Occurrence, human exposure and dynamics of phthalates in ACMV indoor environments : method development and field studies by Chen, Ailu

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A comparison study on effectiveness and robustness of control charts for monitoring process mean and variance by Khoo, Michael B. C., Ou, Yanjing, Wen, Di, Wu, Zhang

“…Moreover, the probability distributions of the mean shift δµ and standard deviation shift δσ are studied explicitly as the influential factors in a factorial experiment. The main findings obtained in this study include: (1) From an overall viewpoint, the SPRT-type chart is more effective than the CUSUM-type chart and equation image type chart by 15 and 73%, respectively; (2) in general, the adaptive chart outperforms the optimal chart and basic chart by 16 and 97%, respectively; (3) the optimal CUSUM chart is the most effective fixed sample size and sampling interval chart and the optimal SPRT chart is the best choice among the adaptive charts; and (4) the optimal sample sizes of both the equation image charts and the CUSUM charts are always equal to one. …”
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Genomic insights into Vibrio cholerae O1 responsible for cholera epidemics in Tanzania between 1993 and 2017 by Hounmanou, Yaovi Mahuton Gildas, Leekitcharoenphon, Pimlapas, Kudirkiene, Egle, Mdegela, Robinson H., Hendriksen, Rene S., Olsen, John Elmerdahl, Dalsgaard, Anders

“…The presence of these sub-lineages in environmental isolates suggests that the African Great Lakes may serve as aquatic reservoirs for survival of V. cholerae O1 favoring continuous human exposure.…”
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SHERLOCK HOLMES : MISTERI DELIMA BIRU, MISTERI PITA BERBINTIK & MISTERI IBU JARI JURUTERA = THE ADVENTURES OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE, THE ADVENTURES OF THE SPECKLED BAND & THE ADVENTUR... by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930, author 284049, Nor Azila Zainal Abidin, translator 206311

“…Misteri Ibu Jari Jurutera - Dr. Watson didatangi Victor Hatherley yang kehilangan ibu jari tangannya. …”

Power-stage design for switched- mode DC-DC converter by Lim, Yong Siah

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Genes for carnivory : a comparative study on the local duplication of papain-like cysteine proteases in carnivorous plants by Tan, Qiao Wen

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Applying the self-determination theory in computer games for health communication. by Leow, Shallyn Xue Ling.

“…A 2X2 between-subjects factorial experiment conducted with 130 secondary school students aged between 13 and 16, by exposing them to a computer game developed for the dissemination of cardiovascular wellness messages and the administration of paper-and-pencil pre- and post-survey questionnaires. …”
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The response of Pinus caribaea mor. var. Hondurensis seedlings to nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium fertilizers by Srivastava, P.B.L., Naruddin, Abang, Zainorin, B.Abang

“…A soil pot culture experiment was conducted to study the response of Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis seedlings to the N, P, K fertilizers in a 33 factorial combination of nutrients in four replicates. …”
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Response surface methodology for controlling the release of anthocyanin from sago starch films by Che Hamzah, Nurul Husna, Khairuddin, Nozieana, Muhamad, Ida Idayu, Sarbini, Shahrul Razid

“…The experiments were designed using a Box-Behnken Design (BBD) by applying 29 full factorial designs with five center points. The collected experimental data were used to fit a second-order polynomial equation through multiple regression analysis and were then analyzed using suitable statistical techniques. …”

Unsupervised bayesian generative methods by Li, Shaohua

“…In a multi-layer Markov model --- Factorial Hidden Markov Model (FHMM), the demand of model selection is more severe, as there are several component numbers to be specified. …”
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Superhydrophobic surface of Ti6Al4V using direct nanosecond laser texturing by Mohd Harizan, Zul, Mahadzir, Ishak, Aiman, Mohd Halil, Ramdziah, Md Nasir, Moinuddin, Mohammed Quazi

“…Surface profile and roughness play vital roles in achieving superhydrophobicity, and existing laser surface modification methods are time-consuming and lack subsequent steps for optimizing desired characteristics. A factorial design was implemented, varying laser power (12 and 18 W), laser frequency (40 and 60 kHz), laser scan speed (180 and 220 mm/s), and hatch line distance (0.25 and 0.45 mm). …”
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Free fermion six vertex model: symmetric functions and random domino tilings by Aggarwal, Amol, Borodin, Alexei, Petrov, Leonid, Wheeler, Michael

