Performance cost index in evaluating oil palm stem as alternative fibre material in chain of custody certification of plywood mills in Malaysia by Adnan, Aida

“…The independent variables were measured using Likert-like scale. The third stage was an application of performance cost index (PCI). …”
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Toward a neuroscientific understanding of play: a dimensional coding framework for analyzing infant–adult play patterns by Neale, Dave, Clackson, Kaili, Georgieva, Stanimira, Dedetas, Hatice, Scarpate, Melissa, Wass, Sam, Leong, Victoria

“…Play during early life is a ubiquitous activity, and an individual’s propensity for play is positively related to cognitive development and emotional well-being. …”
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Design and analysis of an Integrated Electric Mobility Flight Vehicle of the future by Wee, Marco Johann

“…Several IMFV concepts such as TRI-V, TEAR Concept, and Holonomic Aerial Vehicle were designed. …”
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Mesh quality improvement by re-triangulation surface meshes on 3-dimensional CAD model of a human wrist joint by Leong, Mun Teik

“…For control size of triangle mesh, 0.5 mm of control edge length of triangle was taken to produce 92.35 % and 92.09 % for cortical and cancellous bones respectively. …”
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3D content recovery and complexity reduction by Tan, Cheen Hau

“…Both single viewpoint simplification methods run at an estimated twenty-five times faster than the original method at competitive simplification performance.…”
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Investigation of fluorescence lifetime imaging for quantitative cervical cancer screening and diagnosis by Gu, Jun

“…The origin to the correlation between fluorescence lifetime changes and the associated cervical pathological states was investigated. Five proteins including BSA, poly-L-arginine, poly-L-histidine, poly-L-lysine and poly-L-tryptophan were used to simulate the proteins in cervical cytoplasm. …”
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Color and flavor development of roasted jackfruit (Artocarpus hetrophyllus L.) seeds by Azeez, Shakirah Omotoke

“…The IR spectra was in the 4000-1000 cm-1 region and it was described by five main modes; O-H, C-H stretching, C=C, C-H bending and C-O. …”
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Predictive modeling and optimization of noise emissions in a palm oil methyl ester-fueled diesel engine using response surface methodology and artificial neural network integrated... by Muhammad Zikri, Japri, Mohd Shahrir, Mohd Sani, Mohd Fadzil Faisae, Ab Rashid, Muriban, Jackly, Galang Sandy, Prayogo

“…These findings endorse the feasibility of applying ANN-GA in scenarios where precise noise prediction is crucial, particularly in relation to alternative fuels like POME.…”
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An investigation of students' perception of Bluetooth security by Tan, Margaret, Aguilar, Kathrine Sagala

“…Bluetooth technology is used in this study as it is a widely used form of wireless networks that facilitates computing resources to be connected anytime anywhere; however, it has security weaknesses like any other digital networks. Design/methodology/approach – A field survey was conducted to collect the empirical data from students at a local university. …”
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Influence of membrane characteristics and operating parameters on transport properties of dissolved methane in a hollow fiber membrane contactor for biogas recovery from anaerobic... by Sethunga, G. S. M. D. P., Lee, Jaewoo, Wang, Rong, Bae, Tae-Hyun

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The behavior of suspensions and macromolecular solutions in crossflow microfiltration: an update by Chew, Jia Wei, Kilduff, James, Belfort, Georges

“…Finally, membrane modules can be modernized based on the knowledge accumulated to better improve their efficiency, and factoring in important considerations like feed type, mechanical stability, hydrodynamics, economics and application goals.…”
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Development of immunomodulatory RNA therapeutics for immune disorders by Iyer, Vaishnavi Srinivasan

“…As ASOs have the potential to target any gene, thus greatly expanding the universe of potential drug targets, it represents a viable therapeutic approach to modulate aberrant pathways in diseases like RA. In paper I, we present a present a novel way of using CRISPR-mediated gene knock out to validate the role of target genes in particular cellular pathways of interest. …”
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Dynamic liquid-liquid interface: applying a spinning interfacial microreactor to actively converge biphasic reactants for the enhanced interfacial reaction by Ng, Li Shiuan, Chong, Carice, Lok, Xin Yi, Pereira, Veronica, Ang, Zhi Zhong, Han, Xuemei, Li, Haitao, Lee, Hiang Kwee

