Disorder–property relationships in magnetic and pseudospin framework materials by Bulled, J

“…I have carried out INS as a function of temperature over the temperature range associated with cyanide order and find evidence for antipolar correlations over nanometer lengthscales, persisting over a large temperature range. …”

Genetic and observational associations of nuclear magnetic resonance-measured lipid-related traits and atherosclerotic cardiovascular mortality in the Mexico City Prospective Study by Wang, Y

“…Further MR analyses supported that only ApoB was independently and significantly related to an increased risk of ASCVD mortality in a multivariable setting and suggested ApoB, as the accurate measure of apoB particles, is causally related to the risk of ASCVD, independent of lipid contents such as TG and cholesterol, and HDL or ApoA1. MR findings did not support TG as a causal factor in the development of ASCVD.…”

Molecular and immunological profiling of Bartonella spp. in shelter cat population in Peninsular Malaysia by Alias, Nurul Najwa Ainaa

“…Therefore, this study was aim to determine the molecular, serological prevalence of Bartonella spp. in shelter cats, immunophenotyping of CD4 and CD8 as well as the association between each assay and also association with physical examination findings. Overall, blood was collected from 217 cats, flea from 100 cats and oral swabs from 176 cats were subjected to molecular analysis. …”
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Antimicrobial activity, phytochemical and toxicity analyses of salam [Syzygium polyanthum (Wight) Walp.] leaf extract and its application in food by Ramli, Suzita

“…Physical characteristics in term of colour, texture and odour, all the treated samples until the highest concentration of extract [5% (v/v)] showed not significantly different and this finding also parallel to sensory acceptability where 5% of extract was accepted by the panelists. …”
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Stability improvement and control optimization of isolated two-stage AC-DC-DC converter systems by Feng, Fan

“…This can help engineers find a more stable modulation scheme of the DAB converter in practical cascaded applications. …”
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Hybrid sensor fusion for unmanned ground vehicle by Guan, Mingyang

“…Extensive experiments have been designed on several large datasets to validate that: 1) the proposed tracking framework is superior to enhance the robustness of tracking model, 2) the proposed two weight solvers can effectively find the optimal weight for each feature. As expected, the proposed two trackers indeed improve the accuracy and robustness compared to the state-of-the-art trackers. …”
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Enhancing tensile and fatigue properties of additively manufactured alloys by post-processing heat treatment by Radhakrishnan, Jayaraj

“…The significance of pore size rather than overall pore fraction on the high cycle fatigue resistance of BJP 17-4PH alloys was highlighted. Overall, the findings in this thesis contributed to the scientific knowledge that is essential to propel AM alloy usage in industry.…”
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Neural combinatorial optimization: from routing to integer programming by Wu, Yaoxin

“…However, classic heuristic methods severely depend on the design of hand-crafted rules for every specific COP, which could limit their performance in practice. Also, finding effective rules in heuristics is non-trivial and often needs massive expertise and tuning work. …”
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Understanding the role of Enterococcus faecalis in polymicrobial wounds by Davient, Bala

“…Given the experimental findings in this dissertation, where I demonstrated the multimodal mechanism of E. faecalis-mediated antagonism of S. aureus, I predict that E. faecalis can antagonize S. aureus in chronic wounds through pH-independent mechanisms. …”
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Methods of growth and transfer of carbon nanotubes onto substrates for advanced electrical and electronic applications by Ng, Zhi Kai

“…Subsequently, the influence of various growth parameters such substrate oxide thickness, amount of water vapor and etching time on efficiency of delamination was evaluated and optimized to yield wafer-scale free-standing VACNT, without requiring any form of mechanical handling. A significant key finding of the delamination study is that the SiO2 surface plays a crucial role for large scale self-delamination of VACNT. …”
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Clustering-based solutions for energy efficiency, adaptability and resilience in IoT networks by Shivaraman, Nitin

“…We evaluate DeCoRIC on the Contiki simulation platform and compare it against state-of-the-art clustering solutions. We find that DeCoRIC improves the power efficiency of the network by at least 70% and extends its life- time by at least 42% over existing solutions while making the network adaptable and resilient to faults. …”
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Nature-inspired lightweight auxetic structures for enhanced stiffness and absorption capacity by Zhang, Ee Teng

