Nanocomposite foams with balanced mechanical properties and energy return from EVA and CNT for the midsole of sports footwear application by Chang, Boon Peng, Kashcheev, Aleksandr, Veksha, Andrei, Lisak, Grzegorz, Goei, Ronn, Leong, Kah Fai, Tok, Alfred ling Yoong, Lipik, Vitali

“…Unlike the conventional EVA formulation filled with talc mineral fillers, the incorporation of CNT does not compromise the energy return of the EVA foam. From the long-cycle dynamic fatigue test, the CNT/EVA foam displays greater properties retention as compared to the talc/EVA foam. …”
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The role of sulfur emission from the petroleum industry on ultrafine particle number concentration in Singapore by Hou, Suyi, Li, Weihan, Yang, Liudongqing, Chen, Guorong, Zhang, Yilin, Kuwata, Mikinori

“…To identify the sources of ultrafine particles, a year-long observation of the number size distribution was conducted in Singapore in 2018 and 2019. …”
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Quantum sensing of radio-frequency signal with NV centers in SiC by Jiang, Zhengzhi, Cai, Hongbing, Cernansky, Robert, Liu, Xiaogang, Gao, Weibo

“…The material also hosts high-quality defects with long coherence times that can be used for quantum computation and sensing applications. …”
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Ordering-dependent hydrogen evolution and oxygen reduction electrocatalysis of high-entropy intermetallic Pt₄ FeCoCuNi by Wang, Yong, Gong, Na, Liu, Hongfei, Ma, Wei, Hippalgaonkar, Kedar, Liu, Zheng, Huang, Yizhong

“…The experiment also shows that this catalyst demonstrates better long-term stability than both partially ordered and disordered Pt4 FeCoCuNi as well as Pt/C when subject to both HER and ORR. …”
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Versatile asymmetric separator with dendrite-free alloy anode enables high-performance Li-S batteries by Yan, Wenqi, Yang, Jin-Lin, Xiong, Xiaosong, Fu, Lijun, Chen, Yuhui, Wang, Zhaogen, Zhu, Yusong, Zhao, Jian-Wei, Wang, Tao, Wu, Yuping

“…Combining with a stable Li-Mg alloy anode, the symmetric cell achieves 5300 h of Li stripping/plating and the modified LSBs exhibit a long lifespan with an ultralow fading rate of 0.03% per cycle for over 1000 cycles at 5 C. …”
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Hypothesis of a potential BrainBiota and its relation to CNS autoimmune inflammation by Elkjaer, Maria L., Simon, Lukas, Frisch, Tobias, Bente, Lisa-Marie, Kacprowski, Tim, Thomassen, Mads, Reynolds, Richard, Baumbach, Jan, Röttger, Richard, Illes, Zsolt

“…Infectious agents have been long considered to play a role in the pathogenesis of neurological diseases as part of the interaction between genetic susceptibility and the environment. …”
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A tight polyethersulfone ultrafiltration membrane fabricated via polyion complex assisted phase inversion for dye desalination by Zhao, Yali, Liao, Yuan, Lai, Gwo Sung, Yin, Yurong, Wang, Rong

“…In addition, the membrane also possessed excellent stability in the pH range of 1–13 due to the strong electrostatic interaction between SPSF and PDADMAC and long-term operation stability, demonstrating its application potential in textile wastewater treatment.…”
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Cationic carbon monoxide-releasing polymers as antimicrobial and antibiofilm agents by the synergetic activity by Wang, Liping, Zhong, Wenbin, Liu, Bo, Pranantyo, Dicky, Chan-Park, Mary B.

