PTFE-assisted immobilization of Pluronic F127 in PVDF hollow fiber membranes with enhanced hydrophilicity through nonsolvent-thermally induced phase separation method by Zhao, Jie, Chong, Jeng Yi, Shi, Lei, Wang, Rong

“…The resultant membranes possess a pure water permeability (PWP) of 869 ± 39 L m−2h−1bar−1 with a mean pore size of 0.09 ± 0.01 μm and an outstanding tensile strength of 7.0 ± 0.3 MPa, suggesting the potential of N-TIPS method for tuning the membrane pore structure and hydrophilicity by using multifunctional additives.…”
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Robust polyamide-PTFE hollow fibre membranes for harsh organic solvent nanofiltration by Francis, Verona Nithya, Chong, Jeng Yi, Yang, Guoying, Che, Lei, Wang, Rong

“…The synthesized membranes showed high acetonitrile (ACN) and DMF permeabilities of 7.94 and 3.70 lm−2h−1bar−1, respectively, with acid fuchsin (585 Da) rejections of > 90 %. …”
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Low-temperature specific heat capacity of water-ammonia mixtures down to the eutectic by Chua, Bing Hong, Gloesener, Elodie, Choukroun, Mathieu, Vu, Tuan H., Melwani Daswani, Mohit, Journaux, Baptiste, Styczinski, Marshall J., Vance, Steven D.

“…In support of developing new equations of state, we conducted 1 bar specific heat capacity measurements (Cp) using a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) at low temperatures (184-314 K) and low mass fractions of ammonia (5.2-26.9 wt %) to provide novel data in the parameter space most relevant for planetary studies. …”
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Facebook in pedagogy: Insights from preservice teachers by Mohd Zulfadli, Mat Husin, Zuraina, Ali, Nur Farah Asmaq, Abdul Rahim, Ali, Imanat, Mukhtar, Hafsa, Younus, Muhammad

“…The study's findings produced three (3) major themes and ten (10) sub-themes following the research questions formulated. …”
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Modeling short visual events through the BOLD moments video fMRI dataset and metadata by Lahner, Benjamin, Dwivedi, Kshitij, Iamshchinina, Polina, Graumann, Monika, Lascelles, Alex, Roig, Gemma, Gifford, Alessandro Thomas, Pan, Bowen, Jin, SouYoung, Murty, N. Apurva Ratan, Kay, Kendrick, Oliva, Aude, Cichy, Radoslaw

“…Here, we introduce the BOLD Moments Dataset (BMD), a repository of whole-brain fMRI responses to over 1000 short (3 s) naturalistic video clips of visual events across ten human subjects. We use the videos’ extensive metadata to show how the brain represents word- and sentence-level descriptions of visual events and identify correlates of video memorability scores extending into the parietal cortex. …”
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Neural scaling of deep chemical models by Frey, Nathan C, Soklaski, Ryan, Axelrod, Simon, Samsi, Siddharth, Gómez-Bombarelli, Rafael, Coley, Connor W, Gadepally, Vijay

“…Here we investigate neural-scaling behaviour in large chemical models by varying model and dataset sizes over many orders of magnitude, studying models with over one billion parameters, pre-trained on datasets of up to ten million datapoints. We consider large language models for generative chemistry and graph neural networks for machine-learned interatomic potentials. …”
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Determination of solubility parameters of ionic liquids and ionic liquid/solvent mixtures from intrinsic viscosity by Weerachanchai, Piyarat, Wong, Yuewen, Lim, Kok Hwa, Tan, Timothy Thatt Yang, Lee, Jong-Min

“…The total and partial solubility parameters (dispersion, polar and hydrogen-bonding solubility parameters) of ten ionic liquids were determined. Intrinsic viscosity approaches were used that encompassed a one-dimensional method (1D-Method), and two different three-dimensional methods (3D-Method1 and 3D-Method2). …”
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Flexural buckling behaviour and residual strengths of S700 high strength steel circular hollow section columns after exposure to fire by Koh, Alicia

“…The experimental study was performed on a total of ten column specimens of two different circular hollow sections. …”
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Comparison of the efficacy between normal acupuncture and electro-acupuncture for adhesive capsulitis by Hong, Stefanie Kaixin

“…To determine the efficacy of normal acupuncture versus electro-acupuncture for adhesive capsulitis, this study was conducted on 42 participants from Singapore Thong Chai Medical Institution, who were assigned randomly to two groups: the electro-acupuncture group (n = 21) and normal acupuncture group (n = 21). Over a series of ten sessions, the normal acupuncture group received standard acupuncture while the electro-acupuncture group received standard acupuncture and electric stimulation via an electric current generator. …”
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Effects of tenability on the modelling of fire evacuation in a multi-storey passenger ship by Chen, Sebrina Xueqi.

