Experimental study on durability properties of kenaf fibre-reinforced geopolymer concrete by Noor Abbas, Al-Ghazali, Abdul Aziz, Farah Nora Aznieta, Abdan, Khalina, Mohd Nasir, Noor Azline, Fahim Huseien, Ghasan

“…Hence, this article aims to understand the performance of kenaf fibre-reinforced geopolymer concrete (KFRGC) in terms of water absorption, porosity, sorptivity, water penetration, and resistance against chloride ions penetration and chemical attacks. The results showed that the addition of KF increased the porosity of the geopolymer, thus increasing the water absorption-related properties. …”

Plasticized lithium iodide‑doped polyacrylonitrile‑methylcellulose blend electrolytes for supercapacitor application by Shamsuri, N. A., Rojudi, Z. E., Vicxeant, V. T., Noor, I. M., Kadir, M. F. Z., Shukur, M. F.

“…The tion of PMG20 is 0.93 indicating that the ions are the dominant charge carriers. From linear sweep voltammetry (LSV), PMG20 is electrochemically stable up to 2.1 V. …”

3D spheroid-microvasculature-on-a-chip for tumor-endothelium mechanobiology interplay by Zhang, Yingqi, Jiang, Fengtao, Zhao, Charles Yunduo, Cho, Ann-Na, Fang, Guocheng, Cox, Charles D., Zreiqat, Hala, Lu, Zu Fu, Lu, Hongxu, Ju, Arnold Lining

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Automatic metric 3D surface mesh generation using subdivision surface geometrical model. Part 1 : construction of underlying geometrical model by Lee, Chi King

“…By using the subdivision surface concept, the new mesh generator can generate finite element meshes to model a wide range of surfaces which may contain sharp features such as cusp points and crease lines. When comparing with other traditional algorithms which use analytical surface patches as the underlying geometrical model, the new mesh generation scheme can be used in applications such as large deformation or crack analyses in which the domains to be gridded are not well defined or involve changing boundaries. …”
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Critical role for cold shock protein YB-1 in cytokinesis by Mehta, Sunali, Algie, Michael, Al-Jabry, Tariq, McKinney, Cushla, Kannan, Srinivasaraghavan, Verma, Chandra Shekhar, Ma, Weini, Zhang, Jessie, Bartolec, Tara K., Masamsetti, V. Pragathi, Parker, Kim, Henderson, Luke, Gould, Maree L., Bhatia, Puja, Harfoot, Rhodri, Chircop, Megan, Kleffmann, Torsten, Cohen, Scott B., Woolley, Adele G., Cesare, Anthony J., Braithwaite, Antony

“…Here, we found that YB-1 depletion in several cancer cell lines and in immortalized fibroblasts resulted in cytokinesis failure and consequent multinucleation. …”
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Study on supply chain challenges in container shipping : the port operator's perspectice by Muhammad Zulkarnain Mess.

“…Main challenges faced by port operators highlighted in the report include the ever increasing size of vessels, the chronic problem of port congestions and mergers and acquisitions of shipping lines. Some recommendations made for these problems are best practices adopted by ports world wide, while others such as ‘sharing concept’ are derived personally. …”
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Empirical investigation on container port competition and cooperation by Aw, Bing Zong

“…Through empirical investigation and interviews with terminal operators, shipping lines and shippers, this paper aims to investigate the competitive factors in the current economic climate and the effect of sister-port agreements between container ports. …”
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Crypto-linguistics in Singapore : deciphering the Singapore Stone by Chua, Sock Hui

“…The Singapore Stone was a sandstone with around 50 lines of inscription, but was blown up in 1843. A fragment of the original stone now lies in the National Museum of Singapore. …”
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Doxorubicin-loaded cell-derived nanovesicles: an alternative targeted approach for anti-tumor therapy by Goh, Wei Jiang, Lee, Choon Keong, Zou, Shui, Woon, Esther, Czarny, Bertrand, Pastorin, Giorgia

“…Here, we report a systematic approach pertaining to various loading methods of the chemotherapeutic drug doxorubicin into our CDNs and examine the differential cellular uptake of drug-loaded CDNs in cancerous (HeLa) and healthy (HEK293) cell lines. Lastly, we proved that the addition of doxorubicin-loaded CDNs to the HeLa and HEK293 co-cultures showed a clear discrimination toward cancer cells at the cellular level. …”
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Strontium isoscape of sub-Saharan Africa allows tracing origins of victims of the transatlantic slave trade by Wang, X, Bocksberger, G, Arandjelovic, M, Agbor, A, Angedakin, S, Aubert, F, Ayimisin, EA, Bailey, E, Barubiyo, D, Bessone, M, Bobe, R, Bonnet, M, Boucher, R, Brazzola, G, Brewer, S, Lee, KC, Carvalho, S, Chancellor, R, Cipoletta, C, Cohen, H, Copeland, SR, Corogenes, K, Costa, AM, Coupland, C, Neil, E

“…We demonstrate the efficacy of this Sr isoscape, in combination with other lines of evidence, to trace the African roots of individuals from historic slavery contexts, particularly those with highly radiogenic 87Sr/86Sr ratios uncommon in the African Diaspora. …”

Bitcoins in the Malaysian Economy by Miraz, Mahadi Hasan, Mohd Sharif, Kamal Imran, Hassan, Mohamad Ghozali, Ismail, Mohd Azril, Ahmad Mahyadin@Mahidin, Fariza

“…This study focused on individual facts and details, such as articles, reviews, forums, Malaysians brochure, business lines, and research reports. The study relies on secondary data. …”
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Bactericidal mechanisms revealed for rapid water disinfection by superabsorbent cryogels decorated with silver nanoparticles by Fane, Anthony Gordon, Loo, Siew-Leng, Krantz, William B., Gao, Yiben, Lim, Teik-Thye, Hu, Xiao

