Presence of host-seeking Ixodes ricinus and their infection with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in the Northern Apennines, Italy by Ragagli, C, Mannelli, A, Ambrogi, C, Bisanzio, D, Ceballos, LA, Grego, E, Martello, E, Selmi, M, Tomassone, L

Effect of symmetry of branching on leaf-like flow channel by Huang, Zhiwei

“…At maximum Reynolds number of 4000, Leaf65 has a pressure drop value of 2.58 bars as compared to the ALeaf65 insert with a value of 2.98 bar.…”
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Tissue engineering small diameter blood vessels : ployurethane formulation with urethane acrylate in micro-patterned scaffold with mechanical analysis by Lee, Zhi Chao.

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Fine-tuning selective layer architecture of hydrogel membrane towards high separation performances for engineered osmosis by Qin, Detao, Liu, Zhaoyang, Bai, Hongwei, Song, Xiaoxiao, Li, Zhengtao, Sun, Darren Delai

“…Analysis of reverse osmosis (RO) experimental results reveals hydrogel layer resistance to water permeation is linearly reduced by 1.40 × 1013 m−1 as the layer is tailored thinner per 10 nm, which leads to the remarkable enhancement of water permeability by ~10 times from 0.49 L m−2 h−1 bar−1 of 500 nm thickness to 4.75 L m−2 h−1 bar−1 of 30 nm thickness. …”
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C-F bond activation by transient phosphenium dications by Đorđević, Nemanja, Tay, Madelyn Qin Yi, Muthaiah, Senthilkumar, Ganguly, Rakesh, Dimić, Dušan, Vidović, Dragoslav

“…These dications were generated by reaction of the corresponding monocationic precursors with excess Na[BAr4Cl]. Evidence for the existence of transient dicationic species was obtained by trapping the dication 4a2+ with PMe3. …”
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High-pressure hydrogenation of graphene : towards graphane by Poh, Hwee Ling, Šaněk, Filip, Sofer, Zdeněk, Pumera, Martin

“…We present here a scalable method for the hydrogenation of graphene based on thermal exfoliation of graphite oxide in a hydrogen atmosphere under high pressure (60–150 bar) and temperature (200–500 °C). This method does not require a plasma source and is able to produce gram quantities of the material. …”
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Enrichment of SWNT species with chemical approaches and mechanism investigation by Pan, Xiaoyong

“…A series of pyrene derivatives were synthesized and their separation effects on SWNTs based on the electronic properties and diameters have been demonstrated. To overcome the problem enforced by the poor dispersion with the amide-functionalized pyrene derivatives, a series of Polymethacrylates with pendant aromatic functional groups were investigated for their selectivity in SWNTs separation. …”
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Adsorption characteristics of doped MIL-101(Cr) and methane system by Nasirudin Muhammad Tariq

“…Subsequently, an experimental investigation was conducted to measure the uptake of methane for the temperatures ranging from 85 K to 298 K and pressures up to 10 bar using the volumetric and cryogenic set-up. Till today, researchers have focused on adsorption above triple point of methane with different adsorbents. …”
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Application of finite Gaussian process distribution of relaxation times on SOFC electrodes by Williams, Nicholas J, Osborne, Conor, Seymour, Ieuan D, Bazant, Martin Z, Skinner, Stephen J

“…In this work, we use finite GP regression under inequality constraints (fGP) to analysed EIS data generated by a (Ni/CGO|CGO|YSZ|Reference Cathode) solid-oxide fuel cell in a gas mixture of 0.5 bar H2/0.5 bar H2O and at a temperature of 600 ◦C. …”
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The role of toca-1-N-wasp complex in filopodia formation and endocytosis by Bu, Wenyu

“…Toca-1 consists of an F-BAR domain at the N-terminal, an HR1 domain (Cdc42 binding site) in the middle and an SH3 domain (N-WASP binding site) at the C-terminal. …”
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Strategies of colour and lighting design in the cinematography of Christopher Doyle by Peh, Colin Jin Wei

“…The main findings will show the relationships between colour and space, colour and character motion, colour and mood throughout Christopher Doyle’s consistent visual style and his wide variety of works over the past twenty-five years. The study of these 5 feature films by renowned Directors Wong Kar Wai, Zhang Yi Mou, Tan Bee Thiam and Phillip Noyce will also showcase a detailed visual analysis of various narrative styles. …”
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A novel fabrication method for submicron hydrogel particles loaded with protein drug by Philips Laulia

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Electrical machine fault analysis and modelling by using electromagnetic approach by Zhang, Meng Qi

“…Although electrical machines have been used in a wide range of industrial applications for many decades, the demand for machine reliability in the present day is higher than ever before and it is growing continuously. …”
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Pilot feasibility study to determine the utility of direct access and quantitative magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) in the assessment of suspected acute biliary o... by Novak, A, Acharya, A, Beer, S, Espinosa, A, Smith, GB, Saga, C, Andrews, J, Bailey, A, Soonawalla, Z, Bungay, H, Pavlides, M

High-performance reverse osmosis membranes fabricated on highly porous microstructured supports by Lee, Jaewoo, Wang, Rong, Bae, Tae-Hyun

“…Increasing the surface porosity of a support membrane has been proposed as an effective way to improve the water permeability of thin-film composite (TFC) reverse osmosis (RO) membranes by reducing the diffusion pathway in the active layer. …”
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Early detection of corrosion damage in reinforced concrete using GPR array imaging method by Cheng Weixia, Sun, Hai-Han, Tan, Kang Hai, Fan, Zheng

“…Corrosion of reinforcing bars constitutes a significant factor contributing to cracking and spalling in reinforced concrete (RC) structures. …”
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Thermomechanical coupling during large strain deformation of polycarbonate: experimental study by Song, P, Chapman, D, Graham, A, Trivedi, A, Siviour, C

“…Typically, this is expected to result in a reduction in stress at large strain, compared to the behaviour under isothermal conditions; however, compared to other glassy polymers, it has been observed that less softening than expected is experienced in polycarbonate at high strain rates. …”

Rational design and synthesis of degradable poly(imidazolium ester) antibiotics by Xu, Xiaofei

“…While antimicrobial polymers have been explored as promising substitutes for antibiotics in academic scenarios, a majority of these polymers feature non-degradable backbones. …”
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Development of novel electrospun nanofibrous scaffold with nanomaterials for target adsorption in different applications by Lim, Huai Xun

“…With the concerning rise in pollution of waters threatening the critical sources of clean water, tremendous amounts of efforts had been put into the research and development of water treatment technologies, inexhaustive of conventional municipal water treatment, to ion-exchange, electrolysis or biological treatment, membrane technology is one of the most energy efficient processes to remove targeted solutes from water. …”
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Short-term load forecasting by wavelet transform and evolutionary extreme learning machine by Li, Song, Wang, Peng, Goel, Lalit

“…This paper proposes a novel short-term load forecasting (STLF) method based on wavelet transform, extreme learning machine (ELM) and modified artificial bee colony (MABC) algorithm. The wavelet transform is used to decompose the load series for capturing the complicated features at different frequencies. …”
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