Speech emotion recognition on smart computer : can you tell the mood ? by Shao, Qing

“…The model is developed and improved step by step by model selection. In the model selection process, the impact of the different parameters and speech features will be studied. …”
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Performance monitoring and event detection for smart building HVAC system using simulations by Zhang, Yuchong

“…In addition, I depicted the specific simulation process step by step, followed by data analysis and discussion on the energy efficiency. …”
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Deployment and test of microgrid power park - part II by Ng, Shi Jun

“…Power converters were often used in microgrids and they were used to step up or step down the voltages depending on the targeted application. …”
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HiPIMS deposition of VO2 thermochromic coating for enhanced optical properties by Vu, Tuan Duc

“…By introducing seeding, one-step HiPIMS process was achieved which comprises of guided growth of VO2 nanorod embedded within amorphous V2O5 matrix. …”
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Winter in the warmth. by Zhuang, Harry Weifu.

“…It’s about a teacher who managed to conform to her new work environment after she chanced upon a mystical seminar. …”
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Imprisonment, resistance and circularity in Samuel Richardson’s Clarissa by Ang, Jinghui

“…Bringing in Foucault, feminist thinker Beauvoir and Sartre's notion of "bad faith", this essay provides a reading of "Clarissa" in a continuing dialogue with earlier Clarissa critics like Margaret Doody, Terry Castle, Terry Eagleton and Maud Ellmann to liberate Clarissa from the much argued position of a victim rather than a triumphant resistant fighter who obtains a liberation her captors does not.…”
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‘Who’s the fairest of them all?’ The impact of men on the stepmother-daughter relationship in Snow White by Tan, Aaron Justin Li Jie

“…Additionally, the various adaptations of the tale expound on men being arbitrators of women’s worth, which results in her stepmother vying for male attention that is worth analysing.…”
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Kite might by Xiong, Wei

“…Daya is challenged by Gus that if she manages to fly her massive kite, he would eat his own. The tenacious girl then embarks on a determined journey to prove the bully wrong. …”
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"Preserved Through Childbirth": reading deep in Mrs Dalloway's virginity by Oldham, J

“…Dalloway (1925), described as a virgin, despite her marriage and daughter? Direct references to virginity in the novel expose how it can be read as an expansive and somewhat humorous conceit, rather than as a superficial character detail. …”

Design of a 40nm CMOS Internet-of-Things regulator with fast power on and off by Zhong, Si Yuan

“…In this work, several circuit design techniques have been applied to an IoT regulator to provide fast power ON and OFF functions. …”
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Exploring Canonical Data Model for Text Clustering (S/O 12828) by Kamaruddin, Siti Sakira, Yusof, Yuhanis

“…The abundance of text data have been witnessed with the growth of web and other text repositories. …”
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Imagined contact theory : a study of the relationship between the use of weibo and perceived discrimination amongst chinese immigrants in Singapore. by Chia, Alvin Zhao Yuan., Tan, Sie Mun., Tan, Lisa Xin Qi., Woo, Zhen Wei.

“…In particular, Chinese immigrants have been the subject of scorn and hostility, as they are perceived as threats who dilute national identity and competitors for jobs. …”
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Soil improvement using ground granulated blastfurnace slag (GGBS) and reactive magnesia (MgO) by Sathesh M Tamil Selven

“…The utilisation of Portland Cement (PC) have been known throughout the world for soil improvement. …”
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A study on protein secondary structure phase transition based on an effective hydrogen bonding potential by Leong, Hon Wai

“…We have employed such formalism to analyze the normal modes distribution of polypeptide secondary structures, such as the α-helix and the β-sheet. Interestingly, our results are in agreement with literature. …”
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Stronger dielectric-elastomer grippers using spine-like bending structure by Heng, Kim Rui

“…The gripper is developed based on a new design of DEA using stiffer spine-like structure made of 380μm thick Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) sheet. This spine-like structure of high stiffness curls longitudinally upon bonding with a pre-stretched dielectric elastomeric actuator membrane. …”
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Metal sulfides for electrochemical energy storage and conversion by Wang, Jin

“…As the in-depth understanding of electrochemical reaction mechanisms is significant for advancing different energy storage and conversion devices, this thesis also performs the fundamental investigation of the lithium/sodium storage mechanisms, and the mechanisms of hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). The cause for enhanced performance has been also carefully explored. …”
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Synthesis, characterization, and non-volatile memory device application of an N-substituted heteroacene by Wang, Chengyuan, Wang, Jiangxin, Li, Pei-Zhou, Gao, Junkuo, Tan, Si Yu, Xiong, Wei-Wei, Hu, Benlin, Lee, Pooi See, Zhao, Yanli, Zhang, Qichun

“…Here, a novel N-substituted heteroacene 2-(4′-(diphenylamino)phenyl)-4,11-bis((triisopropylsilyl)ethynyl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-b]phenazine (DBIP) has been designed, synthesized, and characterized. …”
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Methodology development for designing energy efficient distillation column systems by Mohd Faris, Mustafa, Noor Asma Fazli, Abdul Samad, Kamarul Asri, Ibrahim, Mohd Kamaruddin, Abd Hamid

“…Accordingly, the proposed methodology consists of four hierarchical steps. In the first step, the system of distillation column for multicomponent separation is designed based on the conventional distillation column design method. …”
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Design of energy efficient distillation columns systems by Mohd Faris, Mustafa, Noor Asma Fazli, Abdul Samad, Kamarul, Asri Ibrahim, Norzana, Ibrahim, Mohd Kamaruddin, Abd Hamid

“…Accordingly, the proposed methodology consists of four hierarchical steps. In the first step, the system of distillation columns for multicomponent separation is designed based on the conventional distillation column design (shortcut) method. …”
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Real time multiple object tracking using deep features and localization information by Karunasekera, Hasith, Zhang, Handuo, Wang, Han

“…These dissimilarity values are used in Hungarian Algorithm [1] in the data association step for track identity assignment. We make use of YOLO [2] deep learning based object detector in the detection step from camera image feed. …”
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