BLIQUE-TMI : blind quality evaluator for tone-mapped images based on local and global feature analyses by Jiang, Qiuping, Shao, Feng, Lin, Weisi, Jiang, Gangyi

“…The superiority of BLIQUE-TMI to several leading blind IQA metrics is well demonstrated on two benchmark databases.…”
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Heat storage performance analysis and parameter design for encapsulated phase change materials by Yu, Qinghua, Romagnoli, Alessandro, Al-Duri, Bushra, Xie, Danmei, Ding, Yulong, Li, Yongliang

“…This paper establishes a thermo-mechanical model considering the liquid density variation to explore the comprehensive energy storage performance of two types of small-sized encapsulated phase change materials (PCMs) as well as effects of shell thickness. The study shows that the varying ranges of internal pressure, melting temperature and latent heat are markedly diminished during melting of PCMs after taking into account the liquid density variation. …”
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Dielectric failure mechanisms in advanced Cu/low-k interconnect architecture by Tan, Tam Lyn

“…This implies that the capping layer properties and its adjacent interface adhesion quality as well as the sidewall barrier integrity degrade TDDB reliability. …”
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Stearic acid-coated superhydrophobic Fe2O3/Fe3O4 composite film on N80 steel for corrosion protection by Hu, Jun, He, Shijun, Wang, Zhen, Zhu, Jianbo, Wei, Liping, Chen, Zhong

“…The greatly decreased corrosion current density and the largely increased impedance indicate the superhydrophobic surface can protect steel sample well from corrosion. Furthermore, the superhydrophobic Fe2O3/Fe3O4 composite film also showed excellent self-cleaning ability and was able to maintain its anti-wettability when immersed in water. …”
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Looting the LUTs : FPGA optimization of AES and AES-like ciphers for authenticated encryption by Khairallah, Mustafa, Chattopadhyay, Anupam, Peyrin, Thomas

“…Finally, we show that the efficiency gains of the proposed techniques extend to other technologies, such as ASIC, as well.…”
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Mechanically robust hydrophobic bio-based epoxy coatings for anti-corrosion application by Zheng, Shunli, Bellido-Aguilar, Daniel Angel, Huang, Yinjuan, Zeng, Xianting, Zhang, Qichun, Chen, Zhong

“…However, its high water absorption and brittleness, as well as the usage of volatile organic solvents during coating preparation, has limited its applications in some areas. …”
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Discontinuity of overhanging melt track in selective laser melting process by Le, Kim Quy, Wong, Chee How, Chua, Gregory Kok Hong, Tang, Chao, Du, Hejun

“…The CFD model was employed to investigate different overhanging situations, including perpendicular and parallel overhanging melt tracks on a cuboid block, as well as parallel melt tracks on an inclined block. …”
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Recent development in halogen-bonding-catalyzed living radical polymerization by Wang, Chen-Gang, Chong, Amerlyn Ming Liing, Pan, Matthew Houwen, Sarkar, Jit, Tay, Xiu Ting, Goto, Atsushi

“…Various initiating dormant species and catalysts were developed, enabiling the synthesis of well-defined homopolymers and block copolymers with complex architectures, chain-end functionalization, photo-polymerization, and industrial application. …”
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On the robustness of complex systems with multipartitivity structures under node attacks by Cai, Qing, Alam, Sameer, Liu, Jiming

“…The results yielded by the proposed theory coincide well with the simulations. Both theoretical and simulation results suggest that complex systems with multipartitivity structures could be more robust than those with multilayer structures.…”
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A generic benchmark for power market analysis from generation mix to end-users by Rigo-Mariani, Remy, Ling, Keck Voon, Maciejowski, Jan

“…Several scenarios are investigated with different retail prices and CO 2 mitigation policies as well as different sizes for the decentralized assets at the end-users' level.…”
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Non-motorised transport prioritisation model using spatial intelligence by Poyil, Rohith P., Lopez, Maria Cecilia Rojas, Wong, Yiik Diew

“…The aim of the work reported in this paper was to develop a non-motorised transport (NMT, covering walking and cycling) prioritisation model using a geographic information system that can be used for planning as well as auditing existing NMT infrastructure. ArcGIS 10.1 ModelBuilder software was used to design NMT prioritisation using the cases of Sembawang and Yishun residential townships in Singapore. …”
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Microstructure evolution and mechanical property response via 3D printing parameter development of Al–Sc alloy by Kuo, C. N., Chua, Chee Kai, Peng, P. C., Chen, Y. W., Sing, Swee Leong, Huang, Sheng, Su, Y. L.

“…Microstructure feature variations due to different processing parameters are well known for traditional processes and materials. …”
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Attention based graph Bi-LSTM networks for traffic forecasting by Zhao, Han, Yang, Huan, Wang, Yu, Wang, Danwei, Su, Rong

“…Experiments show that our model could extract both spatial and temporal dependence well and outperforms other baselines on real-world traffic datasets.…”
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Dynamically growing neural network architecture for lifelong deep learning on the edge by Piyasena, Duvindu, Thathsara, Miyuru, Kanagarajah, Sathursan, Lam,Siew-Kei, Wu, Meiqing

“…In order to meet the tight constraints of edge computing, we introduce efficient scheduling methods to maximize resource reuse and parallelism, as well as approximate computing strategies. Experiments based on the Core50 dataset for continuous object recognition from video sequences demonstrated that the proposed FPGA architecture significantly outperforms CPU and GPU based implementations.…”
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Reversible electrochemical mirror devices by Eh, Alice Lee Sie

“…Furthermore, a hybridization approach, with its well-tailored electrolyte combination and optimization, has been designed for development of high-performance and safe REM electrolyte. …”
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Carbon–metal compound composite electrodes for capacitive deionization : synthesis, development and applications by Tang, Kexin, Hong, Terence Zhi Xiang, You, Liming, Zhou, Kun

“…Some future directions, particularly pertaining to the use of simulation to accelerate CDI development, as well as the concerns of working with complex feed solutions, are put forward for attaining the goal of implementing CDI technology for seawater desalination.…”
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Evaluating the merits of ranking in structured network pruning by Sharma, Kuldeep, Ramakrishnan, Nirmala, Prakash, Alok, Lam, Siew-Kei, Srikanthan, Thambipillai

“…Majority of existing techniques employ criteria-based sorting of the channels to preserve salient channels during pruning as well as to automatically determine the pruned network architecture. …”
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Event detection in spatiotemporal soccer data using neural networks by Wilbert

“…This project implements and evaluates three-layer and four-layer artificial neural networks (ANN(3) and ANN(4)) as well as recurrent neural networks (RNNs) for automatic event detection in spatiotemporal soccer data. …”
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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

“…Although being more cost-intensive in the short term, in the long term, the use of ocular imaging can lead to more individualized diagnoses and treatment decisions, which in turn are beneficial for affected patients as well as for the healthcare system. In addition, imaging is more objective and provides good documentation, leading to an improvement in patient follow-up and education.…”
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Rewriting in translation : the case of the China Edition of Lee Kuan Yew Memoir From Third World to First Singapore Story 1965-2000 by Tan, Kelvin Thong Boon

“…Through the comparison of the two Chinese translated Editions of From Third World to First: The Singapore Story 1965 - 2000, this paper discusses the poetics, patronage as well as the ideological differences, which suggest the reasons for the rewriting in the China Edition with a different readership. …”
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