Reservoir system modelling using nondominated sorting genetic algorithm in the framework of climate change by Tukimat, Nurul Nadrah Aqilah

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The impact of social isolation on delayed hospital discharges of older hip fracture patients and associated costs by Landeiro, F, Leal, J, Gray, A

“…Costs of delayed discharges were estimated using unit costs from national databases.Mean age at admission was 85.5 years and mean length of stay was 13.1 days per patient. …”

Effectiveness of interpretive exhibits in influencing students’ intention in birdwatching activity at a Bird Interpretive Center, Fraser’s Hill, Pahang, Malaysia by Mokhli, Nuraain Amalina

“…The intervention group showed significantly higher mean scores than the control group for all other affective, intention, and design constructs. …”
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Foreign direct investments: a study of its impact on SES share prices by Ng, Wuay Ming, Kuan, Laura Sui Sum, Sam, Yoke Fong

“…The results indicated that generally there is no response to the announcement of foreign direct investments on the stock prices. This could mean that investors, on a whole, do not regard these investment as neither favourably nor unfavourably. …”
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Performance analysis for continuous antennas in Rician channels by Smith, PJ, Khordad, E, Senanayake, R, Coon, JP

“…We derive a gamma approximation for the instantaneous received signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) under a Rician channel with a spatially-correlated non-line-of-sight (NLoS) component. We also derive the mean and an upper bound for achievable rate. Numerical results demonstrate the accuracy of our approximations across a range of parameters.…”

Construction of a local area DC-power-supply network prototype by Wee, Clarissa Shu Qi.

“…The exponential increase of consumer devices such as hand phones and tablets mean that there is a higher demand for DC power supply. …”
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UAV air traffic control system - subsystem by Aw, Jason Chieh Liang

“…Under Singapore Air Navigation Order, permits are needed when UAV weighs above 7KG, fly higher than 61m above mean sea level or fly a UAV within 5km of an airbase or airport. …”
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Towards targeted exploration for non-stochastic disturbances by Venkatasubramanian, J, Koehler, J, Cannon, M, Allgoewer, F

“…We present a novel targeted exploration strategy for linear time-invariant systems without stochastic assumptions on the noise, i.e., without requiring independence or zero mean, allowing for deterministic model misspecifications. …”

Skewness and portfolio selection evidence from Singapore by Pan, Yu Ming

“…In a bid to retain and manipulate skewness in portfolios, Lai's Polynomial Goal Programming model was adapted to construct Mean-Variance-Skewness efficient portfolios (MVS portfolios). …”
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MIMO visible light communication system with enhanced performance by Han, Junyao

“…Furthermore, zero-forcing and minimum mean square error with regards to pre and post coding were used to plot BER against various parameters. …”
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Decolonizing the past and confronting climate change futures: bringing the state back in by Schroeder, R

“…The essay traces the transformation of nature and its impact on the climate through these two transitions, and argues that responsibility for addressing the consequences of climate change will increasingly mean tracking the connections, and lack of connections, between the Global North and South.…”

Fostering Online Learning Engagement Via Gamification: A Comparison Between Media and Non-Media Students in Universiti Utara Malaysia (S/O: 14764) by Mohmad Yazam, Siti Syamsul Nurin, Ibrahim, Marhaiza

“…This is due to lack of interaction between students and educators by means of accessing, discussing, and sharing associated information through online meeting. …”
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A benchmarking of operational efficiency in Asia Pacific International cargo airports by Chung, Tae-won, Ahn, Woo-chul, Jeon, Su-min, Van Thai, Vinh

“…The multi-dimensional scaling cluster analysis by R-square method was used as the benchmarking tool to provide airport management with a means to examine various aspects of their operational efficiency against those of other airports. …”
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Corporate Crisis Recovery : Managing Organizational Deviance, Reputation, and Risk / by Gottschalk, Petter, 1950-, author 346858, Hamerton, Christopher, author 655481, SpringerLink (Online service) 666

“…The principal aim of Corporate Crisis Recovery: Managing Organizational Deviance, Reputation, and Risk is to complement and expand criminological discourse on the concept of the social license to operate as a means of influencing the behaviour of corporations. …”
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Arbitration : a new era of dispute resolution by Ang, Eng Kiat, Chong, Siew Ann, Tay, Eddie Liang Wee

“…Lately, there has been a heightened awareness in the commercial world that arbitration can be a good alternative to litigation as a means of dispute resolution. This is evidenced not only by the jump in the number of newspaper reports that have been published in the past few years, but there was even a television programme in 1995 on the topic of whether arbitration is a good means of dispute resolution. …”
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A review of extended-range operations by transport aircraft by Simpson, R. W., Ausrotas, Raymond A.

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An exposition of the Zhuangzi’s zhiyan (至言) by Koo, Hao Wei

“…The meaning of zhiyan (至言) in the Zhuangzi varies. In chapter 12, zhiyan is antithetical to suyan (俗言) or “customary sayings”. …”
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Data and speech encryption and decryption system by Tan, Han Ngee.

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A test for the reliability of loan loss provisions reported by commercial bank management and relevance of macro economic variables. by Goh, Soew Cheng., Yeo, Khar Buay., Ong, Li Wei.

“…As a check on the reliability of the loan data, we propose the usage of loan loss provisions and problem loans as the means to classify failed and survived banks.…”
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Performance analysis of familiar elevation-dependent stochastic models with error variance compensation and posteriori unit weight in GPS/BDS precise point positioning by Liu, Peng, Ling, Keck Voon, Qin, Honglei

“…While its mean convergence time reduces by 10.0% and its convergence stability increases by 29.1%, compared with the worst stochastic model. …”
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