Adsorption desalination : an emerging low-cost thermal desalination method by Ng, Kim Choon, Thu, Kyaw, Kim, Youngdeuk, Chakraborty, Anutosh, Amy, Gary

“…Thus, there is a motivation to find new direction or methods of desalination that consumed less chemicals, thermal energy and electricity. …”
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MIGHTEE: the continuum survey Data Release 1 by Hale, CL, Heywood, I, Jarvis, MJ, Whittam, IH, Best, PN, An, F, Bowler, RAA, Harrison, I, Matthews, A, Smith, DJB, Taylor, AR, Vaccari, M

“…We find a typical sample variance of 10-20percnt for 0.3 and 0.5 sq. deg. sub-regions at S1.4 ≤ 200 μJy, which increases at brighter flux densities, given the lower source density and expected higher galaxy bias for these sources.…”

Response of invertebrate communities to intensive management of improved pasture ecosystems by Manning, P

“…As the global human population continues to expand, it is important that we find sustainable ways to produce food while simultaneously conserving biodiversity. …”

Mathematical models of liquid crystals and related materials by Taylor, J

“…Unlike Onsager’s free energy density, the non-trivial solutions to the new model all have non-trivial support, im- plying two-sided variations cannot find solutions. In order to overcome this issue, we apply similar heuristics to the previous chapter to split the minimisation into two steps, a strictly convex minimisation problem with linear constraints and a finite dimensional, <em>C</em>¹ minimisation problem, the latter of which provides an Euler-Lagrange-type equation satisfied by all <em>L</em>^p -local minimisers. …”

Interventions for smoking cessation in hospitalised patients: a systematic review by Munafò, M, Rigotti, N, Lancaster, T, Stead, L, Murphy, M

“…Individuals may be more open to help at a time of perceived vulnerability, and may find it easier to quit in an environment where smoking is restricted or prohibited. …”

Using feminist methodologies to explore female genital mutilation/cutting and child marriage in low- and middle-income contexts by Jones, N, Pincock, K, Alheiwidi, S

“…A vignette-based discussion on FGM/C and child marriage and a version of a Social Network Hexagon tool were used to improve understanding of adolescents' social networks and the extent to which these shape their options for change. We find that context-specific adaptations to the tools, determined through ongoing reflexive dialogue with local researchers, were key to creating space for deep reflection and engagement by girls. …”

Assessing the odd secondary structural properties of nuclear small subunit ribosomal RNA sequences (18S) of the twisted-wing parasites (Insecta: Strepsiptera) by Gillespie, J, McKenna, C, Yoder, M, Gutell, R, Johnston, J, Kathirithamby, J, Cognato, A

“…Our findings lend insight to the evolution of RNA structure and function and the impact large insertions pose on genome size. …”

Airway proteomics reveals broad residual anti-inflammatory effects of prednisolone in mepolizumab-treated asthma by Howell, I, Yang, F, Brown, V, Cane, J, Marchi, E, Azim, A, Busby, J, McDowell, PJ, Diver, SE, Borg, C, Heaney, LG, Pavord, ID, Brightling, CE, Chaudhuri, R, Hinks, TSC

“…<p><b>Objective</b></p> Our study aimed to explore the corticosteroid-responsiveness of airway inflammation after mepolizumab treatment to find potentially treatable inflammatory mechanisms beyond the IL-5 pathway. …”

Pathway and network analysis of more than 2500 whole cancer genomes by Reyna, MA, Haan, D, Paczkowska, M, Verbeke, LPC, Vazquez, M, Kahraman, A, Pulido-Tamayo, S, Barenboim, J, Wadi, L, Dhingra, P, Shrestha, R, Getz, G, Lawrence, MS, Pedersen, JS, Rubin, MA, Wheeler, DA, Brunak, S, Izarzugaza, JMG, Khurana, E, Marchal, K, von Mering, C, Sahinalp, SC, Valencia, A, PCAWG Drivers and Functional Interpretation Working Group, Reimand, J, Stuart, JM, Raphael, BJ, PCAWG Consortium

“…Among these are promoter mutations associated with reduced mRNA expression in TP53, TLE4, and TCF4. We find that biological processes had variable proportions of coding and non-coding mutations, with chromatin remodeling and proliferation pathways altered primarily by coding mutations, while developmental pathways, including Wnt and Notch, altered by both coding and non-coding mutations. …”

