Development of binderless particleboard from kenaf core using steam-injection pressing by Xu, Jianying, Han, Guangping, Wong, E.D., Kawai, Shuichi

“…The bending strength and IB were improved with increased steam pressure. A long steam treatment time contributed to low thickness swelling (TS) values and thus better dimensional stability. …”
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Task allocation and scheduling for distributed job execution by Guan, Yitong

“…We extend conventional max-min fairness for resource allocation in a single machine or machine cluster to distributed job execution over multiple sites and define Aggregate Max-min Fairness (AMF) which requires the aggregate resource allocation across all sites to be max-min fair. …”
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Automated teller machines in Singapore by Soh, Yong Chee, Phua, Alice Loo Huay, Tan,Yang Leng

“…Activation of ATMs can also be enhanced by substituting the present A TM card and PIN system with either voice recognition, retina recognition or thumbprints. …”
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Real time analysis of social behavior from video and kinect recordings by Ramasamy, Pandi Ramesh

“…Finally,analysis will be performed using pattern recognition algorithms and machine learning classifiers to detect the emotion of the subject.In this project,machine learning classifiers such as K-nearest neighbors,Naive Bayes and C4.5 Decision tree learning has been used. The prime aim is to pin point the most seemly machine learning classifier for obtaining highest accuracy for classification.…”
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Designed formation of hollow particle-based nitrogen-doped carbon nanofibers for high-performance supercapacitors by Chen, Li-Feng, Lu, Yan, Yu, Le, Lou, Xiong Wen (David)

“…Owing to its unique structural feature and the desirable chemical composition, the derived HPCNFs-N material exhibits much enhanced electrochemical properties as an electrode material for supercapacitors with remarkable specific capacitance at various current densities, high energy/power density and long cycling stability over 10 000 cycles.…”
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Phase-matching and peak nonlinearity enhanced third-harmonic generation in graphene plasmonic coupler by Wu, Tingting, Luo, Yu, Maier, Stefan A., Wei, Lei

“…Doped graphene hosts electrically tunable plasmons with long lifetimes that interact strongly with light. …”
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Complete genome sequence of Acinetobacter indicus type strain SGAir0564 isolated from tropical air collected in Singapore by Vettath, Vineeth Kodengil, Junqueira, Ana Carolina M., Uchida, Akira, Purbojati, Rikky W., Houghton, James N. I., Chénard, Caroline, Drautz-Moses, Daniela I., Wong, Anthony, Kolundžija, Sandra, Clare, Megan E., Kushwaha, Kavita K., Panicker, Deepa, Putra, Alexander, Gaultier, Nicolas E., Heinle, Cassie E., Premkrishnan, Balakrishnan N. V., Schuster, Stephan C.

“…The complete genome is 3.1 Mb and was assembled using a combination of short and long reads. The genome contains 2,808 protein-coding genes, 80 tRNAs, and 21 rRNA subunits.…”
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B-spline tight frame based force matching method by Yang, Jianbin, Zhu, Guanhua, Tong, Dudu, Lu, Lanyuan, Shen, Zuowei

“…In molecular dynamics simulations, compared with popular all-atom force field approaches, coarse-grained (CG) methods are frequently used for the rapid investigations of long time- and length-scale processes in many important biological and soft matter studies. …”
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Particle free optical imaging of flow field by liquid crystal polarization by Huang, Yi, Shinoj, Vengalathunadakal K., Wong, TeckNeng, Matham, Murukeshan Vadakke

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Tribological properties of wax microcapsule modified polymers by Ang, Ping Lon

“…The tribology test uses the Pin-On-Disk wear test method and the default tribometer settings used in this project were set at 2000m sliding distance, 40cm/s linear speed and 3N linear load. …”
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Enantiomeric glycosylated cationic block co-beta-peptides eradicate Staphylococcus aureus biofilms and antibiotic-tolerant persisters by Zhang, Kaixi, Du, Yu, Si, Zhangyong, Liu, Yang, Turvey, Michelle E., Raju, Cheerlavancha, Keogh, Damien, Ruan, Lin, Jothy, Subramanion Lachumy, Reghu, Sheethal, Marimuthu, Kalisvar, De, Partha Pratim, Ng, Oon Tek, Mediavilla, José R., Kreiswirth, Barry N., Chi, Robin Yonggui, Ren, Jinghua, Tam, Kam C., Liu, Xue-Wei, Duan, Hongwei, Zhu, Yabin, Mu, Yuguang, Hammond, Paula T., Bazan, Guillermo C., Pethe, Kevin, Chan-Park, Mary Bee Eng

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Effects of initial oxide layer on growth of titania nanotubes by Lim, Jonathan Jian Wei.