“…These symmetric functions generalize Schur symmetric polynomials, as well as some of their variations, such as factorial and supersymmetric Schur polynomials. Cauchy type summation identities for $$F_\lambda ,G_\lambda $$ F λ , G λ and their skew counterparts follow from the Yang–Baxter equation. …”
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Beat the beam: an applied research study on sunscreen usage habits amongst young adults in Singapore by Yeo, Cassandra Jia Xi, Ow Yong, Gladys Xin Yi, Ho, Wen San, Galistan, Tessa Yu-Ting

“…We recruited a total of 200 participants for our pilot campaign, which was a two week-long Instagram health campaign using a 2 (organisation versus influencer) x 2 (absence versus presence of photoaging AR filter) between-subject factorial design. Our study design also included a pre-campaign survey before the launch of the pilot campaign, and a post-campaign survey following its conclusion. …”
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Parametric optimisation of heat treated recycling aluminium (AA6061) by response surface methodology by Yusuf, N. K., Ahmad, A., Lajis, M. A., Shamsudin, S., Zhong, Zhao Wei

“…By employing Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) for full factorial design with centre point, a total of 11 runs were carried out randomly. …”
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Rice response to spermine foliar application and its association with aerial imagery monitoring under water stress conditions by Abd. Jalil, Nur Zahirah, Berahim, Zulkarami, Zakaria, Nurul-Idayu, Omar, Mohamad Husni, Rosle, Rhushalshafira, Ismail, Mohd Razi, Cheya, Nik Norasma, Latiff, Anas Abdul, Fazlil Ilahi, Wan Fazilah, Gandjaeva, Lola

“…The experiment was carried out under greenhouse conditions using a two-factorial randomized complete block design (RCBD), with foliar spermine treatment as the first factor and water stress as the second factor. …”
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Optimizing strength of directly recycled aluminum chip-based parts through a hybrid RSM-GA-ANN approach in sustainable hot forging by M. Altharan, Yahya, Shamsudin, Shazarel, Lajis, Mohd Amri, Al-Alim, Sami, Yusuf, Nur Kamilah, Mohammed Alduais, Nayef Abdulwahab, M. Ghaleb, Atef, Zhou, Wenbin

“…The experimental runs were designed using Full factorial and RSM via Minitab 21 software. RSM-ANN models were employed to examine the effect of factors and their interactions on response and to predict output, while GA-RSM and GA-ANN were used for optimization. …”
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Pet loss in Singapore: understanding anticipatory grief and the role of advance care planning by Harindran, Ravin

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Effects of plant functional group removal on CO2 fluxes and belowground C stocks across contrasting ecosystems by Grau-Andrés, Roger, Wardle, David A., Gundale, Michael J., Foster, Claire N., Kardol, Paul

“…We measured forest floor CO2 exchange and aboveground and belowground C stocks for a 22-yr experiment involving factorial removal of the two dominant functional groups of the boreal forest understory, namely ericaceous dwarf shrubs and feather mosses, on each of the 30 islands. …”
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Medium formulation and optimisation of fermentation condition enhancing g-aminobutyric Acid (GABA) biosynthesis by Lactiplantibacillus plantarum B7 by Pannerchelvan, Sangkaran, Faizal Wong, Fadzlie Wong, Wasoh, Helmi, Mohamed, Mohd Shamzi, Mohamad, Rosfarizan, Halim, Murni

“…Temperature, pH, incubation period, initial concentration of monosodium glutamate (MSG) and pyridoxal-5’-phosphate (PLP) demonstrated significant contributions towards GABA production and cell growth as determined using a two-level factorial design. Steepest ascent identified optimal conditions (36°C, pH 5.5, 370 mM MSG, and 0.7 mM PLP), resulting in 30.50 g/L GABA and 11.51 log CFU/mL at 60 h. …”
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Extraction, purification and characterization of amylase enzyme from white pitaya (Hylocereus undatus (Haworth) britton & rose) peel using aqueous two- phase system by Shad, Zahra

“…Extraction of amylase from peel of white pitaya was optimized using full factorial design (FFD) with three variables, sodium phosphate buffer (pH 4.5-7.5), mixing time (1- 3min) and buffer to sample ratio (1:3-1:5). …”
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