Joint client-and-sample selection for federated learning via bi-level optimization by Li, Anran, Wang, Guangjing, Hu, Ming, Sun, Jianfei, Zhang, Lan, Tuan, Luu Anh, Yu, Han

“…Extensive experiments comparison against eight state-of-the-art baselines on six real-world datasets in the presence of data noise and heterogeneity shows that FedMW-CSS achieves up to 28.5% higher test accuracy, while saving communication and computation costs by at least 49.3% and 1.2%, respectively.…”
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Bio-cement and bio-cementation by Shah Rizan Shahdan.

“…Generally, compressive strength in all experiments increases up to 5 folds. Based on the preliminary results, the methods explored in this project are determined to be promising for cost-effective and efficient soft marine clay improvement with a wide range of potential applications. …”
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A study of crack propagation in microforming tools by Muhammad Shahid Shith.

“…XFEM is used to simulate the crack propagation. Initial crack of 0.5μm is modeled in each case with a direction perpendicular to maximum in-plane principle strain tensors at the carbide corner with the highest maximum principle strain value and into the matrix. …”
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Hybrid nanomaterials for improved photocatalytic performance by Ho, Jeffrey Weng Chye.

“…However, due to wide bandgap (3.2 eV), it could only absorb Ultraviolet (UV) light. …”
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Gold-catalyzed intramolecular animation of alcohol pro-electrophiles as novel synthetic strategies to nitrogen heterocycles by Prasath Kothandaraman

“…Chapter IV detailed the extension of this approach to include the synthesis of indole-2-carbaldehydes via 1,3-allylic alcohol isomerization (1,3-AAI) of (E)-2-iodomethylene-3-phenyl-1-tosylindolin-3-ols generated in situ from reactions of 1-(2-tosylaminophenyl)prop-2-yn-1-ols with NIS in the presence of a gold catalyst. In Chapter V, gold-catalyzed tandem ring opening/amination of secondary and tertiary 2-tosylaminophenylcyclopropyl carbinols is introduced as an efficient synthetic route to 2,3-dihydro-1H-benzo[b]azepines as well as 2-vinylindolines. …”
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Legionella pneumophila filamentous morphological form and the generation of novel spherical form upon interaction with protozoan hosts by Chan, Sock Hoai

“…Our investigation showed that filamentation cannot be neatly pegged to a single dominant factor but is promoted under a concerted influence of environmental conditions leaning towards (i) higher than ambient temperatures, at 37-42°C, (ii) static fluid movement, and (iii) with at least a minimal organic content of 5% buffered yeast extract, or equivalent. In the course of investigating interaction of the filamentous form with protozoan hosts, a spherical form was discovered. …”
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Supercreative : unleashing creative potential. by Chee, Edison.

“…In 2012, Adobe’s State of Create study surveyed 5,000 adults across the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France and Japan. 80% of respondents said that unlocking creativity is critical to economic growth, and two-thirds feel that creativity is valuable to society. …”
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Development of a micro flow control system by Lee, Zi Qi.

“…Various inks consisting of different concentration of tween (0%, 0.1%, 0.3% and 0.5%) were used for the testing. In additional, two different types of plates were used for the transfer. …”
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Sustained delivery of timolol maleate from liposomal nanocarriers by Ong, Leonard Chin Hui

“…Current treatment modality includes the use of topical daily eye drops; however this mode of administration has many shortcomings. Less than 5% of the drug actually permeates into the eye due to inherent protective mechanisms of the eye and due to various clearance mechanisms such as tear turnover and blinking of the eye. …”
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The impingement boiling heat transfer of liquid nitrogen onto superheated tube array by Yonathan, Gayus

“…For instance, setting velocity to 0.5m/s and it gives convective heat transfer coefficient 13.89 W/m2. …”
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A design framework for product families implemented with additive manufactured variable platforms by Yao, Xiling

