Effectiveness of forward freight agreements in mitigating handymax bulk ship-owners’ business risks between 2006 and 2015 by Chow, Lai Wan

“…This paper aims to evaluate the effectiveness of using FFA as a hedging tool to mitigate shipowners’ business risk in the Handymax dry bulk market, from 2006 to 2015. Firstly, the paper discusses extensively on the various risks faced by a shipowner. …”
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Detection of low frequency artemisinin resistance mutations, C469Y, P553L and A675V, and fixed antifolate resistance mutations in asymptomatic primary school children in Kenya by Osoti, V, Wamae, K, Ndwiga, L, Gichuki, PM, Okoyo, C, Kepha, S, Keitany, K, Kandie, R, Aricha, S, Kiplagat, R, Mwandawiro, C, Bejon, P, Snow, RW, Ochola-Oyier, LI

“…A total of 920 dried blood spot (DBS) samples collected from 121 selected primary schools within the country were used to extract genomic DNA. …”

Antibacterial effect of ethanolic Gnetum gnemon L. leaf extract on food-borne pathogens and its application as a natural preservative on raw quail eggs by Trisha, Mansura Rahman, Deavyndra Gunawan, Vyenna, Wong, Jun Xian, Pak Dek, Mohd Sabri, Rukayadi, Yaya

“…The antimicrobial activity of EGLE was evaluated using multiple methods, including the well diffusion assay (WDA), minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC), and time-kill assay. …”
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Multi-species rotational grazing of small ruminants regenerates undergrowth vegetation while controlling weeds in the oil palm silvopastoral system by Tohiran, Kamil Azmi, Nobilly, Frisco, Zulkifli, Raja, Yahya, Muhammad Syafiq, Norhisham, Ahmad Razi, Rasyidi, Md Zainal, Azhar, Badrul

“…OBJECTIVE Present study examined the effects of small ruminant grazing (i.e., goats, sheep and multi-species) on undergrowth vegetation with the following specific objectives: 1) to investigate the effects of small ruminant grazing treatments on undergrowth vegetation composition in oil palm plantations; 2) to examine the variables (canopy cover, grazing treatments, and cycles) that influenced undergrowth vegetation (species richness, coverage, height, and dry weight) in oil palm plantations. METHODS We established quadrats on experimental plots to detect changes in undergrowth vegetation composition, species diversity, coverage, height, and dry weight resulting from different grazing treatments. …”
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Development of single seedling nursery tray for the System of Rice Intensification by Zubairu, Usman Bashar

“…However, the existing seedling raising methods remain a challenging constraint among SRI practitioners due to the absence of a mechanized adaptation of SRI planting and spacing standards. …”
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Investigate the use of electrostatics in fabricating 3d objects using additive manufacturing technology by Ling, Pui Foong

“…However, this phenomenal is the complete opposite on the dry MDPE. The molten state MDPE adhesion force was a thousand times higher than the dry particle state. …”
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Towards ILP-based LTLf passive learning by Ielo, A, Law, M, Fionda, V, Ricca, F, De Giacomo, G, De Giacomo, G, Russo, A

“…They use an example at the time to discard a single candidate formula at the time, instead of exploiting the full set of examples to prune the search space. This hinders their applicability when examples involve many atomic propositions or when the target formula is not small. …”

Evaluation of paper spray mass spectrometry for direct analysis of small molecule drugs and hemoglobin constant spring peptide markers by Takyi-Williams, John

“…A significant limitation in performing preclinical studies using small animals is the need for macrovolume blood sampling, a similar situation encountered with newborn or neonates screening. Dried blood spot (DBS) method which requires small sample volume has overcome this limitation. …”
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Roughness-Controlled Self-Assembly of Mannitol/LB Agar Microparticles by Polymorphic Transformation for Pulmonary Drug Delivery by Zhang, Fengying, Ngoc, Nguyen Thi Quynh, Tay, Bao Hui, Mendyk, Aleksander, Shao, Yu-Hsuan, Lau, Raymond

“…Novel roughness-controlled mannitol/LB Agar microparticles were synthesized by polymorphic transformation and self-assembly method using hexane as the polymorphic transformation reagent and spray-dried mannitol/LB Agar microparticles as the starting material. …”
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Progressive search space reduction for human pose estimation by Ferrari, V, Marin-Jimenez, M, Zisserman, A

“…The method is fully automatic and self-initializing, and explains the spatio-temporal volume covered by a person moving in a shot, by soft-labeling every pixel as belonging to a particular body part or to the background. …”

Effects of soil management practices on soil fauna feeding activity in an Indonesian oil palm plantation by Tao, H-H, Slade, E, Willis, KJ, Caliman, J-P, Snaddon, JL

“…To address this knowledge gap, we used the bait lamina method to investigate the effects of different soil management practices on soil fauna feeding activity, and whether feeding activity was associated with management-mediated changes in soil chemical properties, in a 15-year-old oil palm plantation. …”

Biocementation of fine-grained soil by Ong, Jun Hao

“…The MICP treated soil shows a higher dry density after compaction and a higher UC strength of 1300 kPa to 1400 kPa in the dried state as well as compacted state. …”
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Elevating anthocyanin extraction from mangosteen pericarp: a comparative exploration of conventional and emerging non-thermal technology by Ijod, Giroon, Mohamed Nawawi, Nur Izzati, Sulaiman, Rabiha, Ismail-Fitry, Mohammad Rashedi, Mohd Adzahan, Noranizan, Anwar, Farooq, Mohamad Azman, Ezzat

“…This suggests that HPP is a promising method for extracting and preserving ACNs and other bioactive compounds from dried MP, with potential applications as natural colorants.…”
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Preparation and characterization of magnetite ferrofluid for generating current induced by Ahmad, Che Sulaiman

“…After that, the powder was dried for a day. The material was crushed with mortar and pestle and sieved to obtain a fine powder. …”
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Effect of auxins on growth enhancement of cell suspension culture of Tongkat Ali Hitam (Polyalthia bullata) by Nurul Farhana Farezol, Munirah Adibah Kamarul Zaman, Azzreena Mohamad Azzeme

“…To prevent overharvesting and extinction, cell suspension culture offers a sustainable method for the mass production of these compounds. …”
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Measuring shear wave velocity using bender elements by Leong, Eng Choon, Yeo, Sir Hoon, Rahardjo, Harianto

“…In this paper, the use of bender elements in the determination of shear wave velocities of dry, unsaturated, and saturated soil specimens is examined with respect to the characteristics of the bender elements, waveform, magnitude, and frequency of the applied voltage to the transmitter bender element and method of travel time determination. …”
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Investigating the potential of axonopus compressus to phytoremediate molybdenum by Eng, Zhi Xian

“…Phytoremediation could be a potential method to remove these Mo pollution from soil. However, few Mo hyperaccumulators, especially tropical species, have been identified. …”
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Sproutly : plantable packaging by Dhanusha Surendran

“…The proposition is to create packaging for dried grocery goods that is compostable and embedded with seeds. …”
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Experimental investigation on the effect of masked multiple passes abrasive waterjet machining surface texturing on coefficient of friction by Hafiz, Husin, Mohd Nazir, Mat Nawi, Asmelash, Mebrahitom Asmelash, Kushendarsyah, Saptaji, Azmir, Azhari

“…The surface texturing method is popular because of its ability to improve surface properties, specifically surface functioning, and friction control. …”
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Measurement uncertainty evaluation in soil liquid limit testing by Lua, K L, Lim, A J M S, Sim, S Y

“…It suggested the technique for estimation of water content and dry weight resulting in uncertainty component different treatment from conventional approach. …”
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