Ensemble strategies for population-based optimization algorithms – a survey by Wu, Guohua, Mallipeddi, Rammohan, Suganthan, Ponnuthurai Nagaratnam

“…In POA literature, No Free Lunch (NFL) theorem has been well-documented and therefore, to effectively solve a given optimization problem, an appropriate configuration is necessary. …”
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Towards the prevention of pressure ulcers by Kwek, Milton Sheng Yi

“…Ischaemia reperfusion (I/R) injury has been one of the potential causes of PU. This injury happens as bony prominences are rested on surfaces for relatively long periods of time where tissues experience ischaemia. …”
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Effects of double aging on inconel 718 fabricated by laser metal deposition by Tham, Nataniel Yong Syn

“…Inconel 718 fabricated using Laser Metal Deposition has been found in recent years to be a viable option to fabricate or repair components. …”
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Low biodegradability of dissolved organic matter from Southeast Asian peat-draining rivers by Nichols, Robert S., Martin, Patrick

“…Despite substantial interest in the biogeochemical fate of terrigenous DOC (tDOC), few studies have quantified phenol oxidase activity in aquatic environments, and microbial remineralization rates of tDOC have never been measured in Southeast Asia. Here, we assess the potential for using phenol oxidase assays as a proxy for tDOC biodegradation across peat-draining rivers and the coastal waters of Sarawak, Borneo, and report experimental measurements of microbial tDOC remineralization rates from this region. …”
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Curvature-regulated lipid membrane softening of nano-vesicles by Chng, Choon-Peng, Sadovsky, Yoel, Hsia, K. Jimmy, Huang, Changjin

“…Understanding the interplay between vesicle size and stiffness is critical to both the understanding of the biological functions of natural nano-vesicles and the optimization of nano-vesicle-based diagnostics and therapeutics. It has been predicted that, when vesicle size is comparable to its membrane thickness, the effective bending stiffness of the vesicle increases dramatically due to both the entropic effect as a result of reduced thermal undulation and the nonlinear curvature elasticity effect. …”
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An optimized CFD-DEM method for fluid-particle coupling dynamics analysis by Yao, L. M., Xiao, Zhongmin, Liu, J. B., Zhang, Q., Wang, M.

“…By improving the solution strategy of unresolved CFD-DEM in terms of time incremental way, the iterative convergence criteria and time advancement algorithm of fluid-particle coupling have been established. The improved CFD-DEM method can automatically adjust the CFD time steps according to the convergence criteria. …”
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Exploring multi-level motivations towards green design practices : a system dynamics approach by Li, Qing, Zhang, Lianying, Zhang, Limao, Jha, Sunil

“…However, multi-level motivations in green design, such as institutional, market, organizational, and individual initiatives, have not been explored in detail. The dynamic interactions of multiple motivations are rarely examined. …”
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High order magnetic and electric resonant modes of split ring resonator metasurface arrays for strong enhancement of mid-infrared photodetection by Tong, Jinchao, Suo, Fei, Tobing, Landobasa Y. M., Yao, Niangjuan, Zhang, Dawei, Huang, Zhiming, Zhang, Dao Hua

“…Split ring resonator (SRR) array which resonates at different resonant modes, including fundamental magnetic mode (m0), high order magnetic mode (m1), and electric (e) mode has been investigated because of the high potential for different applications. …”
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Investigating the inner controls on explosive eruptions using textural analyses and petrology by Bernard, Olivier

“…An effusive eruption generating slow-moving lava flows will be a lot less destructive than a violent explosive eruption producing large pyroclastic density currents (PDC). Recently, it has been shown that most volcanoes around the globe and particularly in a subduction-setting, are able to produce both effusive and violently explosive eruptions with sometimes rapid transitions between eruption styles in the span of a few hours to minutes. …”
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Time-series representation learning via temporal and contextual contrasting by Eldele, Emadeldeen, Mohamed Ragab, Chen, Zhenghua, Wu, Min, Kwoh, Chee Keong, Li, Xiaoli, Guan, Cuntai

“…It attempts to maximize the similarity among different contexts of the same sample while minimizing similarity among contexts of different samples. Experiments have been carried out on three real-world time-series datasets. …”
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Modernity and functionality: relooking changes in Chinese vernacular education in Singapore, 1919-1941 by Ho, Amanda Shi Min

