Mitigation of membrane biofouling via immobilizing Ag-MOFs on composite membrane surface for extractive membrane bioreactor by Yuan, Guoyu, Tian, Yuxiao, Wang, Bingxin, You, Xiaofei, Liao, Yuan

“…The extractive membrane bioreactor (EMBR) combines an extractive membrane process and bioreactor to treat highly saline recalcitrant organic wastewater, in which the organic contaminations diffuse through a semi-permeable polydimethysiloxane (PDMS) composite membrane from the feed wastewater to the receiving biomedium. …”
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Formulation and in-vitro release study of drug loaded liposomes for treating dry eye disease by Chua, Yan Ni

“…Formulations of 8 ± 0.4 mol% could be achieved and the release studies were performed in Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS) of pH 7.4, at 37oC under the stirring of 50rpm to stimulate physiological conditions of the eye. …”
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Topical omega-3 fatty acids eyedrops in the treatment of dry eye and ocular surface disease: a systematic review by Paik, Benjamin, Tong, Louis

“…We performed a systematic search of PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane databases for all studies evaluating topical omega-3 in dry eye. Five human and five animal studies were included. …”
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The data-driven approach as an operational real-time flood forecasting model by Nguyen, Phuoc Khac-Tien, Chua, Lloyd Hock Chye

“…ANFIS is a hybrid system combining fuzzy inference system and artificial neural networks. Five ANFIS models were developed to provide water level forecasts from 1 to 5 days ahead, respectively. …”
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Partnership Ties Shape Friendship Networks: A Dynamic Social Network Study by Stadtfeld, Christoph, Pentland, Alex

“…In our study, we follow dynamic friendship formation among 126 individuals and their cohabiting partners in a university-related graduate housing community over a period of nine months (N = 2,250 self-reported friendship relations). …”
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Principled Exploration of Bipyridine and Terpyridine Additives to Promote Methylammonium Lead Iodide Perovskite Crystallization by Hartono, Noor Titan Putri, Ani Najeeb, Mansoor, Li, Zhi, Nega, Philip W., Fleming, Clare A., Sun, Xiaohe, Chan, Emory M., Abate, Antonio, Norquist, Alexander J., Schrier, Joshua, Buonassisi, Tonio

“…We present a systematic exploration of nine (9) bipyridine- and terpyridine-based additives selected from 29 candidates using high-throughput single-crystal growth. …”
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Habitat occupancy of terrestrial mammals along Singapore’s purpose-built wildlife corridor by Sivaraman Sivanantham

“…This study quantified the habitat use of nine species of animals in the two forest patches, observed through camera traps across 2,641 trap nights via single-species, single-season occupancy modelling. …”
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Almost a decade on, the National Gallery Singapore has ticked off many of the goals it was hoping to achieve. But Singaporeans want more. by Bharade, Aditi, Kow, Bryan Weihan, Chong, Xin Wei

“…Some nine years after the National Gallery Singapore opened its gates after a S$532 million construction, some Singaporeans are satisfied with how it has fared, while others want to see it do more. …”
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Discrete homogenization of fused deposition modeling parts using the finite element method by Ravindrababu, Suraj, Makam, Raama

“…Orthotropic constitutive model is considered, and the nine elastic constants are computed using the RVE by applying periodic boundary conditions. …”
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From private entrepreneurship to state monopoly: contracting Swiss soldiers for Dutch Service under Ancien Régime Fiscal- Military Practices (1693–1829) by Depreter, M

“…This contribution examines Dutch contracting practices to hire Swiss troops during the Ancien Régime, from the first contracts directly negotiated in the Protestant cantons by Petrus Valckenier (1693-1694) during the Nine Years’ War, seizing opportunities arisen from Louis XIV’s revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685) after a period during which the Dutch seem to have relied on uncertain access to Swiss manpower through French intercession, up to the end of a short-lived revival of Swiss foreign regiments in the newly-instated Kingdom of the Netherlands (1814-1829). …”

Acoustic characteristics of Chinese first-level vowels production by Kazakh learners by Zhao, Zhongxing, Mahfoodh, Omer Hassan Ali, Boh, Phaik Ean

“…Each participant was recorded while producing the seven Chinese vowels, with each utterance being repeated nine times to ensure consistency and reliability. …”
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Research on Guqin composition in Mainland China in the 1950s and 1960s: some works of Yu Shaoze [ 喻绍泽] by He, Zeng, Chiat, Loo Fung

“…This paper primarily focuses on the historical and morphological study of nine guqin pieces composed by Yu Shaoze [ 喻绍泽] (1903–1988), the earliest professional guqin music teacher in the west China, between 1956 and 1966. …”
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Geometry of single axis motions using conic fitting by Jiang, G, Tsui, H-T, Quan, L, Zisserman, A

“…The main advantage is that determining only five parameters of a conic from one corresponding point over at least five views is simpler and more robust than determining a fundamental matrix from two views or a trifocal tensor from three views. …”

Casino time bomb : 8 reasons why the casino/IR may blow up in your face. by Goh, Nur Firdaus Firoz., Huang, Junmin.

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Battery operated portable fridge by Ng, Chun Kiat.

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Modeling and design of a three-degree-of-freedom permanent magnet spherical actuator by Yan, Liang

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Application of scoby bacterial cellulose as hydrocolloids on physicochemical, textural and sensory characteristics of mango jam by Chong, Ann Qi, Chin, Nyuk Ling, A. Talib, Rosnita, Kadir Basha, Roseliza

“…Overall acceptability in sensory test scoring was above 70% on a nine-point hedonic scale with the 40 g kg−1 green tea kombucha scoby jam chosen as the most preferred. …”

Fear of childbirth among pregnant mothers at Hospital USM, Kelantan by Yi, Ong Yi

“…The mean age of the participants was 31.23 years (SD = 4.980), and the mean gestational age at enrolment was 33.51 weeks (SD = 5.967). Forty-nine (20.2%) participants reported low to mild FOC. …”
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Behavior of reinforced concrete slab column connections with various corroded reinforcements under cyclic loading by Yap, Jie Hui

“…The slab dimensions are 2.1m by 1.175m by 0.15m and the column stump is 0.25m by 0.25m by 0.5m. This report focuses on how the corrosion level impacts the ultimate shear strength and drift ratio of the slab-column connection under seismic loadings.…”
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Mechanisms in Heterogeneous Catalysis / by Santen, R. A. van (Rutger A.), author 419818, World Scientific (Online service) 655444

“…An introductory chapter presents the development of catalysis science and catalyst discovery from a historical perspective. Five chapters that form the thrust of the book are organized by type of reaction, reactivity principles, and mechanistic theories, which provide the scientific basis to structure-function relationships of catalyst performance. …”
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