Membrane fouling in a submerged membrane bioreactor treating high strength municipal wastewater by Birima, Ahmed Hussien, Mohamed, Thamer Ahmed, Megat Mohd Noor, Megat Johari, Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu, Idris, Azni, Nagaoka, Hiroshi, Ahmed, J., Abdullah, Abdul Ghani Liew

“…The range of MLVSS/MLSS tested varied from 74.3 to 82.3% at which tsus decreased 2.9-fold (from 175 to 60.5 h). …”
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Effects of simple abrasive combing and pretreatments on properties of pineapple leaf fibers (PALF) and PALF-Vinyl ester composite adhesion by Abd. Rahman, Mohamed, Mohd. Salit, Sapuan, Mridha, Shahjahan, Abdan, Khalina

“…Abrasive combing reduced PALF diameters by 50.3% resulting in finer bundles with 48.6% higher modulus and 51.5% greater strength without much negative effects on fiber integrity. …”
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Serum Adiponectin status as a Biomarker of metabolic syndrome among Malaysians by Md Aris, Mohd Aznan, Draman, Samsul, Abdullah, Nor Zamzila, Mohd Rus, Razman, Khattak, Muhammad Muzaffar Ali Khan

“…Most of them are non-smoker (77.6%) and had history of Hypertension (51%) and Diabetes Mellitus (46.4%) with mean waist circumference of 88.5 cm and mean weight of 66.6kg. The study revealed that age, weight, waist circumference, blood pressure, fasting glucose, HDL-Cholesterol and triglycerides were significantly different in both group (P<0.05). …”
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Pattern and variations of the posterior interosseous artery of forearms in human adults by Thidar, Aye Mya, Shwe, Nilar, Aung, Htar Htar

“…Data analysis was carried out by using SPSS for windows standard version release 11.5 statistical software. Posterior interosseous artery (PIA) originated from the common interosseous artery (78%) and ulnar artery (22%). …”
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Strategies for learning second language skills : Arabic speaking skills in the Malaysian context by El-Tingari, Salih

“…The study depends on Rebecca Oxford (Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL, Version 5.1). One of the methodologies used in carrying the research was questionnaire contants the direct strategies. …”
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Improving plant growth and yield of jatropha (Jatropha curcas L.) through apical bud pinching by Osman, Mohamad, Islam, A. K. M. Aminul, Anuar, Nurina, Yaakob, Zahira

“…The plant height was significantly reduced by pinching the plant at 30 days after transplanting (72.4 cm) compared to pinching during transplanting (80.0 cm) and no pinching (95.5 cm). The maximum number of primary branches per plant (3.1) with more leaves per plant (113.2) and less plant height (72.2 cm) at first flowering was recorded with pinching at 30 days after transplanting. …”
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Electrosprayed alginate nanoparticles as CRISPR Plasmid DNA delivery carrier: preparation, optimization, and characterization by Alallam, Batoul, Altahhan, Sara, Taher, Muhammad, Mohd Nasir, Mohd Hamzah, Abd Almonem, Doolaanea

“…CRISPR ALG NPs showed mean size and zeta potential of 228 nm and −4.42 mV, respectively. Over 99.0% encapsulation efficiency was achieved while preserving payload integrity. …”
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Is the 28-day rule safe for use in abdominal radiography? by Moey, Soo Foon, Che Mohamed, Norfariha, Saidin, Nursyahirah

“…The entrance surface dose (ESD), organ dose and effective dose (ED) were estimated using CALDose_X 5.0 software, based on the exposure parameters and tube output of the x-ray unit. …”
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Benefical effects of palmvitee on aortic oxidative stress in hyperhomocysteinemics rats by Ku Zaifah, Norsidah, Yusuf, Kamisah, Yusuf, Ahmad Asmadi, Ayob, Azizi

“…Plasma homocysteine level was elevated after 5 and 10 weeks of dietary high methionine. Supplementations with folate and 150 mg/kg diet palmvitee had prevented the elevation. …”
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Using SeaWiFS measurements to evaluate long-term radiometric stability of pseudo-invariant calibration sites by Li, Chi, Xue, Yong, Liu, Quanhua, Ouazzane, Karim, Zhang, Jiahua

“…Overall good stability during the SeaWiFS operation period is exhibited, while both root mean square (RMS) and trend slope analysis reveal spectral dependence of the PICSs’ stability, i.e. the uncertainty and changing extent of RTOA appear to be larger at shortwave visible (SV) channels (~3%) compared to that of red/near infrared (NIR) bands (~1.5%). The derived results could be utilized or consulted for various calibration applications such as Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) recalibration.…”
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Quality assurance plan for China collection 2.0 aerosol datasets by She, Lu, Xue, Yong, Guang, Jie, He, Xingwei, Li, Chi

