All about VLAD by Arandjelović, R, Zisserman, A

“…The focus of this paper, however, is towards very large scale retrieval where, due to storage requirements, very compact image descriptors are required and no information about the original SIFT descriptors can be accessed directly at run time. We start from VLAD, the state-of-the art compact descriptor introduced by Jegou et al. for this purpose, and make three novel contributions: first, we show that a simple change to the normalization method significantly improves retrieval performance; second, we show that vocabulary adaptation can substantially alleviate problems caused when images are added to the dataset after initial vocabulary learning. …”

Three things everyone should know to improve object retrieval by Arandjelović, R, Zisserman, A

“…The objective of this work is object retrieval in large scale image datasets, where the object is specified by an image query and retrieval should be immediate at run time in the manner of Video Google [28]. We make the following three contributions: (i) a new method to compare SIFT descriptors (RootSIFT) which yields superior performance without increasing processing or storage requirements; (ii) a novel method for query expansion where a richer model for the query is learnt discriminatively in a form suited to immediate retrieval through efficient use of the inverted index; (iii) an improvement of the image augmentation method proposed by Turcot and Lowe [29], where only the augmenting features which are spatially consistent with the augmented image are kept. …”

Revisiting project delivery performance: evidence from Swedish transport infrastructure by Chapman, P

“…This study of Swedish road and rail project performance challenges understanding of project success and presents findings that run counter to the widely held position that transport infrastructure delivery performance and outcomes are persistently poor. …”

Using patient perspectives to inform better clinical trial design and conduct: current trends and future directions by Faulkner, SD, Somers, F, Boudes, M, Nafria, B, Robinson, P

“…The approach to patient engagement (PE) in drug development has changed rapidly due to many factors, including the complexity of innovative drugs and the need to demonstrate outcomes of relevance to patients, the desire to show 'value add' of PE, and the pandemic-related changes to how clinical trials are run, e.g., decentralised studies. In parallel, there have been changes in technology-assisted ways of running clinical trials, capturing patient health outcomes and preferences, an increasing societal demand for diversity and inclusion, and efforts to improve clinical trial efficiency, transparency, and accountability. …”

Strike a pose: tracking people by finding stylized poses by Ramanan, D, Forsyth, DA, Zisserman, A

“…We then use the models as limb detectors in a pictorial structure framework, detecting figures in unrestricted poses in both previous and successive frames. We have run our tracker on hundreds of thousands of frames, and present and apply a methodology for evaluating tracking on such a large scale. …”

Technology Management in Lean Manufacturing Implementation: A Case Study by Nordin, Norani, Othman, Ghazali

“…This system is useful to ensure production process in operation smoothly run without interrupted. A single-case study was employed. …”
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ALIVE AT WORK : The Neuroscience of Helping Your People Love What They Do / by Cable, Daniel M., author 367231

“…But the way organizations are run prevents many of us from following our innate impulses. …”
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A study of Singapore pandemic by Muhammad Hafiz Abdul Rahim

“…Improving the quality is always a goal of Singapore but to face the challenges and uncertainty in a long run will determine its responsiveness and effectiveness.…”
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Foreign direct investment inflows and economic growth in Singapore : an empirical approach by Le, Ha-Chi, Le, Thai-Ha

“…The results show that, while there are multiple drivers of the country’s economic growth in the short run, only FDI and exports are long-term determinants of Singapore’s economic growth. …”
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SMRT spectrum sensing by Gan, Hui Da

“…has a network of public transport trains that run on wireless signalling systems for train control and operations. …”
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Nanyang venture formula 1: testing and performance evaluation of formula vehicle under FSAE on-track regime by Yip, Seng Han

“…The report goes into the details of the test run planning as well as data acquisition using instrumentation such as the IMU and GPS. …”
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Sound and smoke propagation models for virtual crowd environments by Vaisagh Viswanathan Thattamparambil

“…The smoke model can be improved by improving the performance and making it smoother and less memory intensive to run. Work also needs to be done to model the perception capabilities of agents in a realistic way.…”
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Are sovereign wealth fund investments destabilizing? by Pang, Andy Shang Yuan, Lin, Rachelle Wei Xuan, Mok, Shayna Chien Ru

“…It was discovered that Sovereign Wealth Funds’ investments led to an increase in short-term volatility in stock returns, however, in the long run, the volatility of stock returns decreases significantly. …”
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Distributed simulation of UK national blood service by Ridon, Jap Michael Denise Ramos.

“…The HLA provide services that will allow computer simulations to communicate to other computer simulations on the simulation model. Run Time Infrastructure is the middleware required that is required for the implementation of the HLA. …”
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HTTP over UDP for data intensive applications by Teo, Chou Chun.

“…Traditionally HTTP is running over TCP, which provides error control and flow control. …”
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Design and development of a solar-powered vehicle by Zhou, Bo

“…The testing was conducted after the integration all components. The car running powered by batteries was done first and later car running powered by solar panel was done also. …”
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Identity matters ... even in maritime security : China, Japan and maritime cooperation in East Asia by Eva Pejsova

“…Cooperation in functional maritime domains should constitute a common ground for consensus, and even serve as a catalyst for enhancing broader security cooperation in the long run. However, given the specific, transnational character of maritime management in the twenty-first century, this would require States to rise above the traditional Westphalian understanding of sovereignty and beyond the Realist mind-sets.…”
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Negative obstacle detection using stereo vision by You, Zhiyong

“…Then, according to the concept of Binocular Stereo Vision, a 3D space can be reconstructed. [1] Unmanned guided vehicles also known as intelligence vehicles are vehicles which can run autonomously and continuously on road. They are able to detect obstacles and avoid them accordingly without human intervention. …”
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Secure code execution on cloud-based infrastructure with application containers by Chen, Fun Tat

“…However, execution of untrusted code is an issue even if the code is understandable. Nobody would like to run potentially malicious code on his or her own PC or laptop. …”
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Split Hopkinson bar tensile testing by Leong, Boaz Jia Hao

“…In this Tension SHPB project, various tests such as the empty run, calibration and actual tests were carried out to develop and improve on the current Tension SHPB apparatus. …”
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