Enhanced piezoelectric nanogenerator based on tridoped graphene and Ti3CNTx MXene Quasi-3D heterostructure by Kou, Lijie, Haque, Rawhan, Sadri, Rad, Auliya, Rahmat Zaki, Kaur, Manpreet, Roberts, Edward P. L., Gan, Wee Chen, Mohammad Haniff, Muhammad Aniq Shazni, Dee, Chang Fu, Ooi, Poh Choon

“…Energy-harvesting technologies, especially piezoelectric nanogenerators (PENGs), which convert mechanical energy to electrical energy, hold promise for harvesting human motion energy. …”

Development of an RF positioning system by Rege, Laukik Jayesh

“…The accuracy of the system has scope for improvements via sensor fusion and the efficiency of the system in long range field trials remains to be tested. However, with its current accuracy the system shows great promise in applications involving Intelligent Transport Systems in GNSS deprived settings.…”
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Profiling heterogeneity of Alzheimer's disease using white-matter impairment factors by Sui, Xiuchao, Rajapakse, Jagath Chandana

“…Specifically, APOE ε4 was more associated with the long fibre bundle factor and APOE ε2 was more associated with temporal-frontal factor. …”
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Tactile perception of pleasantness in relation to perceived softness by Pasqualotto, Achille, Ng, Megan, Tan, Zheng Yee, Kitada, Ryo

“…Thus, we investigated the psychophysical link between softness and pleasantness. Pieces of human skin-like rubber with different compliances were pressed against participants’ fingers. …”
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All-fiber short-wavelength tunable mode-locked fiber laser using normal dispersion thulium-doped fiber by Chen, Shaoxiang, Chen, Yuhao, Liu, Kun, Sidharthan, Raghuraman, Li, Huizi, Chang, Chen Jian, Wang, Qi Jie, Tang, Dingyuan, Yoo, Seongwoo

“…An in-house W-type normal dispersion Tm-doped fiber (NDTDF) exhibits a bending-induced distributed short-pass filtering effect that efficiently suppresses the otherwise dominant long wavelength emission. By changing the bending diameter of the fiber, we demonstrated a tunable mode-locked Tm-doped fiber laser with a very wide tunable range of 152 nm spanning from 1740 nm to 1892 nm. …”
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Inhaled nanomaterials and the respiratory microbiome : clinical, immunological and toxicological perspectives by Nur A’tikah Binte Mohamed Ali, Mustafa Hussain Kathawala, Poh, Tuang Yeow, Mac Aogáin, Micheál, Setyawati, Magdiel Inggrid, Ng, Kee Woei, Chotirmall, Sanjay Haresh

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Novel single-step hydrophobic modification of polymeric hollow fiber membranes containing imide groups : its potential for membrane contactor application by Zhang, Yuan, Wang, Rong, Zhang, Lizhi, Fane, Anthony Gordon

“…As a compromise between the membrane hydrophobicity and mechanical strength, 10–30 min were considered as appropriate modification times for the PAI membranes. …”
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Structural performance of recycled aggregate concrete-filled stainless steel tube columns by Tan, Chia Wei

“…The experiment involved 12 RACFSST columns tested under pin-ended condition, as well as material tests and initial global geometric imperfection measurements. …”
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Design and 3D printing of reconfigurable structures by Teo, Ee Hian

“…The structure is made up of single modular units being repeatedly fixed together, this leads to the structure to isolate single modular units that are damaged, allowing it to be easily pin-pointed and replaced by fabricating another similar single unit, this cut cost as the structure can be salvaged by replacing a single unit instead of the whole structure.…”
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Tie the knot - a step by step wedding planner by Alex Arvin S Susaipillai

“…The creation comprises essential management tools such as wedding checklist, reminders, budget tracker, guestlist, online electronic invitation and RSVP system with SMS function, seating plan, calendar function, vendor list, pin board, wedding day scheduler and chat function…”
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Hybrid free space optics/radio frequency communication for next generation wireless networks by Sharma, Shubha

“…Therefore, to improve the performance of FSO links, it is wise to backup with reliable millimeter-wave (MMW) radio frequency (RF) links. …”
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The recent development and applications of fluidic channels by 3D printing by Zhou, Yufeng

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Developing a tongue coating index for Traditional Chinese Medicine by Choy, Meng Xuan

“…Approach 1, where L-a-b values of each tongue region were compared with those of the tongue tip, and Approach 2, where L-a-b values of each tongue region were compared with those of the ideal tongue color (Pink). Results obtained show that Approach 1 was more consistent with visual perception of post-corrected tongue images in the database. …”
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Grid-connected energy storage systems: state-of-the-art and emerging technologies by Farivar, Glen G., Manalastas, William, Jr., Tafti, Hossein Dehghani, Ceballos, Salvador, Sanchez-Ruiz, Alain, Lovell, Emma C., Konstantinou, Georgios, Townsend, Christopher D., Srinivasan, Madhavi, Pou, Josep

“…Therefore, a survey of popular power converter topologies, including transformer-based, transformerless with distributed or common dc-link, and hybrid systems, along with some discussions for implementing advanced grid support functionalities in the BESS control, is presented. …”
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Ecosystem productivity has a stronger influence than soil age on surface soil carbon storage across global biomes by Plaza, César, García-Palacios, Pablo, Berhe, Asmeret Asefaw, Barquero, Jesús, Bastida, Felipe, Png, Kenny Guochen, Rey, Ana, Bardgett, Richard D., Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel

“…Yet, variations in the proportions of free light (unprotected) and mineral-associated (protected) carbon as soil develops in contrasting ecosystems are poorly constrained. Here, we studied 16 long-term chronosequences from six continents and found that the ecosystem type is more important than soil age (centuries to millennia) in explaining the proportion of unprotected and mineral-associated carbon fractions in surface soils across global biomes. …”
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Novel drug-eluting stent to reduce fibrosis-induced ureteral stricture by Fong, Timothy Ren Zhong

“…High performance liquid chromatography and scanning electron microscopy were used to monitor the amount of drug released at various time points (10min, 30min, 6hr, 1,3,7,14,21 and 28 days) and to observe surface morphology of the coated stents respectively. …”
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Habitat occupancy of terrestrial mammals along Singapore’s purpose-built wildlife corridor by Sivaraman Sivanantham

“…Findings highlighted that occupancy of Macaca fascicularis (long-tailed macaque) and Sundasciurus tenuis (slender squirrel) differed across sites. …”
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Multi-view human action recognition in meeting scenarios by Yin, Haixiang

“…Once it occurs, it can persist for a long time. Hence, existing methods and datasets do not work well in this scenario. …”
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Investigation of power and transportation networks for future connection of electric vehicles (EV) by Soh, Desmond Junhao

“…As it is still powered by fossil fuels and emits CO2, it is therefore not a long-term solution. Electric vehicles (EV) which are propelled by electric motor (or motors) powered by rechargeable battery packs will gradually replace GDVs in the future. …”
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Pedestrian heading estimation based on spatial transformer networks and hierarchical LSTM by Wang, Qu, Luo, Haiyong, Ye, Langlang, Men, Aidong, Zhao, Fang, Huang, Yan, Ou, Changhai

“…To reduce the heading error and enhance robustness, we proposed a novel heading estimation method based on Spatial Transformer Networks (STNs) and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), termed DeepHeading, which uses sensors embedded in a smartphone without any historical training data or dedicated infrastructure. …”
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