“…As research had shown, it will be more efficient to use indirect algorithm as the required time is ten times lesser than direct algorithm. Therefore, indirect algorithm will be used in this study. …”
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Bilayer skyrmion dynamics on a magnetic anisotropy gradient by Ang, Calvin Ching Ian, Gan, Weiliang, Lew, Wen Siang

“…For materials with low Gilbert damping parameter, the interlayer skyrmion coupling force can be amplified up to ten times, with a corresponding increase in velocity. …”
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Extreme events and gender-based violence: a mixed-methods systematic review by van Daalen, KR, Savić Kallesøe, S, Davey, F, Dada, S, Jung, L, Singh, L, Issa, R, Emilian, CA, Kuhn, I, Keygnaert, I, Nilsson, M

“…This systematic review explores extreme events and their effect on gender-based violence (GBV) experienced by women, girls, and sexual and gender minorities. We searched ten databases until February, 2022. Grey literature was searched using the websites of key organisations working on GBV and Google. …”

Genetics of female and male reproductive traits and their relationship with health, longevity and consequences for offspring by Benonisdottir, S, Straub, VJ, Kong, A, Mills, MC

“…Using the GWAS Catalog as a basis, from 159 relevant studies, we isolate 37 genes that harbor association signals for four or more reproductive traits, more than half of which are linked to rare Mendelian disorders, including ten genes linked to reproductive-related disorders: <em>FSHB</em>, <em>MCM8</em>, <em>DNAH2</em>, <em>WNT4</em>, <em>ESR1</em>, <em>IGSF1</em>, <em>THRB</em>, <em>BRWD1</em>, <em>CYP19A1</em> and <em>PTPRF</em>. …”

Investigation of logarithmic signatures for feature extraction and application to marine engine fault diagnosis by Patil, C, Theotokatos, G, Wu, Y, Lyons, T

“…The results demonstrate that the approach involving the use of eight elementary logS, Principal Components Analysis (PCA), standardisation and an ANN regression model comprising two hidden layers with ten neurons each is the most effective, as it exhibits the lowest values on both the root mean square and the standard error 95% confidence interval. …”

Integrating petrography and geochemistry data for provenance and palaeotectonic interpretation of a sedimentary deposit by Salufu, Emmanuel Omoh, Habibah Jamil, Norasiah Sulaiman

“…Sixteen samples were subjected to X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) analysis to assess the essential oxide composition and eighteen were analysed for their rare earth element compositions. Ten sedimentary samples were prepared into thin sections for a mineralogical study under a petrographic microscope. …”
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In silico elucidation of protein-protein interaction network in fish pathogen Flavobacterium columnare by Pershia Nematiasgarabad, Nikman Adli Nor Hashim, Mohd Fakharul Zaman Raja Yahya

“…The results demonstrated that 60% of F. columnare proteins were predicted as antigenic proteins, most of which were associated with catalytic activity and metabolic processes, identified as cytoplasmic proteins. Ten hub proteins with the highest number of functional interactions were identified, which were also antigenic and non-host homologous. …”
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Burnout in humanitarian work: A qualitative study on the life experiences of workers in Malaysia by Cheong, Sue Jen, Ng, Chong Guan, Shoesmith, Wendy Diana, Yau Koh, Eugene Boon, Ping Pang, Nicholas Tze, Wider, Walton, Udang, Lester Naces

“…This qualitative study investigates the interplay of factors that contribute to burnout among Malaysian employees of a refugee-focused humanitarian organization. Ten staff members participated in focus group discussions, which revealed five themes: positive and meaningful emotions; difficult and negative emotions; vicarious trauma, stress, and burnout; work environment, culture, and managerial policies; and structural and governmental stressors. …”
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Analysis of influence and its applications in social advertising by Zhu, Yuqing

“…In social advertising, the influential users, also called influencers or seeds, generate revenue from the seed purchase of the advertiser for initiating the marketing campaigns. …”
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Whence came these plants most foul? Phylogenomics and biogeography of Lowiaceae (Zingiberales) by Niissalo, Matti A., Gardner, Elliot M., Khew, Gillian S., Šída, Otakar, Poulsen, Axel Dalberg, Leong-Škornicková, Jana

“…The strict reliance on a continuous habitat for the range expansion of Lowiaceae can be explained by their fruits and seeds, which lack obvious adaptations for long-distance dispersal. …”
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Amelioration of saline stress on Chia (Salvia hispanica L.) seedlings inoculated with halotolerant plant growth-promoting bacteria isolated from hypersaline environments by Yañez-Yazlle, María Florencia, Romano-Armada, Neli, Rajal, Verónica Beatriz, Irazusta, Verónica Patricia

“…The strains Kushneria sp. and Halomonas sp. showed the highest salinity tolerance (from 50 to 2,000 mM NaCl) and biomass and biofilm production. Chia seeds were treated with six of the first 13 selected strains to evaluate their plant growth-promoting effect under saline stress (without and with 50 and 100 mM NaCl). …”
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