Exfoliation and alignment of h-BN for thermal application by Teo, Jing Xiang

“…Emerging nonmetal two-dimensional boron nitride (BN) shows great promise for heat spreader thanks to its very high thermal conductivity and excellent electrical insulation. BN is a graphene-like materials in sheet form, resulting in intrinsically high surface area that is important for heat speeder. …”
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A hand-targeted auxiliary personal protective equipment for intervention of fomite transmission of viruses by Tan, Justin Kok Soon, Song, Shang Wei, Zeng, Jialiu, Lo, Chih Hung

“…It serves primarily as a barrier to microbial contamination like conventional gloves, but with augmented comfort and inconspicuousness to encourage a higher public adoption rate. …”
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Acoustic resolution photoacoustic microscopy imaging enhancement: learning based and model based approaches by Zhang, Zhengyuan

“…Variable splitting techniques, like the HQS method, can be employed to solve this problem, iterative schemes are developed to enhance the AR-PAM image with deep PnP prior. …”
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Ammonia-dependent reducing power redistribution for purple phototrophic bacteria culture-based biohydrogen production by Huang, Peitian, Chen, Yun, Li, Zong, Zhang, Baorui, Yu, Siwei, Zhou, Yan

“…On the other hand, other pathways like carbon fixation and polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) formation could compete reducing power with H2 production. …”
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Quantitative imaging using ultrasonic tomography based on full waveform inversion by Rao, Jing

“…This thesis discusses the reconstruction accuracy of FWI on plate-like structures by using simulations as well as experiments. …”
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WHAT A MUSHROOM LIVES FOR : Matsutake and the Worlds They Make / by Hathaway, Michael J., author 656068

“…"When Michael Hathaway embarked on the fieldwork that led to this book years ago, he thought he would be writing a conventional ethnography, centered on the lives of people engaged in the foraging and circulation of an exotic type of mushroom known as the matsutake, which sells for a thousand dollars a kilogram in Japan. In southwest China's Himalayan forests, Hathaway spent months in two mountain communities, among ethnic Tibetans and among the Yi people, whose lives have been transformed beyond recognition by the lucrative matsutake trade. …”
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Uncertainties of glacial isostatic adjustment model predictions in North America associated with 3D structure by Li, Tanghua, Wu, Patrick, Wang, Hansheng, Steffen, Holger, Khan, Nicole S., Engelhart, Simon E., Vacchi, Matteo, Shaw, Timothy Adam, Peltier, W. Richard, Horton, Benjamin Peter

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A Brewster route to Cherenkov detectors by Lin, Xiao, Hu, Hao, Easo, Sajan, Yang, Yi, Shen, Yichen, Yin, Kezhen, Blago, Michele Piero, Kaminer, Ido, Zhang, Baile, Chen, Hongsheng, Joannopoulos, John, Soljačić, Marin, Luo, Yu

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The limits of liberalization: WTO entry and Chinese state-owned firms by Tan, Y, Davis, CL

“…We examine the case of China, which is not only the largest exporting state but also lends active support to state-owned enterprises (SOEs) that could distort global trade. …”

Unveiling student perspectives on online presentations by Siti Ainun Jariyah, Hassan, Hamizah, Zahari, Ezihaslinda, Ngah

“…These platforms support features like screen sharing, video recording, and audience interaction, making them versatile for educational purposes.…”
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DO ENGINEERING STUDENTS FEAR THE BLANK PAGE? by Rosnani, Ismail, Nurul Nadia, Muhammad, Siti Norzaimalina, Abd Majid

“…For many Diploma engineering students, writing essays in English feels like the ultimate battle. The authors explore deeper into this anxiety-ridden world of academic writing, shedding light on why these tech-savvy minds struggle when it comes to penning their thoughts onto paper.…”
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Cooperative Coevolutionary Spatial Topologies for Autoencoder Training by Hemberg, Erik, O'Reilly, Una-May, Toutouh, Jamal

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Learning Sim-to-Real Robot Parkour from RGB Images by Jenkins, Andrew

“…Advancements in quadrupedal robot locomotion have yielded impressive results, achieving dynamic maneuvers like climbing, ducking, and jumping. These successes are largely attributed to depth-based visual locomotion policies, known for their robust transferability between simulated and real-world environments (sim-to-real). …”
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Effects of the US Capitol Attack on political views in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile by Garcia III, George Reuben

“…Some previous literature has found international attitude effects from major events like terrorism or environmental disasters. In this study, I take advantage of the fact that the insurrection took place in the middle of a set of surveys administered to bureaucrats in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. …”
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Labeling Schemes for Improving Cilksan Performance by Holla, Satya

“…While race detection algorithms like SP-bags have provably good theoretical properties, large overheads exist in practice, which urges the need for performance optimization. …”
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SongGen: Framework for Controllable AI Song Generation through Interactive Songwriting and Artist Emulation by Arora, Ajay

“…Building upon existing AI tools like Suno.ai, SongGen features a chat interface with a trained AI songwriter assistant, emulating the traditional back-and-forth of human collaboration. …”
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The Decline of Computers as a General Purpose Technology by Thompson, Neil, Spanuth, Svenja

“…s computers comes from the technical breakthroughs of computer scientists like von Neumann and Turing, but also from a mutually-reinforcing economic cycle, where product improvement and market growth fuel each other. …”
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Thiofluorographene-hydrophilic graphene derivative with semiconducting and genosensing properties by Urbanová, Veronika, Holá, Kateřina, Bourlinos, Athanasios B., Čépe, Klára, Ambrosi, Adriano, Loo, Adeline Huiling, Pumera, Martin, Karlický, František, Otyepka, Michal, Zbořil, Radek

“…The resulting thiographene-like, 2D derivative is hydrophilic with semiconducting properties and bandgap between 1 and 2 eV depending on F/SH ratio. …”
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Application of cascade hand detection for touchless interaction in virtual design by Guan, Y. Q., Tan, H. S., Furtado, F., Tan, A.

“…The detected hand trajectory information can be converted into mouse and keyboard inputs for interactive control and manipulation in virtual applications like virtual assembly and virtual design.…”
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Constructions of Japan and the Japanese : war, memory and foreign policy in Singapore by Liu, Joseph Woon Keong

“…Positive memories of Japan and the Japanese were constructed in Singapore through changing cultural norms like shopping or Japanese construction firms building Singapore’s modern landscape. …”
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