Thermal rectification in modularly designed bulk metamaterials by He, Hongying, Peng, Weixiang, Le Ferrand, Hortense

“…Here, modularly designed bulk metamaterials that can break the symmetry of heat transfer from one direction to the other are created, leading to thermal rectification in convergent or divergent states by tuning the metamaterial microstructural design. …”
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Human face recognition using line edge information by Gao, Yong Sheng.

“…They are actually within one class of "human face". Furthermore, pose variations, lighting condition changes and facial expressions further complicate the face recognition task as one of the difficult problems in pattern analysis. …”
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Ontology alignment for knowledge representation and integration : applications to biomedical text by Chua, Watson Wei Khong.

“…Given a pair of concepts, we collect difference words that are found in the name of one concept but not in the other, and determine if each of the words distinguishes the concepts, by using the ontology structures. …”
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Integrate Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) into cognitive behavioural therapy to treat postpartum depression in Chinese culture contexts. by Han, Shuyu.

“…In nowadays, postpartum depression (PPD) has become one of the most typical complications after childbirth. …”
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Inertia measurement unit based sensing module for CPT training kit by Lee, Gabriel Wei Jian

“…Cardiac arrest has always been one of the major causes of deaths. Ventricular Tachycardia is one of the many factors which may lead to the occurrence of Sudden Cardiac Death to a person. …”
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Study on the lead cooled fast reactor (LFR) design by Quek, Ernest Tze Yeor

“…One of the utmost essential features of LFR is the liquid lead which acts as a coolant for the reactor. …”
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Investigating the difference between the acute effects of consecutive and non-consecutive days of resistance exercise on the immune system by Teo, Hilary Wei Jian

“…They were split into two groups. One performed RE on three C days while the other did RE on three NC days in one week. …”
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Simple QED- and QCD-like models at finite density by Pawlowski, Jan M., Stamatescu, Ion-Olimpiu, Zielinski, Christian

“…In this paper we discuss one-dimensional models reproducing some features of quantum electrodynamics and quantum chromodynamics at nonzero density and temperature. …”
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Topical review : design, fabrication, and applications of hybrid nanostructured array by Zhu, Shaoli, Zhou, Wei

“…In this paper, we mainly discussed the hybrid nanostructures used for nanobiosensor applications. It is one of the most promising and rapidly emerging research areas in nanotechnology field. …”
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Negative cognitions about the self in patients with persecutory delusions: An empirical study of self-compassion, self-stigma, schematic beliefs, self-esteem, fear of madness, and... by Collett, N, Pugh, K, Waite, F, Freeman, D

“…This study aimed to investigate for the first time a wide range of different conceptualisations of the negative self, and to examine associations with suicidal ideation, in patients with persecutory delusions. Twenty-one patients with persecutory delusions and twenty-one non-clinical individuals completed measures relating to negative self cognitions. …”

'(Un)richtige Aufnahme': Renaissance sculpture and the visual historiography of art history by Johnson, GA

“…Extract<br> ‘How should one photograph sculpture?’ asked Heinrich Wölfflin in the titles of three ground-breaking articles on the subject published in 1896–97 and 1915 (plate 1).1 Few art historians have seriously considered the question, not just in regard to photographing Italian Renaissance sculpture, which was Wölfflin's main concern in these publications, but works of art in general.2 Examining both how and why art works have been photographed and otherwise reproduced, however, can tell us a great deal about what one might call the ‘visual historiography’ of art history as a discipline. …”

Reading the transformation: the relationship between literature and territory in contemporary Veneto by Frezzato, E

“…</p> <p>Developed from an interest in the literary tradition of Veneto and in the theme of landscape and territory representation in literature, this thesis is comprised of two parts: the first one is dedicated to tracing the theoretical, historical, and literary coordinates that define the scope and frame of reference for the thesis; the second one conducts an in-depth analysis of the context in which the works of Carlotto and Paolini are situated. …”

Legislation on Consumer Protection against Misleading Advertisement: a Comparative studies between Jordanian Legislation and Malaysia Consumer Protection Law 1999 by Mohammad Alsharu, Ahmad Ibrahim, Mohd Noor, Fauziah, Abdul Rahman, Rohana

“…Misleading advertisement is the one, which does not provide true information about the product. …”
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The theoretical development of opacity entrepreneurship in Malaysia by Sim, Wan Jie

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Heuristics evaluation of the NTU's GEMS system. by Lew, Kian Peng.

“…GEMS services include provision of a one-stop access to multimedia resources, electronic submission and management of electronic documents, selective dissemination of information (SDI) and booking of resources facility.…”
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Effects of mobile advertising (SMS) in Singapore. by Chan, Joel Yik Yeow., Chang, Hui Yi., Peh, Jia Hong.

“…The aim of this project is to investigate whether SMS advertisements can become one of the mainstream forms of advertising in Singapore. …”
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A correlational study between creative thinking ability and the performance of open-ended science investigations for secondary two female students by Md. Shahrin K.S. Moorthy.

“…The call to teach higher-order thinking skills has prompted science educators to seek new strategies in their instructional programme. One suggested strategy is open-ended science investigations. …”
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SNR enhancement in OTDR using pulse coding by Xie, Yi.

“…To optimize the two parameters at the same time, one applicable approach is to employ pulse coding and trace decoding technique for probe lights and reflect signals, respectively. …”
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The problem-solving processes in physics of junior college students in Singapore by Tan, Bak Seng.

“…The purpose of the study was to examine the problem-solving processes of the high performers and low performers in physics of year one students in junior college. The sample of this study consisted of twenty year one students randomly picked by teachers from three junior colleges. …”
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Effect of power control in SC-FDMA cellular networks by Dai, Kim Hock

“…The prolonging of battery life is also one of the issues to be considered. Matlab application will be used to simulate the Closed Loop Power Control in SC-FDMA cellular systems and the simulation results will be analysed.…”
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