Desymmetrisation of 1,3-diols and their diacetates under enzymatic heterogeneous catalysis and synthesis of 1,3-diols under continuous flow conditions by Pamarthy, Varsha Siri

“…One of the key steps in the synthesis of one such piperidone, N-benzyl-5- methoxypiperidone, is the desymmetrisation of 1,3-diol, N-Benzyl-5-hydroxy-4- (hydroxymethyl)pentanamide or 1,3-diacetate, N-Benzyl-5-acetoxy-4- (acetoxymethyl)pentanamide, which provide access to the (R)- and (S)- enantiomers of the piperidone, respectively. …”
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A ranking of critical competencies for maritime logistics executives in the era of digitalisation by Ng, Charlene Xin Ying

“…The sub-competency Leadership and Managerial Abilities was ranked top five globally in importance, showing that this sub-competency is important regardless of position in the organisation. …”
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Dynamic obstacle avoidance in mobile robots using adversarial deep learning by Tan, Chun Ye

“…The proposed solution is to develop an adversarial deep learning-trained neural network model that can navigate to goals as far as five meters while avoiding any potential obstacles, static and dynamic, that may come in the way. …”
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Developing a system that uses ultrawide-band inertial measurement units to quantify selected 10-Pin skills in real-time by Wee, Joel Jiewei

“…Ten-pin bowling is a unique abstract sport that requires bowlers to deliver a 11-to-16-pound ball in a five-step approach for the ball to travel down the oiled lane to knock down 10 pins. …”
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Genotype-specific expression and NLR repertoire contribute to phenotypic resistance diversity in Plantago lanceolata by Safdari, Pezhman, Höckerstedt, Layla, Brosche, Mikael, Salojärvi, Jarkko, Laine, Anna-Liisa

“…Here, we sequenced the transcriptomes of five different Plantago lanceolata genotypes when inoculated by the same strain of obligate fungal pathogen Podosphaera plantaginis. …”
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Hierarchical skeleton Meta-Prototype Contrastive learning with hard skeleton mining for unsupervised person re-identification by Rao, Haocong, Leung, Cyril, Miao, Chunyan

“…Extensive evaluations on five datasets demonstrate that our approach outperforms a wide variety of state-of-the-art skeleton-based methods. …”
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Influence of Fe₂O₃ and bacterial biofilms on Cu(II) distribution in a simulated aqueous solution: a feasibility study to sediments in the Pearl River Estuary (PR China) by Kurniawan, Tonni Agustiono, Lo, Waihung, Othman, Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan, Liang, Xue, Goh, Hui Hwang, Chew, Kit Wayne

“…It was found that biofilms with 170-285 mequiv chemical oxygen demand (COD) concentration/m2 of total oxidizable materials accelerated the Cu(II) adsorption to the surface of the reactor significantly by a factor of five. A significant inhibition to the bacterial growth took place (p ≤ 0.05; t-test) when Cu(II) concentration was higher than 0.5 mg/L. …”
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The behaviour of steel and composite structures under a middle-column-removal scenario by Yang, Bo

“…The experimental tests consisted of two types of tests, namely, middle joints under sagging moment and side joints under hogging moment. A total of five composite beam-column joints with re-entrant steel profile decking were tested. …”
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An investigation on correlation between linguistic features and personality traits : a case of Singapore Twitter users. by Yew, Chee Soon.

“…On the other hand, six undergraduate observers assessed the personality traits for these subjects according to the Big Five Personality Model using the BFI-10 inventory. …”
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Metal sulfides for electrochemical energy storage and conversion by Wang, Jin

“…The relevant studies in the thesis are divided into five parts, including Ni3S2@MoS2 core/shell nanorod arrays on Ni foam as the supercapacitor electrode (Chapter 4), honeycomb-like MoS2 nanoarchitectures anchored into graphene foam (GF) for enhanced lithium storage (Chapter 5), MoS2 architectures supported on graphene foam/carbon nanotube (GF/CNT) hybrid films: highly integrated frameworks with ideal contact for superior lithium storage (Chapter 6), MoS2 nanosheets decorated Ni3S2@MoS2 coaxial nanofibers for enhanced Na-ion storage (Chapter 7) and active sites–enriched hierarchical MoS2 nanotubes: highly active and stable architecture for boosting hydrogen evolution and lithium storage (Chapter 8). …”
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Adenovirus-associated health risks for recreational activities in a multi-use coastal watershed based on site-specific quantitative microbial risk assessment by Kundu, Arti., McBride, Graham., Wuertz, Stefan.

