Greenly prepared antimicrobial cotton fabrics using bioactive agents from Cupressaceae pods by Syed, Murtaza Haider, Mior Ahmad Khushairi, Mohd Zahari, Qutaba, Syed, Norhayati, Abdullah, Syed, Lubna, Abro, Zamir Ahmed

“….% concentration, 140°C and pH 7.5. The treated fabrics were tested in the presence and absence of a binder using the standard washing method ISO 105-C10:2006. …”
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Effect of alkalization time on the toughness and strength of jute sack waste lamina composite as an alternative car bumper material by Heri, Yudiono, Siregar, Januar Parlaungan, Sarwi, Asri, Hanif, Hidayat, Chikam, David Badi’ul, Aprilian, Johan Andric, Toni Agung, Supriyadi, Cionita, Tezara, Deni Fajar Fitriyana, .

“…The fiber immersion time is 24 hours, 48 hours, and 72 hours when using a 5% NaOH concentration. Epoxy resin serves as a composite matrix, specifically epoxy resin and epoxy hardener. …”
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Sustainable food packaging biodegradable Carboxymethyl cellulose films reinforced with green-synthesized ZNO nanoparticles from pineapple waste by Hossain, Md. Sanower, Nur Iznin Hanis, Mohd Azhar, Nurul Aini, Mohd Azman, Jun Haslinda, Shariffuddin

“…Key steps included preparing ZnONP powder and formulating ZnONP-CMC (ZCMC) (1.0% w/v) solutions for film fabrication. The nanocomposites were characterized using FTIR, XRD, SEM–EDX, TGA, and DSC to assess structural integrity and thermal stability. …”
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Wettability modification of glass surfaces by deposition of transparent conducting oxides using laser texturing by Abdul Fattah, Mohamad Tahir, Syarifah Nur Aqida, Syed Ahmad, Izwan, Ismail

“…From statistical analysis, the hatch spacing contributed up to 94.1% of the variation in water contact angle, followed by frequency (5.7%) and hatch pattern (0.2%). The modified glass surface demonstrated the ability to produce tunable wettability by altering its surface topography and surface chemistry using TCO.…”
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Systematic literature review: Lean ergonomics analysis in small & medium enterprises (SMEs) manufacturing sector by Norhana, Mohd Aripin, Fatimah, Mahmud, Lee, Khai Loon, Hussain, Suhaidah

“…The findings reveal several key points: (1) SMEs commonly implement ergonomics principles addressing awkward postures, repetitive movements, manual material handling, hand-wrist postures, excessive reach, grip strength, and prolonged standing; (2) Lean principles such as SMED, 5S, standardized work, TPM, VSM, and kanban positively impact ergonomics; (3) Various ergonomics assessment methods, including REBA, RULA, HFE, JSI, KIM, OCRA, and Shoaf’s model, are recommended for future research and practical application; (4) Ergonomics can underpin lean transformation efforts, with Lean Manufacturing (LM) contributing to reduced ergonomics risks. …”
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End-to-end simulation of high-contrast imaging systems: methods and results for the PICTURE mission family by Douglas, Ewan S., Hewawasam, Kuravi, Mendillo, Christopher B., Cahoy, Kerri L, Cook, Timothy A., Finn, Susanna C. Finn, Howe, Glenn A., Kuchner, Marc, J., Lewis, Nikole K., Marinan, Anne D., Mawet, Dimitri, Chakrabarti, Supriya

“…The rocket mission employs an on-axis 0.5m Gregorian telescope, while the balloon flights will share an unobstructed off-axis 0.6m Gregorian. …”
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Climate projections for Himalaya–Tibetan Highland by Bhuyan, Debi P., Salunke, Popat, Chadha, Meera

“…The MM8 was considered to perform the future projections, it is noted that the future projections show a widespread warming of 0.6–0.9°C decade−1 and an increased precipitation of 0.3–0.5 mm day−1decade−1 across the Himalayan foothills and southeastern parts of HTH by the end of the twenty-first century under the worst case scenario (SSP585). …”
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Assessing compounding climate-related stresses and development pathways on the power sector in the central U.S. by Gurgel, Angelo Costa, Reilly, John, Morris, Jennifer, Schlosser, C. Adam, Gao, Xiang, Yuan, Mei, Tapia-Ahumada, Karen

“…Potential supply gaps range from 5% in the North Central region under mild changes in climate to 21% in the Lakes-Mid Atlantic region under more severe climate change. …”
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OCT Intensity of the Region between Outer Retina Band 2 and Band 3 as a Biomarker for Retinal Degeneration and Therapy by Zeng, Yong, Gao, Shasha, Li, Yichao, Marangoni, Dario, De Silva, Tharindu, Wong, Wai T., Chew, Emily Y., Sun, Xun, Li, Tiansen, Sieving, Paul A., Qian, Haohua

“…This study investigated the outer retina band (ORB) pattern and reflective intensity for the region between bands 2 and 3 (Dip) in three mouse models of inherited retinal degeneration (Rs1KO, TTLL5KO, RPE65KO) and in human AMD patients from the A2A database. …”
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Explicit Two-Sided Unique-Neighbor Expanders by Hsieh, Jun-Ting, McKenzie, Theo, Mohanty, Sidhanth, Paredes, Pedro

“…Additionally, we can also guarantee that subsets of vertices of size up to exp(Ω(√log|V(Gn)|)) expand losslessly.…”
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Do behavioral drivers matter for healthcare decision-making during crises? A study of low-income women in El Salvador during the COVID-19 pandemic by Lara, Pedro B., Daga, Giuliana, Kossuth, Lajos, Boo, Florencia L.

