Particle self-assembly in sessile droplet on patterned substrate by Lim, Si Xian

“…The PMMA patterned substrate is a hydrophobic surface as all the droplets formed a contact angle close to 100°. …”
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Flexible and deployable colon support structure for endoluminal interventions by Miyasaka, Muneaki, Liu, Jiajun, Cao, Lin, Lai, Wenjie, Li, Xiaoguo, Tiong, Anthony Meng Huat, Lim, Gerald Cheng Le, Quek, Banjamin Wei Jian, Kaan, Huang Leng, Dolgunov, Dmitrii, Ho, Khek Yu, Phee, Soo Jay

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Preventing interreligious conflict : lessons from the ambivalence of the sacred and Singapore by Ho, Chee Feng

“…The ambivalence of the sacred means that although religion may be used as a motivation for violence, there are also motifs of peace, tolerance and pluralism embedded within them which may be a strong force for the fostering of peace. …”
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Genuine N-partite entanglement without N-partite correlation functions by Tran, Minh Cong, Zuppardo, Margherita, de Rosier, Anna, Knips, Lukas, Laskowski, Wiesław, Paterek, Tomasz, Weinfurter, Harald

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Place-based household vouchers for locally supplied fruit and vegetables: the Fresh Street pilot cluster randomised controlled trial by Relton, C, Blake, MK, Bridge, G, Umney, D, Taylor, SJC, Adams, J, Mihaylova, B, Griffiths, C, Hooper, R, Phillips, R, Palmer, L, Gamston, A, Williamson, K

“…Paper vouchers are offered to all households in a geographical area regardless of household type, size, or income with no requirement to demonstrate need. …”

Quality of life (QOL) among chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM) by Mohan, Ranjeni

“…The level of QoL among CKD patients showed moderate in all domains. Montioring QoL is an important indicator to identify impact of CKD on PCS, MCS and KDCS domains. …”
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Iris: dynamic privacy preserving search in authenticated chord peer-to-peer networks by Aktypi, A, Rasmussen, K

“…Each node provides the identity of the closet known node to the address of the data, until eventually the node responsible for the data is reached. This structure means that the intermediate nodes learn the address of the sought after data. …”

A privacy-preserving diffusion strategy over multitask networks by Wang, Chengcheng, Tay, Wee Peng, Wang, Yuan, Wei, Ye

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Exploring demographic disparities in the mastery of higher-order thinking skills among primary school pupils by Yee Mei Heong, Yee Mei Heong, Mahmad, Mohd Faisal, Tee Tze Kiong, Tee Tze Kiong, Kok Boon Ching, Kok Boon Ching, Azid, Nurulwahida, Nur Rahma Putra, Andika Bagus

“…The population in this study included all Year 5 pupils at primary school in Malacca. …”
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Music for plants? An investigation into the impact of exposure to acoustic stimulus in bok choy (brassica rapa) plants by Yeoh, JPS, Zhang, Z, Koh, KS, Sinniah, UR, Spence, CJ, Beh, WF

“…The results reveal that those plants exposed to classical music exhibited significant differences in shoot characteristics with the highest total fresh weight, shoot fresh weight, and mean leaf numbers. Meanwhile, those plants exposed to rock music demonstrated values that were the lowest across all plant parameters. …”

Ancient Art, Modern Tech: Experiencing the Digital Reinvention of the Mogao Grottoes by Zhao, Celina

“…This thesis compiles a comprehensive history of Dunhuang’s journey and raises questions about what it means to “authentically experience” such cultural heritage today.…”
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Perspectives of New York State residents on deer management, hunting, and predator reintroduction by Blossey, B, Brice, L, Dalaba, J, Hare, D

“…Reducing deer populations by lethal means and facilitating return of large predators are two potential, but controversial, management options. …”

Excess Mortality and its Determinants During the COVID-19 Pandemic in 21 Countries: An Ecological Study from the C-MOR Project, 2020 and 2021 by Rahmanian Haghighi, Mohammad Reza, Pallari, Chryso T., Achilleos, Souzana, Quattrocchi, Annalisa, Gabel, John, Artemiou, Andreas, Athanasiadou, Maria, Papatheodorou, Stefania, Liu, Tianyu, Cernuda Martínez, José Antonio, Denissov, Gleb, Łyszczarz, Błażej, Huang, Qian, Athanasakis, Kostas, Bennett, Catherine M.

“…Among 21 countries, Brazil, the USA, Georgia, and Poland were assigned to a separate cluster, with the mean of excess mortality z-score in 2020 and 2021 around 4.4, compared to 1.5 for all other countries assigned to the second cluster. …”
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Layer-by-layer polyelectrolyte coated erythrocyte carriers by Heng, Puay Ling.

“…The erythrocytes coated with a polyelectrolyte multilayer provide a simple mean for controlling the burst and subsequent release of bioactive agents. …”
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Why do we care how much oxygen tumors have? by Martin, LAW, Hammond, EM

“…The air we all breathe contains oxygen, which is essential for life. …”

Generalized neural closure models with interpretability by Gupta, Abhinav, Lermusiaux, Pierre F. J.

“…Our flexible modeling framework provides full autonomy for the design of the unknown closure terms such as using any linear-, shallow-, or deep-NN architectures, selecting the span of the input function libraries, and using either or both Markovian and non-Markovian closure terms, all in accord with prior knowledge. …”
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Forces on oscillating uniform and tapered cylinders in a crossflow by Hover, F. S., Techet, A. H., Triantafyllou, M.S.

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Synergistic antibacterial action of lignin-squaraine hybrid photodynamic therapy: advancing towards effective treatment of antibiotic-resistant bacteria by Ferdinandus, Joo, Chaemin, Kai, Dan, Lee, Ken Chi-Lik

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Surface modification and characterization of polypropylene fibers by Tan, Terry Jian Hong.

“…Polypropylene fibers will undergo argon plasma treatment that uses RF plasma technology to explore the potential of surface modification as a means of improving the interfacial bonding strength. …”
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The battle for Asia in crude oil markets: an easier road ahead for India? by Sen, A

“…Even though the drop in prices is unlikely to last (given the high cost on the supply side) and prices are likely to pick back up to at least the US$80–100 per barrel range in the coming years, India will remain in a privileged position compared to a few years ago, as the continued growth of US tight oil means producers from all around the world will still focus on Asia to sell their crude. …”