Artificial Intelligence and the US-China Balance of Power by Chang, Benjamin Angel

“…Finally, the third essay exploits supply chain datasets to assess each side’s ability to bring AI-enabled autonomous weapons to bear in future conventional conflicts. I find that control over the production of advanced AI chips by the United States and allies almost certainly means the United States would better exploit such weapons, if they emerged as decisive in modern warfare, within at least the next ten years. …”
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Predicative adjectives in Thai: diachronic changes in the past century by Jaratjarungkiat, Sureenate, Park, Kyung-Eun, Tan, Samuel Yuan Han

“…Peripheral adjectives, on the other hand, bear resemblance to both nouns and verbs from a syntactic standpoint (e.g. they may co-occur with the negation marker, auxiliary verbs and even the copula /pen/). …”
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Electronic and optoelectronic devices using chemical vapour deposited 2D materials by Fan, Y

“…<p>Two dimensional (2D) materials bear a lot of expectations on playing important role in next generation electronics and optoelectronics. …”

Unravelling giant molecular clouds by Liang, F

“…<p>Giant molecular clouds (GMCs) provide the fuel for star formation and bear various feedbacks. Thus, they are key to our understanding of galaxy evolution and the baryon cycle. …”

Small but prospective: development of enzyme-responsive small molecule fluorescent probes for specific bacterial imaging by Yan, Evelias Hui Xin

“…Owing to the evolving pathogenicity of bacteria, whereby more drug-resistant bacteria has been emerging and bacteria developing their own defense mechanism, traditional antimicrobial approaches like antibiotics treatment have been clinically ineffective. …”
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Development of earth-abundant copper photosensitizers for artificial photosynthesis by Ng, Yik Yie

“…The solution and solid-state absorption characteristics of the complexes have been examined. They were found to be panchromatic and absorb into the near-infrared (NIR) region. …”
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Design and comparative analysis of different pricing mechanisms and energy allocation policies for energy trading by Lim, Jerand Ze Hui

“…As a result, the dependency on fossil fuels, natural gas, and coals to produce electricity will be minimized. Peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading has been proposed as a solution to this problem. …”
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Dynamic simulation of granular filtration by Leong, Lee Man

“…Much experimental and numerical research works have been conducted in the attempt to gain deeper understanding of the hydrodynamics in a granular filter bed and improving the filtration process by means of reducing head loss, improving particle removal and optimizing backwash. …”
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A vision based system for modern transportation system by Zhang, Zhicheng

“…Although laws and punishments had been implemented but accidents will still happen under unforeseen circumstances. …”
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Numerical study on contact zone in an interfacial crack by Shen, Hongnian.

“…This thesis presents an analysis for contact zone near an interfacial crack tip by using the commercial FEM software ANSYS 5.0 and 5.3. …”
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Tunable optical and dielectric properties of metal phthalocyanine based coatings as passive camouflage materials by Poh, Jia Chin

“…With recent advancements in the surveillance technology, radar and surveillance equipment can detect in the ultraviolet and in the near infrared wavelengths, deeming the previous camouflage techniques useless. …”
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Zirconia spacer electrodes improve microstructural uniformity of flash sintered zirconia ceramics by Prajzler, V, Todd, R

“…A reference 3YSZ sample, which was sintered with stainless steel electrodes only, reached 98.2% of relative density with a notable grain size difference between the central (∼290 nm) and near-electrode parts (∼160 nm). The addition of 3YSZ spacer electrodes improved the final density to 98.9 % and reduced the grain size difference between the central (∼300 nm) and near-electrode parts (∼220 nm) almost by half compared to the reference sample.…”

"Meta-atomless" architecture based on an irregular continuous fabric of coupling-tuned identical nanopillars enables highly efficient and achromatic metasurfaces by Yaǧcl, H. Bilge, Demir, Hilmi Volkan

“…Although the use of near-field coupling for tuning electromagnetic resonances found its use in constructing efficient narrow-band designs, such structures fell short of providing high efficiency over a broad spectrum. …”
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Finite element analysis of a free-standing concrete sea-wall as alternative to traditional land reclamation by Harris, Raymond

“…With the increase in embedment depth, higher normal stress is experienced by the walls near the base. Lateral and vertical displacements of the seawall are analyzed. …”
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Automatic identification of vehicles from single view by Lim, Nicholas Shin Cheong

“…Transportation has always been part and parcel of our daily lives. Getting from one place to another and getting there safely in one piece is two different sides of a coin. …”
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Introduction of magneto-fluorescence fluctuation microspectroscopy for investigating quantum effects in biology by Antill, LM, Kohmura, M, Jimbo, C, Maeda, K

“…Magnetic field effects on radical pairs in chemical systems are generally well understood and have been successfully investigated with various spectroscopic techniques. …”

Monitoring the drying process of glutinous rice using hyperspectral imaging coupled with multivariate analysis by Jimoh, Kabiru Ayobami, Hashim, Norhashila, Shamsudin, Rosnah, Che Man, Hasfalina, Jahari, Mahirah

“…Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) is an optical technology that harnesses the combination of imaging and spectroscopy techniques for quantifying and qualifying the physical, chemical, and biological properties of materials. The visible-near infrared (Vis-NIR) HSI system with a spectral range of 450–1000 nm was employed in this study to monitor the moisture content of glutinous rice during hot-air drying. …”
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Three essays on corporate finance by Fu, Kangkang

“…Moreover, from the principal customers’ perspective, a higher level of environmental risk lowers a supplier firm’s probability of being selected relative to its industry peers by its potential customer. Conditional on an ongoing relationship with principal customers, supplier firms with high environmental risk have lower sales to principal customers and shorter relationship durations. …”
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Wear behaviour of martensitic NiTi shape memory alloy under ball-on-disk sliding tests by Yan, Lina, Liu, Yong, Liu, Erjia

“…Three stages of degradation were identified, namely, a near-zero wear stage, a transition wear stage and an abrasive wear stage. …”
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Modeling of microfluid droplet resonator based on whisper gallery mode by Dong, Bin

“…Since the droplet is formed by surface tension, the surface will be quite smooth, so that whisper gallery modes can be formed near the surface of the droplet, which means the light will be transmitted by total internal refraction near the surface and get accumulated. …”
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