Short-term facial skin simulation system by Zhong, Yunjie

“…However, it is difficult for customers to see the actual product's effect how skin pore or skin tone are improved through the text description, numerical information, and advertisement that may be overly glorified. …”
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The first person pronoun in archaic Chinese, with a note on duplex characters by Benedict, Paul K.

“…Tibeto-Burman (TB) *nga (tone *A) `first person pronoun' and the topic marker (TM) *ga - ka play a strange "cat and mouse" game as they romp about the family. …”
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The contemporary approach to a low cost carrier’s business model : through a value network. by Chong, Sue Lin., Ong, Jia Yun., Tan, Kenneth Wei Jie.

“…The growing trend of the Low Cost Carrier business model has set the tone for what is to come in the near future in the aviation scene. …”
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Translator’s visibility in mediating confrontational responses of “challenge” strategy at China’s diplomatic press conferences by Yang, Wei, Mansor, Nor Shahila, Ang, Lay Hoon, Yang, Mingxing

“…In maintaining the confrontational tone, the main strategies involve modulation in syntax and reduction in lexicon. …”
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BMPR1A promotes ID2–ZEB1 interaction to suppress excessive endothelial to mesenchymal transition by Lee, Heon-Woo, Adachi, Takaomi, Pak, Boryeong, Park, Saejeong, Hu, Xiaoyue, Choi, Woosoung, Kowalski, Piotr S, Chang, C Hong, Clapham, Katharine R, Lee, Aram, Papangeli, Irinna, Kim, Jongmin, Han, Orjin, Park, Jihwan, Anderson, Daniel G, Simons, Michael, Jin, Suk-Won, Chun, Hyung J

“…Components of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signalling have been implicated in both pathogenesis of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and endothelial-mesenchymal transition (EndoMT). …”
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Segmentation of liver tumor from CT images by La, Cam Chung

“…Finally, a new semi-automatic method is proposed to improve liver tumor segmentation by finding out the ribcage curves on every CT slice, using the rib bone traces. One can use the rib curve as a post-processing step to fine tune the segmentation.…”
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Gender equality or employment promotion? The politicization of parental leave policy in Finland by Nygard, Mikael, Nyby, Josefine, Kuisma, Mikko

“…The road towards this reform was not entirely uncontroversial, and one stumble stone was different interpretations of the meaning of gender equality. …”
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Pan-Tonkin Gulf cooperation : de-securitising the South China Sea? by Li, Mingjiang

“…The Pan-Tonkin Gulf proposal, if adopted, will turn the South China Sea into an "internal lake" of this regional economic zone.…”
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Managing age diversity in Singapore SMEs : exploring employees' perceptions towards younger and older workers. by Ng, Vivian Shi Ying., Low, Angela Hui Qing., Yue, Samantha Si Min.

“…Originality/value – This research acts as a stepping stone for future research about how to better manage age diversity in SMEs. …”
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Tunable three dimensional scaffolds for tissue engineering applications by Loh, Qiu Li.

“…Overall, the current study provides new insights into the role of the 3D physical environment in determining cellular function, and is a stepping stone towards the development of instructive scaffolds with tunable properties post-fabrication for tissue engineering applications.…”
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Platform development for control of induction machine (Part II control algorithm verification) by Kang, Jia Yi

“…In this project the VVVF method will be used in verifying whether the software control algorithm for VVVF and the hardware constructed could be successfully integrated and will act as a stepping stone for the future implementation of the close loop algorithm.…”
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The prevalence and phenomenological effects of superstitious behaviour in pre-competition sport rituals amongst Asian inter-varsity athletes by Tan, Lloyd Guan Yu

“…Keywords: Superstitious, Sport Rituals, Inter-varsity athletes, Locus of control, Individual zone of optimal functioning…”
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Seepage effects on settling velocity by Goh, Alvin Hanchang.

“…This experimental project investigates the possible effect of upward seepage on the terminal or settling velocity of sediment particles as well as its influence on the different zones of sediment particle motion. The analysis involves both experimental and analytical approaches. …”
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Mathematical model of plant nutrient uptake by Roose, T

“…The water uptake model shows that the water saturation can develop pseudo-steady-state wet and dry zones in the rooting region of the soil. The dry zone is shown to stop the movement of nutrient from the top of the soil to the groundwater. …”

Coseismic and postseismic slip of the 2005 Mw8.6 Nias‐Simeulue earthquake : spatial overlap and localized viscoelastic flow by Qiu, Qiang, Feng, Lujia, Hermawan, Iwan, Hill, Emma M.

“…This localized viscoelastic flow coincides with a low-velocity zone below Toba volcano, as imaged by tomography studies; it is possible that the viscoelastic flow beneath the volcano accelerated following this event.…”
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Nonlinear dynamic analysis of a piezoelectric energy harvester with mechanical plucking mechanism by Noh, Jinhong, Bae, Sungryong, Yoon, Yong-Jin, Kim, Pilkee

“…For periodic plucking, successful synchronization between the motions of the piezoelectric energy harvester and the rotating plectrum must occur within a limited contact zone. Otherwise, dynamic interferences often cause the plectrum to fail to pluck the energy harvester exactly within the contact zone. …”
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Long-term slip rate of the southern San Andreas Fault from 10Be-26Al surface exposure dating of an offset alluvial fan by Ryerson, Frederick J., Van der Woerd, Jérôme, Klinger, Yann, Sieh, Kerry, Tapponnier, Paul, Mériaux, Anne-Sophie

“…Field mapping complemented with topographic data, air photos and satellite images allows precise determination of piercing points across the fault zone that are used to measure an offset of 565 ± 80 m. …”
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Weaponising of the COVID-19 pandemic by Petho-Kiss, Katalin

“…This established snapshot view could serve as the basis for amendments to be made in countering terrorism strategies both in the conflict and in the non-conflict zones.…”
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Locomotion study and improvement of multi-legged robots involving CG adjustment by Chen, Wenjie.

“…However, these demanding specifications are not always compatible when legged robots walk on terrain containing a lot of forbidden zones. This thesis is aimed to present and investigate the CG (Center of Gravity) adjustment methods, and provide strategies to improve legged machines' comprehensive (static and dynamic) locomotion behaviors on rough terrain.…”
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Modeling pedestrian activity in cities with urban network analysis by Sevtsuk, Andres, Kalvo, Raul

“…Car-centered travel demand models and land-use-transportation interaction models have historically analyzed zone-to-zone trips along major roadways, largely omitting pedestrian and bicycle trips and creating a gap in the ability for planners and urban designers to systematically assess non-motorized outcomes of development interventions. …”
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