EXCELLENT SHEEP : The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life / by Deresiewicz, William, 1964-, author 655683

“…A GROUNDBREAKING MANIFESTO ABOUT THE INSIGHTS ON LEADING, THINKING, AND LIVING THAT ELITE SCHOOLS SHOULD BE-BUT AREN'T-PROVIDING. …”

Applicability of behavioural finance by Chong, Chee Wah, Low, Ji Teng, Paik, Jek Yin

“…In order to identify the most statistically significant gauges of investors’ behaviors, a few prominent methodologies and its resulting economic indices have been analysed. Specifically, they were the (i) Volatility Index (VIX), (ii) Consumer Sentiment Index (CSI), (iii) Bull-Bear Spread Index (BBS) and the (iv) Investor Sentiment Index (ISI). …”
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Death and the doctor: the museum as a tool for understanding the needs of the dying by Harris, J, Moyse, A, Hadley, G, Frampton, S, Dempsey, A, Hordern, J, Saunders, K, Lane, R, De Luca, G

“…Over the past several years, the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford has been part of a multi- disciplinary team examining the question of how we train medical students to deal with those parts of their profession which are concerned primarily with the humanity of their patients. …”

Fluorophore-doped core–multishell spherical plasmonic nanocavities : resonant energy transfer toward a loss compensation by Peng, Bo, Zhang, Qing, Liu, Xinfeng, Ji, Yun, Demir, Hilmi Volkan, Huan, Alfred Cheng Hon, Sum, Tze Chien, Xiong, Qihua

“…However, the inherent and strong energy dissipation present in metals, especially in the near-infrared and visible wavelength ranges, significantly hampers the applications in nanophotonics. …”
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Evolving optimal and diversified military operational plans for computational red teaming by Zeng, Fanchao, Decraene, James, Low, Malcolm Yoke Hean, Zhou, Suiping, Cai, Wentong

“…Numerous multiobjective evolutionary algorithms (MOEAs) have been applied to CRT; however, the elitist and converging nature of these Pareto-based optimization algorithms typically leads to the generation of optimal, with respect to the Pareto front, but poorly diversified adversarial operational plans. …”
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Design of an automatic solar tracking system by Sonat, Paul.

“…Modern world is tremendously developing, but on the other hand many natural disasters happening. Global warming has been the main reason for those natural disasters. …”
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An autonomous ultrasonic fastener holes inspection system of an aircraft lower wing skin by Lim, Chee Wei.

“…Fasteners like rivets and bolts bear a large part of the stress and thus require frequent inspection for cracks around the fastener's holes. …”
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Synchronous reluctance motor-drive for energy efficiency solution by Xu, Han

“…In this report, a survey of the existing motor-drives solution has been carried out. To limit the scope of this work, only industrial drives have been considered because these form the largest percentage of drives sold globally and around the tropical belt that includes Singapore.…”
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Investigating circular dorsal ruffles through varying substrate stiffness and mathematical modeling by LeDuc, Philip R., Zeng, Yukai, Lai, Tanny, Koh, Cheng Gee, Chiam, Keng-Hwee

“…However, the dynamics and mechanism of formation of CDRs are still unknown. It has been observed that CDR formation leads to stress fibers disappearing near the CDRs. …”
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Xiangshan Forum – China’s Quest for Stability : Images and Realities by Suryanarayana, Pisupati Sadasiva

“…However, China can enhance this exercise by addressing some external security concerns about the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).…”
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China's collaboration with IndoChina countries in hydropower development in the Mekong region - how far can it go? by Phua, Pei Pei.

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Laser-Guide-Star Satellite for Ground-Based Adaptive Optics Imaging of Geosynchronous Satellites by Marlow, Weston, Carlton, Ashley, Hyosang, Yoon, Clark, James, Haughwout, Christian, Cahoy, Kerri, Males, Jared, Close, Laird, Morzinski, Katie

“…Although the preliminary analysis indicates that a single satellite guide star cannot be used for observing multiple astronomical targets, it will only require a little propellant to relocate within the geosynchronous belt. Results of a design study on the feasibility of a small-satellite guide star have been presented, and the potential benefits to astronomical imaging and to the larger space situational awareness community have been highlighted.…”
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Does bankruptcy law prevent internalization of environmental costs: evidence from China by Li, Xingwei

“…The ‘polluter pays’ principle has been implemented by several pieces of environmental legislation in China as a means to confront the issue of liability in the case of bankrupt polluters. …”
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Malaysia’s East Coast Rail Link: Bane or Gain? by Saravanamuttu, Johan

“…With the launch of East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), Malaysia has demonstrated its commitment to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). However, the proliferation of mega infrastructural projects in the country involving China companies could lead to Malaysia’s overdependence on China, undermining its foreign policy leverage with Beijing.…”
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Mechanics of fracture and flexure in Antarctic ice sheets and ice shelves by Zhang, H

“…</p> <br> <p>In Chapter 5, I focus on calving and flexure near the shelf edge. By using a viscoelastic flexure model, I investigate different mechanisms that cause flexure near the calving front, and how the flexure evolves due to viscous creep and leads to calving events.…”

Detailed turbulent structures investigation around piers group induced flow by Ikani, Nima, H. Pu, Jaan, Zang, Shuyan, Hussein Al-Qadami, Ebrahim Hamid, Razi, Adib

“…The result reveals that the log-law layer near wall has been enhanced by the installation of pier. …”
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Large eddy simulations of turbulent circular wall jets by Zhang, Shuai, Law, Adrian Wing-Keung, Zhao, Bing

“…Most of the previous studies focus on the kinematic characteristics of the jet flows, while the mixing characteristics including the scalar transport have not been well examined. The current study performs a comprehensive investigation of the turbulent circular wall jet including both the flow and mixing characteristics using the large eddy simulations (LES) approach with proper near-wall modelling. …”
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China’s Defence Spending: Settling in for Slow Growth? by Bitzinger, Richard A.

“…It could signal a new round of belt-tightening for the People’s Liberation Army. …”
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Quad's India problem : no different from Beijing by Gupta, Sourabh

“…Australia, Japan and the US should first get New Delhi to revise its UNCLOS-related rules and regulations, which bear far greater similarity with Beijing’s than that of its Quad partners.…”
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Plasmonic properties of two-dimensional metallic nanoholes fabricated by focused ion beam lithography by Zhu, Shaoli, Zhou, Wei

“…The difference between the design and the experimental results may be caused by the conversion between the near field and the far field. The near field electric field distribution on the surface plasmonic nanoholes was measured by a near-field scanning optical microscope. …”
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