An Analysis of the Effect of Price and Quality on Customer Buying Patterns: An Empirical Study of iPhone Buyers by Hamizan, Maisarah, Abu, Noor Hidayah, Mansor, Mohd Fitri, Zaidi, Mohd Azian

“…Findings revealed that price and quality have a significant effect on the buying pattern of an iPhone. Lastly, this study discusses the limitations of the study and its conclusion…”
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Demographic differences in International students' information source uses and everyday information seeking challenges by Sin, Sei-Ching Joanna

“…Male undergraduate students, for example, were more affected by their reluctance to ask personal questions. Lastly, the implications to information literacy education were discussed.…”
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Risk assessment model for UAV cost-effective path planning in urban environments by Hu, Xinting, Pang, Bizhao, Dai, Fuqing, Low, Kin Huat

“…Modified path planning algorithms were used to produce a cost-effective path, and we compared their performances in terms of total risk cost and computational time. Lastly, we performed simulations to validate the feasibility and effectiveness of our proposed risk assessment model. …”
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Comparative leaching characteristics of fly/bottom ashes from municipal solid waste incineration under various environmental stresses by Yin, Ke, Dou, Xiaomin, Chan, Wei Ping, Chang, Victor Wei‑Chung

“…Batch leaching tests were further performed under both salty and acidic environment to understand their aggregated effects, indicating an overwhelming influence from seawater buffering. Lastly, batch leaching tests of the IBA/IFA mixture were performed under various mass ratios, while data were compared with those by their individuals and the theoretical leaching value, unveiling different leaching characteristics during landfill disposal. …”
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Blood-based biomarkers are associated with different ischemic stroke mechanisms and enable rapid classification between cardioembolic and atherosclerosis etiologies by Harpaz, Dorin, Seet, Raymond C. S., Marks, Robert S., Tok, Alfred Iing Yoong

“…Different blood-based biomarkers are specifically discussed (b-type natriuretic peptide, d-dimer, c-reactive protein, tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-6, interleukin-1β, neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio, total cholesterol, triglycerides, low-density lipoprotein, high-density lipoprotein and apolipoprotein A), as well as the different cut-off values that may be useful in specific classifications for cardioembolic and atherosclerosis etiologies. Lastly, the structure of a point-of-care biosensor device is presented, as a measuring tool on-site. …”
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Determine the unique constitutive properties of elastoplastic materials from their plastic zone evolution under nanoindentation by Long, Xu, Shen, Ziyi, Jia, Qipu, Li, Jiao, Dong, Ruipeng, Su, Yutai, Yang, Xin, Zhou, Kun

“…In addition to Young's modulus and the hardening exponent, the ratio of the representative stress to the reduced modulus is found to be crucial for predicting the plastic deformation. Lastly, the proposed dimensionless function reveals that the plastic zone radii are drastically different for three representative materials with identical P–h curves as confirmed by three independent methods. …”
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Closely Spaced MEG Source Localization and Functional Connectivity Analysis Using a New Prewhitening Invariance of Noise Space Algorithm by Zhang, Junpeng, Cui, Yuan, Deng, Lihua, He, Ling, Zhang, Junran, Zhang, Jing, Zhou, Qun, Liu, Qi, Zhang, Zhiguo

“…Simulation results showed that PW-INN is superior to INN, sLORETA, and beamformer in terms of localization accuracy for closely spaced and highly correlated sources. Lastly, source connectivity between closely spaced sources can be satisfactorily constructed from source time courses estimated by PW-INN but not from results of other conventional methods. …”
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Nuclei sorting-based genome-wide CRISPR screens to identify novel regulators of hepatic insulin signalling by Martin Perez, E

“…By modulating rates of hepatic glucose output and glucose uptake into skeletal muscle and adipose tissue, it is at the core of blood glucose homeostasis, ensuring normoglycaemia during fasting and feeding. The liver is one of the three major tissues that acts in sustaining appropriate blood glucose levels. …”

Investigating the functional and metabolic role of carnitine in the diabetic heart using hyperpolarized MRI by Savic, D

