Early adulthood BMI and cardiovascular disease: a prospective cohort study from the China Kadoorie Biobank by Chen, Y, Yu, W, Lv, J, Sun, D, Pei, P, Du, H, Yang, L, Chen, Y, Zhang, H, Chen, J, Chen, Z, Li, L, Yu, C

“…There is little reliable evidence about these associations among east Asian populations, that differ in fat distribution, disease patterns, and lifestyle factors from other populations. …”

A standardised fraction 1 (SF1) from clinacanthus nutans attenuates the stemness of cervical cancer stem-like cells via inhibition of notch1 signalling by Ismail, Faridah

“…Clinacanthus nutans (C. nutans), or locally known as Sabah snake grass (‘daun belalai gajah’), is a well reputed medicinal herb in East Asia that has shown promising anticancer activities in a range of cancer cell types. …”
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Rapid single pot synthesis of hierarchical Bi2WO6 microspheres/RGO nanocomposite and its application in energy storage: A supercritical water approach by Shetty, Manjunath, Manickavasakam, Karnan, Sabbanahalli, Chethan, Bekal, Chandrakantha, Izan Izwan, Misnon, Subrahmanya P, Ashwath, Roy, Kunal, Shivaramu, Prasanna Doddakunche, Baloor, Satish Shenoy, Rangappa, Dinesh

“…The application of novel three-dimensional (3D) architectures in energy storage has fascinated researchers for a long time. The fast-paced technological advancements require reliable rapid synthesis techniques for developing multi-metal oxide (MMO) nanostructures. …”
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Insights into Li+ Storage Mechanisms, Kinetics, and Reversibility of Defect-Engineered and Functionalized Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Enhanced Energy Storage by Kong, Lingping, Zhu, Yuntong, Williams, P. Jason, Kabbani, Mohamad, Brushett, Fikile R., Rupp, Jennifer L. M.

“…Moreover, defect-engineered MWCNT-COOH exhibits good rate performance, delivering a capacity of 350 mA h g−1 at 500 mA g−1, as well as fast Li+ diffusion coefficients on the order of 10−11 to 10−10 cm2 s−1. …”
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Plasma flows during the ablation stage of an over-massed pulsed-power-driven exploding planar wire array by Datta, R, Angel, J, Greenly, JB, Bland, SN, Chittenden, JP, Lavine, ES, Potter, WM, Robinson, D, Varnish, TWO, Wong, E, Hammer, DA, Kusse, BR, Hare, JD

“…The plasma flows from the wires converge to generate a pinch, which appears as a fast-moving (V≈100kms−1) column of increased plasma density (n¯e≈2×1018cm−3) and strong XUV emission. …”
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Beyond-the-Ice: Designing Games for Facilitating Deeper Conversations by Lee, Cassandra

“…In this age of constant communication, we’ve never been more connected, yet all of our numerous, fast, and convenient connections lack the depth and intimacy we truly crave. …”
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Design of Cleavable Monomers and Cross-Linkers for the Synthesis of Degradable Polymer Architectures by Cardoso da Costa, Leticia

“…This approach does not impact the material’s properties while enabling easy and fast removal under triggered deconstruction (Chapter 5).…”
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A LDO regulator with weighted current feedback technique for 0.47nF-10nF capacitive load by Tan, Xiao Liang, Chong, Sau Siong, Chan, Pak Kwong, Dasgupta, Uday

“…Besides, it provides good regulator loop gain and fast transient response. Validated by UMC 65 nm CMOS process, the simulation and measurement results have shown that the WCF LDO regulator can operate at a load capacitance (CL) range from 470 pF to 10 nF with only 3.8 pF compensation capacitor. …”
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Nanostructured bimetallic sulfides as Na ion battery anodes by Chen, Jingwei

“…By employing ether electrolyte, bimetallic sulfide-based composites anode further enhanced the rate performance and cycling stability, thus delivering a fast and stable SIB full cell by employing CMS1-rGO anode. …”
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A subquadratic-time algorithm for decremental single-source shortest paths by Nanongkai, Danupon, Henzinger, Monika, Krinninger, Sebastian

“…In obtaining this result, we develop a fast algorithm for what we call center cover data structure. …”
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Ambulatory measurement of 3-dimensional foot displacement during treadmill walking using wearable wireless ultrasonic sensor network by Qi, Yongbin, Soh, Cheong Boon, Gunawan, Erry, Low, Kay-Soon

