Co-translational integration of the light harvesting complex II and its associated pigments into polymeric membranes by Zapf, Thomas

“…This protein with its associated pigments is the main solar energy collector in higher plants. Our aim is to combine LHCII-pigment complexes with stable and highly controllable polymer-based membrane systems for future technological applications. …”
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Android tablet game development for dementia patient - Games by Tong, Chee Tian

“…The games developed in this project will be added into the current PEAR system. There are 6 main categories of game in PEAR system; Speed, Memory, Attention, Flexibility, Problem Solving and Mind-eye Coordination. …”
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Sustainable product family design and a platform strategy by Kim, Samyeon

“…To demonstrate and validate the effectiveness of the proposed SPFDM, case studies have been performed with product families of coffee makers and electric shavers. The main contribution of the SPFDM is to provide a foundation for modelling the link between product design and sustainability performance that incorporates environmental, economic, and social aspects. …”
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Research of modeling and optimization approaches for hybrid ejector-based air conditioning cycle by Wang, Hao

“…The model-based centralized optimization for hybrid system is developed based on evolutionary operators integrated particle swarm optimization method, which aims at minimizing the total energy consumption under demanded cooling capacities, with regard of components energy consumption models and corresponding physical constraints, achieving the precise estimation of the operating conditions as well as the global optimal set point. The main contribution of this thesis is to propose two systematic approaches in optimizing the hybrid refrigeration cycle. …”
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Towards whom should indoor environmental quality control be sympathetic : asthmatics or non-asthmatics? by Tham, Kwok Wai, Fadeyi, Moshood Olawale

“…Data for subjects' work performances, perceptual responses, and salivary α-amylase concentration at initial and after 3-h exposures were reported in this paper. The main findings suggest that: (i) temperature settings should be sympathetic towards asthmatic subjects because of their higher sensitivity to temperatures at the lower spectrum of thermal comfort conditions; (ii) IAQ settings should be sympathetic towards non-asthmatic subjects because of their higher sensitivity to perceived air quality acceptability in the same temperature range. …”
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Chemical mediation of coral larval settlement by crustose coralline algae by Tebben, J., Motti, C. A, Siboni, Nachshon, Negri, A. P., Harder, T., Steinberg, Peter David, Hatta, Masayuki, Tapiolas, D. M., Schupp, P. J., Kitamura, Makoto

“…We identified two classes of CCA cell wall-associated compounds – glycoglycerolipids and polysaccharides – as the main constituents of settlement inducing fractions. …”
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Motor adaptation with passive machines: A first study on the effect of real and virtual stiffness by Tommasino, Paolo, Melendez-Calderon, A., Burdet, E., Campolo, Domenico

“…In particular, we tested 20 healthy subjects under two different real stiffness conditions (Stiff Channel vs Compliant Channel) and two different virtual conditions (Viscous vs Springy). Our main finding is that compliance of the channel favours a better adaptation featured with less lateral errors and longer retention of the after-effect. …”
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Modelling and Design of a Synergy-based Actuator for a Tendon-driven Soft Robotic Glove by Xiloyannis, Michele, Cappello, Leonardo, Khanh, Dinh Binh, Yen, Shih-Cheng, Masia, Lorenzo

“…Being portability one of our main objectives, we use only 1 motor to move 8 degrees of freedom of the hand. …”
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Increasing Dengue Incidence in Singapore over the Past 40 Years: Population Growth, Climate and Mobility by Struchiner, Claudio Jose, Rocklöv, Joacim, Wilder-Smith, Annelies, Massad, Eduardo

“…It is important to understand the main drivers for the rapid increase in dengue incidence. …”
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Suitability of natural sounds to enhance soundscape quality in urban residential areas by Hong, Joo-Young, Lam, Bhan, Ong, Zhen-Ting, Gupta, Rishabh, Gan, Woon-Seng

“…This study aims to investigate the effects of main functions of places on suitability of natural sounds to mask traffic noises. …”
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Predicting clinical outcome of neuroblastoma patients using an integrative network-based approach by Rajapakse, Jagath Chandana, Azuaje, Francisco, Tranchevent, Léon-Charles, Nazarov, Petr V., Kaoma, Tony, Schmartz, Georges P., Muller, Arnaud, Kim, Sang-Yoon

