Template-free synthesis of urchin-like Co3O4 hollow spheres with good lithium storage properties by Lim, Tuti Mariana, Rui, Xianhong, Tan, Huiteng, Sim, Daohao, Liu, Weiling, Xu, Chen, Hng, Huey Hoon, Yazami, Rachid, Yan, Qingyu

“…Co(CO3)0.5(OH)·0.11H2O precursors are firstly prepared by a hydrothermal process. …”
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Monolithic carbon nanotube film thermoelectric generator. by Hasan, Mohammed Nazibul, A. Muthalif, Asan G., Saleh, Tanveer, Zhang, Zhi-Bin, Mohamed Ali, Mohamed Sultan

“…Additionally, the TEG demonstrated its capability to harvest energy from a fingertip, generating a {V}_{text {oc}} of around 2.58 mV at a Delta {T} of 8.8 °C. …”

Diastereoselective hydroalkylation of aryl alkenes enabled by remote hydride transfer by Gandamana, Dhika Aditya, Gagosz, Fabien, Chiba, Shunsuke

“…Leveraging of 1,5-hydride shift enabled diastereoselective hydroalkylation of aryl alkenes, allowing for construction of consecutive vicinal stereogenic centers in a single process. …”
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CMOS low voltage class AB amplifier by Po, Po.

“…The amplifier operates with a 1.5 V power supply voltage. It performs to a 30kHz bandwidth at a 33dB gain, with rail-to-rail input and output, driving a low impedance load of 32 Ohm, with an output stage biased in Class AB.…”
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The effect of cobalt doping on vanadyl pyrophosphate catalyst by Taufiq-Yap, Yun Hin, Looi, Ming Hoong, Waugh, Kenneth C., Hussein, Mohd Zobir

“…Co-promoted vanadyl pyrophosphate catalyst (Co/V = 2.23%) was prepared by classical organic method via VOHPO4 · 0.5H2O precursor and calcined for 100 h in a mixture of n-butane in air. …”
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Multi-stage generative adversarial networks for generating pavement crack images by Han, Chengjia, Ma, Tao, Huyan, Ju, Tong, Zheng, Yang, Handuo, Yang, Yaowen

“…Both versions, v1 and v2, consist of multiple sequentially connected generation units, with each unit utilizing the Wasserstein Generative Adversarial Network-Gradient Penalty (WGAN-GP). …”
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Fabrication of biodegradable and flexible transistor arrays by Cai, Yu Chao

“…The OTFTs based on the Poly[(5-fluoro-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole-4,7-diyl)(4,4-dihexadecyl-4Hcyclopenta[2,1-b:3,4- b']dithiophene-2,6-diyl)(6-fluoro-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole 4,7-diyl)(4,4-dihexadecyl-4H-cyclopenta[2,1-b:3,4-b']dithiophene-2,6-diyl)] (PFT-100) as the semiconductor channel and Lignin polymer as the gate dielectric displayed a good saturation mobility that is 0.0085 cm2 / (Vs) at -5 V and -10 V gate bias and -20 V drain voltage. …”
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Visual Acuity Outcomes and Influencing Factors in a Cohort of UK Real-World Diabetic Macular Oedema Patients During the First Two Years of Anti-VEGF Treatment by Wen, Qing, Karcher, Helene, Wright, David M., Sinha, Samriddhi Buxy, Chakravarthy, Usha, Santos, Catarina, Igwe, Franklin, Salongcay, Recivall, Curran, Katie, Peto, Tunde

“…Results: 728 DMO patients (1035 eyes) treated with anti-VEGFs (ranibizumab, aflibercept, or bevacizumab) at the Northern Ireland Mater Macular Clinic from 2008 to 2021 were evaluated. The mean age was 64.5 (SD 12.8) years, and 59.6% were male. In the first year, the median annual injection number and interval were 6.0 (IQR 5.0–8.0) and 6.1 weeks (IQR 5.4–7.8), respectively, and in the second year, they were 3.0 (IQR 2.0–5.0) and 10.0 weeks (IQR 6.5–20.1). …”
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Exploring oxonium ion chemistry in natural product synthesis by Hicks, HB

“…Structure confirmation is at the heart of the project, with 5 <em>Laurencia</em> natural products (<strong>I-III</strong>) being synthesised for the first time. …”

Ex-situ synthesis of B4C and MgAl2O4 incorporated waste polystyrene (wPS) composites with improved thermal and mechanical properties by Ahmad, Waqas, Fida, Sadia, Ahmad, Imtiaz, Tariq, Razia, Mohamed Jan, Badrul, Hussain, Fida, Kenanakis, George, Ikram, Rabia

