2DEG enhancement via epilayer stress engineering in AlN/GaN/AlN heterostructure by Patwal, Shashank

“…Over the last couple of decades, GaN-based materials have emerged as promising candidates for high power and high-frequency devices. …”
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论阮籍诗文中的逃避主义 = Escapism in the literary works of Ruan Ji by 王岳明 Wang, Yueming

“…The last chapter questions whether Chu Ci which was written before Ruan Ji contains escapism. …”
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Interventions for smoking cessation in hospitalised patients by Streck, JM, Rigotti, NA, Livingstone-Banks, J, Tindle, HA, Clair, C, Munafò, MR, Sterling-Maisel, C, Hartmann-Boyce, J

“…Interventions had to start in the hospital (including at discharge), and people had to have smoked within the last month. We excluded studies in psychiatric, substance and rehabilitation centres, as well as studies that did not measure abstinence at six months or longer. …”

Energy storage management for renewable energy systems by Feng, Xue

“…Ultracapacitors, with a high power capability, an ultra-fast response speed and a long cycle life are adopted and combined with the battery. …”
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Structured sparse representations for supervised and unsupervised learning by Zeng, Yijie

“…Therefore, building a scalable data representation has become a critical part of the ML processing pipeline, where there has been a huge amount of work addressing on this topic in the past. This thesis focuses on a specific data representation technique named sparse coding (SC) which has been found effective for natural signals such as images. …”
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A combined numerical and experimental approach to investigations of body-freedom flutter on flying wings by Ang, Elijah Hao Wei

“…Hence, this brings about a need for a new methodology to flutter investigations, as conventional methods used in the past may not be applicable to flying wings undergoing BFF. …”
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Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 co... by Ferrari, AJ, Santomauro, DF, Aali, A, Lacey, BWH, Rodriguez, JAB

“…Here we report data for 2010 to 2021 to highlight trends in disease burden over the past decade and through the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic. …”

Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-... by Schumacher, AE, Kyu, HH, Aali, A, Almidani, O, Bandyopadhyay, S, Basnyat, B, Maude, RJ, Bennett, D, Browne, AJ, Dolecek, C, Dunachie, SJ, Newton, CRJ, Rodriguez, JAB

“…<p><b>Interpretation</b></p> Global adult mortality rates markedly increased during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021, reversing past decreasing trends, while child mortality rates continued to decline, albeit more slowly than in earlier years. …”

Growth performances, carcass yield and meat quality of free range village chickens fed on diet containing dehydrated processed food waste by Shanaghi, Hossein

“…As panelists preferred, chicken meat from T4 (60% DPFW) had the highest liking rate of 6.6 (P<0.05) while the last one was control group (0% DPFW) with the rate of 6.06 (like slightly) (P<0.05). …”
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Printing of functional materials in 2D and 3D structures by Halevi, Oded

“…Despite their extensive investigations in the past twenty years, the utilization of MOFs for industrial and commercial applications is scarce, due to physical and chemical limitations. …”
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Understanding lived experiences of bereaved parents of children with chronic life-threatening Illness : towards a culture-specific and meaning-oriented narrative E-writing interven... by Dutta, Oindrila

“…In Singapore, while deaths among children and youths (age<19) have been steadily declining over the past decade, the number of child deaths caused by chronic conditions has increased by about 27% from 120 in 2014 to 152 in 2016. …”
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Studies on GaN based HEMT heterostructures on 100-mm silicon grown by molecular beam epitaxy by Ravikiran Lingaparthi

“…GaN based high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) have attracted great attention over the last two decades for the high power and high frequency applications due to their advantages of polarization induced high electron density, high break down field and high saturation electron velocity. …”
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Evaluation of the combination of black rice bran ethanol extract and glimepiride in reducing blood glucose and protecting kidney, liver and pancreatic cells by Wijianto, Diski Wahyu, Sri Wahyuni, Arifah, Wardani, Rizkiananda, Nugraheni, Ambar Yunita, Abu Bakar, Fazleen Izzany

“…Long-lasting hyperglycemia can potentially cause damage to organs such as the kidneys, liver and pancreas. …”
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Tsewang Norbu NGB by Cantwell, C, Mayer, R

“…Sometimes, after the end of the last chapter and before the colophon(s), there will be some further text which completes the narrative but which is not classified as belonging to a chapter. …”

Effect of surfactant HLB on some gel properties of pigeonpea and cowpea starches by Mwasaru, Mwanjala A., Muhammad, Kharidah

“…Surfactants of HLB 1.8, 3.8, 6.7, 16.0, and 20.0 significantly decreased the paste consistency of pigeonpea starch pastes at 97 °C. …”
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Spatial inter-centromeric interactions facilitated the emergence of evolutionary new centromeres by Guin, Krishnendu, Chen, Yao, Mishra, Radha, Siti Rawaidah B. M. Muzaki, Thimmappa, Bhagya C., O'Brien, Caoimhe E., Butler, Geraldine, Sanyal, Amartya, Sanyal, Kaustuv

“…We propose that spatial proximity of the homologous centromere DNA sequences facilitated karyotype rearrangements and centromere type transitions in human pathogenic yeasts of the CUG-Ser1 clade.…”
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Antibacterial effect of cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum) against bacteria isolated from cats with otitis externa by Mokhtar, Aimi Najwa

“…There were significant differences in the diameter of inhibition zone (DIZ) of each bacterium tested against different antibiotics and the cinnamon paste (p = 0.000). The MIC test result of the cinnamon paste showed its maximum activity values that range from 0.03 to 1.00g/ml. …”
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Effect of pH on phosphorylation of sago starch by Muhammad, K., Hussin, F., Man, Y.C., Ghazali, H.M.

“…At the reaction pH of 9, a starch phosphate obtained using STPP exhibited low hot paste viscosity but high cold paste viscosity and shear stability when cooked at 95 °C. …”
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Industrial attachment report on quality and reliability of Pb-free solder joint by Marsellus Yohz Hendryanto

“…They are comparison of the common Sn/Pb and Pb-free solder paste; inter-metallic study of common Sn/Pb and Pb-free Solder Paste' Pb-free Module Relia…”
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The effect of food deprivation on the rate of sulfamethazine elimination in goats by Abdullah, A.S., Baggot, J.D.

“…The disposition kinetics and cumulative urinary excretion of sulfamethazine were compared in goats fed normally (control) and following a 72-hour period of starvation (fasting). The only pharmacokinetic parameter which showed a statistically significant difference between the two groups was the body (systemic) clearance. …”
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