Carbon-semiconductor hybrid nanostructures and their photoresponse behaviors by Zhan, Zhaoyao

“…Carbon nanomaterials (including carbon nanotube and graphene) and semiconductor nanoparticles have attracted considerable research effort in past two decades in terms of both fundamental and application research. …”
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Thermoplastic polymer nanocomposites based on polydopamine-coated clay : preparation, structures and properties by Phua, Si Lei

“…Polymer/clay nanocomposites have been widely investigated over past three decades due to the dramatic boost in properties at low filler content. …”
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Budget efficient online active learning and its applications by Hao, Shuji

“…To correct this weak assumption, this study proposes two robust online active learning algorithms, which not only consider the predictions of experts on current instance, but also consider the cumulative performance of experts on past instances. To validate the proposed algorithms, a series of experiments are conducted, in which the results show that the proposed algorithms greatly outperform the state-of-the-art existing algorithms and can achieve robust performance both in the normal and noisy scenarios. …”
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Developing metallic cathode for low-temperature solid oxide fuel cell applications by Yu, Chen-Chiang

“…With the effort input by numerous researchers in the past decade, the operating temperature of SOFCs had been successfully decreased to below 500 ˚C with more than 1 W·cm-2 of output power density. …”
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GP-OSMOTIC trial protocol : an individually randomised controlled trial to determine the effect of retrospective continuous glucose monitoring (r-CGM) on HbA1c in adults with type... by Furler, John, O’Neal, David Norman, Speight, Jane, Blackberry, Irene, Manski-Nankervis, Jo-Anne, Thuraisingam, Sharmala, de La Rue, Katie, Ginnivan, Louise, Browne, Jessica Lea, Holmes-Truscott, Elizabeth, Khunti, Kamlesh, Dalziel, Kim, Chiang, Jason, Audehm, Ralph, Kennedy, Mark, Clark, Malcolm, Jenkins, Alicia Josephine, Liew, Danny, Clarke, Philip, Best, James

“…Eligibility: Aged 18–80 years, T2D for ≥1 year, a (past month) HbA1c>5.5 mmol/mol (0.5%) above their individualised target while prescribed at least two non-insulin hypoglycaemic therapies and/or insulin (therapy stable for the last four months). …”
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Genetic analysis of normal human phenotypes within the people of the British Isles by Meena, D

“…For normal hair pigmentation, nearly all of the well documented pigmentation genes were replicated, including <em>MC1R, SLC45A2, TYR, IRF4, HERC2, KITLG</em> and <em>SLC24A4</em> and results generally agreed with studies performed in the past. Replication of previous associations validates the PoBI dataset.…”

Association of current Schistosoma mansoni, Schistosoma japonicum, and Schistosoma mekongi infection status and intensity with periportal fibrosis: a systematic review and meta-ana... by Ewuzie, A, Wilburn, L, Thakrar, DB, Cheng, H, Reitzug, F, Roberts, N, Malouf, R, Chami, GF

“…<p><strong>Background:&nbsp;</strong>Periportal fibrosis is a severe morbidity caused by both current and past exposure to intestinal schistosomes. We aimed to assess the association between current infection status and intensity of&nbsp;<em>Schistosoma mansoni, Schistosoma japonicum</em>, or&nbsp;<em>Schistosoma mekongi</em>&nbsp;with periportal fibrosis.…”

Electronic structures of topological materials studied by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy by He, S

“…<p>This thesis summarizes my DPhil research projects, which involve electron optical simulations for photoelectron spectroscopy instruments and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) studies of several novel topological quantum materials:<br> 1. Over the past decades, photoelectron spectroscopy has experienced numerous advancements and become a powerful tool for understanding the electronic properties of solid-state systems. …”

Prevalence of West Nile virus in domesticated mammals (cattle, goat, horse and pig) in selected areas of Peninsular Malaysia by Mohammed, Mohammed Nma

“…Serological results indicate past exposure to WNV in all the species in this study. …”
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Green logistics practices in Malaysian food-based manufacturing industry by Hussin, Hilda

“…Logistics has been regarded as a key determinant to business performance over the past 50 years. However, the increase in environmental concerns over pollution, climate change, congestion, waste disposal, and resource depletion among others have triggered an increased attention from the government and society. …”
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Layer-by-Layer Nanoparticles for Cytokine Delivery by Pires, Ivan S.

