Transmucosal insulin delivery by Muhammad Qadhin Ahmad

“…Most research on ultrasound-induced drug transport enhancement focus on the use of low-frequency ultrasound (<100 kHz) and skin tissue as the membrane of choice. However, the argument against using skin is its low passive permeability. …”
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Enhanced piezoelectric nanogenerator based on tridoped graphene and Ti3CNTx MXene Quasi-3D heterostructure by Kou, Lijie, Haque, Rawhan, Sadri, Rad, Auliya, Rahmat Zaki, Kaur, Manpreet, Roberts, Edward P. L., Gan, Wee Chen, Mohammad Haniff, Muhammad Aniq Shazni, Dee, Chang Fu, Ooi, Poh Choon

“…Energy-harvesting technologies, especially piezoelectric nanogenerators (PENGs), which convert mechanical energy to electrical energy, hold promise for harvesting human motion energy. …”

The Effect of National Debt on Private Investment (S/O 14327) by Hassan, Sallahuddin

“…This study found that there is a nonlinear relationship between private investment and national debt and justified that national debt significantly influence private investment in the long-run and the short-run. The Malaysian debt policies and Acts need to be changed accordingly and must be in line with the changes of investment environment. …”
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Learning Model Predictive Control Parameters via Bayesian Optimization for Battery Fast Charging by Hirt, Sebastian, Höhl, Andreas, Schaeffer, Joachim, Pohlodek, Johannes, Braatz, Richard D, Findeisen, Rolf

“…This approach establishes a hierarchical control framework where Bayesian optimization directly fine-tunes closed-loop behavior towards a global and long-term objective, while MPC handles lower-level, short-term control tasks. …”
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Small sample sizes reduce the replicability of task-based fMRI studies by Turner, Benjamin O., Paul, Erick J., Miller, Michael B., Barbey, Aron K.

“…Thus, our results join the existing line of work advocating for larger sample sizes. …”
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Clinical implementation of an oncology-specific family health history risk assessment tool by Fung, Si Ming, Wu, Ryanne R., Myers, Rachel A., Goh, Jasper, Ginsburg, Geoffrey S., Matchar, David, Orlando, Lori A., Ngeow, Joanne

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Development of an RF positioning system by Rege, Laukik Jayesh

“…The accuracy of the system has scope for improvements via sensor fusion and the efficiency of the system in long range field trials remains to be tested. However, with its current accuracy the system shows great promise in applications involving Intelligent Transport Systems in GNSS deprived settings.…”
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Evaluation of keratin templates on dermal regeneration of full-thickness burns by Moay, Zi Kuang

“…The current gold standard for treating full-thickness burns is skin grafting. While autografts are preferred, they are limited by availability. …”
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21W.742J / SP.575J / WGS.575J Writing About Race, Spring 2007 by Faery, Rebecca Blevins

“…We will also view films such as Skins, The Long Walk Home, and Crash. Both the reading and the writing of members of the class will be the focus of class discussion and workshops. …”
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Image transformation for beautification by Lim, Christine Kia Min

“…In Section II, it shows the literature review of face detection, skin detection and image warping. Section III is an overview of the skin-pixel based techniques used in the project. …”
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The level of knowledge, awareness and practice on sunscreen usage among nursing students in Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan by Jana, Nur Anis Syazana

“…Sunscreen has been proven to prevent our skin from sunburn and skin cancer. However, the application of sunscreen among people is still poor. …”
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Novel single-step hydrophobic modification of polymeric hollow fiber membranes containing imide groups : its potential for membrane contactor application by Zhang, Yuan, Wang, Rong, Zhang, Lizhi, Fane, Anthony Gordon

“…It was observed the CO2 flux increased with the liquid velocity and modification time. A stable long-term performance of CO2 absorption by a 2 M sodium taurinate aqueous solution for 15 days of operation was attained. …”
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Al2O3-Cu hybrid nanofluid flow and heat transfer characteristics in the duct with various triangular rib configurations by Togun, Hussein, Homod, Raad Z., Sultan Aljibori, Hakim S., Abed, Azher M., Alias, Hajar, Hussein, Ahmed Kadhim, Biswal, Uddhaba, Al-Thamir, Mohaimen, Mahdi, Jasim M., Mohammed, Hayder I., Ahmadi, Goodarz

“…Numerical simulations were conducted for a 25 cm long, -cm high duct with walls maintained at 313 K. …”

Application of variational graph encoders as an effective generalist algorithm in computer-aided drug design by Lam, Hilbert Yuen In, Pincket, Robbe, Han, Hao, Ong, Xing Er, Wang, Zechen, Hinks, Jamie, Wei, Yanjie, Li, Weifeng, Zheng, Liangzhen, Mu, Yuguang

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White-light-responsive prussian blue nanophotonic particles for effective eradication of bacteria and improved healing of infected cutaneous wounds by Chakraborty, Nayanika, Jha, Diksha, Singh, Vijay Pal, Kumar, Pradeep, Verma, Navin Kumar, Gautam, Hemant Kumar, Roy, Indrajit

“…The light-responsive CHPB-FD nanophotonic particles can, therefore, be potentially used as an economical and safe alternative to antibiotics for effectively decontaminating skin wounds and for disinfecting biomedical equipment and surfaces in hospitals and other places.…”
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Attack strategies in birds of prey by Brighton, C

“…</p> <p>Proportional navigation is a feedback law whereby the bird’s line-of-sight rate is fed back, in order to command a turn-rate in proportion to the change in line-of-sight rate, with a constant of proportionality <em>N</em>. …”

Guidance and navigation of a wheeled mobile robot by Goh, Ing Jya.

“…This project is a continuation of the works of many past graduating students. The scope of this line of endeavor revolves around the development of an autonomously driven four-wheeled vehicle. …”
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Knowledge-based simulation of a final assembly process in the hard disk drive industry by Koh, Boon Khai.

“…Due to the dynamic and uncertain characteristics in the final assembly process, many problems such as inventory buildup, long leadtime, etc. widely exist. In order to man-age and control the assembly line effectively, as well as reduce the inventory and im-prove the throughput, computer simulation is an obvious potential solution. …”
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The intelligence of artifice: Oscar Wilde and AI by Tyson, C, Mendelssohn, M

“…The worship of artifice has long been a central thread in studies of modernity from aestheticism and decadence through postmodernism. …”

Interleukin-26 (IL-26) is a novel anti-microbial peptide produced by T cells in response to staphylococcal enterotoxin by Woetmann, Anders, Alhede, Morten, Dabelsteen, Sally, Bjarnsholt, Thomas, Rybtke, Morten, Nastasi, Claudia, Krejsgaard, Thorbjørn, Andersen, Mads Hald, Bonefeld, Charlotte M., Geisler, Carsten, Givskov, Michael, Odum, Niels

“…Here we show that (i) skin T cells in chronic wounds infected with S. aureus express interleukin-26 (IL-26) in situ, (ii) staphylococcal enterotoxins (SE) trigger IL-26 expression in T cell lines and primary skin T cells, and (iii) IL-26 triggers death and inhibits biofilm formation and growth of S. aureus. …”
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