Narrowband enhancement of speech using linear Cepstral prediction by Shree Jaisimha.

“…Current Public Switched Telephone Networks (PSTN) band limit, speech to 4 kHz to cater to the bandwidth limitation in their transmission medium. Narrow-band speech when compared to normal speech has a muffled characteristic, which results in reduced intelligibility. …”
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Madrush. by Selamat.

“…Our story is about the encounter of the soldier with the creatures when the hibernating period just ended. Unfortunately, they are savage creatures and our poor soldier is running for dear life.…”
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Online/offline web-based access for transactional-based application by Mok, Darren Lei Cheng.

“…Being connected to the Internet/Intranet or being online is essential for web-based application; this project aims to achieve the same or similar operational function for web-based application when offline i.e. the network is unavailable.…”
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A study of Korea's strategies for the commercialization of biotechnology. by Goh, Terence Choo Hoon., Cheah, Yong Sean., Lim, Adrian Meng Yew., Nurcombe, Victor.

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Power control system/algorithm study for multimedia communication in LEO satellite CDMA systems by Li, Wenzhen

“…The proposed approaches are also applicable to LEO satellite systems operating at other bands (L/S bands) when the mobile moves in a nonuniform environment and a complete system evaluation is needed.…”
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Accounting knowledge, quantification, and budget effects on the sunk cost fallacy. by Ang, Geok Lan, Lee, Ngai Hon, Tan, Wee Sze

“…Based on the results of experiments conducted with undergraduates in NTU & NUS, we concluded that the sunk cost effect can be reduced: (1)by accounting knowledge; (2)by quantification of future returns; & (3)when the project costs exceed the budget given.…”
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A study on human rights issues in Singapore by Foo Yvonne, Yeo Mui Hoon, Teong Hwee Ping

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Modeling and impact analysis of multi-pack container for distribution by Anne Phanikumar

“…The present work looks into the cushioning behavior of various multiproduct packing arrangements when subjected to impact drops.…”
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Autofocusing of light for Raman imaging by Krishnamoorthi, Shalini

“…So it becomes difficult, when measuring the eye defects for children and special patients. …”
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A strategic analysis of the cable television industry in Taiwan. by Melania Shanti Hartanto., Kow, Siew Yeong., Rudy Santoso., Wong, Yin Ling.

“…From our study, we will attempt to present some recommendations that Taiwan operator and regulators may take into consideration when further developing the cable TV industry in Taiwan.…”
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Development and evaluation of organic and polymeric corrosion inhibitors for industrial applications by Qiu, Jianhai., Hu, Xiao.

“…An inhibitor is a chemical substance that, when added in small concentrations to an environment, can significantly reduce the corrosion rate.…”
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Website evaluation using the repertory grid technique: a web designers' perspective. by Cheng, Baoxian., Chia, Shu Wen., Tan, Hui Tze.

“…Kelly's Repertory Grid Technique has been primarily employed to elicit factors that web designers consider important when they design or develop websites, to investigate web designers' perceptions of an "effective" Business-to-Business(B2C) website, and broaden existing web evaluation literature.…”
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Performance of Islamic and conventional banking in Malaysia : a comparative analysis. by Kamsinah Sadar., Noriahni Ismail., Nurhidayati Yahya.

“…This paper aims to identify if any significant differences exist in bank performance when conventional and Islamic banking operations are compared in a Malaysian setting over the period 1998-2002. …”
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Rabindranath Tagore’s সমাজ/samaj/communities of song by McDonald, PD

“…What happens when songs or lyric poems, composed at particular moments, become state anthems, performed again and again across generations? …”

Contextualizing formal verification for systems security engineering by Shaked, A, Melham, T

“…By reflecting on system development approaches, we identify and exemplify pertinent challenges and suggest directions to facilitate the effective, scalable use of formal methods when designing systems.…”

Study of planning and operational aspects of tidal in-stream power generation by Mahda J. Jahromi

“…Although the research trend in this area has been gaining momentum in recent years, when searching for similar literature even on a very generic topic such as marine power systems, one still finds very few papers, and even less when the topic is narrowed down to tidal turbines or in-stream generation. …”
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Fabrication and characterization of graphene and carbon nanotube reinforced bioceramic nanocomposites by Hu, Huanlong

“…The reinforcing mechanism was due to the lubrication and pinning effects of rGO, which resulted in high resistance to penetration, elastic recovery capability, low-cycle fatigue resistance, and microcrack propagation inhibition properties. …”
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Enantiomeric glycosylated cationic block co-beta-peptides eradicate Staphylococcus aureus biofilms and antibiotic-tolerant persisters by Zhang, Kaixi, Du, Yu, Si, Zhangyong, Liu, Yang, Turvey, Michelle E., Raju, Cheerlavancha, Keogh, Damien, Ruan, Lin, Jothy, Subramanion Lachumy, Reghu, Sheethal, Marimuthu, Kalisvar, De, Partha Pratim, Ng, Oon Tek, Mediavilla, José R., Kreiswirth, Barry N., Chi, Robin Yonggui, Ren, Jinghua, Tam, Kam C., Liu, Xue-Wei, Duan, Hongwei, Zhu, Yabin, Mu, Yuguang, Hammond, Paula T., Bazan, Guillermo C., Pethe, Kevin, Chan-Park, Mary Bee Eng

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Oxytocin receptor gene and parental bonding modulate prefrontal responses to cries : a NIRS study by Cataldo, Ilaria, Neoh, Michelle Jin-Yee, Chew, Wei Fang, Foo, Jia Nee, Lepri, Bruno, Esposito, Gianluca

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Shear-flow characteristics of rock fractures and implications for injection-induced seismicity by Ji, Yinlin

“…To explore the causal link between fluid pressure heterogeneity and fracture slip propagation, the PFC2D modeling is developed and demonstrates that non-uniformly pressurized fractures exhibit global and localized drops of shear stress during the aseismic and seismic slip, respectively, and the slip transition dominates the fluid injection period. …”
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