A part consolidation design method for additive manufacturing based on product disassembly complexity by Kim, Samyeon, Moon, Seung Ki

“…Parts with complex geometry have been divided into multiple parts due to manufacturing constraints of conventional manufacturing. However, since additive manufacturing (AM) is able to fabricate 3D objects in a layer-by-layer manner, design for AM has been researched to explore AM design benefits and alleviate manufacturing constraints of AM. …”
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Visual attention guided pixel-wise just noticeable difference model by Zeng, Zhipeng, Zeng, Huanqiang, Chen, Jing, Zhu, Jianqing, Zhang, Yun, Ma, Kai-Kuang

“…However, in existing pixel-wise JND models, CM is not evaluated appropriately since they overestimate the masking effect of regular oriented texture regions and neglect the visual attention characteristic of human eyes for the real image. …”
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Why did China seldom claim? : Overseas investment and bilateral investment treaties by Chen, Jiaxin

“…Since the reform and opening up, China has utilized favorable investment policies and rules to attract foreign investment to promote its economic growth. …”
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Tobin’s Q as a market-based measure of firm’s performance and as a proxy for exposure to systematic risk. by Ng, Hao Chieh., Kuik, Zoe Soo Hsien., Chan, Hwa Jiat.

“…Since its introduction in 1969, the q ratio has been used to explain a wide variety of phenomena. …”
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Membrane compaction in forward osmosis process by Ng, Daniel Yee Fan, Chen, Yunfeng, Dong, Zhili, Wang, Rong

“…Membrane compaction is commonly observed in polymeric membranes when subjected to elevated hydraulic pressure, but was rarely discussed in forward osmosis (FO) processes, since there was usually little hydraulic pressure difference across the membrane. …”
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Hedonic and non-hedonic bias toward the future by Greene, Preston, Latham, Andrew J., Miller, Kristie, Norton, James

“…Hence, the presumed asymmetry of hedonic/non-hedonic and first/third-person preferences cannot be used to argue for the irrationality of future-bias, since no such asymmetries exist. Instead, we develop a more fine-grained approach, according to which three factors—positive/negative valence, first/third-person, and hedonic/non-hedonic—each independently influence, but do not determine, whether an event is treated in a future-biased or a time-neutral way. …”
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The devil is in the detail? Investors’ mispricing of proxy voting outcomes on M&A deals by Li, Lingwei, Zhang, Huai

“…Shareholders’ approval rates on M&A deals are informative because they are predictive of the acquirer's post-merger operating performance. Since the passing of the deal is salient information while the specific approval rate is not, investors may misprice the detailed voting outcome due to their limited attention. …”
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Developing a taxonomy of consumer preferences for enhancing B2C e-commerce last-mile delivery: delivered food by Teo, Ee Lin

“…These insights contribute to research in the OFD sector since an enhanced understanding of customer preferences will allow OFD platforms to gain insights on how to better encourage their users to opt for self pick-up. …”
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Implementation of a real-time, data-driven online epidemic calculator for tracking the spread of COVID-19 in Singapore and other countries by Yap, Fook Fah, Yong, Minglee

“…After about two weeks, the effective reproduction number reduced to about 1.0. Since then, the number has been fluctuating around 1.0 for more than a month. …”
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Investigation of radiant panel cooling systems for sensible cooling in air conditioning by Teo, Nguan Teck.

“…In addition, no risks of condensation on the panels were present since the supply temperature of the chilled water to these panels is set higher than the dew point temperatures of the zones. …”
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Post-fire cross-sectional behaviour of hot-rolled austenitic stainless steel channel section stub columns under combined compression and minor-axis bending by Li, Shuai, Zhao, Ou

“…The minor-axis eccentric compression test results were used in a parallel numerical modelling programme for validation of finite element models, which were then adopted to perform a series of parametric studies to generate further numerical data. Since there are no existing design rules for stainless steel structures after exposure to elevated temperatures, the relevant codified ambient temperature design interaction curves in combination with post-fire material properties were evaluated for their applicability to eccentrically loaded hot-rolled austenitic stainless steel channel section stub columns after exposure to elevated temperatures. …”
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ACIL: analytic class-incremental learning with absolute memorization and privacy protection by Zhuang, Huiping, Weng, Zhenyu, Xie, Renchunzi, Toh, Kar-Ann, Lin, Zhiping

“…Data privacy is ensured since no historical data are involved during the learning process. …”
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Studies of gallium nitride (GaN) based high electron mobility transistor (HEMTS) by Ong, Eugene Wei Han

“…GaN (Gallium Nitride) on High Electron Mobility Transistors (HEMTs) has been developed since the early 2000s, however, it is not till recent times that it is commercialised and used for an impressive array of technologically advanced advents. …”
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A statistical characteristics preserving watermarking scheme for time series databases by Yu, Yelu, Ma, Zehua, Zhang, Jie, Fang, Han, Zhang, Weiming, Yu, Nenghai

“…Considering that most analyses are based on the statistical characteristics of the target database, keeping the consistency of the statistical characteristics is the key to ensuring analyzability. Since statistical characteristics analysis is performed in groups, compared with traditional relational databases, time series databases (TSDBs) have obvious time-grouping characteristics and are more valuable for analysis. …”
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Effect of size on degradation and different fabrication methods for nano particles by Loh, Eugenia Mei Ting.

“…A higher amount of surfactant is required to fabricate smaller particles and this acted as a barrier for water to penetrate into the particles. However, since nano particles have higher surface area, the degradation rate will speed up. …”
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Novel bisisoquinolines : synthesis, resolution and application in asymmetric Henry reaction by Yao, Qiong Ji

“…This catalyst system was simple in operation since no special precautions were taken to exclude moisture or air from the reaction flask. …”
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Photonic crystal enhanced lasers by Oon, KaiXiang.

“…After modification of the Dotshape.f90, it was used to help out in strain effects calculation to have a better understanding on strain effects and also lattice-mismatched strain equation on ternary compound materials. Since the lattice constant of the quantum well and barrier region were different, it would be possible to say that there would be a latticemismatched strain. …”
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Modeling of outdoor natural ventilation and energy performance for buildings in an industrial park by Tan, Joel Heang Kuan.

“…This can affect experiment results. In conclusion since the simulation results fit closer to the Azevedo and Sparrow [1] correlation, it is taken that the simulation results are more accurate and therefore 4.3cm is considered the most optimal. …”
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Efficient FPGA realization of inner-products of variable vectors by Yan, Yi

“…Nonetheless inner product is different with dot product, where dot product can be denoted into either algebraically or geometrically ways, while inner product is an operation that takes two equal-length array number and return a single algebraic number. Since inner product is a very important concept for researches, so there is a significant meaning to familiarize with its principle, find out the advantages and disadvantages of inner product, compare the differences between inner product and other arithmetic method, and improvement on the operation efficiency of inner product. …”
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Development of an advanced nano-satellite VELOX-II solar energy system (concentrated photovoltaic) by Han, Henry

“…Developing a small energy harvesting system for a nano-satellite is evitable since the allowable dimension is constrained. The mass is also another consideration as the cost of launching a satellite into space is dependent on the mass. …”
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