Property study of phase change materials for nanopatterning by Khoo, Chee Ying.

“…The thermal analysis showed approximately identical crystallization temperature but lower melting temperature than Ge2Sb2Te5 phase change material. It has a higher activation energy than that of Ge2Sb2Te5, which indicates that it has a better thermal stability. …”
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A study on social network in Singapore by Wang, Hao

“…The similar results indicate students on average have higher number of contacts than working class. From the analysis it is also implied that participants come in contacts with more people in transportation vehicles on weekdays than on weekends probably due to more crowed public transportations. …”
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Elastic modulus, hardness and creep performance of SnBi alloys using nanoindentation by Shen, Lu, Septiwerdani, Pradita, Chen, Zhong

“…Three stress regions dominated by different rate-controlling mechanisms exist for the SnBi alloys with Bi concentration greater than 10%. At the high stress region (>370 MPa), dislocation glide dominates the creep rate where the stress exponents are greater than 10. …”
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Reframing stigma in Tourette syndrome: an updated scoping review by Pring, K, Malli, M, Hardy, BW, Rapp, SR, Storch, EA, Mink, JW, Martindale, JM

“…The studies were examined under the social–ecological stigmatization model, which helps categorize stigmatization into individual, interpersonal, community, and structural levels and serves as a broader definition of stigmatization than the previous systematic review. On the individual level, youth with PTD had lower self-esteem than peers, often leading to fear of future stigmatization, avoidant behaviors, and self-stigmatization. …”

Canopy functional trait variation across Earth’s tropical forests by Aguirre Gutierrez, J, Rifai. SW, Deng, X, Thomson, E, Wallin, G, Berenguer, E, Girardin, CAJ, Oliveras-Menor, I, Riutta, T, Zhang, H, Malhi, Y

“…Tropical American forests are predicted to have 40% greater functional richness than tropical African and Asian forests. Meanwhile, African forests were the most functionally divergent, 32% and 7% higher than that of tropical American and Asian forests. …”

Pragmatic competence and pragmatic tolerance in foreign language acquisition—revisiting the case of scalar implicatures by Schulz, J, Wonnacott, E

“…Some studies indicate adult L2 learners are less likely than L1 users to accept such statements while others found the opposite, concluding that implicature derivation is “costly” for L2 learners, rendering them less pragmatically competent than L1 users. …”

Privacy harms by Cofone, IC, Robertson, AZ

“…We show that many of the shortcomings associated with the doctrine stem from the misguided assumption that privacy is dichotomous rather than a spectrum, as in our model. We then liken this to the standard of care familiar from tort law, and show how the current doctrine results in the equivalent of a strict liability standard, rather than a more appropriate negligence-based standard.…”

Confinement practices among postnatal mothers in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia by Hong, Angela Lee Leh

“…This study shows that more than half of the respondents had 30-40 days of confinement period (52.9%). …”
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Boon or bane? : The role of filial piety, relationship quality, caregiver gender on work-family interface among working caregivers of the elderly by Leong, Anthony Xueheng

“…When FEW was experienced, caregivers higher in CR and CCR reported higher bedtime vitality than any other combination of CR and CCR. At higher levels of PO and FIW (or PO and WEF), women caregivers experienced more vitality than men caregivers. …”
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Investigation of charge collection pathways in mesoscopic solar cells by Chua, Julianto

“…Firstly, the grid spacing has to be greater than two-third of the electron diffusion length (EDL). …”
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Busyness and its impact on speed of work. by Soon, Yi Zhen.

“…However, busyness is more than time shortage or merely having a lot to do. …”
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Compressed sensing: a discrete optimization approach by Bertsimas, Dimitris, Johnson, Nicholas A. G.

“…Thus, for applications where runtime is not of critical importance, leveraging integer optimization can yield sparser and lower error solutions to CS than existing benchmarks.…”
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Free-standing vertically aligned carbon nanotubes-graphene foam composite electrode for high power rechargeable Zn-air battery by Cai, Xiaoyi

“…After 285 hours of operation the roundtrip efficiency decreased by less than 1%.…”
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Integrated plant/control design and implementation for high track density HDD servo systems by Gao, Tingting

“…Note that one challenging problem for MTA controller design is the plant input constraint, which is more critical than moving suspension type actuator as its movement range is at a nano meter level and much smaller than micro meter level of moving suspension type. …”
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Benzene Adsorption from Dry and Humid Air on Activated Carbons from Japanese Cypress Wood Prepared by CO2 and K2CO3 Activation by Veksha, Andrei, Uddin, Md. Azhar, Sasaoka, Eiji, Kato, Yoshiei

“…At RH 0 %, the benzene adsorption on the ACs was governed by Vmic(N2), when it was smaller than Vmic(CO2), and by Vmic(CO2), when it was smaller than Vmic(N2). …”
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Words and facts: children's fast mapping, retention and extension by Holland, Amanda

“…In contrast, retention of colour labels, shape labels, texture labels and linguistic facts was no better than chance, despite good short-term performance. …”
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Physical and chemical properties of a lipase-transesterified palm stearin/palm kernel olein blend and its isopropanol-solid and high melting triacylglycerol fractions by Chu, B.S., Ghazali, H.M., Lai, O.M., Che Man, Y.B., Yusof, S.

“…However, the HMG fraction of the transesterified mixture had more tendency to form β' crystals than the control. Slip melting point of transesterified fat was lower than the control. …”
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Stability of unsaturated soil slopes covered with melastoma malabathricum in Singapore by Satyanaga, Alfrendo, Rahardjo, Harianto

“…The results of laboratory tests indicated that the air-entry value and shear strength of the soil with roots of Melastoma Malabathricum were higher than those of the soil without roots. The saturated permeability of the soil with roots was lower than that of the soil without roots. …”
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Ethical branding in a divided world: how political orientation motivates reactions to marketplace transgressions by Allard, Thomas, McFerran, Brent

“…In response to identical marketplace transgressions, we observe that liberals punish ethical brand users less than conventional brand users. In contrast, conservatives punish the same users of ethical brands more than conventional brand users. …”
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Evaluating the impacts of lease decay on condominiums in Singapore: Bala's table revisited by Aw, Vernice Ming Hui, Yap, Cassandra Pin Xuan, Yap, Jun Hean

“…Additionally, based on our re-calculations of Bala’s Table using a hedonic regression model, leaseholds are valued much less than what the current official Bala’s Table suggests; our regression results suggest a 99-year lease condominium at start will fetch a price that is 16-20% less than its freehold counterpart. …”
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