“…This thesis aims to reconstruct the history of modern Chinese schools in Singapore from 1919 to 1941, reexamining what has been covered thus far in both English and Chinese scholarship of the history of Chinese vernacular education in Singapore and synthesising the findings of both strands of scholarship. …”
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Post-fire behaviour and resistances of S690 high strength steel welded I-section stub columns by Su, Andi, Jiang, Ke, Liang, Yating, Zhao, Ou

“…The cross-sectional behaviour and residual compression resistances of S690 high strength steel welded I-section stub columns after exposure to elevated temperatures up to 950 °C have been investigated, underpinned by testing and numerical modelling, and fully presented in this paper. …”
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Systematic study of short circuit activation on the performance of PEM fuel cell by Zhang, Caizhi, Liu, Hao, Zeng, Tao, Chen, Jiawei, Lin, Pengfeng, Deng, Bo, Liu, Fujian, Zheng, Yifeng

“…Short circuit method has been found to improve the performance of fuel cells by stripping of oxides and other adsorbed species from platinum, which needs systematical understanding the effective parameters of short circuit method on fuel cell performance. …”
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The behavior of suspensions and macromolecular solutions in crossflow microfiltration: an update by Chew, Jia Wei, Kilduff, James, Belfort, Georges

“…Elucidating interfacial interaction energies has gained much attention in recent years; the DLVO model (and its extension) has been validated for a wide range of foulants. The use of molecular dynamics simulations to model transport and fouling represents a major advance, providing insights not possible through experiments. …”
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Linking dual mode of action of host defense antimicrobial peptide thanatin: structures, lipopolysaccharide and LptAm binding of designed analogs by Sinha, Sheetal, Dhanabal, Vidhya Bharathi, Sperandeo, Paola, Polissi, Alessandra, Bhattacharjya, Surajit

“…Strikingly, LptAm binding affinity of thanatin M21F has been significantly increased with an estimated Kd~0.73 nM vs 13 nM for thanatin. …”
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Rapid electrochemical detection of COVID-19 genomic sequence with dual-function graphene nanocolloids based biosensor by Ang, Wei Li, Lim, Rachel Rui Xia, Ambrosi, Adriano, Bonanni, Alessandra

“…Over 329 million people have been infected till date and over 5.5 million people could not survive the respiratory illness known as COVID-19 syndrome. …”
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A comprehensive review on sub-zero temperature cold thermal energy storage materials, technologies, and applications: State of the art and recent developments by Yang, Lizhong, Villalobos, Uver, Akhmetov, Bakyzhan, Gil, Antoni, Khor, Jun Onn, Palacios, Anabel, Li, Yongliang, Ding, Yulong, Cabeza, Luisa F., Tan, Wooi Leong, Romagnoli, Alessandro

“…However, some waste cold energy sources have not been fully used. These challenges triggered an interest in developing the concept of cold thermal energy storage, which can be used to recover the waste cold energy, enhance the performance of refrigeration systems, and improve renewable energy integration. …”
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Development of immunomodulatory RNA therapeutics for immune disorders by Iyer, Vaishnavi Srinivasan

“…We show that these ASOs can modulate T cell behavior in human cell lines and human primary cells, validating the potential of ASOs as a therapeutic approach for immune diseases. There has been a lot of research into the phenotype of T cells found in RA patients and how they differ from healthy controls. …”
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Designing siRNA/chitosan-methacrylate complex nanolipogel for prolonged gene silencing effects by Cao, Ye, Tan, Yang Fei, Wong, Yee Shan, Aminuddin, Muhammad, Ramya, Bhuthalingam, Liew, Melvin Wen Jie, Liu, Jiaxin, Venkatraman, Subbu S.

“…To understand the particle mechanism of cellular entry, multiple endocytic inhibitors have been used to investigate its endocytosis pathways. …”
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Secure wirelessly powered networks at the physical layer: challenges, countermeasures, and road ahead by Lu, Xiao, Nguyen Cong Luong, Dinh Thai Hoang, Niyato, Dusit, Xiao, Yong, Wang, Ping

“…Harvesting wireless power to energize miniature devices has been envisioned as a promising solution to sustain future-generation energy-sensitive networks, e.g., Internet-of-Things systems. …”
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