Three-dimensional structure of human β-defensin 28 via homology modelling and molecular dynamics by Kwak, Sang Kyu, Chen, Wenwen, Tay, Derrick Kok Sing, Leong, Susanna Su Jan

“…In comparison with circular dichroism experimental data as well as stabilities of β-sheets and α-helix, HBD-28 with a reliable 3D structure was found.…”
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Elevated temperature material properties of a new high-chromium austenitic stainless steel by Liang, Yating, Manninen, Timo, Zhao, Ou, Walport, Fiona, Gardner, Leroy

“…A total of 164 tensile coupons extracted from both cold-rolled and hot-rolled sheets were tested; 80 coupons were tested isothermally with temperatures ranging from 25 °C to 1100 °C, and 84 were tested anisothermally with stress levels ranging from 10% to 90% of the material 0.2% proof stress at room temperature. …”
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Temperature dependence of elastocaloric effect in a microstructurally graded NiTi alloy by Chen, Junyu, Wang, Wenqiang, Zhang, Qi, Lei, Liping, Ramamurty, Upadrasta, Fang, Gang

“…Detailed analyses show that while the fine grains present in the core of NiTi sheets reduce the global martensitic autocatalytic nucleation potency and increase strength to broaden Tspan, the coarser grains near the surfaces accommodate interlayer deformation to improve |ΔTad|. …”
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Numerical analysis of fibre-bridging in perforated fibre metal laminate by Chua, Yih Sheng.

“…Fibre-metal laminates are a new class of structural used in aerospace, which consists of fibre-reinforced prepegs, sandwiched between metal aluminum sheets. A numerical analysis of the fibre-bridging mechanism in fibre-metal laminates has been carried out using the boundary element and finite element method. …”
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Vertex model with internal dissipation enables sustained flows by Rozman, J, Chaithanya, K, Yeomans, JM, Sknepnek, R

“…We demonstrate sustained flow in epithelial sheets confined to a channel, providing a link between the cell-level vertex model of tissue dynamics and continuum active nematics, whose behaviour in a channel is theoretically understood and experimentally realisable. …”

Management of adult sepsis in resource-limited settings: global expert consensus statements using a Delphi method by Thwaites, L, Nasa, P, Abbenbroek, B, Dat, VQ, Finfer, S, Kwizera, A, Ling, L, Lobo, SM, Sinto, R, Aditianingsih, D, Antonelli, M, Arabi, YM, Argent, A, Azevedo, L, Bennett, E, Chakrabarti, A, De Asis, K, De Waele, J, Divatia, JV, Estenssoro, E, Evans, L, Faiz, A, Hammond, NE, Hashmi, M

“…Methods: An international multidisciplinary Steering Committee with expertise in sepsis management and including a Delphi methodologist was convened by the Asia Pacific Sepsis Alliance (APSA). …”

Multicenter diagnostic evaluation of onsite COVID-19 Rapid Test (CTK Biotech) among symptomatic individuals in Brazil and the United Kingdom by Thompson, CR, Torres, PM, Kontogianni, K, Byrne, RL, LSTM Diagnostic group, Noguera, SV, Luna-Muschi, A, Marchi, AP, Andrade, PS, Dos Santos Barboza, A, Nishikawara, M, CONDOR steering group, Body, R, de Vos, M, Escadafal, C, Adams, E, Figueiredo Costa, S, Cubas-Atienzar, AI

Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards for Interventions that use Artificial Intelligence (CHEERS-AI) by Elvidge, J, Hawksworth, C, Avşar, TS, Zemplenyi, A, Chalkidou, A, Petrou, S, Petykó, Z, Srivastava, D, Chandra, G, Delaye, J, Denniston, A, Gomes, M, Knies, S, Nousios, P, Siirtola, P, Wang, J, Dawoud, D

Crushing of braced tubes by Ho, Teng Chye.

“…Another part of the project was to determine energy absorption behavior of origami tubes fabricated using polypropylene sheets. The crushing test revealed a difference in the trend of the force vs displacement curves as the test was repeated. …”
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Bottom up electro deposition and flat surface finishing in micro-trench metal filling process by Guan, Aaron Zhi Xiong.

“…The electroplated sample were embedded in acrylic cold mounting resin, then cut and polished using Minitom with EXTEC diamond wafer blade (4") and variable speed grinder-polisher (ECOMET 6, BUEHLER) with abrasive sheets (EXTEC) of grit range from 400 to 4000.…”
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Modification of the contact surfaces for improving the puncture resistance of laminar structures by Wang, Pengfei, Yang, Jinglei, Li, Xin, Liu, Mao, Zhang, Xin, Sun, Dawei, Bao, Chenlu, Gao, Guangfa, Yahya, Mohd Yazid, Xu, Songlin

“…In this study, both quasi-static and dynamic penetration tests were systematical conducted on the front surfaces of metal sheets coated with a graphene oxide (GO) solution and other media. …”
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Temperature drift characteristics analysis of GMM-FBG current sensor based on finite-element multi-physics simulations by Li, Ying, Sun, Weifeng, Zhang, Weichao

“…Even though temperature elevation suppresses GMM magnetization and thereby reduces the slopes of stress–strain curves, the steering magnetization of magnetic domains in the GMM rod tends to saturation without appreciable thermal inhibition in the high-stress region of large current excitation, while the magnetostrictive strain is still abated by the reduction in magnetic flux density caused by the thermal expansion of GMM rods. …”
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Prioritizing problems in and solutions to homecare safety of people with dementia: supporting carers, streamlining care by Car, Lorainne Tudor, El-Khatib, Mona, Perneczky, Robert, Papachristou, Nikolaos, Atun, Rifat, Rudan, Igor, Car, Josip, Vincent, Charles, Majeed, Azeem

“…Methods: The project steering group determined the scope, the context and the criteria for prioritization. …”
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Leveraging Multi-Stage Machine Learning Pipelines for Extracting Structured Key-Value Pairs from Documents by Pyo, Bryan

“…This thesis discusses several pipelines that have been developed to extract data in the form of key-value pairs from specification sheets describing mechanical parts achieving accuracies ranging from 80% to 100% depending on the pipeline and the target documents and key-value pairs.…”
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Influence of nanoclay on the morphology of polypropylene foam by Chan, Weng Wan

“…Extrusion allows for high volume production of various items such as sheets, tubes and films. The thermoplastic foams are lightweight, have a high strength to weight ratios and good thermal and acoustic insulation. …”
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Experimental determination of dust cloud deflagration parameters of selected hydrogen storage materials: Complex metal hydrides, chemical hydrides, and adsorbents by Khalil, YF

“…These insights are also critical for designing adequate safety features such as explosion relief venting and isolation devices and for supplementing missing data in materials safety data sheets.…”

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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Development of a counter-UAV system by Tang, Wen Yue

“…Future additions such as a tethered parafoil or GPS-guided steering mechanism to enhance the strengths of this C-UAV system were also proposed. …”
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Biologically inspired visual intelligence for unmanned ground vehicles by Peyman Moghadam

“…Based on empirical evidences, it is known that when human drivers become familiar with the road situations, they prefer to look at the far field where the road edges converge (called the vanishing point) to anticipate the upcoming road trajectory and the car steering with maximal lead time. Based on these findings, vanishing point is considered as a salient and consistent feature during most of the open driving behavior tasks regardless of type of the environments. …”
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Simulation and development of triple-junction color sensors using CMOS-compatible processing by Chen, Jun

“…Afterwards, the mask layout, process run sheets based on two basic models: abrupt junction model and linearly graded junction model, were designed and confirmed. …”
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