Morphing structures by Tan, Sharon Si Ying.

“…In this report, it only managed to be a one-way actuation.…”
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Face recognition based on the combination of rectangle filters and unified subspace analysis approach by Cai, Yichang

“…The objective of my dissertation is to study some important and classical face recognition approaches include both the holistic approaches and the feature-based approaches for face recognition. I would also propose one method which is the combination of the two different approaches mentioned. …”
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Solar vehicle to grid simulation model by Lim, Yihn Shin.

“…As with many developed cities around the world, one major emitter of greenhouse gases is vehicles. …”
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Fabrication of composite FO hollow fiber membranes by co-spinning process – preliminary investigation on properties of the support layer by Cwa, Jackson Xing Long

“…As the foundation for this research, this Final Year Project is but one of the projects carried out in a series, focusing on the support layer of the composite hollow fiber FO membrane In this present work, 3 systems of dope solutions with polyethersulfone (PES) as polymer, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) as solvent and additives Pluronic (M.W. 1900), Polyethylene glycol (PEG 400) (M.W. 400) were prepared (1 system without additives, 1 system with Pluronic 1900 added and 1 system with PEG 400 added). …”
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In memory of Aureliano's ice. by Ho, Jia Xuan.

“…This brings us back to the very opening of Gabriel García Márquez‟s One Hundred Years of Solitude, the famous opening line: “Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice” (1). …”
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Improvement of the riding comfort for sentosa cable car cabin by Er, Han Guang

“…Renewable energy harvested from the sunlight is considered to be one of the possible alternative power source to support forced air circulation and/or air cooling system inside each cabin. …”
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Fault localization of a long power cable by Guo, Guoqiang

“…Error of percentage serves as an indication on how well the technique is able to identify each fault location. For one-port setup, the error is less than 1% for 5m and 10m power cable, and for two-port setup, error falls below 7% for both the power cable. …”
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Why ‘strategic competitor’? : China’s national image formation in the United States facilitated by the Chinese media in Xi Jinping era by Liu, Kai

“…Chinese media can be considered as one of the factors leading to the formation of this media as we can see there exist reports and editorials condemning the Chinese media under Xi’s leadership. …”
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Generation of shock-free pressure waves in shaped resonators by boundary driving by Luo, C., Huang, Xiaoyang, Nguyen, Nam-Trung

“…The resonator is exponentially expanded and the boundary driving is provided by a piston at one end. The pressure wave forms, amplitudes, resonance frequencies, and ratio of pressures at the two ends of the resonator are calculated for various expansion flare constants and driving strengths. …”
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Source localization by TDOA with random sensor position errors - Part II : mobile sensors by Qu, Xiaomei, Xie, Lihua

“…An illustrative example is given to demonstrate that the second algorithm outperforms the first one.…”
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Dimensionality selection in a molecule-based magnet by Goddard, Paul A., Manson, Jamie L., Singleton, John., Franke, Isabel., Lancaster, Tom., Steele, Andrew J., Blundell, Stephen J., Pratt, Francis L., McDonald, Ross D., Ayala-Valenzuela, Oscar E., Corbey, Jordan F., Southerland, Heather I., Schlueter, John A., Baines, Christopher, Sengupta, Pinaki

“…Here we demonstrate a chemical method which achieves dimensionality selection via preferential inhibition of the magnetic exchange in an S=1/2 antiferromagnet along one crystal direction, switching the system from being quasi-two- to quasi-one-dimensional while effectively maintaining the nearest-neighbor coupling strength.…”
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The value of feedback in decentralized detection by Tay, Wee Peng

“…We study certain two-message feedback architectures, in which every sensor sends two messages to a fusion center, with the second message based on full or partial knowledge of the first messages of the other sensors. We also study one-message feedback architectures, in which each sensor sends one message to a fusion center, with a group of sensors having full or partial knowledge of the messages from the sensors not in that group. …”
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Calling time on responsible drinking: a qualitative study of perceptions of information on alcohol product labels by Davies, Emma L., Cooke, Richard, de Visser, Richard O., Conroy, Dom

“…They were shown three sets of alcohol product labels: one including three responsible drinking messages (drink responsibly), one with three positively worded health messages (drinking less reduces risks) and one with three negatively worded health messages (drinking more increases risks). …”
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The Athenian dramatic chorus in the fourth century BC by Jackson, LCM

“…Instead, what we find is a widespread assumption concerning the fourth-century dramatic chorus, particularly with regard to the comic chorus, still prevalent in today’s scholarship: ‘The history of the dramatic chorus is one of decline both quantitatively and qualitatively’, states one of the more detailed recent reviews of the evidence for dramatic choral culture in the ancient world (Csapo and Slater 1995:349).…”

Cell-based assays in flowing and sessile drops by Prastowo, A

“…As many microfluidic devices are designed for only one specific application, adjustments are required to perform different tasks. …”

Risk factors and coping strategies of playing-related musculoskeletal disorder (PRMD) in tertiary student pianists: a phenomenological study by Xiaoyu, Miao

“…Patients and Methods: This study’s data are derived from semi-structured one-on-one interviews with twelve student pianists at seven higher education institutions in China and are analyzed using Moustakas’ improved Stevick-Colaizzi-Keen (SCK) phenomenological analysis method. …”
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Oral interaction assessment through video-recorded group discussion: a case of English for Communication Skills (ECS) for graduating students by Mustafa, Hema Rosheny, Busri, Rika Diana, Hamdan, Nurul Na’immah, Abd. Rahman, Shazwani

“…Possessing a good language proficiency could significantly help one to speak better. However, taking an online test in that target language could impact one’s performance. …”
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A study of RF filter design to improve EMI immunity of digital hearing aids by Agustiar

“…On the other hand, a medical device, such as hearing aids (HA) are moving towards smaller sizes with full wireless features. One of them is the wireless data and sound communication through mobile phones. …”
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A bin-packing based heuristic for the integrated inventory and vehicle routing problem by Yang, Yang

“…Chapter 4 investigates the cost performance of two spare parts supply chains, where one is an additive manufacturing enabled distributed production-inventory system and the other one is a mirrored traditional manufacturing system. …”
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论致良知的公共伦理意涵 = Analysis of the value of Zhi Liang Zhi as public ethics by 吴建璋 Oh, Jian Zhang

“…However, when Wang proposed Zhi Liang Zhi in the mid-Ming era, it was a revolutionary thought which suggests that tianli is innate in one’s consciousness just as renyu and that one can eventually extend this innate tianli to the rest of the world, or in a modern sense formulating public ethics. …”
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