High-quality fuel from food waste - investigation of a stepwise process from the perspective of technology development by Yin, Ke, Li, Ling, Giannis, Apostolos, Weerachanchai, Piyarat, Ng, Bernard Jia Han, Wang, Jing-Yuan

“…Selected biodiesels, that is, B3 and B4 were characterized for density (872.7 and 895.5 kg/m3), kinematic viscosity (3.115 and 8.243 cSt), flash and pour point (30°C and >126°C), micro carbon (0.03% and 0.04%), sulfur (both <0.0016%), and calorific value (38,917 and 39,584 J/g), suggesting similar quality to commercial biodiesel. …”
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Melatonin and health: an umbrella review of health outcomes and biological mechanisms of action by Posadzki, Pawel Przemyslaw, Bajpai, Ram, Kyaw, Bhone Myint, Roberts, Nicola J., Brzezinski, Amnon, Christopoulos, George I, Divakar, Ushashree, Bajpai, Shweta, Soljak, Michael, Dunleavy, Gerard, Jarbrink, Krister, Nang, Ei Ei Khaing, Soh, Chee Kiong, Car, Josip

“…Most were of low methodological quality (mean -4.5, standard deviation 6.7). Of those, 164 did not pool the data and were synthesised narratively (qualitatively) whereas the remaining 31 used meta-analytic techniques and were synthesised quantitatively. …”
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A SnO2 nanoparticle/nanobelt and Si heterojunction light-emitting diode by Chen, Rui, Sun, Handong, Dong, Zhili, Ling, Bo, Sun, Xiaowei, Zhao, Jun Liang, Ke, Chang, Tan, Swee Tiam

“…A thin SiO2 intermediate layer was found to be crucial in achieving light emission from a n-SnO2/p-Si heterojunction with large valence band offset (ca. 2.96 eV), by which sufficient potential-energy difference can be maintained between SnO2 and Si, thus facilitating the tunneling injection of holes.…”
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Preparation and characterization of ZnO microcantilever for nanoactuation by Wang, Peihong, Du, Hejun, Shen, Shengnan, Zhang, Mingsheng, Liu, Bo

“…The AFM image shows that the film's surface is very smooth and dense, and the surface roughness is 5.899 nm. The microcantilever (Au/Ti/ZnO/Au/Ti/SiO2/Si) based on the ZnO thin film is fabricated by micromachining techniques. …”
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Ultralow-threshold two-photon pumped amplified spontaneous emission and lasing from seeded CdSe/CdS nanorod heterostructures by Xing, Guichuan, Liao, Yile, Wu, Xiangyang, Chakrabortty, Sabyasachi, Liu, Xinfeng, Yeow, Edwin Kok Lee, Sum, Tze Chien, Chan, Yinthai

“…With an enhanced σ2, 2ASE in these heterostructures is achieved with an ultralow threshold fluence of ~1.5 mJ/cm2 – which is as much as one order less than that required for spherical semiconductor NCs. …”
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The robust estimation method for a finite mixture of Poisson mixed-effect models by Xiang, Liming, Yau, Kelvin K. W., Lee, Andy H.

“…(Xiang, L., Yau, K.K.W., Lee, A.H., Hui, Y.V., 2008. Minimum Hellinger distance estimation for k-component Poisson mixture with random effects. …”
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Enhanced charge transport properties of dye-sensitized solar cells using TiNxOy nanostructure composite photoanode by Lim, Chiew Keat, Huang, Hui, Chow, Chee Lap, Tan, Pei Yun, Chen, Xiaofeng, Tse, Man Siu, Tan, Ooi Kiang

“…The DSSCs using the composite photoanode with 5 wt % of TiNxOy particles in TiO2 showed optimum conversion efficiency with a 25.6% improvement over the conventional DSSCs using only the mesoporous TiO2 layer as photoanode. …”
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"You know, what is overspending" : working with compulsive buying : a critical discursive account by Parnes, Harriette Sophie

“…Reviewing the extant literature yielded conflicting discourses over its similarities to other substance and behavioural addictions, and its absence from the DSM-5’s ‘behavioural addictions’ section. Rationale Opposing discourses of addiction may be taken up by therapists and can serve to both empower and victimise addicts and are thus thought to effect therapy. …”
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Limerence, hidden obsession, fixation, and rumination: a scoping review of human behaviour by Bradbury, Paula, Short, Emma, Paul, Bleakley

“…It examines cognitive disorders identifiable on the DSM-5, such as obsessive–compulsive disorders, autism spectrum disorders, and erotomania, and applies them to studies which conceptualise limerence as an obsessive behaviour. …”
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Pyrroloquinoline quinone aza-crown ether complexes as biomimetics for lanthanide and calcium dependent alcohol dehydrogenases by Vetsova, Violeta A., Fisher, Katherine R., Lumpe, Henning, Schäfer, Alexander, Schneider, Erik K., Weis, Patrik, Daumann, Lena J.

