Interactive mobile information hub by Yang, Zhiyong

“…There are currently 78% of people owning at least one smartphone in Singapore as of June2013 up from 74% in the previous year[1]. …”
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Design of a power regulator for solar energy application by Kamala, Siddhannan

“…This project composes of four main components:  Solar Panel-Conversation of solar energy source  DC-DC Converter - Provides a constant DC output value  USB/DC Lithium Polymer battery charger- Ensures and provides safe charging of lithium batteries  Lithium batteries – Storage of solar power energy source This report will present the result of experiments that was conducted throughout this project. Last but not the least, this will also include the knowledge and learning points that the author has gained during this project…”
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Optical nanoelecteromechanical systems (NEMS) devices and nano fabrication processes by Dong, Bin

“…Optical intensity can be attenuated to 10% of the original value with an actuation distance of at least 150 nm by tuning the wavelength of control light by 2 nm. …”
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Effects of the layers of foundation soil on the seismic response of dikes by Leo, Sin Chyuan

“…Each of these soil layers will have a thickness of 5m each and these three layers will be permutated in combinations to achieve the least amount of settlement during a seismic activity. …”
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Comparative study of direct position determination with AOA and TOA methods by Varma Ruchika

“…In cases where the noise statistics are unknown, least square method is applicable to DPD. If the noise is Gaussian, maximum likelihood estimation of location represents DPD. …”
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Hybrid brain computer interface for relaxation management by Ngian, Michelle Mei Xue

“…In mental engagement and mental response, participants are observed to be having lower engagement level and higher stress level during least liked passage and vice versa for most liked passage. …”
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Crosslinked microneedle patch to extract interstitial fluid for diagnosis by Kang, Rong Jie

“…However, current methods of microneedle sampling of the interstitial fluid (ISF) for clinical analysis have long durations of administration (at least an hour), which cause great inconvenience for the patient and often impairs the accuracy of the analysis due to the lag time of the sampling. …”
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Development of self-adhesive mussel-inspired swellable microneedle for transdermal application by Chia, Wen Feng

“…We have successfully synthesized a biocompatible and degradable adhesive based on hyaluronic acid derivative (catechol methacrylate modified hyaluronic acid) and demonstrated its adhesive property; able to hold at least 02 N/cm2 while maintaining its structural integrity. …”
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Mechanical properties of bundled carbon nanoscroll by Huang, Jie, Wong, Chee How

“…The simulation results showed that the bundled CNS failed at a smaller twisted angle per unit length with a much higher ultimate torque compared to the single CNS. Last but not least, we found the orientation of the slippery edges of the bundled CNS sample exhibits negligible influence on the mechanical properties.…”
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A method for simultaneously determining the zeta potentials of the channel surface and the tracer particles using microparticle image velocimetry technique by Yan, Deguang, Yang, Chun, Nguyen, Nam-Trung, Huang, Xiaoyang

“…Thus, the zeta potentials of the tracer particles and the channel surfaces are simultaneously obtained using the least-square method to fit the microPIV measured velocity distribution of the tracer particles. …”
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Lasso environment model combination for robust speech recognition by Xiao, Xiong, Li, Jinyu, Chng, Eng Siong, Li, Haizhou

“…We propose to estimate the weights by using Lasso (least absolute shrinkage and selection operator) which imposes an L1 regularization term in the weight estimation problem to shrink some weights to exactly zero. …”
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Search for the associated production of charm quarks and a Higgs boson decaying into a photon pair with the ATLAS detector by Aad, G, Aakvaag, E, Abbott, B, Abdelhameed, S, Abeling, K, Abicht, NJ, Abidi, SH, Aboelela, M, Aboulhorma, A, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Ackermann, A, Adam Bourdarios, C, Adamczyk, L, Addepalli, SV, Addison, MJ, Adelman, J, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Afik, Y, Agaras, MN, Barr, AJ, Bortoletto, D, Bruckler, TL, Celli, F, Chen, M, Conroy, EI, Cooper-Sarkar, AM, Dingley, T, Draguet, MA, Eberwein, GH, Frost, JA, Gallas, EJ, Grabarczyk, RP, Gwenlan, C, Haslbeck, F, Hays, CP, Hodkinson, BH, Huffman, TB, Iizawa, T, Karava, K, Koch, SF, Li, Z, Moser, B, Nagai, K, Nedic, L, Nickerson, RB, Pacey, HA, Rossi, E, Ruggiero, A, Schopf, E, Shipsey, IPJ, Sultan, DMS, Viehhauser, GHA, Weidberg, AR, Yildirim, TP