“…In the past decade, cancer immunotherapy has been a promising therapeutic strategy for cancer treatment. …”
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Optimized core design of a supercritical carbon dioxide-cooled fast reactor by Handwerk, Christopher S. (Christopher Stanley), 1974-

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Adversarial robustness of deep reinforcement learning by Qu, Xinghua

“…Over the past decades, the advancements in deep reinforcement learning (DRL) have demonstrated that deep neural network (DNN) policies can be trained to prescribe near-optimal actions in many complex tasks. …”
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Dynamics in blue emitting metal halide perovskites for light emitting diodes by Karlsson, Max

“…Metal halide perovskites are a group of semiconductors that have received a great amount of attention during the past years due to impressive - and continuously increasing - performance as active materials implemented in solar cells and light emitting diodes. …”
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Predicting glaucoma progression using deep learning framework guided by generative algorithm by Hussain, Shaista, Chua, Jacqueline, Wong, Damon, Lo, Justin, Kadziauskiene, Aiste, Asoklis, Rimvydas, Barbastathis, George, Schmetterer, Leopold, Yong, Liu

“…The proposed method was used to predict VF changes 12 months after the first visit by combining past multimodal inputs with synthesized future images generated using generative adversarial network (GAN). …”
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Vision-based patient wellness monitoring using facial cues by Sathyanarayana, Supriya

“…The wellness indicators such as eye state, eyeball movement, blink, mouth kept open, yawning, talking and brow furrows were finally integrated into a framework to determine the wellness state to be one of - asleep, awake, drowsy, inactive and discomfort. Past history of the wellness state over a period of time was also incorporated to generate a wellness profile, which is then used to assess the condition of the patient relative to an initial state. …”
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Synthesis and optical study of lead halide perovskites for opto-electronic applications by Ha, Son Tung

“…Organic-inorganic metal halide perovskite is an emerging class of semiconductors. In the past few years, we have witnessed many breakthrough applications of this material, especially in the field of thin film solar cells, light emitting diodes, and lasers. …”
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Transport phenomena of immiscible fluids in microchannels by Yin, Shuai

“…Due to the prevalence of miniaturization in the past two decades, microdroplets have been widely applied to the fields of chemistry, biology, and material science. …”
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Synoptic analysis of a decade of daily measurements of SO2 emission in the troposphere from volcanoes of the global ground-based network for observation of volcanic and atmospheric... by Arellano, Santiago, Galle, Bo, Apaza, Fredy, Avard, Geoffroy, Barrington, Charlotte, Bobrowski, Nicole, Bucarey, Claudia, Burbano, Viviana, Burton, Mike, Chacón, Zoraida, Chigna, Gustavo, Clarito, Christian Joseph, Conde, Vladimir, Costa, Fidel, De Moor, Maarten, Delgado-Granados, Hugo, Di Muro, Andrea, Fernandez, Deborah, Garzón, Gustavo, Gunawan, Hendra, Haerani, Nia, Hansteen, Thor. H., Hidalgo, Silvana, Inguaggiato, Salvatore, Johansson, Mattias, Kern, Christoph, Kihlman, Manne, Kowalski, Philippe, Masias, Pablo, Montalvo, Francisco, Möller, Joakim, Platt, Ulrich, Rivera, Claudia, Saballos, Armando, Salerno, Giuseppe, Taisne, Benoit, Vásconez, Freddy, Velásquez, Gabriela, Vita, Fabio, Yalire, Mathieu

“…We also compare our results with those reported in the literature, providing ranges of variability in emission not accessible in the past. The open-access data repository introduced in this article will enable further exploitation of this unique dataset, with a focus on volcanological research, risk assessment, satellite-sensor validation, and improved quantification of the prevalent tropospheric component of global volcanic emission.…”
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Explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) for healthcare decision-making by Zeng, Zhiwei

“…The renewed understanding then affects the extent to which the desiderata are satisfied. Over the past decade, a plethora of explainability approaches have been proposed, ranging from ante-hoc methods that seek to build explainability features into a model itself to post-hoc methods that use techniques to improve the explainability of an already developed model. …”
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