Structural and near-IR photophysical studies on ternary lanthanide complexes containing poly(pyrazolyl)borate and 1,3-diketonate ligands. by Davies, G, Aarons, R, Motson, G, Jeffery, J, Adams, H, Faulkner, S, Ward, MD

“…[Nd(L1)(dbm)2] was also prepared but on recrystallization some of it rearranged to [Nd(L1)2][Nd(dbm)4], which contains a twelve-coordinate [Nd(L1)2]+ cation (two interleaved hexadentate podand ligands) and the eight-coordinate anion [Nd(dbm)4]- which, uniquely amongst eight-coordinate complexes having four diketonate ligands, has a square prismatic structure with near-perfect O8 cubic coordination. …”

Nanoscale surface chemistry directs the tunable assembly of silver octahedra into three two-dimensional plasmonic superlattices by Lee, Yih Hong, Shi, Wenxiong, Lee, Hiang Kwee, Jiang, Ruibin, Phang, In Yee, Cui, Yan, Isa, Lucio, Yang, Yijie, Wang, Jianfang, Li, Shuzhou, Ling, Xing Yi

“…A major challenge in nanoparticle self-assembly is programming the large-area organization of a single type of anisotropic nanoparticle into distinct superlattices with tunable packing efficiencies. …”
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Impact of Modified Atmosphere Packaging Conditions on Quality of Dates: Experimental Study and Predictive Analysis Using Artificial Neural Networks by Abdelrahman R. Ahmed, Salah M. Aleid, Maged Mohammed

“…The studied storage conditions were the modified atmosphere packing (MAP) gases (CO₂, O₂, and N), packaging materials, storage temperature, and storage time, and the evaluated quality attributes were moisture content, firmness, color parameters (L*, a*, b*, and ∆E), pH, water activity, total soluble solids, and microbial contamination. …”
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Extremely stiff and lightweight auxetic metamaterial designs enabled by asymmetric strut cross-sections by Seetoh, Ian Peiyuan, Leong, Brendon, Lee, Edmon Yi, Markandan, Kalaimani, Kanaujia, Pawan Kumar, Lai, Chang Quan

“…This allows the 3ATC lattice to exhibit a large specific relative stiffness for a given Poisson's ratio, which can be more than an order of magnitude higher when compared to other auxetic designs in the literature. …”
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Automated Android Malware Detection Using Optimal Ensemble Learning Approach for Cybersecurity by Hayam Alamro, Wafa Mtouaa, Sumayh Aljameel, Ahmed S. Salama, Manar Ahmed Hamza, Aladdin Yahya Othman

“…The deep learning (DL) method can be a promising solution to detect all malware variants. …”
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Phase controlled synthesis and characterization of noble metal nanomaterials by Fan, Zhanxi

“…By simply mixing the freshly prepared octadecanethiol (ODT) solutions with hexagonal close-packed (hcp) Au square sheet (AuSS), a unique hcp-to-face-centered cubic (fcc) phase transition is observed under ambient conditions, leading the formation of (100)f-oriented fcc AuSSs. …”
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Assessment of Changes in Birefringence and Orientation of Collagen Fibres in Different Grades of Oral Submucous Fibrosis and Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma using Picrosirius Red and... by Ashwini Chikkanayakanahalli Prabhakar, HC Girish, Varsha Vimal Kumar, Umapathy Thimmegowda, Praveen Mallavalli Nagaraj Shetty

“…Conclusion: This study showed a change in colour from yellow orange to orange red in advanced OSMF cases which indicated progression of disease and tightly packing of collagen fibres, suggestive of presence of thick fibres in the extracellular matrix. …”
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Triangular Lattices for Mutual Coupling Reduction in Patch Antenna Arrays by Nurul Hazlina, Noordin, Arslan, Tughrul, Erdogan, Ahmet T., El-Rayis, Ahmed O., Haridas, Nakul, Flynn, Brian

“…A 4-element circular patch array with a triangular lattice is simulated and compared against a 4-element circular patch array with a square lattice in terms of their mutual coupling and radiation pattern. …”
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Business statistics / by Muhammad Rozi Malim, author 542104, Faridah Abdul Halim, author 542105

“…This book smartly puts together a total to eleven indispensable chapters such as Concepts of Probability, Descriptive Statistics, Inferential Statistics, F-Test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Chi-Square Applications, Simple Linear Regression and Correlations, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting and others. …”

