Financial forecasting using machine learning by Chang, Hin Keat

“…When using the quarterly and monthly seasonality in our prediction model reduces the errors into half and improves the r^2between the predicted and the actual by 10%. …”
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Shape-morphing structures based on perforated kirigami by Zhang, Yunlan, Yang, Jingyi, Liu, Mingchao, Vella, Dominic

“…As an example, the relationship between the measured geometric rigidity of morphed half-ellipsoids and their aspect ratio is investigated in detail.…”
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Persuasion for protection: an analysis of online safety videos on YouTube by Huang, Liuyu, Goh, Dion Hoe-Lian, Yin, Stella Xin

“…Interestingly, nearly half of the videos employ a neutral frame, while a significant portion provides no evidential support. …”
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Design of directional-emission GeSn multi-quantum-well light-emitting diodes on Si by Chen, Qimiao, Mao, Weijie, Zhang, Lin, Tan, Chuan Seng

“…We numerically demonstrate that this integration reduces the full width at half-maximum (FWHM) angle of the far-field emission from 60 to 10 degrees and enhances the emission intensity by a factor of 26 at normal incidence. …”
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Design of IIR filters by optimization techniques by Wang, Zhe.

“…Last but not least, a special IIR filter, namely Half-Band Filter (HBF) was designed through SOCP based All-Pass Filters’ Method, SCLS-SM, Direct SM and SMSOF Methods. …”
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Investigation of tradeoff between switching loss and EMI issue of gate driver with ferrite bead for SiC power module by Liu, Dongjie

“…The general DPT circuit with clamped inductive load, which is usually used for switching characterization of power devices (shown at Figure 1.1). It can be used half bridge power module and also can be used as test discrete devices. …”
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New binders for Li-ion batteries by Peck, Steve Teck Wei

“…Since a silicon and graphene composite with carbon black and the chosen binder were used to synthesise the electrode slurry, the optimum silicon to graphene weight ratio for electrodes with the new pectin binder was also investigated. Half-cells with lithium foil as the reference electrode were fabricated from a silicon-graphene composite electrode slurry with either PVDF or pectin binder using typical coin cell fabrication techniques and tested extensively using the Neware Battery Testing System (BTS).The feasibility of pectin binder as a potential attractive anode binder alternative was subsequently assessed. …”
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2D Monte Carlo simulation of a silicon waveguide-based single-photon avalanche diode for visible wavelengths by Yanikgonul, Salih, Leong, Victor, Ong, Jun Rong, Png, Ching Eng, Krivitsky, Leonid

“…For our simulated parameters, we obtained a maximum PDE of 0.45 at a reverse bias voltage of ~20 V, and full-width-half-max (FWHM) timing jitter values <8 ps.…”
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Protective Capacity of the Human Anamnestic Antibody Response during Acute Dengue Virus Infection by Xu, Meihui, Züst, Roland, Toh, Ying Xiu, Pfaff, Jennifer M., Kahle, Kristen M., Davidson, Edgar, Doranz, Benjamin J., Velumani, Sumathy, Tukijan, Farhana, Wang, Cheng-I, Fink, Katja

“…Half of the world's population is exposed to the risk of dengue virus infection. …”
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Importance of miRNA stability and alternative primary miRNA isoforms in gene regulation during Drosophila development by Zhou, Li, Lim, Mandy Yu Theng, Kaur, Prameet, Saj, Abil, Bortolamiol-Becet, Diane, Gopal, Vikneswaran, Tolwinski, Nicholas, Tucker-Kellogg, Greg, Okamura, Katsutomo

“…Furthermore, distinct half-lives of miRNAs from the mir-309 cluster shape their temporal expression patterns, and the importance of rapid degradation of the miRNAs in gene regulation is detected as distinct evolutionary signatures at the target sites in the transcriptome. …”
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Electrochemical performance of NASICON type carbon coated LiTi2(PO4)3 with a spinel LiMn2O4 cathode by Aravindan, Vanchiappan, Chuiling, W., Madhavi, Srinivasan

“…Li-insertion properties are evaluated in half-cell configurations (Li/C–LiTi2(PO4)3) and delivered an initial discharge capacity of 117 mAh g−1 at a current density of 15 mA g−1. …”
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Effect of LiBOB additive on the electrochemical performance of LiCoPO4 by Aravindan, Vanchiappan, Cheah, Yan Ling, Wong, Chui Ling, Madhavi, Srinivasan