The anatomy of Westlothiana lizziae and a novel phylogenetic analysis of early amniotes by Igielman, B

“…Mine is the first analysis to include substantial, and near equal, representation of taxa typically considered both stem and crown amniotes. I find <em>Westlothiana</em> as the earliest diverging member of a monophyletic Lepospondyli, therefore occupying an important position at the divergence of amniotes and their closest relatives (diadectomorphs, captorhinids, protorothyrids) from other groups. …”

Quantitative optical probing of plasma accelerators by Kasim, MF

“…It is demonstrated that by running it and letting it learn laser-driven plasma wakefield parameters for a number of days, the software can find optimal parameters in a laser-plasma system without explicitly being taught.…”

Quantum computing and quantum neural networks: their foundation, optimisation, and application by Pointing, J

“…We provide a mapping for this problem onto a quantum circuit and run simulator and hardware experiments to find solutions to small-scale instances of the problem, which is the first attempt to apply such quantum algorithms to this mining problem. …”

Variational models in martensitic phase transformations with applications to steels by Muehlemann, A

“…By constructing different types of inclusions, we find that the optimal shape of an inclusion is flat and thin which is in agreement with experimental observation.…”

Oikeion, Agathon, and Archaia Phusis in Plato’s Symposium by Crüwell, HS

“…Rather, he unwittingly communicates central ethical and psychological ideas which we find developed in key passages of Plato’s dialogues. …”

A Dirichlet-multinomial mixed model for determining differential abundance of mutational signatures by Morrill Gavarró, L, Couturier, D, Markowetz, F

“…We apply our approach to characterise differences of mutational processes between clonal and subclonal mutations across 23 cancer types of the PCAWG cohort. We find ubiquitous differential abundance of clonal and subclonal signatures across cancer types, and higher dispersion of signatures in the subclonal group, indicating higher variability between patients at subclonal level, possibly due to the presence of different clones with distinct active mutational processes. …”

Enhancing indoor photovoltaic performance of inverted type organic solar cell by controlling photoactive layer solution concentration by Mohamed Nafeer Wajidh, Nour Attallah Issa, Kam, Sheng Lau, Sin, Tee Tan, Chin, Hua Chia, Muslizainun Mustapha, Mohammad Hafizuddin Hj Jumali, Chi, Chin Yap

“…For device completion, silver anode was thermally evaporated. It is interesting to find that the optimum solution concentration obtained under white LED illumination is larger than that under 1-sun illumination. …”
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Leveraging transfer learning for spatio-temporal human activity recognition from video sequences by Muneer Butt, Umair, Aman Ullah, Hadiqa, Letchmunan, Sukumar, Tariq, Iqra, Hafinaz Hassan, Fadratul, Wei Koh, Tieng

“…Six state-of-the-art pre-trained models are exploited to find the best model for spatial feature extraction. …”
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Mitigation of lightning-induced transient effects on a hybrid photovoltaic–wind system based on lightning protection standards by Abda, Zmnako Mohammed Khurshid, Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin, Hizam, Hashim, Gomes, Chandima

“…The analysis in this work is crucial for designing, operating, and maintaining a hybrid PV–wind system. It can help to find the potential vulnerability areas within such a system and implement appropriate protection measures since there is no available lightning standard for such systems. …”
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Evaluation of Stevia leaf (Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni) powder as sugar-substitute in cashew nut fortified cookies by Dilrukshi, H.M.W., Ulpathakumbura, B.S.K., Gunarathna, K.M.R.U., Iqbal, M.C.M., Lai, O.M., Marikkar, J.M.N.

“…Considering the potentials of stevia as a zero-calorie-natural sweetener, this study aimed to assess the antioxidant and anti-hyperglycemic properties of stevia (Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni) leaf powder (SLP) to find its suitability to formulate low-calorie foods. …”
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Efficient top-k continuous query processing over sliding window model (SWM) method on uncertain data stream by Wahab, Raja Azhan Syah Raja, Rum, Siti Nurulain Mohd, Ibrahim, Hamidah, Ishak, Iskandar

“…The current approach for handling continuous queries on UDS within the SWM has proven to be ineffective, resulting in complex trade-offs between maximizing probability and generating high-scoring result sets. The challenge is to find the correct result list that satisfies a Top-k query predicate with scoring and probability. …”
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