Synthesis and characterization of novel biodegradable thermoplastic elastomers by Widjaja, Leonardus Kresna

“…Retaining the same basic middle-block of PCL/PTMC copolymer, the PLLA end-segment crystallinity was disrupted to examine its effect on elastomeric behavior. …”
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Career intentions of engineering undergraduates in Singapore : relationships with Generation Y’s work values & industry perceptions. by Cheong, Jervelle Weizhen., Soh, Yan Bin., Ng, Jacinda Wee Ping.

“…Generation Y is the fastest growing and upcoming segment of today’s workforce. This generation has unique characteristics and values, and thus hiring managers find it increasingly difficult to attract and retain them. …”
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Assisted child-minding based on visual activity monitoring in a home camera surveillance system by Wu, Jason Weixiang.

“…After which, background subtraction was used to segment the moving and non-moving parts of the surveillance video. …”
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Optical fiber based environmental sensors by Huang, Jieyuan

“…The joint fiber end consists of a standard single-mode fiber (SMF) and a multi-mode fiber (MMF) segment with certain length. A tunable laser and an erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) were used as a power source and CNTs were deposited at the end of the fiber due to gradient force. …”
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Deciphering the mechanisms of cross-presentation for exogenous ROPs through their interaction with cathepsin S by Stephens, AJ

“…<p>Recombinant overlapping peptides (ROPs) are composed of short overlapping peptide sequences formed into one chain encompassing the sequence of a cancer antigen. Each overlapping segment is separated by a cathepsin S cleavage site for processing within dendritic cells to promote antigen cross-presentation and an anti-tumour response. …”

Visualising cardiovascular pathology using computed tomography: the Heart multi-Omics imaging Atlas ProjEct (HOPE Atlas) by Xie, C

“…The primary aim was to understand the current limitations of coronary plaque segmentations on CT and with the availability of both CT and histopathology to overcome these challenges. …”

A human atlas of DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation by Inoue, M

“…</p> <br> <p>To unveil tissue-specific signatures of 5mC and 5hmC, we first segment the genome into blocks of correlated modification levels for each modification. …”

Exploring the Conceptual Definition of Islamic Financial Literacy from the Quran and Sunnah by Ab Rashid, Rosemaliza, Zainol, Zairani, Isa, Mohamad Yazid, Mohd Taib, Hasniza, Khairol Nizam, Aini Nur Hajjar

“…Since some of the elements are not compatible with the rapidly growing segment of the Islamic financial services industry, there is a pressing need to explore the concept of financial literacy from the Shariah perspective. …”
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Cognitive Systems and Signal Processing : 5th International Conference, ICCSIP 2020, Zhuhai, China, December 25-27, 2020, Revised Selected Papers / by ICCSIP (Conference) (5th : 2020 : Zhuhai, China), organiser 642897, Sun, Fuchun, 1964-, editor 600994, Liu, Huaping, 1976-, editor 600996, Fang, Bin, editor 642896

Silicone 3D printing : process optimization, product biocompatibility, and reliability of silicone meniscus implants by Luis, Eric, Pan, Houwen Matthew, Sing, Swee Leong, Bastola, Anil Kumar, Goh, Guo Dong, Goh, Guo Liang, Tan, Joel Heang Kuan, Bajpai, Ram, Song, Juha, Yeong, Wai Yee

“…A novel custom-made 3D silicone printer and two-part Ecoflex silicone resins were used to 3D-print standard-shaped silicone coupon and irregular-shaped meniscus structures via a heat-cured extrusion-based method. This article is segmented into three parts: (1) study on the effect of 3D printing parameters on dimensional accuracy and mechanical properties of 3D-printed silicone, (2) reliability and failure analysis of 3D-printed silicone according to ASTM D575 standards under monotonic and cyclic compressive loading, and (3) cytotoxicity of 3D-printed silicone by extraction method according to ISO 10993-12 for different extraction time and extract volume/surface area ratios. …”
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Optical coherence tomography angiography imaging to monitor anti-VEGF treatment of corneal vascularization in a rabbit model by Devarajan, Kavya, Ong, Hon Shing, Lwin, Nyein C., Chua, Jacqueline, Schmetterer, Leopold, Mehta, Jodhbir Singh, Ang, Marcus

