Anti-fouling thin film composite (TFC) polyamide reverse osmosis (RO) membranes based on piezoelectric polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) substrates by Fu, Jia Shen

“…It was found PVDF-TEP substrate had larger mean pore size (around 33 nm) and higher pure water permeability (254±8 LMH/bar), making it more suitable to be substrate for RO membrane fabrication. …”
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Fabrication of hollow fiber membranes using amphiphilic block copolymers as pore-forming additives by Loh, Chun Heng

“…When Pluronic F127 concentration was 10 wt%, the as-spun hollow fiber exhibited the highest PWP of 114 L/m2•h•bar and the lowest MWCO of 9 kDa. Due to the good performance of Pluronic F127 in PES membrane fabrication, it has been selected as the amphiphilic additive to further study the formation of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) membranes. …”
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Global borders : power, fragility, and ‘a kind of fiction’ (Editorial introduction) by Cahill, Samara

“…With the gentlest wafting of pollen from a summer breeze or a bee’s wing, the fixed categories borders inscribe can blossom into hybridities.…”
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Deformation and failure processes of glass-microballoon epoxy syntactic foam by Naidu, Aravin Dass

“…A pulse shaped Split Hopkinson’s Pressure Bar Test (SHPB) modified for low impedance material testing was used to ensure that the samples deformed under dynamic equilibrium and at a constant strain-rate. …”
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Development of novel electrospun nanofibrous scaffold with nanomaterials for target adsorption in different applications by Lim, Huai Xun

“…The membrane scaffold was investigated for their anionic dye removal in aqueous systems and performed beyond expectations, demonstrating up to 8808 Lm-2h-1bar-1 water permeability at 2 psi with exceptional >99% dye removal capability for anionic dyes in aqueous systems. …”
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An integrated information management model for proactive prevention of struck-by-falling-object accidents on construction sites by Wu, Weiwei, Yang, Huanjia, Li, Qiming, Chew, David Ah Seng

“…The objective of this paper is to analyze the proactively preventive information requirement of struck-by-falling-object accidents and propose an integrated information management model using a ZigBee RFID sensor network to fulfill these requirements. …”
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Protein-protein interactions that mediate the role of AAA-ATPase p97/VCP/Cdc48 in protein aggregation and degradation by Chia, Wei Sheng

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Improved design of an advanced Ice Giants Net Flux Radiometer by Aslam, S, Calcutt, SB, Hewagama, T, Irwin, PG, Nixon, C, Quilligan, G, Roos-Serote, MC, Villanueva, G

“…This unique design allows for small net flux measurements in the presence of large ambient fluxes and rapidly changing temperatures during the probe descent to ≥10 bar pressure.…”

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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Driving Miss Norma : AN INSPIRATIONAL STORY ABOUT WHAT REALLY MATTERS AT THE END OF LIFE / by Bauerschmidt, Tim, author 655967, Liddle,Ramie, author 655968

“…But instead of confining herself to a hospital bed for what could be her last stay, Miss Norma - newly widowed after nearly seven decades of marriage - rose to her full height of five feet and told the doctor, "I'm ninety years old. I'm hitting the road." And so Miss Norma took off on an unforgettable around-the-country journey in a thirty-six-foot motor home with her retired son Tim, his wife Ramie, and their dog Ringo."…”

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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Reflective loss and dishonest assistance by Tang, Samantha S., Koh, Alan K.

“…Does the reflective loss principle bar a company’s claim against a third party for dishonest assistance in its director’s breach of fiduciary duty? …”
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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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Mode of action study for a novel class of antimicrobial polymers against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Shi, Zhenyu

“…The development of antibiotics has been hampered by the rapid evolution of antimicrobial resistance and lack of new mechanisms discovered. …”
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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

“…Compression experiments are performed using a screwdriven machine, a hydraulic machine, and a long split Hopkinson bar, all instrumented with a high-speed infrared camera to measure temperature rises at strain rates between 0.01 and 2600 s-1 at a starting temperature around 20 °C. …”

Understanding the effect of M(III) choice in heterodinuclear polymerization catalysts by Eisenhardt, KHS, Fiorentini, F, Williams, CK

“…The novel Al(III)K(I) catalyst exhibits outstanding activities in the cyclohexane oxide (CHO)/CO₂ ROCOP, and at 1 bar CO₂ pressure it is the fastest aluminum-based catalyst reported to date. …”

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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