“…Electrochemical properties of LiCoPO4 are evaluated in half-cell configurations with conventional 1 M LiPF6 ethylene carbonate (EC): diethyl carbonate (DEC) electrolyte solution. …”
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Infections diagnosed in children and young people screened for malaria in UK emergency departments: a retrospective multi-centre study by Bird, C, Hayward, GN, Turner, PJ, Wasala, D, Merrick, V, Lyttle, MD, Mullen, N, Fanshawe, TR

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Results:</strong> Of the 1414 CYP screened for malaria, 44.0% (n = 622) arrived from South Asia and 33.3% (n = 471) from sub-Saharan Africa. Half (50.0%) had infections common in both tropical and non-tropical settings such as viral upper respiratory tract infection (URTI); 21.0% of infections were coded as tropical if gastro-enteritis is included, with a total of 4.2% (60) cases of malaria. …”

Culinary civilization: the representation of food culture in Ford Madox Ford, Gertrude Stein and Virginia Woolf by O'Brien, N

“…The second is grounded in material history, establishing the contexts and conditions of food culture in the first half of the twentieth century. Drawing on sociological thinking from Norbert Elias's conception of the civilizing process and Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of distinction, and using a combined methodology of close reading, biographical and historical analysis, I show that food acts as a lens for these authors' ideas about civil society and modernity. …”

The relationship between viral clearance rates and disease progression in early symptomatic COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis by Singh, S, Boyd, S, Schilling, WHK, Watson, JA, Mukaka, M, White, NJ

“…Omitting this outlier, half the variation in clinical benefit (R² = 50.4%) was explained by variation in VCRRs [slope &minus;1.47 (95% CI &minus;2.43 to &minus;0.51);&nbsp;<em>P</em> = 0.003], i.e. higher VCRRs were associated with an increased clinical benefit.…”

The cingulum: anatomy, connectivity and what goes beyond by Kollenburg, L, Arnts, H, Green, A, Strauss, I, Vinke, S, Kurt, E

“…For over half a century, the cingulum has been the subject of neuroanatomical and therapeutic investigations owing to its wide range of functions and involvement in various neurological and psychiatric diseases. …”

15th-century printed Italian editions of Aesopian texts by Malaspina, M

“…<p>My thesis provides the first comprehensive and detailed account of the impact of the introduction of movable-type printing on the production and circulation of Aesopian texts in Italy in the second half of the 15th century.</p> <p>It highlights how the introduction of the new medium did not correspond, at least within the first decades, to a standardisation in the written circulation of the rich Aesopian corpus; on the contrary, it fostered the composition of new versions, translations and rewritings, contributing to enhance its varied and multiform nature. …”

Understanding the consequences of education inequality on cardiovascular disease: mendelian randomisation study by Carter, AR, Gill, D, Davies, NM, Taylor, AE, Tillmann, T, Vaucher, J, Wootton, RE, Munafò, MR, Hemani, G, Malik, R, Seshadri, S, Woo, D, Burgess, S, Davey Smith, G, Holmes, MV, Tzoulaki, I, Howe, LD, Dehghan, A

“…Conclusions: BMI, systolic blood pressure, and smoking behaviour mediate a substantial proportion of the protective effect of education on the risk of cardiovascular outcomes and intervening on these would lead to reductions in cases of cardiovascular disease attributable to lower levels of education. However, more than half of the protective effect of education remains unexplained and requires further investigation.…”

Novel phosphorus precursors to group III-V semiconductor nanoparticles by Howley, J

“…A synthetic protocol is optimised to afford core/shell In(Zn)P/ZnS QDs with size-dependant photoluminescence emission maxima between 550 and 650 nm, with full width at half maxima (FWHM) between 68 and 128 nm.</p> <p><strong>Chapter 4</strong> explores the reactivity of N-, N,N-, and P-functionalised phosphinecarboxamides in solution. …”

Effective dietary interventions during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of behavior change techniques to promote healthy eating by O’Connor, H, Meloncelli, N, Wilkinson, SA, Scott, AM, Vincze, L, Rushton, A, Dawson, S, Hollis, J, Whiteoak, B, Gauci, S, de Jersey, S

“…High heterogeneity was observed across intervention characteristics and measures of fidelity. Only half of the available BCTs were used, with eleven used once. …”