Thermal conductivity variations with composition of gelatin-silica aerogel-sodium dodecyl sulfate with functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotube doping in their composites by Mahesh, Sachithanadam, Joshi, Sunil Chandrakant

“…The thermal conductivity of GSA-SDS and GSA-SDS/FMWNT composites was evaluated with several mass ratios of the composite mix for 1-D steady-state heat transfer at mean temperature, Tm (300-370K), using Lee’s Disc method. …”
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Automatic registration of vestibular systems with exact landmark correspondence by Zhang, Minqi, Li, Fang, Wang, Xingce, Wu, Zhongke, Xin, Shi-Qing, Lui, Lok-Ming, Shi, Lin, Wang, Defeng, He, Ying

“…Computational results show that using the mean curvature measure EH, our method can distinguish the AIS subjects and the normal subjects.…”
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Cognitive Effects of Simulated Galactic Cosmic Radiation Are Mediated by ApoE Status, Sex, and Environment in APP Knock-In Mice by Wieg, Laura, Ciola, Jason C., Wasén, Caroline C., Gaba, Fidelia, Colletti, Brianna R., Schroeder, Maren K., Hinshaw, Robert G., Ekwudo, Millicent N., Holtzman, David M., Saito, Takashi, Sasaguri, Hiroki, Saido, Takaomi C., Cox, Laura M., Lemere, Cynthia A.

“…While simulated galactic cosmic radiation (GCRsim) has led to memory deficits in wildtype (WT) mice, it has not been investigated whether GCRsim in combination with genetic risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) worsens memory further in aging mice. …”
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SINGAPORE STANDARD : Specification for clean and green urban farms – Agriculture Incorporating Amendment No. 1 /

“…Adoption of this standard will enable urban farms to enhance their business competitiveness through optimising operational efficiency in a sustainable manner and to brand their farm products for market access. Permission has also been sought from the following organisations for the reproduction of materials from their publications into this standard: ISPM 5 Glossary of phytosanitary terms by International Plant Protection Convention; Soil taxonomy, a basic system of soil classification for making and interpreting soil surveys by United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service; Sustainability assessment of food and agriculture systems guidelines (version 3.0) by Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations; SS 632: 2017 Specification for organic primary produce by Enterprise Singapore. …”
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Investigation of phenylpropanoid sucrose esters as antidiabetic compounds by Wong, Kathy Pooi Wen

“…With a rapid increase in the number of diabetic patients, treatment of the disease has been a growing concern worldwide. Hence, research on diabetes has also been one of focus areas in the research arena. …”
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Optimization and scheduling for a large-scale urban transportation system involving human factors by Zhang, Yi

“…Traffic signal control, as one of the most essential strategies to tackle this challenge, has been applied and studied over the past several decades. …”
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Dynamic fracture mechanics of FRP-concrete interface by Li, Gen

“…External bonding of fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) has been widely used as an effective technique for strengthening reinforced concrete (RC) structures in quasi-static and dynamic scenarios. …”
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Solution-processed lead halide perovskite single crystal scintillators by Xie, Aozhen

“…Perovskite scintillators have been a rising research topic after the zeal on promoting perovskite solar cell efficiency. …”
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Fine-scale genetic structure and natural selection signatures of southwestern Hans inferred from patterns of genome-wide allele, haplotype, and haplogroup lineages by Wang, Mengge, Yuan, Didi, Zou, Xing, Wang, Zheng, Yeh, Hui-Yuan, Liu, Jing, Wei, Lan-Hai, Wang, Chuan-Chao, Zhu, Bofeng, Liu, Chao, He, Guanglin

“…The evolutionary and admixture history of Han Chinese have been widely discussed via traditional autosomal and uniparental genetic markers [e.g., short tandem repeats, low-density single nucleotide polymorphisms). …”
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Design of low-power analog filters in WBAN receiver front-ends for hyper/hypothyroidism patients by Wang, Xiaoying

“…Recently, continuous efforts have been made in building integrated complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) wireless transceivers with lower power and lower cost. …”
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Interfacial mechanics investigation of transmission components under non-Newtonian lubrication conditions by Bai, Xueyu

“…Thus far, the following studies have been conducted. First, both the finite difference (FD) and finite element (FE) numerical models of the transmission components under thermal EHL have been developed considering the non-Newtonian behaviours and lubrication starvation. …”
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Self-healing cementitious composites by encapsulation techniques by Feng, Jianhang

“…To overcome these challenges, some new approaches of autonomous healing in cementitious composites have been proposed, attempted, and analyzed in this thesis, which are summarized as below. …”
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Advanced control of wind power systems by Dang, Dinh Quy

“…Wind power system control especially for variable speed operation of wind turbine has been carried out in several decades; and the research activities are still on-going with more concern recently. …”
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Study of lithium-ion battery anodes based on silicon nanostructures by Fan, Yu

“…On the other hand, nanostructured Si has been shown to alleviate this problem because it has a large portion of surface atoms that could effectively release internal strain through the surrounding space. …”
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Carbon nanotube fence-wall for radio frequency isolation by Tan, Dunlin

“…Some challenges faced by implementation of carbon nanotubes into nano-packages have been identified and dealt with. A possible solution to mitigate electromagnetic interference in next generation light-weight radio frequency components and applications has been proposed.…”
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Quantitative analysis of coronary artery from computed tomography angiography images by Cui, Hengfei

“…Coronary artery diseases (CAD) have been the major cause of death worldwide, accounting for about 17% of total US deaths. …”
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Embedded computing techniques for remote mobile video surveillance systems by Nirmala Ramakrishnan

“…A selective and systematic re-population strategy has also been introduced to improve the accuracy prior to necessitating a uniform increase in the overall density of features. …”
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Simulations study of fluid-structure interaction of a wind turbine by Zheng, Shuai

“…A multiple objective optimization method for wind turbine design including aerodynamic and structure has been developed to improve wind turbine performance. …”
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Harvest age and planting density effects on yield and quality of two kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus l.) Varieties for fibre and animal feed by Mohammad Yusoff, Masnira

“…Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) has been identified as a viable alternative crop to replace tobacco in Malaysian agriculture in the 21st century. …”
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Power system adequacy and cost/worth assessment incorporating virtual power plants by Bagchi, Arijit

“…The concept of aggregating several active distribution network components like DERs and loads in the form of a virtual power plant (VPP) has therefore often been proposed for tackling the above mentioned challenges. …”
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