Food security issues in Asia by Teng, Paul

“…Towards 2050, the ability to meet growing demands for rice, fish, vegetables and meat has to be met with innovations from increased investments, supportive government policies and technology transfer systems appropriate for the millions of small food producers. …”
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Weapons acquisition in the US: streamlining the process by Kuah, Adrian W. J.

“…Past attempts to reform the US weapons acquisition process have largely met with failure. However, the combined impact of the economic recession and the US’ current woes in Iraq and Afghanistan may paradoxically give the Obama administration the opportunity to succeed where previous administrations have failed.…”
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Taking data feminism to school: A synthesis and review of pre‐collegiate data science education projects by Lee, Victor R, Pimentel, Daniel R, Bhargava, Rahul, D'Ignazio, Catherine

“…In this review paper, we draw on principles from data feminism to review 42 different educational research and design approaches that engage youth with data, many of which are educational technology intensive and bear on future data-intensive educational technology research and design projects. …”
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Comparison of Machine Learning-Based Methods for Narrowband Blind Adaptive Beamforming by Shonkwiler, Lara

“…Traditional blind source separation methods such as CMA, SOBI, JADE, and FastICA tend to be highly effective at beamforming datasets with moderate to large sample supports, but they do not perform well when they only have access to a limited number of data samples. They also bear the disadvantage that the appropriate algorithm must be selected based on the properties of the expected signal. …”
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Easing the “second-shift” burden : grandparental childcare and the subjective wellbeing of working mothers in Singapore by Cheo, Rachel Ka Yang

“…However, it is still common for working mothers to bear the brunt of both domestic and paid work. In the present study, I explored the role of grandparents as providers of childcare for their grandchildren in contemporary Singapore. …”
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The other side of the Elbe River: interventions in art, modernity, and coloniality in Poland by Michalska, DJ

“…<p>The artistic practices of Zofia Stryjeńska (1891-1976), Władysław Hasior, (1928-1999), Teresa Murak (1949-) and Roman Stańczak (1969-) all bear testimony – in their own distinct ways – to the ‘shock of the new’, the massive rupture brought by modernisation and capitalism in twentieth-century Poland. …”

Intelligent elderly care II by Low, Jia Xin.

“…Digi International XBee modules, which make use of the low-power-consumption ZigBee technology, are the wireless transmitting modules implemented in this project. …”
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Utilizing open-source hardware and software to construct a mesh of environmental sensors for microclimate studies by Chan, Cun Bin

“…A network of 3 Router sensors and Coordinator is prototyped using Arduino microcontroller, Raspberry Pi single-board computer, and ZigBee and Wi-Fi communication protocols. The wireless sensor network is deployed within Crest Secondary School as a test bed. …”
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A study of air molecular contamination (AMC) and volatile organic compounds (VOC) in new AMC/VOC controlled cleanroom by Wong, Chee Kong

“…Based on results, the cleanroom had met the required condition after the 4th test result. …”
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A molecular dynamics simulation to shed light on the mechanical alloying of an Al-Zr alloy induced by severe plastic deformation by Morkina, Alina Y., Babicheva, Rita I., Korznikova, Elena A., Enikeev, Nariman A., Edalati, Kaveh, Dmitriev, Sergey V.

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Loss analysis of a mix-flow turbine with nozzled twin-entry volute at different admissions by Xue, Yingxian, Yang, Mingyang, Martinez-Botas, Ricardo F., Romagnoli, Alessandro, Deng, Kangyao

“…Loss breakdown of turbine shows that loss is higher in nozzle but lower in rotor when the majority of flow is fed from upper part of the component (near shroud). Opposite phenomenon happens when the majority is fed from lower part (near hub). …”
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Battery plug - in electric car : Vehicle chassis components design and modification by Tow, Edward

“…Electric powered vehicles have been in existence for nearly 100 years. The rise in popularity today for many are perhaps of the same reasons when they were first popular. …”
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Converse flexoelectric effect in comb electrode piezoelectric microbeam by Shen, Zhiyuan, Chen, Wei

“…The fringe electric field of a comb electrode induces converse flexoelectric responses in uniformly poled and depoled beams. The simulated electric field distribution shows that bending of the beam is induced by piezoelectric and μ11, μ12 flexoelectric coefficients. …”
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Effect of initial chirp on soliton pulse compression in the ionization regime by Wan, Ying, Chang, Wonkeun

“…Its growing interest in the field is motivated by the system's ability to guide high-power, broadband beams, as well as its dispersion and nonlinear properties that can be controlled precisely through changing the filling gas species or pressure. …”
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Failure mode classification for reinforced concrete members using data-driven approaches by Ong, Billy

“…This study aims to classify images of reinforced concrete (RC) structures by examining characteristic crack patterns associated with specific failure modes in RC columns, beams, and walls. Post-classification, shear strength equations are employed to determine the shear force to predicted shear strength ratio (m), utilizing various parameters obtained from the collected database. …”
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Liquid crystal spiral phase plate : design, fabrication and characterization by Wang, Qin

“…Moreover, SPP have found applications in edge contrast enhancement in microscopy, optical vortex coronagraph and generating radially polarized beams etc. Among various kinds of SPP, Liquid crystal spiral phase plates (LC SPP) have the potential advantages of dynamic switching between optical vortices with different topological charge, adaptability to any visible wavelength and capability to realize high slice number etc. …”
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Control of airflow rate in ACB – HVAC systems using Damper by Krishnan, Ananth

“…HVAC systems have gained a lot of popularity over the past few decades. Active Chilled Beams have been incorporated in HVAC systems to result in an increase energy efficiency, cost reduction and reduce building height. …”
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Tailoring engineered cementitious composites for impact resistance by Yang, En-Hua., Li, Victor C.

“…Low speed drop weight tower test on ECC panels and beams was also conducted. Damage characteristics, load and energy dissipation capacities, and response to repeated impacts, were studied.…”
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An empirical study of the (financial and operational) characteristics of companies promoted from SESDAQ to the main board by Ang, Patrick Gee Wing, Ong, Geraldine Mui Hoon, Liang, Mulyaty Qiuling

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Model of quality improvement and risk mitigation in the supply chain of concrete spun piles industry by Mahardhika, Welly, Iveline Anne Marie, ., Surjasa, Dadang, Mohd Yazid, Abu

“…In the pile industry, product defects often occur, such as broken PC bars, cracks in stock, dry concrete, broken end plates and etc. …”
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