An elastomer with ultrahigh strain-induced crystallization by Hartquist, Chase M, Lin, Shaoting, Zhang, James H, Wang, Shu, Rubinstein, Michael, Zhao, Xuanhe

“…The deswollen end-linked star elastomer (DELSE) reaches an ultrahigh stretchability of 12.4 to 33.3, scaling beyond the saturated limit of common elastomers. …”
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Application of machine learning in 3D bioprinting: focus on development of big data and digital twin by An, Jia, Chua, Chee Kai, Mironov, Vladimir

“…Here, it is proposed that two missing links, Big Data and Digital Twin, are the key to articulate the vision of future 3D bioprinting. …”
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Knowledge and value creation in knowledge-intensive firms: interrelating knowledge management and competence management in management consulting. by Korpela, Kirsi.

“…The core of knowledge-based client relationships meaning that how knowledge and client relationships can be linked to improve value and knowledge creation. Knowledge and value creation at knowledge-intensive firms deriving from interrelated knowledge management and competence management processes.…”
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Unfinished business : Islamist terrorism threat in "post-peace" Mindanao by Franco, Joseph Raymond S.

“…The neutralisation of a Malaysian bomb plotter linked to the Jemaah Islamiyah in Davao underscores the latent threat posed by Islamist extremists in the southern Philippines, despite the recent signing of a framework agreement between the Philippines Government (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).…”
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Metal mediated high performance antimicrobial hydrogel films for wound infection management: Zn, Cu, and Mg versus Ag and Au by Sen, Raj Kumar., Prabhakar, Priyanka, Mayandi, Venkatesh, Dwivedi, Neeraj, Yadav, Amit K., Solanki, Pratima R., Gupta, Ayush, Gowri, V. S., Lakshminarayanan, Rajamani, Verma, Navin Kumar, Mondal, D. P., Srivastava, Avanish Kumar, Dhand, Chetna

“…While silver-based materials have emerged as potential alternatives to antibiotics in wound care management, they are expensive (gold is an even more expensive antimicrobial agent), and their excessive use may promote silver-resistant microbial strains, and skin argyrosis. Furthermore, excessive wound exudate causes conventional wound dressings to become moistened and painful to remove due to adhesion to the wound. …”
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MHD (SWCNTS + MWCNTS)/H2O-based williamson hybrid nanofluids flow past exponential shrinking sheet in porous medium by Alkasasbeh, Hamzeh Taha, Muhammad Khairul Anuar, Mohamed

“…It is found that the increase in magnetic parameter in SWCNT + MCWNT hybrid nanof luid results in an increase of 72.2% on skin friction compared to SWCNT nanof luid while maintaining reducing a small number of Nusselt number. …”
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Advanced multi-material optoelectronic fibers : a review by Zhang, Jing, Wang, Zhe, Wang, Zhixun, Wei, Lei

“…By involving diverse materials such as semiconductors, conductors, and insulators into the fiber fabrication, the achieved advanced fibers can be introduced with a variety of precise structures in the right scales and operated with many optoelectronic functionalities, which creates the possibilities for developing novel optoelectronic devices such as smart fabrics, e-skins, and flexible textiles. Recently, several notable progresses and breakthroughs on promoting the multi-material optoelectronic fibers have been achieved, enabling fiber devices with multiple functionalities and engaging impactful applications. …”
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Cephalopod-mimetic tunable photonic coatings assembled from quasi-monodispersed reflectin protein nanoparticles by Loke, Jun Jie, Hoon, Shawn, Miserez, Ali

“…Toward mimicking the photonic response of squid's skin, reflectin proteins from Sepioteuthis lessioniana were sequenced, recombinantly expressed, and self-assembled into spherical nanoparticles by conjugating reflectin B1 with a click chemistry ligand. …”
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On heat and flow characteristics of Carreau nanofluid and tangent hyperbolic nanofluid across a wedge with slip effects and bioconvection by Ud Din, Irfan Saif, Siddique, Imran, Ali, Rifaqat, Jarad, Fahd, Abdal, Sohaib, Hussain, Sajjad

