Taiwan-Philippines diplomatic row : should Manila blink first? by Trajano, Julius Cesar I.

“…Tensions between Taiwan and the Philippines have been escalating since the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by Philippine coast guards. …”
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Performance study of rotated QAM signals over Interference and fading channels by Khui, Kenneth Yi Cheng

“…Using MATLAB simulations, this project will evaluate the Bit Error Rate (BER) performance against Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) across two fading channels, namely Rayleigh and Rician fading channels, along with Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN). …”
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Six Crimson Cranes / by Lim, Elizabeth, author 655947, Penguin Random House (Online service) 655978

“…At first, her mistake seems like a stroke of luck, forestalling the wedding she never wanted. …”
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Aircraft noise, overheating and poor air quality in London primary schools' classrooms by Montazami, Azadeh

“…The overall findings of this thesis have been developed to draw the attention of school designers' to the current and future potential conflicts between the comfort factors in schools' classrooms. …”
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Frequency domain MDPSK based non-equalization OFDM for coherent free-space optical communication over modified rician turbulence channel by Chen, Chen, Zhong, Wen-De, Li, Xiang

“…Our study shows that NE-OFDM attains a comparable BER performance to equalized OFDM, but with lower complexity and higher spectral efficiency.…”
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Distributed execution of workflow by Khademi Hedayat, Maryam

“…The main reasons which led us to this selection are: (i) there is few existing work on partitioning workflow, specially as a means of accelerating workflow execution; (ii) several systems have been developed using three main enactment models (i.e., centralized, hierarchical, and distributed models), but most of them focus on centralized execution control while the existing hierarchical and distributed models still have problems such as high overhead in communication amongst the distributed parties; and (iii) data movement mechanisms are divided into: centralized, mediated, and peer-to-peer models. …”
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Cigarette smoking : a case study of deviance among upper class men in the Singapore society. by Sar, Canice Wei Lin.

“…Due to class inequality, the poor tend to be scrutinized and labeled more frequently as deviants. …”
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Behaviour and design of hot-rolled stainless steel channel section members by Li, Shuai

“…At cross-sectional level, six stub column tests and twenty eccentrically loaded stub column tests about the major and minor principal axes were performed to investigate the local buckling behaviour of channel sections under isolated and combined loadings, respectively. At member level, ten column tests and ten beam-column tests were conducted to study the flexural buckling behaviour of channel section columns and global buckling behaviour of channel section beam-columns, respectively. …”
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An investigation on the role of tarsal flexibility in insect walking by Tjuatja, Johan

“…Insect leg is a field that has been widely studied by scientists. Although there is a wealth of literature on various physical properties of insect leg, such as strength and inner structure, there seems to be a lack of knowledge on the functions or roles of the individual leg segments, such as the tarsus. …”
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Encapsulation of probiotics for food and beverage applications by Ang, Kai Lin

“…Up to date, no studies have been done to examine the viability of probiotics in popular, well-liked, commercialized carbonated sodas/beers, but it is known that certain components in these matrices (e.g. phosphoric acid in soda, hops and ethanol in beers) can reduce the viability of probiotics. …”
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A Formative Evaluation of Rendezvous: a Platform for Knowledge Sharing and Entertainment by Chua, Alton Yeow Kuan

“…On the whole, the behavioral intention to adopt Rendezvous seems promising. Factors that seemed to influence behavioral intention to adopt included perceived utility, perceived enjoyment, perceived ease of use and social influences.…”
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Co-existing study of a radar and communication (Radcomm) system by Tan, Danial Norman Jee Chuan

“…The performance evaluation for the communication aspect of the coexisting system will be based on the bit-error rate (BER) while the detected target range will determine the performance of the radar system using range-speed response pattern (RSRP) plots.…”
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5G mobile wireless access and digital channeling with RF over fiber for long-haul 64-QAM communication by Al Noor, Mazin, Virdee, Bal Singh, Ouazzane, Karim, Mariyanayagam, Dion, Benetatos, Harry, Hubenova, Svetla

“…The optical receiver is shown to have a sensitivity of -28.3 dBm for a bit-error rate (BER) of 10−9. These results demonstrate the viability of the proposed RFoF architecture in providing significant improvement in the bit rate over a transmission distance.…”
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Synthesis, physical properties, and anion recognition of two novel larger azaacenes : benzannelated hexazaheptacene and benzannelated N,N'-dihydrohexazaheptacene by Li, Gang, Wu, Yuechao, Gao, Junkuo, Li, Junbo, Zhao, Yang, Zhang, Qichun

“…Two novel larger azaacenes with six or ten N atoms in their backbones, benzannelated 9,11,13,22,24,26-hexazatetrabenzo[a,c,l,n]heptacene (HATBH, 1) and benzannelated 9,26-dihydro-9,11,13,22,24,26-hexaza-tetrapyrido[3,2-a: 2′,3′-c: 3′′,2′′-l: 2′′′,3′′′-n]heptacene (DHATPH, 2), have been successfully synthesized in two steps. …”
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Co-curricular activities and students’ network by Neo, Kai Teng, Poh, Li Wen

“…Despite widespread research on the types of developmental outcomes (intellectual ability, cognitive and interpersonal skills) of Co-Curricular Activity (CCA), not much research has been conducted on the antecedents of these outcomes. …”
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The underwear bomber : a Malaysia connection? by Clint Lorimore.

“…There have been recent reports that ten men recently arrested in Malaysia on charges of terrorism may have a connection to the Nigerian national who attempted to detonate a bomb during a flight to the US on 25 December 2009. …”
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Firm Entry Modes and Chinese Business Networks: Malaysian Investments in Vietnam by Lim, Guanie

“…To this end, these firms tend to rely on informal ties and nonmarket institutions in the form of the ethnic Chinese business networks. …”
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Application of smartphone-based biophotonic instrumentation for glucose sensing using colorimetric method by Azlan, Nur Ainin Sofhia Nurul

“…The calibration curves consistently confirm that the proposed method aligns with the Beer-Lambert law, in accordance with expectations with previous studies. …”
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Simone de beauvoir against the power of phallocentrism. by Yeo, Cheryl Zhi Zhen.

“…Simone de Beauvoir has been considered as one of the first few feminists many others follow, but reading through The Second Sex leaves one to wonder why: the way she writes is incongruent with the ideas she seems to portray and the language she uses betrays this. …”
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Analysis of photovoltaic module degradation: An experimental investigation on the correlation between partial shading, hot spots, and EVA discoloration by Islam, Md. Imamul, Mohd Shawal, Jadin, Al Mansur, Ahmed, Mohd Salmizan, Mohd Zain, Ul Haq, Mohammad Asif

“…In this current research, an experimental investigation on the degradation analysis of three 80 W monocrystalline PV modules that have been exposed for approximately ten years in a tropical environment in Malaysia as well as a correlation between partial shading, hot spots, and EVA discoloration has been conducted. …”
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