Mechanistic study and applications of lanthanide-based upconversion nanomaterials by Wei, Wei

“…Owing to the unique spectroscopic properties of lanthanide (Ln) elements, the successful employment of lanthanide-based upconversion (UC) nanomaterials as luminescent biolabels heralds a new era of bioimaging technology. …”
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Preparation of plasmonic metal / semiconductor hybrid nanostructures : Ag @ TiO2 @ Cu2O nanoprisms by Yong, Si Jie

“…Hybrid plasmonic metal / oxide semiconductor core-shell nanostructures have garnered extensive attention owing to their unique properties and limitless potential applications. …”
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Effect of abutment width on scour hole characteristics around abutment in compound channel by Lian, Lian

“…This study investigates the effect of width of 〖45〗^owing wall abutment and time on scour hole characteristics and maximum scour depth. …”
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Isolation, identification, and characteristics of local yeast isolates with proteolytic capability obtained from traditional processed Indonesian duck eggs by Pratama, Andry, Gumilar, Jajang, Putranto, Wendry S., Rukayadi, Yaya

“…Yeast has a great biotechnological potential owing to its extracellular enzymatic activity. Therefore, it is important to study yeast species, especially those from food sources and the environment. …”
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High-voltage IR-UWB pulse generator MMIC design and beamforming for indoor-ranging and radar applications by Hussain Ansari Md Arif

“…The proposed circuit is optimized for the highest possible output peak-power in the 3-5 GHz UWB band. The presented design is fully utilizing the existing 2 µm GaAs HBT cascode pair configuration, which significantly increases the output voltage swing while reducing the total power consumption. …”
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Driving Miss Norma : AN INSPIRATIONAL STORY ABOUT WHAT REALLY MATTERS AT THE END OF LIFE / by Bauerschmidt, Tim, author 655967, Liddle,Ramie, author 655968

“…But instead of confining herself to a hospital bed for what could be her last stay, Miss Norma - newly widowed after nearly seven decades of marriage - rose to her full height of five feet and told the doctor, "I'm ninety years old. …”

Sense of familiarity : improving older adults' adaptation to exergames by Zhang, Hao

“…To evaluate the familiarity level of exergames, we propose a novel familiarity model with five factors, namely prior experience, positive emotion, repeated time, level of processing, and retention rate. …”
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Development of high performance Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol for wireless ad-hoc network by Phang, Jian Kai.

“…Several surveys are done on various MAC protocols and five of them with high throughput enhancement are focused in this report. …”
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回艺 (huí yì) : exploring art-based life review to support the relocation process for seniors with dementia in nursing homes by Tan, Chao Min

“…Qualitative interview data collected were analysed. Five themes emerged and were grouped into the three main phases of the relocation process: Preinstitutionalisation, Transition, and Post-institutionalisation. …”
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The Japanese economy in crises : a time series segmentation study by Cheong, Siew Ann, Fornia, Robert Paulo, Lee, Gladys Hui Ting, Kok, Jun Liang, Yim, Woei Shyr, Xu, Danny Yuan, Zhang, Yiting

“…We constructed the minimum spanning trees (MSTs) to visualize the Pearson cross correlations between Japanese industries over five macroeconomic periods: (i) 1997–1999 (Asian Financial Crisis), (ii) 2000–2002 (Technology Bubble Crisis), (iii) 2003–2006 (economic growth), (iv) 2007–2008 (Subprime Crisis), and (v) 2008–2010 (Lehman Brothers Crisis). …”
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Spouse and partner immigration to the United Kingdom: history and current issues in British immigration policy by Hutton, J

“…The effect of laws and policies in the above five countries on same-sex and queer couples is also examined;</li> <li>Explain how the fact that marriage has become a political and a security issue derails or reinforces the theorization of rights and citizenship in Western liberal democracies.…”

A menu of standards for green infrastructure in England: effective and equitable or a race to the bottom? by Grace, M, Smith, A, Mell, I, Houghton, J, Neal, P

“…We show how existing standards and guidelines were curated into a comprehensive framework consisting of a Core Menu and five Headline Standards. This moved beyond simplistic metrics such as total green space, to deliver GI that meets five key ‘descriptive principles’: accessible, connected, locally distinctive, multi-functional and varied, and thus delivers 5 ‘benefits principles’: places that are nature rich and beautiful, active and healthy, thriving and prosperous, resilient and climate positive, and with improved water management. …”

