Effect of the wetting hydraulic property of soil on 1-D water infiltration by Li, Xuebo, Shen, Tianlun, Xiang, Ke, Zhai, Qian, Rahardjo, Harianto, Satyanaga, Alfrendo, Wang, Shijun

“…Both the SWCC and the HCF are hysteretic during the drying and wetting processes. In a numerical simulation, different seepage results can be obtained by incorporating different hydraulic conductivity functions of soil. …”
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Urine osmolality assessment through the integration of urea hydrolysis and impedance measurement by Kong, Tian Fook, Shen, Xinhui, Sim, Mei Yi, Yong, Jin, Ng, Tze Kiat, Chong, Tsung Wen, Marcos

“…The urine osmolality of a urine sample can be estimated by determining the concentrations of the conductive solutes and urea, which make up approximately 94% of the urine composition. Our method utilizes impedance measurements to determine the conductive solutes and urea after hydrolysis with urease enzyme. …”
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Multi-objective optimization design and performance evaluation of a novel multi-stream intermediate fluid vaporizer with cold energy recovery by Wang, Zhe, Cai, Wenjian, Hong, Wei, Shen, Suping, Yang, Huizhu, Han, Fenghui

“…In this ingenious design, the self-evaporating gas of cryogenic liquid is adopted as the intermediate medium of IFV so that the equipment freezing can be effectively avoided under large flow conditions. …”
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Fiber optic technique for determination of moisture content in honey by Mohamad Ibrahim, Nursakinah

“…The actual moisture content was found from standard oven drying method. Moisture content of fresh honey was approximately 14.3%. …”
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Non-invasive estimation of the powder size distribution from a single speckle image by Zhang, Qihang, Pandit, Ajinkya, Liu, Zhiguang, Guo, Zhen, Muddu, Shashank, Wei, Yi, Pereg, Deborah, Nazemifard, Neda, Papageorgiou, Charles, Yang, Yihui, Tang, Wenlong, Braatz, Richard D, Myerson, Allan S, Barbastathis, George

“…Almost real-time operation in our system is not only more appealing toward rapid industrial adoption, it also paves the way for quantitative characterization of complex spatial or temporal dynamics in drying, blending, and other chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing processes.…”
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Microplastics leaching from baby products by Heng, Serene Hwee Fen

“…The soaking and filtration method was standardized during the study. Nile Red (NR) was used as a staining agent to identify microplastics under confocal and fluorescence microscope. …”
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Tensile strength of compacted soil by Lee, Wen Yan

“…There are a number of tests to determine the tensile strength and they can be divided into either direct or indirect methods. In direct methods, tensile load is imposed onto the specimen while in indirect methods, compressive load is imposed onto the specimen. …”
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Significant of 'C' on self-lubricating hard coating by Ng, Chang Chong.

“…Regardless of available cutting methods such as the water jet, laser cutting and many more, carbide tipped cutting tool remains the most basic of all. …”
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A facile green synthesis of LDH nanosheets using sugar molecules by Abdul Latip, Ahmad Faiz, Sivakumar, Mineesha, Mohd Suah, Faiz Bukhari, Hussin, Mohd Hazwan

“…We also examined the crystalline phase of LDH in different stages of liquid exfoliation; suspension, semi-dry suspension, and dried solid samples using XRD. …”
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The effect of different degree of compaction towards electrical resistivity value for cohesive soil by Abd Malik, A. K., Madun, A., Abu Talib, M. K., Pakir, F., Md Dan, M. F., Abu Bakar, N.

“…The findings showed that soil dry density increased with the increment of water content until it reached maximum dry density. …”
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The effect of different degree of compaction towards electrical resistivity value for cohesive soil by Abd Malik, A. K., Madun, A., Abu Talib, M. K., Pakir, F., Md Dan, M. F., Abu Bakar, N.

“…The findings showed that soil dry density increased with the increment of water content until it reached maximum dry density. …”
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Stability of unsaturated soil slopes under rainfall and seismic loading by Huang, Wengui

“…More specifically, the conventional log-spiral upper bound limit analysis for dry and saturated soil slopes was extended to analyze the rotational failure of unsaturated soil slopes under rainfall. …”
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Fork to farm: reverse engineering a food system by Ingram, J, Barling, D, Bayes, N, Cottee, J, Dickinson, A, Hardman, C, Holub, E, Jones, K, Leadley, C, Maguire, R, Michaels, L, Midgley, G, Rajagopalan, R, Zhang, J, Zurek, M

“…The benefits and trade-offs of scaling UK beans were analysed, including assessments of overall benefits to health, benefits to the environment (which depend on the methods of land conversion and weed management used), and economic benefits (which depend on the scaling method employed).…”

Atomic transistors beyond Moore's law by Li, Haifeng

“…Schottky barrier and carrier transport regime at the metal/semiconductor interface is modified by forming a van der Waals heterostructure, which causes the reduction of the contact resistance of the device. Experimental methods include mechanical stripping, PDMS all-dry transfer method, wire bonding, etc. …”
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Development and optimization of polystyrene nanoparticle templated optical fiber platform for in vivo surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy. by Low, Vway Hau.

“…Through a comparative analysis, the novel MFON SERS active fiber was proved to have SERS enhancement ability of 25 fold more than the reported gold nanoparticles immobilized SERS active fiber. Two novel methods have been proposed to deposit the PS nanospheres monolayer on the fiber tip, including a simple ‘dip and dry’ method and PS nanospheres anchoring using chemical method. …”
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Micro-DSC, rheological and NMR investigations of the gelation of gallic acid and xyloglucan by Hirun, Namon, Bao, Hongqian, Li, Lin, Deen, Gulam Roshan, Tantishaiyakul, Vimon

“…The thermal transition temperatures obtained from both micro-DSC and viscoelastic methods were consistent. The hysteresis was observed for the GA–TSX gelling system. …”
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Basic geotechnical characteristic of soft clay stabilised with cockle shell ash and silica fume by Suwito, Anang Rustanto, Muzamir, Hasan, Muhammad Syamsul Imran, Zaini

“…Therefore, it is imperative to employ soil enhancement methods in order to alter the problematic characteristic of soft clay soil. …”
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Biovalorisation of food waste in Singapore : synergistic effect of a mixed culture in solid-state fermentation by Ong, Adwin Reng Jun

“…More specific methods of protein quantification and optimisation of sample preparation for BSG in future work is recommended. …”
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Investigation of soil and plant nutrients in residential area in Parit Rasipan drainage system by Miswan, MS, Azman, MHA, Hamdan, R, Siddiqui, Z

“…NPK levels were determined by collecting soil and plant samples at four specified sampling points within the study area, both during wet and dry days, using the APHA 4500 NORG-B and US EPA 6010B (ICP OES) methods. …”
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Development of heating and cooling materials for sports apparel by Thum, Kai Yang

“…Wearers will prefer to wear thinner and lighter clothing such as a dry-fit shirt during a hot day outdoors to keep cool or a thicker clothing such as a down jacket to keep the body warm in a cold weather. …”
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