“…In addition, this study reveals that both Ag+ and Ag0 are involved in the bactericidal mechanism of AgNPs via tests conducted using PSA cryogels with bound Ag+ ions (or PSA/Ag+ cryogels without reducing Ag+ to Ag0). …”
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Rapid removal of chloroform, carbon tetrachloride and trichloroethylene in water by aluminum-iron alloy particles by Xu, Jie, Pu, Yuan, Yang, Xiao Jin, Wan, Pingyu, Wang, Rong, Song, Peng, Fisher, Adrian

“…The concentration of Al and Fe ions released into water was less than 0.15 and 0.05 mg/L, respectively. …”
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Core – shell CuPd@Pd tetrahedra with concave structures and Pd-enriched surface boost formic acid oxidation by Chen, Yifan, Yang, Yifan, Fu, Gengtao, Xu, Lin, Sun, Dongmei, Lee, Jong-Min, Tang, Yawen

“…It is demonstrated that L-proline plays a vital role as a structure-directing agent in tuning the nucleation and growth of concave CuPd@Pd tetrahedra because of the strong coordination abilities of C[double bond, length as m-dash]O, O–H and N–H groups with metal ions. This bimetallic concave structure can endow the nanocrystals with abundant catalytically active sites and fascinating electronic effects, which are suggested to be favorable for electrocatalysis. …”
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Efficient nitrate synthesis via ambient nitrogen oxidation with Ru-doped TiO₂/RuO₂ electrocatalysts by Kuang, Min, Wang, Yu, Fang, Wei, Tan, Huiteng, Chen, Mengxin, Yao, Jiandong, Liu, Chuntai, Xu, Jianwei, Zhou, Kun, Yan, Qingyu

“…Remarkably doping Ru into the TiO2 lattice can induce an upshift of the d-band center of the Ru site, resulting in enhanced activity for accelerating electrochemical conversion of inert N2 to active NO*. Overdoping of Ru ions will lead to the formation of additional RuO2 on the TiO2 surface, which provides oxygen evolution reaction (OER) active sites for promoting the redox transformation of the NO* intermediate to nitrate. …”
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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

“…We present non-traditional yet high-performance hydrogel (HG)-based wound films based on polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), chitosan (CS), polyethylene glycol (PEG), and effective antibacterial metal ions (Zn2+, Cu2+, Ag+, Au3+, and Mg2+) for wound infection management. …”
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Antifungal drug itraconazole targets VDAC1 to modulate the AMPK/mTOR signaling axis in endothelial cells by Head, Sarah A., Shi, Wei, Zhao, Liang, Gorshkov, Kirill, Pasunooti, Kalyan, Chen, Yue, Deng, Zhiyou, Li, Ruo-jing, Shim, Joong Sup, Tan, Wenzhi, Hartung, Thomas, Zhang, Jin, Zhao, Yingming, Colombini, Marco, Liu, Jun O.

“…Here we identify the major target of itraconazole in endothelial cells as the mitochondrial protein voltage-dependent anion channel 1 (VDAC1), which regulates mitochondrial metabolism by controlling the passage of ions and small metabolites through the outer mitochondrial membrane. …”
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Mussel-inspired approach to cross-linked functional 3D nanofibrous aerogels for energy-efficient filtration of ultrafine airborne particles by Zhang, Youfang, Zeng, Zhihui, Ma, Daphne Xiu Yun, Zhao, Chenyang, Ang, Jia Ming, Ng, Bing Feng, Wan, Man Pun, Wong, Shing-Chung, Wang, Zhe, Lu, Xuehong

“…Herein, inspired by mussel glue, cross-linked threedimensional (3D) polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibrous aerogels (NFAs) with ultrahigh porosity, hierarchical porous structures, and good compression resistance are successfully fabricated via electrospinning, facile polydopamine (PDA) coating and crosslinking by ferric ions (Fe3+) followed by freeze-drying. Morphology characterization andcompression tests showthatboth multiplehydrogen bondingfacilitated bythePDA coating and Fe3+-PDA coordination bonding could effectively induce the formation of inter-fiber junctions, enhancing compression resistanceofthe3DNFAsandleadingtohierarchical porousstructureswithaverywidePSD.When a thin layer of the optimized 3D NFA with a large specific surface area (85.7m2g−1) is combined with a commercial air filter, the composite filter obtained exhibits high filtration efficiencies of 99.72% and 99.85% for airborne particles with sizes of<100nm and<500nm, respectively, at a low pressure drop of only 54.1Pa. …”
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Real-time cationic sensing using plasmonic fiber optic sensor based phosphoryl-carrageenan by Abu Bakar, Mohd Hafiz, Azeman, Nur Hidayah, Mobarak, Nadhratun Naiim, Ahmad Nazri, Nur Afifah, Mohd Daniyal, Wan Mohd Ebtisyam Mustaqim, Dzulkefly Zan, Mohd Saiful, Mahdi, Mohd Adzir, Md Zain, Ahmad Rifqi, Gupta, Ruchi, Abdullah, Fairuz, A. Bakar, Ahmad Ashrif

“…This is a novel report on modified carrageenan namely phosphoryl-carrageenan as sensing materials for cations specifically ammonium ions (NH4+). The morphology of carrageenan and phosphoryl-carrageenan coatings on the fiber optic probe was uneven and wavelike topography, indicating the successful coating on the fiber optic probe surface. …”

Performance of sulfur-doped graphitic carbon nitride loaded with silver for bisphenol a removal under solar irradiation by Lok, Li Wen

“…The possible reason could be due to the disassociated BPA ions (BPA- and BPA2-) can be degraded easier than BPA molecules while the superoxide radicals are more effectively at basic condition. …”
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