“…Locus of control was also associated with women’s use of preventive health services (one standard deviation improves the likelihood of having a hypertension test in the last six months by 5.8 percentage points). In a sub-sample of mothers, we find significant relationships between the four behavioral drivers and the decisions the mothers make for their children. …”
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Positively-Coated Nanofiltration Membranes for Lithium Recovery from Battery Leachates and Salt-Lakes: Ion Transport Fundamentals and Module Performance by Foo, Zi Hao, Liu, Suwei, Kanias, Lucy, Lee, Trent R., Heath, Samuel M., Tomi, Yasuhiro, Miyabe, Tomotsugu, Keten, Sinan, Lueptow, Richard M., Lienhard, John H.

“…For NMC leachates, the coated membranes achieve permeate lithium purity exceeding 99.5%, yielding enhanced permeate quality with minor increases in energy demands.…”
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Dissolving the segmentation of a shared mobility market: A framework and four market structure designs by Guo, Xiaotong, Qu, Ao, Zhang, Hongmou, Noursalehi, Peyman, Zhao, Jinhua

“…In the meantime, customers receive better services with on-average 5.4\% shorter waiting time. At the end of the paper, the feasibility of implementation for each proposed market structure is discussed.…”
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Intraday adaptation to extreme temperatures in outdoor activity by Fan, Yichun, Wang, Jianghao, Obradovich, Nick, Zheng, Siqi

“…We find that hourly temperatures above 30 °C and 35 °C depress outdoor leisure activities by 5% (95% confidence interval, CI 3–7%) and by 13% (95% CI 10–16%) respectively. …”
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Investigating the Illusion of Wetness: Cold Dry Stimuli in Sensory Perception by Ozor-Ilo, Ozioma

“…The results from the first two experiments showed that the difference threshold averaged 0.9 °C/s -1.06 °C/s at a reference value of 0. 5 °C/s. For perceiving wetness, the threshold averaged 1.08 °C/s - 1.41 °C/s. …”
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The Mapping Imaging Spectrometer for Europa (MISE) by Blaney, Diana L., Hibbitts, Karl, Diniega, Serina, Davies, Ashley G., Clark, Roger N., Green, Robert O., Hedman, Matthew, Langevin, Yves, Lunine, Jonathan, McCord, Thomas B., Murchie, Scott, Paranicas, Chris, Seelos, Frank, Soderblom, Jason M., Cable, Morgan L.

“…MISE will detect illumination from 0.8 to 5 μm with 10 nm spectral resolution, a spatial sampling of 25 m per pixel at 100 km altitude, and 300 cross-track pixels, enabling discrimination among the two principal states of water ice on Europa, identification of the main non-ice components of interest: salts, acids, and organics, and detection of trace materials as well as some thermal signatures. …”
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Inhibitory Potential of the Truncated Isoforms on Glutamate Transporter Oligomerization Identified by Computational Analysis of Gene-Centric Isoform Maps by Karagöl, Alper, Karagöl, Taner, Li, Mengke, Zhang, Shuguang

“…Additionally, self-assembly dynamics observed in truncated isoforms mimicking canonical TM5 helices indicate a potential protective role against unwanted interactions with canonical transporters. …”
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Microbial methanogenesis fueled by freshwater infiltration and oil biodegradation in the Siljan impact structure, Sweden by van Dam, Femke, Kietäväinen, Riikka, Westmeijer, George, Reinhardt, Manuel, Ono, Shuhei, Dopson, Mark, Ketzer, Marcelo, McIntosh, Jennifer C., Drake, Henrik

“…The presence of C2 to C5 hydrocarbons suggested a minor thermogenic input in the gas mix. …”
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Domain Adversarial Convolutional Neural Network Improves the Accuracy and Generalizability of Wearable Sleep Assessment Technology by Nunes, Adonay S., Patterson, Matthew R., Gerstel, Dawid, Khan, Sheraz, Guo, Christine C., Neishabouri, Ali

“…Compared to commonly used sleep algorithms, this model resulted in the smallest error in wake after sleep onset (MAE of 48.7, Cole–Kripke of 86.2, Sadeh of 108.2, z-angle of 57.5) and sleep efficiency (MAE of 11.8, Cole–Kripke of 18.4, Sadeh of 23.3, z-angle of 9.3) outcomes. …”
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Effects of provision on non-audit services on audit lag : test of the knowledge spillover hypothesis. by Low, Jeremy Peng Mun., Lew, Zining., Tse, Man Yee.

“…This is the first study to use fee and audit lag data to attempt an analysis of knowledge spillover. Our sample comprises 5,495 companies listed on the major stock exchanges in the United States spanning 2000 to 2003 and is the largest sample study on knowledge spillover or audit lag. …”
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