Two models of dark triad traits and self-regulation dilemma predicting IP theft through self-deception by Yeo, Diana Mui Kheng

“…Using the results of data-driven studies on IP theft and the integrated model of employee theft, I developed two process models, one involving conflict of goals that meet ego needs and the other, conflict of goals that do not serve ego needs. …”
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Financial elites and the spatial variation of inequality: examining the intersection of gender, race and class in Frankfurt, London, and New York by Kaempfer, K

“…Finally, it seeks to assess the influence of external stakeholders like executive search firms (ESFs) and regulators on the formation and reproduction of financial elites. To meet these objectives, data collected through 62 in-depth, semi-structured interviews with professionals working for a range of financial organisations (asset managers, (investment) banks, insurers and ESFs) is triangulated with secondary qualitative and quantitative data.…”

Influence of calcination temperature on nickel oxide nanoparticles synthesized by thermal treatment by Manal, Ahmed Hashem

“…However, most of these synthesis methods have some drawbacks to meet these objectives due to complicated procedures involved, longer reaction times, high reaction temperatures, and toxic chemical precursors used. …”
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Frequency synthesizer design for 60 GHz wireless communication by Chen, Weiping

“…And the demanding features of wide frequency range, agile response, low power consumption and programmability make the design of the frequency synthesizer a real challenge. To meet the requirements for 60GHz wireless communication based on IEEE 802.11ad, a phase-locked loop frequency synthesizer is designed in a 55nm CMOS process. …”
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A general and facile method for preparation of large-scale reduced graphene oxide films with controlled structures by Bi, Hengchang, Wan, Shu, Cao, Xiehong, Wu, Xing, Zhou, Yilong, Yin, Kuibo, Su, Shi, Ma, Qinglang, Sindoro, Melinda, Zhu, Jingfang, Zhang, Zhuoran, Zhang, Hua, Sun, Litao

“…However, controlling their surface morphologies and microstructures to meet the requirements of specific applications is still a great challenge. …”
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Institutions and agricultural transformation: a study of induced innovation in the Philippine rice sector by Montesclaros, Jose Ma. Luis P.

“…The RCI is applied to agriculture through a proposed theory of induced innovation adoption (IIA), which states farmers will adopt innovations so as to produce enough food to meet domestic demand if a conducive institutional setting exists. …”
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Circularly polarized antennas and phased arrays for 5G applications by Hu, Yiyun

“…The characteristics of millimeter waves, possessing abundant and clean spectrum resources, precisely meet the demand for high-speed wireless communication systems for operating bandwidth. …”
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Urban Informatics and Future Cities / by Geertman, S. C. M., editor 642892, Pettit, Christopher, editor 310233, Goodspeed, Robert, editor 642893, Staffans, Aija, editor 642894

Server allocation for massively multiplayer online cloud games by Zhao, Meiqi

“…Running MMOGs on the cloud can reduce the cost for the players, attract potential players, and meet the nowadays preference of mobile devices. However, the MMOCGs introduce new challenges that need to be addressed. …”
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Physics-informed machine learning for green data center operations by Wang, Ruihang

“…The data center (DC) industry is rapidly growing in recent years to meet the ever-increasing cloud computing and storage demands. …”
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Discrete time optimal control and its applications in power systems by Zhang, Hehong

“…The aforementioned SE algorithms can effectively reduce the computational resources needed and meet the requirements of state estimations in power systems. …”
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Design of low-power analog filters in WBAN receiver front-ends for hyper/hypothyroidism patients by Wang, Xiaoying

“…In this thesis, we would propose different active filter designs to meet the power and linearity requirement for the WBAN system. …”
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On the design of energy storage systems for the smoothing and dispatch planning of large-scale wind power generation by Li, Mengting

“…A statistical method is also developed to determine the capacities of the minimum-cost BSHESS to meet the power smoothing objective at pre-specified probability level. …”
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Developing metallic cathode for low-temperature solid oxide fuel cell applications by Yu, Chen-Chiang

“…To achieve high performance at a low operating temperature of 300 to 500 ˚C for SOFC, this dissertation is dedicated to developing metal-based cathodes that can meet the criteria of long-term stability, low area-specific resistance, easy to fabricate, and cost effective. …”
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Improving the productivity of high-level synthesis by advancing reuseability and verifiability by Yang, Liwei

“…As the complexity of applications continues to grow to meet user demands, the complexity of hardware platforms continues to grow correspondingly. …”
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Energy management of microgrids by Ju, Chengquan

“…Conclusive results have shown that the proposed model and algorithm can be utilized not only to meet system ramping requirements, but also to help flatten the load profile in peak hours. …”
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A high-performance main-memory query engine on emerging many-core processors by Cheng, Xuntao

“…However, due to the declining of the old-age support ratio, it is increasingly challenging to meet this demand due to the lack of working-age young people. …”
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Arsenic (III) removal from water using natural sedimentary rocks by Yusof, Nur Zulaikha

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Essays on blood supply management by Senga, Juan Ramon Liboro

“…We also observe that the dynamic donation rate strategy results in lower fill-rates during disasters when the fill-rate is low despite being able to meet donation targets, and that multiple waves with short lead times exacerbate this effect. …”
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Modelling, exploration and optimization of hardware accelerators for deep learning applications by Dutt, Arko

“…Several advancements in general-purpose computing (like General Purpose Graphics Processing Unit) and new custom hardware (like Tensor Processing Unit) are proposed to meet the maximum performance needs. These computing systems are still bottle-necked by under-achieved power-efficiency due to excessive data transfers. …”
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