Effects of particle sizes on total catechin content and antioxidant activity of Musa paradisiaca inflorescence using supercritical carbon dioxide (SFE-CO2)) extraction by Qing, Chong Xiu, Hean, Chong Gun, Nik Hadzir, Noor Hadzuin

“…The plant matrices (450 - 600 µm, 600 - 850 µm, and 850 µm - 1600μm) were extracted under different temperatures (40°C and 60°C) and pressures (25MPa and 45MPa), with a constant supercritical CO2 fluid and 50% (v/v) ethanol co-solvent flowed at 4 mL/min. Data were analyzed using ANOVA in Minitab Software. …”
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Vertical distribution of heavy metals in seawater column during IBA construction in land reclamation – re-exploration of a large-scale field trial experiment by Yin, Ke, Chan, Wei-Ping, Dou, Xiaomin, Lisak, Grzegorz, Chang, Victor Wei-Chung

“…As the current study took account of major field factors during land reclamation, including seawater depth (m), IBA loading (ton), IBA dropping method, particle dispersive area (m2), and settling time (min), these findings are valuable for the risk assessment of IBA utilization in land reclamation.…”
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Vapor phase synthesis of organometal halide perovskite nanowires for tunable room-temperature nanolasers by Xing, Jun, Liu, Xin Feng, Zhang, Qing, Ha, Son Tung, Yuan, Yan Wen, Shen, Chao, Sum, Tze Chien, Xiong, Qihua

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Rapid crystallization of all-inorganic CsPbBr3 perovskite for high-brightness light-emitting diodes by Ng, Yan Fong, Nur Fadilah Jamaludin, Yantara, Natalia, Li, Mingjie, Irukuvarjula, Venkata Kameshwar Rao, Demir, Hilmi Volkan, Sum, Tze Chien, Mhaisalkar, Subodh, Mathews, Nripan

“…Consequently, the performance of our PeLEDs shows great improvement, with luminance as high as 8218 cd m–2 and turn-on voltage as low as 2.4 V. Concomitantly, the current efficiency and EQE of our device were increased to 0.72 cd A–1 and 0.088%, respectively. …”
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A biodegradable ocular implant for long-term suppression of intraocular pressure by Ng, Xu Wen, Liu, Kerh Lin, Veluchamy, Amutha Barathi, Lwin, Nyein Chan, Wong, Tina T., Venkatraman, Subbu Subramanian

“…The data was further confirmed in a diseased primate model, with sustained IOP-lowering effects for 5 months with a single implant, with acceptable biocompatibility and partial degradation.…”
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The contribution of color information to rapid face categorization in natural scenes by Or, Charles C.-F., Retter, Talia L., Rossion, Bruno

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Facile synthesis of a hole transporting material with a silafluorene core for efficient mesoscopic CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite solar cells by Krishna, Anurag, Sabba, Dharani, Yin, Jun, Bruno, Annalisa, Antila, Liisa J., Soci, Cesare, Mhaisalkar, Subodh, Grimsdale, Andrew Clive

“…A novel electron-rich small-molecule, 4,4′-(5,5-dihexyl-5H-dibenzo[b,d]silole-3,7-diyl)bis(N,N-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)aniline) (S101), containing silafluorene as the core with arylamine side groups, has been synthesized via a short efficient route. …”
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Expression of recombinant geobacillus SP a-amylase in pichia pastoris GS 115 by Gandhi, Sivasangkary

“…YPTM medium supplemented with methanol 1% (v/v) was found to be the best medium with the highest expression level (28.6 U/mL) after 120 hours of post induction. …”
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Partially collaborative storage codes for distributed storage systems by Liu, Shiqiu

“…A network coding inspired line of works was introduced by Dimakis et al. [13], who used a max-flow min-cut analysis to characterize the communication cost needed for repairing one failed node as a function of the code storage overhead. …”
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Design and Construction of Artificial Extracellular Matrix (aECM) Proteins from Escherichia coli for Skin Tissue Engineering by Low, Pearlie Si Jia, Tjin, Monica Suryana, Fong, Eileen

“…In their work, the aECM proteins incorporate cell binding domains taken from fibronectin, laminin-5 and collagen IV, as well as flanking elastin-like repeats. …”
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Sec71 functions as a GEF for the small GTPase Arf1 to govern dendrite pruning of Drosophila sensory neurons by Wang, Yan, Zhang, Heng, Shi, Meng, Liou, Yih-Cherng, Lu, Lei, Yu, Fengwei

