Dual Origin of Viscoelasticity in Polymer-Carbon Black Hydrogels: A Rheometry and Electrical Spectroscopy Study by Legrand, Gauthier, Manneville, Sébastien, McKinley, Gareth H., Divoux, Thibaut

“…Here we focus on aqueous dispersions of hydrophobic colloidal soot particles, namely carbon black (CB) dispersed with a sodium salt of carboxymethylcellulose (CMC), a food additive known as cellulose gum that bears hydrophobic groups, which are liable to bind physically to CB particles. …”
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A Performance Analysis between Conventional and Shariah Private Retirement Scheme in Malaysia (S/O 14551) by Sofi, Mohd Fikri

“…They do not only beat the market over the period, but also strive against the peers ferociously to attain the objective and the interest of fund holders for a better protection of future retirement. …”
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In-situ power generation and nutrients recovery from waste activated sludge – long-term performance and system optimization by Wu, Dan, Sun, Faqian, Chua, Desmond Feng Jun, Lu, Dan, Stuckey, David Campbell, Zhou, Yan

“…Fermented liquor (FL) was used as feed for MFC, which produced maximum voltage of 0.477 V and power density of 8.07 W m−3. …”
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Isolation and identification of tannin-degrading bacteria from goat feces, ruminal fluid, and rumen gut by Muhammad Syafiq Suhaimi, Fayyadhah Asyiqin Zailani, Nur Farah Syuhada Mohd Zaki, Farizan Aris, Mohd Taufiq Mat Jalil, Nurul Aili Zakaria

“…The isolated strains demonstrate their capabilities in reducing tannin's antinutritional effects in poultry feed.…”
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Life history and demography of the predatory mite, Amblyseius longispinosus Evans by Ibrahim, Yusof, Palacio, Victoria B.

“…Larvae were not observed to feed. Statistically significant differences between sexes were noted with respect to consumption of the deutonymphs (female, average 4.0±0.2; male, average 2.9±0.3 eggs/day) but not of the protonymphs. …”
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Characterization of oil palm fruitlets using artificial neural network by Olukayode, Ojo Adedayo

“…The results also showed that contrary to the widely reported gap between the accuracy of the LM algorithm and other feed forward neural network training algorithms, the RP trained network performed as good as that of the LM algorithm for the range of data considered. …”
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Report on industrial attachment with Advanced Technology Research Centre - processing and characterization of oxidizer-coated metal powders by Lee, Priscilla Li Yi.

“…In the processing of oxidizer-coated fuel, a co-spray drying of a feed mixture of Al and NaNO2 (in solution) was carried out. …”
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EEG based mind controlled car by Li, Yue

“…Huang GB in NTU, which is Single-hidden layer feed forward network can be applied as a reliable and efficiency classifier in many different area. …”
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Process development for in-machine (CNC) polishing of blades by Tan, Chong Boon

“…Experiments including machining, polishing and data collection were carried out by fixing and varying different process parameters such as the feed rate, spindle speed. Analysis was carried out from the data collected and an optimal set of parameter is obtained. …”
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Analysis of New York City traffic speed data set by Le, Duy Anh

“…The tasks of this project include visualization of the traffic feed data, feature extraction and basic analysis of the data. …”
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Evaluating the Potential for a Novel Irrigation System Controller to Be Adopted by Medium-Scale Contract Farmers in East Africa by Van de Zande, Georgia D, Sheline, Carolyn, Winter, Amos G

“…These systems provide many benefits to farmers who have been able to install them on their fields, but their high costs is one barrier that currently limits its adoption among the majority of EA farmers. …”
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Design of a 0.5 V chopper-stabilized differential difference amplifier for analog signal processing applications by Fan, Xinlan, Gao, Feifan, Chan, Pak Kwong

“…Operating with a supply voltage of 0.5 V, a three-stage DDA has been employed to achieve an open-loop gain of 89 dB, while consuming just 0.74 μW of power. …”
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Autistic students' experiences, opportunities and challenges in higher education in Singapore: a qualitative study by Lim, Elinor, Wong, Shawn, Gurbuz, Emine, Kapp, Steven K., López, Beatriz, Magiati, Iliana

“…The present study sought to explore and understand (i) the experiences, opportunities, and challenges of autistic students in HE in Singapore; and (ii) non-autistic HE students’ experiences of studying alongside and socially engaging with their autistic peers. Twenty autistic and twenty-two non-autistic HE students in Singapore completed an online survey with open-ended questions. …”
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API Governance at Scale by Ahmad, Mak, Geewax, J. J., Macvean, Andrew, Karger, David, Ma, Kwan-Liu

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Mathematical foundation of data science by Fang, Xiaowei

“…High-dimensional probability theory bears vital importance in the mathematical foundation of data science. …”
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Highlights from Faraday Discussion 172: Carbon in electrochemistry, Sheffield, UK, July 2014 by Dyatkin, B, Ash, PA, Sharma, S

“…All discussions form part of the peer review process and are sequentially recorded and published with the accepted manuscripts.…”

Gender gaps and the structure of local labor markets by Petrongolo, B, Ronchi, M

“…In particular, we highlight sharp gender differences in commuting behavior and discuss how women’s stronger distaste for commuting time may feed into gender pay gaps.…”

Current and future challenges of hybrid electrochemical-mechanical machining process for micro- and nano-manufacturing by Ahmad Shahir, Jamaludin, Mohd Nizar, Muhd Razali, Nurul Nadia, Nor Hamran, Mohd Zairulnizam, Mohd Zawawi, Mohd Amran, Md Ali

“…Electrochemical parameters such as electrolyte selection, voltage, and machining duration, and mechanical parameters including tool selection and feed rate play pivotal roles in achieving the desired outcomes. …”
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Experimental and AI-driven enhancements in gas-phase photocatalytic CO2 conversion over synthesized highly ordered anodic TiO2 nanotubes by Hossen, Md. Arif, Hasan, Md. Munirul, Ahmed, Yunus, Azrina, Abd Aziz, Nurashikin, Yaacof, Leong, Kah Hon

“…The percentage of CO2 conversion was taken as the targeted feature while catalyst exposed surface area, crystallite size, CO2 concentration, light intensity, feed pressure, and irradiation time were chosen input parameters. …”
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Black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae meal for heat-stressed broiler chicken: its effects on gut health, stress biomarkers, and growth performance by Mazlan, Nur Ain Farhanim, Miswan, Nur Alia, Ahmad, Sharmila, Hassim, Hasliza Abu, Jamien, Eddy Shahriza, Wei Ee, Hew, Kumari Ramiah, Suriya, Idrus, Zulkifli

“…The study determined the effects of feeding black soldier fly larvae meal (BSFLM) on serum corticosterone (CORT), heat shock protein (HSP) 70, d-lactic acid (DLA), diamine oxidase (DAO) levels, gut health and performance in heat-stressed broiler chickens. …”
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