Scope, characteristics, behavior change techniques, and quality of conversational agents for mental health and well-being: systematic assessment of apps by Lin, Xiaowen, Martinengo, Laura, Jabir, Ahmad Ishqi, Ho, Andy Hau Yan, Car, Josip, Atun, Rifat, Tudor Car, Lorainne

“…CA developers should consider the quality of information, user confidentiality, access, and emergency management when designing mental health CAs. Future research should assess the role of artificial intelligence in promoting behavior change within CAs and determine the choice of BCTs in evidence-based psychotherapies to enable systematic, consistent, and transparent development and evaluation of effective digital mental health interventions.…”
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Anti-fouling thin film composite (TFC) polyamide reverse osmosis (RO) membranes based on piezoelectric polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) substrates by Fu, Jia Shen

“…The fouling tests clearly demonstrated that RO membranes based on both unpoled and poled PVDF-TEP-NWF substrates exhibited fouling mitigation behavior when electric signal was applied. The findings of this study would provide the method of using hydrophobic PVDF membrane as substrate for RO membrane fabrication and come up with an innovative way to mitigate RO membrane fouling.…”
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Efficient algorithms for subgraph counting and enumeration on large graphs by Wang, Kaixin

“…This theoretical result is better than that of the state-of-the-arts when \delta > \tau + (3/ln3) \rho, a condition satisfied by many real-world graphs, where \rho is the edge density of the graph defined as \rho = m/n. …”
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Detection and characterisation of a sixth Candida auris clade in Singapore: a genomic and phenotypic study by Suphavilai, Chayaporn, Ko, Karrie Kwan Ki, Lim, Kar Mun, Tan, Mei Gie, Boonsimma, Patipan, Chu, Joash Jun Keat, Goh, Sui Sin, Rajandran, Prevena, Lee, Lai Chee, Tan, Kwee Yuen, Bushra Binte Shaik Ismail, Aung, May Kyawt, Yang, Yong, Sim, Jean Xiang Ying, Venkatachalam, Indumathi, Cherng, Benjamin Pei Zhi, Spruijtenburg, Bram, Chan, Kian Sing, Oon, Lynette Lin Ean, Tan, Ai Ling, Tan, Yen Ee, Wijaya, Limin, Tan, Ban Hock, Ling, Moi Lin, Koh, Tse Hsien, Meis, Jacques F., Tsui, Clement Kin Ming, Nagarajan, Niranjan

“…These isolates had opposite mating-type allele and different chromosomal rearrangements when compared with their closest clade IV relatives. …”
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AI techniques in CFD: leveraging physical priors with deep learning to improve on numerical solvers by Loh, Jessica Sher En

“…Additionally, it extends the use of residual training to improve flow field prediction for a GNN scenario with immersed object, when low resolution data is available. Lastly, the third part aims to enhance flow predictions around complex geometries, which may often be deconstructed into multiple, simple bodies, by leveraging existing data on these single geometry flow fields. …”
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Reduced semiconductor energy conversion systems. by Zhang, Lei.

“…Using a single integrated system might therefore be more attractive especially when performance analysis proves that the saving in switches is not accompanied by burdensome limitations. …”
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Investigation on the role of Sb doping on grain growth and properties of solution-processed CuIn(S,Se)2 by Ho, John Chun Wan

“…Conductive AFM mapping on Sb doped device with best device performance shows similar current map under positive bias and minimal current when the tip bias is negative, illustrating minimal leakage current in the device. …”
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Development of selenization/sulfurization-free CuIn(S,Se)2 for thin film solar cells applications by Wang, Mengxi

“…The vulcanization process occurred between the molecular precursors, when cross-links are formed between metal acetylacetonates and sulfur/selenium powder even before annealing. …”
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Evaluation of paper spray mass spectrometry for direct analysis of small molecule drugs and hemoglobin constant spring peptide markers by Takyi-Williams, John

“…Evaluation of the PS-MS assay to ascertain that it will provide comparable data to LC-MS/MS assay when used for in vivo bioanalytical analysis showed that PS-MS assay results correlate well with those from conventional LC-MS system, and comparable accuracy, precision, linearity and sensitivity (LLOQ of 1 ng/mL of sunitinib in DBS) were achieved with analysis speed of about 48-fold higher with sample volume of 5 µL. …”
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Optimization of cognitive radio systems with energy harvesting by Pratibha

