An image processing approach to feature-preserving B-spline surface fairing by Kawasaki, Taro, Jayaraman, Pradeep Kumar, Shida, Kentaro, Zheng, Jianmin, Maekawa, Takashi

“…In particular, our approach adaptively partitions the B-spline surface into a set of segments such that each segment has approximately uniform parameterization, generates an image from each segment in the parameter space whose pixel values are the normal vectors of the surface, and then applies a bilateral filter in the parameter domain to fair the normal field. …”
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Synthesis of vinyl iodide chain-end polymers via organocatalyzed chain-end transformation by Chang, Jun Jie, Pan, Matthew Houwen, Goto, Atsushi

“…Interestingly, under selected conditions, this organocatalysis also offered block-like copolymers containing a conjugated oligo-alkyne segment and a non-conjugated polyacrylate segment. …”
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Novel approaches for imaging-based diagnosis of ocular surface disease by Schmidl, Doreen, Schlatter, Andreas, Chua, Jacqueline, Tan, Bingyao, Garhöfer, Gerhard, Schmetterer, Leopold

“…In recent years, imaging techniques for the anterior segment are also gaining importance and are nowadays routinely used in clinical practice. …”
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Marketing products and services in the dynamic environment. by Chan, Cindy Li Xia., Chye, Nyit Fhen., Poh, Hui Ting.

“…Recognizing that the B2B segment still reigns as Ark Industries‟ substantial revenue driver, we have invested concerted effort into developing its comparative edge, especially since Quirky is maneuvering in a market where the product offerings are fairly homogeneous. …”
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ECG signal generation and heart rate variability signal extraction : signal processing, features detection, and their correlation with cardiac diseases by Swapna, Goutham, Martis, Roshan Joy, Sree, Subbhuraam Vinitha, Ghista, Dhanjoo N., Ang, Alvin P. C.

“…In order to extract the important features of the ECG signal, the detection of the P wave, QRS complex, and ST segment is essential. Therefore, abnormalities of these ECG parameters are associated with cardiac disorders. …”
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Takaful Business Model and Business Performance: A Comparative Evidence from the Global Takaful Industry by Muhammad Zuki, Mohd Faizuddin, Ishak, Muhammad Arif Fadilah, Halim Roja, Muhammad Izzuddin

“…This paper bids its originality by narrowing down the segment of the takaful industry and focusing only on the family takaful segment…”
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Purchasing behaviour of the Japanese visitors, an application of the theory of planned behaviour. by Yong, Yoon Mei.

“…Japanese visitors are an important segment of visitors that have contributed significantly to Singapore's annual receipts of visitors' expenditures. …”
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Aquatic and benthic bacteria responses to feed and fertiliser application in trials with the freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man) by MacLean, M.H., Ang, K.J., Brown, J.H., Jauncey, K.

“…Total bacterial abundance, mean cell volume and biomass, determined respectively by epifluorescence microscopy, image analysis and conversion calculation, illustrated the effect of treatment on the water and sediment bacterial populations. Differences in bacterial abundance and mean cell size were evident between treatments. …”
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Values and lifestyles of expatriates in Singapore. by Kong, Poh Li., Shariffah Kassim., Yeong, Billy Peng Hong.

“…A survey research was conducted using clustering techniques in order to segment the respondents and to examine their values and lifestyles. …”
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NTU students' traveling motivations and behaviors. by Nguyen, Dang Ngoc Duyen., Tan, Samantha Shu Yuan.

“…This paper intends to initiate research into this tourism segment in Singapore as a generating market.…”
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TDSF: Two-phase tamper detection in semi-fragile watermarking using two-level integer wavelet transform by Amrullah, Agit, Ernawan, Ferda, Anis Farihan, Mat Raffei, Liew, Siau-Chuin

“…The initial phase will check four segments to determine the tampered bit or not. A tampered segment is identified if it contains at least one tampered bit. …”
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Last-Meter Delivery: Solving the Unattended Delivery Challenge from Streets to Doorsteps by Xiao, Wen-Xin

“…KEYWORDS: Last-Mile Delivery, last-meter Delivery, Large Language Models (LLM), Vision Language Models (VLM), Robotics, Segment Anything Model (SAM), Open-Vocabulary Object Detection (OVD).…”
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A size and position invariant event-based human posture recognition algorithm by Chen, Shoushun, Folowosele, Fopefolu, Kim, Dongsoo, Vogelstein, R. Jacob, Etienne-Cummings, Ralph, Culurciello, Eugenio

“…The algorithm employs a simplified line segment Hausdorff distance classification and uses projection histograms to achieve size and position invariance. …”
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Task-space adaptive control of robot manipulator by Ng, Tian Seng.

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Turbulence-induced secondary flows in straight open channel with imposed transverse bed non-uniformities by Wang, Zhiqian

“…This study also discusses effects of cellular secondary flows on the concentration distribution of suspended sediment.…”
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The prevention and management of chronic kidney disease among patients with metabolic syndrome by Zhu, D, Judge, PK, Wanner, C, Haynes, R, Herrington, WG

“…In addition, statin-based regimens lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and reduce the risk of atherosclerotic disease (with no clinically meaningful effect on kidney outcomes). …”

Somatic gene mutation patterns and burden influence outcomes with enasidenib in relapsed/refractory IDH2-mutated AML by Risueño, A, See, WL, Bluemmert, I, de Botton, S, DiNardo, CD, Fathi, AT, Schuh, AC, Montesinos, P, Vyas, P, Prebet, T, Gandhi, A, Hasan, M

“…We recently reported results from the phase 3 IDHENTIFY trial (NCT02577406) showing improved response rates and event-free survival with enasidenib monotherapy compared with conventional care regimens (CCR) in heavily pretreated, older patients with late-stage R/R AML bearing IDH2 mutations. …”

Thermoplastic polymer nanocomposites based on polydopamine-coated clay : preparation, structures and properties by Phua, Si Lei

“…This strong interfacial interaction between D-clay and hard segments not only facilitates the stress transfer across the filler and polymer matrix, but also acts as nucleating agent for hard segment crystallization, leading to higher hard segment crystallinity. …”
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Reduction of dimensionality of a cellular actuator array for driving a robotic hand by Cho, Kyu-Jin, Ph. D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Biomechanical evaluation of peripheral nerves after crush injuries by Wong, Yoke-Rung, Pang, Xin, Lim, Zeus Yiwei, Du, Hejun, Tay, Shian-Chao, McGrouther, Duncan Angus

“…The original diameters of proximal, middle and distal end of nerve segment were measured. The midst of each digital nerve was compressed by a customized mechanical system, at 1N, 3N and 5N for 30sec. …”
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