Land reclamation - from conventional vertical drain methods to a combined vacuum preloading and electro-osmosis with horizontal drainage enhanced geotextile sheets by Wong, Lung Anthony

“…Slurry of soft marine deposits dredged from the seabed has increasingly been used in various land reclamation projects in recent years. However, the geotechnical properties of clay slurry are poor and soil improvement is required during land reclamation. …”
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The role of filamentous phage in the development of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms by Manisha Mukherjee

“…Bacteriophage have been known for more than 100 years and the majority of phage described cause cell lysis and death. …”
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On the design of energy storage systems for the smoothing and dispatch planning of large-scale wind power generation by Li, Mengting

“…Among all the RE resources, wind power generation is witnessing rapid developments in recent years. Unfortunately, wind tends to be unsteady. …”
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Optimized GPU algorithms for sparse data problems by Pham, Nguyen Quang Anh

“…Graphics processing units (GPUs) have been successfully used in recent years to solve many big data problems. GPUs can execute thousands of threads simultaneously, and have much higher throughput and memory bandwidth than CPUs. …”
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A high-performance main-memory query engine on emerging many-core processors by Cheng, Xuntao

“…These emerging technologies have been driving new designs, implementations, and optimizations of main-memory database algorithms in recent years. In this thesis, we make several contributions. …”
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Investigating the content and function of stress-induced extracellular vesicles in colorectal cancer by Mason, J

“…<p>Despite advances in detection and treatment, the incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC), particularly in those under 40 years of age is increasing, and survival from metastatic disease remains very low. …”

Dna markers and mapping of quantitative trait loci for yield and bunch quality in Deli dura X Yangambi pisifera oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) population by Seng, Tzer Ying

“…However, further oil yield improvement by conventional breeding is increasingly limited by lengthy time and costs due to long reproductive cycles, large plant size and an evaluation period of 10-15 years. Molecular tools which allow rapid, large scale evaluation over a short time, independent of plant age, will be particularly valuable in the face of such constraints. …”
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Color and flavor development of roasted jackfruit (Artocarpus hetrophyllus L.) seeds by Azeez, Shakirah Omotoke

“…The increasing demand for under-utilized seeds as alternative cheap source of nutritious food snack is making JFS gain more attention in the recent years. The aim of this research therefore was to investigate the flavor and color development in JFS during roasting, through; chemical analysis, sugar profiling and amino acid profiling of both raw and roasted JFS; color development analysis using response surface methodology (RSM); effect of roasting condition on the structural changes of the starch granules using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR); and lastly flavor development analysis using gas chromatography-olfactometry (GC-O) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) coupled with aroma extract dilution analysis (AEDA) for the identification of key odorants. …”
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Development and validation of questionnaire on knowledge, attitudes, practices and perceived barriers related to nutrition care process among clinical dietitians in Malaysia by Bahari, Zaini

“…The multivariate analysis indicated five factors determine the practice of the NCP namely perceived barriers to implement the NCP (β = -.264, p = <.001), support from the head of department (β = .225, p = <.001), attitude towards the NCP (β = .244, p =.001), utilisation of the NCP at critical care area (β = .153, p = .009), and years of working (β = .132, p = .024). In conclusion, this study has established a valid and reliable questionnaire,namely KAPB-NCP to assess the KAPB on the NCP. …”
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Examining the adoption of electromobility concepts across social contexts for energy transition by K?hlke, Julia, Lechowicz, Adam, Fabikun, Oluwole, Bashir, Noman, Souza, Abel, Shenoy, Prashant, Lehnhoff, Sebastian

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9th International Workshop on Mental Health and Well-being: New Research Directions by Adler, Daniel, Xu, Xuhai, Salekin, Asif, Mishra, Varun, Kwon, Hyeokhyen, Sano, Akane, Abdullah, Saeed, Bardram, Jakob, Zhao, Yiran, Kalanadhabhatta, Manasa, Zhang, Han, Murnane, Elizabeth, Choudhury, Tanzeem, Musolesi, Mirco, Rahman, Tauhidur, King, Zachary, Krell, Rony, D'Alfonso, Simon

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The strategic choice between "standardization" and "differentiation" in R&D by Adachi, Satoru

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Discrete differential geometry driven methods for architectural geometry by Yao, Sidan

“…With the rapid growth of free form architectures, the demand for architectural geometry technologies increases dramatically in recent years. Architectural geometry contains knowledge highly relevant to computer graphics and geometry especially discrete differential geometry. …”
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Development of in-line fiber-optic interferometric sensors by using biopolymer : chitosan. by Chen, Li Han.

“…In recent years, polymers have increasingly been utilized and studied as possible waveguide materials. …”
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Electrochemical DNA biosensor based on nanoporous alumina membrane by Deng, Jiajia

“…In recent years, due to the high sensitivity and sequence specificity, as well as rapid detection, the electrochemical DNA biosensors are promising for genetic screening and detection of deoxyribonucleic acid. …”
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Human factors in agile software development by Lin, Jun

“…Moreover, according to our empirical studies, this intuitive and subjective decision making process without data analytics affects the progress, quality and productivity of ASD. Through our four years of experiments on students’ Scrum based ASD process, we have gained deep understanding into the human factors of agile methodology. …”
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“British English is much more prestigious, everybody knows that!”: reproducing and resisting hegemonic language ideologies in Chilean English teacher education by Pérez Andrade, Gonzalo

“…As prospective teachers usually spend four to five years in training, teacher educators play a crucial role in the formation and transformation of their trainees’ beliefs about English language use and users (Gimenez et al, 2018). …”
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Do dual-mobility cups reduce revision risk in femoral neck fractures compared with conventional tha designs? An international meta-analysis of arthroplasty registries by Farey, JE, Masters, J, Cuthbert, AR, Iversen, P, van Steenbergen, LN, Prentice, HA, Adie, S, Sayers, A, Whitehouse, MR, Paxton, EW, Costa, ML, Overgaard, S, Rogmark, C, Rolfson, O, Harris, IA

“…</p> <p><strong>Results: </strong>After pooling of complete Kaplan-Meier survival data from all six registries, the cumulative percent revision for conventional THA was 4.3% (95% confidence interval [CI] 4.2% to 4.5%) and 4.7% (95% CI 4.3% to 5.3%) for dual-mobility THA at 5 years. We did not demonstrate a lower risk of all-cause revision for patients receiving dual-mobility over conventional THA designs for hip fracture in the meta-analysis once between-registry differences were adjusted for (HR 0.96 [95% CI 0.86 to 1.06]). …”

In2Se3-based two-dimensional photocatalysts for water-splitting by Wong, CCY

“…<p>Photocatalytic water splitting has been a burgeoning field of study due to its potential to change the world’s fossil-based energy structure; however, an ideal photocatalyst has yet to be identified despite years of research. Recent research has revealed that indium selenide (In₂Se₃) carries great potential in being a promising photocatalytic water splitting catalyst due to its unique intrinsic ferroelectricity, suitability of band structure and ability to be exfoliated into two-dimensional (2D) sheets. …”

Green logistics practices in Malaysian food-based manufacturing industry by Hussin, Hilda

“…Logistics has been regarded as a key determinant to business performance over the past 50 years. However, the increase in environmental concerns over pollution, climate change, congestion, waste disposal, and resource depletion among others have triggered an increased attention from the government and society. …”
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