Impact of BPL penalty functions and PSF models in PET/CT radial spatial resolution recovery by Si, Wang Jie

“…Tubes filled were placed at 5 cm intervals from the center towards the PET/CT FOV's periphery. Scans were done with default settings of scout view, followed by CT axial slice scan and subsequently PET scan with 1 minute per bed position. …”
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Study of planning and operational aspects of tidal in-stream power generation by Mahda J. Jahromi

“…Out of such, the ones carried out by Reza Iravani of the University of Toronto were most useful particularly his latest book along with A. Yazdani on voltage sourced converters [20].…”
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VR-CFD : interactive simulation of computational fluid dynamics by Yang, Sida

“…VR offers an immersive 3D environment for a more interactive simulation and visualization experience which has been shown to improve learning efficiency (Goldee, 2012). CFD simulation was done on ANSYS Fluent for a fluid flow problem involving a Red Turtle Shell and then transferred to the VR-CFD application for visualization and interaction. …”
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Process-structure-property optimisation of basalt fibre reinforced thermoplastic composites by Hoo, Ming Shun

“…Further investigation was done on the melt flow index (MFI) of the polymer matrix to establish the process-property relationship, and to optimise composite properties and quality. …”
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Preliminary environmental risk consideration for small UAV ground risk mapping by Chung, Han Jie, Mohd Hasrizam Che Man, Sivakumar, Anush Kumar, Low, Kin Huat

“…Further research will be done to include other environmental risk factors and to generate better accuracy of the environmental risk-tier map. …”
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The stalks of the motor A1A0 ATP synthase come into the focus : structural insight into subunits E, F and H by Gayen, Shovanlal

“…In order to get a detailed picture, structural characterization has been done for the central stalk subunit F and the peripheral stalk subunits H and E. …”
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Synthesis and optical characterization of cadmium sulfide (CdS) single crystals for laser cooling effect by Zhang, Chiyuan

“…In this thesis, the author will describe what he have done in the past two years of his studentship. He will mainly focus on the topic of laser cooling of cadmium sulfur (CdS) single crystals. …”
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新加坡当代社会同志自由的研究 = A study of homosexuals’ liberty in present day Singapore by 陈惠嫔 Tan, Mabel Hui Ping

“…Analysis of credible survey results and reports, as well as gathering personal anecdotes and surveys from respondents was done. Findings were analyzed in an attempt to understand and explain how the tension between the individuals and society at large works. …”
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Characterization of oil from liver and visceral fats of patin (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus Sauvage) and its use in hand cream preparation by Shabanikakroodi, Samana

“…The total amounts of monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids of the liver of female and male catfish were 51.03 and 50.55 %, respectively, whereas in fatty tissue of female and male were 50.46 and 50.31%, respectively. Refining was done on the extracted oil from byproducts of patin to produce a more pure and stable product. …”
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Production risk and technical efficiency of Thai Koi (Anabas testudineus Bloch) farming in some selected areas of Bangladesh by Sarker, Md. Al Amin

“…Thus, the study advocates that production-TE modelling should be done using flexible risk framework without being illusive with high TE values estimated through conventional risk-free framework. …”
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Implementation of occupational safety and health management system in reducing ergonomic risk among certified and uncertified automotive industry workers by Ikpegbu, Mavis Amarachi

“…In Malaysia, there is paucity of reports on risk factors among automotive factory workers because comprehensive studies in determining the risk factors have not been done in manufacturing industries. Therefore the aim of this research was to compare the implementation of occupational safety and health management system in reducing ergonomics risk among workers at a certified and uncertified automotive manufacturing industry. …”
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Evaluation of Enterococcus hirae isolated from vegetable wastes as probiotic and improvement of immune response in African catfish (Clarias spp.) by Hamid, Nur Hidayahanum

“…Antagonistic tests were done in order to choose the isolates that could inhibit the growth of pathogenic bacteria. …”
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Machine learning-based approaches for large-scale temporal data analytics by Seyed Ali Majid Zonoozi

“…However, limited work has been done from an unsupervised point of view, in order to understand the changes in data distribution in an interpretable way. …”
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Novel heat treatment methodology for residual stress relieve of AlSi10Mg without compromise of mechanical strength by Lim, Chong Heng

“…Many types of research have been done pertaining to fabricating functional parts via LBPB methodology, and one of the challenges faced is the residual stresses that reside in the metal parts due to repeated uneven heating and cooling process. …”
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Tunable metasurfaces for active nanophotonics by Omar Abdelrahman Mohamed Abdelraouf

“…The future prospect of the conducted research work can be done by incorporating atomically thin materials (2D materials) that support ultrafast carrier dynamics and large optical properties contrast for dynamic quantum optics applications such as tunable single-photon emitters and on-chip photonic systems like a neuromorphic chip.…”
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Light management in nanostructures for solar cell application by Du, Qingguo

“…In summary, this dissertation addresses three types of nanostructure designs, including the nanostructured ZnO anti-reflective coating, the nanopatterned metallic electrode and the nanostructured active layer. The work done here will help to understand better the design rules for light management in nanostructures and the know-how can be applied to new type nanostructure design for solar cells.…”
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Micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) enabled digital pen by Tan, Joel Qi Zhi

“…With keyboards, notes-taking became digitized and can be done in a much shorter time as compared to physical writing. …”
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Injectable and biomimetic poly (ethylene glycol) hydrogel systems for in situ therapeutic cell delivery by Cao, Ye

“…Further studies of gelatin-PEG hydrogels on better mimicking natural ECM were done by covalently conjugating soluble elastin. Elastin has been conjugated into gelatin-PEG hydrogel to innately guide cell behavior and help the remolding of new ECM in 3-D microenvironment for better mimicking natural ECM. …”
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范晔《后汉书》“论”、“赞”研究 = Study on Lun and Zan of Fan Ye's History of Eastern Han by 关天辰 Guan, Tianchen

“…Among Early Four Historiographies, the value of Fan Ye's History of Eastern Han has always been underestimated due to the fact that he was announced to be a rebel. Yet Fan Ye has done remarkable contribution in both historiography and literature, especially his Lun and Zan in the History of Eastern Han. …”
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Black hole binary formation and mergers in supermassive black hole discs by Rowan, C

“…</p>0 <p>In summary, the AGN channel remains an important mechanism for BH mergers, in particular for high mass BHs, with much work still to be done to further constrain its observational features.…”