Numerical simulation of oxygen delivery in presence of hemoglobin hydrogel based oxygen carriers by Tan, Kai Ying

“…Red blood cells have standard shelf life of only 42 days and unable to be checked and sterilized for infective agents like HIV. …”
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Colloidal fouling and scaling in reverse osmosis process by Jun, Yan

“…Water is crucial and essential for life. Despite having majority of the earth surface covered by water, accessing safe water source is an increasing challenge faced by human population. …”
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Effects of surface texture on wetting by Kee, Yong How

“…The extreme behaviour of wetting, also known as superhydrophilicity, is found to be useful in many real life applications and has been receiving considerable attention. …”
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Building AC/DC microgrid design by Li, ChengJing

“…We need to use to it anytime and anywhere which is almost the basic necessaries in our daily life. However, most of the power source is non-renewable and have harmful by-products to the environment. …”
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Index learning style data processing application by Yew, Shao Jie

“…The adopted Software Development Life Cycle of this project follows the agile software development methodology so that the requirements of the application can be more flexible. …”
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The importance of understanding individual differences in Down syndrome by Karmiloff-Smith, Annette, Al-Janabi, Tamara, D'Souza, Hana, Groet, Jurgen, Massand, Esha, Mok, Kin, Startin, Carla, Fisher, Elizabeth, Hardy, John, Nizetic, Dean, Tybulewicz, Victor, Strydom, Andre

“…We argue that, in the context of significant increases in DS life expectancy, a focus on individual differences in trisomy 21 at all levels—genetic, cellular, neural, cognitive, behavioral, and environmental—constitutes one of the best approaches for understanding genotype/phenotype relations in DS and for exploring risk and protective factors for Alzheimer’s disease in this high-risk population.…”
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Microorganisms meet solid minerals: interactions and biotechnological applications by Kumar, Amit, Cao, Bin, Ng, Daphne Hui Ping

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Complete genome sequence of Acinetobacter indicus type strain SGAir0564 isolated from tropical air collected in Singapore by Vettath, Vineeth Kodengil, Junqueira, Ana Carolina M., Uchida, Akira, Purbojati, Rikky W., Houghton, James N. I., Chénard, Caroline, Drautz-Moses, Daniela I., Wong, Anthony, Kolundžija, Sandra, Clare, Megan E., Kushwaha, Kavita K., Panicker, Deepa, Putra, Alexander, Gaultier, Nicolas E., Heinle, Cassie E., Premkrishnan, Balakrishnan N. V., Schuster, Stephan C.

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Mythical heroines : the appropriation of myth in reconstructing female identities in ethnic American literature by Goh, I-Mei.

“…David Adams Leeming, in Mythology: The Voyage of the Hero, asserts that “the journey of life is the search for the self—for the personal myth which is veiled in the local and the immediate but which, on a deeper level, is but an expression of the world myth” (6). …”
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Patients’ experience of medication brand changes during hormone therapy for breast cancer: an interpretative phenomenological analysis by Eraso, Yolanda, Moon, Zoe, Steinberga, Ieva

“…This study aimed to explore women’s lived experience of HT medication brand changes (generic substitution) and its impact on side effects, quality of life and medication-taking behaviors, as well as on adherence and persistence. …”
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Does bankruptcy law prevent internalization of environmental costs: evidence from China by Li, Xingwei

“…To fill this research gap, this paper considers several detailed case studies to examine real-life scenarios where bankrupt polluters are involved. …”
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International web-based survey of patients with non-hydrocephalic symptomatic pineal cysts by Harding, J, Masina, R, Hill, A, Ansanipour, A, Steele, A, Kolias, A, Santarius, T

“…Conclusions: A cohort of patients with nhSPC who participated in this international survey reports substantial and durable improvement in symptom severity and quality of life after pineal cyst resection.…”

Effects of educational disruption and changes in school context on children's mental health: associations with school level disadvantage and individual bullying involvement by Badger, JR, Holst, CG, Thompson, P, Bowes, L, Hayes, R, Clarkson, S, Hutchings, J, Hastings, RP

“…Child data included bullying involvement at school and health-related quality of life; teacher data included reports of each child's internalising, externalising and prosocial behaviours. …”

Adams family values: Abigail and Louisa Catherine Adams and the influence of Europe on the 'Republican Courts' of New York, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C. (1789-1829) by Leeper, JL

“…By examining the influence of European court life on these two women, as well as their complicated and comparative interests in monarchical aesthetics and etiquette, we can better understand why and how they attempted to transfer monarchical Europe’s social hierarchies, ceremonies, protocols, and material aesthetics into the United States capital. …”

The responsible innovation of disruptive technologies by Inglesant, P, Webb, H, Ten Holter, C, Patel, M, Jirotka, M

“…Technologies are intertwined with everyday life and it is sometimes not possible to disentangle their desirable properties from their potentially unwelcome implications. …”

Poetics of the urban, poetics of the self: a comparative study of selected works by Jorge Luis Borges and Jacques Réda by Puello Alfonso, SL

“…As a consequence of this communion between self and place they explore the possibility of being on the brink of a revelatory experience that speaks to the enigma of life. The wider scope of the thesis addresses the historical and cultural relationship between Buenos Aires and Paris, Borges's and Réda's redefinition of the centre/periphery dichotomy, the evening as a temporal locale and the distinction between poetic destiny and aesthetic experience.…”

Reconstructing prehistoric lifeways using multi-Isotope analyses of human enamel, dentine, and bone from Legaire Sur, Spain by Griffith, JI, James, HF, Ordoño, J, Fernández-Crespo, T, Gerritzen, CT, Cheung, C, Spros, R, Claeys, P, Goderis, S, Veselka, B, Snoeck, C

“…Oxygen and strontium isotope analysis suggest all individuals come from a similar, likely local, geological region, aside from one biological female who presents a notably different geographical birthplace, weaning, and dietary life history than the rest of the burial population. …”

The impact of founder personalities on startup success by McCarthy, PX, Gong, X, Braesemann, F, Stephany, F, Rizoiu, M, Kern, ML

“…Startup companies solve many of today’s most challenging problems, such as the decarbonisation of the economy or the development of novel life-saving vaccines. Startups are a vital source of innovation, yet the most innovative are also the least likely to survive. …”

MISE: meta-knowledge inheritance for social media-based stressor estimation by Wang, X, Feng, L, Zhang, H, Cao, L, Zeng, K, Li, Q, Ding, Y, Dai, Y, Clifton, D

“…With social media becoming an integral part of daily life, leveraging social media to detect stress has gained increasing attention. …”

Sleep and circadian difficulties in schizophrenia: presentations, understanding, and treatment by Freeman, D, Waite, F

“…Treatment is also very likely to lessen psychotic experiences and mood disturbances, while improving daytime functioning and quality of life. Tackling sleep difficulties can be a route towards the successful treatment of psychosis. …”