Xi's 'balance of interest solution': pre-empting an Asian NATO? by Suryanarayana, P. S.

“…Chinese President Xi Jinping has suggested a “balanced, effective and sustainable security architecture” to manage the fallout of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and to ensure stability regionally and worldwide. He seems to suggest that the balance of national interests, not balance of power, is better at promoting a regional order for Asia or East Asia too.…”
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Harnessing dimethyl ether with ultra-low-grade heat for scaling-resistant brine concentration and fractional crystallization by Foo, Zi Hao, Deshmukh, Akshay, Wilson, Aaron D., Lienhard, John H.

“…At a heat source temperature of 323 K and an interstage pressure of 0.489 bar, DME-driven SDWE achieves an optimal thermodynamic efficiency of 20.5 % and a projected specific cost of US$ 1.93 m−3. …”
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Mixed polyamide-based composite nanofiltration hollow fiber membranes with improved low-pressure water softening capability by Fang, Wangxi, Shi, Lei, Wang, Rong

“…The optimized NF membrane possessed a molecular weight cut-off (MWCO) of 380 Da, an effective pore diameter of 1.27 nm, and pure water permeability (PWP) of 18.2 l/m2 h bar. Under an operating pressure of 2 bar, the membrane exhibited rejection of 96.3% and 93.8% to 1000 ppm MgCl2 and MgSO4 feed solutions, respectively. …”
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Layer-by-layer aided β-cyclodextrin nanofilm for precise organic solvent nanofiltration by Li, Xin, Li, Can, Goh, Kunli, Chong, Tzyy Haur, Wang, Rong

“…Importantly, the LBL-aided β-CD nanofilm exhibits competitive permeances towards both polar (e.g., methanol, 5.8 LMH/bar) and nonpolar solvents (e.g., hexane, 7.0 LMH/bar). …”
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Dissecting the structure-compaction-performance relationship of thin-film composite polyamide membranes with different structure features by Zhao, Yali, Lai, Gwo Sung, Chong, Jeng Yi, Wang, Rong

“…TFC membrane with a PA layer of low protuberances or nodules and dense substrate showed excellent resistance against high pressure (50 bar), with only a slight irreversible decrease of 2.1–3.5% in water permeability when retested at 5 bar. …”
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Fabrication of PVDF ultrafiltration membrane using modified thermally induced phase separation: the role of amphiphilic and hydrophilic non-solvents by Chen, Ningyuan, Zhao, Jie, Shi, Lei, Goto, Atsushi, Wang, Rong

“…The addition of both PEG400 and TEG could significantly increase the membrane's PWP to 645.4 L m−2 h−1 bar−1 with moderate enlargement of the mean pore size of the membrane to 84 nm. …”
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Fractionation of catfish protein hydrolysates using ultrafiltration membrane by Novin, Donya

“…For 5 h hydrolysate, the highest transmission was achieved at pH 5.1, pressure of 2 bar, 0.15 M of NaCl and feed concentration of 1.5 mg/ml. …”
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Streamoscope: A Low-Cost, Open-Source, USB-3-Capable Streaming Data Acquisition System for Low-Field MRI by Feld, Joseph W.

“…Low-field MRI systems need to acquire data with sample rates in the tens of megahertz, which can make the data acquisition system the bulk of the overall cost of low-cost systems. …”
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SHAP-EDITOR: instruction-guided latent 3D editing in seconds by Chen, M, Xie, J, Laina, I, Vedaldi, A

“…Distillation necessitates at least tens of minutes per asset to attain satisfactory editing results, and is thus not very practical. …”

Fisher vector faces in the wild by Simonyan, K, Parkhi, O, Vedaldi, A, Zisserman, A

“…Several recent papers on automatic face verification have significantly raised the performance bar by developing novel, specialised representations that outperform standard features such as SIFT for this problem. …”

Tissue engineering small diameter blood vessels : ployurethane formulation with urethane acrylate in micro-patterned scaffold with mechanical analysis by Lee, Zhi Chao.

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Enrichment of SWNT species with chemical approaches and mechanism investigation by Pan, Xiaoyong

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Prototyping wireless pulse oximeter by Ng, Kimberly Jin Jin

“…This paper describes the incorporation of ZigBee protocol into medical devices such as Pulse Oximeter. …”
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Strategy as revolution for Singapore's custom tailor industry by Eng Leng Goy, Heu Ann New, Lim Shih Gin

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North Korea Threat and Asian Markets: A Paradox? by Kumada, Mikio, Raska, Michael

“…For the region’s markets, the following equation seems to apply: the more North Korea conducts nuclear and missile tests, the better.…”
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Active control of microdroplets by Tan, Elton.

“…The ferrofluid droplet diameter seems to decrease linearly as the continuous phase flow rate was increased. …”
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Signatures of wave erosion in Titan’s coasts by Palermo, Rose V, Ashton, Andrew D, Soderblom, Jason M, Birch, Samuel PD, Hayes, Alexander G, Perron, J Taylor

“…Applying this framework to Titan, we find that the shorelines of Titan’s seas are most consistent with flooded landscapes that subsequently have been eroded by waves, rather than a uniform erosional process or no coastal erosion, particularly if wave growth saturates at fetch lengths of tens of kilometers.…”
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Virtual piano by Tan, Alan Lai Chian

“…Through the installation of apps, the list of possible smartphone uses multiplies by tens of thousands and grows longer every day. With smarter phone cameras coming to the market, there has been great interest in computer vision applications using real-time image processing in mobile devices. …”
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Israel vs Iran and its proxies: strategic stalemate or peace settlement? by Anderson, Lawrence

“…Iran’s ability and appetite to fight seems to be on the “pause” button. Donald Trump’s ascent to the White House in the US portends a strategic stalemate or a longer-term peace arrangement being concocted.…”
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Evaluation of three library automation systems : horizon, DRA and V-Lib by Chua, Seow Kie.

“…Despite the wealth of information on library automation systems, information on comprehensive functional and performance evaluation of library automation systems still seems lacking, particularly, in the context of local libraries' needs. …”
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