Extracellular nucleic acids in monochloraminated drinking water distribution systems by Bairoliya, Sakcham

“…Removal of extracellular nucleic acids could make the monitoring of the DWDS microbiome more reliable, but at the same time, it might relay information that has previously not been considered. The objective of the study is to explore the occurrence, extraction, and quantification of extracellular nucleic acids in the DWDS. …”
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ESBL and AmpC β-lactamase encoding genes in E. coli from pig and pig farm workers in Vietnam and their association with mobile genetic elements by Hounmanou, Yaovi Mahuton Gildas, Bortolaia, Valeria, Dang, Son Thi Thanh, Truong, Duong, Olsen, John E., Dalsgaard, Anders

“…In three strains, we observed a novel bla CTX-M-27 harboring IncF type of plasmid which had not been reported before. Its closest reference in NCBI was the non-ESBL Salmonella Typhimurium plasmid pB71 that might have experienced an insertion of bla CTX-M-27. …”
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Correlation between GNSS-TEC and eruption magnitude supports the use of ionospheric sensing to complement volcanic hazard assessment by Manta, Fabio, Occhipinti, Giovanni, Hill, Emma M., Perttu, Anna, Assink, Jelle, Taisne, Benoit

“…Satellite-based remote sensing has been used to complement volcano monitoring and risk assessment for volcanic ash, but this technique is often limited by weather conditions. …”
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Modulation and control strategies for neutral-point-clamped converters by Beniwal, Neha

“…Finally, this thesis summarizes the work that has been done and presents some directions for future research.…”
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Tracking oxidation-induced alterations in fibrin clot formation by NMR-based methods by Lau, Wai-Hoe, White, Nathan J., Yeo, Tsin Wen, Gruen, Russell L., Pervushin, Konstantin

“…However, experimental evidence explaining how HOCl oxidation impairs fibrinogen structure and function has not been demonstrated. We utilized polymerization studies and two dimensional-nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry (2D-NMR) to investigate the hypothesis that HOCl oxidation alters fibrinogen conformation and T₂ relaxation time of water protons in the fibrin gels. …”
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Atypical DNA methylation, sRNA-size distribution, and female gametogenesis in Utricularia gibba by Cervantes-Pérez, Sergio Alan, Yong-Villalobos, Lenin, Florez-Zapata, Nathalia M. V., Oropeza-Aburto, Araceli, Rico-Reséndiz, Félix, Amasende-Morales, Itzel, Lan, Tianying, Martínez, Octavio, Vielle-Calzada, Jean Philippe, Albert, Victor A., Herrera-Estrella, Luis

“…Genome-wide DNA methylation levels have been reported to correlate with genome size. However, little is known about the catalog of noncoding RNAs and the impact on DNA methylation in small plant genomes with reduced noncoding regions. …”
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Conditional prosociality in development: deconstructing social and materialistic factors that modulate early prosocial behavior by Lee, Kristy Jia Jin

“…Cost was operationalized as the time and effort expended on providing help to the victim of a moral transgression, that could otherwise have been used to earn a reward from a productive task. …”
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Coacervates derived from mussel foot proteins by Guo, Qi

“…Biomimetics has inspired the development of various advanced technologies and novel materials, in which mussel adhesion has been regarded as a practical strategy to investigate the underwater adhesives with robust wet adhesion capacities attributed to the abundant post-translationally modified amino acid l-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (Dopa) in mussel foot proteins (Mfps). …”
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Intelligent agent design for persuading the elderly to adopt a healthy lifestyle by Yu, Xinjia

“…Extensive user studies (n=62) have been conducted in this thesis to support the effectiveness of our proposed model and agent design in both communication engagement and persuasion effectiveness. …”
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Multi-sensor calibration and multi-modal perception for intelligent systems by Zhang, Jun

“…Thirdly, for the extrinsic calibration between a non-repetitive scanning 3D LiDAR and a thermal camera, limited work has been performed. Thus, ThermalVoxCalib is proposed. …”
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论新加坡对红头巾和印度建筑工的态度 = A case study of Singapore government and Singaporeans' attitude towards Samsui women and Indian construction workers by 颜莉娜 Gan, Linda

