Rational design and synthesis of degradable poly(imidazolium ester) antibiotics by Xu, Xiaofei

“…While antimicrobial polymers have been explored as promising substitutes for antibiotics in academic scenarios, a majority of these polymers feature non-degradable backbones. …”
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Evaluation of carbon nanotubes-phthalocyanine composite coatings as thermal camouflage materials by Yap, Soon Hao

“…Although the coating achieved the expected absorbance spectrum in the near IR region, optimization on the coating coverage and uniformity on the substrate has to been done. …”
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First-principles study of the lattice dynamics of Sb2S3 by Liu, Yun, Eddie Chua, Kun Ting, Sum, Tze Chien, Gan, Chee Kwan

“…The effect of Born effective charges is taken into account using a mixed-space approach, resulting in the splitting of longitudinal and transverse optical (LO-TO) phonon branches near the zone center. Zone-center frequencies agree well with Raman scattering experiments. …”
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Deformation and slip along the Sunda megathrust in the Great 2005 Nias-Simeulue earthquake by Sieh, Kerry, Galetzka, John, Simons, Mark, Hananto, Nugroho, Suprihanto, Imam, Prayudi, Dudi, Avouac, Jean-Philippe, Prawirodirdjo, Linette, Bock, Yehuda, Hsu, Ya-Ju, Briggs, Richard W., Meltzner, Aron J., Natawidjaja, Danny H., Suwargadi, Bambang W.

“…The southeastern edge abuts a predominantly aseismic section of the megathrust near the equator.…”
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Semiconducting Polymer Nanobioconjugates for Targeted Photothermal Activation of Neurons by Lyu, Yan, Xie, Chen, Chechetka, Svetlana A., Miyako, Eijiro, Pu, Kanyi

“…Optogenetics provides powerful means for precise control of neuronal activity; however, the requirement of transgenesis and the incapability to extend the neuron excitation window into the deep-tissue-penetrating near-infrared (NIR) region partially limit its application. …”
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The maritime security management system : perceptions of the international shipping community by Thai, Vinh Van, Grewal, Devinder

“…The main objectives of this study are to identify key shore-based and near shore activities associated with maritime operations that are currently not covered by the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code and players involved in these activities; to explore and analyse important relationships among them, which can affect the management of security; to investigate the key criteria of a good/effective security management system; to explore the perceived effectiveness of some major aspects of security activities in a MSMS; and to identify the perceived importance of essential elements in a MSMS. …”
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Densification of LaGaO3 at low sintering temperatures via Fe3+ substitution at Ga3+ site by Chandrasekaran, A., Azad, A.-M.

“…Attempts to achieve near theoretical density in polycrystalline LaGaO3 compacts using Fe2O3 as a dopant have been made. …”
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A public relations campaign to promote arts and culture in Singapore in collaboration with Nerf Creative. by Zhang, Yunxi., Tsen, Audrey Si Jia., Tee, Hui Sheng., Cheng, Xin Yi.

“…This paper presents the promotional campaign for art and design collective “Float Like A Butterfly, Sting Like A Bee” (FLABSLAB), an initiative between four final year students from Nanyang Technological University Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information and advertising agency Nerf Creative Pte Ltd, in Singapore. …”
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An Efficient Computational Algorithm for Solving Arbitrary Sylvester Matrix Equations in Fuzzy Control Theory (S/O 14179) by Ahmad, Nazihah, Ibrahim, Haslinda

“…By modifying the existing fuzzy arithmetic operators, the constructed algorithm exceeds the positive restriction to allow the negative and near-zero LR-TFN as the coefficients of the equations. …”
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Investigating circular dorsal ruffles through varying substrate stiffness and mathematical modeling by LeDuc, Philip R., Zeng, Yukai, Lai, Tanny, Koh, Cheng Gee, Chiam, Keng-Hwee

“…However, the dynamics and mechanism of formation of CDRs are still unknown. It has been observed that CDR formation leads to stress fibers disappearing near the CDRs. …”
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Modelling cross-docking in a three-level supply chain with stochastic service and queuing system: MOWFA algorithm by Rostami, Parinaz, Avakh Darestani, Soroush, Movassaghi, Mitra

“…Therefore, three metaheuristics, including multi‐objective water flow, non‐dominated sorting genetic, and a multi‐objective simulated annealing algorithm have been used to find near‐optimal solutions to the problem. …”
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Enhancement of the effectiveness of an e-learning system by Govindasamy Sekar Alagendran

“…Therefore, the viable solutions to improve the system effectiveness have been explored. An e-learning system based on this technology has been proposed to increase the effectiveness of learning. …”
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Equilibrium queueing analysis in a ride-hailing service with sharing option by Wang, Jianfu, Chua, Geoffrey A., Sainathan, Arvind, Vijayendiran, Akshay

“…Finally, we propose a profit-maximizing admission fee structure in the hybrid model to maximize firm profits and demonstrate its effectiveness.…”
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Enhancing circular dichroism by super chiral hot spots from a chiral metasurface with apexes by Wang, Zeng, Teh, Bing Hong, Wang, Yue, Adamo, Giorgio, Teng, Jinghua, Sun, Handong

“…However, current planar chiral metasurface structures suffer from either fabrication challenge, especially from near-infrared to visible spectrum, or insufficient circular dichroism. …”
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The effect of tuning the coordination sphere of iron complexes for the oxygen reduction reaction in acidic media by Wang, Xiaojiang, Zheng, Tianlong, Tang, Yizhao, Li, Xiaoyu, Rykov, Alexandre I., Li, Xuning, Wang, Junhu, He, Qinggang, Cheng, Jun, Zhang, Xue

“…As a type of important non-precious catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), the regulating role of a metal centre in metal-macrocycles and other complexes for activity has been extensively studied. However, a common guideline to explain the effect of peripheral coordinated-ligands has not been reached. …”
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Fluid velocity slip and temperature jump at a solid surface by Teo, Melvin Ji Bin

“…However, the slip velocity from such a mechanism has been shown to be significantly lower than that II observed experimentally. …”
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Implementation of Dijkstra's shortest path algorithm for vehicle routing by Pang, Jacquelyn Jiaqi

“…ST Engineering and NTU has also been working on autonomous vehicles in hopes that it can take over the public transport systems in the near future. …”
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Global borders : power, fragility, and ‘a kind of fiction’ (Editorial introduction) by Cahill, Samara

“…With the gentlest wafting of pollen from a summer breeze or a bee’s wing, the fixed categories borders inscribe can blossom into hybridities.…”
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Mach 3.5 Compression Corner Control Using Microvortex Generators by Gochenaur, Daniel C., Williams, Rhys D., Sabnis, Kshitij, Babinsky, Holger

“…An experimental investigation has been performed to examine the effect of vortex generators (VGs) on a compression corner flow separation. …”
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Hole array enhanced dual-band infrared photodetection by Suo, Fei, Tong, Jinchao, Chen, Xiren, Xu, Zhengji, Zhang, Dao Hua

“…Photonic structures have been attracting more attention due to their ability to capture, concentrate and propagate optical energy. …”
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