“…Herein, we achieve an efficient interfacial reaction by creating a magnetic-responsive, microscale liquid-liquid interface and exploit its dynamic spinning motion to generate vortex-like hydrodynamic flows that rapidly converge biphasic reactants to the point-of-reaction. …”
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Synthesis, modification and application of fish skin gelatin-based hydrogel as sustainable and versatile bioresource of antidiabetic peptide by Munawaroh, Heli Siti Halimatul, Pratiwi, Riska Nur, Gumilar, Gun Gun, Aisyah, Siti, Rohilah, Siti, Nurjanah, Anisa, Ningrum, Andriati, Susanto, Eko, Pratiwi, Amelinda, Arindita, Ni Putu Yunika, Martha, Larasati, Chew, Kit Wayne, Show, Pau-Loke

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Studies on the performance bounds and design of current-steering DACs by Chacón, Oscar Morales

“…With the exponential growth of data throughput in modern communication standards, e.g., fifth-generation (5G), DACs has been pushed to achieve direct frequency synthesis in the GHz-range with channel bandwidths preferably beyond 1 GHz. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Feigin, VL, Abate, MD, Abate, YH, Bandyopadhyay, S, Bennett, DA, Lacey, B, Newton, CRJ

“…Globally, ischaemic stroke constituted 65·3% (62·4–67·7), intracerebral haemorrhage constituted 28·8% (28·3–28·8), and subarachnoid haemorrhage constituted 5·8% (5·7–6·0) of incident strokes. There were substantial increases in DALYs attributable to high BMI (88·2% [53·4–117·7]), high ambient temperature (72·4% [51·1 to 179·5]), high fasting plasma glucose (32·1% [26·7–38·1]), diet high in sugar-sweetened beverages (23·4% [12·7–35·7]), low physical activity (11·3% [1·8–34·9]), high systolic blood pressure (6·7% [2·5–11·6]), lead exposure (6·5% [4·5–11·2]), and diet low in omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (5·3% [0·5–10·5]). …”

Effect of different lead precursors on planar perovskite solar cells by Martin

“…Film thickness can be adjusted by concentration of precursor solutions. 0.9M is the best currently. 5. Annealing at relatively low temperature (90oC) for 10 minutes produce the densest and pinhole-free perovskite film in morphology and performance compared to high temperature, like 100 oC. 6. …”
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Lithological controls of the Mg isotope composition of the Lena River across seasons and its impact on the annual isotope flux to the Arctic Ocean by Mavromatis, V, Porcelli, D, Andersson, PS, Korets, MA, Pokrovsky, OS

“…This number coincides with the value of summer baseflow reported in earlier works. Therefore, like in the recently studied Yenisey River basin, the Mg isotope signature of the Lena River water likely stems from a mixture of carbonate (−2.0 ≥ δ²⁶Mg ≥ −2.5 ‰) and silicate (0 ≥ δ²⁶Mg ≥ −0.2 ‰) rocks in its watershed. …”

Phytochemical analysis and cytotoxic effects of mango (Mangifera indica L) kernel on breast cancer cell lines by Abdullah, Al-Shwyeh Hussah

“…Although numerous study has been done on plants to discover new drugs for the treatment of chronic diseases like cancer, the products of the mango plant species Mangifera indica L. waterlily, particularly the kernel have not adequately investigated. …”
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Site-level variation in parrotfish grazing and bioerosion as a function of species-specific feeding metrics by Lange, Ines D., Perry, Chris T., Morgan, Kyle Meredith, Roche, Ronan, Benkwitt, Cassandra E., Graham, Nicholas A. J.

“…Bite rates varied with species and life phase and decreased with body size. The proportion of bites leaving scars and scar sizes differed among species and increased with body size. …”
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