“…Based on the TOA-based tracking technique, the 3-D foot trajectories are validated against a camera-based motion capture system for ten healthy subjects walking on a treadmill at slow, normal, and fast speeds. The experimental results have shown that the ultrasonic system has sufficient accuracy of net root-mean-square error (4.2 cm) for 3-D displacement, especially for foot clearance with accuracy and standard deviation (0.62 ± 7.48 mm) compared to the camera-based motion capture system. …”
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Synthesis and gas sensing property of electrospun titanium dioxide microfiber for the application of personal protective equipment by Apiwattanadej, Thanit

“…To initiate the study, titanium dioxide (TiO2), which is a common chemiresistive metal oxide, has been used as a model sensing material for the gas sensing microfiber fabrication owning to its high sensitivity, fast response and low cost. The fabrication of TiO2 microfiber membrane begins with the electrospinning of titanium nitride nanoparticles in polyvinylpyrrolidone (TiN-NPs/PVP). …”
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An evaluation of inhaled antibiotic liposome versus antibiotic nanoplex in controlling infection in bronchiectasis by Tran, The-Thien, Yu, Hong, Vidaillac, Celine, Lim, Albert Y. H., Abisheganaden, John A., Chotirmall, Sanjay Haresh, Hadinoto, Kunn

“…The results showed that the CIP nanoplex exhibited fast dissolution with CIP supersaturation generation, in contrast to the slower release of the liposome (80 versus 30% dissolution after 1 h). …”
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Ultralow threshold optical gain enabled by quantum rings of inverted type-I CdS/CdSe core/crown nanoplatelets in the blue by Delikanli, Savas, Isik, Furkan, Shabani, Farzan, Baruj, Hamed Dehghanpour, Taghipour, Nima, Demir, Hilmi Volkan

“…However, the realization of low gain threshold in the blue region has shown to be technically an extremely challenging task using colloidal nanocrystals as a result of fast nonradiative Auger rates in smaller nanocrystals. …”
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Facile synthesis of amorphous ternary metal borides-reduced graphene oxide hybrid with superior oxygen evolution activity by Nsanzimana, Jean Marie Vianney, Dangol, Raksha, Reddu, Vikas, Duo, Shou, Peng, Yeucheng, Dinh, Khang Ngoc, Huang, Zhenfeng, Yan, Qingyu, Wang, Xin

“…Metal borides represent an emerging family of advanced electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Herein, we present a fast and simple method of synthesizing iron-doped amorphous nickel boride on reduced graphene oxide (rGO) sheets. …”
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Mechanical polishing of fan blade by a prototype random-orbital tool by Danaraj, Edgar Jeevan

“…Taking into consideration that the surface texture measurements are random in nature, the corresponding polishing methods were also analyzed with statistical functions by fast Fourier transform (FFT) and power spectral density (PSD). …”
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Heteroatom-doped microporous carbon nanosheets derived from pentaerythritol-melamine for supercapacitors and CO₂ capture by Hu, Xiaochun, Luo, Yuqing, Wu, Xianyue, Niu, Jiabin, Tan, Mingwu, Sun, Zhiqiang, Liu, Wen

“…When assembled in a supercapacitor, 3/2-HMCNs-900 exhibits a high specific capacitance (475 F g−1 at 1.3 A) and a fast charge-discharge rate of 13.3 F s−1 g−1. This study presents a novel, resource-efficient and environmentally friendly method for preparing HMCNs for energy and environmental applications.…”
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Recent advances and perspectives in aqueous potassium-ion batteries by Zhang, Xiao, Xiong, Ting, He, Bing, Feng, Shihao, Wang, Xuanpeng, Wei, Lei, Mai, Liqiang

“…Aqueous potassium-ion batteries (AKIBs), utilizing fast diffusion kinetics of K+ and abundant electrode resources, are an emerging technology offering high power density and low cost. …”
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Copper-nanoparticle-coated fabrics for rapid and sustained antibacterial activity applications by Gonçalves, Rui A., Ku, Joanne W. K., Zhang, Hao, Salim, Teddy, Oo, Guodong, Zinn, Alfred A., Boothroyd, Chris, Tang, Richard M. Y., Gan, Chee Lip, Gan, Yunn-Hwen, Lam, Yeng Ming

“…In this study, copper NP coatings with extremely fast and sustained antibacterial activity are reported. …”
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BEM-PSP for single-carrier and SC-FDMA communication over a doubly selective fading channel by Liu, Xiaobei, Anand, Kushal, Guan, Yong Liang, Deng, Li, Fan, Pingzhi, Zhou, Zhengchun

“…The resultant BEM-PSP receiver significantly improves the channel estimation mean square error (MSE) and the bit error rates (BER) performance in fast fading multi-path channel, thanks to the channel tracking capability embedded within its Viterbi equalizer. …”
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