Exploring the limitations of osmotically assisted reverse osmosis: membrane fouling and the limiting flux by Peters, Christian D., Li, Dan, Mo, Zijing, Hankins, Nicholas P., She, Qianhong

“…First, internal membrane fouling at the draw (permeate) side was shown to be insignificant. …”
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Non-destructive Testing and Repair of Pipelines / by Barkanov, Evgeny N., editor 655999, Dumitrescu, Andrei, editor 656000, Parinov, Ivan A., 1956-, editor 656002

“…In turn, the book assesses the currently available technologies for reinforcement of pipelines, drawing on the experience gained by project partners, and evaluates the recovery of the carrying capacity of pipeline sections with local corrosion damage by means of analytical and numerical procedures. …”
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Understanding the viral protein structures of clinically relevant arboviruses and fragment-based screening for antivirals by Farhana Abu Bakar

“…In recent years, antiviral drug discovery has increasingly relied on the use of high-resolution structural information of important viral proteins and have led to the development of potent inhibitors. …”
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Competition in two-sided market : with heterogeneous users and negative externalities. by Chen, Hongyu.

“…Under the two-sided market model, we observe that there exists full participation for end-users and under advertisement for advertisers. …”
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Digging for literature on tailoring cultural offers with and for older people from ethnic minority groups: a scoping review by Tierney, S, Gorenberg, J, Santillo, M, Westlake, D, Wong, G, Husk, K, Vougioukalou, S, Baxter, R, Dawson, S, Roberts, N, Potter, C, Warburton, H, McDougall, B, Latchem, J, Mahtani, KR

“…</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> Screening of 906 references–59 of which were read as full documents–resulted in six sources being included in the review. …”

Dwarf kingfisher-inspired bionic flapping wing and its aerodynamic performance at lowest flight speed by Mohd Firdaus Bin Abas, Singh, Balbir, Kamarul Arifin Ahmad, Ng, Eddie Yin Kwee, Khan, Tabrej, Sebaey, Tamer A.

“…The results show amplification of the maximum value for the cycle average lift and drag coefficient as the rotation angle increases. …”
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Design, simulation, and testing of a low cost laser micromachining system for flexible and rapid tissue-on-chip fabrication. by Nin, Jorge A.

“…With fabrication times of 6-8 minutes for small features and less than an hour for a full chip, our method represents a significant advancement in rapid prototyping capabilities. …”
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Optimising expression and purification of Dengue soluble E protein by Poh, Nina Yong Xin

“…It offers insights into viral-host immune interactions. The full-length E protein is essential for vaccine design. …”
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An experimental and simulation study of chip transportation behaviour in gundrilling by Tnay, Guan Leong

“…From the experiments, terminal velocities of typical gun drill chips at different range of particle Reynolds number were determined to construct the unique drag curve. Based on the findings, a computational fluid dynamic (CFD) numerical model was developed to predict the lateral drag forces with respect to the particle Reynolds number. …”
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Press ECCS to Doubt (Your Causal Graph) by Markakis, Markos, Zhang, Ziyu, Shahout, Rana, Gao, Trinity, Liu, Chunwei, Sabek, Ibrahim, Cafarella, Michael

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Rethinking relief, reconstruction and development : evaluating the effectiveness and sustainability of post-disaster livelihood aid by Daly, Patrick, Mahdi, Saiful, McCaughey, Jamie, Mundzir, Ibnu, Halim, Agus, Nizamuddin, Ardiansyah, Srimulyani, Eka

“…However, aid packages were generally not able to support the development of full-time, sustainable new livelihoods for people lacking pre-disaster training and experience. …”
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Pathogen diversity and antimicrobial resistance transmission of Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Malawi: a genomic epidemiological study... by Dyson, ZA, Ashton, PM, Khanam, F, Chunga Chirambo, A, Shakya, M, Meiring, JE, Tonks, S, Karkey, A, Msefula, C, Clemens, JD, Dunstan, SJ, Baker, S, Dougan, G, Pitzer, VE, Basnyat, B, Qadri, F, Heyderman, RS, Gordon, MA, Holt, KE, Pollard, AJ, STRATAA Study Group

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Funding:</strong> Wellcome Trust, Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation, EU Horizon 2020, and UK National Institute for Health and Care Research.…”

Ion doping behavior of stöber silica-nanosynthesis and application by Song, Xiaohui

“…Besides, we can dope positive charged organic molecules inside silica nanoparticle, such as dyes, drugs, and so on. The above synthesis control is important to silica application in biosensors, drug delivery, catalysts, and battery. …”
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Data for the ‘Orchid Observers’ project by Shuttleworth, S, O’Donnell, J, Lintott, C, Tweddle, J

“…As of November 2018, two files from Orchid Observers had been deposited, both containing raw data from Zooniverse (milkman data) which is unedited and non-annotated. …”

Immune Checkpoint Blockade sensitivity and Progression-Free Survival associates with baseline CD8+ T cell clone size and cytotoxicity by Watson, R, Tong, O, Taylor, C, Kumar Sharma, P, Verge De Los Aires, A, Mahe, E, Ruffieux, H, Nassiri, I, Middleton, M, Fairfax, B

“…For raw data, please refer to the FASTQ files which have been deposited in the European Genome–phenome Archive, which is hosted by the European Bioinformatics Institute and the Centre for Genomic Regulation (accession no. …”

Association of current Schistosoma mansoni, Schistosoma japonicum, and Schistosoma mekongi infection status and intensity with periportal fibrosis: a systematic review and meta-ana... by Ewuzie, A, Wilburn, L, Thakrar, DB, Cheng, H, Reitzug, F, Roberts, N, Malouf, R, Chami, GF

“…Two reviewers independently screened abstracts and full-text reports for eligibility. A third reviewer was consulted in cases of disagreement. …”

Breaking permutation-based mesh steganography and security improvement by Wang, Yimin, Kong, Lingsheng, Qian, Zhenxing, Feng, Guorui, Zhang, Xinpeng, Zheng, Jianmin

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Fictions of youth: childness in selected West African novels, 1991-2009 by Moellenberg, T

“…A "child" here is defined as a human person under age 18 and is referred to using the term <em>childness</em>, drawing from the work of children's literature scholar Peter Hollindale. …”

Determination of operating point for a propulsive wing UAV using CFD by Chan, Chee Shuan

“…CFD simulations were performed using a 2D RANS k-ε turbulence model and the rotating flow was captured using the moving reference frame method. Lift and drag were obtained for different angle of attacks via a control volume analysis of CFD results. …”
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Impact of BPL penalty functions and PSF models in PET/CT radial spatial resolution recovery by Si, Wang Jie

“…Tubes filled were placed at 5 cm intervals from the center towards the PET/CT FOV's periphery. …”
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