“…The observed (expected, assuming the Standard Model signal) upper limit at the 95% confidence level on the cross-section for producing a Higgs boson and at least one charm-quark-containing jet that passes a fiducial selection is found to be 10.6 pb (8.8 pb). …”

Changes in the phenomenon of icon-painting in Romania from the second half of the nineteenth century to the present day by Draghici-Vasilescu, N

“…<p>The thesis aims to prove, on the one hand that the second half of the nineteenth century was the period of maximum deviation from the traditional Romanian style of icon-painting and, on the other hand, that the process following the Romanian Orthodox Church's Synod of 1889, in spite of the proclaimed return to a pure Byzantine style, actually has involved the coexistence of at least two main styles of painting: Eastern Mannerist of Byzantine lineage and Western Mannerist of <em>Renaissance</em> persuasion. …”

Phase separation of a microtubule plus-end tracking protein into a fluid fractal network by Czub, MP, Uliana, F, Grubić, T, Padeste, C, Rosowski, KA, Lorenz, C, Dufresne, ER, Menzel, A, Vakonakis, I, Gasser, U, Steinmetz, MO

“…This process is accompanied by conformational rearrangements in Bik1, leading to at least a two-fold increase in multivalent interactions between its folded and disordered domains. …”

The nature and limits of guidance by Pike, J

“…The first is that by ‘guidance’, I have in mind a certain kind of interaction between people and the law, an interaction that (at least partly) occurs in people’s minds. The second is that, in arguing that it is plausible to think that the law does not necessarily exist to guide us, I do so from the premise that the law necessarily aims to be a supreme normative authority. …”

Examining the antecedents of medical tourists use of social media from the standpoint of self-efficacy by Balouchi, Mina, Aziz, Yuhanis Abdul

“…To that end, this study presents a conceptual framework for evaluating medical tourists' online behaviour and empirically tests the model's validity by examining various dimensions of self-efficacy.A sample of 224 people who searched for medical tourism information online was used in this study. Partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was employed to test the proposed model with data from an online questionnaire survey.The findings suggest that sources of self-efficacy reinforce one's belief in the ability to use social media for medical travel planning purposes. …”

Mycoplasma iowae infection in young Turkeys by Bradbury, Janet M., Ideris, Aini, OO, Tin Tun

“…M. iowae was most widely disseminated in tissues following in ovo infection and least after oral infection. Isolations became less frequent with age and no organisms were recovered in birds sampled at 12 weeks. …”
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ESG disclosure, firm internationalization, and firm financial performance: evidence from Asia-Pacific by Hussain, Waleed, Ong, Tze San, Kamarudin, Fakarudin, Khan, Muhammad Asif, Bács, Zoltán

“…The findings of the fixed effect and robust two-stage least square estimations reflect that the modern pillars of corporate social responsibility – ESGD-significantly and negatively influence FFP; however, the degrees of corporate internationalization (international intensity, geographical extensity) significantly and positively moderate the association between ESGD and FFP. …”
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Country governance nexus with the financial stability of banks: the moderating effect of country’s income level by Ghosh, Protap K., Kharuddin, Saira B., Kamarudin, Fakarudin B.

“…This study uses unbalanced country-level panel data of 110 countries from the World Bank from 2010 to 2021. Ordinary least squares (OLS) estimation fails to pass heteroskedasticity, first-order autocorrelation, and cross-sectional dependence tests. …”
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An empirical study of auditors’ efforts, audit technology and impact on tax auditors’ performance by Ahmad, Mohmad Hazar, Mustapha, Mazlina, Yusri, Yusniyati, Kharuddin, Saira

“…Based on a quantitative approach, this research utilized survey questionnaires distributed to tax auditors ranked in executive level and above, with at least one year of tax audit experience from the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia and the Royal Malaysian Customs Department, which handle direct and indirect taxes. …”
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