Handling constrained many-objective optimization problems via problem transformation by Jiao, Ruwang, Zeng, Sanyou, Li, Changhe, Yang, Shengxiang, Ong, Yew-Soon

“…The proposed algorithm is evaluated on a series of benchmark CMaOPs with three, five, eight, ten, and 15 objectives and compared against six state-of-the-art CMaOEAs. …”
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Exploring barriers and enablers of self-management behaviours in patients with diabetic foot ulcers: A qualitative study from the perceptions of patients, caregivers, and healthcar... by Zhu, Xiaoli, Lee, Eng Sing, Lim, Phoebe X. H., Chen, Yee Chui, Chan, Frederick H. F., Griva, Konstadina

“…Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a serious threat to global health and diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) remains one of the most common complications of DM1 affecting around 20 million people annually.2 DFUs are complex to treat, take months or years to heal, and the recurrence rates remain high up to 40% within 1 year of healing.3 People with DFUs are at risk of prolonged healing times and hospitalisation, reduced quality of life4, 5 and higher five-year mortality rates.3 Moreover, DFU is a causal factor for up to 85% of patients with diabetes who subsequently undergo lower extremity amputation3, 6 and is a leading cause of global disability.2 Singapore has the highest rate of diabetic lower extremity amputation (DLEA) in the world7 because of DFU and the trend is increasing.8 Additionally, DFU is a substantial clinical and economic burden to health systems in Singapore with escalating healthcare costs corresponding to more proximal amputation levels and high re-admission rates.9 Thus, understanding barriers to managing DFU is vital for improving patient care.…”
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Determinants of health-related quality of life after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA): a systematic review by Pek, Pin Pin, Fan, Kai Cheng, Ong, Marcus Eng Hock, Luo, Nan, Østbye, Truls, Lim, Shir Lynn, Ho, Andrew Fuwah

“…Determinants were classified into the five domains in the HRQoL model. 26 studies assessed determinants related to individual characteristics (n = 3), 12 studied biological function (n = 7), nine studied symptoms (n = 3), 16 studied functioning (n = 5), and 35 studied characteristics of the environment (n = 17). …”
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Encoding error correction in an integrated photonic chip by Zhang, Hui, Wan, Lingxiao, Paesani, Stefano, Laing, Anthony, Shi, Yuzhi, Cai, Hong, Luo, Xianshu, Lo, Guo-Qiang, Kwek, Leong Chuan, Liu, Ai Qun

“…However, the encoded quantum states are sensitive to noise, which limits their capability to perform complicated quantum computations. Here, we use a five-qubit linear cluster state on a silicon photonic chip to implement a quantum error-correction code and demonstrate its capability of identifying and correcting a single-qubit error. …”
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Tunable quantum cascade lasers for midinfrared spectroscopic sensing by Li, Jinghao

“…Many gases of interest exhibit strong absorptions within the Mid-infrared (Mid-IR) region, spanning from 2.5 to 25 µm. To enable high-sensitivity spectroscopy, a robust coherent source in this range is required. …”
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Post-quantum attacks against symmetric-key cryptography systems by Pham, Thi Minh Phuong

“…By incorporating the rebound techniques and the degree of freedom from keys and states to our model, we achieved significant advancements in the number of attacked rounds, ranging from one to five, in various target systems such as AES-128, Saturnin hashing mode, Grøstl-512, and SKINNY-hash. …”
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Experimental study of steel beam-column joints with novel slot-bolted connections under a central-column-removal scenario by Ma, You-Xin, Chen, Shuang, Tan, Kang Hai

“…Hence, to improve the robustness of FP and TSWA connections, novel arrangements of slotted holes were proposed for FP and TSWA connections in this study to form novel slot-bolted connections (SBCs). A total of five steel beam-column joint specimens with proposed novel SBCs were tested under a central-column-removal scenario. …”
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Effects of individual research practices on fNIRS signal quality and latent characteristics by Bizzego, Andrea, Carollo, Alessandro, Lim, Mengyu, Esposito, Gianluca

