Exploring the mechanisms of coordinated chick provisioning in the Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus by Gillies, N, Tyson, C, Wynn, J, Syposz, M, Vansteenberghe, C, Guilford, TC

“…In our experimental approach, we manipulated the information adults had available to them by supplementarily feeding chicks to alter their begging behaviour. We found no support for the role of physical reunion or indirect cues in the coordination of care in this species. …”

Exploring Literature Anxiety among Students Studying Literature in English at Universiti Sains Malaysia by Wei, Agnes Lin Liau

“…Although there have been efforts to research on anxiety and students' performance in the learning situations, there has not been any recorded research to date on literature anxiety. …”
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Distribution of an enzyme in porous polymer beads by Ampon, Kamaruzaman

“…Trypsin has been immobilized by adsorption onto Amberlite XAD‐7 beads. …”

Ceria-boosted Ni/Al2O3 catalysts for enhanced H2 production via acetic acid dry reforming by Nguyen, Anh-Tam, Ng, Kim Hoong, Kumar, Ponnusamy Senthil, Pham, Thuy-Phuong T., Herma Dina, Setiabudi, Yusuf, Mohammad, Pham, Le Kim Hoang, Thao, Bui T. Thu, Aishah, Abdul Jalil, Mahadi, Bahari, Al-Kahtany, Khaled, Vo, Dai-Viet N.

“…In this work, Ce pro motion on 10%Ni/Al2O3 catalysts with 1-5 wt%Ce was evaluated for ADR at varied temperatures of 923–998 K and stoichiometric feed in a fixed-bed rig. CeO2 addition of 1–3% enhanced metal dispersion, and surface area whilst basic CeO2 character significantly boosted the concentration and density of basic sites on catalysts. …”
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Characterisation of red palm oil microcapsule with solution-enhanced dispersion by supercritical carbon dioxide technology by Lee, Wan Jun

“…The RPO was then microencapsulated with SEDS at 10.0– 15.0 MPa, 40– 60°C, and feed injection flow rate 2.5 mL/min. The microcapsules were characterised in terms of their physical, structural, and thermal properties and also their oxidative stability. …”
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Design and comparative analysis of different pricing mechanisms and energy allocation policies for energy trading by Lim, Jerand Ze Hui

“…As a result, the dependency on fossil fuels, natural gas, and coals to produce electricity will be minimized. Peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading has been proposed as a solution to this problem. …”
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Lean Six Sigma in healthcare: a systematic literature review on motivations and benefits by McDermott, Olivia, Antony, Jiju, Bhat, Shreeranga, Jayaraman, Raja, Rosa, Angelo, Marolla, Giuliano, Parida, Ratri

“…While Lean Six Sigma (LSS) has been applied extensively in healthcare organisations, there has been limited research on the trends of LSS application in healthcare in recent years. …”
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Nanyang Technological University indoor map by Tsui, Chung Lok

“…Continuation of the project will see for the expansion to include all other buildings on the campus, both academic and non-academic, and for additional useful information, such as camera live feed, to be integrated. Real-time indoor positioning could be considered as well to improve user’s experience. …”
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Algorithmic personalisation on TikTok and its effect on Gen Z's self-concept and consumer behaviour by Yupar, Tin Win, Tan, Misa Li Sin

“…Their algorithmically-curated content feeds reflected various aspects of their self-concepts, with their interactions with the content playing a role in influencing their feed. …”
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Optimization of operational conditions for continuous membrane distillation crystallization process with zero discharge by Lim, Deric Weikang.

“…Results from the analysis were verified experimentally, and it was deduced that a feed flow rate and temperature of 0.64 L/min and 338 K respectively, together with a permeate flow rate of 0.35 L/min and permeate temperature of 303 K, gave the highest production rates of pure water and sodium chloride crystals. …”
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Mixing of inclined dense jets in shallow coastal waters by Jiang, Baoxin

“…Nowadays, the rapid growth of world population, urbanization and industrialization are all contributing to the increasing demand for fresh water. With the security of feed water from the sea and the advancement in membrane technology, seawater desalination, especially seawater reverse osmosis, is gaining popularity as a viable alternative to augment the water supply for expanding coastal cities around the world. …”
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Carnivory in the common hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius: implications for the ecology and epidemiology of anthrax in African landscapes by Dudley, JP, Hang'Ombe, BM, Leendertz, FH, Dorward, LJ, de Castro, J, Subalusky, AL, Clauss, M

“…Carnivory is frequently associated with communal feeding involving multiple individuals or entire social groups of hippos.…”

Initiation, marketing and branding of smart city projects: a study of decision processes by Vijaygopal, Rohini, Bennett, Roger, Savani, Sharmila

“…Today, smart city areas and initiatives are found throughout the world, yet little research has been completed into the processes whereby decisions concerning the initiation, marketing, and branding of smart city projects have been taken. …”
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Internalisation of externalities: who bears the cost of pollution control? by Rahim, Khalid Abdul

“…The estimated incremental effects of effluent standards and changes have been specifically rather small, with the exception of those upon the growers, but the cumulative effects have been considerable.…”
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Extreme learning machines for feature learning by Liyanaarachchi Lekamalage, Chamara Kasun

“…The commonly used variant of NN is Single Layer Feed forward Neural network (SLFN) due to its simple network architecture and universal approximation capability. …”
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Detailed turbulent structures investigation around piers group induced flow by Ikani, Nima, H. Pu, Jaan, Zang, Shuyan, Hussein Al-Qadami, Ebrahim Hamid, Razi, Adib

“…To investigate the flow turbulence, critical locations have been observed from high vortex-influenced regions. …”
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Acetic Acid Catalysed One-Pot Synthesis of Pyrrolo[1,2-a]quinox- aline Derivatives by Allan, Pia N. M., Ostrowska, Martyna I., Patel, Bhaven

“…An efficient acetic acid catalysed reaction has been developed for the synthesis of 4-aryl substituted pyrrolo[1,2-a]quinoxalines from readily available starting materials. …”
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Facilitating translation in biotech entrepreneurship: evaluating novel training programs in commercialization for scientist-entrepreneurs by Hisham, Farah, Nik Yusuf

“…Results depicted those technological skills and green innovative behavior significantly influences BET, whereas the other direct associations have been resulted to be insignificant. But the mediation of bio-entrepreneurship training has been found to be insignificant among all hypothesized mediation associations. …”

Sustainability Development for Cooperative: A General Framework (S/O: 12666) by Abdul Hamid, Fathilatul Zakimi, Othman, Zaleha, Shafie, Rohami

“…Sustainable Development (SD) practice in Cooperative (COOP) have been given little intention in literature due to its main objective and its contributions to country socio economic development. …”
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Town centre recovery report by Jamieson, Claire

“…The resulting findings, combined with the learnings from the literature review, have been synthesised into a series of eight recommendations, which can help local authorities to ensure better high street recovery and more resilient places.…”
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