“…It has been recently adapted to image the anterior segment and has shown good potential to image corneal vascularisation. …”
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Ultrasound-guided needle tracking with deep learning: a novel approach with photoacoustic ground truth by Hui, Xie, Rajendran, Praveenbalaji, Ling, Tong, Dai, Xianjin, Xing, Lei, Pramanik, Manojit

“…The evaluation of needle segmentation performance extends across previously unseen ex vivo data and in vivo human data (collected from an open-source data repository). …”
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A New Variational Method for Bias Correction and Its Applications to Rodent Brain Extraction by Chang, Huibin, Huang, Weimin, Wu, Chunlin, Huang, Su, Guan, Cuntai, Sekar, Sakthivel, Bhakoo, Kishore Kumar, Duan, Yuping

“…On the other hand, the results of brain extraction are compared against manually segmented gold standards, BET, BSE and 3-D PCNN based on a number of metrics. …”
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Crystal structure of the FK506 binding domain of plasmodium falciparum FKBP35 in complex with FK506 by Kotaka, Masayo, Ye, Hong, Alag, Reema, Hu, Guangan, Bozdech, Zbynek, Preiser, Peter Rainer, Yoon, Ho Sup, Lescar, Julien

“…Compared to the human FKBP12−FK506 complex reported earlier, the structure reveals structural differences in the β5−β6 segment that lines the FK506 binding site. The presence in PfFKBD of Cys-106 and Ser-109 (substituting for His-87 and Ile-90, respectively, in human FKBP12), which are 4−5 Å from the nearest atom of the FK506 compound, suggests possible routes for the rational design of analogues of FK506 with specific antiparasitic activity. …”
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Modeling mass removal and sediment deposition in stormwater ponds using floating treatment islands: a computational approach by Xavier, Manoel L. M., Janzen, Johannes G., Nepf, Heidi

“…In cases where both processes occur simultaneously, the presence of FTIs lead to higher mass removal, primarily attributed to the FTIs themselves, particularly in the initial segment. Remarkably, certain FTI configurations enable mass removal exceeding 70% for large sediment particles, even with a pond length less than half of the original.…”
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Advanced Reconstruction Techniques for CUORE: Searching Beyond the Standard Model with Cryogenic Calorimeters by Mayer, Daniel W.

“…This work establishes methods and analysis techniques to treat CUORE as a segmented detector in aggregate, with a focus towards identifying and reconstructing track-like signatures induced by high-energy through-going particles traversing the detector array. …”
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Multi-bounce Returns for Specular Surface Mapping from Consumer-grade Flash LiDAR by Lin, Tsung-Han

“…In addition to 3D reconstruction, we show multi-bounce returns help to enhance performances on applications such as segmentation and novel view synthesis. Our method can be combined with these state-of-the-art learned-based model, enhancing its robustness by discerning ambiguous scenarios. …”
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Phonetic Faithfulness in Phonological Opacity by Kim, Yeong-Joon

“…The results of typological surveys encompassing 87 counterfeeding and 65 counterbleeding interactions across languages support this prediction, revealing that opacified processes are subject to a narrow range of markedness conditions, such as coarticulatory assimilation (e.g., palatalization) and durational adjustments (e.g., segmental weakening). Other types of phonological processes, particularly non-natural ones, are only rarely, if ever, opacified. …”
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Game of drones by Wei, LuoBin

“…Augmentation of data-points within gate position via gate segmentation for a more effective trajectory planning is also explored. …”
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Deep learning-based algorithm for synthetic aperture radar despeckling by Wang, Yuxuan

“…However, SAR images inherently suffer from speckle noise, which severely hinders the effective implementation of subsequent tasks such as image segmentation and target detection. Therefore, research on SAR image denoising and target detection technologies is of great significance. …”
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