Identification of proteins and genes as potential biomarkers in brown-marbled grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus forsskal) resistance to Vibrio sp by Low, Chen Fei

“…Serum proteome profiles from two-dimensional gel electrophoresis were compared between infected grouper and control grouper after 4 hours of pathogen challenge. …”
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Purification of perna viridis (Asian green mussels) adhesive proteins by Lee, Hendrik Jie Hao

“…These processes will have to be environmentally friendly, and be competitive both economically and functionally.1 This report will cover on the steps and methods used to characterise and isolate pure adhesive proteins from the Perna viridis foot glands, which includes gel-electrophoresis (Acid-Urea), high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), spectrometry (MALDI-TOF), and fractionation of the proteins by precipitation with different water miscible organic solvents.…”
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Signature methods in machine learning by Lyons, T, McLeod, A

Design for assembly and application using Hitachi assemblability evaluation method by Mohd Naim, Zakaria

“…The “perfect” part or assembly operation gets the maximum score, usually one hundred, and each element or difficulty is assigned a penalty. …”
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Modeling of outdoor natural ventilation and energy performance for buildings in an industrial park by Tan, Joel Heang Kuan.

“…In tropical countries such as Singapore, roof temperatures can get very hot during the day. In order to cool the building to comfortable temperatures, fans and air conditioning are used and they take up considerable amount of electricity. …”
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Building fabric improvement and heat pump deployment: a set of policy conundrums by Killip, G, Topouzi, M, Fawcett, T

“…What should the balance be between mandating building fabric improvement and heat pump deployment, what are the choice criteria, and who gets a say?</p> <br> <p>The paper examines building interventions through the concept of 'trigger points.' …”

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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Global monitoring of volcanic SO2 degassing with unprecedented resolution from TROPOMI onboard Sentinel-5 Precursor by Barrington, Charlotte, Taisne, Benoit, Theys, N., Hedelt, P., De Smedt, I., Lerot, C., Yu, H., Vlietinck, J., Pedergnana, M., Arellano, S., Galle, B., Fernandez, D., Carlito, C. J. M., Delgado-Granados, H., Loyola, D., Van Roozendael, M.

“…We report here the first volcanic SO2 measurements from the hyperspectral TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) launched in October 2017 onboard the ESA’s Sentinel-5 Precursor platform. Using the operational processing algorithm, we explore the benefit of improved spatial resolution to the monitoring of global volcanic degassing. …”
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Mastering Voice Interfaces : Creating Great Voice Apps for Real Users / by Thymé-Gobbel, Ann, author 642940, Jankowski, Charles, author 642941

“…What we have seen though is that it's fairly easy to build a voice app, but still remarkably difficult to build a great app, one that gets the user what they need, and hopefully the user comes back for more. …”

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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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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Machine Learning Approaches for the Prediction of Postoperative Major Complications in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Bowel Obstruction by Mazzotta, Alessandro D., Burti, Elisa, Causio, Francesco Andrea, Orlandi, Alex, Martinelli, Silvia, Longaroni, Mattia, Pinciroli, Tiziana, Debs, Tarek, Costa, Gianluca, Miccini, Michelangelo, Aurello, Paolo, Petrucciani, Niccolò

“…Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Roma, Italy 4 Section of Hygiene, Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy 5 EIT Digital Master School, Polytech Nice Sophia, 06410 Biot, France 6 Department of Surgery, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, University of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy 7 MIT Professional Education, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA 8 Département de Chirurgie Digestive, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, CHU Nice, 06000 Nice, France 9 Department of Life Science, Health, and Health Professions, Link Campus University, 00165 Rome, Italy 10 Department of Surgery, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Roma, Italy * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. …”
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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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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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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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Effect of fish, starch and salt contents on the microstructure and expansion of fish crackers ('keropok') by Cheow, C.S., Yu, S.Y., Howell, N.K., Che Man, Y., Muhammad, Karidah

“…Light microscopy studies on the fish cracker gel and expanded product ('keropok') emphasised the role of fish proteins in the starch expansion process. …”
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