Control of manufacturing systems : the DYNWIP policy for production management by Yang, Rongling

“…Although the new policy is initially formulated as a control methodology to be applied at all machines in a single part type tandem line production system, it is also applicable to reentrant and multiple part type systems. …”
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Study of SiNWs / hybrid solar cell by Zhang, Siyuan

“…The whole report will be divided into two parts. The first part presents the basic knowledge of solar cell including the working principle, development history of silicon nanowire hybrid solar cell. …”
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Exploring and understanding the factors of food waste behaviours among undergraduates by Tan, Keichi Chee Zhi

“…The second part of the study aims to examine the effect of educational and observational learning video in changing individuals’ attitude towards reducing food waste and their intention to change their behaviours. …”
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Optimization of empty container repositioning through coordination among vessels by Yu, Chang

“…This report formulates a mathematical model with two parts. The first part generates the solution of optimal coordination among liner vessels to reposition empty containers. …”
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Writers' libraries and vestigial notes as cultural heritage: minding the gaps in the material record by Van Hulle, D

“…Paying special attention to the risks of implicit material bias, the essay develops an analogy with André Malraux's musée imaginaire. Its two-part structure focuses first on (a teleological and a dysteleological approach to) vestigial notes, followed by the second part on methods of reconstructing writers' libraries (both extant and virtual).…”

3D articulated skeleton extraction using a single consumer-grade depth camera by Lu, Xuequan, Deng, Zhigang, Luo, Jun, Chen, Wenzhi, Yeung, Sai-Kit, He, Ying

“…We then generate a skeleton involving a reasonable number of joints and bones with our skeletal structure extraction algorithm. We lastly present an iterative Linear Blend Skinning based algorithm for accurate joints learning. …”
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A review of homogenous ensemble methods on the classification of breast cancer data by Nur Farahaina, Idris, Mohd Arfian, Ismail

“…In the last decades, emerging data mining technology has been introduced to assist humankind in generating relevant decisions. …”
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Effectiveness of influencer marketing tactics and our understanding of consumers psychology in the digital era by Muhammad Ashraf, Fauzi, Farghaly, Ahmed Taiseer, Nur Sofia Nabila, Alimin

“…Social media became very popular lately and social media influencers became a main driver in the marketing strategies in the last years, they also have the ability to influence a wild numbers of audience behaviours and their preference when it comes to purchasing decisions and all this became possible because of social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok, This paper aims to improve our knowledge of marketing through social media influencers by studying how influencer attributes effects customers behaviour, attributes such as expertise, trustworthiness, similarities, and attractiveness , this paper will provide some important ideas on how to improve influencers marketing strategies and will make us understand customers purchasing behaviour, the results of this paper might deliver a very useful insights on how to develop brands ethical marketing and will provide suggestions to help brands in implementing influencers marketing in their marketing strategies to be able to reach their target audience through better and real cost efficient manner…”
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Manipulation in the in situ growth design parameters of aqueous zinc-based electrodes for batteries: The fundamentals and perspectives by Nurul Akmal, Che Lah

“…Consideration of the fundamental crystal features of Zn, endowing the predominant key for its growth assembly, is provided. Last, the review offers perspectives on the current progress of Zn–Air batteries in the application of electric vehicles.…”
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NOFIS: Normalizing Flow for Rare Circuit Failure Analysis by Gao, Zhengqi, Zhang, Dinghuai, Daniel, Luca, Boning, Duane

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Prospects of a multipolar international monetary order by Alam Md Whaheed

“…It has experienced turmoil periods at different moments but survived. But in the last twenty-five years the US has been undergoing persistent current account deficit and external debts. …”
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Comparison of different binary classification models on radiomic features by Loo, Bryan Kun Hao

“…Machine Learning (ML) has advanced significantly in the last few years and offers many different approaches on how to detect and model out associations. …”
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China and Southeast Asia in the 2000s : tension management in the maritime space by Zha, Daojiong, Lina, Gong

“…Viewed through the standard prisms of international politics, escalation of security tensions is the definitive feature in the evolution of relations between China and Southeast Asia over the last decade. Disagreements over territorial ownership of and rights to the South China Sea sharpened and arguably became the defining feature of regional geopolitics. …”
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Dying to be seen : suicide and the Chinese in colonial Singapore, 1860s - 1930s by Gan, Zhen Yin

“…For European colonial subjects, suicide was regarded as a tragedy and/or consequence for the pathologically ill while the Chinese colonial subject viewed it as an alternative or last resort to transform themselves into subjects of value that was advocated by Confucian thought. …”
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Translating oral histories: a podcast by Wong, Melissa Xin Yu

“…This is done with a number of approaches: retaining the shorter clauses and sentences of the Chinese source text; translating oral features and other pieces of non-verbal communication; keeping and inserting discourse participles from both Chinese and Singlish to modulate the tone and build consensus; and editorial insertions. In particular, the last approach of editorial insertions renders the translator visible, a deliberate decision made to both respect the original speaker and to remind readers that someone else has shaped the stories being presented.…”
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Investigation of silicon nanowires photodetector by Foo, Kai Lin.

“…Silicon oxide was deposited on the SiNWs as passivation, to replace the thermal oxide that was removed for the purpose of inspection. The last round of fabrication was to reduce the high leakage current observed in batch 1 diodes. …”
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John Banville : interpreting reality through fiction. by George, Tissina.

“…This paper therefore traces the recurring symbols in Banville’s novels, studying how they evolve in different books, and culminates in a study of his latest novel, The Infinities. This last novel marks a slight departure from his usual style of writing, in that the protagonist not only manages to make a transition into a fictionalised world, but also revels in that fact. …”
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Peace. by Ong, Chee Wee.

“…And when that time comes, the magnificent tree will bow one last time, giving way to the young ones that will take its place. …”
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Segmental reporting in Singapore by Goh, Eddie Guan Chua, Jong, Voon Hoo, Kwong, Choong Kuen

“…We have also suggested for the mandatory disclosure of the basis of joint cost allocation to improve the disclosure requirement. Last but not least, we have found that the matrix form of presenting segmental reports (as shown in Chapter Six) can be used to enhance decision making and thus improve the disclosure requirement of SAS 23. …”
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Segmental reporting in Singapore by Goh, Eddie Guan Chua, Jong, Voon Hoo, Kwong, Choong Kuen

“…We have also suggested for the mandatory disclosure of the basis of joint cost allocation to improve the disclosure requirement. Last but not least, we have found that the matrix form of presenting segmental reports (as shown in Chapter Six) can be used to enhance decision making and thus improve the disclosure requirement of SAS 23. …”
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