A systematic review of transanal total mesorectal excision: is this the future of rectal cancer surgery? by Simillis, C, Hompes, R, Penna, M, Rasheed, S, Tekkis, PP

“…The mean operation time ranged from 143 to 450 min and mean operative blood loss from 22 to 225 ml. …”

Territorial movements of African lions: can waterholes shape multiple central-place territories in a savanna ecosystem? by Dejeante, R, Loveridge, A, Macdonald, D, Madlamoto, D, Chamaille-James, S, Valeix, M

Microbiological, physicochemical and nutritional properties of fresh cow milk treated with industrial high pressure processing (HPP) during storage by Lim, Shu Huey, Chin, Nyuk Ling, Sulaiman, Alifdalino, Tay, Cheow Hwang, Wong, Tak Hiong

“…The safety, shelf life, and quality of fresh cow milk treated using industrial High-Pressure Processing (HPP) treatment at 600 MPa for 10 min was studied to identify the novelty of this non-thermal technology in milk processing. …”
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Microwave-assisted treatment for the improvement of rice flour properties and rice flour bread quality by Md Yunos, Noor Seribainun Hidayah, Hafid, Halimatun Saadiah, Omar, Farah Nadia, P. Mohammed, Mohd Afandi, Wakisaka, Minato, Mustapha, Nor Afizah, Samsu Baharuddin, Azhari

“…Rice flour having two different water content (20% and 30%) were exposed to different level of microwave power (600 W, 700 W and 800 W) with 8 min treatment time to assess its influence on amylose content, thermal properties, morphological structure, functional and crystalline structural that affect bread quality. …”

A newly isolated organic solvent tolerant Bacillus sphaericus 205y producing organic solvent-stable lipase by Hun, Chin John, Raja Abd Rahman, Raja Noor Zaliha, Salleh, Abu Bakar, Basri, Mahiran

“…Four production media were tested and medium M3 yielded the highest lipase activity of 0.42 U ml-1 min-1 at 36 h incubation time. Stability studies in various organic solvents at 25% (v/v) showed that lipase from B. sphaericus 205y were not only stable but also activated by n-hexane and p-xylene by 3.5- and 2.9-folds, respectively. …”
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Application of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to determine free fatty acid contents in palm olein by Che Man, Y.B., Setiowaty, G.

“…The implementation of such a method as a quality control tool would eliminate the use and disposal of hazardous solvents required by the chemical method, and drastically reduce analysis time to less than 2 min/sample.…”
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Formulation, characterization, and in vitro simulated gastrointestinal fluid analysis of chewable yogurt tablet incorporated with corncob fiber by Chan, Yong Lin, Jamalullail, Nurul Aini, Tan, Chin Ping, Abdul Manap, Mohd Yazid, Tang, Teck Kim, Lee, Yee Ying, Phuah, Eng Tong, Lai, Oi Ming

“…However, F3 and F4 displayed significantly longer disintegration times (41.11–52.82 min). After three months, the average bacterial viability was 7 log no. …”
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Tribological study of modified palm oil-with single and hybrid nanofluids for metalworking fluid by Sabri, Ainaa Mardhiah, Talib, Norfazillah, Abdul Sani, Amiril Sahab, Abdullah, Haslina, Kamdani, Kamaruddin

“…The testing was done at temperature set to 75 ± 2 °C, load of 392 N, rotating speed of 1200 rpm for 60 min. MRPOaw show the lowest COF (0.06281) and smallest MWSD (607.1 μm). …”
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Ionic liquid based ultrasonic assisted extraction of flavonoids from Artemisia vulgaris and in vitro evaluation of anticancer activity by Lim, Jin Ru, Chua, Lee Suan, Mustaffa, Azizul Azri, Dawood, Dawood Ali Salim

“…Single-factor experiments reported that the optimum extraction time, 30 min and solid-to-liquid ratio, 1:10 could obtain high extraction yield (9.3 %) and flavonoid content (5.30 mg/g). …”

An eco-friendly synthesis of titanium oxide nanoparticles mediated from Syringodium isoetifolium and evaluate its biological activity and photocatalytic dye degradation. by Sundar, Velmani, Balasubramanian, Balamuralikrishnan, Sivakumar, Mani, Chinnaraj, Santhosh, Palani, Vino, Maluventhen, Viji, Kamyab, Hesam, Chelliapan, Shreeshivadasan, Arumugam, Maruthupandian, Zuleta Mediavilla, Diana Patricia

