Prevalence of lumbosacral transition vertebrae in symptomatic adults and the levels of degeneration in the suprajacent disc by Song, Joshua, Betzler, Brjan Kaiji, Kaliya-Perumal, Arun-Kumar, Oh, Jacob Yoong-Leong

“…Retrospectively, 545 patients (Age = 57.6 ± 18.3 years; Male = 277; Female = 268) who underwent radiographic evaluation of the lumbar spine for lower back pain or radicular symptoms were shortlisted. …”
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Variations of the femoral artery position in relation to femoral vein and mid-inguinal point: a cadaveric study by Taib, Che Norma Mat, Nasir, Aina Amira Mohamad, Ahmad, Nurul Arina, Moklas, Mohamad Aris Mohd

“…Bivariate analysis showed that there was a significant association of distance from anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS) to femoral artery between the right and left thigh. …”
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Compact temperature sensor with highly germania-doped fiber-based Michelson interferometer by Bao, Lifeng, Dong, Xinyong, Shum, Perry Ping, Shen, Changyu

“…The free spectral range is only 18.9 nm owing to the much larger differential refractive index of the Ge-fiber than normal fibers. …”
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A review on lactic acid production via microbial fermentation from biowaste: insights on scaling up to industrial process by Haris, Nur Izzah Nabilah, Salleh, Shanti Faridah, Nolasco‐Hipolito, Cirilo, Awang Husaini, Awang Ahmad Sallehin, Wondi, Mohd Hafizz, Harun, Nur Haninah, Abdul Raof, Nurliyana

“…Lactic acid (LA), the starting material for polylactic acid, is currently in high demand owing to rising bioplastic production. Large-scale production of LA typically uses a first-generation feedstock, namely food-grade sugars, owing to the absence of contaminants and ease of processing. …”

Robust field oriented control of induction motor by Gnanasambandapillai Ravitharan.

“…To reduce chattering in the motor currents owing to the VSC, a variable control input voltage consisting of an equivalent control voltage component and a fuzzy controlled component is proposed.…”
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Neural networking analysis of thermally magnetized mass transfer coefficient (MTC) for Carreau fluid flow: A comparative study by Ur Rehman, Khalil, Shatanawi, Wasfi, Asghar, Zeeshan, Abdul Rahman, Mohd Kasim

“…The Schmidt number, porosity, magnetic, Weissenberg number, and chemical reaction parameters are treated as inputs while the mass transfer rate is taken as output. Owing to 10 neurons in the hidden layer, the network is trained by the Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm. …”
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Living with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva: radiological images of a patient with extensive heterotopic ossification by Mohammed Mostafa Kotb, Omar, Usama Farghaly, Kaliya-Perumal, Arun-Kumar

“…Radiographic evaluation with X-rays and CT scans revealed scoliosis and total fusion of almost all levels of the spine, with only a few disc spaces spared. A large mass of heterotopic bone was observed, corresponding to the location of the paraspinal muscles in the lumbar region, branching upwards and fusing with the scapulae on both sides. …”
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Improvement of reliability for an electro-mechanical simulator by Liu, Chong Tark.

“…Moreover, some maintainability issues are presented in the appendix for completeness. However, owing to commercial confidentiality, only some of these activities are reported in this thesis.…”
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Capacities of cross-junction and roundabout in Nanyang Technological University by Choo, Ping Ling.

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Product design for manufacture and assembly methodologies by Lu, Joyce Ruizhi.

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Enabling basic motion behaviors on irobot create by Du, Xinxin.

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Modeling and improvement of tracked based vehicle by Yeo, Nick Xi Liang.

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Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling : 14th International Conference, SBP-BRiMS 2021, virtual event, July 6-9, 2021, Proceedings / by International Conference on Social Computing Behavioral-Cultural Modeling, and Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation (14th : 2021 : Online) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2021008523, Thomson, Robert, editor 497094, Hussain, Muhammad Nihal, editor 642965, Dancy, Christopher L., editor 642966, Pyke, Aryn, editor 642967

Identification and application of self-binding zipper-like sequences in SARS-CoV spike protein by Zhang, Si Min, Liao, Ying, Neo, Tuan Ling, Lu, Yanning, Liu, Ding Xiang, Vahlne, Anders, Tam, James Pingkwan

“…Self-binding peptides containing zipper-like sequences, such as the Leu/Ile zipper sequence within the coiled coil regions of proteins and the cross-β spine steric zippers within the amyloid-like fibrils, could bind to the protein-of-origin through homophilic sequence-specific zipper motifs. …”
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Hearing loss and risk of major osteoporotic fracture: a population-based cohort study in the United Kingdom by Khalid, S, Alhambra, DP, Hasheminasab, SA, Vinogradova, Y, Qureshi, N, Ratzinger, M, Brunetti, V, Salas, A, Canals, L

“…Purpose: Assess association between hearing loss (HL) and major osteoporotic fracture (MOF; spine, wrist/forearm, shoulder/proximal humerus, hip) in individuals aged ≥ 60 years, and risk factors for MOF in individuals with HL. …”

Fast motion estimation algorithms for video coding by Zhu, Shan.

“…For effective storage and delivery, digital video data is required to be encoded at a much higher compression ratio compared with that of still image compression owing to its temporal redundancies. Motion estimation is the key technique to substantially reduce such redundancies but requires fairly high computation. …”
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Tin oxide as an electron transport layer in perovskite solar cells: Advances and challenges by Wali, Qamar, Aamir, Muhammad, Ejaz Khan, Muhammad, Jose, Rajan, Fan, Wei, Yang, Shengyuan

“…Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have appeared as a growing photovoltaic technology owing to their unprecedented performance compared to the market leader, silicon solar cells. …”
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Development of reduced graphene oxide from biowaste as an electrode material for vanadium redox flow battery by Abbas, Aumber, Eng, Xue Er, Ee, Nicholas, Saleem, Faisal, Wu, Dan, Chen, Wenqian, Handayani, Murni, Tabish, Tanver A., Wai, Nyunt, Lim, Tuti Mariana

“…Vanadium redox flow battery (VRB) is a renowned electrochemical energy storage device for large scale applications owing to its promising storage capability, long life and safety. …”
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Solution adsorption formation of a π-conjugated polymer/graphene composite for high-performance field-effect transistors by Liu, Yun, Hao, Wei, Yao, Huiying, Li, Shuzhou, Wu, Yuchen, Zhu, Jia, Jiang, Lei

“…Semiconducting polymers with π‐conjugated electronic structures have potential application in the large‐scale printable fabrication of high‐performance electronic and optoelectronic devices. However, owing to their poor environmental stability and high‐cost synthesis, polymer semiconductors possess limited device implementation. …”
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Design and implementation of a multi-camera automated inspection system for PCB assembly by Yang, Xia Hua

“…Inspection for PCB assembly is indispensable if high product quality is to be assured. In recent years, owing to a large number of very small surface mount devices (SMDs) being packed on PCBs, inspection of PCB assembly becomes very difficult for human operators. …”
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