Size-suppressed dielectrics of Ge nanocrystals : skin-deep quantum entrapment by Goh, Eunice S. M., Yang, H. Y., Liu, Y., Chen, Tupei, Sun, Changqing

“…Here we show that theoretical reproduction of the measured dielectric suppression of Ge nanocrystals asserts that the dielectric suppression originates from the shorter and stronger bonds at the skin-deep surface, the associated local densification and quantum entrapment of energy. …”
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Microsporum canis and Sporothrix schenckii: fungi causing skin infections in cats by Mohd-Khlubi, Aina Nazurah, Omar, Sharina, Bejo, Siti Khairani, Megat Abd Rani, Puteri Azaziah

“…The paucity of data regarding skin mycoses among cats in Malaysia leads to this study. …”
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An efficient AdaBoost algorithm for enhancing skin cancer detection and classification by Gamil, Seham, Zeng, Feng, Alrifaey, Moath, Asim, Muhammad, Ahmad, Naveed

“…Skin cancer is a prevalent and perilous form of cancer and presents significant diagnostic challenges due to its high costs, dependence on medical experts, and time-consuming procedures. …”
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Experimental and numerical studies of pin-ended S960 ultra-high strength steel press-braked channel section columns by Ong, Shao Quan

“…The structural testing programme were performed on two nonslender plain channel sections and comprised detailed measurements of initial global and local geometric imperfections, as well as a total of 10 flexural buckling tests on pin-ended columns buckling about their minor axes. …”
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Comparison and validation of sensors for 3D and 2D motion capture to measure 10-pin bowling specific kinematics by Lim, Matthew Jing Long

“…Ten pin bowling is a competitive sport that requires athletes to score as many pins possible using a bowling ball. …”
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Compressive strength and fire resistance of mortar containing crushed cockle shell as fine aggregate replacement by Hanis Nadiah, Ruslan, Khairunisa, Muthusamy, Mohd Faizal, Md Jaafar, Nabilla, Mohamad, Nur Farah Aziera, Jamaludin

“…Thus, the current study investigates the influence of substitution of crushed cockle shell as a partial fine aggregate on the compressive strength and fire resistance of mortar. …”
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The enduring importance of the “fine cuts” approach to psychology: EPS Mid-Career Award Lecture 2024 by Bird, G

“…In this article, I take a selective review of work undertaken by my colleagues and me in an attempt to show the enduring importance of the “fine cuts” approach to psychology. This approach highlights the importance of causal, specific, and falsifiable psychological models, and the rigorous experimental designs needed to test them. …”

Long-term fine particulate matter exposure on lung cancer incidence and mortality in Chinese nonsmokers by Chen, Z, Meng, X, Han, Y, Mou, Y, Ji, C, Zhu, X, Yu, C, Sun, D, Yang, L, Sun, Q, Chen, Y, Du, H, Dai, J, Hu, Z, Lv, J, Jin, G, Ma, H, Kan, H, Li, L, Shen, H

“…<p><strong>Rationale:</strong> The association between fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) and lung cancer incidence in non-smokers (LCINS) remains inconsistent. …”

Spherical mask: coarse-to-fine 3D point cloud instance segmentation with spherical representation by Shin, S, Zhou, K, Vankadari, M, Markham, A, Trigoni, N

“…Coarse-to-fine 3D instance segmentation methods show weak performances compared to recent Grouping-based, Kernel-based and Transformer-based methods. …”

Design of a building structural skin using multi-objective optimization techniques by Merello, Riccardo

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Interaction of TiO2 and ZnO NPs with human skin cells by Gautam, Archana

“…Concerns over their increased penetration across the skin in cases of the compromised or altered skin barrier and the consequent physiological influences are real. …”
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An autonomous ultrasonic fastener holes inspection system of an aircraft lower wing skin by Lim, Chee Wei.

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Effect of heat-producing needling technique on the local skin temperature : clinical dataset by Liao, Zehuan, Zhao, Yan

“…Within each session, the local ST36 skin temperature and basal body temperature of each participant were measured at 1 min before needle insertion, just after needle insertion and manipulation (if any), 5 min after needle insertion with needle removal immediately after temperature taking, and 5 min after needle removal. …”
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Label-free surfaced enhanced raman spectroscopic analysis of polyamines for skin diagnostics by Teo, Valerie Xinhui

“…Three pure polyamines found in diseased human skin were mixed with DNA, RNA, and Protein in different combinations simulating the complex biochemical composition in human cells. …”
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3D porous graphene films with large-area in-plane exterior skins by Tay, Roland Yingjie, Li, Hongling, Ng, Zhi Kai, Tsang, Siu Hon, Gao, Wei, Teo, Edwin Hang Tong

“…Owing to the unique morphological features of the modified Ni template, the graphene film exhibits a holey surface with large-area exterior skin coverage of >94% and many interconnected ligaments within its porous interior. …”
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Anomalous floquet non-Hermitian skin effect in a ring resonator lattice by Gao, He, Xue, Haoran, Gu, Zhongming, Li, Linhu, Zhu, Weiwei, Su, Zhongqing, Zhu, Jie, Zhang, Baile, Chong, Y. D.

“…We present a one-dimensional coupled ring resonator lattice exhibiting a variant of the non- Hermitian skin effect (NHSE) that we call the anomalous Floquet NHSE. …”
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Investigating the effects of nanoparticles (NPs) on healthy and diseased 2D skin models by Chin, Michael Sean

“…This project aims to determine the effects of nanotoxicity on both healthy and immune-compromised (psoriatic skin) 2D skin models by using molecular biology and imaging techniques. …”
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Skin disease diagnosis using deep neural network and large language model by Xia, Deneng

“…To assess the practical applicability of LLMs in healthcare, this thesis explores the realm of skin disease detection, a classic case within AI on medicine. …”
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Mechanical properties of sandwich composite made of syntactic foam core and GFRP skins by Salleh, Zulzamri, Su, Haibin, Md Mainul Islam, Epaarachchi, Jayantha Ananda

“…In particular, the mechanical properties, such as the compressive, tensile and flexural behaviour, of sandwich composites formed from glass fibre sheets used as the skin and glass microballoon/vinyl ester as the syntactic foam core were investigated in this report. …”
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Developing a system that uses ultrawide-band inertial measurement units to quantify selected 10-Pin skills in real-time by Wee, Joel Jiewei

“…Ten-pin bowling is a unique abstract sport that requires bowlers to deliver a 11-to-16-pound ball in a five-step approach for the ball to travel down the oiled lane to knock down 10 pins. …”
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