AudiCeive : mobile application to recognize unique audio frequencies using acoustic fingerprinting by Saraswathi Karuppiah

“…However if we place a phone in their hand together with a movie clip playing and let them see the phone returning a few details about the place they just saw on screen, things take a different angle. …”
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System-level design of low-carbon structures by Fang, Demi L.

“…In a field where material choice is a predominant impression for reducing emissions, these new insights importantly affirm the prominent role of material efficiency in reducing a structural system’s emissions. While the design space of wild data includes a diverse variety of projects, leveraging a synthetic dataset computed from a bottom-up parametric model helps produce insights specific to the design problem at hand. …”
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Art-directed watercolor stylization of 3D animations in real-time by Montesdeoca, Santiago E., Seah, Hock Soon, Rall, Hans-Martin, Benvenuti, Davide

“…The watercolor effects are simulated through improved and novel algorithms to recreate hand tremors, pigment turbulence, color bleeding, edge darkening, paper distortion and granulation. …”
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Life insurance matching products to needs : what an individual should know by Boo, Peck Hiang, Er, Lee Hiah, Ko, Siow Lin

“…It provides financial protection, security and peace of mind to policyholders. In the past, and until today, many people buy life insurance policies through the advice of their agents. …”
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Mexico downstream: oil reform by Lajous, A

“…On the other hand, mid and downstream investments in oil products, natural gas, and electricity could have greater short- and medium-term impacts on Mexico’s energy markets and manufacturing industry, and are a central feature of energy reform.…”

Introduction - Oxford Energy Forum – Issue, 98

“…Secular changes in the petroleum investment risk profile of major oil and gas hubs such as Russia, North Africa, West Africa, and the Middle East, limited access to acreage in the traditional producing areas, as well as the lack of new exploration successes outside the emerging provinces such as East Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean, among others, have made Latin America an interesting place to re-visit. …”

Formal Privacy Proof of Data Encoding: The Possibility and Impossibility of Learnable Encryption by Xiao, Hanshen, Suh, G. Edward, Devadas, Srinivas

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Refining Hardware of Desktop Fiber Extrusion Devices for Affordable Manufacturing and Novel Fiber Prototyping by Glasser, Kaili

“…This device translates industrial-scale fiber draw towers into a compact version, allowing users to experiment with different parameters to understand their effects on manufacturing processes. Over the past three years, successive groups of MEng students have refined FrED’s design with the goal of creating a robust, functional, and affordable device for in-house manufacturing at the MIT FrED Factory. …”
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Pragmatic and discourse markers used by Malay and Arab postgraduates students during classroom oral presentations by Alkhawaja, Hussein Walid Hussein

“…These markers are, in fact, valuable tools in the hands of learners to structure and organize the segments of their speech, make the content of the presentation comprehensible and meaningful, and help their audiences follow the sequence of ideas. …”
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Micro- and nanotechnologies for study of cell secretion by Huang, Yinxi, Cai, Dong, Chen, Peng

“…Regulated exocytosis, on the other hand, is only triggered by specific stimuli to release signaling molecules. …”
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CERITA-CERITA MOTIVASI : MEMBURU KEJAYAAN Untuk Remaja Muslim / by Mohd. Najib Iskandar, compiler 336416

“…Namun melalui nilai-nilai kecil yang terjadi setiap hari, juga merupakan saat-saat yang paling tepat dan efektif. Dengan cara ini, selain akan membawa kesan yang mendalam pada diri seseorang. …”

Art-directed Watercolor Rendered Animation by Montesdeoca, Santiago E., Seah, Hock-Soon, Rall, Hans-Martin

“…For this purpose, it performs an object-space simulation and makes use of the user-painted influences to control and enhance image-space watercolor effects. …”
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Sign language recognition – teach machine to talk to deaf people by Goh, Ting Jun

“…For them, their primary mode of communication is by using hand signs or sign language. The problem is that people who have not learnt sign language before will most likely have difficulties in understanding what the deaf-mutes are trying to convey. …”
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A study on impact of organisational culture on company performances in Singapore shipping industry by Shum, Zhenyi

“…Results have shown that regardless of company size and the type of company, there are similarities, in the aspects of leaders and strategy; an organization needs to put in place to ensure high sustainable performance. …”
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Interactive photo booth augmented reality mobile application PetXEL by Zhou, Hongyin

“…This project aims to develop PetXEL, an innovative mobile application that integrates Augmented Reality (AR) technology to enhance the photo-taking experience with virtual pets. The application incorporates both marker-based and markerless tracking techniques, utilising Unity3D and AR Foundation to provide users with the ability to place, interact with, and photograph virtual animals in their real environment. …”
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Security enhancement of fingerprint authentication by Alias, Joe

“…The variations in making a fake finger cause the creation of a much coarser surface in the case of a fake finger.…”
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Population study on the freshwater crabs in Nee Soon swamp forest, Singapore. by Woo, Chia Mun.

“…Nee Soon Swamp Forest (NSSF) is the only place left in Singapore that houses the highest concentration of freshwater flora and fauna. …”
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Scalable cascade inference for semantic image segmentation by Sturgess, P, Ladický, L, Crook, N, Torr, PHS

“…A popular way to achieve this goal is to assign a label to every pixel in the input image and impose simple structural constraints on the output label space. Efficient approximation algorithms for solving this labelling problem such as a-expansion have, at best, linear runtime complexity with respect to the number of labels, making them practical only when working in a specific domain that has few classes-of-interest. …”

Labour pains: mothers and motherhood on the British left in the twentieth century by Riley, CL, Jenkins, L, Baughan, E

“…In less radical circles, it has been understood as a crucial contribution to the functioning of society, often forming the basis of women’s claims to citizenship and maternalist forms of politics. On the other hand, motherhood has been seen as a ‘natural’ function of women and a private responsibility, rather than a public good or a collective act which needs comprehensive state support. …”

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SELLING = PSIKOLOGI MENJUAL / by Tracy, Brian, author 415416, Norashikin Wahid, editor 177402, Imran Yusuf, translator 403057

“…Ia adalah program jualan profesional yang paling laris dalam sejarah. Menurut kajian yang dilakukan kepada para pengguna program audio itu, lebih ramai yang berjaya menjadi jutawan daripada proses latihan yang pernah dibangunkan di mana-mana jua. …”