Differential Outcomes of VATS and Open Surgery in Lung Cancer Patients with Antecedent Oncological Diagnoses by Bogdan Cosmin Tanase, Alin Ionut Burlacu, Claudiu Eduard Nistor, Teodor Horvat, Cristian Oancea, Monica Marc, Emanuela Tudorache, Diana Manolescu

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Design and Fabrication of Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasound Transducer (pMUT) with Partially-Etched ZnO Film by Junhong Li, Wei Ren, Guoxiang Fan, Chenghao Wang

“…A square piezoelectric composite diaphragm was analyzed by the finite element method to enhance the sensitivity of a piezoelectric micromachined ultrasound transducer (pMUT). …”
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Poly(Pyridinium Salt)s Containing 2,7-Diamino-9,9′-Dioctylfluorene Moieties with Various Organic Counterions Exhibiting Both Lyotropic Liquid-Crystalline and Light-Emitting Propert... by Pradip K. Bhowmik, Tae S. Jo, Jung J. Koh, Jongwon Park, Bidyut Biswas, Ronald Carlo G. Principe, Haesook Han, András F. Wacha, Matti Knaapila

“…The structure also incorporates a square packing motif within platelets. Thermal properties of polymers were affected by the size of counterions as determined by differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetric analysis measurements. …”
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Lid opening and conformational stability of T1 lipase is mediated by increasing chain length polar solvents by Maiangwa, Jonathan, Mohamad Ali, Mohd Shukuri, Salleh, Abu Bakar, Raja Abd Rahman, Raja Noor Zaliha, Mohd Yahaya, Normi, Mohd Shariff, Fairolniza, Leow, Adam Thean Chor

“…Distance variation of the tetrahedral intermediate packing of the active pocket was not conserved in organic solvent systems, which could lead to weaknesses in the catalytic H-bond network and most likely a drop in catalytic activity. …”
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Preparation and characterization of ternary blend polymer solar cells using solvent and thermal annealing treatment by Aziz, Farhana

“…Thus, it is concluded that the P3HT: PDHeOPV: PCBM coupled with thermal annealing has a great potential for the fabrication of PSC with improved power conversion efficiency (PCE) and stability at simplicity and shorter manufacturing time compared to a tandem structure.…”
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Preparation and characterization of ternary blend polymer solar cells using solvent and thermal annealing treatment by Aziz, Farhana

“…Thus, it is concluded that the P3HT: PDHeOPV: PCBM coupled with thermal annealing has a great potential for the fabrication of PSC with improved power conversion efficiency (PCE) and stability at simplicity and shorter manufacturing time compared to a tandem structure.…”
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Drying kinetics of pepper in swirling fluidized bed dryer by Haron, Nazrul Syaif

“…The drying curves plotted indicate that the constant rate drying period was insignificant and thus drying of pepper in SFBD can be assumed to be in falling-rate period for all bed loadings and drying temperatures. A total of six thin-layer models were chosen from the literature to model the drying kinetics of pepper and it was found that Logarithmic model provided the best fit for the present drying condition with coefficient of determination, R² = 0.9990807, root mean square error, RMSE = 0.0105431, residuals = 0.116631 and reduce chi-square, χ ² = 0.00111156. …”
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The Many Faces of Alternating-Sign Matrices by James Propp

“…I give a survey of different combinatorial forms of alternating-sign matrices, starting with the original form introduced by Mills, Robbins and Rumsey as well as corner-sum matrices, height-function matrices, three-colorings, monotone triangles, tetrahedral order ideals, square ice, gasket-and-basket tilings and full packings of loops.…”
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Umno vice-presidential race still wide open by News Straits, Times

“…IKE Manhattan grand ballroom at the Berjaya Times Square Hotel was packed with senior Umno members on Sunday night, as incumbent Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein strolled in.Accompanied by his entourage, Hishammuddin smiled and waved to those who occupied the more than 200 tables draped in bright red cloth.The "Rangkaian Sahabat Muda", or Youth Friendship Network, programme was a dinner to raise support for the defence minister's bid to retain his party post.…”
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Fabrication and characterization of novel nanostructures based on block copolymer lithography by Chuang, Vivian Peng-Wei

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Comparison of Healthiness, Labelling, and Price between Private and Branded Label Packaged Foods in New Zealand (2015–2019) by Teresa Castro, Sally Mackay, Leanne Young, Cliona Ni Mhurchu, Grace Shaw, Essa Tawfiq, Helen Eyles

“…Data were obtained from Nutritrack, a brand-specific food composition database. Means and proportions were compared using Student <i>t</i>-tests and Pearson chi-square tests, respectively. …”
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