Enhancing extracellular electron transfer of Shewanella to improve the performance of microbial fuel cells by Ting, Liu

“…Different strategies have been implemented to enhance extracellular electron transfer of the well-known electroactive strain, Shewanella oneidensis MR-1, to improve the performance of MFCs. …”
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Mechanical behaviors of individual core-shell microspheres and their polymeric composites under different strain rates by Zhang, Xin

“…The introduction of ultraviolet curable resin significantly improved the strength of STF capsule. Repeated loading has been applied on the STF capsules with elastic shell fabricated through a two-step method. …”
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Parallel and distributed algorithms for computational fluid flow simulations by Vu, Thanh Tung

“…Thus, distributed computing architectures have been explored to parallelize the computation scheme to speed up the simulation time for modelling. …”
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Physical layer security in emerging wireless communication systems by Wang, Wei

“…As a new design paradigm, physical layer security has been recognised as a promising solution to enhance the security of wireless links relying on the channel properties and advanced signal processing, and can act as either an alternative or a complementary solution to the conventional cryptographic methods. …”
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The effect of regularly dosed paracetamol versus no paracetamol on renal function in Plasmodium knowlesi malaria (PACKNOW) : study protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Cooper, Daniel J., Plewes, Katherine, Grigg, Matthew J., Rajahram, Giri S., Piera, Kim A., William, Timothy, Chatfield, Mark D., Yeo, Tsin Wen, Dondorp, Arjen M., Anstey, Nicholas M., Barber, Bridget E.

“…The inexpensive and widely available drug paracetamol inhibits CFHb-induced lipid peroxidation via reduction of ferryl haem to the less toxic Fe3+ state, and has been shown to reduce oxidative damage and improve renal function in patients with sepsis complicated by haemolysis as well as in falciparum malaria. …”
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Voice conversion with parallel/non-parallel data and synthetic speech detection by Tian, Xiaohai

“…As low-dimensional features are typically used in synthetic techniques, detailed information has been abandoned in synthetic speech. This work mainly focused on the detailed information of high-dimensional features, especially their high-frequency parts, for synthetic speech detection. …”
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Aircraft noise, overheating and poor air quality in London primary schools' classrooms by Montazami, Azadeh

“…The overall findings of this thesis have been developed to draw the attention of school designers' to the current and future potential conflicts between the comfort factors in schools' classrooms. …”
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Adipose tissue fatty acid composition, serum lipids, and serum alpha-tocopherol in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients living on the island of Crete by Nikolakakis, N, Kounali, D, Tornaritis, M, Anastassou, A, Papadakis, E, Kassotakis, G, Kafatos, A

“…Both CAPD patients and controls had been residents of Crete for at least the last 10 years.…”

Preclinical development of antisense conjugates for the treatment of myotonic dystrophy 1 by Stoodley, J

“…However, no therapy has yet been specifically developed that aims to additionally penetrate the CNS and treat the neurological symptoms experienced by patients. …”

Acute inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination by Francis, AG, Elhadd, K, Camera, V, Ferreira Dos Santos, M, Rocchi, C, Adib-Samii, P, Athwal, B, Attfield, K, Barritt, A, Craner, M, Fisniku, L, Iversen, AKN, Leach, O, Matthews, L, Redmond, I, O'Riordan, J, Scalfari, A, Tanasescu, R, Wren, D, Huda, S, Leite, MI, Fugger, L, Palace, J

“…Both MOGAD and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) have been reported after vaccination. Consequently, the mass SARS-CoV-2 vaccination program could result in increased rates of these conditions. …”

Developing optogenetics for use in vascular research by Rorsman, N

“…Additionally, the limitations of the current optogenetic mouse model have been identified, and iChloC was shown to resolve these limitations. …”

Going on from Picasso? Late modernism and the dynamics of history by Nelson, S

“…Even in the 1970s and later, once the high modernist consensus had been overturned, they still looked reactionary. Modernist painting was transformed over these decades. …”

Instrumentation optimisation for unicompartmental knee replacement by Arthur, LW

“…</p> <p>Bearing fractures, because of excessive polyethylene wear, have been reported with the Phase III OUKR. There is a concern that cementless fixation might be associated with increased wear due to third body debris. …”

Partial purification and characterization of molybdenum reducing enzyme from Escherichia coli strain K12 by Sulaiman, Mohd Haris

“…Escherichia coli (E. coli) have been reported to have the capability to reduce the heavy metal molybdenum (molybdate) to molybdenum blue. …”
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Effects of contrast enhanced positron emission tomography/computed tomography in cancer imaging by Mahmud, Mohd Hafizi

“…Application of intravenous (IV) contrast-enhanced CT (CECT) in PET imaging has been reported to lead for overestimation on the standardized uptake value (SUV) of attenuation-corrected PET. …”
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Rapid eye movement sleep deprivation induces vascular endothelial dysfunction in rats: roles of oxidative stress-mediated nitric oxide signalling and vitamin c supplementation by Nawi, Afifah

“…Endothelial dysfunction has been attributed to a reduction in nitric oxide (NO.) bioavailability. …”
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Developing a Household Flood Vulnerability Index for Managing the Risk of Flood Disasters (S/O 13584) by Hassan, Sallahuddin, Abu Bakar, Arpah, Othman, Zalila, Khalid, Mohamad Sukeri, Abu Talib, Mansor

“…Accordingly, the significant indicators have been determined through the systematic review, availability and accessibility of data. …”
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Physical unclonable function based solutions to unification of user, device and data authentication by Zheng, Yue

“…These solutions are typically realized using conventional techniques that require the safekeeping of a secret binary key in the non-volatile memory, or battery-backed SRAM of some device, or a token owned by the user, which have been proven to be vulnerable to various kinds of invasive, semi-invasive and side channel attacks. …”
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Towards haptic intelligence in robots by learning from demonstration by Turlapati Sri Harsha

“…To the best of my knowledge, no approach has been presented to infer grasp status from just the sensed forces in a grasp. …”
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Preparation of low-dimensional materials for plasmonic bio-sensing by Das, Chandreyee Manas

“…A lot of research has been carried out on simulation that involves proposal of multi-layered SPR structures. …”
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