PDMS-coated porous PVDF hollow fiber membranes for efficient recovery of dissolved biomethane from anaerobic effluents by Sethunga, Godakooru Sethunga Mudiyanselage Dilhara Prebhashwari, Karahan, Huseyin Enis, Wang, Rong, Bae, Tae-Hyun

“…The adjustment of the concentration of PDMS precursor mix could effectively serve for tuning the performance characteristics of MC membranes and helped suppress membrane wetting, a major performance-reducing factor. Despite their denser skin layers, the lumen-modified membranes demonstrated superior dCH4 recovery flux. …”
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Dissecting the structure-compaction-performance relationship of thin-film composite polyamide membranes with different structure features by Zhao, Yali, Lai, Gwo Sung, Chong, Jeng Yi, Wang, Rong

“…On the other hand, the TFC membrane with a PA layer of low protuberances formed atop a loose substrate showed a greater decrease (∼18.5%) in water permeability. The densified skin layer and collapsed macro-voids within the loose substrate resulted in a ∼40% decrease in the overall height of the PA layer and a 65% decline in substrate surface porosity, respectively, which are identified as the reasons for the reducing water permeability. …”
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Fabrication of organic solvent nanofiltration membranes with graphene oxide - enhanced covalent organic framework via interfacial polymerization by Oor, Jia Zheng, Ong, Chi Siang, Tan, Yong Zen, Chew, Jia Wei

“…Unfortunately, the common thin film composite (TFC) - based organic solvent nanofiltration membranes often give low solvent permeance due to the dense skin layer atop the substrate. To address this, we fabricated a covalent organic framework (COF) - incorporated TFC membrane through the in-situ formation of benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxaldehyde (TFB) and graphene oxide (GO) in p-Cymene, a less toxic solvent, with p-Phenylenediamine (PPD) in aqueous phase via interfacial polymerization. …”
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A tight polyethersulfone ultrafiltration membrane fabricated via polyion complex assisted phase inversion for dye desalination by Zhao, Yali, Liao, Yuan, Lai, Gwo Sung, Yin, Yurong, Wang, Rong

“…Morphology, chemical composition, surface charges and pore size analysis characterized via SEM, FTIR, XPS, Zeta potential and Dextran filtration experiment, respectively, testified that a nonporous skin layer comprising of polyion complex and enriched SPSF was successfully constructed on the top of the PES matrix with an effective pore radius of 1.44 nm, which is smaller than that of the reference membrane prepared without using polyion complex assisted phase inversion (2.74 nm). …”
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3D printing of mycelium engineered living materials using a waste-based ink and non-sterile conditions. by Soh, Eugene, Teoh, Jia Heng, Leong, Brendon, Xing, Tingrong, Le Ferrand, Hortense

“…Mycelium is the vegetative parts of the fungi which forms an interconnected network, covering air-material interfaces with a dense skin. An agar gel was chosen as the printing medium and supplemented with coffee grounds, malt and peptone to double the growth rate and density of the mycelium by Pleurotus ostreatus. …”
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DOK3 promotes atopic dermatitis by enabling the phosphatase PP4C to inhibit the T cell signaling mediator CARD11 by Loh Jia Tong, Teo, Joey Kay Hui, Kannan, Srinivasaraghavan, Verma, Chandra Shekhar, Andiappan, Anand Kumar, Lim, Hong-Hwa, Lam, Kong-Peng

“…Knocking out Dok3 enhanced the production of the cytokine IFN-γ by T cells, which conferred protection against experimental atopic dermatitis-like skin inflammation in mice. The expression of DOK3 was increased in T cells isolated from patients with atopic dermatitis and inversely correlated with IFNG expression. …”
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Engineering nano-nodular pattern on the substrate surface by tuning phase inversion to construct ultrapermselective ion-separation nanofiltration membrane by Zhao, Yali, Li, Can, Liao, Yuan, Yin, Yurong, Wang, Rong, Chen, Dongliang

“…Consequently, a PA membrane with nano-nodular pattern, thin skin layer, narrow pore size distribution and negative charge was formed. …”
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Computation fluid dynamics on drag reduction II by Zang, Bin

