The Brazilian disc test for rock mechanics applications : review and new insights by Li, Diyuan, Wong, Louis Ngai Yuen

“…A simple extension strain criterion was put forward by Stacey (Int J Rock Mech Min Sci Geomech Abstr 18(6):469–474, 1981) to account for extension crack initiation and propagation in rocks, although this is not widely used. …”
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Changes in cardiorespiratory fitness following exercise training prescribed relative to traditional intensity anchors and physiological thresholds: a systematic review with meta-an... by Meyler, Samuel J. R., Swinton, Paul A., Bottoms, Lindsay, Dalleck, Lance C., Hunter, Ben, Sarzynski, Mark A., Wellsted, David, Williams, Camilla J., Muniz-Pumares, Daniel

“…The MID was predefined as one metabolic equivalent (MET; 3.5 mL kg−1 min−1). Results In controlled studies, mean O2max change was greater in the THR group compar…”
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Point of care assay for blood aripiprazole concentrations: development, validation and utility by Atkins, M, Taylor, D, Catalan, A, Desouza, N, Chesney, E, Reilly, TJ, Baburina, I, Hilaire, MR, Dratcu, L, Harland, R, Salamone, SJ, McGuire, P

“…Capillary blood samples were tested by the MyCare™ Insite POC analyser, which provided measurement of aripiprazole concentration in 6 min, and the venous blood sample was tested by the standard laboratory method.…”

A systematic review of transanal total mesorectal excision: is this the future of rectal cancer surgery? by Simillis, C, Hompes, R, Penna, M, Rasheed, S, Tekkis, PP

“…The mean operation time ranged from 143 to 450 min and mean operative blood loss from 22 to 225 ml. …”

Microwave-assisted treatment for the improvement of rice flour properties and rice flour bread quality by Md Yunos, Noor Seribainun Hidayah, Hafid, Halimatun Saadiah, Omar, Farah Nadia, P. Mohammed, Mohd Afandi, Wakisaka, Minato, Mustapha, Nor Afizah, Samsu Baharuddin, Azhari

“…Rice flour having two different water content (20% and 30%) were exposed to different level of microwave power (600 W, 700 W and 800 W) with 8 min treatment time to assess its influence on amylose content, thermal properties, morphological structure, functional and crystalline structural that affect bread quality. …”

A newly isolated organic solvent tolerant Bacillus sphaericus 205y producing organic solvent-stable lipase by Hun, Chin John, Raja Abd Rahman, Raja Noor Zaliha, Salleh, Abu Bakar, Basri, Mahiran

“…Four production media were tested and medium M3 yielded the highest lipase activity of 0.42 U ml-1 min-1 at 36 h incubation time. Stability studies in various organic solvents at 25% (v/v) showed that lipase from B. sphaericus 205y were not only stable but also activated by n-hexane and p-xylene by 3.5- and 2.9-folds, respectively. …”
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Application of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to determine free fatty acid contents in palm olein by Che Man, Y.B., Setiowaty, G.

“…The implementation of such a method as a quality control tool would eliminate the use and disposal of hazardous solvents required by the chemical method, and drastically reduce analysis time to less than 2 min/sample.…”
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Formulation, characterization, and in vitro simulated gastrointestinal fluid analysis of chewable yogurt tablet incorporated with corncob fiber by Chan, Yong Lin, Jamalullail, Nurul Aini, Tan, Chin Ping, Abdul Manap, Mohd Yazid, Tang, Teck Kim, Lee, Yee Ying, Phuah, Eng Tong, Lai, Oi Ming

“…However, F3 and F4 displayed significantly longer disintegration times (41.11–52.82 min). After three months, the average bacterial viability was 7 log no. …”
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Tribological study of modified palm oil-with single and hybrid nanofluids for metalworking fluid by Sabri, Ainaa Mardhiah, Talib, Norfazillah, Abdul Sani, Amiril Sahab, Abdullah, Haslina, Kamdani, Kamaruddin

