Compact Capabilities: Developing and Evaluating a Field-Portable Neutron Resonance Capture Analysis System by Rahon, Jill M.

“…This work presents an experimental evaluation of a portable Neutron Resonance Capture Analysis (NRCA) system sensitive to isotopes with neutron capture resonances in the epithermal range (1-100 eV). NRCA is a technique traditionally used for nuclear data collection and nondestructive assay of archaeological materials, typically conducted at large accelerator facilities with beamlines in excess of ten meters. …”
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Tectonics of the semi-permanent: Reassembling fit-out architecture by Schnitzler, Jenna

“…The uneven wearing that Bolton wrote about in 1911, appears again in the iconic shearing layers diagram from Frank Duffy and Stewart Brand, who make a very similar economic argument, demonstrating that the economically fast-wearing interior layer accumulates the most investment over time, rebuilt on a cycle of every 5-10 years. We are facing a turning point in building; as of 2020, over 35% of total construction activity is renovation work, and we are making increasingly rapid changes to building function. …”
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Structure and dynamics of the proton-selective histidine and the gating tryptophan in an inward rectifying hybrid influenza B and A virus M2 proton channel by Pankratova, Yanina, McKay, Matthew J, Ma, Chunlong, Tan, Haozhou, Wang, Jun, Hong, Mei

“…Moreover, 19F NMR spectra of 5-19F-labeled W23 resolve three peaks at acidic pH, suggesting three tryptophan sidechain conformations. …”
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Advanced Reconstruction Techniques for CUORE: Searching Beyond the Standard Model with Cryogenic Calorimeters by Mayer, Daniel W.

“…We report on a search for FCPs using the first tonne-year of CUORE’s exposure, finding no excess of FCP track candidates over background, and setting leading limits at 90% C.L. on the possible underground flux of FCPs with charges between 1/24 − 1/5 that of an electron. Lastly, we introduce differentiable programming methods for the end-to-end training of neural ordinary differential equations to model thermal pulse dynamics within CUORE calorimeter channels. …”
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Photocatalysis in a New Light: A Biohybrid Approach for Improved Reactivity with Tunable, Low-Energy Light Excitation by Cesana, Paul T.

“…Chapter 4 highlights spectroscopic exploration into emerging molecular catalyst species. Finally, Chapter 5 provides an outlook to the future possibilities of the topics presented herein.…”
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Empathy Toward Artificial Intelligence Versus Human Experiences and the Role of Transparency in Mental Health and Social Support Chatbot Design: Comparative Study by Shen, Jocelyn, DiPaola, Daniella, Ali, Safinah, Sap, Maarten, Park, Hae Won, Breazeal, Cynthia

“…We also found that participants reported greater willingness to empathize with AI-written stories when there was transparency about the story author (t494=–5.49, P<.001, Cohen d=0.36). Conclusions: Our work sheds light on how empathy toward AI or human narrators is tied to the way the text is presented, thus informing ethical considerations of empathetic artificial social support or mental health chatbots.…”
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Single-phase convective heat transfer in a cold plate with wavy channels by Low, Jing Peng

“…The numerical simulations were conducted with the flowrates ranging from 1.67 x 10-6 m³/s to 1.503 x 10-5 m³/s for the microchannel and pressure drops ranging from 717 Pa to 7856 Pa for the microgap. …”
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Transferring a deep learning model from healthy subjects to stroke patients in a motor imagery brain-computer interface by Nagarajan, Aarthy, Robinson, Neethu, Ang, Kai Keng, Chua, Karen Sui Geok, Chew, Effie, Guan, Cuntai

“…Additionally, the proposed transfer learning method outperforms the subject-specific results achieved by Deep ConvNet and FBCSP, with significant enhancements of 7.64% (p < 0.001) and 5.55% (p < 0.001) in performance, respectively. …”
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The association of sleep duration with the risk of chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Koh, Jin Hean, Yeo, Brian Sheng Yep, Tan, Timothy Wei En, See, Mark Yong Siang, Ng, Adele Chin Wei, Loh, Shaun Ray Han, Gooley, Joshua, Tan, Chieh Suai, Toh, Song Tar

