Investigations into femtosecond laser hybrid manufacturing for 3D power sources by Tham, Nicholas Cheng Yang

“…These VPGs are then demonstrated as active beam steering units and tuneable spectroscopic optical elements. …”
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Design and analysis of high torque density machines for aerospace applications by Shen, Fawen

“…Generally, the PM machines with gearboxes are adopted in the MEA to achieve high-torque low-speed output. However, the gearbox suffers from inevitable mechanical loss and frequent maintenance, thus reducing the system’s efficiency. …”
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Energy storage management for renewable energy systems by Feng, Xue

“…Ultracapacitors, with a high power capability, an ultra-fast response speed and a long cycle life are adopted and combined with the battery. …”
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Wideband passive multiport model order reduction and realization of RLCM circuits by Tan, Sheldon X. D., Qi, Zhenyu, Yu, Hao, Liu, Pu, He, Lei

“…Experimental results on an RF spiral inductor and a number of high-speed transmission line circuits are presented. …”
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Quantifying uncertainties in tropical cyclone wind hazard assessment due to synthetic track stochastic variability for Southeast Asia by Jian, Wei, Lo, Edmond Yat-Man, Stojanovski, Pane, Pan, Tso-Chien

“…Influence from other track parameters, such as TC size and forward speed, can become important for long exposure of TC trajectories. …”
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Reinforcement learning for robot assembly by Vuong Quoc Nghia

“…Secondly, incorporating low-level feedback controllers into RL provides prior knowledge, which can increase learning speed and improve policy performance. A key message in this work is that a robust and high-performance low-level controller can further improve the robustness and performance of policies. …”
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Design, development and analysis of a full carbon fibre reinforced composite chassis of an electric vehicle by Khoo, Raymond Rui Xiang

“…Methods to simplify complex dynamic load problems into equivalent quasi-static load will also be explored to speed up development process. The multi-disciplinary nature of the vehicle project would requires multiple systems integration resulting in strict design space restrictions within the vehicle package in which key factors that affect efficient vehicle structure performance for crashworthiness will be identified. …”
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Effect of different lead precursors on planar perovskite solar cells by Martin

“…Increasing the spin coat speed (to 3000rpm for 30 seconds) can improve the uniformity of perovskite film and further current density of solar cells. 4. …”
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Anticholinergic burden and cognitive function in psychosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Mancini, V, Latreche, C, Fanshawe, J, Varvari, I, Chambrez-Zita, Z, McGinn, N, Ana, C, Pillinge, T, McGuire, PK, McCutcheon, RA

“…A negative correlation was identified between anticholinergic burden and global cognition (r=−0.37, 95% CI=−0.48, −0.25), verbal learning (r=−0.28, 95% CI=−0.36, −0.21), visual learning (r=−0.17, 95% CI=−0.28, −0.06), working mem- ory (r=−0.22, 95% CI=−0.29, −0.14), processing speed (r=−0.24, 95% CI=−0.35, −0.13), attention (r=−0.19, 95% CI=−0.29, −0.08), executive functions (r=−0.17, 95% CI=−0.27, −0.06), and social cognition (r=−0.12, 95% CI=−0.19, −0.05), and between serological anticholinergic activity and verbal learning (r=−0.26, 95% CI=−0.38, −0.14), working memory (r=−0.19, 95% CI=−0.35, −0.03), and executive functions (r=−0.16, 95% CI=−0.27, −0.04). …”

Modelling laser-induced vapour bubbles for lithotripsy treatment of kidney stones by Abrahams, S

“…The aim of this work is to contribute to improving the speed and ease of laser lithotripsy kidney stone treatment via mathematical modelling, focusing on the vapour bubbles that form during the treatment.…”

Associations between post-operative rehabilitation of hip fracture and outcomes : national database analysis (90 characters) by Su, Bowen, Newson, Roger, Soljak, Harry, Soljak, Michael

“…Conclusions: In addition to the type of health professional initiating mobilisation, data on rehabilitation treatment activity and post-operative gait speed is needed to determine optimum rehabilitation dosage and functional outcome. …”
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Compositionally graded alloys fabricated using the laser powder bed fusion technique by Wei, Siyuan

“…In this study, among the several available AM processes, the LPBF technique is selected to fabricate compositionally graded alloys, as it has higher spatial resolution and lower cost, compared to directed energy deposition (DED) and electron beam powder bed fusion (EBPBF). With three different LPBF setups and four alloy systems examined in this study, the following objectives are achieved: (i) screening out, from a large range of compositions, the alloys that are amenable to LPBF, (ii) examining the effects of the LPBF characteristics, e.g., rapid cooling rate, on the micro-/meso-structure and properties of the fabricated parts with varying chemical compositions, and (iii) evaluating the fabrication methods in terms of types of achieved gradation (stepwise or smooth), efficiency, and level of chemical segregation. …”
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Synthesis and characterization of Cu-Chalcogenide nanocrystals for potential applications in low-cost solar cells by Ahmadi, Mahshid

“…Since the opto-electrical properties of the NCs are highly dependent on the composition and crystal structure, X-ray diffraction, selected area electron diffraction, convergent beam electron diffraction and Raman spectroscopy were used to determine their crystal structure. …”
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Non-linear Log-Sobolev Inequalities for the Potts Semigroup and Applications to Reconstruction Problems by Gu, Yuzhou, Polyanskiy, Yury

“…Furthermore, p-NLSIs allow us to conclude that for $$q\ge 3$$ q ≥ 3 , distributions that are not a product of identical distributions can have slower speed of convergence to equilibrium, unlike the case $$q=2$$ q = 2 . …”
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Understanding Chromatin Organization and Dynamics with Coarse-Grained Modeling by Liu, Shuming

“…OpenABC incorporates diverse CG force fields within an extensible framework and is built on a simulation platform that supports GPU acceleration, thus speeding up CG simulations. In Chapters 4 and 5, we shift our focus to the applications of CG simulations. …”
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Designing for Connection with Inner Processes by Mindel, Jessica Rachel

“…Through this work, I hope to lay the foundation for future research on technology's role in supporting interpersonal understanding at a time when so many subjectivities collide and are summarized at the speed of data.…”
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Three essays on behavioral and experimental economics by Li, Yupeng

“…To bolster our findings, we confirmed in a separate experiment that the difference in response to the accents was not due to the speed of speech or vocal pitch. In Chapter 2, we experimentally examine how trustee identity disclosure affects trustor trust behavior in an online environment on WeChat (a Chinese social media platform). …”
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Analysis of influence and its applications in social advertising by Zhu, Yuqing

“…The samples generated by our 2-hop+ method can yield the random variable to estimate with tighter ranges and better concentration bounds can be applied to obtain an approximation of the random variable with a theoretically tighter threshold requiring less samples. In addition, we speed-up the generation of each sample to enhance the sampling efficiency with a SkipEdge technique. …”
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Application and control for virtual synchronous generators by Guo, Yian

“…Starting with a detailed examination of the mechanical equations underlying synchronous motor rotors, it extends to a comprehensive study of speed regulator principles and their corresponding models. …”
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Study of circulation of traffic agents at the road-side bus-stops by Sim, Si Hui

“…Implemented safety features like rumble strips and “Slow” markings demonstrated slight effectiveness in reducing cyclist speed from an average of 3.52m/s (12.7kph) at comparison sites to 3.45m/s (12.4kph) at treatment sites, while the effectiveness of blue dash lines was also observed to be marginal. …”
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