Retrieval of refractivity fields from GNSS tropospheric delays: theoretical and data-based evaluation of collocation methods and comparisons with GNSS tomography by Shehaj, Endrit, Geiger, Alain, Rothacher, Markus, Moeller, Gregor

“…We emphasize the low variability of collocation formal variances/covariances compared to tomography and its lower dependence on a-priori fields. Then, based on real and simulated data, we investigate the importance of station resolution and station heights for collocation. …”
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The GCSE attainment gap: assessing the influence of permanent school exclusion by Hills, Stephen, Walker, Matthew, Guinn, James, Kent, Aubrey

“…Using capped GCSE points as the academic attainment variable, we find that permanently excluded pupil scores were nearly 25 points lower than their non-permanently excluded peers. …”
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Prenatal auditory stimulation and impacts on physiological response to feed restriction in broiler chickens at market age by Ahmad-Hanafi, S., Zulkifli, I., Ramiah, S.K., Chung, E.L.T., Kamil, R., Sazili, A.Q., J., Mashitah

“…A total of 423 hatching eggs of Cobb 500 (Gallus domesticus) were subjected to the following auditory treatments: 1) no additional sound treatment other than the background sound of the incubator's compressors at 40 dB (CONTROL), 2) exposure to pre-recorded traffic noise at 90 dB (NOISE), and 3) exposure to Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major, K 488 at 90 dB) (MUSIC). …”
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Optimizing selenization conditions of Cu2CdSn(S,Se)4 by Wong, Jia Mian

“…However, its efficiency is still significantly lower than existing thin film solar cells available in the market like Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIGS) and Cadmium Telluride (CdTe). …”
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Development of earth-abundant copper photosensitizers for artificial photosynthesis by Ng, Yik Yie

“…However, the efficiencies obtained and discussed in Chapter 3 were lower than expectations. In Chapter 4, another group of panchromatic Ar-BIAN CuI complexes were synthesized and characterized. …”
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Addressing inequities in research for early to mid-career women scientists in low- and middle-income countries: “Supporting Women in Science” programme by Das, JK, Raza, M, Padhani, ZA, Hussain, NF, Villar, J, Kennedy, S, Bhutta, ZA

“…The scholarly output of women scientists remains significantly lower than that of men due to limited opportunities. …”

Terahertz conductivity of topological surface states in Bi1.5Sb0.5Te1.8Se1.2 by Tang, Chi Sin, Xia, Bin, Zou, Xingquan, Chen, Shi, Ou, Hong-Wei, Wang, Lan, Rusydi, A., Zhu, Jian-Xin, Chia, Elbert E. M.

“…We find that the Drude spectral weight is 1–2 orders of magnitude smaller than in other Bi-based topological insulators, and similar to that of Bi2Se3 thin films, suggesting a significant contribution of the topological surface states to the conductivity of the BSTS sample. …”
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Electrochromic smart window for modulation of infrared heat by Loke, Jie Yi

“…As a result, in an attempt to lower energy consumption of houses and buildings, smart window technology has been introduced. …”
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Multi-metal oxide catalyst for electrochemical water oxidation by Phang, Yi Fei

“…Optimizing the Mo dopant ratio results in high OER catalytic activity with overpotential lower than that for pristine NiCo2O4 by 100 mV at current density of 10 mA cm–2. …”
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Machine learning hardware accelerator for single-event-latchup (SEL) and micro-SEL detection in commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) systems by Liao, Chenqing

“…In addition, the micro-SEL, a low-current SEL phenomenon, may also occur, where the induced current is lower than an SEL – therefore more difficult to detect, potentially compromising device reliability and lifespan. …”
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Plasmonic-induced overgrowth of amorphous molybdenum sulfide on nanoporous gold : an ambient synthesis method of hybrid nanoparticles with enhanced electrocatalytic activity by Phan-Quang, Gia Chuong, Yang, Zhe, Koh, Charlynn Sher Lin, Sim, Howard Yi Fan, Leong, Shi Xuan, Ling, Xing Yi

“…Herein, we demonstrate the direct overgrowth of MoSx over colloidal nanoporous gold (NPG), conducted feasibly under ambient conditions, to form hybrid particles with enhanced electrocatalytic performance toward hydrogen evolution reaction. …”
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Biomechanics of slips after fatigue: Effect of muscular and mental fatigue by Lew, Fui Ling

“…The results showed that multi-joint muscular fatigue affects biomechanics of slips in all three phases of slips (i.e. initiation, detection, and recovery). The effects of lower-limb fatigue are more significant than upper-limb fatigue. …”
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Patch repair technology with sacrificial zinc anodes in RC slabs with corroded steel bars by Christian, Alvin

“…Steel reinforcement corrosion can be significantly reduced by implementing sacrificial anodes which are made from less noble materials than steel reinforcement to divert majority of corrosion activity to the anodes. …”
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Time series anomaly detection by Lek, Jie Kai

“…The RMSE of the proposed model is lower than the RMSE of the baseline model.…”
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Blockchain opportunities in the maritime industry liner industry by Muhammad Imran Md Zin

“…Out of the top 10 Container operators, there are 6 different blockchain initiatives to digitize the global trade (See Figure 5). …”
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Using QALYs as an outcome for assessing global prediction accuracy in diabetes simulation models by Dakin, H, Gao, N, Leal, J, Holman, RR, Tran-Duy, A, Clarke, P

“…Similar&nbsp;methods could be used in other disease areas.</p>…”

Correction of errors in tandem mass spectrum extraction enhances phosphopeptide identification by Hao, Piliang, Ren, Yan, Sze, Siu Kwan, Tam, James P.

“…The tandem mass spectrum extraction of phosphopeptides is more difficult and error-prone than that of unmodified peptides due to their lower abundance, lower ionization efficiency, the cofragmentation with other high-abundance peptides, and the use of MS3 on MS2 fragments with neutral losses. …”
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Thiophene‐fused‐heteroaromatic diones as promising NIR reflectors for radiative cooling by Chen, Wangqiao, Song, Yujie, Zhang, Liying, Liu, Ming, Hu, Xiao, Zhang, Qichun

“…The comparison of the internal temperature difference relative to a control house was measured and the maximum temperature was 12 °C lower than that in the control house.…”
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HDSKG: Harvesting domain specific knowledge graph from content of webpages by Zhao, Xuejiao, Xing, Zhenchang, Kabir, Muhammad Ashad, Sawada, Naoya, Li, Jing, Lin, Shang-Wei

“…Further more, with the self-training technique we used in the classifier, HDSKG can be applied to other domain easily with less training data.…”
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Prognostic significance of pleural fluid microbiological positivity in pleural infection: a bicentric 10-year retrospective observational study by Wong, C, Fan, HC, Rahman, NM, Wong, JCC, Cheng, HS, Chiu, PH, Tong, CW, Miu, FPL, Yam, LYC

“…In the MPPI group, presence of Staphylococcus aureus (aHR 2.26, 95% CI 1.43–3.57) and Gram-negative organisms other than Enterobacteriaceae (aHR 2.00, 95% CI 1.10–3.61) were associated with worse survival, while presence of Streptococcus anginosus group was associated better survival (aHR 0.50, 95% CI 0.32–0.78), when compared to their absence. …”