Creative Solutions for a Sustainable Development : 21st International TRIZ Future Conference, TFC 2021, Bolzano, Italy, September 22-24, 2021, Proceedings / by TRIZ Future Conference (21st : 2021 : Bolzano, Italy ; Online), organiser 643019, Borgianni, Yuri, 1978-, editor 643020, Brad, Stelian, editor 643021, Cavallucci, Denis, editor 643022, Livotov, Pavel, editor 643023

“…Chapter "Domain Analysis with TRIZ to Define an Effective "Design for Excellence" Framework" is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.…”

Developments in THz Polaritonics: Towards Integrated Nonlinear THz Spectroscopy by Sung, Eric Rueyhao

“…In a typical polaritonics experiment, the optical pump light is focused to a single line which launches THz fields with electric field strengths of approximately 10 kV/cm. …”
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Tantalum based amorphous thin films as copper diffusion barrier by Yan, Hua

“…With the fast development of semiconductor industry, a novel barrier is required in order to address two challenges in the back-end-of-line technology: enhancing the interconnect reliability of back-end-of-line and reducing resistance-capacitance delay faced during further scaling of semiconductor devices. …”
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An effort for disabled youths : the conceptualisation and execution of an integrated marketing communications campaign. by Hwee, Iidrem Jolene., Lee, Magdalene Hui Peng., Ng, Daen Ho Kwang., Teo, Daniel Min Hsin.

“…It is a month-long awareness campaign by 4titude Productions to convey one key message about the disabled - 'same dreams, different expressions".…”
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Strain relaxation in SiGe/Si heteroepitaxy by Wong, Lydia Helena

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Recognition of human hand gestures and its application to human-robot interaction by Yin, Xiaoming.

“…Migrating the natural means that humans employ to communicate with each other, such as speech and gestures, into Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) has been a long-term attempt.…”
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Understanding the information needs of Singapore marketing managers for making strategic decisions by Lee, Joseph Siew Hoong.

“…It is by venturing abroad and by redirecting internationally, there would be more long term opportunities for optimal growth. Although there will be more emerging markets internationally, but along its course, Singapore organizations will also be fraught with threats of more intense competition arising from the rapid economic growth of the neighboring countries.…”
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Inferior market performance of initial public offerings issued by family firms : myth or reality? by Lee, Jimmy Kiat Bee., Ng, Tuck Whye., Wong, Manquan.

“…Analysis of the information was conducted on both the short- and long-run.…”
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Consumer preferences in air travel : an application of conjoint analysis. by Leoh, Chay Hoon., Leow, Isabelle Hui Fen., Tee, Hwee Teng.

“…Examines the most important attribute perceived by both short-haul and long-haul travellers using conjoint analysis and these two groups were compared based on the values attached to the attributes. …”
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Proposing privatisation as an alternative reform measure for China's state-owned enterprises : issues and prospects. by Quek, Pearline Pei Wen., Tan, Karena Shi Ling., Wee, Laurencia Xin Hui.

“…Privatisation has long been part of the global SOE reform movement, but little research has been performed to investigate the suitability of privatisation in China. …”
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The potential of smartphone apps in informing protobacco and antitobacco messaging efforts among underserved communities : longitudinal observational study by Lee, Edmund Wei Jian, Bekalu, Mesfin Awoke, McCloud, Rachel, Vallone, Donna, Arya, Monisha, Osgood, Nathaniel, Li, Xiaoyan, Minsky, Sara, Viswanath, Kasisomayajula

