Effects of surface texture on wetting by Fong, Veronica Cheng Xi

“…By keeping the correlations of the roughness factor and top surface ratio in mind, the best results have been exhibited by the largest spacing distance with the circular micropillars. …”
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Morphological supply in response to systemic demand: the Greek past iteratives from birth to death by Willi, A

“…The Homeric past iteratives in -σκε/ο- have been the object of much discussion, notably with regard to their Indo-European background and the question whether their creation is due to language contact with Anatolian, where the Hittite formations in -ške- seem to play a somewhat similar semantic role. …”

Autoimmune encephalitis: recent clinical and biological advances by Varley, JA, Strippel, C, Handel, A, Irani, SR

“…Increasing awareness around distinctive aspects of their clinical phenotypes has been a key driver in providing clinicians with a better understanding as to how these diseases are best recognized. …”

AXES at TRECVID 2012: KIS, INS, and MED by Aly, R, Mcguinness, K, Chen, S, O'Conner, NE, Chatfield, K, Parkhi, OM, Arandjelović, R, Zisserman, A, Fernando, B, Tuytelaars, T, Oneata, D, Douze, M, Revaud, J, Schwenninger, J, Potapov, D, Wang, H, Harchaoui, Z, Verbeek, J, Schmid, C

“…We performed comparatively well in both experiments. Our best KIS run found 13 of the 25 topics, and our best INS runs outperformed all other submitted runs in terms of P@100. …”

Small spherical and projective codes by Cohn, Henry

“…This data set describes the best spherical and real projective codes that are known to exist (to the best of my knowledge), for up to 32 points on spheres or 16 lines through the origin in the real projective case. …”
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Derivation of extreme non-gaussian stochastic offshore structural responses using finite memory nonlinear system by Mukhlas, Nurul ’Azizah

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Partially collaborative storage codes for distributed storage systems by Liu, Shiqiu

“…Erasure codes have traditionally been studied in the context of communication theory, but have also increasingly been used to ensure the reliability of distributed storage systems, since they provide a good trade-off between storage overhead (or rate) and reliability in case of storage node failures. …”
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Deriving the intial abstraction ratio coefficient for runoff prediction in Peninsula Malaysia by Lloyd Ling

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3-Dimensional CFD simulation and experimental analysis on performance of a new diffuser and wind channel for a micro wind turbine by Darvishi, Zeinab, Najafi, Gholamhassan, Ghobadian, Barat, Nor Azwadi, Che Sidik, Rizalman, Mamat, Mohd Fairusham, Ghazali, Hoseini, Seyed Salar

“…Producing electricity from waste energies has been introduced as a useful approach in moving towards stability. …”
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Self-healing characterizations of polyurea/polyurethane coating & its formulation optimization by Sim, Celine (Shen Silin)

“…In midst of the global rising cost of corrosion, solutions such as application of protective coating and employing regular maintenance work have been put in place. All these efforts made primarily to aim for the lifetime extension of what is being protected. …”
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Sustainable utilisation of oil palm empty fruit bunch and perenniporia subtephropora for eco-friendly mycelium-based biofoam by Mohd Izan, Nur Liyana, Kamal Bahrin, Ezyana, Mohd Yusoff, Mohd Zulkhairi, Simarani, Khanom, Sharip, Nur Sharmila, Ariffin, Hidayah

“…Recently known as an alternative to expanded polystyrene foam (EPS), mycelium-based biofoam (MBF) has been introduced as a new technology foam. The desired traits of MBF are currently being studied by exploring various factors that can influence the end-product. …”
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Inaudible echo-based indoor position recognition by Wong, Alexander Chong Xan

“…There has been a growing need for accurate location positioning using mobile devices. …”
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Develop protein-fortified 3D-printable food inks by How, Qiao Xin

“…Traditionally, majority of the proteins used for fortification have been derived from animal sources (e.g. whey and casein). …”
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Integrating BIM with RFID technology to develop an onsite precast element management system by Nguyen, Thi Hoai Thanh

“…Construction material management has been identified by many industry professionals and researchers as one of the most important functions in a construction project, as a project’s bottom line is significantly reliant on good material management. …”
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Automated tagging of safety cases for autonomous vehicles in Asian megacities by Srivastava Prateek

“…Among all these feature extraction techniques, HoG was found to be the best. This has been followed by applying Cascade object detection technique which works on sliding window approach to detect the ROI (Region of Interest), which in our case are speed hump. …”
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Experimental investigation of methane storage under ambient conditions employing adsorption technology by Chua, Bernard Zhen Cong

“…All this knowledge has been used for industrial applications which requires adsorption science and technology. …”
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Adams family values: Abigail and Louisa Catherine Adams and the influence of Europe on the 'Republican Courts' of New York, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C. (1789-1829) by Leeper, JL

“…By reconsidering the Adams women as major key players and facilitators of the republican court, we must conclude that the Adams women were far more complex political figures than has previously been suggested, and because of their efforts, European court culture and high society traditions played a far larger role in the founding of the American government than has previously been realized. …”

Inorganic nanoparticles–driven self–assembly of natural small molecules in water for constructing multifunctional nanocapsules against plant diseases by Liu, Li-Wei, Ding, Zheng-Hao, Ren, Gang-Gang, Wang, Guang-Di, Pan, Xin, Wei, Guo-Hai, Zhou, Xiang, Wu, Zhi-Bing, Jin, Zhi-Chao, Chi, Robin Yonggui, Yang, Song

“…Additionally, both the inner cavities and outer surfaces of nanocapsules bear abundant sites and spaces that can be further tuned for loading other pesticide molecules or flexible construct complex multifunctional nanoparticles. …”
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Investigating the role of self-sacrificing prosociality in intragroup and intergroup contexts by Katna, Dashalini P.

“…Parochial cooperation theories assume that strongly self-sacrificing members primarily desire and seek to achieve ingroup-favouring outcomes, and consequently become prepared to bear extreme costs to themselves. This altruism to help, however, does not always extend into intergroup contexts. …”
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论李世民音乐政治观对儒家礼乐思想的继承和转化 = A study on Li Shimin music-politics: inheritance and transformation of Confucian ritual and music thought by 许惠佳 Koh, Hwee Kay

“…To a certain extent, he had inherited Yueji, Confucian ritual and Music thought - which extensively covers the social influence and educational function of music to society – while at the same time, his Music-politics thought bears much resemblance to those of Ji Kang. This article hopes to explore in detail Li Shimin’s Music-politics thought, and by using Yueji as a comparison, analyses how his inheritance and transformation of Confucian Ritual and Music thought played an important role in shaping the Tang Culture.…”
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