Enhancing fouling mitigation of submerged flat-sheet membranes by vibrating 3D-spacers by Tan, Yong Zen, Mao, Ziming, Zhang, Yanjun, Tan, Wen See, Chong, Tzyy Haur, Wu, Bing, Chew, Jia Wei

“…Furthermore, two types of wave-like spacers were designed based on CFD simulation, in which perforation were placed on the spacer in order to enhance shear rate and provide a path for the back transport of foulants into the bulk feed. The MF membrane tests showed that the presence of either big holes (2 mm diameter) or small holes (1 mm diameter) could not benefit to reduce membrane fouling at a lower permeate flux (20 L/m² h), but the presence of small holes significantly improved membrane performance at a higher permeate flux (40 and 60 L/m² h).…”
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Performance enhancement of ultrafiltration membrane via simple deposition of polymer-based modifiers by Tian, Miao, Wang, Rong, Goto, Atsushi, Mao, Weijia, Miyoshi, Yasuyuki, Mizoguchi, Hirotaka

“…The results show that the random copolymer modified membrane exhibited average 26 % rises in water permeability compared with the virgin PES UF membrane when 0.5 wt% BSA solution was used as feed. The stable permeability and flux recovery rate during the cyclic study with chemical cleaning suggest good affinity of the newly synthesized random copolymer with the PES membrane and water. …”
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An induced population of Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigotes more resistant to complement lysis promotes a phenotype with greater differentiation, invasiveness, and release of extracel... by Rossi, Izadora, Nunes, Maria Alice Ferreira, Sabatke, Bruna, Ribas, Hennrique Taborda, Winnischofer, Sheila Maria Brochado, Ramos, Augusto Savio Peixoto, Inal, Jameel, Ramirez, Marcel I.

“…Chagas disease is a neglected tropical disease caused by , which uses blood-feeding triatomine bugs as a vector to finally infect mammalian hosts. …”
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Multifunctional Wireless Gut-Brain Neurotechnology by Sahasrabudhe, Atharva

“…This technology was validated by modulating the mesolimbic reward pathway in the mouse brain and the anatomically challenging intestinal lumen to demonstrate wireless control of sensory epithelial cells and vagal afferents that guide animal’s feeding and reward behaviors.…”
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Multi-criteria thermoeconomic and thermodynamic assessments of the desalination-integrated two-phase liquid-immersion data center cooling system by Kanbur, Baris Burak, Wu, Chenlong, Duan, Fai

“…The waste heat of the immersion cooling system is used to heat up the feed side of the desalination module. A direct contact membrane distillation system as preferred as the desalination module with the membrane area range of 5 to 75 cm2. …”
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Whole genome sequencing and comparative analysis of novel pathogen elizbethkingia anophelis against oxidative stress by Li, Yingying

“…Moreover, the transcriptome profiling comparison between E. anophelis NUHP1 treated with hydrogen peroxide and with mouse blood further showed that E. anophelis NUHP1 displayed the similar protective mechanism associated with iron siderophore and heme utilization when contact with mouse blood, indicating that oxidative stress is the major stress for E. anophelis NUHP1 when infect hosts and the strong resistance to oxidative stress enables E. anophelis to be dominant in the blood meal feeding mosquitoes. Furthermore, we also showed that hemoglobin but not ferric iron greatly facilitates the growth, hydrogen peroxide tolerance and biofilm formation of E. anophelis NUHP1. …”
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The effect of mixed carbon source on enhanced biological phosphorus removal in tropical climate by Cai, Xueyun

“…At the end of the study, the analysis would suggest the feasibility of high temperature EBPR and its feeding configuration in tropical climate.…”
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Research of modeling and optimization approaches for hybrid ejector-based air conditioning cycle by Wang, Hao

“…This thesis presents the research outcomes on the performance evaluation of a developed hybrid ejector-based air-conditioning system (hybrid system for short), an artificial neural network modeling for hybrid system with feature selection approaches for input parameters determination and trained with extreme learning machine (ELM), and the development and realization of a novel optimization approach based on single layer feed-forward neural network (SLFN) model. Furthermore, the centralized optimization problems of hybrid system are formulated, the corresponding solution methodology is then developed. …”
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Isolation and identification of tannin-degrading bacteria from goat feces, ruminal fluid, and rumen gut by Muhammad Syafiq Suhaimi, Fayyadhah Asyiqin Zailani, Nur Farah Syuhada Mohd Zaki, Farizan Aris, Mohd Taufiq Mat Jalil, Nurul Aili Zakaria

“…The isolated strains demonstrate their capabilities in reducing tannin's antinutritional effects in poultry feed.…”
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Life history and demography of the predatory mite, Amblyseius longispinosus Evans by Ibrahim, Yusof, Palacio, Victoria B.

