Confined jet impingement boiling in a chamber with staggered pillars by Qiu, Lu, Dubey, Swapnil, Choo, Fook Hoong, Duan, Fei

“…In the simulation, the boiling heat transfer is predicted with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) boiling model, in which the wall heat flux is composed of three parts. The predicted boiling curve is compared with the measured one, and the calculated distributions of the vapor volume fraction adjacent to the boiling wall are compared with the captured images. …”
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Smart nanomicelles with bacterial infection-responsive disassembly for selective antimicrobial applications by Pranantyo, Dicky, Kang, En-Tang, Chan-Park, Mary B.

“…This ‘smart’ bacteria-recognizing chitosan-decorated nanosystem opens the pathway to explore other anionic and cationic and biocompatible polymers for ‘stealth’ delivery of antimicrobial polypeptide, and ‘on-demand’ recovery of the cationic parts to kill bacteria at infection sites.…”
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Mannitol enhances antibiotic sensitivity of persister bacteria in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms by Rice, Scott A., Barraud, Nicolas, Buson, Alberto, Jarolimek, Wolfgang

“…The failure of antibiotic therapies to clear Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection, the key mortality factor for cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, is partly attributed to the high tolerance of P. aeruginosa biofilms. …”
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Experiment and analysis of a hybrid composite post-tension plate girder by Al Mustawfi, Sahib, Safiee, Nor Azizi, Abu Bakar, Nabilah, Abd Karim, Izian, Mohd Nasir, Noor Azline

“…Steel plate girders have been employed as structural bridge parts since the 19th century. They are typically made up of built-up sections in the shape of I-beams. …”
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Sensor-based human activity recognition via zero-shot learning by Wang, Wei

“…The experimental results show the effectiveness of our method. Lastly, we study the problem of multi-resident activity recognition including unseen classes in smart homes. …”
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论明泰昌、天启初年内臣与朝臣的关系 ：以宦官王安为例 = The relationship between eunuchs and imperial officials from Ming Tai Chang period to early Tian Qi period : a case study of eunuch Wang An... by 马爱连 Ma, Ah Lain

“…Using the three major cases in the late Ming and other incidents to illustrate the development and importance of Wang An, we can understand the importance of the partnership between him and the court officials. Lastly, Wang’s death meant the rise of Wei Zhongxian and his followers, as well as the fall of the Donglin faction due to the loss of support from the inner court.…”
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Community noise measure via crowd sourcing by Lim, Yun Jie

“…Machine, traffic, human and lastly the simulation of trees and their possible noise mitigating effects. …”
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Tunable metasurfaces for active nanophotonics by Omar Abdelrahman Mohamed Abdelraouf

“…Moreover, many thin-film structural colors have been demonstrated using the concept of intermediate states in PCMs. Lastly, we showed an all-optical fast reconfigurable phase tuning mechanism for a fast dynamic response. …”
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Mechanics in dehydration-induced leaf morphing behaviors by Guo, Kexin

“…We also systematically studied the effects of various geometric properties on the folding behavior. Lastly, we investigate the rolling of Costus spicatus leaves upon dehydration. …”
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Nonlinear regression approach for GPS multipath mitigation : from code to carrier-phase measurements by Phan, Quoc Huy

“…Multipath, where GPS signals arrive by more than one path and thereby create a range error, has remained the long-lasting major error source in GPS solutions although having been a target of the GPS research community since the day the system started operating. …”
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孟子与董仲舒论“圣人之善”的比较分析 = A comparative analysis between the "Sage's Goodness" as proposed by Mencius and Dong Zhong Shu by 范舒玲 Wan, Cassandra Sue-Lynn

“…After Confucian thought (儒家思想，ru’jia si’xiang) has been regarded as the state ideology in 136 B.C, it has managed to retain such a position for many a time in the long course of Chinese history, and this state of affairs lasted until 1905. The impetus of the movement to elevate the status of Confucian thought in the state was brought about by the high position and theory of an esteemed court official in the Western Han dynasty, Dong Zhong Shu (董仲舒，Dong Zhong Shu, 179 A.D.－104 A.D.).As such, since the time of Confucius (孔子, Kongzi), Confucian thought has only managed to truly gain a place of standing during the Western Han dynasty,when Dong Zhong Shu pushed for the sole elevation of the status of Confucian thought via the rejection of “the School of a Hundred Thought” (百家思想, bai’jia si’xiang). …”
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Dynamics of current-driven magnetic domain walls and skyrmions by Indra Purnama

“…Our results shows it is possible to optimize the speed of the DWs in PMA nanowires by locking the DWs in a configuration that is least hindered when driven by current. Lastly, our work on the skyrmion research provides a framework to solve the issue of skyrmion annihilations. …”
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The development and application of fish scale waste for tissue engineering applications : waste-to-resource conversion of resource resilient materials by Wang, Jun Kit

“…On the other hand, the methylated SHCol crosslinked with 1,4-butanediol diglycidyl ether (BDE) crosslinker significantly promoted (p < 0.05) the formation and growth of LVs, thus making it suitable for treatment of lymphedema or other inflammatory related diseases. Lastly, a biocomposite scaffold consisting of both SHCol and snakehead scale-derived HA (SHHA) was fabricated. …”
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Investigation of the Association between Air Pollution and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in the European Population: A Mendelian Randomization Study by Yang, Jing, Zhang, Yaqi, Yuan, Yin, Xie, Zhongyang, Li, Lanjuan

“…The associations observed in epidemiological studies could be partly attributed to confounders.…”
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#let’s-discuss: Analyzing Students’ Use of Emoji when Interacting with Course Readings by Blobstein, Ariel, Facciotti, Marc T., Igo, Michele, Karger, David, Ravi, Prerna, Sripathi, Kamali, Gal, Kobi

“…We also introduce a heat map, which allows the instructional team to visualize the distribution and types of emoji used by students in different parts of the reading material. To evaluate the heat map, we conducted a user study with five instructors/TAs. …”
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Press ECCS to Doubt (Your Causal Graph) by Markakis, Markos, Zhang, Ziyu, Shahout, Rana, Gao, Trinity, Liu, Chunwei, Sabek, Ibrahim, Cafarella, Michael

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Tectonics of the semi-permanent: Reassembling fit-out architecture by Schnitzler, Jenna

“…In New York engineer Reginald Pelham Bolton’s 1911 obsolescence study “Building for Profit: Principles Governing the Economic Improvement of Real Estate”, he foretold a truth that remains today, that “the useful or economic existence of all classes of buildings, in the rapid march of modern conditions, is constantly shortening” (Bolton, 68). He details how the parts of buildings lose value at different rates—as they physically deteriorate, materials wear and things fall out of style, but even more quickly, he notes, do our structures become economically obsolete. …”
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Design and Performance Comparison of Multi-Frequency Inductors for Megahertz Wireless Power Transfer by Yang, Rachel S., Nikiforidis, Ioannis, Pucci, Nunzio, Joisher, Mansi V., Wagle, Prateek, Mitcheson, Paul D., Perreault, David J.

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Experimental analysis and modeling of transient dissolution of RDX through mass transfer processes by Romero, Joseph Vincent, 1977-

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Nanyang Technological University events management web application by Ang, Kok Jian

“…The fourth chapter, Design and Implementation, is split into two main parts which consists of the design phase and the implementation phase. …”
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