“…Boron carbide (B4C) and magnesium aluminate (MgAl2O4) incorporated waste polystyrene (wPS) based composites were prepared at various ratios i.e., 5–20% of the filler. Based on the fabricated composites, samples with 20% B4C, 5% MgAl2O4 and 15:10% B4C:MgAl2O4 exhibited improved mechanical and thermal properties. …”

Dietary pattern trajectories in early childhood and their associations with patterns of maternal feeding practices in a multi-ethnic Asian cohort by Appannah, Geeta, Toh, Jia Ying, Lai, Jun Shi, Yong, Heng Yaw, Shariff, Zalilah Mohd, Tint, Mya Thway, Yuan, Wen Lun, Pang, Wei Wei, Godfrey, Keith M., Tan, Kok Hian, Yap, Fabian, Lee, Yung Seng, Eriksson, Johan G., Chong, Mary F. F.

“…For the ‘less healthy’ DP trajectory, most children (Group 1) formed a consistent average adherence trajectory (95.5%), while the remainder (Group 2) showed consistent higher adherence to this ‘less healthy’ DP (4.5%). …”
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Investigation of polyoxometalates and nanostructured carbon materials as electrode materials for energy storage applications by Chen, Han-Yi

“…In order to figure out the charge storage and transport mechanism, in-situ V K-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) measurements and temperature dependent Chronoamperometry measurements are utilized for Na6[V10O28] LIBs. …”
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A self-rectifying unipolar HfOx based RRAM using doped germanium bottom electrode by Liu, W. J., Tran, Xuan Anh, Sun, Xiaowei, Yu, Hongyu

“…The demonstrated RRAM device shows high ON/OFF ratio (>5 × 102 @ 0.5 V), and its effective Schottky barrier height is also addressed. …”
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Measurement of the Λ b 0 → J/ψ Λ angular distribution and the Λ b 0 polarisation in pp collisions by Aaij, R, Abellán Beteta, C, Ackernley, T, Adeva, B, Adinolfi, M, Afsharnia, H, Aidala, CA, Aiola, S, Ajaltouni, Z, Akar, S, Albrecht, J, Alessio, F, Alexander, M, Alfonso Albero, A, Alkhazov, G, Alvarez Cartelle, P, Alves, AA, Amato, S, Amhis, Y, An, L, Anderlini, L, Andreassi, G, Andreianov, A, Andreotti, M, Bjørn, M, Fischer, KM, Gruberg Cazon, BR, Hadavizadeh, T, Hancock, TH, Harnew, N, Hill, D, John, M, Jurik, N, Li, L, Malde, S, Murphy, CH, Pili, M, Pullen, H, Renaudin, V, Rollings, A, Scantlebury Smead, LG, Wilkinson, G

“…The polarisation is determined in a fiducial region of Λb0 transverse momentum and pseudorapidity of 1 &lt; pT&lt; 20 GeV/c and 2 &lt; η &lt; 5, respectively. The data are consistent with Λb0 baryons being produced unpolarised in this region. …”

Synthesis, physical properties, and anion recognition of two novel larger azaacenes : benzannelated hexazaheptacene and benzannelated N,N'-dihydrohexazaheptacene by Li, Gang, Wu, Yuechao, Gao, Junkuo, Li, Junbo, Zhao, Yang, Zhang, Qichun

“…The theoretical band gaps estimated through DFT calculations for HATBH (1) and DHATPH (2) are 1.949 eV and 2.278 eV, which are close to the experimentally obtained optical band gaps (2.14 eV and 2.39 eV). …”
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Bengkel Asas Tari UMPSA pupuk kesedaran pelihara seni budaya bangsa by Noor Afiza, Mohd Asmi

“…GAMBANG, 5 Januari 2025 – Seramai 45 orang pelajar Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA) telah menyertai Bengkel Asas Tari anjuran Kelab Tarian Kencana Pawana dengan kerjasama Bahagian Kebudayaan, Kesenian dan Warisan (BKKW), Pusat Sukan dan Kebudayaan UMPSA pada 3 hingga 5 Januari 2025 di Studio Tari, Kompleks Sukan UMPSA Kampus Gambang.…”
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Comparison of a simplified skin pointer device compared with a skeletal marker for knee rotation laxity : a cadaveric study using a rotation-meter by Puah, Ken Lee, Yew, Andy Khye Soon, Chou, Siaw Meng, Lie, Denny Tijauw Tjoen