“…In this study, commercially obtained titanium foils were annealed first at different temperatures (i.e., 300°C, 400°C, 500°C, 600°C, 700°C, and 800°C) for a dwell duration of 10 min, or at same temperature of 400°C for different dwell durations (i.e., 10 min, 30 min, and 60 min), in order to form different oxide layers. …”
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Unveiling the importance of controllable growth of c-axis oriented Sn-doped ZnO nanorod arrays: Towards humidity sensing applications by Ahmad Syakirin, Ismail @ Rosdi, Mohamad Hafiz, Mamat, Ruziana, Mohamed, Embong, Z., Kossar, Shahnaz

“…Morphology images taken using a Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM) demonstrated an enlargement of the average diameter of the nanorod arrays from 55 nm at 5 min immersion to 122 nm at 200 min immersion. The cross-sectional and surface elemental analysis showed that the sample immersed for 60 min has the highest detection of Sn, with a bulk concentration of 1.8 at.% and surface concentration of 1 at.%. …”
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SPICES: spectro-polarimetric imaging and characterization of exoplanetary systems. by Boccaletti, Anthony, Schneider, Jean, Traub, Wes, Lagage, Pierre-Olivier, Stam, Daphne, Gratton, Raffaele, Trauger, John, Cahoy, Kerri, Snik, Frans, Baudoz, Pierre, Galicher, Raphael, Reess, Jean-Michel, Mawet, Dimitri, Augereau, Jean-Charles, Patience, Jenny, Kuchner, Marc, Wyatt, Mark, Pantin, Eric, Maire, Anne-Lise, Vérinaud, Christophe

“…Its purpose is to image and characterize long-period extrasolar planets and circumstellar disks in the visible (450-900 nm) at a spectral resolution of about 40 using both spectroscopy and polarimetry. …”
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The enhancer RNA ARIEL activates the oncogenic transcriptional program in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia by Tan, Shi Hao, Leong, Wei Zhong, Ngoc, Phuong Cao Thi, Tan, Tze King, Bertulfo, Fatima Carla, Lim, Mei Chee, An, Omer, Li, Zhenhua, Yeoh, Allen Eng Juh, Tenen, Daniel G., Sanda, Takaomi, Fullwood, Melissa Jane

“…Here, we elucidated the molecular functions of the noncoding RNA, ARID5B-inducing enhancer associated long noncoding RNA (ARIEL), in T-ALL pathogenesis. …”
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1D to 3D hierarchical iron selenide hollow nanocubes assembled from FeSe2@C core-shell nanorods for advanced sodium ion batteries by Fan, Haosen, Yu, Hong, Zhang, Yufei, Guo, Jing, Wang, Zhen, Wang, Hao, Zhao, Ning, Zheng, Yun, Du, Chengfeng, Dai, Zhengfei, Yan, Qingyu, Xu, Jian

“…When used as anode materials for sodium ion batteries, the hierarchically hollow nanocubes showed excellent rate performance and ultra-stable long-term cycling stability at a high current density of 10 A g−1, suggesting a good sodium-ion storage material. …”
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Construction of a stable lithium sulfide membrane to greatly confine polysulfides for high performance lithium – sulfur batteries by Wu, Chao, Guo, Chunxian, Wu, JingGao, Ai, Wei, Yu, Ting, Li, Chang Ming

“…The membrane offers unique and selective channels which allow only ions/small sulfides to pass through and confine polysulfide transport, restricting the shuttle effect, and thus providing a large capacity of 685 mA h g−1 at 1C and a long-lasting cycling stability (0.03% capacity decay per cycle). …”
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Few-layer NiPS3 nanosheets as bifunctional materials for Li-ion storage and oxygen evolution reaction by Dangol, Raksha, Dai, Zhengfei, Chaturvedi, Apoorva, Zheng, Yun, Zhang, Yu, Dinh, Khang Ngoc, Li, Bing, Zong, Yun, Yan, Qingyu

“…As for the OER, the exfoliated few-layer NiPS3 nanosheets have demonstrated excellent electrocatalytic performance, such as a low overpotential of 301 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm−2, a small Tafel slope of 43 mV dec−1, and an outstanding long-term durability. This work is expected to make a contribution to develop next generation high-performance electrochemically active materials for catalysts and batteries.…”
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G-quadruplex structure of an anti-proliferative DNA sequence by Do, Ngoc Quang, Chung, Wan Jun, Truong, Thi Hong Anh, Heddi, Brahim, Phan, Anh Tuân

“…AGRO100 (also known as AS1411) is a G-rich oligonucleotide that has long been established as a potent anti-cancer aptamer. …”
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System crash as dynamics of complex networks by Yu, Yi, Xiao, Gaoxi, Zhou, Jie, Wang, Yubo, Wang, Zhen, Kurths, Jürgen, Schellnhuber, Hans Joachim

“…It remains rather puzzling why some systems, appearing to be doomed to fail, manage to survive for a long time whereas some other systems, which seem to be too big or too strong to fail, crash rapidly. …”
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