Memes as building blocks : a case study on evolutionary optimization + transfer learning for routing problems by Feng, Liang, Ong, Yew-Soon, Tan, Ah-Hwee, Tsang, Ivor W.

“…Particularly, present evolutionary optimization approaches generally start their search from scratch or the ground-zero state of knowledge, independent of how similar the given new problem of interest is to those optimized previously. There has thus been the apparent lack of automated knowledge transfers and reuse across problems. …”
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Ultralow threshold optical gain enabled by quantum rings of inverted type-I CdS/CdSe core/crown nanoplatelets in the blue by Delikanli, Savas, Isik, Furkan, Shabani, Farzan, Baruj, Hamed Dehghanpour, Taghipour, Nima, Demir, Hilmi Volkan

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Optical gain in ultrathin self-assembled bi-layers of colloidal quantum wells enabled by the mode confinement in their high-index dielectric waveguides by Foroutan-Barenji, Sina, Erdem, Onur, Gheshlaghi, Negar, Altintas, Yemliha, Demir, Hilmi Volkan

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Validation of the Needs Assessment of Family Caregivers - cancer scale in an Asian population by Yang, Winson Fu Zun, Liu, Jianlin, Chan, Yiong Huak, Griva, Konstadina, Kuparasundram, Sangita, Mahendran, Rathi

“…Background: The Needs Assessment of Family Caregivers- Cancer (NAFC-C) scale is shown to have adequate psychometric properties in assessing family caregiver needs during the cancer journey and its psychometric properties have been studied only in Western populations. This study sought to validate the NAFC-C in an Asian population for wider applicability. …”
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Additive-free electrophoretic deposition of graphene quantum dots thin films by Nguyen, Tam D., Geuli, Ori, Yeo, Loo Pin, Magdassi, Shlomo, Mandler, Daniel, Tok, Alfred Iing Yoong

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Unconventional split aptamers cleaved at functionally essential sites preserve biorecognition capability by Wang, Ruoyu, Zhang, Qiansen, Zhang, Yi, Shi, Hanchang, Nguyen, Kim Truc, Zhou, Xiaohong

“…However, only a limited number of SPAs have been developed so far because the traditional theory restricts the splitting to the functionally dispensable site that many parent aptamers do not possess. …”
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Combining Co₃S₄ and Ni:Co₃S₄ nanowires as efficient catalysts for overall water splitting: an experimental and theoretical study by Tang, Shasha, Wang, Xing, Zhang, Yongqi, Courté, Marc, Fan, Hong Jin, Fichou, Denis

“…Meanwhile, density functional theory (DFT) calculations show that the free energy of the intermediates has been reduced after the introduction of sulfur and nickel atoms, which have smaller overpotentials and corresponding enhanced electrocatalytic performance. …”
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Scalable fabrication of graphene-based laminate membranes for liquid and gas separations by crosslinking-induced gelation and doctor-blade casting by Yang, Euntae, Karahan, H. Enis, Goh, Kunli, Chuah, Chong Yang, Wang, Rong, Bae, Tae-Hyun

“…For both gas and liquid separations, various designs of crosslinker-stabilized graphene oxide (GO) membranes have been reported. However, the preparation methods used for those are poorly scalable for industrial applications. …”
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Evolving large-scale data stream analytics based on scalable PANFIS by Za'in, Choiru, Pratama, Mahardhika, Pardede, Eric

“…Many distributed machine learning frameworks have recently been built to speed up the large-scale data learning process. …”
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Ensemble strategies for population-based optimization algorithms – a survey by Wu, Guohua, Mallipeddi, Rammohan, Suganthan, Ponnuthurai Nagaratnam

“…In POA literature, No Free Lunch (NFL) theorem has been well-documented and therefore, to effectively solve a given optimization problem, an appropriate configuration is necessary. …”
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Rugged soft robots using tough, stretchable, and self-healable adhesive elastomers by Tan, Matthew Wei Ming, Thangavel, Gurunathan, Lee, Pooi See

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Towards the prevention of pressure ulcers by Kwek, Milton Sheng Yi

“…Ischaemia reperfusion (I/R) injury has been one of the potential causes of PU. This injury happens as bony prominences are rested on surfaces for relatively long periods of time where tissues experience ischaemia. …”
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Effects of double aging on inconel 718 fabricated by laser metal deposition by Tham, Nataniel Yong Syn

“…Inconel 718 fabricated using Laser Metal Deposition has been found in recent years to be a viable option to fabricate or repair components. …”
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Low biodegradability of dissolved organic matter from Southeast Asian peat-draining rivers by Nichols, Robert S., Martin, Patrick

“…Despite substantial interest in the biogeochemical fate of terrigenous DOC (tDOC), few studies have quantified phenol oxidase activity in aquatic environments, and microbial remineralization rates of tDOC have never been measured in Southeast Asia. Here, we assess the potential for using phenol oxidase assays as a proxy for tDOC biodegradation across peat-draining rivers and the coastal waters of Sarawak, Borneo, and report experimental measurements of microbial tDOC remineralization rates from this region. …”
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Curvature-regulated lipid membrane softening of nano-vesicles by Chng, Choon-Peng, Sadovsky, Yoel, Hsia, K. Jimmy, Huang, Changjin

“…Understanding the interplay between vesicle size and stiffness is critical to both the understanding of the biological functions of natural nano-vesicles and the optimization of nano-vesicle-based diagnostics and therapeutics. It has been predicted that, when vesicle size is comparable to its membrane thickness, the effective bending stiffness of the vesicle increases dramatically due to both the entropic effect as a result of reduced thermal undulation and the nonlinear curvature elasticity effect. …”
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Measuring coastal absolute sea-level changes using GNSS interferometric reflectometry by Peng, Dongju, Feng, Lujia, Larson, Kristine M., Hill, Emma Mary

“…However, sea-level changes near the coast, particularly absolute sea-level changes, have been less well monitored than those in the open ocean. …”
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Cationic glycosylated block co-β-peptide acts on the cell wall of Gram-positive bacteria as anti-biofilm agents by Zhang, Kaixi, Raju, Cheerlavancha, Zhong, Wenbin, Pethe, Kevin, Gründling, Angelika, Chan-Park, Mary B.

“…Wall teichoic acid (WTA), a generic anionic glycopolymer present on the cell surface of many Gram-positive bacteria, has been proposed as a possible therapeutic target, but its druggability remains to be demonstrated. …”
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An optimized CFD-DEM method for fluid-particle coupling dynamics analysis by Yao, L. M., Xiao, Zhongmin, Liu, J. B., Zhang, Q., Wang, M.

“…By improving the solution strategy of unresolved CFD-DEM in terms of time incremental way, the iterative convergence criteria and time advancement algorithm of fluid-particle coupling have been established. The improved CFD-DEM method can automatically adjust the CFD time steps according to the convergence criteria. …”
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Exploring multi-level motivations towards green design practices : a system dynamics approach by Li, Qing, Zhang, Lianying, Zhang, Limao, Jha, Sunil

“…However, multi-level motivations in green design, such as institutional, market, organizational, and individual initiatives, have not been explored in detail. The dynamic interactions of multiple motivations are rarely examined. …”
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Carbene-catalyzed enantioselective aromatic N-nucleophilic addition of heteroarenes to ketones by Liu, Yonggui, Luo, Guoyong, Yang, Xing, Jiang, Shichun, Xue, Wei, Chi, Robin Yonggui, Jin, Zhichao

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