Improving year-round protection against influenza infection in the tropics by Young, Barnaby

“…Vaccination is the main pharmacological method available to reduce transmission and prevent infection, but evidence that vaccine induced protection with the standard dose inactivated influenza vaccine lasts year-round is lacking. This thesis presents a review of influenza epidemiology in Asia and the association between the pattern of seasonality and latitude and climate; a systematic review and meta-analysis of test-negative design (TND) case-control studies in order to generate summary estimates of changes in vaccine effectiveness with time since vaccination; results of a cohort study that investigates whether there is evidence for waning vaccine protection against severe influenza in Singapore; an observer-blind randomised clinical trial of annual versus biannual influenza vaccination in older adults, and further analysis of predictors of waning antibody titres post-vaccination.…”
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Outlook for the dry bulk shipping market in the next 5 years by Sam, Dave Perry, Chang, Yvonne, Yeo, Kai Hong

“…The dry bulk market is experiencing tough situations and it is not expected to recover in the coming year. The objective of this report is to understand the current situation of the dry bulk market and hope to provide an outlook of it in the next five years. …”
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Three year performance of international provenance trials of Acacia auriculiformis by Awang, Kamis, Venkateswarlu, Perugupalli, Abd.Shukor, Nor Aini, Adjers, Goran, Bhumibhamon, Suree, Kietvuttinon, Bopit, Pan, Fuh-Juinn, Pitpreecha, Kiatkong, Simsiri, Apisit

“…The performance of 25 provenances in international trials on seven sites in four countries was assessed for survival and growth at 3 years. Of these provenances, seven were from Queensland, 12 from Northern Territory, Australia, and six from Papua New Guinea. …”
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Non-linear analysis of bolted flush endplate steel beam-to-column connections / by Chou, Ka Chun, 1990-, author 610578, Redzuan Abdullah, supervisor 558354, Fakulti Kejuruteraan. Sekolah Kejuruteraan Awam 619085

Non-linear analysis of bolted flush endplate steel beam-to-column connections / by Chou, Ka Chun, 1990-, author 610578

Static and cyclic behavior of steel beams retrofitted with fiber reinforced polymer laminates by Yu, Yi

“…This thesis presents a study on performance of FRP-steel joints and steel beams retrofitted with FRP under static and cyclic loading. …”
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The bending-stretching effect of a nonlinear elastic beam under finite deformation by Wu, Mao See

“…Second-order solutions for the pure bending of a beam under finite deformation are obtained in this paper. …”
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Modulation schemes for the audio beam system : fixed-point analysis, simulation and implementation by Seth, Abhishek

“…Directional sound can be created by modulating an audible signal onto an ultrasonic carrier and projecting the modulated signal via special types of ultrasonic transducer to generate the parametric array through air, in such a way that audible sound can travel in a column of sound beams. The device that generates this phenomenon is generally referred to as the parametric loudspeaker. …”
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Experimental and analytical investigations on the ultimate strength and serviceability of structural concrete deep beams by Poh, Soon Ping., Teng, Susanto.

“…The main objective of this research is to study experimentally and analytically the behaviour of simple and continuous, prestressed and nonprestressed concrete deep beams under service and ultimate load conditions.…”
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Studies for single bunch and multi-bunch beam instabilities in the Diamond-II booster by Husain, R, Wang, S, Fielder, RT, Martin, IPS, Burrows, PN

“…Due to the relatively low 100 MeV injection energy into the booster, the injected beam is susceptible to instabilities due to the very weak synchrotron radiation damping. …”

Space charge induced beam loss on a high intensity proton synchrotron by Pine, B

“…The defining feature of these particle accelerators, that of intense beams, is tightly coupled to what limits the intensity, which is the controlled loss of beam particles.…”

Shear Capacity of RC Beam with Opening Strengthened Using CFRP Sheet and Plate by Fai, Moi Kin, Ali, Noorwirdawati

“…Nevertheless, the control beam with no openings has the greatest ultimate shear capacity. …”
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Design of fully and unrestraint continuous beams using BS5950:2000 and Eurocode 3 by Zhang, Kailong

“…As Singapore has already began implementing the use of Eurocodes in the construction industry in the first quarter of year 2010, many large organizations have since then followed suit so as to enable more economical, material-saving and cost-efficient buildings to be built. …”
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Fracture toughness assessment of a solder joint using double cantilever beam specimens by Lee, Adeline Puay Chen, Lim, Zan Xuan, Yantara, Natalia, Loo, Shane Zhi Yuan, Tee, Tong Yan, Tan, Cher Ming, Chen, Zhong

“…To understand the degradation, fractographic analysis by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) has been carried out from both top and cross-sectional views of the fractured surfaces.…”
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Seventy Years of Marriage and Family Law in China: Achievements, Challenges and Prospects by Guo, Q

“…Significant development has been achieved both in systematic structure and institutional contents after undergoing three major revisions in 1980, 2001 and 2020. …”

Plasmonic properties of two-dimensional metallic nanoholes fabricated by focused ion beam lithography by Zhu, Shaoli, Zhou, Wei

“…We used the finite-difference time-domain method to design the transmission and the localized surface plasmon resonance electric field distribution in the near field. The focused ion beam method was used to fabricate the nanoholes. …”
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Rigid-elastic combined metamaterial beam with tunable band gaps for broadband vibration suppression by Zhang, Jiazhen, Peng, Xuzhang, Yu, Dewen, Hu, Guobiao, Yang, Yaowen

“…Extensive research efforts have been dedicated to exploring the application of metamaterial beams for vibration suppression. …”
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Negative cognitions about the self in patients with persecutory delusions: An empirical study of self-compassion, self-stigma, schematic beliefs, self-esteem, fear of madness, and suicidal ideation by Collett, N, Pugh, K, Waite, F, Freeman, D

“…There has been growing awareness of the high prevalence of negative cognitions about the self in patients with persecutory delusions, and it has been proposed that paranoid fears build upon these perceived vulnerabilities. …”

Experimental and numerical investigations of press-braked stainless steel channel section beam-columns by Zhang, Lulu, Li, Shuai, Tan, Kang Hai, Zhao, Ou

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Laser-based 3D printing using bessel beams for tissue engineering applications by Liew, Andy Wen Loong

“…This has led to the development of a variety of vascularization techniques in recent years. In this dissertation, a laser-based 3D printing technique using Bessel Beams was studied for applications in tissue engineering. …”
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