Pressure-stabilized structures of water-neon system under high pressure by Zhang, Jurong, Shao, Sen, Liu, Hanyu

“…Neon (Ne), as the fifth most abundant element in the universe, is rare to react with other elements by forming stable solid compounds. …”
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Development of indexing clamper mechanism for wire bonder by Zhang, Yue.

“…To satisfy both the precision and efficiency requirements from semiconductor manufacturers, the indexing clampers of wire bonders face an even bigger challenge. It is somehow critical for the mechanical design to fulfill the latest requirements. …”
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Nanostructured metal-organic conjugated coordination polymers with ligand tailoring for superior rechargeable energy storage by Xie, Jian, Cheng, Xue-Feng, Cao, Xun, He, Jing-Hui, Guo, Wei, Li, Dong-Sheng, Xu, Zhichuan Jason, Huang, Yizhong, Lu, Jian-Mei, Zhang, Qichun

“…Although recent studies heavily focus on the tailoring of metal centers in the complexes to achieve stable electrochemical performance, the effect on different substitutions of the bridging bonds has rarely been studied. An innovative tailoring strategy is presented toward the enhancement of the capacity storage and the stability of metal-organic conjugated coordination polymers. …”
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Piscidin-1-analogs with double L- and D-lysine residues exhibited different conformations in lipopolysaccharide but comparable anti-endotoxin activities by Kumar, Amit, Mahajan, Mukesh, Awasthi, Bhanupriya, Tandon, Anshika, Harioudh, Munesh Kumar, Shree, Sonal, Singh, Pratiksha, Shukla, Praveen Kumar, Ramachandran, Ravishankar, Mitra, Kalyan, Bhattacharjya, Surajit, Ghosh, Jimut Kanti

“…We conjectured that introduction of cationic residue(s) at the interface of polar and non-polar faces of piscidins may control their insertion into hydrophobic mammalian cell membrane and thereby reducing cytotoxicity. …”
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Crystallographic Correlations with Anisotropic Oxide Ion Conduction in Aluminum-Doped Neodymium Silicate Apatite Electrolytes by An, Tao, Baikie, Tom, Wei, Fengxia, Pramana, Stevin S., Schreyer, Martin K., Piltz, Ross O., Shin, J. Felix, Wei, Jun, Slater, Peter R., White, Timothy John

“…To better understand the oxide ion conduction mechanism of rare earth silicate apatites as intermediate temperature electrolytes for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC), the effect of lower valent metal doping on the performance of Nd(28+x)/3AlxSi6-xO26 (0 ≤ x ≤ 2) single crystals has been examined. …”
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Structural and functional studies of C-nucleoside formation enzymes by Li, W

“…</p> <br> <p>The thesis overviews the history of natural product discovery, tracing its evolution from ancient folk traditions to the contemporary application of advanced genetics and chemical modifications for biosynthesis. …”

Development of in-line fiber-optic interferometric sensors by using biopolymer : chitosan. by Chen, Li Han.

“…In addition, these sensors are able to trace the presence of an analyte in a tested medium in real time and estimate the concentration of analyte by kinetics analysis.…”
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全球传播之窗 ：中国中央电视台中文国际频道和华人华侨关系研究 = Window to the world : the Chinese International Channel of China Central Television and it relations with Chinese diaspora... by 汤妮 Tang Ni

“…In view of its responsibilities and missions in foreign communications as a Chinese television media and considering the current competition it faces in the era of new media, CCTV-4 has to position itself better with high identification, high acceptance, and high recognition in the hope of being the “World’s No.1 Chinese Television Channel”. …”
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Why do Chinese firms go public abroad and how do they perform? by Yuan, Mengying

“…The magnitude of the impact is more pronounced for firms that face higher hurdles in bypassing capital control.…”
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Self-healing cementitious composites by encapsulation techniques by Feng, Jianhang

“…To address this issue, cementitious composites with novel components for self-healing have been developed, but current self-healing agents for cementitious composites face challenges due to high cost, low compatibility with cementitious composites and limited autonomous healing capacity. …”
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Performance of toughened acrylic thermoplastic composites under mode I loading by Ng, Ronald Zi Foong

“…The rise in fracture toughness is contributed by the rougher de-bonding surface due to the integration of Clearstrength® powder into the Elium® matrix, thereby signifying a toughened Elium® matrix, while the drop could be attributed to manufacturing challenges faced, resulting in the fabrication of a poorer composite. …”
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Enhanced microbial fuel cell for electricity generation from wastewater by Fu, Chuan Bao.

“…The primary concern in the modified set up was to alter the position of the cathode structures such that these two layers were placed together on the same side facing the substrate medium. Results from calculations showed that cell potential improved by approximate 15%, power densities improving by 30%, COD removal efficiency improving by 30% and cathode vs. …”
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‘On-demand’ soft tissue adhesives by Mogal, Vishal Tukaram

“…A bioadhesive with these attributes could be activated on-site by an external trigger to overcome the challenges of non-specific protein binding and inadequate adhesion in wet conditions more often faced by clinicians who require better methods of soft tissue and medical implant fixation. …”
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Enantioseparation with cationic β-cyclodextrin chiral stationary phases in supercritical fluid chromatography and high-performance liquid chromatography by Wang, Renqi

“…In our work, cationic β-cyclodextrin derivatives are either physically coated or chemically bonded onto the surface of 5 pm spherical silica and applied as chiral stationary phases in HPLC and SFC. …”
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Understanding lived experiences of bereaved parents of children with chronic life-threatening Illness : towards a culture-specific and meaning-oriented narrative E-writing interven... by Dutta, Oindrila

“…Study 3 developed, piloted, and evaluated a novel evidence-based Narrative e-Writing Intervention (NeW-I) in Singapore to advance psycho-socio-spiritual support for parent-caregivers facing their child’s chronic life-threatening illness. …”
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Review of 3D printable hydrogels and constructs by Li, Huijun, Tan, Cavin, Li, Lin

“…Unfortunately, it is rarely mentioned in the prior literature. This review also points out, for the first time, the characterization of a potential bioink from a rheological point of view. …”
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Shear behavior of greenschist along foliation plane considering anisotropy by Zhang, Qingzhao, Wu, Chuangzhou, Jang, Bo-An, Fei, Xunchang

“…The shear behavior along the foliation plane is rarely addressed from engineering geology point of view in the effect of anisotropy of on the shear behavior along foliation plane, not to mention the effect of anisotropy. …”
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Tantalum based amorphous thin films as copper diffusion barrier by Yan, Hua

“…With the fast development of semiconductor industry, a novel barrier is required in order to address two challenges in the back-end-of-line technology: enhancing the interconnect reliability of back-end-of-line and reducing resistance-capacitance delay faced during further scaling of semiconductor devices. …”
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