“…Here we evaluate a literature-known pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) and 1-aza-15-crown-5 based ligand platform as scaffold for Ca2+, Ba2+, La3+ and Lu3+ biomimetics of MDH and we evaluate the importance of ligand design, charge, size, counterions and base for the alcohol oxidation reaction using NMR spectroscopy. …”
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The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2024 disaggregation results and methodological note by Alkire, S, Kanagaratnam, U, Suppa, N

“…Section 4 outlines the disaggregation methodology. Section 5 outlines the principles and decisions that underlie our disaggregation work. …”

A genome-wide association study of respiratory syncytial virus infection severity in infants by Johnson, M, Chelysheva, I, Öner, D, McGinley, J, Lin, G-L, O'Connor, D, Robinson, H, Drysdale, SB, Gammin, E, Vernon, S, Muller, J, Wolfenden, H, Westcar, S, Anguvaa, L, Thwaites, RS, Bont, L, Wildenbeest, J, Martinón-Torres, F, Aerssens, J, Openshaw, PJM, Pollard, AJ

“…<p><strong> Results</strong></p> While no SNPs reached the genome-wide statistical significance threshold (P &lt; 5 × 10−8), we identified 816 candidate SNPs with a P-value of &lt;1 × 10−4. …”

Attentional control of goal directed behaviour by King, R

“…</p> <p><b>Part II:</b> Chapter 5 proposes a novel paradigm that allows better dissociation of errors associated with the breakdown of goal directed behaviour. …”

Quantum Monte Carlo study of the phase diagram of the two-dimensional uniform electron liquid by Azadi, S, Drummond, ND, Vinko, SM

“…We find that, for 1 ≤ rs ≤ 5, optimizing the backflow function at each twist lowers the twist-averaged DMC energy at finite system size. …”

A minimum area piston for compression ignition engines by Leach, F, Davy, M, Ayyapureddi, S, Pierson, S, San Primitivo Rodriguez, J, Sammut, G

“…The results show that, depending on the load conditions, a 1.5–4% decrease in fuel consumption is noted alongside, at some load conditions, an increase in exhaust temperature (providing extra enthalpy for a turbocharger). …”

A simulation study on interactions between defects in diamond by Chen, G

“…The GR1 centre in diamond is a common optical centre attributed to the neutral monovacancy of the carbon atom (<em>V</em>⁰). In this thesis, <em>ab initio</em> simulations are conducted to investigate the ground state electronic interaction between interstitial carbon and neutral monovacancy, interstitial carbon and negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy in diamond. …”

Supramolecular approaches to engineering cell signalling networks in artificial cells by Gartland, SA

“…</p> <br> <p><strong><em>Chapter 5</em></strong> outlines the experimental procedures employed in these works.…”

Highly nanocrystalline Mg doped ZnFe2O4 powders for rapid and simultaneous adsorption of lead, copper, and cadmium heavy metals ions in synthetic/sea waters by Al-Najar, B, Modwi, A, Shaikh, MN, Bououdina, M, Albuflasa, H, Hankins, NP

“…Accordingly, Mg-doped Zinc ferrite powders demonstrate considerable adsorption capacities for Pb+2 (143.5 mg/g), Cu+2 (117 mg/g), and Cd+2 (77 mg/g) within 2 h under optimized experimental conditions. …”

Dynamical Janus interface design for reversible and fast-charging zinc–iodine battery under extreme operating conditions by Zong, W, Li, J, Zhang, C, Dai, Y, Ouyang, Y, Zhang, L, Li, J, Zhang, W, Chen, R, Dong, H, Gao, X, Zhu, J, Parkin, IP, Shearing, PR, Lai, F, Amine, K, Liu, T, He, G

“…Moreover, the Zn||I2 full cells achieve a high-rate capability (217.1 mA h g–1 at 40 A g–1; C rate of 189.5C) at room temperature and enable stable cycling with a CE of more than 99% at −50 °C at a current density of 0.05 A g–1. …”

Interlocked host structures for anion recognition and lanthanide complexation by Li, X

“…The stability and photo physical properties of the resulting lanthanide complexes are investigated.</p> <p><b>Chapter 5</b> summarises the conclusions of this thesis.…”