All-optical processing technologies for next generation optical networks by Wang, Dawei

“…All-optical processing technologies span many research areas, which include optical buffering, optical logic gates, optical wavelength conversion/multicasting, optical signal regeneration, ultra-fast optical switching, optical signal modulation format conversion, de-multiplexing of optical time division multiplexing (OTDM) signal, optical data exchange, and etc. …”
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Energy-efficient dedicated DCT processor for wireless image sensor node systems by Tang, Tao.

“…In this study, several fast DCT algorithms are studied and compared. Classical fast DCT algorithms such as the l l-multiplication 8-point DCT algorithm are able to reduce the numbers of addition and multiplication so that the required computation can be minimized, thereby improving on the energy efficiency. …”
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Petrogenesis of the Deccan high-Mg basalts and picrites by Chatterjee, Nilanjan

“…Their primary magmas were last equilibrated with spinel lherzolite at 10–13 kbar/1289–1333 °C. …”
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Salt to Scale: The Seasoning of Buildings by Battikha, Christina

“…I explore ancient salt cycles shaping the last human activities remaining on the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean, in Anfeh, Lebanon. …”
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Forest warrior : a virtual reality application to enhance climate change awareness by Sankar, Ahkshara

“…Virtual Reality (VR) has been gaining prominence over the last decade. This technology has seeped its way into the various realms of day-to-day life colonising the education, business, aviation and the games sector, among many others. …”
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Revisiting “conversations between father and son” by Ong, Bendini Junior Boon Kok

“…Revisiting “Conversations Between Father and Son” (2014) is a participatory installation where the audience joins the artist in revisiting her last conversations with her father, a medium, before his legal death in 2009. …”
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Equivalent circuit modeling of piezoelectric energy harvesters by Yang, Yaowen, Tang, Lihua

“…Last decade has seen growing research interest in vibration energy harvesting using piezoelectric materials. …”
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Development of fiber-optic transmitter and receiver circuits using hybrid thick film technology by Mukkamala Kameshwar Rao., Lee, Brian.

“…The primary objective is to design and fabricate fiber-optic transmitter and receiver circuits to handle data rates of at least 2 MB/S with NRZ signals.…”
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Multivariable predictive control of a distillation column by Cai, Yue Bin

“…The main feature of this scheme is the use of the Deterministic Least Squares framework for both the controller and the state estimator designs.…”
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Understanding the physical and chemical properties of keratin films by Chia, Sheryl CaiYing.

“…From the SEM images, the morphology of the film with least glycerol seems the smoothest while the one with the most glycerol shows folding and creasing. …”
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Aqueous-only exfoliation of pristine graphite to graphene : towards sustainable, multifunctional polymer nanocomposites by Seyed Ismail Seyed Shahabadi

“…This increases the rate of polymer diffusion at the site of damage which results in fast self-healing of the damage. Due to the anti-UV properties of LMG and lignin, these nanocomposite coatings show remarkable UV resistance as well. …”
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Long-term equilibrium in electricity markets with renewables and energy storage only by Tarel, Guillaume, Korpås, Magnus, Botterud, Audun

“…By using a net load duration curve approach, we formulate a least-cost optimization model in which EES is only limited by its power capacity. …”
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Performance evaluation of low-pressure turbine, turbo-compounding and air-Brayton cycle as engine waste heat recovery method by Teo, Aaron Edward Sheng Jye, Chiong, Meng Soon, Yang, Mingyang, Romagnoli, Alessandro, Martinez-Botas, Ricardo F., Rajoo, Srithar

“…It is found that all three methods cannot work effectively without at least reducing the turbocharger turbine size to amplify the compressor surplus power. …”
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Equalities in education outcomes in Korea, Sweden and Norway by Goh, HC

“…<p>Why does Korea have the least educational inequality in terms of academic attainment as compared to Sweden and Norway? …”

Monitoring the drying process of glutinous rice using hyperspectral imaging coupled with multivariate analysis by Jimoh, Kabiru Ayobami, Hashim, Norhashila, Shamsudin, Rosnah, Che Man, Hasfalina, Jahari, Mahirah

“…Using the full spectral band, the calibrated partial least square regression (PLSR) model had an accuracy of 0.9106 and 0.8010 for R²C and R²CV with an RMSEC and RMSECV of 1.1446 and 1.7086 respectively. …”
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Comparative legal history: methodology for morphology by Dyson, M

“…This chapter discusses the boundaries, terminology and purpose of methodology and a collection of five methodological steps that can assist in doing comparative legal history, drawing on examples from a range of legal systems in the last 200 years.…”

Synoptic analysis of a decade of daily measurements of SO2 emission in the troposphere from volcanoes of the global ground-based network for observation of volcanic and atmospheric... by Arellano, Santiago, Galle, Bo, Apaza, Fredy, Avard, Geoffroy, Barrington, Charlotte, Bobrowski, Nicole, Bucarey, Claudia, Burbano, Viviana, Burton, Mike, Chacón, Zoraida, Chigna, Gustavo, Clarito, Christian Joseph, Conde, Vladimir, Costa, Fidel, De Moor, Maarten, Delgado-Granados, Hugo, Di Muro, Andrea, Fernandez, Deborah, Garzón, Gustavo, Gunawan, Hendra, Haerani, Nia, Hansteen, Thor. H., Hidalgo, Silvana, Inguaggiato, Salvatore, Johansson, Mattias, Kern, Christoph, Kihlman, Manne, Kowalski, Philippe, Masias, Pablo, Montalvo, Francisco, Möller, Joakim, Platt, Ulrich, Rivera, Claudia, Saballos, Armando, Salerno, Giuseppe, Taisne, Benoit, Vásconez, Freddy, Velásquez, Gabriela, Vita, Fabio, Yalire, Mathieu

“…Space-based observations during the last decades have given us a global view of Earth's volcanic emission, particularly of sulfur dioxide (<span classCombining double low line"inline-formula">SO2</span>). …”
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Thermal uniformity analysis of a hybrid battery pack using integrated phase change material, metal foam, and counterflow minichannels by Najafi Khaboshan, Hasan, Kadirgama, Kumaran, Ramasamy, Devarajan, Talele, Virendra, Zhao, Peng, Tyagi, Harsh, Miljkovic, Nenad

“…The primary goal of the work is to investigate BTMS architectures which can enhance thermal uniformity and prevent critical temperature rise in a high-voltage battery pack under fast discharging and real-world driving cycle. Four BTMS designs are compared. …”
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Similarity Joins of Sparse Features by Metwally, Ahmed, Shum, Michael

“…FastScalableSparseJoiner effectively prunes candidate pairs, and efficiently distributes the computation of partial results for load-balancing across executors. …”
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Monitoring the Wobbe Index of Natural Gas Using Fiber-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy by Sandfort, Vincenz, Trabold, Barbara M., Abdolvand, Amir, Bolwien, Carsten, Russell, Philip St. J., Wöllenstein, Jürgen, Palzer, Stefan

“…The fast and reliable analysis of the natural gas composition requires the simultaneous quantification of numerous gaseous components. …”
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