Missing links in The China Model by Li, Chenyang

“…Daniel A. Bell's recent book The China Model: Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy makes a significant contribution to political theory, political philosophy, and China studies. …”
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Time-frequency analysis of simulated binary pulsar signals by Nandhini Ganesan

“…With its discovery by Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish, who received Nobel Prize in 1974, it got the attention of many astrophysicists. …”
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SPICES: spectro-polarimetric imaging and characterization of exoplanetary systems. by Boccaletti, Anthony, Schneider, Jean, Traub, Wes, Lagage, Pierre-Olivier, Stam, Daphne, Gratton, Raffaele, Trauger, John, Cahoy, Kerri, Snik, Frans, Baudoz, Pierre, Galicher, Raphael, Reess, Jean-Michel, Mawet, Dimitri, Augereau, Jean-Charles, Patience, Jenny, Kuchner, Marc, Wyatt, Mark, Pantin, Eric, Maire, Anne-Lise, Vérinaud, Christophe

“…SPICES (Spectro-Polarimetric Imaging and Characterization of Exoplanetary Systems) is a five-year M-class mission proposed to ESA Cosmic Vision. Its purpose is to image and characterize long-period extrasolar planets and circumstellar disks in the visible (450-900 nm) at a spectral resolution of about 40 using both spectroscopy and polarimetry. …”
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Design and development of stabilized control systems for space application by Chia, Jie Xiang

“…Also, since it is a quick and inexpensive means of fabrication, and weight is a factor of consideration in a HAB, thus the material used for the structure and mounts will be Polylactic Acid (PLA), a commonly used plastic filament in 3D printing. …”
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3D printing of morphing composites by Lim, Shi En

“…Fused Deposition Method (FDM) printing was used in this report. Polylactic Acid (PLA) was the filament used for printing of all the samples. …”
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11 September and China : opportunities, challenges, and warfighting by Li, Nan.

“…All these lessons have been integrated in the two major PLA warfighting scenarios: "superior fighting inferior," and "inferior fight superior."…”
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Ketamine can produce oscillatory dynamics by engaging mechanisms dependent on the kinetics of NMDA receptors by Adam, Elie, Kowalski, Marek, Akeju, Oluwaseun, Miller, Earl K., Brown, Emery N., McCarthy, Michelle M., Kopell, Nancy

“…The gamma oscillations are interrupted by slow-delta oscillations (0.1 to 4 Hz) at high doses. Ketamine’s primary molecular targets and its oscillatory dynamics have been characterized. …”
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Effects of double aging on inconel 718 fabricated by laser metal deposition by Tham, Nataniel Yong Syn

“…Firstly, it was found that only delta phases were present when the samples were directly aged at 850 °C for 4 hours, resulting in low strength and high elongation. …”
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Quad-faceted feature-based graph network for domain-agnostic text classification to enhance learning effectiveness by Supraja, S., Khong, Andy Wai Hoong

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Investigating the EM performance of building materials for mid-band 5G in urban built environment: an exploratory study by Ng, Sean Jake Peng

“…The thesis is concluded with the investigation of material loading on an evolved antecedent hexagonal-stubbed complementary split-ring resonator (CSRR)-loaded electrically small antenna (ESA) designed to cover the 3.5 GHz 5G frequency band. …”
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Experimental study on sediment clump by Yang, Yang

“…The behavior of sediment clump was found to follow a probabilistic model and the disintegration depth of a sediment clump followed a one-sided bell-shaped curve. It was also observed that clump fragmentation would greatly affect the sediment clump behaviors.…”
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Two for tau: automated model discovery reveals two-stage tau aggregation dynamics in Alzheimer’s disease by Stockman, CA, Goriely, A, Kuhl, E, Jerusalem, A, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

“…We propose an innovative approach that uses constitutive neural networks to autonomously discover bell-shaped aggregation functions with multiple peaks from clinical positron emission tomography (PET) data of misfolded tau protein. …”

Asymptotic improvement of GV bound by Yip, Jose Zheng Ho

“…The Gilbert-Varshamov (GV) bound is a well-known lower bound in coding theory that claims that for any given code with relative distance $\delta$, there is a lower bound for the rates possible. …”
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Implementation of dampers to reduce fatigue loading in 3D lattice structures by Chan, Zi Shan

“…An experiment is conducted on the damper materials using a 90mm by 90mm by 30mm PLA structure to determine the frequencies of damped and undamped, before using the Transmissibility equation to find the lowest ratio. …”
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Development, validation and the effects of culturally specific guided imagery and progressive muscle relaxation audio for patients with functional abdominal bloating by Shen, Vincent Tee Wei

“…For ERP, there were significant difference between GI and PMR for alpha waves (p=0.029), delta waves (p=0.029) and between PMR and control for delta waves (p=0.014). …”
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Matters of Illuminance - Transforming Light into Material Artifacts by Callender III, Dexter

“…The artwork I produced as part of this research was exhibited at the Wiesner Gallery at MIT and aims to exist in a fine arts setting, contributing to the lineage of Light & Space artists such as Larry Bell and Robert Irwin.…”
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Investigation of the effect of trypsin on cell-detachment using quantitative phase interferometry (QPI) method by Law, Shawn Siang Wei

“…Results from QPI inspection, displayed that the cell shrank from its elongated profile to tall bell shape structure indicating detachment from substrate. …”
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RES.21G-001 The User-friendly Classroom, Spring 2016 by Kemp, A. C.

“…These videos demonstrate best practices through authentic examples of successful teaching scenarios, interviews with undergraduates and advice from international teaching assistants.These videos were created for use with the following courses: 21G.232 / 21G.233 Advanced Speaking and Critical Listening (ELS)21G.217 / 21G.218 Workshop in Strategies for Effective Teaching (ELS)"Special thanks to my mentor, Jane Dunphy, for her support and advice with this project.…”
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Studies of injectable in situ depot-forming systems for drug delivery by Liu, Hui

“…These systems are composed of a biodegradable polymer poly(D,L-lactide) (PLA) or poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) and a low Mw model drug in an organic solvent. …”
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Evaluation & characterization of biodegradable polymer by Loo, Jason Zi Shun

“…The results gotten from FTIR spectrum revealed that the biodegradable polymer bags were made of polylactic acid (PLA) and well as tapioca starch. By exposing these samples to heat and water, the moisture content within the samples changed. …”
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