“…RESULTS : Total rotation recorded with the skin pointer significantly correlated with the bone marker at 3 nm at 0° (skin pointer 23.9 ± 26.0° vs bone marker 16.3 ± 17.3°, r = 0.92; P = 0.0), 30° (41.7 ± 15.5° vs 33.1 ± 14.7°, r = 0.63; P = 0.037), 45° (49.0 ± 17.0° vs 40.3 ± 11.2°, r = 0.81; P = 0.002), 60° (45.7 ± 17.5° vs 34.7 ± 9.5°, r = 0.86; P = 0.001) and 90° (29.2 ± 10.9° vs 21.2 ± 6.8°, r = 0.69; P = 0.019) of knee flexion and 6 nm at 0° (51.1 ± 37.7° vs 38.6 ± 30.1°, r = 0.90; P = 0.0), 30° (64.6 ± 21.6° vs 54.3 ± 15.1°, r = 0.73; P = 0.011), 45° (67.7 ± 20.6° vs 55.5 ± 9.5°, r = 0.65; P = 0.029), 60° (62.9 ± 22.4° vs 45.8 ± 13.1°, r = 0.65; P = 0.031) and 90° (43.6 ± 17.6° vs 31.0 ± 6.3°, r = 0.62; P = 0.043) of knee flexion and at 9 nm at 0° (69.7 ± 40.0° vs 55.6 ± 30.6°, r = 0.86; P = 0.001) and 60° (74.5 ± 27.6° vs 57.1 ± 11.5°, r = 0.77; P = 0.006). …”
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Vitamin D3 and carbamazepine protect against Clostridioides difficile infection in mice by restoring macrophage lysosome acidification by Chan, Hung, Li, Qing, Wang, Xiansong, Liu, Wing Yingzhi, Hu, Wei, Zeng, Judeng, Xie, Chuan, Kwong, Thomas Ngai Yeung, Ho, Idy Hiu Ting, Liu, Xiaodong, Chen, Huarong, Yu, Jun, Ko, Ho, Chan, Raphael Chiu Yeung, Ip, Margaret, Gin, Tony, Cheng, Alfred Sze Lok, Zhang, Lin, Chan, Matthew Tak Vai, Wong, Sunny Hei, Wu, William Ka Kei

“…Vitamin D3 and carbamazepine protect against CDI by restoring MITF expression and lysosomal function in mice. Abbreviations: ATP6V0B: ATPase H+ transporting V0 subunit b; ATP6V0C: ATPase H+ transporting V0 subunit c; ATP6V0E1: ATPase H+ transporting V0 subunit e1; ATP6V1H: ATPase H+ transporting V1 subunit H; CBZ: carbamazepine; CDI: C. difficile infection; CXCL: chemokine C-X-X motif ligand; IL: interleukin; LAMP1: lysosomal-associated membrane protein 1; LC3: microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3; LEF: lymphoid enhancer binding factor 1; MITF: melanocyte inducing transcription factor; NFKB: nuclear factor kappa B; PMA: phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate; TcdA: Clostridial toxin A; TcdB: Clostridial toxin B; TFE3: transcription factor E3; TFEB: transcription factor EB.…”
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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

“…Conclusion / Significance: Characterization of V. cholerae O1 from Tanzania reveals genetic diversity of the 7PET lineage composed of T5, T10 and T13 sub-lineages with introductions of new sequence types from neighboring countries. …”
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GP-OSMOTIC trial protocol : an individually randomised controlled trial to determine the effect of retrospective continuous glucose monitoring (r-CGM) on HbA1c in adults with type... by Furler, John, O’Neal, David Norman, Speight, Jane, Blackberry, Irene, Manski-Nankervis, Jo-Anne, Thuraisingam, Sharmala, de La Rue, Katie, Ginnivan, Louise, Browne, Jessica Lea, Holmes-Truscott, Elizabeth, Khunti, Kamlesh, Dalziel, Kim, Chiang, Jason, Audehm, Ralph, Kennedy, Mark, Clark, Malcolm, Jenkins, Alicia Josephine, Liew, Danny, Clarke, Philip, Best, James

“…The sample (n=150/arm) has 80% power to detect a mean HbA1c difference of 5.5 mmol/mol (0.5%) with an SD of 14.2 (1.3%) and alpha of 0.05 (allowing for 10% clinic and 20% patient attrition).…”
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