Stability analysis of dual solutions for boundary layer stagnation point flow over a shrinking sheet with suction by Ismail, Nurul Syuhada

“…This thesis studies some problems in stagnation point region by considering five problem in different situation. The five problems considered are stagnation point flow over exponentially shrinking sheet, stagnation point flow over shrinking sheet in homogeneoues heterogeneous reactions, MHD stagnation point flow over shrinking sheet, MHD stagnation point flow over shrinking sheet in nanofluid and unsteady MHD stagnation point flow over shrinking sheet. …”
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Innocent Until Proven Guilty: Addressing Problem of Criminal Investigation in Pakistan by Ghani, Abdul, Ayub, Zainal Amin, Mat Rus, Mukhriz

“…Some of the filed cases out of ninety-five (95) have been analyzed in detail, while the rest of the murder cases filed in district Multan, have been generalized to support qualitative findings quantitatively. …”
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Transparent, flexible, all-reduced graphene oxide thin film transistors by He, Qiyuan, Wu, Shixin, Gao, Shuang, Cao, Xiehong, Yin, Zongyou, Li, Hai, Chen, Peng, Zhang, Hua

“…Owing to their unique thickness-dependent electronic properties, together with perfect flexibility and transparency, graphene and its relatives make fantastic material for use in both active channel and electrodes in various electronic devices. …”
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The capabilities of Multiclass Support Vector Machine (MSVM) training algorithms in grading agarwood essential oil by Anis Hazirah ‘Izzati H., Al-Hadi, Siti Mariatul Hazwa, Mohd Huzir, Nurlaila, Ismail, Zakiah, Mohd Yusoff, Saiful Nizam, Tajuddin, Mohd Nasir, Taib

“…The findings of this paper show the confusion matrix for five grades and six grades have no mismatch between actual and predicted data. …”
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Formulation, optimization and characterization of palm kernel oil esters nanoemulsion system containing sodium diclofenac by Rezaee, Malahat

“…Opt.F and F-2 had the higher percentage of drug release. Five different terpenes based on the different chemical structure in five different concentrations were chosen as enhancer in Opt.F. …”
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Catalytic deoxygenation of waste cooking oil for sustainable bio-jet fuel: A comparative study of Ni-Co/SBA-15 and Ni-Co/SBA-15-SH catalysts by Razak, Noor Azira Abdul, Taufiq-Yap, Yun Hin, Derawi, Darfizzi

“…Indeed, the 5Ni5Co/SBA-15-SH catalyst showed superior performance of deoxygenation activity by producing 80 % of yield with 92 % of bio-jet selectivity, owing to the porous properties of the catalyst, which exhibits a substantial surface area (509 m2/g) and a significant pore size (4.4 nm). …”
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Additive manufacturing of electrochemical interfaces : simultaneous detection of biomarkers by Ho, Eugene Hong Zhuang, Ambrosi, Adriano, Pumera, Martin

“…A real sample analysis of Vitamin C tablet (500 mg), Vitacimin was conducted using the 3D-printed Au electrode obtaining a variation from claimed concentration of ascorbic acid of only about 0.5%. Therefore, electrodes fabricated by 3D printing would certainly represent a viable alternative to conventional electrodes for efficient electrochemical analysis in the future.…”
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High-performance one-dimensional halide perovskite crossbar memristors and synapses for neuromorphic computing by Vishwanath, Sujaya Kumar, Febriansyah, Benny, Ng, Si En, Das, Tisita, Acharya, Jyotibdha, John, Rohit Abraham, Sharma, Divyam, Dananjaya, Putu Andhita, Jagadeeswararao, Metikoti, Tiwari, Naveen, Kulkarni, Mohit Ramesh Chandra, Lew, Wen Siang, Chakraborty, Sudip, Basu, Arindam, Mathews, Nripan

“…This consequently facilitates the demonstration of accurate handwritten digit recognition from the MNIST database based on spike-timing-dependent plasticity of halide perovskite memristive synapses.…”
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