“…Compared with a reference range of 7 to 8 hours of sleep, short sleep durations of ≤4 hours (RR 1.41, 95% CI: 1.16 to 1.71, P < 0.01), ≤5 hours (RR 1.46, 95% CI: 1.22 to 1.76, P < 0.01), ≤6 hours (RR 1.18, 95% CI: 1.09 to 1.29, P < 0.01), and ≤7 hours (RR 1.19, 95% CI: 1.12 to 1.28, P < 0.01) were significantly associated with an increased risk of incident chronic kidney disease. …”
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Synthesis and properties of amino- and guanidino-peptoid peptide nucleic acids by Lu, Xiao Wei

“…The AP-PNA monomers of different side chain length (2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 carbon) were synthesized with the exocyclic amines of their four natural nucleobases protected by an acyl or Bhoc protecting group. …”
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Removal of redundant gabor features using genetic algorithm by Dang, Ngoc Minh

“…From Matlab simulation, we find out that, using 40 Gabor filters from 80 Gabor filters of 8 frequencies x 10 orientations is better than using 40 Gabor filters of 5 frequencies x 8 orientations.…”
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A parametric study of Proton Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) fuel cell performances by Lim, Adrian Eu Chun

“…For the stoichiometric flow ratio of 5.0 and above, the improvement in the fuel cell performance is negligible. …”
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Combined effects of meal frequency and exercise on postprandial lipaemia by Mok, Alexander

“…On day-2 mornings, venous blood triacylglycerol concentrations were measured fasting and 7-hours postprandially, after consuming 1-large or 2-smaller high-fat meals (1.21 g fat, 0.62 g carbohydrate, 0.29 g protein and 14.5 kcal/kg/bodymass). We hypothesised PPL will be lowest with EX-2 < EX-1 < CON-2 < CON-1. …”
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Biochemical characterisation of NS2B-NS3 protease from flaviviruses by Nah, Jojo Qian Hui

“…The virus genome encodes for seven non-structural (NS) proteins (NS1, NS2A, NS2B, NS3, NS4A, NS4B and NS5) and three structural proteins (envelope (E), capsid (C), membrane (M). …”
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An experimental and simulation study of chip transportation behaviour in gundrilling by Tnay, Guan Leong

“…The experiments were conducted in vertical square tube filled with the water-glycerine solutions which have properties similar to the coolant properties with concentration of 85 % oil to 5 % oil. From the experiments, terminal velocities of typical gun drill chips at different range of particle Reynolds number were determined to construct the unique drag curve. …”
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Aerodynamics modelling of floating offshore wind turbines by Singapore Wala, Abdulqadir Aziz

“…Different unsteady aerodynamic phenomena associated with FOWTs are analysed, with corrective models developed for an accurate analysis of FOWT aerodynamics. The NREL 5MW virtual wind turbine was studied in axial flow and sinusoidal surge motions at different frequencies and amplitudes, usingfull-3D computational fluid dynamics simulations. …”
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Study of natural gas storage on activated carbon and MIL-101(cr) blend by Tan, Cheong Heng

“…The US Department of Energy (DOE) has set a challenging adsorption target for methane storage at 0.5 g/g under ambient conditions, hence the ideal MOF has to be synthesized in order to achieve the target. …”
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Investigation of Ni as Zn substitute in CZTS thin film solar cell by Quek, Ka Jun

“…The highest efficiency achieved was around 5.45% for pure Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) device using static mode, meanwhile the nickel-substituted samples behave like a metal instead of semiconductor when the Ni is substituted. …”
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Integration of multiple ultra-capacitor banks in DC microgrid part I by Ahamad Fareed

“…Each branch will feature a bi-directional DC-DC boost converter to realize the desired 170V rated voltage of the DC Mg. The report will conclude from the results drawn from the output power sharing in the HEMS with all the needed control algorithms in place. …”
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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

“…Here, we illustrate the sensitivity and utility of the proposed coding framework using two contrasting dyadic corpora (N = 5) of mother-infant object-oriented interactions during experimental conditions that were either non-conducive (Condition 1) or conducive (Condition 2) to the emergence of playful behavior. …”
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