“…Background: One of the main current challenges in computational biology is to make sense of the huge amounts of multidimensional experimental data that are being produced. …”
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Early Vocal Development in Autism Spectrum Disorder, Rett Syndrome, and Fragile X Syndrome: Insights from Studies Using Retrospective Video Analysis by Roche, Laura, Zhang, Dajie, Bartl-Pokorny, Katrin D., Pokorny, Florian B., Schuller, Björn W., Esposito, Gianluca, Bölte, Sven, Roeyers, Herbert, Poustka, Luise, Gugatschka, Markus, Waddington, Hannah, Vollmann, Ralf, Einspieler, Christa, Marschik, Peter B.

“…These studies were then categorised according to whether children were later diagnosed with ASD (13 studies), RTT (8 studies), or FXS (2 studies) and then described in terms of (a) participant characteristics, (b) control group characteristics, (c) video footage, (d) behaviours analysed, and (e) main findings. This overview supports the use of RVA in analysing the early development of vocalisations in children later diagnosed with ASD, RTT, or FXS and provides an in-depth analysis of vocalisation presentation, complex vocalisation production, and the rate and/or frequency of vocalisation production across the three disorders. …”
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Induced transtensional earthquakes after the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake in the compressional collision belt of western Taiwan by Lee, Timothy Ting-Yu, Chan, Chung-Han, Shyu, J. Bruce H., Wu, Yih-Min, Huang, Hsin-Hua

“…Aftershock sequences, for example, tend to occur in areas with an increase in Coulomb stress with similar mechanisms to the main shock. However, in regions with pre-existing crustal structures with different mechanisms, the corresponding Coulomb stress change may result in different seismic characteristics. …”
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Exciton dynamics in colloidal quantum-dot leds under active device operations by Shendre, Sushant, Sharma, Vijay Kumar, Dang, Cuong, Demir, Hilmi Volkan

“…However, little understanding of the QD emission behavior in active QLEDs is one of the main factors hindering the improvement of device efficiency. …”
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Green development performance of water resources and its economic-related determinants by Li, Wei, Xi, Yongqin, Wu, Feimei, Masoud, Mahmoud, Liu, Shi Qiang

“…To validate the applicability and suitability of the proposed methodology, we collected the panel data about water resources across 30 provinces in China from 2005 to 2015 for an empirical study. The main findings of this study are as follows: i) the level of water utilization is a critical factor for the government to decide whether to increase the GTFPWR via foreign direct investment and trade; ii) the amount of wastewater should be effectively reduced to mitigate the conflicts between urbanization and the GTFPWR growth; iii) inland provinces, particularly Shanxi, Hainan and Yunnan, need to improve water technologies and management to increase their low-GTFPWR-growth rates. …”
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Heat transfer performance in the longitudinal corrugated fin and oval tube compact heat exchangers by Gholami, Ahmadali

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Synergistic effect of 5-fluorouracil and the small molecule Wnt/β-catenin inhibitor iCRT3 on Caco-2 colorectal cancer cells in vitro by Smarslik, Maren, Inal, Jameel

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Let's move with Leon: a qualitative evaluation of a UK digital intervention to improve physical activity in people with a musculoskeletal condition by Webb, Justin, Allison, Heather, Mprah, Michael

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Ultrasound-compatible 3D-printed Franz diffusion system for sonophoresis with microbubbles by Chen, Xin, De Grandi, Davide, Zhu, Yonglian, Lutheryn, Gareth, Lane, Majella E., Sil dos Santos, Bruno, Carugo, Dario

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A discourse analysis looking at the way counselling psychologists discuss and address issues of race with individuals from black Asian and minority ethnicities by Madre de Deus de Sousa, Filipe Alexandre

“…Results: The analysis indicated that three main discourses were present when counselling psychologists were describing their therapeutic interactions with BAME clients and supervisees. …”
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