“…However, the performance dropped almost completely (except for five channels) when the SVM had to classify the cohorts using data from the GOOD dataset. …”
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Unified assessment of mass loss behaviors in soluble, biodegradable, and internally erodible geomaterials by Guo, Yuliang, Zhao, Budi, Pi, Xiaoqing, Fei, Xunchang

“…This study collected additional data from twelve soil dissolution tests and five long-term MSW biodegradation tests. We then established a comprehensive mass loss behavior dataset based on the available studies and the supplementary data obtained from this study. …”
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Molecular and biochemical characterisation of human casein kinase I alpha splice variants by Yong, Thomas Joon Kin.

“…The 4.2 kb mRNA species of both splice variants contain five additional RNA-destabilising AU-rich element (ARE)motifs in their 3' untranslated regions, the 2.4 kb transcripts contain a single ARE; suggesting the longer transcripts may be more rapidly turned over. …”
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Design of phase locked loop with PVT tolerance by Chong, Kok Foong

“…To check the impacts of different VCO dummy implementation on PLL jitter, five experimental charge pump PLLs are simulated with difference only in the dummy stages: (i) no dummy, (ii) simple dummy, (iii) single stage differential dummy, (iv) double stage differential dummy and (v) full differential dummy with the D2S converters. …”
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X-ray and ultrasonic testing techniques for defect inspection in composite by Zhou, David Yutian.

“…Special attention was directed at studying if non-volumetric (incipient) heat damage in composite material can be detected before it escalates into physical deformation. Five different ultrasonic testing techniques, as well as one 2D X-ray inspection, were performed on the aforementioned specimens. …”
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Experimental studies and model development for individual-specific fall detection by Hu, Xinyao

“…The body kinematic measures were compared between slip-induced falls and non-fall activities (i.e. normal walking and successful recovery after slips). Five kinematic measures were identified as the appropriate fall indicators since they were able to effectively and efficiently differentiate falls from non-fall activities, especially at the early stage of loss-of-balance due to slips. …”
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Study of marine power train system through mathematical modelling of various electro-mechanical components by Khor, Boon Siang

“…The power generation system consists of five diesel engine generator sets with different rated power. …”
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Android tablet game development for dementia patient - Games by Tong, Chee Tian

“…By 2030, the nation will join 33 others as a “super-aged” country, where one out of five people are aged 65 and older. Given this rise, we can also expect an increase in the prevalence rate of mental disease like dementia. …”
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Spoofing speech detection using temporal convolutional neural network by Xiao, Xiong, Li, Haizhou, Tian, Xiaohai, Chng, Eng Siong

“…Due to the use of max-pooling, we can extract useful information from a long temporal span without concatenating a large number of neighbouring frames, as in feedforward deep neural network (DNN). Five types of feature are employed to access the performance of proposed classifier. …”
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Experimental and computational thermal analysis of vortex flame in meso-scale combustor by Khaleghi, Mostafa

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Electric ARC furnace steel slag and copper mine tailing as asphalt paving materials by Oluwasola, Ebenezer Akin

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Water quality prediction and carbon reduction mechanisms in wastewater treatment in Northwest cities using Random Forest Regression model by Sun, Jingjing, Guan, Xin, Sun, Xiaojun, Cao, Xiaojing, Tan, Yepei, Liao, Jiarong

“…For example, the R2 for COD prediction is 0.99954, while the R2 values for NH4+-N, TP, and TN predictions reach 0.99989. Compared to five other models, the RFR model demonstrates the best performance across all water quality indicator predictions. …”
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Interventions that prevent or reduce perinatal loneliness and its proximal determinants: a restricted scoping review by Naughton-Doe, R, Nowland, R, Tierney, S, Webber, M, Wittkowski, A

“…Five mechanisms were identified within included papers: 1) opportunities for social connection to similar others, 2) positive relationships with a professional or volunteer, 3) normalisation and acceptance of difficulties, 4) meaningful activities and 5) support to overcome barriers (including cultural and financial) to connection. …”