“…Experimental and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) demonstrate the positive influence of curved ligaments on elastic modulus, Poisson's ratio (PR), plateau stress, and SEA capabilities. The findings reveal significant improvements in normalised Young's modulus and SEA with the introduction of combined curved ligaments (Dc + Uc) design. …”
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Semantic scene understanding on 3D point clouds by Dong, Shichao

“…Even without having any instance-related ground-truth, we design an approach to break point clouds into raw fragments and find the most confident samples for learning instance centroids. …”
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Towards electrically injected colloidal semiconductor lasers by Thung, Yi Tian

“…Addressing this gap, I explored electrical charge injection into Br--capped CdSe NPLs using an inverted p-i-n device architecture, resulting in narrow electroluminescence at 530 nm. The findings emphasize the significance of an appropriate device architecture for balanced charge injection, crucial for radiative recombination in the NPL gain medium—a key factor in achieving electrically injected NPL lasers. …”
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Failure analysis and characterization for microelectronic packaging by Lin, Pamela

“…These combined simulation and experimental findings are then used to substantiate and explain the fracture behavior of bulk Si subjected at the macroscale, thereby improving the accuracy of root cause analysis. …”
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Developing a portable, high-speed, low-cost desktop photoacoustic tomography imaging system by Kalva, Sandeep Kumar

“…Hence, we proposed a calibration method to find the scanning radius of each transducer. We validated the efficacy of this method using numerical and experimental data. …”
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Blood-stage malaria vaccine candidate RH5.1/Matrix-M in healthy Tanzanian adults and children; an open-label, non-randomised, first-in-human, single-centre, phase 1b trial by Silk, SE, Kalinga, WF, Salkeld, J, Mtaka, IM, Ahmed, S, Milando, F, Diouf, A, Bundi, CK, Balige, N, Hassan, O, Mkindi, CG, Rwezaula, S, Athumani, T, Mswata, S, Lilolime, NS, Simon, B, Msami, H, Mohamed, M, David, DM, Mohammed, L, Nyaulingo, G, Mwalimu, B, Juma, O, Mwamlima, TG, Sasamalo, IA, Mkumbange, RP, Kamage, JJ, Barrett, JR, King, LDW, Hou, MM, Pulido, D, Carnrot, C, Lawrie, AM, Cowan, RE, Nugent, FL, Roberts, R, Cho, J-S, Long, CA, Nielsen, CM, Miura, K, Draper, SJ, Olotu, AI, Minassian, AM

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Findings:</strong> Between Jan 25, 2021, and April 15, 2021, we recruited 12 adults (six [50%] in the Adults 10M group and six [50%] in the Adults DFx group) and 48 children (12 each in the Children 10M, Children 10D, Children DFx, and High Children DFx groups). 57 (95%) of 60 participants completed the vaccination series and 55 (92%) completed 22 months of follow-up following the third vaccination. …”

Pnictogen-halide semiconductors for photovoltaics by Liu, P

“…These limitations have prompted research into lead-free alternative absorbers, with the aim of finding materials that could match or approach the optoelectronic properties of LHPs but surpass them in stability and overcome their toxicity limitations. …”

Development of human enterovirus 71 nano calcium phosphate adjuvanted candidate vaccine for parenteral and mucosal delivery by Saeed Ahmed, Mohamed Ibrahim

“…In addition, an elevated post vaccination humoral immune response of a highly specific IgG and neutralizing antibodies was as shown in the in vitro inhibition of HEV71 live virus infectivity to Vero cell at the highest sample dilutions. Finally, the study finding is a key indicator for the role of nano-size adjuvant and carriers in augmenting the postvaccination immunity. …”
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Low complexity spectrum sensing for cognitive radio enabled aeronautical communication systems by Koodathumkal Mathew Libin

“…Wideband spectrum sensing is essential to find the different possible spectral holes in the frequency spectrum of interest. …”
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