The host : a novel / by Meyer, Stephenie, 1973- 317653

“…Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed. …”

Design of a special vent component for hydrogen-on-demand system by Lim, Sin Wei

“…Due to the lack of energy resources and an increase in global warming, initiatives have been taken around the world to create cleaner energy sources. …”
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A serious game to educate youths on depression by Yeoh, Sarah Sue Min

“…Depression has been a taboo topic for many years. Many people avoid the topic simply because they are afraid they say the wrong things or they simply do not know what to say. …”
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Strained graphene optoelectronic devices with unprecedented pseudo-magnetic fields by Wang, Boyan

“…Photonic-integrated circuit (PIC) is a research field that has been attracting many researchers’ interests owing to its great potential for enabling various disruptive technologies. …”
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Offshore renminbi market. by Peh, Derrick Chin Kiat., Heng, Zoey Peishan., Sei, Sin Yee.

“…The offshore “currency” (deposit) market is a relatively new phenomenon in international financial markets, having only taken off in the 1960s. It has been one of the fastest growing sectors in international financial services, and has been credited with contributing to the rapid development of global financial trade. …”
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Design of voltage-controlled oscillators and frequency dividers for 60 GHZ wireless communication applications by Zou, Qiong

“…In the thesis, a V-band divide-by-4 ILFD has been proposed. With the special topology involving dual oscillation loops, a wide locking range has been achieved at 60 GHz.…”
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Evaluating the effectiveness of the trajectory prediction aids on air traffic controller in the context of workload and situation awareness by Chua, Jia Yun

“…Hence, technology, such as automation, has been extensively explored to help ATCOs better manage air traffic to ensure high levels of safety in Air Traffic Control (ATC). …”
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Simulation of aircraft contrail formation by Lee, Sock Jun.

“…The seemingly harmless condensation trails (‘contrails’) have not only been a nuisance to the military air forces, but also believed to be contributing to the global warming. …”
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Investigation on the formation of C54-TiSi2 used as contact metallization in ULSI application by Zhang, Lin

“…Titanium silicide has been widely adopted as a contact material for gate, source and drain of semiconductor devices in the industry for several generations. …”
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Knowledge-based system for the determination of wind speeds over areas in Singapore by Wong, Woon Ping.

“…The purpose of this research is to develop a Wind Prediction System (WPS) implemented by knowledge-based expert system concepts. It has been developed to predict wind speeds over areas in Singapore. …”
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Design of insulated gate bipolar transistor using novel structure by Zhang, Guowei

“…In this work, Lateral Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (LIGBT) based on a novel structure of partial Silicon On Insulator (partial SOI) has been designed. The position of the silicon window has been determined by comparing the simulation results of full SOI and partial SOI, which has the silicon window etched underneath anode or cathode.…”
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Design and development of a smart picosatellite by Kuah, Zhen Keng.

“…The option of miniaturising satellites has been thoroughly explored because of its cost saving potential. …”
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Biomechanical investigation of traction forces on the cervical (neck/head region) spine by Ang, Lian Ann

“…Cervical traction has been widely used as a non-surgical intervention for the cervical syndrome, and yet the underlying mechanism for relieving pain has neither been clearly established nor understood. …”
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3D VRML scene-editing tool by Guo, Wenqian.

“…In this dissertation, VRML External Authoring Interface and various existing VRML Scene-Editing Tools have been explored and examined. The tools discussed are as follows: Shop Layout Editor, traditional text editor based tool, VrmlPad and VermelGen. …”
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Reducing the air travel hassle factor through self-service check-in process improvements by Miller, Jared Keith, 1977-

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Revisiting high harmonic generation in nonlinear epsilon-near-zero metamaterials by Barbet, Geoffrey Pascal

“…Efficient nonlinear processes are required in many applications in photonics and so have been a field of interest for a few decades now. Different approaches have been followed, the first one being the investigation of natural nonlinear material. …”
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Distributed droop schemes for standalone and interlinked AC microgrids by Inam Ullah

“…So far, the common objective focused by the droop schemes has been proportional power sharing among the DGs based on their respective ratings. …”
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Assessment of novel pre-erythrocytic malaria vaccines in humans by Venkatraman, N

“…</p> <p>R21 had never been administered to humans prior to the work described in this thesis. …”

E2 protein nanocage as a pickering emulsifier and its applications by Sarker, Mridul

“…Inorganic, organic as well as hybrid nanoparticles have been used in stabilizing Pickering emulsions for different applications with some identified limitations. …”
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Windowed Fourier ridges for demodulation of carrier fringe patterns with nonlinearity : a theoretical analysis by Agarwal, Nimisha, Wang, Chenxing, Qian, Kemao

“…Several techniques have been proposed over time to remove the nonlinearity error. …”
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