“…Numerical results show that the proposed channel-selection policy enables an energy-harvesting SU to achieve better expected throughput by utilizing greater spectrum-opportunities through an enhanced probability of having a charged battery as compared to the case when only the spectrum opportunities are optimized. …”
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Studies on the assessment of abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture risk by Canchi, Tejas

“…The study resulted in significant differences in peak wall stress among Asian patients with high maximum diameters when modeled with non-linear constitutive material models. …”
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Immunogenicity and safety of beta variant COVID-19 vaccine AZD2816 and AZD1222 (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19) as primary-series vaccination for previously unvaccinated adults in Brazil, South A... by Costa Clemens, SA, Jepson, B, Bhorat, QE, Ahmad, A, Akhund, T, Aley, PK, Bansal, H, Bibi, S, Kelly, EJ, Khan, M, Lambe, T, Lombaard, JJ, Matthews, S, Pipolo Milan, E, Olsson, U, Ramasamy, MN, Moura de Oliveira Paiva, MS, Seegobin, S, Shoemaker, K, Szylak, A, Villafana, T, Pollard, AJ, Green, JA

“…Both vaccines elicited robust immunogenicity against beta and ancestral SARS-CoV-2 with greater responses demonstrated when testing against SARS-CoV-2 strains that matched those targeted by the respective vaccine. …”

Evaluation of diabetic wound healing properties of moringa oleifera lam using in vitro and in vivo wound models by Muhammad Amali, Abubakar

“…The in vitro test results demonstrated that, crude methanolic extract and aqueous fraction of M. oleifera significantly stimulated proliferation and migration of HDF cells (p<0.05) at 24,48 and 72 hours after treatment to close the artificially wounded area when compared to untreated control cells. The distance was measured and analyzed quantitatively at time interval of 0, 24, 48 and 72 hrs after the scratch. …”
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Self-healing materials for flexible electronic devices by Tiwari, Naveen

“…However, the continuous exposure of these devices is always subjected to higher mechanical stress, wear and tear when compared to conventional electronics. Hence the ability to recover and repair upon damage is a necessity and not a luxury for flexible electronic devices. …”
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Stability improvement and control optimization of isolated two-stage AC-DC-DC converter systems by Feng, Fan

“…This can lead to instability problems of the two-stage converter, especially when the two sub-converters present close impedance magnitudes. …”
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Grid integration and coordinated control of voltage source inverters with energy storage systems by Qi, Yang

“…The “microgrid” concept is formed when a number of DGs and loads are coupled together through power electronics converters. …”
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From the microbial to the mechanical : environmental impacts on coral nitrogen cycling, microbial communities, and skeletal properties by Moynihan, Molly Anne

“…Within individual coral cores, skeletons had increased stiffness and hardness when stress was applied parallel to the primary growth direction. …”
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Clustering-based solutions for energy efficiency, adaptability and resilience in IoT networks by Shivaraman, Nitin

“…The resilience of C-sync to byzantine faults is also demonstrated by a quick recovery of correct time information when faulty information was introduced. The algorithms presented in this thesis collectively achieve an energy-efficient, adaptable and fault-resilient IoT network organically to solve the research gaps despite the orthogonal requirements. …”
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Nature-inspired lightweight auxetic structures for enhanced stiffness and absorption capacity by Zhang, Ee Teng

“…For dynamic impacts, it is recommended to prioritize the ease of deformation in the auxetic design. In contrast, when dealing with quasi-static loading scenarios, the focus should remain on enhancing the auxetic effect itself. …”
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Salient keypoint detectors and compact feature descriptors for 3D perception by Prakhya, Sai Manoj

“…B-SHOT requires 32 times lesser memory for its representation while being 6 times faster in feature descriptor matching, when compared to the SHOT. Finally, for the applications that require online transfer of 3D descriptors over a network, there is a need to develop compressed 3D descriptors with even lower memory footprint, i.e., bandwidth and yet have high descriptiveness. …”
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