“…It is also used as a filter for expected quantitative value of the retrieval, or to provide weighting for aggregating/averaging computations [5]. All of the QA flags are stored as a “bit flag” scientific dataset array in which QA flags of each step are stored in particular bit positions.…”
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Sphingosine-1-phosphate lyase mutations cause primary adrenal insufficiency and steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome by Prasad, Rathi, Hadjidemetriou, Irene, Maharaj, Avinaash, Meimaridou, Eirini, Buonocore, Federica, Saleem, Moin, Hurcombe, Jenny, Bierzynska, Agnieszka, Barbagelata, Eliana, Bergadá, Ignacio, Cassinelli, Hamilton, Das, Urmi, Krone, Ruth, Hacihamdioglu, Bulent, Sari, Erkan, Yesilkaya, Ediz, Storr, Helen L., Clemente, Maria, Fernandez-Cancio, Monica, Camats, Nuria, Ram, Nanik, Achermann, John C., Van Veldhoven, Paul P., Guasti, Leonardo, Braslavsky, Debora, Guran, Tulay, Metherell, Louise A.

“…In this work, we have identified 4 different homozygous mutations, c.665G>A (p.R222Q), c.1633_1635delTTC (p.F545del), c.261+1G>A (p.S65Rfs*6), and c.7dupA (p.S3Kfs*11), in 5 families with the condition. In total, 8 patients were investigated, some of whom also manifested other features, including ichthyosis, primary hypothyroidism, neurological symptoms, and cryptorchidism. …”
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"You know, what is overspending" : working with compulsive buying : a critical discursive account by Parnes, Harriette Sophie

“…Reviewing the extant literature yielded conflicting discourses over its similarities to other substance and behavioural addictions, and its absence from the DSM-5’s ‘behavioural addictions’ section. Rationale Opposing discourses of addiction may be taken up by therapists and can serve to both empower and victimise addicts and are thus thought to effect therapy. …”
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Determination of the antioxidant capacity, total phenolic and flavonoid contents of seeds from three commercial varieties of culinary dates by Mistrello, Jacopo, Sirisena, Sameera D., Ghavami, Abdollah, Marshall, Richard J., Krishnamoorthy, Suresh

“…Carbohydrates were present in the highest concentrations varying between 74.13 and 76.54 g 100 g-1 of date seed powder (DSP) on dry weight (DW) basis, followed in descending order by fats (7.64-8.84 g 100 g-1) and proteins (4.35-5.51 g 100 g-1). Potassium was found in high amounts with values ranging between 280.55 and 293.13 mg 100 g-1. …”
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Exploring the impact of peer assessment on EFL students’ writing performance by Meletiadou, Eleni

“…The use of PA improved students’ writing performance in 5 aspects: mechanics, organisation, content, focus, and vocabulary and language use. …”
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Phronesis by Lee, Nirmala

“…Phronesis enables its possessor to figure out “the right way to do the right thing in a particular circumstance, with a particular person, at a particular time” (Schwartz and Sharpe 2010, pp. 5–6). Sustainability issues involve practical matters such as protecting the planet from environmental degradation and depletion of natural resources; preventing/reducing air, water, and soil pollution; and preserving the long-term health of ecosystems. …”
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An integrated Machine Learning framework for fraud detection: a comparative and comprehensive approach by Ouazzane, Karim, Polykarpou, Thekla, Patel, Yogesh, Li, Jun

“…The SVM-4 model among all the SVM models and the Markov model with sampling rate of 5s among the Markov models give the best results in their own category. …”
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Using Internet of Things (IoT) in agri-food supply chains: a research framework for social good with network clustering analysis by Yadav, Sanjeev, Choi, Tsan-Ming, Luthra, Sunil, Kumar, Anil, Garg, Dixit

“…With seven identified clusters, this article recognized the role of IoT technologies as Cluster 1: Agri-food safety, traceability and sustainability; Cluster 2: AFSC sustainability; Cluster 3: AFSC performance measurement; Cluster 4: AFSC resilience in disruption; Cluster 5: AFSC integration and traceability; Cluster 6: AFSC transparency and coordination and finally Cluster 7 identified the barriers in IoT adoption. …”
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C2 by-pass: cross-talk between the complement classical and alternative pathways by Laich, Andy, Patel, Hershna, Zarantonello, A., Sim, R. B., Inal, Jameel

“…The estimated binding constant for C4bB complex formation was 2.00 * 10-5 [M]. We were further able to demonstrate that C4b supports the cleavage of Factor B by Factor D. …”
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A hybrid dimensionality reduction for network intrusion detection by Ghani, Humera, Salekzamankhani, Shahram, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…We achieved 94.34% accuracy, a 93.92% detection rate, a 5.23% false positive rate, a 94.32% f1-score, and a 94.34% area under the curve when 15 components were input to the voting ensemble classifier.…”
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