“…A neonatal model of diabetes showed decreased aerobic to anaerobic metabolism (50 %) in conjunction with functional impairment, which could be reversed with Glibenclamide treatment. A fasted streptozotocin induced rat model showed superior SNR on MRI and was pursued further. …”

Frontal Dynamics in the Alboran Sea: 2. Processes for Vertical Velocities Development by Garcia‐Jove, Maximo, Mourre, Baptiste, Zarokanellos, Nikolaos D., Lermusiaux, Pierre F. J., Rudnick, Daniel L., Tintoré, Joaquín

“…The spatio‐temporal characteristics of the WAGF indicate a wider, deeper, and longer‐lasting front than the EAGF. Additionally, the WAGF shows stronger and deeper upwelling and downwelling regions. …”
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Learning design for short-duration e-textile workshops: outcomes on knowledge and skills by Ioannou, Andri, Miliou, Ourania, Georgiou, Yiannis, Timotheou, Stella, Barkhuus, Louise, Rode, Jennifer

“…This study examines whether shorter e-textile workshops (lasting four hours) can result in significant gains in understanding. …”
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Dynamics and Implications of ROS in Marine Systems by Taenzer, Lina

“…An analysis of these signals suggests that hydrogen peroxide could serve as a non-invasive chemical signature for stress in seaweed meadows and farms. Lastly, I characterized hydrogen peroxide associated with different coral species during a Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease transmission experiment. …”
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Decarbonizing the US Power Sector by Farnsworth, Amanda

“…EG shows that intermediary decarbonization goals before 2050 play a pivotal role in determining fusion adoption and overall fleet composition. Lastly, the versatility and value of presented models is demonstrated by outlining other potential applications.…”
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Advanced Reconstruction Techniques for CUORE: Searching Beyond the Standard Model with Cryogenic Calorimeters by Mayer, Daniel W.

“…We report on a search for FCPs using the first tonne-year of CUORE’s exposure, finding no excess of FCP track candidates over background, and setting leading limits at 90% C.L. on the possible underground flux of FCPs with charges between 1/24 − 1/5 that of an electron. Lastly, we introduce differentiable programming methods for the end-to-end training of neural ordinary differential equations to model thermal pulse dynamics within CUORE calorimeter channels. …”
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Membrane distillation hybridized with a thermoelectric heat pump for energy-efficient water treatment and space cooling by Tan, Yong Zen, Han, Le, Chew, Nick Guan Pin, Chow, Wai Hoong, Wang, Rong, Chew, Jia Wei

“…Secondly, cool air recycle affected the condensate flux the most without a drastic loss of cooling compared to other tested parameters during the operation of the T-SGMD. Lastly, the T-SGMD system was able to provide an increase in condensate produced per unit energy without a loss in cooling capacity per unit energy input. …”
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Design of RF front-end circuit blocks for low-power applications by Lim, Kok Meng

“…Due to modulation scheme adopted and high bandwidth requirements of certain wireless applications, a wideband and high linearity mixer is needed to fulfill these functions. Lastly, a transmitter would need to drive an off chip load, usually in the form of an antenna. …”
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An online marketplace platform by Kwek, Theophilus

“…Tools such as Google’s Lighthouse were also used to determine the web and mobile performance of Sandbox. Lastly, a survey was also conducted on participants to future ascertain the design, usability, and performance of the website. …”
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Image noise removal and detection by Edirachcharige Sahan Ruchira Jinadasa

“…These two entities were tested on de-noising corrupted digital images as well as its limitations when enhancing underexposed images. Lastly research was done on the niche area of underwater imagery. …”
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Cultural self-awareness and outgroup attitudes : a moderated mediation model of social dominance orientation and information seeking by Teng, Shi Ying

“…Next, their feelings and acceptance toward the outgroup were measured. Lastly, they reported their social dominance orientation. …”
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Implementation of low sampling rate algorithm by Tan, Michael Teck Xin

“…After this, I tested the image classification model against a test set with images in the compressed domain and achieved a high precision of 95%. Lastly, I reviewed the images that were wrongly predicted and provided suggestions for future works that could potentially improve the model further.…”
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