“…Lastly, the grid size and RANS models are subjected to further verification to ensure the observations and calculations are indeed trustworthy and relatively accurate by studying skin friction coefficient and comparing to empirical formula; also by simulating more complex dimpled flow with different Reynolds number regimes. …”
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A systematic analysis of the contribution of genetics to multimorbidity and comparisons with primary care data by Murrin, O, Mounier, N, Voller, B, Tata, L, Gallego-Moll, C, Roso-Llorach, A, Carrasco-Ribelles, LA, Fox, C, Allan, LM, Woodward, RM, Liang, X, Valderas, JM, Khalid, S, Dudbridge, F, Lamb, SE, Mancini, M, Farmer, L, Boddy, K, Bowden, J, Melzer, D, Frayling, TM, Masoli, JAH, Pilling, LC, Violán, C, Delgado, J

“…Many across-domain pairs exhibited substantial shared genetics (e.g., iron deficiency anaemia and peripheral arterial disease: genetic correlation 𝑅𝑔 = 0.45 [95% Confidence Intervals 0.27:0.64]). 33 pairs displayed negative genetic correlations, such as skin cancer and rheumatoid arthritis (𝑅𝑔 = −0.14 [−0.21:−0.06]), due to potential adverse drug effects. …”

Association between feel-like temperatures and injury risk during international outdoor athletic championships: a prospective cohort study on 29 579 athlete starts during 10 champi... by Edouard, P, Dandrieux, P-E, Klöwer, MK, Junge, A, Racinais, S, Branco, P, Hollander, K, Navarro, L

“…We performed Poisson regressions with incidence rates (number of injuries per 1000 athlete starts) as outcomes and UTCI as a predictive variable adjusted for sex, for all and time-loss injuries, for different injured tissue types (ie, muscle, tendon, ligament, articular, bone and skin) and specific discipline (ie, sprints, hurdles, jumps, throws, middle distance, long distance, marathon and race walking).…”

Fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) among school children in Java and Sumatra, Indonesia: associations with respiratory symptoms, house dust mite sensitization and the home envi... by Norbäck, Dan, Hashim, Jamal Hisham, Hashim, Zailina, Jalaludin, Juliana, Ismail, Rohaida, Wieslander, Gunilla, Wispriyono, Bambang, Sary, Lolita, Pratama, Satria, Sari, Meliana, Sisinta, Tiaraima, Putra, Hondli, Perdana, Agung Aji, Muhani, Nova, Lestari, Sri Maria Puji, Wulandari, Ririn, Nurmala, Eliza Eka

“…Methods: Data on health and home were collected by a face-to face interview before measuring FeNO and performing skin prick test against common allergens. Exploratory linear mixed and logistic regression models were employed. …”
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Characterization of nickel-titanium based thin films crystallized by fast and ultra-fast annealing methods by Motemani Sharabiani, Yahya

“…The decrease in transformation temperature is caused by the fine nano-scale structure in Ti-Ni-Hf thin samples. …”
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A generalized solution to verify authorship and detect style change in multi-authored documents by Leekha, Rohan, Vandam, Courtland

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Dual-phase microporous polymer nanofilms by interfacial polymerization for ultrafast molecular separation by Lee, Tae Hoon, Balcik, Marcel, Wu, Wan-Ni, Pinnau, Ingo, Smith, Zachary P

“…Fine-tuning microporosity in polymers with a scalable method has great potential for energy-efficient molecular separations. …”
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A multiplicative Nakagami speckle reduction algorithm for ultrasound images by Yu, Chengpu, Zheng, Cishen, Xie, Lihua

“…A 2D total variation regularized Nakagami speckle reduction algorithm is derived based on the maximum a posteriori estimation framework, which performs well in restoring piecewise-smooth reflectivity and preserving fine details of the image. The proposed algorithm is verified by a series of computer-simulated and real ultrasound image data. …”
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A communal furniture informed by the deprivation of Mauritian beach by Fok Kow, Fok-Chi-Seng

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Life and dyeing : floral escapes by Teng, Yu Qing

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Beyond the beautiful garden city by Koh, Kevin Jing Sen

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A 9-bit, 1.08ps resolution two-step time-to-digital converter in 65 nm CMOS for time-mode ADC by Kong, Junjie, Henzler, Stephan, Schmitt-Landsiedel, Doris, Siek, Liter

“…The proposed TDC uses body-biasing in the fine TDC to obtain the resolution of the entire TDC, which is simulated to be 1.08 ps. …”
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Of dreams and reality : chance on graphic design. by Chu, Tracey Shao Han.

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