PLATON: top-down R-tree packing with learned partition policy by Yang, Jingyi, Cong, Gao

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3D-printed mechano-optic force sensor for soft robotic gripper enabled by programmable structural metamaterials by Hegde, Chidanand, Mysa, Ravi Chaithanya, Chooi, Aaron, Dontu, Saikrishna, Tan, Joel Ming Rui, Wong, Lydia Helena, Valdivia y Alvarado, Pablo, Magdassi, Shlomo

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Pumice cone eruptions at Aluto volcano, Ethiopia by Clarke, Ben, Calder, Eliza S., Fontijn, Karen, Desalegn, Firawalin, Tierz, Pablo, Yirgu, Gezahegn

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Experimental investigation of impact response of composite plates/panels by Gan, Jia Li

“…Theories and plots of load against displacement and time can be used to explain these damage patterns. The impact tests are conducted at various thickness and core size. …”
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Catastrophic risk analysis and management for Public-Private Partnership (PPP) infrastructure systems by Qian, Qiyu

“…Based on hazard module, vulnerability module and loss module, a pro forma cash flow model would form a useful basis for quantifying seismic risks and measuring the dynamic financial demand of the project. …”
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末世狂欢 ：论晚清科学小说中的乌托邦想象 = Fin-de-siècle carnivalization : the Utopian imagination of late Qing scientific romance, 1840-1911 by 林雨峰 Lim, Yu Feng

“…In the literary circle, new novel sprung up in the given fertile ground, and these works included the unprecedented genre of scientific romance. It made use of the skill of time narrative, the theme of democracy, freedom, evolution, science and the traditional spirit of China as well as the scientific terms from western world, to project an idealistic version of future China. …”
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Power management system design and optimization for European Student Moon Orbitor (ESMO) by Muhammad Dzahir Mohamed Zain Affandi.

“…The buck converter designed is to be able to step down from a voltage of 80V to a bus line of 28V with the use of a specially controlled high frequency switching MOSFET through a high speed 100 MHz microcontroller C8051. …”
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Service quality gaps in the container shipping industry by Phua, Jia Hui.

“…Being the main mode of transport used in most supply chain, service quality in container liner shipping can help increase competitiveness of the supply chain and in turn benefit all parties in the supply chain. …”
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Evaluation of context awareness algorithms for recommending mobile content by Dong, Hong Liang

“…In this study, I reviewed the definitions and concepts related to mobile context-aware recommendation: context, context-awareness, mobile context-awareness, recommender systems, context-aware recommender systems, mobile context-aware recommender systems, and approaches used in context-aware recommendation processes. And I also discussed the methodologies and guidelines of evaluating mobile context-aware recommender systems. …”
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Traffic management proposed electronic road pricing system by Ho, Eng Foo, Lim, Choon Fong, Poh, Leong Wee

“…Further, a number of people were unaware of the use of the smart card technology that was radically different from that of Hong Kong's. …”
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Maritime clusters and their development interplay with ports by Zhang Wei

“…This research presents a useful reference for research and policy suggestions on the interplay and evolution between a maritime cluster and its port development for maritime cities and regions en route to becoming higher-value-generating international maritime centres.…”
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Investigation of electric field driven crystallization of phase change materials by Yeow, Susan Su Yi

“…Since crystallization of phase change material is the time limiting step in storage application a detailed understanding of the fast crystallization process is essential for the design of¬ even faster materials. Hence, it would be useful to find out the influence of electric field on the enhanced crystallization behaviour and the mechanism for electric field driven crystallization. …”
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The effect of mixed carbon source on enhanced biological phosphorus removal in tropical climate by Cai, Xueyun

“…Thus, acetate-fed and propionate-fed culture would be used to investigate the effect of different carbon sources such as VFAs on EBPR. …”
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Supported lipid bilayer platforms for investigating complement activation, termination and regulation by Saziye Yorulmaz Avsar

“…The overall hypothesis of this work is that the supported lipid bilayer platform provides a useful model system to recapitulate key protein-lipid and protein-protein interactions involved in complement activation at lipid membrane interfaces, thereby establishing an experimental framework to decipher key trigger factors (e.g., membrane surface charge) as well as evaluate candidate inhibitors acting against complement convertases and membrane attack complex assemblies. …”
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Development of conductive cnts-filled polymeric nanocomposites produced via selective laser sintering by Ng, Yao Guang

“…These conductive polymer composites have vast capabilities in the manufacturing industry, giving rise to potential electronic applications as well as developments in various fields that is of interest to many different industries. The most widely used processing method to produce electrical conductive polymer composites is also known as Selective Laser Sintering (SLS), which is one of the few established powdered-based 3D printing process. …”
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Human machine interface/brain control for electric vehicles application by Tang, Tao

“…Human machine interface (HMI) that provides easy-to-use and effective interaction between human and Electric Vehicles (EV) has attracted remarkable research interests. …”
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Modeling and optimization of thermoelectric generator for waste heat recovery by Ji, Dongxu

“…Many waste heat recovery technologies have been proposed to convert some waste heat to useful energy. Among those waste heat recovery technologies, thermoelectric generator (TEG) has its distinct advantage of directly converting heat into electricity, reliability, long lifetime, no moving parts and no gas emissions. …”
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Preventing interreligious conflict : lessons from the ambivalence of the sacred and Singapore by Ho, Chee Feng

“…The ambivalence of the sacred means that although religion may be used as a motivation for violence, there are also motifs of peace, tolerance and pluralism embedded within them which may be a strong force for the fostering of peace. …”
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Large area perovskite solar cells by Chen, Ho Tung

“…Optimisation of this method eliminates the taping step in laboratory process which is used in restraining perovskite solution within mesoporous scaffold. …”
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Blockchain opportunities in the maritime industry liner industry by Muhammad Imran Md Zin

“…It also aims to find out whether the industry is ready to use digital currency in their business processes. …”
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