“…Seven of eight virus detections occurred when E. coli concentrations were below the single sample maximum water quality criterion for contact recreation, and five of eight virus detections occurred when fecal coliforms were below the corresponding criterion. …”
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Neurobiology of culturally common maternal responses to infant cry by Rigo, Paola, Bornstein, Marc H., Putnick, Diane L., Esposito, Gianluca, Swain, James E., Suwalsky, Joan T. D., Su, Xueyun, Du, Xiaoxia, Zhang, Kaihua, Cote, Linda R., De Pisapia, Nicola, Venuti, Paola

“…This report coordinates assessments of five types of behavioral responses in new mothers to their own infants’ cries with neurobiological responses in new mothers to their own infants’ cries and in experienced mothers and inexperienced nonmothers to infant cries and other emotional and control sounds. …”
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The durability properties of high volume oil palm biomass waste mortar by Abdul Shukor Lim, Nor Hasanah

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Anaerobic co digestion of biologically pretreated oil palm mesocarp fibre with cattle manure for biogas production by Mohammed Saidu

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Pilot study of a ketogenic diet in bipolar disorder: a process evaluation by P. Rigby, B, Needham, N, Grossi, H, Kamenska, I, H. Campbell, I, Meadowcroft, B, Creasy, F, Fisher, C, Bahuguna, P, Norrie, J, Thompson, G, C. Gibbs, M, Mitchell-Grigorjeva, M, McLellan, A, Moses, T, Burgess, K, Brown, R, J. Thrippleton, M, Campbell, H, J. Smith, D, A. Simpson, S

“…Reporting was guided by the COREQ checklist. Results: Five themes were identified in the qualitative data: (1) ‘Encouraging entry and supporting exit’ (e.g. recognising and managing participants’ varied motives and expectations, including around weight loss and symptom alleviation); (2) ‘Challenging but potentially transformational,’ which reflects that while it can be difficult to initiate and maintain a ketogenic diet day-to-day, many participants perceived physical and psychological benefits (e.g. significant weight loss, mood stability and enhanced ability to focus); (3) ‘Intervention facilitators,’ including a range of behavioural (e.g. goal setting), social (e.g. family and dietitians) and technological (e.g. apps for monitoring) support mechanisms; (4) ‘Intervention barriers’ (e.g. dietary preferences, concerns about the diet and its impact, the testing burden and capacity of the delivery team); and (5) ‘The wider context’ (e.g. the cost of living and sociocultural expectations) was a crucial factor explaining differential experiences. …”

Indo-European youth priesthoods and the Männerbund theory: a study of the Vedic Vrātyas and their ancient Indo-European analogues by Elby, T

“…Iran proves to have no credible evidence of the posited religious institutions. Chapter Five analyses a range of Roman religious rituals and priesthoods. …”

Water quality in the Dhaka river system, Bangladesh, January 2017 to July 2021 by Hossain, MA, Shawal, S

“…<p>This dataset comprises periodical analysis of various water quality parameters including organics, inorganics and microbial concentrations from 58 sampling points over five years (2017-2021) in rivers and canals in the Greater Dhaka watershed, Bangladesh (Turag, Tongi Khal, Balu, Buriganga, Bangshi-Savar, Shitalakhya, Dhaleshwari, Kaliganga Pagar Canal, Bashundhara Canal, Begunbari Canal). …”

Outbreaks of COVID-19 in a tuberculosis treatment sanatorium on the Thailand-Myanmar border: a retrospective cohort analysis by Aung, HKK, Swe, LL, Saito, M, Lesseps, S, Janurian, N, Tun, WPP, Maung Maung, B, Than, A, Watthanaworawit, W, Kaewphanderm, N, Gornsawun, G, Pyae Phyo, A, Nosten, F

“…Six patients (3.8%, 6/156) all from the TB group became severe of which five (3.2%, 5/156) required oxygen therapy. One TB patient died (1/104, 0.96%) of lung cancer. …”

Longitudinal patterns in smoking abstinence in trials of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation: secondary analysis of data from a systematic review, with meta-analyses by Hartmann-Boyce, J, Chan, J, Zhitnik, E, Pesola, F, Hajek, P, Lindson, N

“…Using the Cochrane risk of bias tool v1, five were judged to be at high risk of bias, eight were at low risk, and two were at unclear risk. …”

Experimental medicine study with stabilised native-like HIV-1 Env immunogens drives long-term antibody responses, but lacks neutralising breadth by Pollock, K, Cheeseman, H, McFarlane, L, Day, S, Tolazzi, M, Turner, H, Joypooranachandran, J, Shramko, K, Dispinseri, S, Mundsperger, P, Bontjer, I, Lemm, N-M, Coelho, S, Tanaka, M, Cole, T, Korber, B, Katinger, D, Ward, A, Scarlatti, G, Sanders, R, Sattentau, Q, Shattock, R

“…Neutralising antibody function correlated with binding to V1/V3 and V5 epitopes and peaked after the third injection.…”