Fabrication of a humidity-resistant formaldehyde gas sensor through layering a molecular sieve on 3D ordered macroporous SnO₂ decorated with Au nanoparticles by Liu, Wei, Si, Xiaohui, Chen, Zaiping, Xu, Lin, Guo, Junmeng, Wei, Lei, Cheng, Gang, Du, Zuliang

“…Further, the 3MCM-48 layer protects the 3DOM Au/SnO2 layer from moisture, allowing at least 80 % of the initial response value to formaldehyde to be maintained even at> 90 % relative humidity. …”
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GBGVD: growth-based geodesic Voronoi diagrams by Qi, Yunjia, Zong, Chen, Zhang, Yunxiao, Chen, Shuangmin, Xu, Minfeng, Ran, Lingqiang, Xu, Jian, Xin, Shiqing, He, Ying

“…Experimental results show that our algorithm runs 3 times as fast as the state-of-the-art method at the same accuracy level.…”
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Respiratory quality indices for automated monitoring of respiration from sensor data by Birrenkott, D

“…Despite this, RR is often the least monitored and most inaccurately measured vital sign. …”

Using shock tube species time-histories in Bayesian parameter estimation: Effective independent-data number and target selection by Chen, Huaibo, Ji, Weiqi, Cassady, Séan J, Ferris, Alison M, Hanson, Ronald K, Deng, Sili

“…The influence of target selection is investigated by comparing LastP and C-1. LastP outperformed C-1 slightly, which can be attributed to the fact that larger discrepancies observed between experimental data and model predictions of the last point can increase the weights of likelihood functions. …”
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How many online workers are there in the world? A data-driven assessment by Kässi, O, Lehdonvirta, V, Stephany, F

“…Approximately 19 million of them have obtained work through the platform at least once, and 5 million have completed at least 10 projects or earned at least $1000. …”

Effect of detergent, herbs and spices on the growth of Vibrio parahaemolyticus biofilm in seafood by Nillian, Elexson

“…The killing time activity with cloves was fast-acting against antibiotic resistant V. parahaemolyticus at 8× MIC in 0.5hr time, while 1 hr, 4 hr, and 8 hr with star anise, lemon leaves, and curry leaves extracts. …”
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Clustering-based solutions for energy efficiency, adaptability and resilience in IoT networks by Shivaraman, Nitin

“…We find that DeCoRIC improves the power efficiency of the network by at least 70% and extends its life- time by at least 42% over existing solutions while making the network adaptable and resilient to faults. …”
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Performance evaluation of SAFIS for benchmark problems by Sinara Vijayan.

“…Based on these studies, an improved SAFIS algorithm called Fast SAFIS is developed. The optimal parameters of Fast SAFIS algorithm are determined and a performance evaluation of Fast SAFIS is done with SAFIS and other algorithms. …”
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萧红与萧军的革命意志 ：比较《生死场》与《八月的乡村》的女性身体刻画 = Revolutionary will of Xiao Hong and Xiao Jun : comparison of body portrayed between “The Field of Life and Death” and “Village in August”... by 李慧仪 Lee, Huiyi

“…Next, a comparison between the two works would be done to uncover the revolutionary will of both Xiao Hong and Xiao Jun, through the body metaphor of both works. Last but not least, an analysis will be given to explain the underlying difference of their revolutionary will. …”
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Temperature and burning history affect emissions of greenhouse gases and aerosol particles from tropical peatland fire by Kuwata, Mikinori, Kai, Fuu Ming, Yang, Liudongqing, Itoh, Masayuki, Gunawan, Haris, Harvey, Charles F.

“…Tropical peatland burning in Asia has been intensifying over the last decades, emitting huge amounts of gas species and aerosol particles. …”
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Modelling pH dynamics, SCOBY biomass formation, and acetic acid production of Kombucha fermentation using black, green, and Oolong Teas by Chong, Ann Qi, Chin, Nyuk Ling, Talib, Rosnita A., Basha, Roseliza Kadir

“…Kombucha is a traditional, fermented beverage made with an essential biomaterial known as SCOBY (symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast). Three different tea types, namely black, green, and oolong, were compared in kombucha fermentation in terms of pH dynamics, the formation of SCOBY biomass, and the production of acetic acid. …”
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Application of scoby bacterial cellulose as hydrocolloids on physicochemical, textural and sensory characteristics of mango jam by Chong, Ann Qi, Chin, Nyuk Ling, A. Talib, Rosnita, Kadir Basha, Roseliza

“…BACKGROUND: The scoby pellicle of symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast is a by-product from kombucha fermentation. …”

Performance evaluation of TCP/IP traffic over ABR service by Maung Hla Min.

“…Then we will go into the TCP congestion control mechanisms, which in specific, include slow start, congestion avoidance, fast retransmit and fast recovery. We will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using TCP Tahoe, TCP Reno and TCP Vegas congestion control mechanisms. …”
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Multi-linear regression models for traffic prediction in large-scale networks by Zhao, XinYue

“…Various methods have been practice in the traffic forecasting study and some algorithms that used in other fields like In this paper we apply 3 multi-linear regression models on the speed data collected from 266 road segments in Singapore, which are Partial Least Square, High-Order Partial Least Square and N-way Partial Least Square model. …”
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Development of a generic framework for dynamic website design by Huang, Dongli

“…as our platform and our basic framework to start with. At last, two Joomla! components were developed and installed. …”
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Online estimation of key battery states for management of vanadium redox flow battery by Wei, Zhongbao

“…To address this problem, a novel technique which integrates the Frisch scheme based bias compensating recursive least squares (FBCRLS) with a SOC observer is proposed to enhance the model identification and SOC estimate. …”
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New algorithms and VLSI architectures for efficient RNS computations by Tay, Thian Fatt

“…As a result, the proposed architecture achieves at least 21.6% of area saving, 28.8% of speedup and 32.5% of total power reduction compared to the state-of-art designs. …”
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Multirate Linear Quadratic Gaussian controllers for linear time-invariant systems by Chua, Say Yong.

“…In the last decade and particularly the last several years, multirate digital control has been an area of active and prominent research. …”
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Development of fed-batch strategy to produce bacteria cellulose by Chua, Gek Kee, Soo, Yang Kee

“…First, batch fermentation mode was carried out to determine the glucose consumption profile of Gluconacetobacter xylinus using Yeast Extract Glucose Chloramphenicol Medium (YGC). …”
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Molecular characterization of Candida auris outbreak isolates in Qatar from patients with COVID-19 reveals the emergence of isolates resistant to three classes of antifungal drugs by Abid, Fatma Ben, Salah, Husam, Sundararaju, Sathyavathi, Dalil, Lamya, Abdelwahab, Ayman H., Salameh, Sarah, Ibrahim, Emad B., Almaslmani, Muna A., Tang, Patrick, Perez-Lopez, Andres, Tsui, Clement Kin-Ming

“…During the COVID-19 pandemic in Qatar, many patients who were severely ill were colonized and infected by Candida auris, an invasive multidrug-resistant yeast pathogen that spreads through nosocomial transmission within healthcare facilities. …”
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