A tough egg to crack by Ding, Ming

“…Research is required on different body structures to determine a design that yields highest strength with least amount of material. [1st Award]…”
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Blind deconvolution algorithms for medical ultrasound imaging by Yeoh, Wee Soon

“…These are the constrained least squares filter, the discrete nonorthogonal wavelet transform, and the symmetrical mirror wavelet solution.…”
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New algorithms for hardware-efficient implementation of sign detection and magnitude comparison in residue number systems by Sachin Kumar

“…Last but not least, a scaling-assisted sign integer comparator for the balanced five-moduli set {2n−1, 2n, 2n+1, 2n+1−1, 2n−1−1} has been proposed. …”
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Pareto Adaptive Robust Optimality via a Fourier–Motzkin Elimination lens by Bertsimas, Dimitris, ten Eikelder, Stefan C. M., den Hertog, Dick, Trichakis, Nikolaos

“…A worst-case optimal solution pair of here-and-now decisions and wait-and-see decisions is PARO if it cannot be Pareto dominated by another solution, i.e., there does not exist another worst-case optimal pair that performs at least as good in all scenarios in the uncertainty set and strictly better in at least one scenario. …”
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Design of IIR filters by optimization techniques by Wang, Zhe.

“…In this report, mainly two Minimax design techniques of Digital IIR Filters namely Sequential Constrained Least-Squares Method combined with Steiglitz-McBride (SCLS SM) and Sequential Minimization Procedure for Minimax Design of IIR Filter Based on Second-Order Factor Updates (SMSOF) are presented to solve the two optimization design issues on IIR filters, which refers to converting the non-convex optimization problem into the convex problem and the stability issue of IIR filters. …”
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Understanding the physical and chemical properties of keratin films by Chia, Sheryl CaiYing.

“…From the SEM images, the morphology of the film with least glycerol seems the smoothest while the one with the most glycerol shows folding and creasing. …”
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Advanced diagnosis of electrical systems by Cao, Huimin

“…Two kind of faults are investigated in this project: sensor measurement error and power cell fault. “l1 regularized least-squares optimization” method is employed for sensor fault identification. …”
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Calibration and limits of camera-based fluorescence correlation spectroscopy : a supported lipid bilayer study by Bag, Nirmalya, Sankaran, Jagadish, Paul, Alexandra, Kraut, Rachel Susan, Wohland, Thorsten

“…This allows us to provide measurements of absolute diffusion coefficients for bilayers with different compositions, which were stable over many different bilayer preparations over a time of at least one year, using a single PSF calibration.…”
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Interventions for smoking cessation in hospitalised patients: a systematic review by Munafò, M, Rigotti, N, Lancaster, T, Stead, L, Murphy, M

“…<p><b>Conclusions</b></p> High intensity behavioural interventions that include at least 1 month of follow up contact are effective in promoting smoking cessation in hospitalised patients. …”

Moringa oleifera seed oils: Physico-chemical characterization and its authentication using FTIR spectroscopy and chemometrics by Irnawati, Rohman, Abdul, Yamin, Ahmad Fadzillah, Nurrulhidayah, Azmi, Aida Azrina, Nurlatifah, Windarsih, Anjar, Susidarti, Ratna Asmah, Ruslin

“…Partial least square (PLS) could predict soybean oil levels as adulterant at combined wavenumbers region of 2935-2830 and 1800-710 cm−1. …”
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Application of linear programming: in the feed manufacturing industry by Chia, Tschen Tschen, Chia, Yeong Song, Gan, Boon Kiat

“…The application of linear programming model in the diet problem has matured, especially in the feed m manufacturing industry where linear programming model is used to determine the least cost formulation of the firm’s feed manufacturing.…”
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Indonesia's rise & its regional implications by Emirza Adi Syailendra

“…Indonesia's projected rise as a medium power may see at least two likely scenarios. The first is one of power diffusion while the second sees Indonesia asserting a greater leadership role in the Asia Pacific. …”
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Whither energy cooperation in Latin America? by Flores-Quiroga, A

“…The first, which is an expression of energy abundance, hints at the promise of integration; but the second suggests this might be wishful thinking, at least for the time being. The future of Latin American energy cooperation will depend largely on which of these two conflicting tendencies prevails.…”

Understanding systemic cooling poverty by Mazzone, A, De Cian, E, Falchetta, G, Jani, A, Mistry, M, Khosla, R

“…The poorest and most disadvantaged people, who contributed the least to global warming, are the ones bearing the most severe consequences of extreme heat because of their limited adaptive capacity. …”

High dimensional estimator of the maximum Sharpe ratio with and without short sales by Li, Qinyu

“…Simulation results imply that the weighted estimator outperforms at least one of its constituting estimators under certain covariance structure and the difference is significant, especially when the dimension is large or close to the sample size.…”
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Sequential learning for extreme learning machine by Liang, Nanying

“…OS-ELM is based on the combination of Extreme Learning Machine (ELM) and the recursive least-squares (RLS) algorithm. In the thesis, we explore the theory and the implementation of the proposed algorithm. …”
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Asian monetary fund : getting nearer by Rana, Pradumna B.

“…But still, don’t expect the AMF for at least another five years.…”
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Environmental footprint of voltammetric sensors based on screen-printed electrodes: an assessment towards "green" sensor manufacturing by Ahamed, Ashiq, Ge, Liya, Zhao, Ke, Veksha, Andrei, Bobacka, Johan, Lisak, Grzegorz

“…HDPE plastic demonstrated the least impact (13 out of 19 categories), followed by ceramic, glass and paper. …”
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Computational fluid dynamics simulation of jet in crossflow by Ahmad Anwar

“…It can be concluded that a higher drain mast height and smaller jet exit diameter would produce the least amount of stains on the aircraft belly. The configuration with the greater height of 60 mm and jet exit diameter of 2.5 mm produced the least amount of acetone mass on the ground of the test domain at a value of 7.451x10-6. …”
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Optimized volume models of earthquake-triggered landslides by Xu, Chong, Xu, Xiwei, Shen, Lingling, Yao, Qi, Tan, Xibin, Kang, Wenjun, Ma, Siyuan, Wu, Xiyan, Cai, Juntao, Gao, Mingxing, Li, Kang

“…Two data fitting methods, i.e. log-transformed-based linear and original data-based nonlinear least square, were employed to the 4 models. Results show that original data-based nonlinear least square combining with an optimized model considering length, width, height, lithology, slope, peak ground acceleration, and slope aspect shows the best performance. …”
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