A ranking of critical competencies for maritime logistics executives in the era of digitalisation by Ng, Charlene Xin Ying

“…The findings found that the key competencies were ranked, from most to least importance, as such: Business skills, Logistics skills, Management skills, and Digitalisation skills. …”
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Toward a wearable crowdsource system to monitor respiratory symptoms for pandemic early warning by Zhang, Wei, Li, Jie, Wen, Yonggang, Luo, Yong

“…Preliminary results show that our algorithms result in higher detection accuracy and less false positive with the least use of computing resources. This research potentially transforms the way the pandemic early warning is implemented and the way we respond to public health crises in the years to come.…”
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Comparative spatial predictions of the locations of soil-rock interface by Qi, Xiaohui, Pan, Xiaohua, Chiam, Kiefer, Lim, Yong Siang, Lau, Sze Ghiong

“…The results show that the spline interpolation method produces the least consistent estimation of SRI profiles. The spline interpolation method also has lower prediction accuracies than the other three methods and cannot provide any information regarding the prediction uncertainty. …”
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In-situ monitoring of oil emulsion fouling in ultrafiltration via electrical impedance spectroscopy (EIS): influence of surfactant by Tian, Ju, Trinh, Thien An, Kalyan, Muppalla Naga, Ho, Jia Shin, Chew, Jia Wei

“…Interestingly, the CTAB-stabilized oil emulsions exhibited a unique flux decline trend, in which the flux decline was the least in the initial 0.5 h then the worst beyond 0.75 h. …”
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Robust pricing and production with information partitioning and adaptation by Perakis, Georgia, Sim, Melvyn, Tang, Qinshen, Xiong, Peng

“…Unlike the standard moment-based ambiguity set, we can adjust the level of robustness by varying the number of information clusters from being the most robust as the standard moment-based ambiguity set with one cluster to being the least robust as the empirical distribution. The partitioned-moment-based ambiguity set also addresses the key challenges in the stochastic dynamic optimization problem to determine how the second-period demand would evolve from the first-period information in a data-driven setting, without the need to impose additional assumptions on the distribution of demands such as independence. …”
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Injectable cell transplantation system for cytokine-based cancer immunotherapy by Gerard Nathanael Adrianus.

“…The microcapsules were able to contain macrophages without leak for at least a month. LPS was able to freely diffuse in and out of the agarose microcapsules. …”
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Practical attribute reconstruction attack against federated learning by Chen, Chen, Lyu, Lingjuan, Yu, Han, Chen, Gang

“…This setting is not realistic as gradients are normally shared after at least 1 epoch of local training on each participant's local data in FL for communication efficiency. …”
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Exploring gunshot residue detection in fingerprints by functionalized particle-coupled matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry by Adav, Sunil S., Tan, Crystal Yan Wen, Low, Choon Teck, Loo, Song Wei, Ridhwan Yusoff, Gautam, Archana, Yong, Yuk Lin, Yang, Chiew Yung, Lim, Chin Chin, Ng, Kee Woei

“…The results demonstrated effective fingerprint visualization and conclusive discrimination between GSR-containing and regular fingerprints through orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis. This technique provides enhanced sensitivity, speed, and adaptability compared to conventional methods, making it a promising choice for initial detection of GSR in latent fingerprints. …”
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Biofunctional electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds in tissue engineering and the potential application of siRNA-delivery for nerve regeneration by Cao, Haoqing

“…Intact siRNA was gradually released from nanofibers in a sustained manner for at least 49 days under physiological conditions. Compared to conventional bolus delivery, the scaffold-medicated delivery system is able to enhance cellular uptake and may decrease non- specific targeting to adjacent cells when applied in vivo. …”
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萧红与萧军的革命意志 ：比较《生死场》与《八月的乡村》的女性身体刻画 = Revolutionary will of Xiao Hong and Xiao Jun : comparison of body portrayed between “The Field of Life and Death” and “Village in August”... by 李慧仪 Lee, Huiyi

“…Next, a comparison between the two works would be done to uncover the revolutionary will of both Xiao Hong and Xiao Jun, through the body metaphor of both works. Last but not least, an analysis will be given to explain the underlying difference of their revolutionary will. …”
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On the privacy protection of fingerprint templates by Li, Sheng.

