Infection spreading, detection and control in community networks by Yu, Yi, Xiao, Gaoxi

“…When infection detection and controlling methods such as link rewiring are adopted, the existence of community structures steadily helps improve the efficiency of infection detection and control, though having too many communities may not necessarily bring along additional benefits.…”
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Postural stability in cyclists by Preece, Mia, Grainger, Karl, Starrs, Paul

“…Methods: 42 adults (53 ± 7 y), RC N = 14, MTB N = 14, and CN N = 14, balanced with eyes closed in five stances as instructed by the SWAY app on a mobile phone held to the chest, which gave the mean of five stances as a total balance score. …”
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Experimental studies of melting PCM in a heat sink by Muhammad Azrin Sa'ad.

“…The heat sink design that was the focus of this study is based on the pin finned heat sink design. Experiments mainly pertaining to the characteristics of the melting PCM in the heat sinks were observed and recorded to further understand the behaviours and characteristics of the melting PCM. …”
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Annotated bacterial chromosomes from frame-shift-corrected long-read metagenomic data by Arumugam, Krithika, Bağcı, Caner, Bessarab, Irina, Beier, Sina, Buchfink, Benjamin, Górska, Anna, Qiu, Guanglei, Huson, Daniel H., Williams, Rohan B. H.

“…Results : We demonstrate that whole bacterial chromosomes can be obtained from an enriched community, by application of MinION sequencing to a sample from an EBPR bioreactor, producing 6 Gb of sequence that assembles into multiple closed bacterial chromosomes. …”
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Hybrid biometric authentication for automatic teller machine by Arokiasamy, Steven R., Tomal, Md Raihanul Islam, Moorthy, Kohbalan, Mohd Daud, Kauthar

“…Unlike traditional password or PIN-based methods, biometric authentication uses unique physical characteristics, such as fingerprints, to verify identity. …”
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Strain differences in Blastocystis isolates as detected by a single set of polymerase chain reaction primers by Init, I., Mak, J.W., Lokman Hakim, S., Yong, H.S.

“…The amplification product revealed five types of pattern. All four isolates from Singapore yielded PCR products quite different from those of the local isolates. …”

Evaluating efficiency of nondestructive detection of flaws in concrete by Sutan, N. Mohamed, Jaafar, M.S.

“…Tests have been performed to assess feasibility of using the impact-echo method (IEM) and ultrasonic pulse velocity method (UPVM) in detecting flaws and evaluating their depths on the early stage of a concrete structure's service life. Five reinforced concrete (RC) slabs of grades 25, 30, 40, and 50 with fabricated voids at known locations were studied on the 3rd, 7th, 14th, and 28th day. …”

Design of a dual band planar inverted-F antenna for GMS/DCS mobile handset by Fang, Jun

“…This project involved the study of size miniaturization of microstrip antenna techniques: shorting pin and shorting wall, loading, shorted spiral printed antenna and stacked shorted patch antenna are fully discussed.…”
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Study on the wear characteristics of aluminium metal matrix composite with 15% Al2O3 and 20% Al2O3 by Chua, Swu Chun.

“…The objective of this dissertation was to study the wear characteristics and behaviour of aluminium metal matrix composite materials (MMCs), namely Duralcan 286 and Duralcan 284 as a pin material when mated against three types of dics materials.…”
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Dry machining of inconel 718 by Leong, Ceng Yew

“…In this project, all these results were obtained and studied. Five different cutting inserts were chosen to perform turning on Inconel 718 without coolant using computer numerical control (CNC) cutting machine. …”
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Synapsin Isoforms Regulating GABA Release from Hippocampal Interneurons by Song, Sang-Ho, Augustine, George James

“…In situ hybridization indicated that five different synapsin isoforms are expressed in hippocampal interneurons. …”
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Model of motivational forces influencing academic achievement among secondary school students through the mediation of flow by Syed Mustafa, Sharifah Muzila

“…The five variables were future targets, achievement desire, learning value, mastery goal and learning regulation. …”
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Experimental and numerical investigations of hot-rolled stainless steel channel section columns susceptible to flexural buckling by Li, Shuai, Zhang, Lulu, Liang, Yating, Zhao, Ou

“…A thorough testing and numerical modelling programme has been conducted to investigate the minor-axis flexural buckling behaviour and resistances of pin-ended hot-rolled stainless steel channel section columns. …”
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Addressing Unmet Clinical Needs with UV Bioadhesives by O’Rorke, Richard D., Pokholenko, Oleksandr, Gao, Feng, Cheng, Ting, Shah, Ankur, Mogal, Vishal, Steele, Terry W. J.

“…Activated bioadhesives, on the other hand, allow control of when and where a bioadhesive cross-links and, in some cases, the extent of cross-linking. …”
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Development of a novel methodology for ascertaining scientific opinion and extent of agreement by Vickers, P, Adamo, L, Alfano, M, Clark, C, Cresto, E, Cui, H, Dang, H, Dellsén, F, Dupin, N, Gradowski, L, Graf, S, Guevara, A, Hallap, M, Hamilton, J, Hardey, M, Helm, P, Landrum, A, Levy, N, Machery, E, Mills, S, Muller, S, Sheppard, J, N. K., S, Slater, M

“…The novel methodology employed sees local coordinators, at each institution in the network, sending survey invitation emails internally to scientists at their home institution. The emails link to a ‘10 second survey’, where the participant is presented with a single statement to consider, and a standard five-point Likert scale. …”

Recent advances in ultrasensitive electrochemical sensors and biosensors for determination of antibiotics in environment samples by Zheng, Alvin Lim Teik, Teo, Ellie Yi Lih, Yiu, Pang Hung, Boonyuen, Supakorn, Chung, Eric Lim Teik, Andou, Yoshito

“…This review seeks to offer an in-depth overview of the recent progress achieved in the past five years in detecting different antibiotics using a range of electrochemical sensors. …”

Measuring membrane capacitance during a depolarizing stimulus by Chen, Peng., Gillis, Kevin., Xue, Renhao., Pui, Tze Sian.

“…It is critical to resolve the highly dynamic kinetic steps along the molecular cascade of exocytosis in order to pin down the specific actions of regulatory molecules and eventually decipher this complex and fundamental process.…”
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Relations between aggression, social cognition, and physiological response in a proactive aggression condition. by Chan, Wei Teng.

“…This study aims to investigate (1) how trait-RA and trait-PA differ from each other in terms of their social-cognitive and physiological correlates, and (2) how trait aggression, socialcognitive, and physiological correlates relate to the behavioral aggressive responses in an experiment where participants’ proactive aggression was aroused. Forty-five undergraduates (18 males, 27 females, Mage = 21.18 years old) participated in this study. …”
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Cultural self-awareness as awareness of culture's influence on the self : implications for cultural identification and well-being by Lu, Chieh, Wan, Ching

“…Study 4 provided a specific cultural context for the well-being measures and replicated the findings of Studies 2 and 3. Implications on the link between culture and self were discussed.…”
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Modelling and frequency response analysis of permanent magnet synchronous machine with battery energy storage system by Henri

“…This project researches on the dc-link side of the double-star PMSM drive with battery energy storage system. …”
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