Microbiological, physicochemical and nutritional properties of fresh cow milk treated with industrial high pressure processing (HPP) during storage by Lim, Shu Huey, Chin, Nyuk Ling, Sulaiman, Alifdalino, Tay, Cheow Hwang, Wong, Tak Hiong

“…The safety, shelf life, and quality of fresh cow milk treated using industrial High-Pressure Processing (HPP) treatment at 600 MPa for 10 min was studied to identify the novelty of this non-thermal technology in milk processing. …”
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Microwave-assisted treatment for the improvement of rice flour properties and rice flour bread quality by Md Yunos, Noor Seribainun Hidayah, Hafid, Halimatun Saadiah, Omar, Farah Nadia, P. Mohammed, Mohd Afandi, Wakisaka, Minato, Mustapha, Nor Afizah, Samsu Baharuddin, Azhari

“…Rice flour having two different water content (20% and 30%) were exposed to different level of microwave power (600 W, 700 W and 800 W) with 8 min treatment time to assess its influence on amylose content, thermal properties, morphological structure, functional and crystalline structural that affect bread quality. …”

A newly isolated organic solvent tolerant Bacillus sphaericus 205y producing organic solvent-stable lipase by Hun, Chin John, Raja Abd Rahman, Raja Noor Zaliha, Salleh, Abu Bakar, Basri, Mahiran

“…Four production media were tested and medium M3 yielded the highest lipase activity of 0.42 U ml-1 min-1 at 36 h incubation time. Stability studies in various organic solvents at 25% (v/v) showed that lipase from B. sphaericus 205y were not only stable but also activated by n-hexane and p-xylene by 3.5- and 2.9-folds, respectively. …”
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Application of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to determine free fatty acid contents in palm olein by Che Man, Y.B., Setiowaty, G.

“…The implementation of such a method as a quality control tool would eliminate the use and disposal of hazardous solvents required by the chemical method, and drastically reduce analysis time to less than 2 min/sample.…”
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Formulation, characterization, and in vitro simulated gastrointestinal fluid analysis of chewable yogurt tablet incorporated with corncob fiber by Chan, Yong Lin, Jamalullail, Nurul Aini, Tan, Chin Ping, Abdul Manap, Mohd Yazid, Tang, Teck Kim, Lee, Yee Ying, Phuah, Eng Tong, Lai, Oi Ming

“…However, F3 and F4 displayed significantly longer disintegration times (41.11–52.82 min). After three months, the average bacterial viability was 7 log no. …”
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Tribological study of modified palm oil-with single and hybrid nanofluids for metalworking fluid by Sabri, Ainaa Mardhiah, Talib, Norfazillah, Abdul Sani, Amiril Sahab, Abdullah, Haslina, Kamdani, Kamaruddin

“…The testing was done at temperature set to 75 ± 2 °C, load of 392 N, rotating speed of 1200 rpm for 60 min. MRPOaw show the lowest COF (0.06281) and smallest MWSD (607.1 μm). …”
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An eco-friendly synthesis of titanium oxide nanoparticles mediated from Syringodium isoetifolium and evaluate its biological activity and photocatalytic dye degradation. by Sundar, Velmani, Balasubramanian, Balamuralikrishnan, Sivakumar, Mani, Chinnaraj, Santhosh, Palani, Vino, Maluventhen, Viji, Kamyab, Hesam, Chelliapan, Shreeshivadasan, Arumugam, Maruthupandian, Zuleta Mediavilla, Diana Patricia

“…The percentage of degradation by the TiO2 NPs was found to be higher in methylene blue (83 %) than methyl orange (58 %) for S. isoetifolium with marine macro algae extract after 120 min of visible light irradiation. The green synthesis of TiO2 NPs emphases to be cost effective and eco-friendly with antimicrobial and anti-cancer effects against breast cancer cell lines.…”

Parameter optimization for high-speed end milling on Inconel 718 using uncoated carbide tool by Hisam, Muhammad Juzaili, Suhaimi, Mohd. Azlan, Sharif, Safian, Abd. Rahim, Erween, Amrifan S. Mohruni, Amrifan S. Mohruni, Zhuang, Kejia