“…Larvae were not observed to feed. Statistically significant differences between sexes were noted with respect to consumption of the deutonymphs (female, average 4.0±0.2; male, average 2.9±0.3 eggs/day) but not of the protonymphs. …”
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The analysis of teaching quality evaluation for the college sports dance by Convolutional Neural Network model and Deep Learning by Guo, Shuqing, Yang, Xiaoming, Farizan, Noor Hamzani, Samsudin, Shamsulariffin

“…This TQE model processes one-dimensional evaluation data by extracting local features through convolutional layers, reducing dimensions via pooling layers, and feeding feature vectors into a classifier through fully connected layers to achieve an overall assessment of teaching quality. …”
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Characterization of oil palm fruitlets using artificial neural network by Olukayode, Ojo Adedayo

“…The results also showed that contrary to the widely reported gap between the accuracy of the LM algorithm and other feed forward neural network training algorithms, the RP trained network performed as good as that of the LM algorithm for the range of data considered. …”
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new urban giants : the ultimate skyscrapers / by Spirito, Gianpaola, author 496164, Terranova, Antonino, 1942-, author editor 656235

“…In the western world, however, time-tested city structures are transforming by urban renewal into smaller to medium-sized buildings that seek to evoke surprise in an eccentric image designed with sophisticated elegance. …”

渺小的伟大 ：以电视剧《大英雄》探讨新加坡小市民的邻里关系 = Building Singapore's neighbourhood relations : a case study of drama series Hero by 林殷如 Lim, Esther Yin Ru

“…The government make an attempt to encourage and foster a sense of spontaneity in Singaporeans to actively seek out the betterment of relationships between one and one’s neighbours, in hope that this would make up for the lack in its role. …”
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Effects of condensed tannin fractions from Leucaena leucocephala (LAM.) De wit hybrid on methane mitigation, rumen fermentation and diversity of methanogens, protozoa and bacteria... by Mookiah, Saminathan

“…The strong binding affinity of higher MWs CTs to proteins may be beneficial in reducing degradation of feed protein by rumen microbes, thus enhancing bypass protein in ruminants. …”
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Designing Global Public Policies in the Twenty-First Century by Chou, Meng-Hsuan, Ravinet, Pauline

“…The rise of global initiatives in many policy sectors is an emerging phenomenon that deserves the attention of scholars interested in international relations, regional integration, and policy sciences, as well as practitioners seeking comparative examples beyond their national and regional borders. …”
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Mobile application for blood pressure monitoring and control by Tan, San Yee

“…It is important for patients and their doctors to have the ability to continuously monitor it, identify potential conditions early, and seek treatment. Even though there are currently smartphone apps on the Singapore market that allow users to record their blood pressure. …”
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Harnessing novel strategies and cell types to overcome immune tolerance during adoptive cell therapy in cancer by Neo, Shi Yong, Xu, Shengli, Chong, Joni, Lam, Kong-Peng, Wu, Jing

“…Finally, we discuss the potential of other innate or innate-like immune cell types currently being explored as promising CAR-cell alternatives that seek to address the limitations of conventional adoptive cell therapies.…”
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A comprehensive survey of fake review detection technology by Quyyam, Tayybaha, Qicheng, Yu

“…With the advancement of artificial intelligence, FRD technology and its detection accuracy have improved significantly. To seek state-of-the-art FRD technology, this paper will conduct a systematic literature survey to explore the solutions of scholars working on methods to effectively detect FR, unsolved problems in this field, and future research directions. …”
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The Battle for ‘Trayvon Martin’: Mapping a Media Controversy Online and Offline by Graeff, Erhardt

“…Our findings have implications for social change organizations that seek to harness advocacy campaigns to news stories, and for scholars studying media ecology and the networked public sphere.…”
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