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Holocene relative sea-level records from coral microatolls in Western Borneo, South China Sea
(2018)The spatial variability of Holocene relative sea level (RSL) in the South China Sea is unknown, with data restricted to Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, and a few other isolated sites. In this study, we present new continuous ... -
Polyvinylidene fluoride membrane modification via oxidant-induced dopamine polymerization for sustainable direct-contact membrane distillation
(2018)Porous hydrophobic polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membranes have been extensively used in direct-contact membrane distillation (DCMD) processes. However, these PVDF membranes are vulnerable to membrane fouling and pore ... -
Development of high performance nanofibrous composite membranes by optimizing polydimethylsiloxane architectures for phenol transport
(2017)Phenol removal and recovery from wastewaters are highly demanded in industries due to its high toxicity and industrial importance. It can transport through the silicon-based rubber polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) via the ... -
Development of low mass-transfer-resistance fluorinated TiO2-SiO2/PVDF composite hollow fiber membrane used for biogas upgrading in gas-liquid membrane contactor
(2018)An inorganic-organic fluorinated titania-silica (fTiO2-SiO2)/polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) composite membrane was fabricated, via facile in-situ vapor-induced hydrolyzation method followed by hydrophobic modification. ... -
Development of robust fluorinated TiO2/PVDF composite hollow fiber membrane for CO2 capture in gas-liquid membrane contactor
(2017)Gas-liquid membrane contactor (GLMC) is a promising method to attain high efficiency for CO2 capture from flue gas, biogas and natural gas. However, membranes used in GLMC are prone to pore wetting due to insufficient ... -
Structures of Zika virus NS2B-NS3 protease in complex with peptidomimetic inhibitors
(2018)Zika virus NS2B-NS3 protease plays an essential role in viral replication by processing the viral polyprotein into individual proteins. The viral protease is therefore considered as an ideal antiviral drug target. To ... -
State of advance care planning research : a descriptive overview of systematic reviews
(2019)Objective. To provide an overview of the current state of research of advance care planning (ACP), highlighting most studied topics, publication time, quality of studies and reported outcomes, and to identify gaps to ... -
Enhancing moisture tolerance in efficient hybrid 3D/2D perovskite photovoltaics
(2018)Surface imperfections in perovskite films upon crystallization may trigger trap-assisted non-radiative recombination which is a dominant recombination mechanism that potentially restricts the performance of solar devices. ... -
Perovskite templating via a bathophenanthroline additive for efficient light-emitting devices
(2018)Identified as emerging light absorbers due to their plethora of unique optoelectronic properties, perovskites have also been touted as a promising candidate for light emission. However, despite the effortless transition ... -
Module scale-up and performance evaluation of thin film composite hollow fiber membranes for pressure retarded osmosis
(2017)Pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) demonstrates great potential in energy harvesting when combining with seawater reverse osmosis. However, the lack of suitable membrane modules and the issue caused by the membrane fouling ... -
Development of highly-efficient ZIF-8@PDMS/PVDF nanofibrous composite membrane for phenol removal in aqueous-aqueous membrane extractive process
(2018)A highly-efficient zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) embedded polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) mixed matrix membrane (MMM) supported by a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) nanofibrous substrate was developed for phenol ... -
Alkali-treated incineration bottom ash as supplementary cementitious materials
(2018)Municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash (IBA) contains metallic aluminum which generates gas when in contact with cement paste. To increase the utilization potential of IBA, alkali treatment for removal of metallic ... -
RNA secondary structure-based design of antisense peptide nucleic acids for modulating disease-associated aberrant tau pre-mRNA alternative splicing
(2019)Alternative splicing of tau pre-mRNA is regulated by a 5' splice site (5'ss) hairpin present at the exon 10–intron 10 junction. Single mutations within the hairpin sequence alter hairpin structural stability and/or the ... -
Porcine hepatocytes culture on biofunctionalized 3D inverted colloidal crystal scaffolds as an in vitro model for predicting drug hepatotoxicity
(2019)As drug-induced hepatotoxicity represents one of the most common causes of drug failure, three-dimensional (3D) in vitro liver platforms represent a fantastic toolbox to predict drug toxicity and thus reduce in vivo animal ... -
Design and validation of a modular one-to-many actuator for a soft wearable exosuit
(2019)The size, weight, and power consumption of soft wearable robots rapidly scale with their number of active degrees of freedom. While various underactuation strategies have been proposed, most of them impose hard constrains ... -
Effect of the surface charge of monodisperse particulate foulants on cake formation
(2018)In microfiltration and ultrafiltration, particulate foulants are inevitably deposited on the membrane surface, forming a cake whose structure and behaviour play crucial roles in the subsequent filterability of the suspensions. ... -
A system for region search and exploration
(2016)With the increasing popularity of mobile devices and location based services, massive amount of geo-textual data (e.g., geo-tagged tweets) is being generated everyday. Compared with traditional spatial data, the textual ... -
Antibody treatment against angiopoietin-like 4 reduces pulmonary edema and injury in secondary pneumococcal pneumonia
(2019)Secondary bacterial lung infection by Streptococcus pneumoniae (S.pneumoniae) poses a serious health concern, especially in developing countries. We posit that the emergence of multiantibiotic-resistant strains will ... -
Transportable energy storage for more resilient distribution systems with multiple microgrids
(2019)Transportable energy storage systems (TESSs) have great potential to enhance resilience of distribution systems (DSs) against large area blackouts. A joint post-disaster restoration scheme for TESS and generation scheduling ... -
Profilin negatively regulates formin-mediated actin assembly to modulate pamp-triggered plant immunity
(2018)Profilin functions with formin in actin assembly, a process that regulates multiple aspects of plant development and immune responses. High-level eukaryotes contain multiple isoforms of profilin, formin, and actin, whose ...
