Optical and optoelectronic properties of Si nanocrystals embedded in dielectric matrix by Ding, Liang

“…Thermal annealing effect on optical properties of nc-Si embedded in SiO2 films has been studied also. The influence of nanocrystal size on the band gap and dielectric function has been investigated. …”
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Development of a fiber optic gradient hydrophone by Mei, Suo Hai.

“…Fiber optic hydrophones have been under development since 1970s, and have been proven to have many advantages over their traditional counterparts, such as PZT hydrophones. …”
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Inducing System-1-type diagnostic reasoning in second-year medical students within 15 minutes by Rosby, Lucy Victoria, Rotgans, Jerome Ingmar, Tan, Gerald, Low-Beer, Naomi, Mamede, Silvia, Zwaan, Laura, Schmidt, Henk

“…During the test phase, students responses were significantly more accurate and faster for cases which had been seen repeatedly during the training phase (mean score¼3.56/4, mean time¼2.34 s) com- pared with cases which had been seen only twice (mean score¼1.59/4, mean time¼7.50 s). …”
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Development of engineering tools and design guidelines for FRP strengthened RC walls subject to near field blast loading by Fung, Tat Ching, Tan, Kang Hai, Werner Riedel, Yu, Qingjun, Del Linz, Paolo, Li, Gen, Tu, Huan

“…In this report D5, as a supplement, some additional cases of CFRP strengthened RC walls by uncased charge have also been studied for ANN analysis. Moreover, additional cases of CFRP strengthened RC walls using the large cased charge, denote as “device B”, have been studied. …”
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Gain design and verification of autopilot control loops for UVAs by Huang, Qian.

“…In this master thesis, autopilot control system of a UAV has been developed. Before starting the control system design, general concepts of system response have been reviewed. …”
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Target interception by mobile robots in a wireless sensor network (I) by Lin, Zhenxing.

“…To fully utilize resources, an automated mobile robots system has been proposed. Various techniques and methods have been explored, including communication protocols, robot localization and navigation, interception and obstacle avoidance. …”
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Impact of renewable power penetration on power market operation by Zhao, Qian

“…The existing theories and methods to evaluate reliability performances and electricity prices have been studied. Renewable energy penetrations in deregulated power systems have been investigated. …”
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Development of liquid crystalline polymer blends for the electronic industry by Hu, Xiao, Tam, Kam Chiu, Yue, Chee Yoon

“…The main objectives of the research project have been achieved. A proper understanding of the factors that have a significant influence on the capacity for the LCP phase in LCP-based polymer blends to form strong in situ fibres during processing have been established. …”
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Our Tethered Skates / by Naadhira Zahari, author 655828, Naadhira Zahari, editor 655828

“…Layla has been living in the shadow of her sister who mysteriously disappeared ten years ago. …”

Design and simulation of silicon optoelectronic integrated circuits by Win, Khine Thandar.

“…Advances in optical data storage technology have been so rapid over the past several decades for a wide range of PC and consumers electronics applications. …”
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Study and design of a resonant inductive coupling based magnetic stimulator by Ma, Qiang

“…With the growing trend of using stimulation therapy to relieve diseases or ease pain, various methods or technologies has been created and put into clinical use. Among these stimulation modalities which are capable for non-invasive or minimally invasive treatment, magnetic stimulation has been proved to be both an effective and promising treating method by using time varying magnetic flux to drive currents and generate electric field in the human body tissue. …”
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Nodal reliability and nodal price in deregulated power markets by Yi, Ding

“…The reliability and pricing issues in the restructured electric power systems have been investigated in the research work. The existing techniques for the reliability evaluation of the conventional power system have been studied. …”
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Land reclamation - from conventional vertical drain methods to a combined vacuum preloading and electro-osmosis with horizontal drainage enhanced geotextile sheets by Wong, Lung Anthony

“…Slurry of soft marine deposits dredged from the seabed has increasingly been used in various land reclamation projects in recent years. …”
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Detailed turbulent structures investigation around piers group induced flow by Ikani, Nima, H. Pu, Jaan, Zang, Shuyan, Hussein Al-Qadami, Ebrahim Hamid, Razi, Adib

“…To investigate the flow turbulence, critical locations have been observed from high vortex-influenced regions. …”
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Synthesis and characterization of reduced graphene oxide-based composites by Wu, Shixin

“…The chronoamperometry has been applied to study the Cu nucleation modes on rGO. …”
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Dubai’s energy efficiency drive by Rashid, FA, Hasbani, KU

“…The Gulf region has been known traditionally as the centre of the global oil and gas industry, and indeed its production has been supplying international markets reliably for decades. …”

Interval elimination method for stochastic spanning tree problem by Mohd, Ismail

“…The optimum spanning tree problem has been well considered and until now several powerful algorithms have been proposed. …”
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Noise suppression using active noise control and masking by Rajora, Amit

“…A version of the psychoacoustic model-I, suitably modified for operational simplicity, has been deployed by the Integrated ANC-Masking (IANCM) system. …”
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Green Roof Guidelines : Guidelines for the Planning, Construction and Maintenance of Green Roofs / by Landscape Development and Landscaping Research Society e.V. (FLL) 656198, Landscape Development and Landscaping Research Society e.V. (Online service) 656197

“…Turf greening has been taken up as a vegetation with its own turf substrate requirement profiles. …”
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Fabrication and characterisation of rutile based hybrid thin films by Dangeti, Siva Rama Krishna

“…In the present work, efforts have been made to produce protective rutile-TiO2 films. …”
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