surface forces apparatus and an atomic force microscope, we characterized the adhesive properties of adsorbed layers of two recombinant variants of Perna viridis foot protein 5 (PVFP-5), the main surface-binding protein in the adhesive plaque of the Asian green mussel. …”
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An extremum seeking-based approach for Nash equilibrium seeking in N-cluster noncooperative games by Ye, Maojiao, Hu, Guoqiang, Xu, Shengyuan

“…Compared with our previous works on Nash equilibrium seeking for the N-cluster noncooperative games, the main advantages and characteristics of the proposed method are threefold. …”
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Insight into Fe(II)/UV/chlorine pretreatment for reducing ultrafiltration (UF) membrane fouling : effects of different natural organic fractions and comparison with coagulation by Xing, Jiajian, Liang, Heng, Chuah, Chong Joon, Bao, Yueping, Luo, Xinsheng, Wang, Tianyu, Wang, Jinlong, Li, Guibai, Snyder, Shane Allen

“…The reduction of organic loadings and characteristics change of feed water took the main responsibility for the fouling alleviation. …”
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A 0.061-mm² 1–11-GHz noise-canceling low-noise amplifier employing active feedforward with simultaneous current and noise reduction by Liu, Zhe, Boon, Chirn Chye, Yu, Xiaopeng, Li, Chenyang, Yang, Kaituo, Liang, Yuan

“…By employing an active feedforward stage in the main path, the current dissipation and the thermal noise are effectively suppressed, while the noise and distortion cancelation properties of CG-CS topology are preserved. …”
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Selective separation and recovery of lithium, nickel, MnO₂, and Co₂O₃ from LiNi₀.₅Mn₀.₃Co₀.₂O₂ in spent battery by He, Hongping, Feng, Junli, Gao, Xiaofeng, Fei, Xunchang

“…The Co, Ni and Mn ions are dissolved in a sequence, which facilitates their separation and recovery. As the main components of the final residual solids, Co2O3 and MnO2 present in distinctly different sizes and shapes, which are beneficial for their separation and direct usage.…”
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Evaluating surrogate correlation models and iodinated haloacetic acid formation of iodinated contrast media after LPUV/Cl₂, LPUV/NH₂Cl, and LPUV/H₂O₂ by Lopez-Prieto, Israel J., Daniels, Kevin D., Wu, Shimin, Snyder, Shane Allen

“…Results did not show any significant differences for ICM attenuation across the AOP treatments, illustrating UV photolysis is the main driving force to attenuate ICMs. Surrogate correlation models demonstrated a good correlation (R2 = 0.8211 and 0.7887) and strong Pearson correlation (R = 0.9602 and 0.8881) for UVA254 during LPUV/Cl2 and LPUV/H2O2 treatment. …”
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Structural behavior of tubular frame under elevated temperature by Tan, Peng Hoe.

“…This is observed that the temperature dependent modulus of elasticity (Young’s Modulus) and yield strength were the two main parameters that induced different stress levels on the same tubular frame under constant applied load. …”
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Reliable environmental trace heavy metal analysis with potentiometric ion sensor - reality or a distant dreams by Lisak, Grzegorz

“…These are, in order of importance, selectivity of the ion-selective membrane to main ion followed by the membrane resistance to parallel processes, such as water ingress to the ISM, light sensitivity, change in temperature, presence of gasses in solution and pH and finally resistance of the ion-selective membrane to fouling. …”
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Multi-agent trajectory prediction with heterogeneous edge-enhanced graph attention network by Mo, Xiaoyu, Huang, Zhiyu, Xing, Yang, Lv, Chen

“…Simultaneous trajectory prediction for multiple heterogeneous traffic participants is essential for safe and efficient operation of connected automated vehicles under complex driving situations. Two main challenges for this task are to handle the varying number of heterogeneous target agents and jointly consider multiple factors that would affect their future motions. …”
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Use of bamboo in construction by Quek, Ming Hui.

“…Beside bamboo as the construction material, other materials used were ply wood and jute rope which has a minimal impact on the environment. As part of the main feature of the bamboo house designed, the cost of construction is further reduced as the usage of cement has been minimized. …”
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Activating nanomedicines with electromagnetic energy for deep-tissue induction of immunogenic cell death in cancer immunotherapy by Wang, Fengshuo, Pu, Kanyi, Li, Jingchao

“…Some nanomedicines that can produce local heat and reactive oxygen species upon the stimulation of electromagnetic energy are the main candidates for inducing the ICD effect. However, their applications are often restricted due to the poor tissue penetration depths of electromagnetic energy, such as light. …”
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Assessing ant colony optimization for inducing non-uniform population distribution for UAS risk assessment in urban environments by Gracious, John

“…The results of this study are mainly visualizations. The results are promising as it conforms to qualitative assumptions typically made about certain subzone at certain times of day. …”
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Syntactic discovery of web service by Nguyen, Van Quoc.

“…Looking in more details, this project will propose mechanism for matching WSDL against WSDL, and using this result as an additional aid to the main purpose: matching WSDL against OWLS (or OWL-S against WSDL). …”
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High strength Hadfield steel produced using laser powder bed fusion of mixed powders by Cheng, Baisong, Wei, Fengxia, Teh, Wei Hock, Cheong, Kok Heng, Lee, Jing Jun, Chew, Li Tian, Lau, Kwang Boon, Ma, Tang Hieu Binh, Ng, Chee Koon, Wang, Pei, Ramamurty, Upadrasta, Tan, Cheng Cheh

“…This rapid solidification also prevents carbide formation and retain the main alloying elements (C and Mn) in solution. Thus conventional water quenching process can be completely eliminated.…”
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Nitrogen removal by algal-bacterial consortium during mainstream wastewater treatment: transformation mechanisms and potential N₂O mitigation by Li, Qi, Xu, Yifeng, Liang, Chuanzhou, Peng, Lai, Zhou, Yan

“…Nitrogen distribution indicated that ammonia oxidation (∼41.8%) and algal assimilation (∼43.5%) were the main pathways to remove ammonium by the algal-bacterial consortium. …”
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Improved packing for fully homomorphic encryption with reverse multiplication friendly embeddings by Sim, Jun Jie

“…This thesis is motivated by the use of fully homomorphic encryption to ensure data privacy and security. Our main contribution improves the packing capacity of a fully homomorphic encryption ciphertext. …”
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A molecular dynamics simulation to shed light on the mechanical alloying of an Al-Zr alloy induced by severe plastic deformation by Morkina, Alina Y., Babicheva, Rita I., Korznikova, Elena A., Enikeev, Nariman A., Edalati, Kaveh, Dmitriev, Sergey V.

“…This happens because in the second case, grain boundary sliding is the main deformation mechanism, and Zr tends to remain within the interfaces. …”
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Post-quantum attacks against symmetric-key cryptography systems by Pham, Thi Minh Phuong

“…However, the emergence of quantum computing introduces a need to revise these security levels, considering a completely new set of algorithms. The main objective of this thesis is to explore the security aspects of block ciphers and hash functions, considering both traditional and quantum computing environments. …”
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NTU Q-Count: smart spaces, informed choices by Sri Ganesh Babu Sri Vaishnavi

“…NTU Q-count allows for users to view different categories of study spaces and health facilities with their respective images and addresses, use the in-built Google Maps API to navigate to their chosen location if necessary, check-in and check-out of chosen study rooms to update the real-time crowd density, as well as to time their study progress with a study timer incorporated into the application. The main goal of NTU Q-Count is to allow NTU students to manage their study times and locations, revolutionising the way they navigate and utilise campus spaces in a time-efficient and space-efficient manner. …”
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