Geometric point interpolation method in R3 space with tangent directional constraint by Chen, Xiao-Diao, Ma, Weiyin

“…The seed segment is then extended to interpolate the remaining data point pairs one by one in a piecewise fashion. We show that a BB-spline curve segment can always be extended to interpolate a new data point pair by adding two more control points. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Development of geography alternative assessment module for Malaysia secondary school by Hanifah Mahat, Nasir Nayan, Yazid Saleh, Muhammad Hariz Muhamad Adnan, Nuraini Sawal, Saiyidatina Balkhis Norkhaidi

“…This study aimed to develop an Alternative Assessment Module, evaluate the validity of its contents, and test its applicability in the teaching and learning sessions of Geography teachers in Malaysia for Form One topics. The Design and Development Research (DDR) approach was used to develope the module, complimented by a survey to elicit feedback on its content validity and applicability among Form One Geography teachers. …”
Get full text

Identification and antimicrobial susceptibility of enterococcal species isolated from cats exposed to different antibiotics by Mohd Amin, Nor Azimah

“…One E. faecalisand one E. durans were resistant to three antibiotics (amoxicillin and clavulanic acid, enrofloxacin, and marbofloxacin). …”
Get full text

Studies of insulin transport across intestinal epithelium using nano-encapsulation for oral delivery by Zhang, Yiming

“…Conventional subcutaneous insulin injection has been the dominant treatment option for the diabetic patients due to its immediate glucose lowering effect. However, its long term application has generated a plethora of problems, relating to the complications and compliance issues. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Distribution and risk factors of canine heart diseases and survey for owners treatment intention by Noordin, Norhidayah

“…With compliant owners, MST of the dogs was 42.1 months (95% CI 35.7-48.5), and 25.2 months (95% CI 17.2-33.2) for stage C and stage D respectively. …”
Get full text

Highly reliable carbon nanotube-based composite fibers cross-linked by a 3D polymer network by Sun, Gengzhi, Zheng, Lianxi, Zhan, Zhaoyao, Jiang, Chunbo, Hansen, Reinack V., Khor, Yengpeng, Pang, John Hock Lye

“…However, CNTs inside a CNT fiber slide considerably during static and cyclic tensile tests, which is unfavorable for long-term performances. In this study, a second phase has been introduced into CNT fiber in order to enhance its reliability.…”
Get full text
Get full text

China's engagement with the liberal international order by Chua, Ze Ping

“…The paper argues that China avoids radically challenging the order’s rules by challenging them in a calibrated way to avoid being regarded as a ‘rule breaker’. In the long run, China desires to amend the order’s rules in its favour while also seeking to reduce the impact of US dominance through achieving technological independence and closer ties with neighbouring states.…”
Get full text

Topological data analysis for fake news detection by Deng, Ran

“…For this task, three individual models have been used: least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) using 0th Dimensional Persistent Image (PI) vectors, Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory (BiLSTM), and Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT). …”
Get full text

Design and economic analysis of water treatment system for remote underserved communities in Asia by Tan, Li Ling

“…Progressively, given the advanced development in technology, ceramic membranes have proven to be advantageous such as high chemical resistance, high flux, durability, and long lifespan. However, ceramic membranes require a high initial capital cost compared to polymeric membranes when used for water treatment processes. …”
Get full text

Development of boom-free deployment mechanisms for solar sail spacecraft by Baey, Yi Quan

“…A boom-free solar sail deployment is especially useful for long space exploration missions as compared to the use of conventional rockets or rigid boom as it can bring about advantages such as saving more space and lesser limitation to the size of the solar sail. …”
Get full text

Device simulation study of lateral Schottky collector phototransistor (SCPT) by Xiao, Yang

“…The characteristics of the lateral SCPT were explored using two-dimensional simulation with Medici. Due to relatively long base width (2.4μm), the proposed SCPT only achieves a current gain of 9.9. …”
Get full text

Guidance and navigation of a wheeled mobile robot by Goh, Ing Jya.

“…The scope of this line of endeavor revolves around the development of an autonomously driven four-wheeled vehicle. The long term goal is to produce a small autonomous mobile robot suitable for the role of a passenger agent in a marsupial robotic team. …”
Get full text

Frail Line by Er, Kia Hui, Ong, Grace Xi Wei, Ho, Baofei, Tan, Jit Quan, Boithar, Faizal

“…The daughter is a hair dresser with long hair, she cuts her hair after the breakup with her boyfriend. …”
Get full text

Macroeconomic perspective on global imbalances. by Lee, Pei Hua., Su, Zhixiang., Teoh, Shi Ying.

“…Econometric results show that in the long run, the US current account position is negatively correlated with the real exchange rate and domestic GDP, and positively correlated with world GDP, as postulated by the elasticity approach. …”
Get full text

Why do the outward FDI patterns of China's state-owned enterprises differ from those of private companies? by Zhi, Li.

“…The key reason accounting for the differences of outward FDI patterns is that the state-owned companies, controlled or backed by the central government directly or indirectly, are influenced by political interests and policies enforced by Beijing government to achieve the long-term national goal, while the private-owned companies are primarily profit-oriented when they invest abroad.…”
Get full text

Curing kinetics of epoxies by thermal and alternative radiation in the application of fibre-reinforced composites by Ng, Feng Lin.

“…A major challenge faced by the fibre-reinforced composites industry is the presence of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in hardener and solvent and the time taken for thermal curing is considerably long. Radiation curing offers an increased in speed of curing yet eliminates or reduces the VOCs. …”
Get full text

State anger changes upon cathartic status updating on Facebook : moderation by perceived Facebook social support by Lee, Lina

“…Catharsis has long been believed to be effective in reducing state anger. …”
Get full text

Implementation of a stochastic routing service by Yang, Wanqing

“…Performance testing is conducted to compare the response time of each solution, and improvement is made on the MATLAB-LP solution to finally make stochastic routing feasible on long distance meanwhile satisfy the performance requirement. …”
Get full text

Effect of solid retention times and vibrational frrequencies on fouling mitigation of submerged vibratory membrane bioreactor by Nur Syafawani Redzwan

“…Therefore, sufficiently long SRT and high vibration frequency extended membrane life and prolonged SVMBR performance.…”
Get full text

Laser scanning imaging system for underwater robotics vehicle by Xu, Lin

“…The model is verified with experimental measurements in a 0.6 meter long water tank. Various illumination volume settings of a laser beam are tested and their output images are evaluated by the MTF (modulation transfer function) assessment. …”
Get full text