Design and development of biometric-based techniques for e-security by Tham, Eliza Li Xin

“…The result of the face recognition using the PCA algorithm shows a certain level of both success and failure rate due to certain factors. …”
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Extreme learning machines for feature learning by Liyanaarachchi Lekamalage, Chamara Kasun

“…The objective of facial point detection is to detect eyes, nose, mouth, and face contour in the face image. Facial point information is used to determine head pose, facial expressions and face animation. …”
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Mobile Robotic Platform for Contactless Vital Sign Monitoring by Huang, Hen-Wei, Chen, Jack, Chai, Peter R., Ehmke, Claas, Rupp, Philipp, Dadabhoy, Farah Z., Feng, Annie, Li, Canchen, Thomas, Akhil J., da Silva, Marco, Boyer, Edward W., Traverso, Giovanni

“…The system includes IR and RGB cameras for vital sign monitoring and a tablet computer for face-to-face medical interviewing. Dr. Spot is teleoperated by trained clinical staff to simultaneously measure the skin temperature, respiratory rate, and heart rate while maintaining social distancing from patients and without removing their mask. …”
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Crowd monitoring and detection by Li, Xin

“…The tapping-in device has a high faulty rate and cannot recognize a certain number of smartphones. …”
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Development, validation and the effects of culturally specific guided imagery and progressive muscle relaxation audio for patients with functional abdominal bloating by Shen, Vincent Tee Wei

“…Scripts were validated using psychometric (content and face validity index) and physiological parameters [(brain event-related potentials (ERP) & heart rate variability (HRV)]. 35/63 participants completed the in-depth interview. …”
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Financial assistance schemes for small & medium enterprises : an end-user perspective by Yeong, Kong, Ng, Tee Huat, Koh, Cheng Kiat

“…This research is undertaken to investigate the possible reasons for the low rate of approvals of the schemes. Broadly speaking, the low usage of the schemes may be attributed to low application rate on the part of the SMEs or high rejection rate on the part of the government agencies. …”
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Local release of rapamycin by microparticles delays islet rejection within the anterior chamber of the eye by Fan, Yanliang, Zheng, Xiaofeng, Berggren, Per-Olof, Loo, Joachim Say Chye, Yusuf Ali

“…The anterior chamber of the eye (ACE) has emerged as a promising clinical islet transplantation site because of its multiple advantages over the conventional intra-hepatic portal site. …”
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Citation analysis of Google Scholar and Scopus by Yip, Kayden Pui Tung

“…This report describes how the project created an application to extract data and compare citation count from Google Scholar and Scopus so show the error rate. The project uses several approaches and techniques to face the difficulties and problems in the process of database access and data extraction before populating the local database. …”
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Liquid immersion cooling with enhanced Al2O3 nanofluid for large-format prismatic battery pack: Numerical and statistical investigation by Yousefi, Elnaz, Talele, Virendra, Moralı, Uğur, Mishra, Dhananjay, D., Ramasamy, K., Kadirgama, Najafi Khaboshan, Hasan, Kanthale, Sarthak, Panchal, Satyam

“…The study compares two cooling configurations: (1) axial fluid flow (z-axis in line flow direction, front face A is the first contact) and (2) battery side axial flow (x-axis in line flow direction, face B is the first contact). …”
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Sleep monitoring by millimeter wave radar sensor by Ma, Yuchen

“…Nowadays, elderlies who are living alone may face the potential risk of sudden heart attack, without any surveillance from their children or doctors. …”
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Opportunities and challenges for international environmental engineering firms in the China market by Chen, Yi Ling.

“…The solid waste generation rate will continue to increase as the population grows. …”
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Convolutional neural network for skull recognition by Badr Lahasan, Badr Lahasan, Samma, Hussein

“…The best performance was reported from the shallow CNN model with a 92% recognition rate.…”
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Seaweed processing: Efficiency, kinetics, and quality attributes under solar drying by Khan, Nida, Sudhakar, Kumarasamy, Rizalman, Mamat

“…Traditional open sun drying methods face issues such as weather dependence, contamination risk, inconsistent drying rates, and nutrient loss. …”
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You look familiar … but what’s your name? Word learning in Singaporean older adults by Tan, Justina Yu Han

“…A familiarization task was also introduced to facilitate recognition of an unknown face. Accuracy rates in 4 different conditions: (a) known-familiarized faces, (b) known-unfamiliarized faces, (c) unknown-familiarized faces, (d) unknown-unfamiliarized faces were compared and significant main effects of referent type, familiarization and age were found. …”
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Electrospun fibrous aerogels for air filtration by Tng, Zi Kang

“…However, these filters face limitations such as high pressure drop and a drop in filtration efficiency at high temperatures. …”
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Negative density dependence promotes persistence of a globally rare yet locally abundant plant species Oenothera coloradensis by Stears, AE, Heidel, B, Paniw, M, Salguero-Gómez, R, Laughlin, DC

“…Consequently, several mechanisms have been proposed to explain their persistence, including negative density dependence, demographic compensation, vital rate buffering, asynchronous responses of subpopulations to environmental heterogeneity, and fine-scale source-sink dynamics. …”

Trust building strategies for virtual leaders in the post pandemic era by Badrinarayanan, Vidya

“…This research contributes to the knowledge by offering first-person accounts from senior virtual leaders on the innovative strategies they had implemented for building trust in the virtual project when there were limited opportunities for face-to-face interaction on account of the pandemic.…”
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Assessing surface seals of soils on slopes by Liu, Chenying

“…Infiltrometer tests were carried out at twelve locations at the crest, the face and the toe of a residual soil slope. Quick draw tensiometer test was also performed at the same location to provide corroboration of infiltration rate. …”
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Flexible batch electrodialysis for low-cost solar-powered brackish water desalination by He, Wei, Le Henaff, Anne-Claire, Amrose, Susan, Buonassisi, Tonio, Peters, Ian Marius, Winter, Amos G

“…<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Globally, 1.6 billion people in rural regions face water scarcity. Expanding freshwater access via brackish groundwater desalination can provide additional resources to address this challenge. …”
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Effect of consumers' awareness about country of origin on purchasing decision in Klang Valley, Malaysia by Taheri, Nasim

“…The primary data was collected using structured questionnaire via face to face interview. The accumulated information was examined with care to double check the accuracy using SPSS. …”
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