Investigation of nonlinear ultrasonic guided waves in open waveguides based on perfectly matched layers by Zuo, Peng, Liu, Yang, Zhou, Yu, Fan, Zheng

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Argon-plasma-controlled optical reset in the SiO2/Cu filamentary resistive memory stack by Kawashima, T., Yew, K. S., Kyuno, K., Zhou, Yu, Ang, Diing Shenp, Zhang, H. Z.

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Interfacial effects revealed by ultrafast relaxation dynamics in BiFeO3/YBa2Cu3O7 bilayers by Springer, Daniel, Nair, Saritha K., He, Mi, Lu, Cheng Liang, Cheong, Siew Ann, Wu, Tom, Panagopoulos, Christos, Chia, Elbert E. M., Zhu, Jian-Xin

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The contribution of color information to rapid face categorization in natural scenes by Or, Charles C.-F., Retter, Talia L., Rossion, Bruno

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Wetting transition of sessile and condensate droplets on copper-based superhydrophobic surfaces by Zhao, Yugang, Zhang, Hui, Wang, Wei, Yang, Chun

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A circular ferrofluid driven microchip for rapid polymerase chain reaction by Sun, Yi, Kwok, Yien Chian, Nguyen, Nam-Trung

“…Successful PCR was achieved in less than 4 min. Effects of cycle number and cycle time on PCR products were investigated. …”
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Robust engineering in maintainability of building by Ismail, Neza

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The effectiveness of individualized morphosyntactic target identification and explicit intervention using the SHAPE CPDING System for children with developmental language disorder... by Ebbels, SH, Gadd, M, Nicoll, H, Hughes, L, Burke, C, Dawson, N, Calder, SD, Frizelle, P

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>METHOD:</strong> Eight children with developmental language disorder aged 8;0-10;10 (years;months) received 10 hr of explicit individualized intervention for morphosyntax delivered in 30-min individual sessions once per week for 20 weeks. …”

Assessing the efficacy and safety of STOP (successful treatment for paranoia)—an app-based cognitive bias modification therapy for paranoia: a randomised clinical trial protocol by Yiend, J, Taher, R, Fialho, C, Hampshire, C, Hsu, C, Kabir, T, Keppens, J, McGuire, P, Mouchlianitis, E, Peters, E, Ricci, T, Shergill, S, Stahl, D, Vamvakas, G, Jacobsen, P

“…Sessions are completed weekly and last around 40 min. STOP is completely self-administered with no therapist assistance. …”

Effects of particle sizes on total catechin content and antioxidant activity of Musa paradisiaca inflorescence using supercritical carbon dioxide (SFE-CO2)) extraction by Qing, Chong Xiu, Hean, Chong Gun, Nik Hadzir, Noor Hadzuin

“…The plant matrices (450 - 600 µm, 600 - 850 µm, and 850 µm - 1600μm) were extracted under different temperatures (40°C and 60°C) and pressures (25MPa and 45MPa), with a constant supercritical CO2 fluid and 50% (v/v) ethanol co-solvent flowed at 4 mL/min. Data were analyzed using ANOVA in Minitab Software. …”
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Variations in the composition and biochemical attributes of Eucalyptus camaldulensis L. leaves essential oil as function of drying methods by Saleem, Misbah, Shaheen, Muhammad Ashraf, Qadir, Rahman, Saba, Iram, Rehman, Muhammad Misbah ur, Paracha, Rizwan Nasir, Ahmad, Nazir, Riaz, Muhammad, Anwar, Farooq

“…The shade-dried ELEOs, among others, with paw diameters of 0.739, 1.133, and 1.143 mm at 0, 30, and 60 min, respectively, showed the strongest inhibition of anti-inflammatory activity. …”

Microwave- and oven-heat moisture treatment of broken rice flour and the improvement in the flat rice noodle quality by Mustapha, Nor Afizah, Lai, Yan Tang, Wan Ibadullah, Wan Zunairah, Shukri, Radhiah

“…Rice flour adjusted to 20% moisture content was subjected to two HMT techniques; oven-heat moisture treatment (O-HMT) at 110°C for 3 h and microwave-heat moisture treatment (M-HMT) at 119 W for 5 min. HMT reduced the swelling capacity and solubility of the flour. …”
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Prenatal auditory stimulation and impacts on physiological response to feed restriction in broiler chickens at market age by Ahmad-Hanafi, S., Zulkifli, I., Ramiah, S.K., Chung, E.L.T., Kamil, R., Sazili, A.Q., J., Mashitah