“…This CO-releasing system may retain long-time antimicrobial ability after the complete release of CO molecules owing to the cationic structure. …”
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China's geopolitical influence on the maritime industry by Chan, Lin Si

“…The recommendations include strategic planning across short, medium and long-term horizon, with an emphasis on trade route diversification and continuous framework improvement. …”
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Frequency-dependent redox-based 1S1R synapse with a short-term plasticity TIO2-based exponential selector by Chee, Mun Yin

“…The Pt/TiO2/Pt selector with short-term plasticity is integrated not only to suppress the sneak current but also to enable the temporal information processing feature, while the Pt/HfO2/Ti RRAM structure enables the long-term memory capability of the 1S1R synapse. …”
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Three essays in finance by Qian, Shuoge

“…Arbitrageurs can exploit this predictable pattern of stock price changes and earn sizable abnormal returns if they long the added and short the deleted stocks on the announcement date and close their positions at the end of the day before the effective date. …”
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A simplified weak coupling dynamic analysis method for running safety evaluation of train on bridges under earthquake excitation by Zhu, Zhihui, Gong, Wei, Zhou, Gaoyang, Yang, Yaowen, Jiang, Lizhong

“…Taking a 10-span simply supported bridge and a long-span cable-stayed bridge as examples, the proposed method's assumptions are verified by comparing its results with those obtained from a complex TTBS model. …”
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The association between patterns of weight change, diabetes status and glycaemia among adults with overweight and obesity by Yin, Ruoyu, Ahern, Amy L., Lafortune, Louise, Griffin, Simon J., Strelitz, Jean M., Mueller, Julia

“…Conclusions: Compared to those who did not lose weight, participants who maintained their weight loss had lower HbA1c levels after 1 year and 5 years, which highlights the importance of providing long-term support to prevent weight regain.…”
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Sonodynamic Nano-LYTACs reverse tumor immunosuppressive microenvironment for cancer immunotherapy by Xu, Mengke, Hu, Yuxuan, Wu, Jiayan, Liu, Jing, Pu, Kanyi

“…Moreover, nano-LYTAC is found to possess long tumor retention (>48 h), allowing for multiple sonodynamic treatments with a single dose. …”
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Biofunctional electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds in tissue engineering and the potential application of siRNA-delivery for nerve regeneration by Cao, Haoqing

“…A scaffold-based drug delivery system was developed by incorporating small interfering RNA (siRNA) into PCL nanofibers for long-term RNA interference (RNAi) therapy. Intact siRNA was gradually released from nanofibers in a sustained manner for at least 49 days under physiological conditions. …”
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从流传和演变角度探析民间童话故事《虎姑婆》的教育意义 = An investigation of the transmission and educational implication of the folk tale “Aunt Tiger” by 黄思蓉 Wong, Sirong

“…This Chinese folk tale was first written down as text by Huang Zhijuan during the Qing dynasty, though it may have been in existence long before its written form. The story was circulated to different areas in China and Taiwan, and as time went by, the title of the story took different forms such as “Grandma Fox”, “Grandma Bear”, “Grandma Tiger”, and “Mother Tiger”. …”
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Integrated plant/control design and implementation for high track density HDD servo systems by Gao, Tingting

“…Furthermore, an anti-windup compensator is added to the MTA loop of the dual-stage systems, which is beneficial to the long-track seeking performance. …”
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Two photon photoemission. by Goh, Teck Wee.

“…Several problems were encountered in the THG setup, mainly low e ciency of THG conversion, long duration required to vary photon wavelength and stabilizing its output, and the instability in modelocking of Mira due to degradation of BBO used for SHG. …”
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Development of interpenetrating network (IPN) hybrid composite for thin film protection by Seah, Geok Leng.

“…Conventional production of polymer composites is a time consuming process which involves a long thermal curing step of the monomers into thermosets. …”
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An investigation on correlation between linguistic features and personality traits : a case of Singapore Twitter users. by Yew, Chee Soon.

“…Second, the results that we gathered draw attention to the cultural influence on the usage of linguistic features, which may eventually increase the accuracy of artificial intelligence system that may be built to identify personality traits of subjects residing in a Social Networking Site, or even other systems as long as corpuses can be collected.…”
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