The Strength of Structural Diversity in Online Social Networks by Zhang, Yafei, Wang, Lin, Zhu, Jonathan J. H., Wang, Xiaofan, Pentland, Alex

“…Leveraging a large-scale dataset from a knowledge-sharing website, this paper presents an exploratory investigation of the way to depict structural diversity in directed networks and how it can be utilized to predict one’s online social reputation. To capture the structural diversity of an individual, we first consider the number of weakly and strongly connected components in one’s contact neighborhood and further take the coexposure network of social neighbors into consideration. …”
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A Bayesian View on the Dr. Evil Scenario by Azhar, Feraz, Guth, Alan H., Namjoo, Mohammad H.

“…Evil with Self-Locating Belief, Adam Elga proposes and defends a principle of indifference for self-locating beliefs: if an individual is confident that his world contains more than one individual who is in a state subjectively indistinguishable from his own, then he should assign equal credences to the hypotheses that he is any one of these individuals. …”
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The early Confucian worry about yuan (resentment) by Sung, Winnie

“…This article focuses on a psychological phenomenon discussed by the early Confucian: yuan 怨, which is often translated as “resentment”, “grievance”, “lament”, or “complaint”. I attempt to use the early Confucian discussions of yuan to shed light on an aspect of human psychology, namely, when one laments about certain conditions that obtain in such a way that she sees as beyond her control and negatively affects her. …”
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On evidence and rational beliefs : a thesis in defence of intrapersonal uniqueness by Ng, Sarah Sin Ci

“…Otherwise, we can grant that more than one agent is being rational in belief-disagreement cases (viz., Permissivism). …”
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Conceptualize, design, simulate and develop a contact tracing scheme based on the Android platform by Woon, Tse Liang

“…While the device which plays the peripheral role is one which is one which advertises that it is available for connection. …”
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Performance study of digital communication systems in TWDP fading by Li, Yuan

“…In the wireless communication, multipath is one of the most severe detriments on signal transmission, especially for small-scale fading. …”
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Performance testing of vapor compression system of aircon system by Heng, Eugene Yi Jian.

“…Many studies have been done on refrigeration systems with single evaporator or single EEV but this is not the case for multi evaporators and EEVs [1]. The multievaporator air-conditioner (MEAC) consists of one compressor, one condenser, several evaporators and the same number of expansion valves [2]. …”
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ImgPacker : a desktop photo collage creator by Chow, Loong Jin.

“…Photo collages are a popular way of displaying a set of images or photographs in various media, such as presentations, screensavers, and framed print-outs. One such class of these collages, which is the subject of generation in this report, have rectangular images or photographs packed together in a non-grid manner without overlaps or gaps. …”
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The insignificant characters and the grand narrative : a study of multiple implications of the insignificant characters. by Li, Shifang.

“…The two very different themes do not necessary means that they lack of similarity. The latter one can serve as a mirror to reflect on the things have happened in the time period of the former one. …”
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A cross-sectional study on the relationship between foot structure and foot function in children by Chen, Yuxin.

“…Foot function tests: heel-to-toe walk, one-leg balance, and textile crunching were conducted. …”
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The use of "soft" and "hard" approach in the management of educational research projects by Riduan Mazlan.

“…The academicians and practitioners in the field of Project Management are beginning to recognize that there are certain types of projects that are more than just difficult to manage and control. And one type of these projects is research project. …”
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Ultrasensitive cDNA detection of dengue virus RNA using electrochemical nanoporous membrane-based biosensor by Rai, Varun, Hapuarachchi, Hapuarachchige C., Ng, Lee Ching, Soh, Siew Hwa, Leo, Yee Sin, Toh, Chee-Seng

“…Its applicability is challenged against real time cDNA PCR sample of dengue virus serotype1 derived from asymmetric PCR. Excellent specificity down to one nucleotide mismatch in target DNA sample of DENV3 is also demonstrated.…”
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Young children retain fast mapped object labels better than shape, color, and texture words by Holland, Amanda, Simpson, Andrew, Riggs, Kevin J.

“…However, after one week only the mappings for object labels were retained above chance levels. …”
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Scenes of misrecognition (Koltès, Duras) by Killeen, M-C

“…This failure is due in no small part to the persistence with which they direct one’s focus elsewhere: instead of the familiar spectacle of a character’s full and frank confession (assuming such a thing were even possible), the disquieting theater of Koltès and Duras demands instead that one attend to what one disavows. …”

The De Bruijn graph of non-sequential pattern repetitions in DNA strings by Fong, Wan Heng, Ahmed Ildrussi, Ahmed Ildrussi, Yosman, Ahmad Firdaus

“…In the overlap step, the De Bruijn graph is one of many graphs that illustrate the data of all the assembly algorithms. …”
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A complex variable boundary element method for two-dimensional steady heat conduction by Yeo, Wei Liang.

“…The Complex Variable Boundary Element Method (CVBEM) is just one of the many ways for analysis of a 2-dimensional heat transfer equation. …”
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CORPORATE FINANCE : Theory And Practice / by Vernimmen, Pierre, author 257949, Quiry, Pascal, author 403601, Le Fur, Yann, author 617929

“…Content enriched by the www.vernimmen.com website, which with 1,500 daily visitors is one of the leading finance teaching sites worldwide. …”

Subcellular localization of monoglucosyldiacylglycerol synthase in Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 and its unique regulation by lipid environment by Selão, Tiago Toscano, Zhang, Lifang, Ariöz, Candan, Wieslander, Åke, Norling, Birgitta

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Selecting correct methods to extract fuzzy rules from artificial neural network by Tan, Xiao, Zhou, Yuan, Ding, Zuohua, Liu, Yang

“…However, different methods may extract different rules from the same ANN. Which one can deliver good quality such that the ANN can be accurately described by the extracted fuzzy rules? …”
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Partially collaborative storage codes for distributed storage systems by Liu, Shiqiu

“…Finally, the degree of collaboration is studied as a function of the confidentiality one would like to obtain in the presence of eavesdroppers.…”
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