“…The NOISE and MUSIC treatments were for 20 min/h for 24 h (a total of 8 h/d), starting from embryonic days (ED) 12 to hatching. …”
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Superior photocatalytic degradation of pharmaceuticals and antimicrobial Features of iron-doped zinc oxide sub-microparticles synthesized via laser-assisted chemical bath technique by Zyoud, Samer H., Che Abdullah, Che Azurahanim, Ashames, Akram, Hassan, Nageeb, Yahia, Ibrahim S., Zyoud, Ahed H., Zahran, Heba Y., Qamhieh, Naser, Makhadmeh, Ghaseb N., AlZoubi, Tariq

“…Photocatalytic tests revealed a significant enhancement in paracetamol degradation efficiency, increasing from 53.41 % with pure ZnO to 98.99 % with 3 % Fe-doped ZnO in 50 min. Antimicrobial assays demonstrated an increased inhibitory effect against pathogens, with Fe-doped ZnO outperforming control discs. …”
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Optimization of enzymatic hydrolysis conditions for antimicrobial activity against Pantoea spp. causing rice leaf blight by Jamal, Siti Norazura, Lamasudin, Dhilia Udie, Muhialdin, Belal J., Saidi, Noor Baity, Song, Lai Kok, Yusof, Mohd Termizi

“…Four distinct parameters were identified as independent variables: pH (A: 8.5–10.5), temperature (B: 45–65 °C), hydrolysis time (C: 120–360 min), and enzyme-to-substrate ratio (D: 1.45%–2.65% w/v). …”
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Expression of recombinant geobacillus SP a-amylase in pichia pastoris GS 115 by Gandhi, Sivasangkary

“…The enzyme was found to be thermostable and thermoactive at 65°C with a half-life (t1/2) at 60°C for 88 min. Such thermostable and thermoactive characteristic of the α-amylase SR74 would be beneficial for industrial applications, especially in liquefying saccrification.…”
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Development of kinetics model for torrefaction of logging residue and palm oil waste by Nur Hazirah Huda, Mohd Harun, Noor Asma Fazli, Abdul Samad, Suriyati, Saleh

“…Here the sets of experimental data of AWL for sawdust and EFB are based on the different temperature at 240, 270 and 300°C at 10°C/min of heating rate which are obtained from thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). …”
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Virtual reality as a countermeasure for astronaut motion sickness during simulated post-flight water landings by Lonner, T. L., Allred, A. R., Bonarrigo, L., Gopinath, A., Smith, K., Kravets, V., Groen, E. L., Oman, C., DiZio, P., Lawson, B. D., Clark, T. K.

“…While Motion Sickness Questionnaire outcomes did not differ detectably between groups, we found significantly better survival rates (with dropout dictated by reporting moderate nausea consecutively over 2 min) in the visual countermeasure group than the control group (79% survival vs. 33%, t(14) = 2.50, p = 0.027). …”
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Selective Recovery of Gold from E-Wastewater Using Poly-<i>m</i>-phenylenediamine Nanoparticles and Assembled Membranes by Chen, Yuchao, Wang, Li, Shu, Yufei, Han, Qi, Chen, Beizhao, Wang, Mengxia, Liu, Xun, Rehman, Danyal, Liu, Bei, Wang, Zhongying, Lienhard, John H

“…The Au@PmPD membrane loaded with 4 mg gold exhibited a high catalytic reduction performance with an apparent rate constant of 0.59 min−1 , one of the highest catalytic degradation rate constants of p-nitrophenol reported to date. …”
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Limitations of the Impagliazzo–Nisan–Wigderson Pseudorandom Generator Against Permutation Branching Programs by Hoza, William M., Pyne, Edward, Vadhan, Salil

“…In this paper, we prove that any “spectral analysis” of the INW generator requires seed length Ω(log𝑛⋅loglog(min{𝑛,𝑑})+log𝑛⋅log(𝑤/ε)+log𝑑) to fool ordered permutation branching programs of length n, width w, and alphabet size d to within error ε . …”
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