Study of a dry fixed-vane revolving compressor by Toh, Shaun Jia Hui

“…The changes are made in areas where there is high metal-to-metal contact such as the vane-side, rotor end faces and journal bearings. Major changes to equations were made in the rotor end-face expressions, where the rubbing at the upper end-face is not considered as non-contact occurs as a result of gravity. …”
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Development of indexing clamper mechanism for wire bonder by Zhang, Yue.

“…For wire bonding integrated circuits, the state-of-art is 30 u.m fine pitch, and the position accuracy of material transmission for wire bonder is required to be 3.5 urn or less. …”
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A narrowband ultrasonic ranging method for multiple moving sensor nodes by Ashhar, Karalikkadan, Md. Noor-A-Rahim, Mohammad Omar Khyam, Soh, Cheong Boon

“…Accurate ranging using narrow-band ultrasonic transducers in small-scale environments can be used for indoor localization, human motion capture, and robotic navigation. …”
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Carbon nanotube fence-wall for radio frequency isolation by Tan, Dunlin

“…However, there are many challenges faced with the use of such emerging materials, such as difficulty in implementation and effective integration into electronics. …”
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Signal processing for cooperative cognitive radio networks by Rabiee, Ramtin

“…In recent decades, cognitive radio has been introduced as a practical solution to solve the frequency scarcity problem by setting up a secondary network besides the primary one through a cognitive radio network (CRN) to increase the utilization rate of licensed frequency bands. There exist many parameters to achieve a reliable and practical CRN and it is necessary to conduct extensive signal processing studies to optimize them. …”
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Why do Chinese firms go public abroad and how do they perform? by Yuan, Mengying

“…The magnitude of the impact is more pronounced for firms that face higher hurdles in bypassing capital control.…”
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Self-healing cementitious composites by encapsulation techniques by Feng, Jianhang

“…To address this issue, cementitious composites with novel components for self-healing have been developed, but current self-healing agents for cementitious composites face challenges due to high cost, low compatibility with cementitious composites and limited autonomous healing capacity. …”
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Performance of toughened acrylic thermoplastic composites under mode I loading by Ng, Ronald Zi Foong

“…The rise in fracture toughness is contributed by the rougher de-bonding surface due to the integration of Clearstrength® powder into the Elium® matrix, thereby signifying a toughened Elium® matrix, while the drop could be attributed to manufacturing challenges faced, resulting in the fabrication of a poorer composite. …”
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Enhanced microbial fuel cell for electricity generation from wastewater by Fu, Chuan Bao.

“…It consists of a Micro- porous layer (MPL) and a Platinum catalyst layer bonded to the carbon cloth with the use of PTFE and Nafion as binders respectively. …”
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Piscidin-1-analogs with double L- and D-lysine residues exhibited different conformations in lipopolysaccharide but comparable anti-endotoxin activities by Kumar, Amit, Mahajan, Mukesh, Awasthi, Bhanupriya, Tandon, Anshika, Harioudh, Munesh Kumar, Shree, Sonal, Singh, Pratiksha, Shukla, Praveen Kumar, Ramachandran, Ravishankar, Mitra, Kalyan, Bhattacharjya, Surajit, Ghosh, Jimut Kanti

“…We conjectured that introduction of cationic residue(s) at the interface of polar and non-polar faces of piscidins may control their insertion into hydrophobic mammalian cell membrane and thereby reducing cytotoxicity. …”
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‘On-demand’ soft tissue adhesives by Mogal, Vishal Tukaram

“…A bioadhesive with these attributes could be activated on-site by an external trigger to overcome the challenges of non-specific protein binding and inadequate adhesion in wet conditions more often faced by clinicians who require better methods of soft tissue and medical implant fixation. …”
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全球传播之窗 ：中国中央电视台中文国际频道和华人华侨关系研究 = Window to the world : the Chinese International Channel of China Central Television and it relations with Chinese diaspora... by 汤妮 Tang Ni

“…In view of its responsibilities and missions in foreign communications as a Chinese television media and considering the current competition it faces in the era of new media, CCTV-4 has to position itself better with high identification, high acceptance, and high recognition in the hope of being the “World’s No.1 Chinese Television Channel”. …”
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Tantalum based amorphous thin films as copper diffusion barrier by Yan, Hua

“…The current work also studies the chemical bonding status of the amorphous Ta-N and Ta-Si-N film in an attempt to explain their high thermal stability. …”
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Understanding lived experiences of bereaved parents of children with chronic life-threatening Illness : towards a culture-specific and meaning-oriented narrative E-writing interven... by Dutta, Oindrila

“…Study 3 developed, piloted, and evaluated a novel evidence-based Narrative e-Writing Intervention (NeW-I) in Singapore to advance psycho-socio-spiritual support for parent-caregivers facing their child’s chronic life-threatening illness. …”
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