Fabrication of heat sinks by Selective Laser Melting for convective heat transfer applications by Wong, Kin Keong, Ho, Jin Yao, Leong, Kai Choong, Wong, Teck Neng

“…Three heat sinks comprising pin fins of circular, rectangular-rounded and aerofoil geometries were fabricated by SLM from aluminium alloy AlSi10Mg powder. …”
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A Novel MIMO antenna integrated with a solar panel and employing AI-equalization for 5G wireless communication networks by Hussein, Humam, Elmunim, Nouf Abd, Atasoy, Ferhat, Virdee, Bal Singh, Elwi, Taha A., Rashid, Nasr, Jayanthi, Renu Karthick Rajaguru, Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Limiti, Ernesto

“…We demonstrate that the directivity of this antenna array can be precisely electronically reconfigured using PIN diode switches. Additionally, we show the feasibility of integrating solar panels with the proposed MIMO antenna array. …”
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Clone card losses : whose baby should it be? by Lim, Kian Huat., Ng, Clarence Wei Siong., Oon, Boon Ping.

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Estimation for the single-index models with random effects by Pang, Zhen., Xue, Liugen.

“…Also, the estimator of the link function achieves optimal convergence rate. …”
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Low-capacitance solid-state transformer control using an analytic filter by Sarda, Radhika, Rodriguez, Ezequiel, Yadav, Naga Brahmendra Gorla, Farivar, Glen G., Pou, Josep, Sriram, Vaisambhayana Brihadeeswara, Tripathi, Anshuman

“…In the modular three-stage solid-state transformer (SST), each phase is integrated with large dc-link capacitors as energy buffers, to filter the second harmonic capacitor voltage ripple generated due to single-phase power processing. …”
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Aspectual classification of mandarin Chinese verbs : a perspective of scale structure by Peck, JeeYoung, Lin, Jingxia, Sun, Chaofen

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Quantifying the permeability reduction of biogrouted rock fracture by Wu, Chuangzhou, Chu, Jian, Wu, Shifan, Guo, Wei

“…Chemical grouts may also be used as an alternative However, such chemical grouts are expensive and the life span is between 10 and 20 years (Minto et al. 2016; El Mountassir et al. 2014; Phillips et al. 2015, 2016).…”
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A monstrous text : an exploration of genre in the Harry Potter novels by Vanderstraaten Vanessa Ann

“…The writer, who once lived on welfare benefits, became a multi-millionaire in the span of five years, selling a total of more than 325 million copies of the seven novels. …”
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The role of membrane undulations in cell adhesion by Li, Yuan.

“…Human Red Blood Cells (RBC) undergo several physicochemical changes, during their course of life span of approximately 120 days. The increased aggregation of senescent RBC continues to be of great interest to researchers. …”
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Effects of the layers of foundation soil on the seismic response of dikes by Leo, Sin Chyuan

“…This study will also include a sand dike model of 40m base depth, 10m span across at the top of the dike and a height of 5m. …”
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Fragment screening for stabilizers and binders to human DJ-1 by Oh, Xu Xuan

“…Currently, treatments are only available to alleviate the span of symptoms but not to cure the morbidity. This project focuses on finding ligands to increase the stability of DJ1 where its anti-oxidant properties help to reduce the rate of dopaminergic neurons degeneration, delaying onset of PD. …”
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Noise influences on restorative effects in a tropical urban green space by Tan, Shi Ying

“…Performance on the Digit Span Backwards test was used to analyse cognitive restoration while Profile of Mood States- Short Form scale and Restorative State Scale were used for affective and restorative state restoration analysis. …”
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Ultra durable concrete for sustainable construction by Teng, Susanto, Sabet Divsholi Bahador, Lim, Darren Tze Yang

“…Residential structures and important civil structures are typically designed for a life span of 50 and 100 years respectively. However, the life expectancy of structures can be increased to several hundred years with careful planning and proper design. …”
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Conflict and contract use in cross-cultural buyer–supplier relationships: the role of cultural context by Roehrich, J, Sarafan, M, Squire, B, Lawson, B, Bouazzaoui, M

“…Conflict is common within global supply chains, especially where the buyer and supplier span different cultures. In such settings, formal contracts assume an important role in providing a common language that specifies each party's roles, responsibilities, and liabilities. …”

Practices, attitudes and motives for domestic waste recycling by Aini, M. S., Fakhru'l-Razi, A., Lad, S. M., Hashim, A. H.

“…The 15 000 tonnes of garbage produced daily are thrown into 230 landfills nationwide, where 80% of them have only two years of life span left. Although recycling programmes were launched as early as 1990, only 5% of the wastes are recycled. …”

Estimation of crown characters and leaf biomass from leaf litter in a Malaysian canopy species, Elateriospermum tapos (Euphorbiaceae) by Osada, Noriyuki, Takeda, Hiroshi, Kawaguchi, Hideyuki, Furukawa, Akio, Awang, Muhamad

“…Leaf fall rate was estimated to be 2.0-28.1 kg per tree per year in the five trees of various heights, and was greater in taller trees. Since leaf life span was smaller for taller trees, leaf biomass was estimated to be 2.6-30.5 kg per tree, and was also greater in taller trees. …”
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A complex and severe encephalitis associated with four co-existing neuronal cell-surface autoantibodies by Gilligan, M, O'Donnell, L, Westbrook, A, Tubridy, N, Riordan, SO, McGuigan, C, Connolly, S, Farrell, M, Waters, P, Irani, SR, Kinsella, JA

“…Death secondary to respiratory sepsis occurred on the 714th hospital day. Postmortem revealed pan-cerebellar atrophy with Purkinje cell loss; dentate nucleus ganglionopathy, and thoracolumbar cord myelopathy. …”

Multiplexed switched- capacitor filter design with emphasize on crosstalk reduction by Li, Jianer.

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PandoraHearts : Caucus Race, by Shinobu Wakamiya, author 655895, Jun Mochizuki, illustrator 655896

“…Shifting among present, past, and future, these stories link to each other like a wheel, traveling to and fro in a never-ending ring between the everyday and the extraordinary. …”
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Assessing the financial performance of container shipping companies by Shen, Wanling.

“…In addition, it was noted that there appeared to be a link between the size of the company and the number of years it took for financial performance to pick up – in general, larger companies experienced improvements within a shorter time period after vertical integration. …”
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