Estimating illumination direction from textured images by Varma, M, Zisserman, A

“…In this paper, we extend the theory to deal with cases of spatially varying albedo. First, we generalise the theory to explain why their method should work even for certain types of spatially varying albedo. …”

Opportunities for decarbonization in Russia by Sharmina, M

“…Most recently, tax breaks for shale oil have led to a series of new exploration contracts with international investors. A gas supply deal with China has been fast tracked and signed after a decade of negotiations.…”

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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Synthesis and characterization of novel low bandgap conjugated polymers containing fused-ring and accept moieties by Lai, Chun Yuen

“…Structural properties were characterised using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and gel permeation chromatography (GPC) while thermal properties were characterised using differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) and thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA). …”
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Production of single-chain variable fragment epidermal growth factor receptor (scFv-EGFR) antibody by Loh, Valerie Kai Li.

“…Affinity chromatography and size-exclusion chromatography via Fast Protein Liquid Chromatography (FPLC) are the methods of purification and protein products are characterised using sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and/or Western blot. …”
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Recognition of A-U and U-A base pairs in RNA duplexes by modified peptide nucleic acids by Yuan, Zhen

“…Our non-denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and thermal melting results suggest that it is promising to incorporate modified thymine residues into PNAs for selective and sequence-specific recognition of RNA duplexes. …”
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Surface modified polymers for controlled macroscopic functions by Chng, S

“…Moreover, when tested with sol-gel coatings, enhanced adhesion of the coating was found.…”

Highly nanocrystalline Mg doped ZnFe2O4 powders for rapid and simultaneous adsorption of lead, copper, and cadmium heavy metals ions in synthetic/sea waters by Al-Najar, B, Modwi, A, Shaikh, MN, Bououdina, M, Albuflasa, H, Hankins, NP

“…The Mg-doped Zinc ferrite nanoparticles are synthesized successfully by the sol-gel route and varying Mg concentrations. TEM, XRD, FTIR, Raman, and XPS characterizations confirm the cubic spinel structure of Zinc ferrite with a semi-spherical shaped nanosized particles (10–15 nm) irrespective of Mg doping content. …”

Epigenetic drug screening identifies enzyme inhibitors A-196 and TMP-269 as novel regulators of sprouting angiogenesis by Beter, M, Pulkkinen, HH, Örd, T, Sormunen, A, Kilpeläinen, L, Dunford, JE, Kaikkonen, MU, Aavik, E, Laham-Karam, N, Oppermann, U, Laakkonen, JP, Ylä-Herttuala, S

“…Compared to the established model using primary human umbilical vein endothelial cells, TeloHAECs needed a higher-density fibrin gel for optimal sprouting, successfully forming sprouts under both normoxic and hypoxic cell culture conditions. …”

Application of scoby bacterial cellulose as hydrocolloids on physicochemical, textural and sensory characteristics of mango jam by Chong, Ann Qi, Chin, Nyuk Ling, A. Talib, Rosnita, Kadir Basha, Roseliza

“…Texture of jam with scoby gave higher gel strength and adhesiveness, with the most prominent effects from the black tea kombucha. …”

Integrating high-sensitivity photodetector and high-energy aqueous battery in all-in-one triple-twisted fiber by Lu, Zecheng, Chen, Long, Zhou, Jianxian, He, Bing, Liu, Ruijian, Zhu, Chengjun, Xue, Pan, Sun, Yan, Li, Chunsheng, Wei, Lei, Li, Qingwen, Zhang, Qichong

“…Here, an integrated photoelectrochemical FPD/battery device (FPDB) is designed, consisting of a common electrode, photoanode, anode, and sol-gel electrolyte as an isolation layer, which not only effectively avoids the short circuit problem of FPD but also endows high-efficiency energy storage capacity. …”
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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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3D patient specific instrumentation for high tibial osteotomy by Wong, Gina Khay Fong

“…As the medical industry gets more advanced with the use of patient specific instruments, patient can have tailor-made instruments which is precise and accurate while greatly improving the surgical outcome of each operation. …”
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The GCSE attainment gap: assessing the influence of permanent school exclusion by Hills, Stephen, Walker, Matthew, Guinn, James, Kent, Aubrey

“…In other words, the existing trajectory of disadvantage gets steeper following the permanent exclusion event. …”
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Cognitively inspired rule-plus-exemplar based pattern classification by Sit, Wing Yee

“…We propose a framework for dealing with such data, using the rule and exemplar models from cognitive psychology. …”
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Sequence Analysis of Malaysian Infectious Bursal Disease Virus Isolate and the Use of Reverse Transcriptase Nested Polymerase Chain Reaction Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for t... by Phong, S. F., Hair-Bejo, M., Omar, A. R., Aini, I.

“…The RT nested PCR ELISA was able to detect 10-4 dilution of the infected bursa homogenates and was 10 times more sensitive when compared with the agarose gel detection method. The RT nested PCR ELISA can detect up to 0.48 ng of the PCR product. …”

A Preliminary Study on the Extrusion Resolution of Pluronic F127 for Bioprinting Thermo-responsive Hydrogel Constructs by Suntornnond, Ratima, An, Jia, Chua, Chee Kai

“…Thermo-responsive hydrogels have gained more attention recently due to their unique characteristic of tunable sol-gel transition when temperature is changed. They have been used for many biomedical applications from drug delivery to fabrication of soft tissue scaffolds via 3D bioprinting. …”
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Analysis of capillary filling in nanochannels with electroviscous effects by Phan, Vinh-Nguyen, Yang, Chun, Nguyen, Nam-Trung

“…Recent advances in micro/nanotechnologies allow the fabrication of nanoscale structures that can replace the traditional stationary phases such as paper, silica gel, alumina, or cellulose. Thus, understanding capillary filling in a nanochannel helps to advance the development of planar chromatography based on fabricated nanochannels. …”
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A Formal Framework for Modular Synchronous System Design by Marinescu, Maria-Cristina V, Rinard, Martin C

“…The goal is to reduce the design time and effort required to build correct, efficient, complex systems and to eliminate the need for the designer to deal directly with global synchronization and concurrency issues. …”
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Psychoacoustic model compensation for robust speaker verification in environmental noise by Panda, Ashish, Srikanthan, Thambipillai

“…We present a model compensation scheme based on the psychoacoustic principles that adapts the model parameters in order to reduce the training and verification mismatch. To deal with scenarios where accurate noise estimation is difficult, a modified multiconditioning scheme is proposed. …”
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