Web-based English grammar system for personalized learning by Yan, Qian Ping

“…The learning concepts defined for each section and questions in this system were gathered from the past year exam papers and assessment books. Grammar Express allows students to search for questions, learn concepts for each section, practice questions on the sections that they are weak at, and take a paper test with a time limit. …”
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A Multimodal Perspective on Identity Construction and Globalization in English Textbooks (S/O 12640) by Karpal Singh, Paramjit Kaur

“…Images and writing in books have moved from presenting information to constructing and de-constructing the world around us. …”
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Prediction and prevention of disproportionally dominant agents in complex networks by Lera, Sandro Claudio, Pentland, Alex, Sornette, Didier

“…If the system state is within or close to the WTA regime, we show how to efficiently control the system back into a more stable state along a geodesic path in the space of fitness distributions. It turns out that the common measure of penalizing the most dominant agents does not solve sustainably the problem of drastic inequity. …”
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Tools for Mapping the Links Between Stimuli, AffectiveStates, and Behavior through Whole-Brain Imaging inZebrafish Larvae by Zhang, Caroline Lige

“…Traditionally, researchers have turned to functional imaging to delve into the neural mechanisms that drive both behavior and decision making. …”
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Driving mechanism development for autonomous hospital bed by Tan, Jia Liang

“…The usage of sensors to negotiate turns autonomously was also explored in the project. …”
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Development of an ultrasonic decellularization process for porcine oesophagus by Toh, Amoz Jin Kai

“…In the pursuit for suitable oesophageal replacements after an esophagectomy procedure, medical science has turned to regenerative medicine, specifically the aspect of tissue engineering. …”
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Enhanced thermal energy storage based on phase change materials with enhanced structures by Sek, Mun Pin

“…In almost all industrial processes, more than half of the input energy is turned into waste heat. One method to better harness thermal energy involves storing the waste heat energy using thermal energy storage devices filled with Phase Change Materials (PCMs). …”
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The incidence of perfect moments: acoustic eloquence and narrative terroir in modern fiction by Tan, Ignatius Lu Wei

“…Where such fictions frequently exhibit moments of extraordinary musicality within the medium of language, I posit that the terroir of music production finds equivalence in the semantics of the modern novel. Turning this lens towards three novels: Graham Swift’s Waterland (1983), Steven Galloway’s The Cellist of Sarajevo (2008), and Samuel Beckett’s How It Is (1964), this thesis will demonstrate that the curation of this terroir of semantic meaning imposes itself as a structural and circumstantial binding condition on the acoustics of language in the modern novel, and thus forms an essential component in the cadences of its sounds and musicality of its words.…”
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Design of high electromagnetic compatibility wireless power transfer system for wireless motors by Zhang, Xiongce

“…Subsequently, amounts of turns, pitch, and material of the coils are varied to test their impact on the coupling coefficient. …”
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Mary Wollstonecraft : a feminist and/or misogynist of her time? by Ong, Charissa Xiu Ling.

“…However, as it becomes clear that the achievement of social equality and the reformation of family structures would not be possible in the absence of equal gender rights, Wollstonecraft turns to focus on arguing for female rights. Despite the flaws that can be found in Wollstonecraft’s arguments, it is clear that she has indeed made valuable contributions to modern feminist thought. …”
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Machine learning attack on hardware implementation of one-way function by Lauw, Andri Renardi

“…This project attempts to attack Arbiter PUF with several machine learning algorithms and compare their performance to obtain the most effective learning algorithm against this type of PUF. It turns out that Support Vector Machine (SVM) is the most effective learning algorithm among all the six algorithms tested (Naïve Bayes, Decision Tree, Logistic Regression, Gradient Boosting, Neural Network, and SVM) to attack the PUF in terms of effectiveness and efficiency, which has prediction accuracy of 99% with relatively small amount of training data. …”
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Terms of debate: consensus definitions to guide the scientific discourse on visual distraction by Liesefeld, HR, Lamy, D, Gaspelin, N, Geng, JJ, Kerzel, D, Schall, JD, Allen, HA, Anderson, BA, Boettcher, S, Busch, NA, Carlisle, NB, Colonius, H, Draschkow, D, Egeth, H, Leber, AB, Müller, HJ, Röer, JP, Schubö, A, Slagter, HA, Theeuwes, J, Wolfe, J

“…Our discussions revealed striking heterogeneity and we had to invest much time and effort to increase our mutual understanding of each other’s use of central terms, which turned out to be strongly related to our respective theoretical positions. …”

Corporate governance and capital structure decisions: moderating role of inside ownership by Chowdhury, Suman Paul, Ahmed, Riyashad, Debnath, Nitai Chandra, Ali, Nafisa, Bhowmik, Roni

“…On the other hand, without the moderating effect of inside ownership, gender diversity on the board does not have any significant impact on a firm’s leverage, and it turns into a positive association due to the moderating effect of inside ownership. …”
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Reversing the interfacial electric field in metal phosphide heterojunction by Fe-doping for large-current oxygen evolution reaction by Li, Zhong, Xu, Chengshuang, Zhang, Zheye, Xia, Shan, Li, Dongsheng, Liu, Liren, Chen, Peng, Dong, Xiaochen

“…Herein, it is shown that Fe-doping reverses and enlarges the interfacial electrical field at the heterojunction, turning the H intermediate favorable binding sites for HER into O intermediate favorable sites for OER. …”
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Local vs. cooperative: unraveling glass transition mechanisms with SEER by Ciamarra, Massimo Pica, Ji, Wencheng, Wyart, Matthieu

“…Which phenomenon slows down the dynamics in supercooled liquids and turns them into glasses is a long-standing question of condensed matter. …”
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RGB imaging for monitoring quality parameters of sweet potato during drying by Onwude, D.I., Hashim, N., Abdan, K., Janius, R., Che Adan, S.N., Jalaluddin, A.

CATCHing CS Equity: Counselors, Administrators, and Teachers Collaborating Holistically for Systemic Change by Nnamani, Manee Ngozi M, Otero, Salome, Smith, Julie M., Sheldon, Josh, Boisvert, Deborah, Reich, Justin

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Motion Phantom Development for MRI by Liu, Kerlina

“…The total range of motion that head phantom was capable of turning in the head shaking/"no" motion was approximately 19 degrees, though the torque required is on the higher end (on the order of 0.06 N*m) and the position of the rotational actuator needs some reexamination. …”
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Adaptive In-Vehicle Virtual Reality for Reducing Motion Sickness: Manipulating Passenger Posture During Driving Events by Elsharkawy, Ahmed, Ataya, Aya, Yeo, Dohyeon, Seong, Minwoo, Hwang, Seokhyun, DelPreto, Joseph, Matusik, Wojciech, Rus, Daniela, Kim, SeungJun

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Injection-driven fracture instability in granite : mechanism and implications by Ji, Yinlin, Wu, Wei

“…Our data indicate that maintaining a low fluid overpressure ratio during injection activities could confine the rupture of fracture within the pressurized area. A turning point of the total moment release may be used as a reference to optimize the fluid injection strategy. …”
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