“…During the development of the design framework, the following methodologies have been proposed: 1) a representative mathematical model to formulated the VP-based product family configuration; 2) a hybrid machine learning approach to select appropriate AM design features for addtive manufactured VP modules; 3) a fuzzy time-driven activity-based costing method to predict the AM production cost variation as a function of VP design adjustments, 4) a novel evaluation metric for VP-based product family designs, and 5) a multiobjective design optimization technique to identify the modular configuration and engineering design parameters of a product family. …”
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Experimental investigation of methane storage under ambient conditions employing adsorption technology by Chua, Bernard Zhen Cong

“…It is found that Mil101(Cr) MOF exhibits the highest uptake of 0.05 g/g at 9.5bar with respect to an operating temperature of 300K. …”
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Epidemiology of injuries in street dancers by Yee, Ernest Chun Tuck

“…Most injuries occurred during training (82.8%), and the commonly injured body parts were the knee (27.5%), ankle (18.7%), and lower back (14.3%). The more prevalent types of injury sustained were muscle-tendon strains (33.0%) and ligament sprains (23.1%). …”
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Evaluation of hollow fiber-based direct contact and vacuum membrane distillation systems using aspen process simulation by Guan, Guoqiang, Yang, Xing, Wang, Rong, Field, Robert, Fane, Anthony Gordon

“…With the same module specifications and operating conditions at equivalent energy cost, the VMD system demonstrated a minimal 2.5-fold higher average vapor flux (e.g., water recovery capacity) when compared to DCMD. …”
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Roughness-Controlled Self-Assembly of Mannitol/LB Agar Microparticles by Polymorphic Transformation for Pulmonary Drug Delivery by Zhang, Fengying, Ngoc, Nguyen Thi Quynh, Tay, Bao Hui, Mendyk, Aleksander, Shao, Yu-Hsuan, Lau, Raymond

“…An FPF of 28.6 ± 2.4% was achieved by microparticles transformed from spray-dried microparticles using 2% mannitol(w/v)/LB Agar as feed solution. It is comparable to the highest FPF reported in the literature using lactose and spray-dried mannitol as carriers.…”
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Reform of the international financial architecture : how can Asia have a greater impact in the G20? by Rana, Pradumna B.

“…The Asian financial crisis (AFC) of 1997–1998 had led to calls for the reform of the IFA—policies and practices of institutions that promote global financial stability. The V-shaped recovery from the crisis had, however, led to complacency and the proposed reform measures were quickly forgotten. …”
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Wetting transition of sessile and condensate droplets on copper-based superhydrophobic surfaces by Zhao, Yugang, Zhang, Hui, Wang, Wei, Yang, Chun

“…The apparent contact angle on the surfaces of coarsely packed nano-asperities reduces from over 150° to around 110°, and the sliding angle increases from less than 5° to over 60° within 200 s, whereas the changes of both angles on the surfaces of densely packed nano-asperities are not noticeable. …”
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Tribological properties of Cr- and Ti-doped MoS2 composite coatings under different humidity atmosphere by Ding, Xing-zhao., Zeng, X. T., He, X. Y., Chen, Z.

“…The MoS2–Cr and MoS2–Ti coatings showed a maximum hardness of 7.5 GPa and 8.4 GPa at a dopant content of 16.6 at.% Cr or 20.2 at.% Ti, respectively. …”
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Lipopolysaccharide neutralizing peptide–porphyrin conjugates for effective photoinactivation and intracellular imaging of gram-negative bacteria strains by Liu, Fang, Soh, Annie Yan Ni, Lim, Yingjie, Mohanram, Harini, Bhattacharjya, Surajit, Xing, Bengang

“…In addition, the photodynamic bacterial inactivation also demonstrated more potent activity than the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values of dimeric PpIX-YI13WF conjugate itself observed for E. coli DH5a (4 times), S. enterica (8 times), and other Gram-negative strains including antibiotic-resistant E. coli BL21 (8 times) and K. pneumoniae (16 times). …”
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Book review : The political economy of heaven and earth in Ghana / Charles Prempeh by Haynes, Jeffrey

“…Critics believe this poses a serious threat to national cohesion as it involves vilifying those who have different religious or cultural beliefs, including the 20 per cent of Ghanaians who are Muslim, the 5 per cent of the population who are followers of African traditional religions, and Ghana’s small and beleaguered LGBTQ+ community. …”
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