Development of single seedling nursery tray for the System of Rice Intensification by Zubairu, Usman Bashar

“…It was made with 924 cone shape seed pickers for attachment of individual seeds and dropping the seeds into 924 SRI tray holes. …”
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Interactive image segmentation by Tsoi, Lok Yin

“…Traditional methods of face detection have been in use for years, with their own advantages and disadvantages. …”
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A dormant overmassive black hole in the early Universe by Juodžbalis, I, Maiolino, R, Baker, WM, Tacchella, S, Scholtz, J, D’Eugenio, F, Witstok, J, Schneider, R, Trinca, A, Valiante, R, DeCoursey, C, Curti, M, Carniani, S, Chevallard, J, de Graaff, A, Arribas, S, Bennett, JS, Bourne, MA, Bunker, AJ, Charlot, S, Jiang, B, Koudmani, S, Perna, M, Robertson, B

“…Several different models have been proposed to explain these findings, ranging from heavy seeds to light seeds experiencing bursts of high accretion rate10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15–16. …”

Uncovering the mechanical secrets of the squirting cucumber by Box, F, Moulton, DE, Vella, D, Lowe, T, Goriely, A, Thorogood, C, Bhagotra, Y

“…<p>Rapid movement is rare in the plant kingdom, but a prerequisite for ballistic seed dispersal. A particularly dramatic example of rapid motion in plants is the squirting cucumber (<em>Ecballium elaterium</em>) which launches its seeds explosively via a high-pressure jet. …”

Covalent immobilization of aminoacylase to alginate for L-phenylalanine production by Lee, Pat M., Lee, Kong H., Siaw, Yew S.

“…The beads showed stable activity under operational conditions, they lost about 40% of their activity after four reaction cycles. …”

Binding of TCR multimers and a TCR-like antibody with distinct fine-specificities is dependent on the surface density of HLA complexes by Low, Jianrong L., Gehring, Adam J., Kranz, David M., Grotenbreg, Gijsbert M., Yau, Yin Hoe, Shochat, Susana Geifman, Bertoletti, Antonio, Naidoo, Anneta, Yeo, Gladys, Ho, Zi Zong

“…Various protein scaffolds have been designed to recapitulate the specific recognition of presented antigens with the aim to be exploited both diagnostically (e.g. to visualize cells exposed to infectious agents or cellular transformation) and therapeutically (e.g. for the delivery of drugs to compromised cells). …”
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Control of microstructure architecture of polycaprolactone electrospun scaffolds by Rajendran, R., Ham, W. J., Low, C. Y., Alexander, C. H. C., Koh, C. T.

“…The beads formation was reduced by adding PBS salt solution and increasing the distance of the collector plate from the needle tip. …”
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Changes in microbial and physicochemical properties during free-cell and encapsulated probiotic fermentation of red dragon fruit juice by Ong, Yien Yien

“…The viability loss of encapsulated probiotic in red dragon fruit juice can be further improved with 1% (w/v) calcium alginate beads with 107 to 109 cfu/g of probiotic in the beads. …”
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Spectral domain optical coherence tomography with extended depth-of-focus by aperture synthesis by Bo, En, Liu, Linbo

“…This system digitally refocused the sample tissue and obtained a brand new image with higher lateral resolution over the confocal parameter when imaging the polystyrene calibration beads.…”
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Winner–loser plant trait replacements in human-modified tropical forests by Pinho, BX, Melo, FPL, ter Braak, CJF, Bauman, D, Maréchaux, I, Tabarelli, M, Benchimol, M, Arroyo-Rodriguez, V, Santos, BA, Hawes, JE, Berenguer, E, Ferreira, J, Silveira, JM, Peres, CA, Rocha‐Santos, L, Souza, FC, Gonçalves-Souza, T, Mariano-Neto, E, Faria, D, Barlow, J

“…Anthropogenic landscape modification may lead to the proliferation of a few species and the loss of many. …”

Phase evolution and room-temperature photoluminescence in amorphous SiC alloy by Zhou, H. P., Xu, M., Wei, D. Y., Ong, T., Xiao, S. Q., Xu, L. X., Huang, S. Y., Guo, Y. N., Khan, S., Xu, S.

“…Amorphous SiC thin films with varying phases and compositions have been synthesized using a low frequency inductively coupled high density plasma source in a hydrogen diluted methane (CH4) and silane (SiH4) mixture. …”
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Mechanism of traffic jams at speed bottlenecks by Quek, Wei Liang, Chew, Lock Yue

“…In the past 20 years of complexity science, traffic has been studied as a complex system with a large amount of interacting agents. …”
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Colorization of monochrome images with texture by Tan, Shamane Mei Hsia.

“…This paper examines the various colorization techniques that have been invented and improvised in the recent decades. …”
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Robotic manipulation of microscopic objects using multiple laser-driven fingertips by Quang, Minh Ta

“…Though much progress has been obtained in the research and development of robotic manipulation recently, it is still difficult to reproduce such achievement in the micro-world as the study of micro-manipulation opens up new research and technological issues which diverge from traditional robotic manipulation. …”
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Investigations into high resolution imaging and contouring for diagnostic bio-applications by Valiyambath, Krishnan Mohankumar

“…Cancer is a leading cause of deaths in the world, with lung, breast and colorectal cancers being the top killers. …”
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The Science of Plants : Inside their Secret World / by Fewster, Helen, editor 655692, Ambrose, Jamie, contributor 655693, Bayton, Ross, contributor 655694, Candeias, Matt, contributor 655695, Jose, Sarah, contributor 655696, Mikolajski, Andrew, contributor 382928, Ripley, Esther, contributor 655697, Summers, David, contributor 260394, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, contributor 10725, DK Publishing, Inc 584081

“…DK's elegant introduction to botany is packed with sumptuous photos and crystal-clear artworks that explain the mechanics of photosynthesis, why leaves change colour, how cacti store water, and how seeds know when to grow. Filled with fascinating stories of how plants protect themselves from predators, and how flowers use colour and scent to interact with - and manipulate - the creatures around them, The Science of Plants is a fresh and engaging introduction to the mysterious inner workings of the plant world.…”

Effect of fertilizer on yield and quality of Jatropha curcas L. Oil. by Zhou, Yanfang.

“…The yield and quality of the oil extracted from Jatropha seeds were investigated under three different controlled nutrient conditions based on the amount of Osmocote® Plus added. …”
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Recent study on biodegradable hydrogels for agriculture application: A review by Wan Amirah Najwa, Wan Anuar, Ros Azlinawati, Ramli, El-Sayed, Marwa M., Warkar, Sudhir G.

“…Finally, important conclusions and outlook have been mentioned at the end of this article.…”
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Convergence rate of overlapping domain decomposition methods for the Rudin-Osher-Fatemi model based on a dual formulation by Chang, Huibin, Tai, Xue-Cheng, Wang, Li-Lian, Yang, Danping

“…To the best of our knowledge, such a convergence rate has not yet been claimed for domain decomposition related algorithms for the ROF model.…”
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A fuzzy residual strength based fatigue life prediction method by Zhang, Yi

“…In this paper, a new fatigue life prediction method is going to be proposed where the residual strength is been utilized. Several cumulative damage models, capable of predicting the fatigue life of a structural element, are considered. …”
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