“…Further, the magnitude of skin friction factor for tangent hyperbolic nanofluid is almost half ofs that of Carreau nanofluid.…”
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Textures of being: fostering hair texture inclusivity in Singapore by Shreya, Menon

“…These include a vast majority of skin tones, facial features, and hair textures to name a few. …”
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Cationic surfactants: a review by Gonçalves, Rui A., Holmberg, Krister, Lindman, Björn

“…The versatile properties of single- and double-chain cationic surfactants and other special cationics such as gemini, catanionic, bolaform, amino acid- and sugar-based surfactants, are presented and discussed together with skin toxicity and environmental considerations. The effects of cationic surfactant mixing with other surfactants, polymers, proteins, and DNA are also shown and examined. …”
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Antimicrobial Impact of Sintok Extract; Assessment of Sintok Extract Virucidal Potential Against the Covid-19 Virus (S/O 14669) by Mohamed Ismail, Risyawati, Yaacob, Noorulsadiqin Azbiya

“…The extract was also shown to be effective in killing various types of fungus especially those causing skin diseases. Such strong antimicrobial actions suggested that the extract has the potential to kill of virulent pathogen such as COVID-19 virus. …”
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Strategies to modulate Amorphous Oxide Semiconductor properties for low temperature transparent transistors by Kulkarni, Mohit Rameshchandra

“…From these studies, it was discovered that the current through the channel was increased after the deposition of the overlayer, which can be linked to the increased number of oxygen vacancies in the channel. …”
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Simple and flexible vision-based hand gesture recognition system by Lee, Chun Kiat.

“…This paper proposes a simple yet flexible Hand Gesture Recognition System-Codebook (HGRS-Codebook) using the techniques of codebook background subtraction, skin color segmentation, median filtering, contour detection, convexity defects and definition of peaks and valleys of fingertips. …”
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Shape memory effect of PMMA by Ge, Yuchen.

“…In order to design thin skin with programmable folding and unfolding configuration under stimuli, material with shape change and memory effect under various stimuli is studied. …”
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Fabrication and characterization of human hair keratin hydrogels by Cahaya, Sanryani

“…Keratin is a protein that can easily be found in skin, hair and nails; it acts as external protective layer as well as inner core of hair to provide strength. …”
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Multi-view CNNS for hand gesture recognition by Dou, Yudi

“…Di↵erent from the traditional model-driven method, we do not need colored markers to extract features or skin color models to represent hand region. We focus on data-driven approaches which do not need complex calibration. …”
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Laboratory realization of relativistic pair-plasma beams by Arrowsmith, CD, Simon, P, Bilbao, PJ, Bott, AFA, Burger, S, Chen, H, Cruz, FD, Davenne, T, Efthymiopoulos, I, Froula, DH, Goillot, A, Gudmundsson, JT, Haberberger, D, Halliday, JWD, Hodge, T, Huffman, BT, Iaquinta, S, Miniati, F, Reville, B, Sarkar, S, Schekochihin, AA, Silva, LO, Simpson, R, Stergiou, V, Trines, RMGM, Charitonidis, N, Bingham, R, Gregori, G

“…Monte Carlo simulations agree well with the experimental data and show that the characteristic scales necessary for collective plasma behavior, such as the Debye length and the collisionless skin depth, are exceeded by the measured size of the produced pair beams. …”

The changing nature of Chinese business in Africa : the case of Cape Verde by Horta, Loro

“…Chinese state companies are usually singled out for criticism in the West due to their links with despotic African regimes all for the sake of profit. …”
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Al-Qaeda grows in Africa : new union with Al Shabaab by Rohan Gunaratna

“…By making inroads to Africa, al Qaeda will exploit Al Shabaab’s long standing links with like-minded threat groups in a fragile continent.…”
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