R&D at UPM Part 2: research snapshots (new findings, research highlights and new achievements)

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Mixed-sandwich Cp*Cr complexes containing poly(methimazolyl)borates (Cp* = C5Me5) : syntheses and structural and electrochemical studies by Kuan, Seah Ling, Leong, Weng Kee, Webster, Richard David, Goh, Lai Yoong

“…Cyclic voltammetric studies of complexes 2, 4, and 7 showed that the oxidation and reduction processes are chemically reversible and that the reduced and oxidized states of complexes 3, 5, and 6 are very short-lived.…”
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Caspase interaction of anti-apoptotic Livin as well as the Vacuolar ATPase (V-ATPase) and structural insights into the subunit d and a of the yeast V-ATPase by Thaker, Youg Raj

“…Not only Livin, caspase do cleave several important cellular components during apoptosis and here, I have identified subunit d of V-ATPase as a new target of caspase 3. V ATPases do play critical role in health and disease by maintaining proper acid/base balance pH. …”
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Experimental observation of optical Weyl points and Fermi arc-like surface states by Chong, Yi Dong, Chen, Kevin P., Rechtsman, Mikael C., Noh, Jiho, Huang, Sheng, Leykam, Daniel

“…We use a 3D structure consisting of laser-written waveguides, and show the presence of type-II Weyl points by observing conical diffraction along one axis when the frequency is tuned to the Weyl point; and observing the associated Fermi arc-like surface states. The realization of Weyl points at optical frequencies allows these novel electromagnetic modes to be further explored in the context of linear, nonlinear, and quantum optics.…”
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The role of ADAM10 and mucin-like molecules in modulating cell-cell interactions by Drexhage, L

“…Uptake of apoptotic corpses by phagocytes is facilitated by the molecular expression and secretion of find-me and eat-me signals by apoptotic cells, balanced with negative efferocytic don’t eat-me sig- nals and don’t-come-close-to-me barriers. …”

Translational and rotational critical-like behaviors in the glass transition of colloidal ellipsoid monolayers by Zheng, Zhongyu, Ni, Ran, Wang, Yuren, Han, Yilong

“…We find rich features of the Ising-like criticality in structure and slow dynamics at the ideal glass transition point ϕ0, showing the thermodynamic nature of glass transition at ϕ0. …”
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Factors affecting duration of SARS-Cov-2 viral shedding in mildly symptomatic patients isolated in a community facility by Cheng, Hui Mei, Zhao, Xiahong, Lim, Wei Shyann, Tan, Beatrice Jia Min, Tey, Hong Liang

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Greater soil carbon losses from secondary than old-growth tropical forests by Raczka, Nanette Christine, Ho, Qian Yi, Srinivasan, Vupasana, Lee, Ming Yang, Ko, Chung-Wing, Königer, Madeleine, Chua, Terence, Binny, Delia, Ngo, Kang Min, Andersen, Kelly M.

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Immunogenic recombinant Mayaro virus-like particles present natively assembled glycoprotein by Kim, YC, Watanabe, Y, Arlen-Celina, L, Song, X, de Oliveira Souza, R, Stass, R, Azar, SR, Rossi, SL, Claser, C, Kümmerer, BM, Crispin, M, Bowden, TA, Huiskonen, JT, Reyes-Sandoval, A

“…Virus-like particles (VLPs) are an established vaccine platform and can be strong immunogens capable of eliciting both humoral and cellular immune responses against a range of pathogens. …”

Pyrolyzed sludge-based carbon-like powder additive for wireless power transmission by Jevoncia, Bryan

“…The fabricated transformer core attained a flux density of 54.5 mT and a relative differential permeability as high as 73.4 with 90% weight fraction of carbon-like powder inclusion.…”
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Looting the LUTs : FPGA optimization of AES and AES-like ciphers for authenticated encryption by Khairallah, Mustafa, Chattopadhyay, Anupam, Peyrin, Thomas

“…We consider the encryption/decryption and the authentication/verification structures of OCB-like modes (like OTR or SCT modes). Their main advantage is that they are fully parallelisable. …”
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Experimental study of single- and two-phase heat transfer of fractal-like structures by Mak, Joel Tse Hoi

“…This study experimentally investigated the viability of fractal-like designs for the use of thermal management. Four fractal-like designs (k = 1 to k = 4) were fabricated using Selective Laser Melting (SLM) with increasing branch levels. …”
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Microstrip relectarray antenna using second iteration minkowski-like radiating element / by Shallah AbdulKadir Bello, 1984- author 607292, Farid Zubir 1985- supervisor 501013, Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektrik 540663

Microstrip relectarray antenna using second iteration minkowski-like radiating element / by Shallah AbdulKadir Bello, 1984- author 607292, Farid Zubir 1985- supervisor 501013, Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektrik 540663

The role of the reticulocyte-binding-like protein homologues of Plasmodium in erythrocyte sensing and invasion by Gunalan, Karthigayan, Gao, Xiaohong, Yap, Sally Shu Lin, Huang, Ximei, Preiser, Peter Rainer

“…Two parasite protein families termed reticulocyte-binding-like protein homologues (RBL) and the erythrocyte-binding-like (EBL) protein family are conserved in all Plasmodium species and have been shown to play an important role in host cell recognition and invasion. …”
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Outlook for the dry bulk shipping market in the next 5 years by Sam, Dave Perry, Chang, Yvonne, Yeo, Kai Hong

“…The outlook in the next five years are pretty weak with low freight rates with many shipowners operating below costs. …”
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Anisotropic conductive adhesive for micro joining in semiconductor interconnects application (solder alternative for fine pitch & environment friendly IC packaging) by Goh, Chin Foo

“…As a result, nanosized conductive particles are preferably to use in the finer pitch ACA application (5?m bump pitch) to enhance reliability and performance. …”
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Effects of accelerated carbonation on fine incineration bottom ash: CO2 uptake, strength improvement, densification, and heavy metal immobilization by Sun, Xinlei, Xu, Bo, Yi, Yaolin

“…However, this process generates incineration bottom ash (IBA), which is an aggregate-like waste containing heavy metals. Due to the higher heavy metal contents, fine IBA can be removed from total IBA and treated separately to promote the use of IBA. …”
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Society 5.0 : First International Conference, Society 5.0 2021, Virtual Event, June 22-24, 2021 : Revised Selected Papers / by International Conference on Society 5.0 (1st : 2021 : Online), organiser 642899, Gerber, Aurona J., editor 642901, Hinkelmann, Knut, editor 642902

“…This book constitutes revised and selected papers from the First International Conference on Society 5.0, Society 5.0 2021, held virtually in June 2021. …”

S-band Five-port ring reflectometer for synthetic breast tissues dielectric determination / by Lee, Chia Yew, 1988-, author 615259, Tan, Tian Swee, supervisor 637707, You, Kok Yeow, supervisor 501327, Fakulti Biosains dan Kejuruteraan Perubatan