“…Health apps could be used to assess individual-level exposure to tobacco marketing, particularly in relation to the locations of TROs as well as locations where they were most likely to smoke. To date, it remains unclear how health apps could be used practically by health promotion organizations to better reach underserved communities in their tobacco control efforts.…”
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Multi-site benchmark classification of major depressive disorder using machine learning on cortical and subcortical measures by Belov, Vladimir, Erwin-Grabner, Tracy, Aghajani, Moji, Aleman, Andre, Amod, Alyssa R., Basgoze, Zeynep, Benedetti, Francesco, Besteher, Bianca, Bülow, Robin, Ching, Christopher R. K., Connolly, Colm G., Cullen, Kathryn, Davey, Christopher G., Dima, Danai, Dols, Annemiek, Evans, Jennifer W., Fu, Cynthia H. Y., Gonul, Ali Saffet, Gotlib, Ian H., Grabe, Hans J., Groenewold, Nynke, Hamilton, J. Paul, Harrison, Ben J., Ho, Tiffany C., Mwangi, Benson, Jaworska, Natalia, Jahanshad, Neda, Klimes-Dougan, Bonnie, Koopowitz, Sheri-Michelle, Lancaster, Thomas, Li, Meng, Linden, David E. J., MacMaster, Frank P., Mehler, David M. A., Melloni, Elisa, Mueller, Bryon A., Ojha, Amar, Oudega, Mardien L., Penninx, Brenda W. J. H., Poletti, Sara, Pomarol-Clotet, Edith, Portella, Maria J., Pozzi, Elena, Reneman, Liesbeth, Sacchet, Matthew D., Sämann, Philipp G., Schrantee, Anouk, Sim, Kang, Soares, Jair C., Stein, Dan J., Thomopoulos, Sophia I., Uyar-Demir, Aslihan, van der Wee, Nic J. A., van der Werff, Steven J. A., Völzke, Henry, Whittle, Sarah, Wittfeld, Katharina, Wright, Margaret J., Wu, Mon-Ju, Yang, Tony T., Zarate, Carlos, Veltman, Dick J., Schmaal, Lianne, Thompson, Paul M., Goya-Maldonado, Roberto

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Enhanced monsoon-driven upwelling in Southeast Asia during the Little Ice Age by Chen, Mengli, Martin, Patrick, Ren, Haojia, Zhang, Run, Samanta, Dhrubajyoti, Chen, Yi-Chi, Hughen, Konrad A., Phan, Kim Hoang, Vo, Si Tuan, Goodkin, Nathalie Fairbank

“…Climate change impacts ocean nutrient availability and will likely alter the marine food web. While climate models predict decreased average ocean productivity, the extent of these changes, especially in the marginal seas upon which large human populations depend, is not well understood. …”
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Financial forecasting using meta-cognitive fuzzy neural networks by Singh Akhand Pratap

“…Other recommendations to target the problem of Financial Prediction in a more comprehensive manner could include addition of data from other sources like social media platforms, current affairs, global search queries, etc. to judge the public sentiment about a company. …”
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Development of database management system for underground cavern construction by Lim, Li Wei

“…In recent years, there is an increasing trend in the development of underground spaces, and is one development with great potential especially for a land scarce city like Singapore. There is no lack of projects done worldwide and further development can be done based on the various underground cavern constructions. …”
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Laser Beacon Tracking for High-Accuracy Attitude Determination by Nguyen, Tam, Cahoy, Kerri

“…The end-to-end simulation includes a laser link radiometry model, hardware model, atmospheric scintillation model, and sky radiance model at the beacon wavelength. …”
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An Information Bottleneck Characterization of the Understanding-Workload Tradeoff in Human-Centered Explainable AI by Sanneman, Lindsay, Tucker, Mycal, Shah, Julie A.

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Gaussian process-based online health monitoring and fault analysis of lithium-ion battery systems from field data by Schaeffer, Joachim, Lenz, Eric, Gulla, Duncan, Bazant, Martin Z, Braatz, Richard D, Findeisen, Rolf

“…The fault analysis underlines that often, only a single cell shows abnormal behavior or a knee point, consistent with weakest-link failure for cells connected in series, amplified by local resistive heating. …”
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An integrated dual voltage loop control for capacitance reduction in CHB-based regenerative motor drive systems by Yang, Zezhou, Sun, Jianjun, Tang, Yi, Huang, Meng, Zha, Xiaoming

“…The inherent second-harmonic ripple power in a cascaded H-bridge (CHB)-based motor drive system poses the demand of large capacitors in the dc link of each cell. In this paper, an active power decoupling method based on negative sequence current injection and its corresponding dual voltage closed-loop control are proposed to solve this problem without adding any extra components. …”
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Are the innovation processes in seaport terminal operations successful? by Acciaro, Michele, Ferrari, Claudio, Lam, Jasmine Siu Lee, Macario, Rosario, Roumboutsos, Athena, Sys, Christa, Tei, Alessio, Vanelslander, Thierry

“…The analyses allow suggesting strategic and policy advice that may help link in a better way the innovation drivers with their actual effects.…”
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