“…The percentage of degradation by the TiO2 NPs was found to be higher in methylene blue (83 %) than methyl orange (58 %) for S. isoetifolium with marine macro algae extract after 120 min of visible light irradiation. The green synthesis of TiO2 NPs emphases to be cost effective and eco-friendly with antimicrobial and anti-cancer effects against breast cancer cell lines.…”

Parameter optimization for high-speed end milling on Inconel 718 using uncoated carbide tool by Hisam, Muhammad Juzaili, Suhaimi, Mohd. Azlan, Sharif, Safian, Abd. Rahim, Erween, Amrifan S. Mohruni, Amrifan S. Mohruni, Zhuang, Kejia

“…The final model suggested that by using uncoated carbide tools, the lowest cutting speed and feed rate of 50 m/min and 0.05 mm/tooth can be implemented to obtain the desired cutting responses.…”
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Anhydrous weight loss kinetics model development for torrefied green waste by Nur Ashikin, Jamin, Noor Asma Fazli, Abdul Samad, Suriyati, Saleh

“…GW were torrefied under inert condition at 240-300°C, 10°C/min heating rate and 30 minutes holding time using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). …”
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Gender Differences in Real-Home Sleep of Young and Older Couples by Butt, Maryam, Quan, Stuart F., Pentland, Alex, Khayal, Inas

“…Measurements and results: In the young couples, total sleep time (395+66 vs. 367+54 min., p<0.05), sleep efficiency (97.0+3.0 vs. 91.1+7.9, p<0.001), and % REM (31.1+4.8 vs. 23.6+5.5, p<0.001) in males was higher than in females. …”
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Search for Subsolar-Mass Binaries in the First Half of Advanced LIGO’s and Advanced Virgo’s Third Observing Run by Sudhir, Vivishek

“…The upper limit on the fraction of dark matter black holes depends on the minimum mass of the black holes that can be formed: the most constraining result is obtained at $M_\mathrm{min}=1 M_\odot$, where $f_\mathrm{DBH} \equiv \Omega_\mathrm{PBH} / \Omega_\mathrm{DM} \lesssim 0.003\%$. …”
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0-1 Knapsack in Nearly Quadratic Time by Jin, Ce

“…Recent research interest has focused on its finegrained complexity with respect to the number of items 𝑛 and the maximum item weight 𝑤max. Under (min, +)-convolution hypothesis, 0-1 Knapsack does not have𝑂( (𝑛+𝑤max) 2−𝛿 ) time algorithms (Cygan-Mucha-Węgrzycki-Włodarczyk 2017 and Künnemann-PaturiSchneider 2017). …”
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Accelerated synthesis of Li(Ni0.8Co0.1Mn0.1)O2 cathode materials using flame-assisted spray pyrolysis and additives by Zhang, Jianan, Muldoon, Valerie L, Deng, Sili

“…As a result, with only 20 min of calcination at 875 °C and without any preheating and ramping steps, the NCM811 sample showed an ordered layered structure and comparable electrochemical performance to those with long-time calcination. …”
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Low divergence single-mode surface-emitting concentric-circular-grating terahertz quantum cascade lasers by Liang, Guozhen, Liang, Houkun, Zhang, Ying, Li, Lianhe, Davies, A. Giles, Linfield, Edmund, Yu, Siu Fung, Liu, Hui Chun, Wang, Qi Jie

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Identification of potential critical virulent sites based on hemagglutinin of influenza A virus in past pandemic strains by Yin, Rui, Fransiskus, Xaverius Ivan, Zheng, Jie, Zhou, Xinrui, Chow, Vincent T. K., Kwoh, Chee Keong

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Quadratic to linear magnetoresistance tuning in TmB 4 by Mitra, Sreemanta, Kang, Jeremy Goh Swee, Shin, John, Ng, Jin Quan, Sunku, Sai Swaroop, Kong, Tai, Canfield, Paul C., Shastry, B. Sriram, Sengupta, Pinaki, Panagopoulos, Christos

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Combining sonicated cold development and pulsed electrodeposition for high aspect ratio sub-10 nm gap gold dimers for sensing applications in the visible spectrum by Zhang, Dao Hua, Tobing, Landobasa Yosef Mario, Mueller, Aaron David

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