Mixed polyamide-based composite nanofiltration hollow fiber membranes with improved low-pressure water softening capability by Fang, Wangxi, Shi, Lei, Wang, Rong

“…Under an operating pressure of 2 bar, the membrane exhibited rejection of 96.3% and 93.8% to 1000 ppm MgCl2 and MgSO4 feed solutions, respectively. The capability of the newly developed membrane for low-pressure water softening was evaluated by employing simulated hard water feed solutions with different ionic compositions and total hardness. …”
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Mode of action study for a novel class of antimicrobial polymers against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Shi, Zhenyu

“…The development of antibiotics has been hampered by the rapid evolution of antimicrobial resistance and lack of new mechanisms discovered. …”
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Understanding Public and Nonprofit Managers' Motivation Through the Lens of Self-Determination Theory by Chen, Chung-An, Bozeman, Barry

“…The findings show that public managers exhibit stronger service motivation, identified motivation, external motivation, and amotivation when compared to their nonprofit peers. In addition, public managers' strong external motivation and amotivation compromise their overall level of self-determination, suggesting that they may be less motivated by their work requirements than are nonprofit counterparts.…”
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Land reclamation without using soil-fills by Yeo, Eng Swee

“…Singapore has been developing rapidly over the past decades. In order to sustain the fast-paced economic development and urbanisation, an increasing emphasis has been placed on land reclamation projects. …”
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Design of circular polarized micro-strip antenna by Shanmugam Bhaskar Vignesh

“…The structure contains a single feed patch antenna with arms extending from the centre patch which is designed using the FR-4 substrate. …”
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Fouling and mitigation mechanisms during direct microfiltration and ultrafiltration of primary wastewater by Hube, Selina, Wang, Jingwei, Sim, Lee Nuang, Ólafsdóttir, Dagmar, Chong, Tzyy Haur, Wu, Bing

“…Several types of MF and UF membranes were examined by threshold flux determination, and two types of membranes (MF, 0.08 μm; UF, 100 kDa) were chosen for exploring membrane fouling mechanisms at different feed pressures via both fouling resistance analysis and optical coherence tomography (OCT) observation. …”
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Flow-through electrochemically assisted reverse-osmosis: a new process towards low-chemical desalination by Long, Wei, Koo, Jing Wee, Yuan, Ziwen, She, Qianhong

“…Caustic soda is used to raise the pH of the first-pass RO permeate (also the second-pass RO feed) to ensure adequate removal of boron in the subsequent second-pass RO, while antiscalants and disinfectants such as hypochlorite are added in the feed seawater for scaling and biofouling control of the first-pass RO membranes. …”
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Perceptions of gifted adolescents in Singapore towards the "gifted" label and its effects on their social relationships by Tan, Chee Soon.

“…Some of the disadvantages include high expectations from parents and teachers and being discriminated by peers in the mainstream. Results of case studies parallel these findings.…”
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Signalling through deviance by Teo, Xin Yi, Chia, Gary Yong Wen, Ang, Yan Ting

“…Stimuli were presented in a 2X2 mixed-model design, by manipulating the subjects, whether they are more successful or less successful than their peers, and if the question presented encompasses an identity threat or not. …”
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A moment of change: facilitating refugee children's mental health in UK schools by Fazel, M

“…This paper describes the role of schools in supporting the overall development of refugee children and the importance of peer interactions. It argues that the UK school into which a refugee child arrives can be considered an extreme setting. …”

Edge/cloud resource management for time-sensitive applications by Lim, Her Huey

“…Technological advancements and skyrocketing interest in areas such as Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things as well as the sheer increase in development of software solutions, tools, infrastructure, and more have driven demand for cloud resources to staggering heights. …”
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A novel fabrication method for submicron hydrogel particles loaded with protein drug by Philips Laulia

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Abui stories : seven children by Chew, Grace Min Hui

“…Thriving on an oral tradition, these stories, like the traditional Abui language, bear no written form and are at risk of extinction. …”
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Detection of simultaneous structural problems using multiple structural health monitoring techniques by Yang, Lu

“…After the construction, cracks, wear and tear, fatigue, creep, etc., will appear anytime during their life span, which significantly affects the capacity of the structure to bear loads. Hence structure health monitoring (SHM) technique came into existence to detect the structural problems and increase its life span. …”
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Fractionation of catfish protein hydrolysates using ultrafiltration membrane by Novin, Donya

“…The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of operating parameters experimentally, such as transmembrane pressure (TMP), pH, ionic strength and feed concentration on permeate flux and transmission of protein hydrolysates. …”
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Object individuation and physical reasoning in infancy : an integrative account by Baillargeon, Renée, Stavans, Maayan, Wu, Di, Gertner, Yael, Setoh, Peipei, Kittredge, Audrey K., Bernard, Amélie

“…In this article, we argue that this confusing picture can be better understood by bringing to bear insights from a related subfield of infancy research, physical reasoning. …”
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Pilot feasibility study to determine the utility of direct access and quantitative magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) in the assessment of suspected acute biliary o... by Novak, A, Acharya, A, Beer, S, Espinosa, A, Smith, GB, Saga, C, Andrews, J, Bailey, A, Soonawalla, Z, Bungay, H, Pavlides, M

The costs of rearing a buffalo calf from birth until weaning age at buffalo breeding and research centre, Telupid, Sabah by Ishak, Muhammad Hasifsafwan

“…The highest cost was the feed costs (99.85%), in which milk cost contributed 99.57% to overall cost of feed cost. …”
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Improved performance of gravity-driven membrane filtration for seawater pretreatment: Implications of membrane module configuration by Tan, Hwee Sin, Hochstrasser, Florian, Wu, Bing, Christen, Tino, Suwarno, Stanislaus Raditya, Liu, Xin, Chong, Tzyy Haur, Burkhardt, Michael, Pronk, Wouter, Fane, Anthony Gordon

“…This flux was higher than those in the lab-scale GDM reactor (16.3 ± 0.2 L/m2h; effective volume of 8.4 L) and in the filtration cell system (2.7 ± 0.6 L/m2h; feed side volume of 0.0046 L) when the same flat sheet membrane was used. …”
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Explicating problematic social network sites use: A review of concepts, theoretical frameworks, and future directions for communication theorizing by Lee, Edmund Wei Jian, Ho, Shirley S., Lwin, May Oo

“…Third, we propose that communication scholars should strive for theoretical integration and examine the impact of microsystem (e.g. parents and peers) and macrosystem (e.g. surveillance culture) on the development of problematic SNSs among adolescents. …”
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