“…Compared with using the existing binary image data hiding techniques, it causes the least abnormality for a thinned fingerprint.…”
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New algorithms and VLSI architectures for efficient RNS computations by Tay, Thian Fatt

“…As a result, the proposed architecture achieves at least 21.6% of area saving, 28.8% of speedup and 32.5% of total power reduction compared to the state-of-art designs. …”
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Temperature and burning history affect emissions of greenhouse gases and aerosol particles from tropical peatland fire by Kuwata, Mikinori, Kai, Fuu Ming, Yang, Liudongqing, Itoh, Masayuki, Gunawan, Haris, Harvey, Charles F.

“…In addition, CH4 emitted by burning charcoal, which is derived from previously burned peat, was lower by at least an order of magnitude than that from fresh peat. …”
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Conditional uncertainty principle by Gour, Gilad, Grudka, Andrzej, Horodecki, Michał, Kłobus, Waldemar, Łodyga, Justyna, Narasimhachar, Varun

“…We next compare the obtained relations with their existing entropic counterparts and find that they are at least independent.…”
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Evaluation of subconjunctival liposomal steroids for the treatment of experimental uveitis by Wong, Chee Wai, Czarny, Bertrand, Metselaar, Josbert M., Ho, Candice, Ng, Si Rui, Barathi, Amutha Veluchamy, Storm, Gert, Wong, Tina T.

“…Localization of liposomes in inflamed ocular tissue was confirmed by histology and immunostaining, and persisted in the eye for at least one month. Our study demonstrates that a single subconjunctival injection of liposomal steroids induces effective and sustained anti-inflammatory action.…”
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Approximating conditions within a multistage axial compressor and assessing the possibility of hot surface ignition on the heated surfaces by Koh, Alan Fu Hai

“…The temperature difference between the normally operating axial compressor and ignition temperature is at least 577 K. Given forced convection flows within the axial compressor during wind down, the metal surfaces will cool down and the require ignition temperature will rise. …”
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Functional comparison of human Adenomatous Polyposis Coli (APC) and APC-like in targeting beta-catenin for degradation by Schneikert, Jean, Chandra, Shree Harsha Vijaya, Ruppert, Jan Gustav, Ray, Suparna, Wenzel, Eva Maria, Behrens, Jürgen

“…Our data suggest that the functional complementation of APCL by APC constitutes a substantial facet of tumour development, because the truncating mutations of APC in colorectal tumours from familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) patients are almost always selected for the retention of at least one 15R.…”
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Enumeration, isolation, identification and probiotic characterisation of lactic acid bacteria from Nigerian human breast milk by Abdullahi, Binta Sambo

“…To examine the potential probiotic characteristics of the isolates, at least one representative isolate from each species of LAB (11 in total) were selected and characterised through a series of experiments. …”
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Cognitive impairment at older ages among 8000 men and women living in Mexico City: a cross-sectional analyses of a prospective study by González-Carballo, C, Kuri-Morales, P, Chiquete, E, Rojas-Russell, M, Santacruz-Benitez, R, Ramirez-Reyes, R, Garcilazo-Ávila, A, Berumen, J, Trichia, E, Friedrichs, LG, Orellana, P, Ochoa-Rosales, C, O’Donovan, G, Emberson, JR, Tapia-Conyer, R, Aguilar-Ramirez, D, Alegre-Díaz, J

“…Results: Of the 9,288 participants aged 50–89 years at the 2015–2019 resurvey with complete data, 8,197 reported having at least some years of formal education. Among these (mean age 66 years; 31% men), their mean MMSE score was 26.2 (SD 3.6) points, 1,941 (24%) had cognitive impairment, their mean body-mass index (BMI) was 28.6 (SD 5.5) kg/m2, 3,008 (37%) had hypertension and 2,467 (30%) had diabetes. …”

Ethnicity and anthropometric deficits in children: A cross-sectional analysis of national survey data from 18 countries in sub-Saharan Africa by Tusting, LS, Mishra, S, Gibson, HS, Lindsay, SW, Weiss, DJ, Flaxman, S, Bhatt, S

“…In pairwise comparisons (accounting for multiple comparisons) between ethnic groups, height-for-age z-scores differed by at least 0.5 standard deviations in 29% of comparisons, weight-for-height z-scores in 36% of comparisons and weight-for-age z-scores in 20% of comparisons. …”