Tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy versus non‐surgical treatment for chronic/recurrent acute tonsillitis by Burton, MJ, Glasziou, PP, Chong, LY, Venekamp, RP

“…It is clear that some children get better without any surgery, and that whilst removing the tonsils will always prevent 'tonsillitis', the impact of the procedure on 'sore throats' due to pharyngitis is much less predictable. …”

Process Parameter Optimisation for Endohedral Metallofullerene Synthesis via the Arc-Discharge Method by Sinha, Sapna, Sanfo, Karifa, Dallas, Panagiotis, Kumar, Sujay, Porfyrakis, Kyriakos

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Police institutions and police abuse: evidence from the US by Rad, AN

“…Finally, to address alternative explanations for continued abuse, I present a paired, qualitative case study of Chicago, IL, and Dallas, TX. I demonstrate the importance of labour histories and minority law enforcement unions for creating better policing outcomes.…”

Unconventional physical activity promotion : exploring the effectiveness of DDP yoga through sentiment analysis on Twitter by Lim, Ryan

“…This study explored the use of natural language processing concepts in the field of big data analytics to observe Twitter conversations regarding an unconventional fitness movement developed by Diamond Dallas Page (DDP), known as DDP Yoga (DDPY). Tweets that mentioned DDPY were collected, and 13,069 tweets from 4,343 unique users were analysed through topic modelling and sentiment analysis. …”
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Measurement of isotherms and kinetics by volumetric method by Zulqarnain Abdul Halil

“…The adsorption of water vapour on silica gel, CO2 on activated charcoal and on MOFs were done on separate setups each, with more emphasis being made on the setup of water vapour adsorption to study its performance alongside adsorption capabilities of silica gel. …”
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Semiconductor oxide for gas sensing applications by Ang, Wan Chia

“…The STFx thin films and composite films were developed by using modified sol-gel spin-coating technique. STFx sol-gel solutions with varying iron content were prepared and examined prior to deposition of STFx thin films and composite films. …”
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Polymer media for holographic data storage by Huang, Zhijie.

“…To increase the dynamic range and reduce the shrinkage of the media, Sol-gel hybrid nanocomposite materials with high refractive index species introduction is an effective approach. …”
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The structural, mechanical, and biological variation of silica bioglasses obtained by different sintering temperatures by Sarmast Sh, M., Dayang Radiah, A. B., Hoey, D. A., Abdullah, N.

“…Particularly, increased crystallinity was observed in sol-gel-derived bioglass sintered at 750 °C, indicating a denser and more ordered structure. …”

Reversible CO2 activation by an N-phosphinoamidinato digermyne by Quek, Shina

“…This thesis describes the synthesis of the N-phosphinoamidinato digermynes [LG̈e–G̈eL] (E = Ge, L = tBu2PNC(Ph)NAr, 5: Ar = 2,6-iPr2C6H3, 6: Ar = Ph) by the reduction of the corresponding chlorogermylenes with KC8. …”
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Hydrogels from polymer for biomedical applications by Teo, Man Ru

“…Hydrogel is valued for its ability to retain its gel-like properties within a wide temperature range. …”
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Purification and molecular properties of papaya pectinesterase by Fayyaz, A., Asbi, B.A., Ghazali, H.M., Che Man, Y.B., Jinap, S.

“…The enzyme preparation was confirmed to be of homogeneous state by gel filtration and nondashdenaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and it has a molecular weight of approximately 32 000 Da.…”
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Titania catalysts : crystal chemical insights and tailored functionalities by Lim, Suo Hon

“…However, defective and amorphous titania variants have been less investigated, as the transition from the gel to the crystalline phase is frequently assumed to be straightforward. …”
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Investigation of low temperature wafer bonding using intermediate layer by Deng, Shusheng

“…In this project, the sol-gel intermediate layer bonding is demonstrated to provide high bond strength at low temperature (such as 100 degree celsius).…”
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Vinyl sulfone functionalized injectable thermogels for facile peptide coupling by Oei, John Xin Jian

“…Thermogels are amphiphilic polymers that can undergo temperature dependent sol-gel transitions due to the formation of supramolecular interactions. …”
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Structural study of G-rich sequences: G4, non-G4 and G-wires by Tan, Keith Wei Rong

“…Lastly, with the aid of gel electrophoresis, we demonstrate that G-wires, another structure that can be formed by G-rich sequences are more stable than G-quadruplexes.…”
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Fully printed flexible smart hybrid hydrogels by Zhou, Yang, Layani, Michael, Wang, Shancheng, Hu, Peng, Ke, Yujie, Magdassi, Shlomo, Long, Yi

“…A printable hybrid hydrogel is fabricated by embedding poly(N‐isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAm) microparticles within a water‐rich silica‐alumina(Si/Al)‐based gel matrix. The hybrid gel holds water content of up to 70 wt%, due to its unique Si/Al matrix. …”
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Report to the President for year ended June 30, 2024, Technical Leadership and Communication Programs by Rahaman, Reza, McGonagle, Leo, Hu, Tony, Gray, Martha, Hart, Douglas

“…This report contains the following sections: Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program (GEL); Riccio Graduate Engineering Leadership Program (GradEL); Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program (UPOP); and MIT School of Engineering Communication Lab.…”
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The rheology of saltwater taffy by Chan, San To, Haward, Simon J., Fried, Eliot, McKinley, Gareth H.

“…As a sufficiently high frequency is exceeded, taffy transitions from a critical gel-like state to an elastic solid-like state. The master curve can be described by the fractional Maxwell gel (FMG) model with three parameters: a plateau modulus, a characteristic relaxation time, and a power-law exponent. …”
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Investigating the properties of Polysilica on glass substrate for flat panel display (FPD) by Umashankar Koggri Giddappa Gowda

“…This project investigate the electrical properties of polysilica on glass substrate prepared by sol-gel method. The purposes include: To determine the feasibility of using polysilicates as dielectric material. …”
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High performance engineering materials by Mhaisalkar, Subodh Gautam.

“…This project aims to characterize and compare the OTFT performance between the thermally grown oxide and sol-gel silica thin film as dielectric layer, as well as to yield OTFT devices exhibiting enhanced mobilities and excellent device characteristics at low operating voltage.…”
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