The radial spreading of volcanic umbrella clouds deduced from satellite measurements by Prata, F, Prata, A, Tanner, R, Grainger, RG, Borgas, M, Aubry, TJ

“…A hyperbolic tangent model, A ⇠ tanh (C) is presented that matches the entire radial spreading time history and has a conserved torus-shaped volume in which the intrusion depth is 20 proportional to sech (C). …”

The Nightingale / by Hannah, Kristin, author 369246, Macmillan Books (Online service) 655983

“…The Nightingale tells the stories of two sisters, separated by years and experience, by ideals, passion and circumstance, each embarking on her own dangerous path toward survival, love, and freedom in German-occupied, war-torn France–a heartbreakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the durability of women. …”
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Sentinels of Afghan democracy : the Afghan national army by Chan, Samuel

“…Since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001, the international community has contributed much in terms of manpower, monetary aid, essential equipment and expertise in rehabilitaring this war-torn Central Asia country. The Afghan National Army (ANA) has arguably been one of the leading success stories. …”
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Plug-in battery electric vehicle : lighting system by Wong, Bjorn Wing Tjoi

“…The lighting system consist of 2 headlamps, 2 turn signal lamps at the front, 2 brake lamps, 2 turn signal lamps and 2 reversing lamps. …”
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On the total synthesis of complex alkaloids by Shennan, BDA

“…Prior literature syntheses of these natural products are described as well as our own group’s efforts. The daphlongeranine sub-family are introduced and our previous campaign towards these molecules is summarised.…”

Models and solutions for emergency logistics by Yi, Wei

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Design and implementation of responsive registration and feedback system using unity3D by Liu, Hao

“…Science and technology are born to benefit humanity, especially in the era when the new industrial revolution commences. …”
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A Novel Discrete Filled Function Algorithm in Solving Discrete Optimization Problems (S/O: 12408) by Woon, Siew Fang, Karim, Sharmila, Mohamad, Mohd Saiful Adli

“…At the initial stage, an auxiliary function is introduced in discrete filled function method which turns the local minimizer of the original function to be a local maximizer. …”
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TechX challenge by Yuan, Shenghai.

“…The concept of this competition is making future unman combat robot to replace human soldier in the future war-torn urban landscape. Robot has to function effectively in hazards situation. …”
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Efficient digital traffic accident mapping by Koo, T. K.

“…This paper describes the design and development of one system born out of an attempt to produce a low cost, simple to use, photogrammetric-based three dimensional computer graphics visualization system for traffic accident mapping.…”
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Active Learning Strategies in Engineering Science: The Right Way to Teach Physics for Management Students (S/O 13010) by Nordin, Norani, Mohammed Kamaruddeen, Ahmed, Yekinni Kolawole, Sanusi

“…Physics is always perceived by students as a difficult, dull, and abstract subject with little connection to the real world, despite the fact that technologies are born from the physics of our daily lives. The traditional way of teaching physics and technology is based on teacher-centred of learning, where the teacher talks about a given theory and students are supposed to solve several problems based on this theory. …”
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Board financial experience and efficiency-based earnings management in pre- and post-international financial reporting standards by Kweh, Qian Long, Nourani, Mohammad, Lu, Wen-Min, Ting, Irene Wei Kiong

“…However, their ability turns weaker post-IFRS. Overall, this study thus not only has important theoretical significance in that a board of directors with financial experience might and might not curb earnings management but also has an important practical contribution to decision-makers in companies regarding the effectiveness of board financial experiences in the IFRS era.…”
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Mobile phone based participatory sensing for urban traffics by Zhou, Pengfei

“…The system takes lightweight sensor hints and collects minimum set of cellular data from the bus riders’ mobile phones. It then turns buses into dummy probes, monitors their travel statuses, and derives the instant traffic map of the city. …”
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Out-of-band antenna characterization by Lim, Darrell Peng Fei.

“…This in turn affects the performance of the receiver and the other systems. …”
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HiTrip: Historical trajectory interpolation for trawlers via deep learning on multi-source data by Zhao, Zhongning, Chen, Jiaxuan, Shi, Yuqi, Hong, Feng, Jiang, Guiyuan, Huang, Haiguang, Zhao, Jinhua

“…The Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) on trawlers has revolutionized our understanding of spatiotemporal fishing activities. …”
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Localised and bifurcating structures in planar shear flows by Wang, Zhe

“…With broken rotational symmetry, periodic orbits can experience a Neimark-Sacker bifurcation leading to a torus, a phase locking, a period-doubling cascade, a heteroclinic bifurcation, a coexistence between the quasiperiodic and chaotic behaviours. …”
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Caraval / by Garber, Stephanie, author 655982, Macmillan Books (Online service) 655983

“…Only, as soon as they arrive, Tella is kidnapped by Caraval’s mastermind organizer, Legend. It turns out that this season’s Caraval revolves around Tella, and whoever finds her first is the winner. …”
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ADMM-Plus at 10 : Getting Regional Security Right by Tan, See Seng

“…The ADMM-Plus turns 10 at a time when the US-China rivalry is intensifying. …”
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Essays on attention and creative thought by Wang, Jocelyn Yuxing

“…In the mental life of an ordinary person, creative thoughts, as well as other non-rigid forms of thought, such as mind wandering, are both pervasive and important for our cognitive endeavors. The goal of my dissertation is to provide a theory of these non-rigid forms of thought by understanding some of the cognitive mechanisms that underlie them, as well as to understand how these underlying mechanisms contribute to our epistemic lives more generally in all kinds of reasoning. …”
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DARE by Balete, Camille Louise Garcia

“…DARE celebrates grit and hardiness through a montage of imagery that illustrate struggles born from limitations. Characters are used as parallels as they go through a white-knuckled grind of preparation, pursuit, struggle, and overcoming.…”
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