Impact of gamification on learner's attendance and academic achievement in a mobile environment by Lee, Xiaoqing

“…This study is divided into two parts. Study 1 measured participants’ Big Five personality traits from the pre-study survey responses, and its interaction with the effects of using the gamified application. …”
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Biomechanics of slips after fatigue: Effect of muscular and mental fatigue by Lew, Fui Ling

“…Falls not only result in accidental injuries on various body parts but also cause deaths and tremendous economic losses. …”
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Three essays on corporate finance by Sun, Rui

“…The above findings are consistent with the idea that corporate culture is aligned with local culture, and can also be partly explained by managers’ concern about investors’ opinions, since my results show that stock market reactions to restatements are more negative for firms located in more trusting states. …”
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Metal sulfides for electrochemical energy storage and conversion by Wang, Jin

“…The relevant studies in the thesis are divided into five parts, including Ni3S2@MoS2 core/shell nanorod arrays on Ni foam as the supercapacitor electrode (Chapter 4), honeycomb-like MoS2 nanoarchitectures anchored into graphene foam (GF) for enhanced lithium storage (Chapter 5), MoS2 architectures supported on graphene foam/carbon nanotube (GF/CNT) hybrid films: highly integrated frameworks with ideal contact for superior lithium storage (Chapter 6), MoS2 nanosheets decorated Ni3S2@MoS2 coaxial nanofibers for enhanced Na-ion storage (Chapter 7) and active sites–enriched hierarchical MoS2 nanotubes: highly active and stable architecture for boosting hydrogen evolution and lithium storage (Chapter 8). …”
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The durability properties of high volume oil palm biomass waste mortar by Abdul Shukor Lim, Nor Hasanah

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Expressions of grief on the early modern stage by Welch, K

“…</p> <p>Analysing prostration scenes in George Peele's <em>David and Bethsabe</em> and in <em>Titus Andronicus</em> reveals additional substantiation for Peele's role as a collaborator with Shakespeare. Looking at the three parts of <em>Henry VI</em> through the thematic lens of mourning contributes to the debate over the order of composition, offering tentative support for the 1-2-3 sequence. …”

Prevalence of upper limb disorders and associated factors among workers in a Malaysian Public University (Call number FPSK(m) 2015 36) by Khudhir, Karwan Mahmood

“…Result: The overall prevalence of ULDs among UPM workers was 67.2% and the highest prevalence by body parts were neck 147 (54.2%). Chi square test shows that 10 factors were significantly associated with ULDs; age (x 2=25.925, df=l, p<O.OOI), smoking (x2=19.728, df=l, p<O.OOI). …”
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Robust and efficient deep learning methods for vision-based action recognition by Xu, Yuecong

“…Such a task has rarely been researched, partly due to the lack of sufficient datasets for such a task. …”
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Computational design of a novel soft-Xray-based turbulence diagnostic in NSTX-U by Chen, Xiang

“…This study consists of two primary parts. First, we utilize a simplified toy model with circular plasma geometry and synthetic fluctuation data abstracted from gyrokinetic simulation fluctuation spectra and we employ a pseudolocal tomography algorithm for reconstruction and demonstrate reliable measurement of electron temperature fluctuations for X-ray detectors with sufficiently high signal-to-noise ratio. …”
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Impedance shaping method to improve grid-connected inverter under weak grid condition by Zhao, Bohui

“…Grid-connected inverters(GCIs), as indispensable parts of the distributed generation system, are endangered by the non-ideal conditions. …”
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Low-energy channel for mass transfer in Pt crystal initiated by molecule impact by Babicheva, Rita I., Evazzade, Iman, Korznikova, Elena A., Shepelev, Igor A., Zhou, Kun, Dmitriev, Sergey V.

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Video summarization of person of interest (POI) by Lit, Laura Pei Lin

“…Finally, the video is trimmed to only include parts containing the POI for more precise video summarization, accurately deriving the key activities the POI is involved in. …”
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Two sources of uncertainty in estimating tephra volumes from isopachs: perspectives and quantification by Yang, Qingyuan, Jenkins, Susanna F.

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Decentralized multimedia data sharing in IoV: a learning-based equilibrium of supply and demand by Fan, Jiani, Xu, Minrui, Guo, Jiale, Shar, Lwin Khin, Kang, Jiawen, Niyato, Dusit, Lam, Kwok-Yan

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High flux strontium atom source by Feng, C. H., Robert, P., Bouyer, P., Canuel, B., Li, Jianing, Das, Swarup, Kwong, Chang Chi, Wilkowski, David, Prevedelli, M., Bertoldi, A.

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Meta-analysis indicates better climate adaptation and mitigation performance of hybrid engineering-natural coastal defence measures by Huynh, Lam Thi Mai, Su, Jie, Wang, Quanli, Stringer, Lindsay C., Switzer, Adam D., Gasparatos, Alexandros

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Single-cell laser emitting cytometry for label-free nucleolus fingerprinting by Fang, Guocheng, Qiao, Zhen, Huang, Luqi, Zhu, Hui, Xie, Jun, Zhou, Tian, Xiong, Zhongshu, Su, I-Hsin, Jin, Dayong, Chen, Yu-Cheng

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Sustainable organic electrodes using black soldier fly-derived melanin for zinc-ion hybrid capacitors by Al-Shamery, Noah, Gong, Xuefei, Dosche, Carsten, Gupta, Adit, Tan, Matthew Wei Ming, Phua, Jun Wei, Lee, Pooi See

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Single-antenna super-resolution positioning with nonseparable toroidal pulses by Wang, Ren, Bao, Pan-Yi, Feng, Xiaoyu, Wu, Junpu, Wang, Bing-Zhong, Shen, Yijie

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农作物秸秆污染防治及综合利用的公共政策研究 ：以江苏省淮安市为例 = On the public policies about pollution prevention and utilization of crops straw : taking HuaiAn city as an example... by 王立喜 Wang, Lixi, 王兴龙 Wang, Xinglong, 王江 Wang, Jiang, 王红红 Wang, Honghong, 孙志标 Sun, Zhibiao

“…In this paper, Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province, to the main crop stalks and straw, wheat straw as a typical in-depth analysis of crop straw burning or abandoned due to water environment, air pollution and other negative externalities, investigated the present situation and comprehensive utilization of straw Issues, such as economics, game theory analysis of the current crop straw theory of recycling the effectiveness of policies, from macro and micro aspects put forward specific policy on pollution prevention and recycling of crop straw utilization of public policy has been redesigned and improved To other parts of the crop stalks on pollution prevention and recycling for reference.…”
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