Enhancing stable grasping of containers with dynamic center of mass using reinforcement learning by Gao, Yuan

“…Our approach involved the integration of vision-based Gelsight and GelSlim tactile sensors to capture tactile information, particularly emphasizing tactile shear forces for enhanced perception of the container. …”
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Mechanistic and thermodynamic studies of oxyanion sorption by various synthetic Mg/Al layered double hydroxides by Lim, Teik-Thye, Goh, Kok Hui, Goei, Ronn, Dong, Zhili

“…LDHs prepared by the fast coprecipitation with hydrothermal treatment (FCHT) method and sol-gel with solvothermal treatment method (SGST) had higher oxyanion (i.e. arsenate) removal efficiency than those prepared by the conventional routes, owing to their lower carbonate content, higher surface area, larger pore volume, larger pore size, and nanocrystalline characteristic. …”
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Cryogelation of human hair keratins by Chua, Huei Min

“…In this research, inhibition studies using bond disrupting agents and gel solubilisation studies revealed that both disulphide bonds and hydrophobic interactions are cooperatively vital for gel network formation and stabilization. …”
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A paper-based glucose sensoring microneedle patch by Zheng, Shu

“…We have demonstrated from in vitro experiments that MN will change color gradually with time after penetration into different concentration of agarose gel, and change of color saturation with various glucose concentration after penetration for 20 minutes. …”
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Structure and protein recognition of G-quadruplexes by Ngo, Khac Huy

“…In this study, different biophysical, biochemical, and structural techniques (CD, ITC, gel electrophoresis, enzymatic assay NMR spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography) and nucleic acid/protein/peptide engineering were applied to: i) expand our understanding of G4 diversity including base stacking, interlocking, and A•G•G•G•G pentad formation; ii) study the molecular basis for G4 recognition by proteins; iii) engineer G4-binding proteins/peptides for various applications including stable cyclic peptide or engineered enzyme for G4s targeting. …”
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Microbial degradation of phthalic acid and its esters by aerobic granules in sequencing batch reactor by Zeng, Ping

“…Also, the microbial diversity and immigration analyzed by denaturing gradient gel-electrophoresis (DGGE) show that isolate PA-02 also plays an important role in the enhancement of phthalate degradation.…”
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Investigation of cellular changes on blood cells relevant for the destabilization of blood flow by Stephanie.

“…The current study mimicked these changes by using different enzyme treatments (neuraminidase, alpha-chymotrypsin, trypsin, and pronase) and investigated them by measuring zeta potential (surface charge) and deformability of treated cells as well as conducting gel electrophoresis. The adhesion was analyzed on a parallel plate flow chamber system. …”
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Rheology on CNT-filled polymer nanocomposites (II) by Chan, Xue Shuang.

“…With the addition of acid-treated MWCNTs, the rheological percolation threshold drops from 2 wt% to 1.5 wt%. The gel point (Cg) value for pristine MWCNTs/PP-g-MA/PP and acid treated MWCNTs/PP-g-MA/PP was 2.0 wt% and 1.5 wt% respectively.…”
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Fabrication and characterization of human hair keratin hydrogels by Cahaya, Sanryani

“…However, there were some challenges faced in optimizing the gel as bioink, which will be discussed further in the discussion section. …”
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Characterization of sarcomeric protein changes during mouse heart failure progression by Lam, Do Thuy Uyen Ha

“…In this study, we employed a mouse model of surgically-induced MI and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis to examine the changes in protein expression and phosphorylation level (the most prominent PTMs for sarcomeric proteins) following MI. …”
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Effect of crosslinking reagents and hydroxypropylation levels on dual-modified sago starch properties by Wattanachant, Saowakon, Muhammad, K., Mat Hashim, D., Abd. Rahman, R.

