High-throughput quantification of quasistatic, dynamic and spall strength of materials across 10 orders of strain rates by Eswarappa Prameela, Suhas, Walker, Christopher C, DiMarco, Christopher S, Mallick, Debjoy D, Sun, Xingsheng, Hernandez, Stephanie, Sasaki, Taisuke, Wilkerson, Justin W, Ramesh, KT, Pharr, George M, Weihs, Timothy P

“…Traditionally, high strain rates and shock stresses are achieved using cumbersome and expensive methods such as the Kolsky bar or large spall experiments. These methods are low throughput and do not facilitate high-fidelity microstructure–property linkages. …”
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Robust polyamide-PTFE hollow fibre membranes for harsh organic solvent nanofiltration by Francis, Verona Nithya, Chong, Jeng Yi, Yang, Guoying, Che, Lei, Wang, Rong

“…Polymeric membranes have been extensively studied for organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN) but many fail to show sufficient chemical resistance in strong solvents like dimethylformamide (DMF) and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). …”
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P4-network : a networking infrastructure for intra-aircraft cabin wireless communication by Pham, Chau Khoa.

“…The project focuses on peer-to-peer communication schemes, and en-compasses the use of redundant communication paths as a method to address the problem of line-of-sight blocking. …”
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Developing of innovative and cool mobile applications on the Google’s Android powered devices 3 by Peng, Jun

“…Over the past 7 years the Android system and its applications had been through a long revolution with tremendous improvements on both UIs and utilization. …”
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Isolated low temperature heat release from binary blends of iso-octane, n-heptane and ethanol in a spark ignition engine by White, SP, Leach, FCP

“…A recently developed method has been shown to isolate LTHR in SI engine conditions, paving the way for more detailed and sophisticated analyses of LTHR characteristics and chemistry under realistic engine conditions. …”

Lean Six Sigma in healthcare: a systematic literature review on challenges, organisational readiness and critical success factors by McDermott, Olivia, Antony, Jiju, Bhat, Shreeranga, Jayaraman, Raja, Rosa, Angelo, Marolla, Giuliano, Parida, Ratri

“…A systematic literature review (SLR) was utilised to research the study objectives. Peer-reviewed literature over a 16-year period was studied to understand the deliverables of LSS. …”
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Development of superhydrophobic ceramic membrane decorated with flake-like structure by two-step synthesis for seawater desalination by membrane distillation by Omar, Najib Meftah Almukhtar, Othman, Mohd. Hafiz Dzarfan, Tai, Zhong Sheng, Puteh, Mohd. Hafiz, Wong, Keng Yinn, Tan, Huiyi, Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, Ooi, Boon Seng, Nomura, Mikihiro, Iwamoto, Yuji

“…It displayed contact angles (CAs) of 155.9° for water, 144° for water/ethanol, 129° for palm oil, and 112° for engine oil, with a liquid entry pressure (LEP) of 5.2 bar Furthermore, the membrane performance was tested in a direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) at 70 °C using a solution that simulated real seawater conditions, including sodium chloride (NaCl) at 35 g/L, sodium sulfate (Na2SO4) at 1.2 g/L, sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) at 1 g/L, and humic acid at 8 mg/L. …”

Unplug! world wider than WWW : a campaign addressing internet dependency amongst youth in Singapore. by Chew, Wen Jing., Lim, Xinyi., Loh, Cheryl., Quee, Yan Jing.

“…In recent years, Internet Dependency has been recognised as a growing problem in many countries. …”
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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.…”

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."…”

Distributed discovery of network resources in p2p systems by Yap, Teck Min.

“…Peer-to-Peer (P2P) network system which is a distributed system are getting famous in recent years and hence those P2P applications are broadly used in file sharing and transferring such as Gnutella, BitTorrent, uTorrent, BitComet and FlashTrack. …”
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Explorations of combined nonsolvent and thermally induced phase separation (N-TIPS) method for fabricating novel PVDF hollow fiber membranes using mixed diluents by Zhao, Jie, Chong, Jeng Yi, Shi, Lei, Wang, Rong

“…However, previous approaches have been subjected to either the formation of macrovoids or dense layer due to the dominant NIPS effect, or required sophisticated instruments and operation skills. …”
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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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Audit quality : practice review by Leow, May Cin, Lim, Joo Kiow, Seah, Bee Cheng

“…There has been a significant increase in the number of lawsuits against auditor due to the recent spate of company frauds and collapses. …”
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Partial auto-stereoscopic display with camera-based user tracking by Tan, Jian Hong

“…There has been increasing interest in 3D stereoscopy in digital media creation and consumption, but is held back by the need for specialized hardware. …”
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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. …”

Awareness of colorectal cancer and barrier of its screening among young adults in health campus of Universiti Sains Malaysia by Tin, Ding Hui

“…Colorectal cancer (CRC) has been one of the leading causes of death worldwide despite being one of the preventable and treatable cancers upon early diagnosis. …”
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Field trials of a food-based vaccine to protect village chickens against Newcastle disease by Aini, I., Ibrahim, A.L., Spradbrow, P.B.

“…The food pellet vaccine has been shown to be effective in trials conducted under laboratory and simulated field conditions. …”
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Bibliometric evaluation of agricultural literature published in Malaysia by Nasir, A.M., Hassan, H., A. Hamid, K., Agha, S.S.

“…The analysis shed light on the key journals that published agricultural literature; on the forms of publications which are resorted to in the communication of research results; on the subject areas which are well written on and those that have been neglected; on the nature of contributions made by Malaysian authors; on the publishing practice of corporate bodies and on the number of publications produced each year. © 1994 Akadémiai Kiadó.…”
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