“…The testing was done at temperature set to 75 ± 2 °C, load of 392 N, rotating speed of 1200 rpm for 60 min. MRPOaw show the lowest COF (0.06281) and smallest MWSD (607.1 μm). …”
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Parameter optimization for high-speed end milling on Inconel 718 using uncoated carbide tool by Hisam, Muhammad Juzaili, Suhaimi, Mohd. Azlan, Sharif, Safian, Abd. Rahim, Erween, Amrifan S. Mohruni, Amrifan S. Mohruni, Zhuang, Kejia

“…The final model suggested that by using uncoated carbide tools, the lowest cutting speed and feed rate of 50 m/min and 0.05 mm/tooth can be implemented to obtain the desired cutting responses.…”
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Development of serum alternative with fermented soybean residue (okara): towards cultured meat production application by Teng, Ting Shien

“…The observed differences in the results suggested that cells may be stimulated by specific metabolites from the extract, and such interactions may vary from cell line to cell line. An in-depth study on the cellular metabolite interaction would be required to optimise the proliferative effects that the fermented okara extracts have on the cells. …”
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Investigations into high resolution imaging of the aqueous outflow system and cornea by Hong, Jesmond Xun Jie

“…The imaging probe has resolutions of 10.08 line pairs per mm (~49.61 µm) at the iridocorneal angle region and 5.04 line pairs per mm (~99.21 µm) at the fundus. …”
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Investigation of the fuel consumption of a ship considering the dynamic coupling effect among resistance, propeller torque and engine power under the control of a governor by Beh, Gerald Kah Hooi

“…Given the extensive costs involved to upgrade an existing ship in the fleet, it is likely that most ship owners will choose to reduce their ships’ speed. …”
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Behaviorally informed digital campaigns and their association with social media engagement and COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Belize by Daga, Giuliana, Kossuth, Lajos, Boruchowicz, Cynthia, Lopez Boo, Florencia, Largaespada Beer, Natalia

“…However, lack of trust in the vaccine and fear of side effects in regions like the Caribbean resulted in a low uptake despite enough vaccine supply. …”
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Creative AI : a data-driven design approach for creative online ad optimisation using artificial intelligence and big data by Phay, Han

“…Through the integration of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data with current industry processes, a new kind of advertising agency will emerge that is run like a tech company. Using Big Data to inform creative design and Artificial Intelligence to identify patterns, predictive analysis can be applied to creative online banner ads for the purpose of increasing user engagement through higher click-through rates. …”
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Highly stable and efficient planar perovskite solar cells using ternary metal oxide electron transport layers by Thambidurai, Mariyappan, Shini, Foo, Harikesh, Padinhare Cholakkal, Mathews, Nripan, Dang, Cuong

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Two sides of the same coin : boons and banes of machine learning in hardware security by Liu, Wenye, Chang, Chip Hong, Wang, Xueyang, Liu, Chen, Fung, Jason M., Mohammad Ebrahimabadi, Karimi, Naghmeh, Meng, Xingyu, Basu, Kanad

“…ML schemes have been extensively used to enhance the security and trust of embedded systems like hardware Trojans and malware detection. On the other hand, ML-based approaches have also been adopted by adversaries to assist side-channel attacks, reverse engineer integrated circuits and break hardware security primitives like Physically Unclonable Functions (PUFs). …”
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Geometry-mediated bridging drives nonadhesive stripe wound healing by Xu, Hongmei, Huo, Yucheng, Zhou, Quan, Wang, Abraham Lianghao, Cai, Pingqiang, Doss, Bryant, Huang, Changjin, Hsia, K. Jimmy

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Holocene relative sea-level histories of tropical islands by Tan, Fangyi

“…I demonstrate the utility of coral microatolls to serve as precise indicators of Late Holocene RSL in places like Singapore, where the lack of accommodation space due to RSL fall from GIA has formerly limited the use of sedimentary indicators like mangrove peat. …”
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Referring expression segmentation: from conventional to generalized by Liu, Chang

“…Traditional RES methods usually either use an FCN-like network that directly generates the segmentation mask from the image or first extract all instances using a standalone network and then select the target from targets. …”
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