“…Starch that was hydroxypropylated with 10-12% propylene oxide and crosslinked by a mixture of 2% STMP and 5% STPP produced modified starch with the most desirable properties in that it exhibited no viscosity breakdown, high acid resistance, high freeze-thaw stability and improved gel texture.…”
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Antimicrobial Impact of Sintok Extract; Assessment of Sintok Extract Virucidal Potential Against the Covid-19 Virus (S/O 14669) by Mohamed Ismail, Risyawati, Yaacob, Noorulsadiqin Azbiya

“…Upon confirmation of Sintok extract ability in killing of COVID-19 virus, the extract was then be formulated into shower gel prototype . At the end of the project, a meeting was initialized with potential industrial partner, with the presence of representatives from the Innovation and Commercialization Centre (ICC, UUM) , the discuss the commercialization phase of the project…”
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Rapid construction of green nanopesticide delivery systems using sophorolipids as surfactants by flash nanoprecipitation by Ma, Enguang, Chen, Kai, Sun, Liang, Fu, Zhinan, Guo, Jiangtao, Liu, Jichang, Zhao, Jigang, Liu, Zhiyong, Lei, Zhigang, Li, Li, Hu, Xiao, Guo, Xuhong

“…In this work, the acidic and lactonic sophorolipids were successfully separated from the sophorolipid mixture through silica gel column chromatography. A series of cost-effective green nanopesticides loaded with lambda-cyhalothrin (LC) were rapidly fabricated based on a combination of the acidic and lactonic sophorolipids as surfactants by flash nanoprecipitation. …”
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Cationic cyclodextrins chemically-bonded chiral stationary phases for high-performance liquid chromatography by Wang, Ren-Qi, Ong, Teng-Teng, Tang, Weihua, Ng, Siu-Choon

“…Two covalently bonded cationic β-CD chiral stationary phases (CSPs) prepared by graft polymerization of 6A-(3-vinylimidazolium)-6-deoxyperphenylcarbamate-β-cyclodextrin chloride or 6A-(N,N-allylmethylammonium)-6-deoxyperphenylcarbamoyl-β-cyclodextrin chloride onto silica gel were successfully applied in high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). …”
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Effects of different types of starches on Katjang goat meat emulsion characteristics by ‘Ainaa’ Nasuha Zamzurin, Nur Aqilah Ismail, Abu Bakar Asyrul-Izhar, Pavan Kumar, Awis Qurni Sazili, Mohammad Rashedi Ismail-Fitry

“…The developed emulsion samples were evaluated for physiochemical, proximate, colour, texture, and gel strength. The addition of TS into meat emulsion results in the most stable emulsion as exhibited by the lowest total expressible fluid (%TEF), expressible fat (%EFAT), and cooking loss. …”
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Fabrication, properties, and performance of polymer nanocomposite Ion exchange membranes for fuel cell applications: A review by Sayed Dauda, Syarifah Noor Syakiylla, Mohd. Norddin, Muhammad Noorul Anam, Jaafar, Juhana, Sudirman, Rubita

“…The effect of incorporating nanoparticles is determined by their type, size, shape, surface acidity, and relationship to the polymer matrix. The blending, sol-gel, and infiltration methods are used to develop the nanocomposite membrane. …”
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Investigation on chemical protease, nuclease and catecholase activity of two copper complexes with flexidentate Schiff base ligands by Das, Mriganka, Kundu, Bidyut Kumar, Tiwari, Ritudhwaj, Mandal, Poulami, Nayak, Debasis, Ganguly, Rakesh, Mukhopadhyay, Suman

“…Screening tests were conducted to quantify the binding ability of complexes (1 and 2) towards BSA and DNA as well as the protease and nuclease activity of these complexes using gel electrophoresis technique. Furthermore enzyme kinetic studies were also performed for those two complexes towards effectiveness in mimicking catecholase like activities. …”
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Mucins regulate virulence and colonization factors in Streptococcus pneumoniae by Bath, Jade Rose

“…Mucin glycoproteins, the main gel-forming component of mucus, have emerged as multifaceted regulators of microbial physiology and microbial communities. …”
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Isolation and identification of microbes to convert lignocellulose wastes to reducing sugars by Tan, Michelle Wei Qi.

“…The processes included conducting experiments such as deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) extraction, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification, denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE), optical density (turbidity) and reducing and total sugars. …”
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Purification, crystallization and structure determination of Thermotoga maritima CorA Magnesium transporter. by Nurhuda Nordin.

“…Here we have successfully crystallized TMCorA in the absence of divalent cations by keeping the sample fractionated after gel filtration. Arguably, crystals grown in such conditions would result in an open conformation structure. …”
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