From private entrepreneurship to state monopoly: contracting Swiss soldiers for Dutch Service under Ancien Régime Fiscal- Military Practices (1693–1829) by Depreter, M

“…This contribution examines Dutch contracting practices to hire Swiss troops during the Ancien Régime, from the first contracts directly negotiated in the Protestant cantons by Petrus Valckenier (1693-1694) during the Nine Years’ War, seizing opportunities arisen from Louis XIV’s revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685) after a period during which the Dutch seem to have relied on uncertain access to Swiss manpower through French intercession, up to the end of a short-lived revival of Swiss foreign regiments in the newly-instated Kingdom of the Netherlands (1814-1829). …”

Understanding thermal unsteadiness in engine representative flows and improved methodologies for derived heat transfer calculations using thin-film gauges by Singh, D, Beard, PF, Cardwell, D, Chana, KS

“…The experiments with a radially varying NGV inlet temperature profile showed up to nine times higher thermal unsteadiness, compared to the uniform inlet. …”

"Workhorses": exploring how internal medicine residents learn efficiency by Ting, J

“…</p> <p><strong>Findings:</strong> Nine residents participated. Efficiency was a multifaceted skill involving a combination of clinical knowledge, mental organization, social skills, and an unwavering focus on maximizing patient safety and care. …”

Acoustic characteristics of Chinese first-level vowels production by Kazakh learners by Zhao, Zhongxing, Mahfoodh, Omer Hassan Ali, Boh, Phaik Ean

“…Each participant was recorded while producing the seven Chinese vowels, with each utterance being repeated nine times to ensure consistency and reliability. …”
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Lernea cyprinacea L. (Copepoda: Caligidea) in Helostoma temmincki Cuvier & Valenciennes: the dynamics of resistance in recovered and naive fish by Woo, P. T. K., Shariff, M.

“…In another experiment, all nine recovered fish were infected when the challenge infective dose was high. …”

Research on Guqin composition in Mainland China in the 1950s and 1960s: some works of Yu Shaoze [ 喻绍泽] by He, Zeng, Chiat, Loo Fung

“…This paper primarily focuses on the historical and morphological study of nine guqin pieces composed by Yu Shaoze [ 喻绍泽] (1903–1988), the earliest professional guqin music teacher in the west China, between 1956 and 1966. …”
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The role of smartphone applications as English learning tool among Chinese university students by Liu, Mengjie, Noordin, Nooreen, Ismail, Lilliati, Abd Rahim, Nur Aira, Zaremohzzabieh, Zeinab

Lean Manufacturing Adoption in Malaysia: A Systematic Literature Review by Osman, Azim Azuan, Othman, Abdul Aziz, Abdul Rahim, Mohd Kamarul Irwan

“…These articles were also grouped into nine meaningful research themes, named: (1) lean definitions, (2) sustaining lean adoption, (3) motivations to adopt lean, (4) lean benefits, (5) results from lean adoption, (6) lean implementation barriers, (7) lean success factors, (8) lean implementation/ assessment models, and (9) lean integration with other management practices. …”
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3D simulation-based research on the effect of interconnect structures on circuit reliability by He, Feifei, Tan, Cher Ming

“…The simulation of the EM reliability of the interconnects is usually performed using the line-via structure at the EM test temperature (e.g. 300 oC).However, such simulation using the line-via structure may not give the same void nucleation location as in the real circuit structure, especially at the circuit operation temperature (e.g. 90C). …”
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Launderama : a director's reflection by Soh, Hui Min

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Effect of inorganic fillers on the behaviour of LCP blends by Zhang, Long

“…In this study, a fine fumed silica powder filled polypropylene (PP) composite was blended with LC5000, a thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer (TLCP).…”
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Short film: tomorrow by Chin, Yong Leong

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When the kids come out to play by Loy, Joanne Mei Yee

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Cubed by Xue, En Ge

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Component-based security under partial compromise by Dehnel-Wild, M

“…Is there value in making the modelling and analysis as fine-grained as we can, or does the extra effort fail to buy us anything? …”

Study of arbitrary waveform generation for software defined radio by Luo, Jia Yu.

“…It can provide excellent non line of sight (NLOS) coverage while many technologies currently can only provide line of sight coverage. …”
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Embedded evolvable fuzzy hardware systems for cell flow scheduling by Li, Ju Hui

“…The three major open issues are on-line adaptation, scalability and evolution termination. …”
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Residual stress testing of weld specimens by Tan, Kailun

“…Various NDT tests were conducted both on and along the weld line, as well as corresponding areas away from the weld line and the results were compared. …”
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Quantifying the permeability reduction of biogrouted rock fracture by Wu, Chuangzhou, Chu, Jian, Wu, Shifan, Guo, Wei

“…However, the viscosity of cement grout is high and the particle sizes may not be fine enough to penetrate through fine rock joints. …”
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Optimization and scheduling of applications in a heterogeneous CPU-GPU environment by Karan Rajendra Shetti

“…Using state of the art StarPU scheduling framework and exhaustive benchmarks, it is shown that the fine grained approach in much more efficient for the CPU-GPU environment. …”
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