“…Samsui Women worked in Singapore’s construction sites during the early 20th Century and have contributed to Singapore’s nation building during Singapore’s founding years. Samsui Women have been adored by many Singaporeans due to their good qualities such as independence and perseverance. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 accessory protein 7b forms homotetramers in detergent by Surya, Wahyu, Queralt-Martin, Maria, Mu, Yuguang, Aguilella, Vicente M., Torres, Jaume

“…Also, anti-p7b antibodies have been found in the sera of SARS-CoV convalescent patients. …”
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Selective laser melting of ceramic particles strengthened stainless steel by Zhai, Wengang

“…Yield strength of wrought 316L can be as low as 170 MPa according to ASTM A240. Efforts have been made to fabricate ceramic particles strengthened stainless steel composites. …”
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A 1.3-micrometre-thick elastic conductor for seamless on-skin and implantable sensors by Jiang, Zhi, Chen, Nuan, Yi, Zhigao, Zhong, Junwen, Zhang, Feilong, Ji, Shaobo, Liao, Rui, Wang, Yan, Li, Haicheng, Liu, Zhihua, Wang, Yang, Yokota, Tomoyuki, Liu, Xiaogang, Fukuda, Kenjiro, Chen, Xiaodong, Someya, Takao

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Development of novel electrospun nanofibrous scaffold with nanomaterials for target adsorption in different applications by Lim, Huai Xun

“…With the concerning rise in pollution of waters threatening the critical sources of clean water, tremendous amounts of efforts had been put into the research and development of water treatment technologies, inexhaustive of conventional municipal water treatment, to ion-exchange, electrolysis or biological treatment, membrane technology is one of the most energy efficient processes to remove targeted solutes from water. …”
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Effect of surface albedo of urban fabrics on urban climate in tropical area by Long, Yongping

“…With urbanization, the original rural landscapes have been replaced by artificial infrastructures, which decrease the effective albedo in urban areas. …”
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Perceived inequality in society may not motivate increased food intake in the absence of personal socioeconomic disadvantage by Cheon, Bobby K., Low, Xenia, Wijaya, Darren Jeffian, Lee, Albert

“…Background: Greater levels of socioeconomic inequality across societies have been associated with higher rates of obesity and cardiometabolic disease. …”
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Learning to generalize to new tasks/domains with limited data by Peng, Danni

“…The goal of Artificial Intelligence (AI) research is to develop a system that not only performs tasks comparably to humans (e.g., understanding language and vision) but also learns new tasks similarly to humans. While the former has been well-achieved with the recent advances of large AI models, the latter still remains a challenge for AI researchers. …”
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Deep generative modeling for image synthesis and manipulation by Yu, Yingchen

“…With the recent advance of GANs, GAN-based methods have been widely explored for deterministic image inpainting. …”
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Dynamic altruistic cooperation within breast tumors by Muhammad Sufyan Bin Masroni, Lee, Kee Wah, Lee, Victor Kwan Min, Ng, Siok Bian, Law, Chao Teng, Poon, Kok Siong, Lee, Bernett Teck Kwong, Liu, Zhehao, Tan, Yuen Peng, Chng, Wee Ling, Tucker, Steven, Ngo, Lynette Su-Mien, Yip, George Wai Cheong, Nga, Min En, Hue, Susan Swee Shan, Putti, Thomas Choudary, Bay, Boon Huat, Lin, Qingsong, Zhou, Lihan, Hartman, Mikael, Loh, Tze Ping, Lakshmanan, Manikandan, Lee, Sook Yee, Tergaonkar, Vinay, Chua, Huiwen, Lee, Adeline Voon Hui, Yeo, Eric Yew Meng, Li, Mo-Huang, Chang, Chan Fong, Kee, Zizheng, Tan, Karen Mei-Ling, Tan, Soo Yong, Koay, Evelyn Siew-Chuan, Archetti, Marco, Leong, Sai Mun

“…Such behaviors are widely exemplified in nature but have been underexplored in cancer cells which are conventionally seen as selfish competitive players. …”
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