“…The final model suggested that by using uncoated carbide tools, the lowest cutting speed and feed rate of 50 m/min and 0.05 mm/tooth can be implemented to obtain the desired cutting responses.…”
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Behaviorally informed digital campaigns and their association with social media engagement and COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Belize by Daga, Giuliana, Kossuth, Lajos, Boruchowicz, Cynthia, Lopez Boo, Florencia, Largaespada Beer, Natalia

“…However, lack of trust in the vaccine and fear of side effects in regions like the Caribbean resulted in a low uptake despite enough vaccine supply. …”
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Creative AI : a data-driven design approach for creative online ad optimisation using artificial intelligence and big data by Phay, Han

“…Through the integration of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data with current industry processes, a new kind of advertising agency will emerge that is run like a tech company. Using Big Data to inform creative design and Artificial Intelligence to identify patterns, predictive analysis can be applied to creative online banner ads for the purpose of increasing user engagement through higher click-through rates. …”
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Highly stable and efficient planar perovskite solar cells using ternary metal oxide electron transport layers by Thambidurai, Mariyappan, Shini, Foo, Harikesh, Padinhare Cholakkal, Mathews, Nripan, Dang, Cuong

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Two sides of the same coin : boons and banes of machine learning in hardware security by Liu, Wenye, Chang, Chip Hong, Wang, Xueyang, Liu, Chen, Fung, Jason M., Mohammad Ebrahimabadi, Karimi, Naghmeh, Meng, Xingyu, Basu, Kanad

“…ML schemes have been extensively used to enhance the security and trust of embedded systems like hardware Trojans and malware detection. On the other hand, ML-based approaches have also been adopted by adversaries to assist side-channel attacks, reverse engineer integrated circuits and break hardware security primitives like Physically Unclonable Functions (PUFs). …”
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Geometry-mediated bridging drives nonadhesive stripe wound healing by Xu, Hongmei, Huo, Yucheng, Zhou, Quan, Wang, Abraham Lianghao, Cai, Pingqiang, Doss, Bryant, Huang, Changjin, Hsia, K. Jimmy

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Holocene relative sea-level histories of tropical islands by Tan, Fangyi

“…I demonstrate the utility of coral microatolls to serve as precise indicators of Late Holocene RSL in places like Singapore, where the lack of accommodation space due to RSL fall from GIA has formerly limited the use of sedimentary indicators like mangrove peat. …”
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Referring expression segmentation: from conventional to generalized by Liu, Chang

“…Traditional RES methods usually either use an FCN-like network that directly generates the segmentation mask from the image or first extract all instances using a standalone network and then select the target from targets. …”
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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

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PrimeNet: a framework for commonsense knowledge representation and reasoning based on conceptual primitives by Liu, Qian, Han, Sooji, Cambria, Erik, Li, Yang, Kwok, Kenneth

“…Commonsense knowledge acquisition and representation is a core topic in artificial intelligence (AI), which is crucial for building more sophisticated and human-like AI systems. However, existing commonsense knowledge bases organize facts in an isolated manner like bag of facts, lacking the cognitive-level connections that humans commonly possess. …”
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Spin-ice physics and phase transitions in cadmium cyanide by Coates, CS

“…Having confirmed the importance of spin-ice physics, chapter 6 explores the pressure and temperature dependence of the ice-like correlations. At least two phase transitions are identied at low pressure, kinetic trapping is observed and the extreme compressibility shown to be a function of cyanide reorientation and ice-like coordination. …”

The epidemiology of periportal fibrosis and relevance of current Schistosoma mansoni infection within the context of repeated mass drug administration: a population-based, cross-se... by Ajayi, S, Nabatte, B, Mpooya, S, Tinkitina, B, Opio, CK, Kabatereine, NB, Chami, G

“…History of HIV and underlying chronic hepatitis or early cirrhosis-like disease are risk factors that could be investigated for periportal fibrosis surveillance and management.…”

Structural, magnetic and dielectric properties of FeTe1-xMx (M = Se, S) superconductor prepared by solid state reaction at ambient pressure by Lim, Edmund Hua Hang

“…SEM images showed that the samples developed into plate-like grain structure gradually with the increase of Se and S concentration. …”
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