“…Finally, we show that the Sec71/Arf1-mediated trafficking process is a prerequisite for Rab5-dependent endocytosis to facilitate endocytosis and degradation of the cell-adhesion molecule Neuroglian (Nrg).…”
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Tailoring CO2 /CH4 separation properties of mixed-matrix membranes via combined use of two- and three-dimensional metal-organic frameworks by Samarasinghe, S.A.S.C., Chuah, Chong Yang, Yang, Yanqin, Bae, Tae-Hyun

“…However, by combining both fillers in a mixed-matrix membrane aimed at tailoring the CO2/CH4 separation properties, both CO2 permeability and CO2/CH4selectivity were successfully improved by 16.6% and 30.5%, respectively, which indicates a highly desirable method of performance enhancement. …”
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Towards Optimal Output-Sensitive Clique Listing or: Listing Cliques from Smaller Cliques by Dalirrooyfard, Mina, Mathialagan, Surya, Williams, Virginia Vassilevska, Xu, Yinzhan

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Asymmetric prefrontal cortex activation associated with mutual gaze of mothers and children during shared play by Azhari, Atiqah, Bizzego, Andrea, Balagtas, Jan Paolo Macapinlac, Leng, Kelly Sng Hwee, Esposito, Gianluca

“…This study used functional Near-infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) hyperscanning on 22 pairs of mothers and their preschool-aged children as they engaged in a 10-min free-play session together. The play interaction was video recorded and instances of mutual gaze were coded for after the experiment. …”
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Polyamide-imide hollow fiber membranes crosslinked with amine-appended inorganic networks for application in solvent-resistant nanofiltration under low operating pressure by Lim, Siow Kee, Setiawan, Laurentia, Bae, Tae-Hyun, Wang, Rong

“…The resultant membranes were solvent-stable and showed higher hydrophilicity and better mechanical property. A 30-min conditioning with either isopropanol or deionized water after the crosslinking reaction was found to affect the morphology of the membranes and thus their nanofiltration performance. …”
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Predicting clinical outcome of neuroblastoma patients using an integrative network-based approach by Rajapakse, Jagath Chandana, Azuaje, Francisco, Tranchevent, Léon-Charles, Nazarov, Petr V., Kaoma, Tony, Schmartz, Georges P., Muller, Arnaud, Kim, Sang-Yoon

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Luteolin restricts dengue virus replication through inhibition of the proprotein convertase furin by Peng, Minhua, Watanabe, Satoru, Chan, Kitti Wing Ki, He, Qiuyan, Zhao, Ya, Zhang, Zhongde, Lai, Xiaoping, Luo, Dahai, Vasudevan, Subhash G., Li, Geng

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Variations in the composition and biochemical attributes of Eucalyptus camaldulensis L. leaves essential oil as function of drying methods by Saleem, Misbah, Shaheen, Muhammad Ashraf, Qadir, Rahman, Saba, Iram, Rehman, Muhammad Misbah ur, Paracha, Rizwan Nasir, Ahmad, Nazir, Riaz, Muhammad, Anwar, Farooq

“…The shade-dried ELEOs, among others, with paw diameters of 0.739, 1.133, and 1.143 mm at 0, 30, and 60 min, respectively, showed the strongest inhibition of anti-inflammatory activity. …”

Superior photocatalytic degradation of pharmaceuticals and antimicrobial Features of iron-doped zinc oxide sub-microparticles synthesized via laser-assisted chemical bath technique by Zyoud, Samer H., Che Abdullah, Che Azurahanim, Ashames, Akram, Hassan, Nageeb, Yahia, Ibrahim S., Zyoud, Ahed H., Zahran, Heba Y., Qamhieh, Naser, Makhadmeh, Ghaseb N., AlZoubi, Tariq

“…Photocatalytic tests revealed a significant enhancement in paracetamol degradation efficiency, increasing from 53.41 % with pure ZnO to 98.99 % with 3 % Fe-doped ZnO in 50 min. Antimicrobial assays demonstrated an increased inhibitory effect against pathogens, with Fe-doped ZnO outperforming control discs. …”
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Strain engineering of antimonene by a first-principles study : mechanical and electronic properties by Kripalani, Devesh Raju, Kistanov, Andrey A., Cai, Yongqing, Xue, Ming, Zhou, Kun

“…The work function of free-standing β-antimonene is 4.59 eV, and it attains a maximum value of 5.07 eV under an applied biaxial strain of 4%. …”
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