Language and thought : classifier effect in early and late bilinguals. by Tang, Huimin.

“…It was found that for both tasks, only functionally or thematically related prime-target noun pairs exhibited a significant difference in the responses of the participants, compared to the other two conditions. For the rating of relatedness, results showed that PRC participants exhibited a classifier effect as they rated classifier related noun pairs to be more similar than the unrelated noun pairs. …”
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Design and growth of high-power gallium nitride light-emitting diodes by Zhang, Zihui

“…With this quantum barrier architecture, on one hand, the QCSE has been effectively screened, and on the other hand, the hole transport has also been promoted significantly.Hence, an even more enhancement in the optical output power and EQE has been obtained. …”
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Attacks in Reality: The Limits of Concurrent Error Detection Codes against Laser Fault Injection by Breier, Jakub, He, Wei, Jap, Dirmanto, Bhasin, Shivam, Chattopadhyay, Anupam

“…A single-bit linear parity scheme is shown to be ineffective for error detection, since the LFI can typically flip multiple bits that are close to each other. On the other hand, a linear randomized parity scheme, with multiple bits parity, shows higher detection rates. …”
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Modeling public transit route choice behaviour by Zhou, Yao Hui.

“…Through the comparison between the passenger arrival at various stations and the passengers’ stated rating of crowdedness of the platforms, it was inferred that passengers’ perceived crowdedness does not vary linearly with the platform passenger density and their perception of crowdedness was more sensitive when the crowd on-platform was either below 15 people or more than 30. …”
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Preprocessing and authentication of 2D barcodes by Chen, Changsheng.

“…However, due to the uncontrolled capturing environments and unsteady hands of users, the captured barcode images are of various qualities. …”
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A low-cost, open-source cylindrical Couette rheometer by Erni, Makita, Hart, A. John, Trumper, David, Owens, Crystal E.

“…Building on this, flow curves of three complex fluids – a microgel (hand sanitizer), foam (Gillette), and biopolymer solution (1% Xanthan Gum) – were measured with a similar error range. …”
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GCBF+: A Neural Graph Control Barrier Function Framework for Distributed Safe Multi-Agent Control by Zhang, Songyuan, So, Oswin, Garg, Kunal, Fan, Chuchu

“…Furthermore, the proposed method does not compromise on the performance, in terms of goal reaching, for achieving high safety rates, which is a common trade-off in RL-based methods.…”
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Attitude towards Online Shopping Activities in Malaysia Public University by Lim, Yi Jin, Osman, Abdullah, Romle, Abd Rahim, Haji-Othman, Yusuf

“…By applying a quantitative survey approach, a total of 800 questionnaires were distributed to the students by handing them out, subsequently 662 questionnaires were usable for analysis. …”
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Effects of lumbar support to reduce discomfort during prolonged riding among motocyclists by Mohd Shafiei, Umi Kalsom

“…On the other hand, percentage muscle exertion on RES (p<0.001) and LES (p<0.001) showed significant reduction in experimental group only. …”
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Development of nanocomposite dielectric materials for high energy density capacitor applications by Lin, Meng-Fang

“…Ferroelectric ceramic materials exhibit very high dielectric constant but they are brittle and possess low dielectric strength. On the other hand, polymer materials are flexible with high ease of processing at low processing temperatures, and possess high dielectric breakdown field. …”
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Paternal parenting behaviour, self-esteem, and psychological health of adolescents in Malaysia by Yahya, Amira Najiha

“…Paternal warmth and indigenous together with self-esteem on the other hand, could foster better psychological health in adolescents. …”
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Qualitative and quantitative accuracy evaluation of 18f-fdg PET/CT with TOF and NON-TOF system on beta value in BPL reconstruction by Hui, Ng Suk

“…Penalised likelihood estimation algorithms, on the other hand, allow for an effective convergence that improves image quality by enhancing contrast and reducing noise. …”
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Computational analysis for infectious diseases surveillance and host-pathogen interactions (in the context of Influenza A viruses) by Beyene, Biruhalem Taye

“…Prediction of the next pandemic strain is still a major challenge as mechanisms of antigenic shift and the zoonotic nature of influenza viruses are still poorly understood. On the other hand, the current vaccination strategy treating seasonal influenza viruses, given its own problems in efficacy, is not well suited to mitigate an impending pandemic. …”
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Implementation of occupational safety and health management system in reducing ergonomic risk among certified and uncertified automotive industry workers by Ikpegbu, Mavis Amarachi

“…Risk management in an integrated way, using organization’s operations has become highly important in recent years, since it not only cuts accident rates but can also improve the firm’s productivity, economic and financial results. …”
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Development and implementation of a 3d-HDR brachytherapy program for cervical cancer in a sub-Saharan African centre by Joseph, A, Balogun, O, Adegboyega, B, Salako, O, Irabor, OC, Ajose, A, Adeneye, S, Alabi, A, Ohazurike, E, Ogamba, CF, Oladipo, A, Fagbemide, O, Habeebu, M, Puthoff, D, Onitilo, A, Ngwa, W, Nwachukwu, C

“…This report documents the implementation of the first three-dimensional high-dose-rate (3D-HDR) brachytherapy service for cervical cancer in Nigeria.…”

Power quality and low voltage ride-through capability of induction generator-based wind power generating system by Wei, Feng

“…However, smaller power rating of the converters also means that the DFIG system has a smaller tolerance to voltage disturbances. …”
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FrED Manufacturing - A Study in Affordable Manufacturing to Scale using Desktop Sized Fiber Extrusion Device by Rosko, Rachael S.

“…The factory produces multiple FrED devices, which are "desktop fiber extrusion systems that mimic continuous fiber draw process for hands-on learning and/or laboratory experience on data acquisition, control system, and smart manufacturing. …”
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Synthesisation, characterisation and water adsorption on novel functional metal organic frameworks for heat transformation process by Han, Bo

“…Secondly, it is also found that the amino (-NH2) and hydroxyl (-OH) functionalised UiO-66 (Zr) MOFs improve water transfer from 0.05 kg/kg to 0.32 kg/kg. On the other hand, N-UiO-66 (Zr) shows the faster uptake/offtake rates as compared with the parent UiO-66 (Zr) MOFs. …”
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Theoretical study of spermatozoa sorting by dielectrophoresis or magnetophoresis with supervised learning by Koh, James Boon Yong

“…This sorting has potential to improve the probability of success for intrauterine insemination, given that pregnancy rates are similar as long as the percentage of normal cells exceed a minimum threshold, even if the initial motile sperm count is under a million. …”
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Kecekapan pengurusan aset dalam kalangan guru kanan mata pelajaran teknik dan vokasional di Selangor, Malaysia by Mohd Awal @ Anuar, Nur Asmarani

“…Perlaksanaan mata pelajaran Kemahiran Hidup Bersepadu (KHB) yang menekankan pembelajaran secara „hands-on’ banyak melibatkan penggunaan aset di bengkel-bengkel. …”
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