HFP 303E - Asian Thought: Indian, Chinese, And Japanese June 2016 by PPIK, Pusat Pengajian Ilmu Kemanusiaan

“…Please check that this examination paper consists of FOUR pages of printed material before you begin the examination. …”
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A flat carborane with multiple aromaticity beyond Wade–Mingos’ rules by Lu, Wei, Do, Dinh Cao Huan, Kinjo, Rei

“…Herein, we report the synthesis of a C2B4R4 carborane 2 featuring a flat ribbon-like structure. The C2B4 core of 2 bearing 16 skeletal electrons in the singlet-ground state defies both the [4n + 2] Hückel’s rule and Baird’s rule. …”
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Synthesis of a π-extended azacorannulenophane enabled by strain-induced 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition by Zhang, Xinjiang, Mackinnon, Marc R., Bodwell, Graham J., Ito, Shingo

“…The first example of a cyclophane bearing a nitrogen-containing buckybowl was synthesized via sequential 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition and palladium-catalyzed intramolecular cyclization. …”
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Tribochemical Characterization and Tribocorrosive Behavior of CoCrMo Alloys: A Review by Toh, Wei Quan, Tan, Xipeng, Bhowmik, Ayan, Liu, Erjia, Tor, Shu Beng

“…However, poor design and machinability as well as unsatisfactory surface finish subjected the all-metal joint replacement to being superseded by a polyethylene bearing. Continued improvement in manufacturing techniques together with the reality that polyethylene wear debris can cause hazardous reactions in the human body has brought about the revival of metal-on-metal (MOM) hip joints in recent years. …”
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Analysis of the revolving vane (RV-0) expander, part 1 : experimental investigations by Subiantoro, Alison, Ooi, Kim Tiow

“…The isentropic efficiency was found to be up to 17.5% with the frictional losses caused mainly by the journal bearings.…”
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Development of software testing and analysis tools : Part A by Ng, Qing Xiang.

“…The patterns are: • Identical/Compliment-Decision Pattern • Mutually-Exclusive-Decision Pattern • Check-then-Do Pattern • Loop-by-Flag Pattern The scope of this project is to create a set of tools to facilitate detecting of such infeasible paths by detecting the conditions that fulfill the patterns mentioned above. …”
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The application of microtremor survey method in investigating the geological formation of Singapore by Muhammad Azri Bin Omar.

“…A comparison between the results obtained from SPAC analysis as well as borehole information will also be shown to check for consistency.…”
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Recommendation in location based social networks by Chen, Long.

“…Temporal information in check-ins which interconnects users and point-of-interests have significant value in LBSNs. …”
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Design and development of a robot invigilator by Wu, Xiangran.

“…By applying this technology, the robot invigilator can do what a traditional invigilator need to do during an examination such like, timing for the duration, checking the attendance face-to-face. A backend exam registration system also has been developed to simulate the real case. …”
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Target detection in stationary background by Liu, Lu.

“…The basic principle of target detection is to compare the current image with a reference image which is call the background image, from the comparison result to define whether there is a moving target in the image by checking the changing in the image, pixel by pixel. …”
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Report on industrial attachment with Autodesk Asia Private Limited by Zhu, Chenyang

“…Few projects were undertaken during the internship at Autodesk including porting Memento to Mac OS X, add check video update functionality to Memento, Mesh Segmentation using OpenCL and design and implementation of Large Mesh Web Viewer. …”
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Investigating growth and properties of perovskite single crystals by Tan, Kok Ho

“…X-ray diffraction was conducted to check the purity of methylammonium lead bromide perovskite crystals grown. …”
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Symbolic verification and strategy synthesis for turn-based stochastic games by Kwiatkowska, M, Norman, G, Parker, D, Santos, G

“…Probabilistic model checking techniques for this class of models allow us to formally specify quantitative specifications of either collective or individual behaviour and then automatically synthesise strategies for the agents under which these specifications are guaranteed to be satisfied. …”

Just Doing My Job: Normative Dimensions of Social Roles by Wells, Eliza

“…It also means that role-occupants are not off the moral hook. Ultimately, we each bear responsibility to create a more just social world.…”
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Development of image-based method for the quantitative assessment of cartilage damage from CT as a biomarker in osteoarthritis by Zheng, J-Q

“…</p> <p>The next phase included segmenting the cartilage from aligned CT volumes, utilizing a deep learning segmentation method, the Gate Attention-U-net, for enhanced precision and versatility in cartilage segmentation, achieving an 88% DSC and 9um ASD in the tibia's weight-bearing area.</p> <p>After extracting cartilage shape, we compared the thickness and remaining volume of tibial cartilage in the weight-bearing area with a prior semi-manual method, observing a Pearson correlation coefficient (R value) exceeding 0.8 with the semi-manual method (p&lt;0.0001) and a correlation with OA scores from histological images (p&lt;0.05). …”

Are you thinking what I'm thinking? : an exploratory study on the attitudes of pregnant employees and co-workers towards workplace pregnancy. by Chew, Alicia Jing Yi., Goh, Xin Lei., Tan, Hwee Hoon.

“…Our forum findings shed a different perspective: female employees have the liberty to prioritise between family and career but they will have to bear the consequences of their choice. Recommendations by employees include hiring of temporary help, allowing for flexible working hours and open communication channels. …”
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Fabrication of a rotary MR brake and data collection by Sim, Desmond Huang De.

“…In this report, a finalized design of MR drum rotary brake which consists of 3 main sub-assemblies of external housing comprising of inner housing, rotor, coil holder, bearings and radial shaft seals can therefore ensure to achieve at least 5Nm of torque in the presence of magnetic field. …”
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Magnetic levitation using neodymium magnets for vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) II by Lai, Chunji

“…Achieving magnetic levitation is the ultimate goal of the project. Bearing this in mind, the author and his partner did their research and study on magnetic levitation especially on the Inductrack system. …”
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Heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) head design and simulation by Chaw, Li Huey

“…ANSYS software is used to create a waveguide in the read/write head and thermal simulation is carried out to study the thermal protrusion and temperature distribution at the air bearing surface (ABS).…”
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Impact behaviour of prepreg laminates with dispersed core/shell particles in ply interfaces by Mubarak Ali Mohamed Ali

“…A significant improvement in the energy absorption capability, the impact load bearing capacity, the deflection characteristics of the C/SH modified laminates was observed. …”
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