Synthesis of Au@Pd core/shell nanomaterials for high-performance ethanol oxidation reactions by Xu, Weichang

“…When the concentration of PdCl2 was reduced to 2.5 mM, the Au surface would be partially coated with Pd domains and the CV scan could facilitate the physical movement of Pd atoms to realize full coverage of the exposed Au surface. …”
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The U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy and its implications for U.S.-ASEAN economic governance architecture by Pitakdumrongkit, Kaewkamol

“…Moreover, the text authorizes $1.5 billion to “the Department of State, United States Agency for International Development [USAID], and, as appropriate, the Department of Defense . . . for each of the fiscal years 2019 through 2023, which shall be used” to achieve several objectives including ensuring “the regulatory environments for trade, infrastructure, and investment in partner countries are transparent, open, and free of corruption.” …”
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Principled asymmetric boosting approaches to rapid training and classification in face detection by Pham, Minh Tri

“…When compared with the Online Boosting algorithm recently applied to object detection problems, a 0-10% increase in accuracy and 5-30% gain in learning speed were observed. Second, training a face detector using boosting and Haar-like features often requires weeks of computation on a single CPU machine. …”
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Evaluating & enhancing deep learning systems via out-of-distribution detection by Christopher, Berend David

“…Then, we propose an OOD testing criteria to enhance error discovery and propose distribution aware robustness enhancement by showing that filtering errors far from the trained distribution increases robustness by 21.5\%. We then enhance the field of OOD by introducing a fine-grained OOD technique assessing the ground truth of data augmentation and increasing accuracy by 31.9\% by guiding data augmentation selection with distribution awareness. …”
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Evaporation and crystallisation of saline droplet with surfactant on smooth surfaces by Wong, Dennis Kin Wai

“…Recommended future work could include exploring the effects of varying different concentrations of NaCl below the supersaturation concentration range (1-15% of NaCl) and varying different concentrations of surfactants at the critical micelle concentration (CMC) levels (1-1.5 CMC). This could potentially offer new insights into the evaporative and crystallisation behaviour of the droplets, as well as new deposition patterns.…”
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Charge storage and transport mechanisms in printable supercapacitors by Wee, Grace Tsyh Ying

“…Supercapacitors (SCs) exhibiting 20 to 200 times greater capacitance and energy density (5 Wh kg-1, 80-100 F g-1) than conventional capacitors and delivering higher power density ( 10 kW kg-1) than batteries, represent an unique class of technology with niche applications amongst other energy storage devices. …”
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Growth of gallium nitride nanowires by low pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD) by Wang, Jianbo

“…A full width at half maximum (FWHM) of 101 meV was obtained. The experimental results suggest that the formation of high density GaN nanowires can be realized by using LPCVD technique with a reasonable process window. …”
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Photonic analog-to-digital conversion and photonic microwave signal generation by Wong, Jia haur

“…An effective number of bits (ENOB) of ~ 5.34-bits was obtained for this system. Following this, a photonic TS-ADC system amenable to continuous-time operation based on polarization modulation and balanced photodetection is investigated. …”
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Cognitive enhancement in video game training: two separate routes of transfer? by Oei, Chie Ming

“…Finally, in Study 3, to test the hypothesis of a general transfer to measures of executive control, participants were Video games and cognition 5 trained to play games with different executive demands for 20 hours. …”
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Effects of geometrical parameters on performance of miniature centrifugal pump by Liu, Guiqin

“…According to the theoretical results, the optimum radius is 5.4 mm and 2.7 mm for 20 mm and 10 mm diameter models respectively. …”
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Measurement of isotherms and kinetics by volumetric method by Zulqarnain Abdul Halil

“…However, the current results also showed lower uptakes than a past journal by Himeno with 5 different types of activated carbons being experimented on. …”
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Tin oxide based dye sensitized solar cells by Teh, Jun Jie

“…Even though Ga-doping wasn’t found any changes in morphology and crystallinity, however it successfully increased the band edge of SnO2, in which it is capable of suppressing photoelectron backflow and achieving a higher open circuit voltage (Voc ~ 0.74 V). To the best of our known, this high Voc is the highest among SnO2 based electrodes without TiO2 knowledge. …”
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Thermodynamic modelling of adsorption isotherms and kinetics for gas storage and cooling applications by Sun, Baichuan

“…The proposed isotherm model is validated with the experimental data of silica gel + water and AQSOA-Z01, Z02, Z05 + water systems, and explains the S-shaped isotherms within acceptable error ranges (±5%), as compared with Langmuir and Toth isotherm equations. …”
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Finite element analysis of a free-standing concrete sea-wall as alternative to traditional land reclamation by Harris, Raymond

“…Singapore, a city-state home to 5.6 million population continues to grow as it strives to keep its competitive edge and sustain its economic development. …”
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Nation in action : making Chinese in the rural borderland between China and North Korea by Chen, Shiwei

“…Part II includes three empirical chapters that examine three aspects of everyday nationhood and ethnicity in the ethnic Korean village: the uses of a stone monument that commemorates the Korean War as part of nation-building (Chapter 4), economic development policy implementation and the uses of ethnic and national framing related to their implementation (Chapter 5), and the governance of emigration and the utilizations of ethnic capital and its impact on social relationship in both the sending and receiving societies (Chapter 6). …”
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Surface water sensitivity to climate variability by Paltan-Lopez, H

“…Furthermore, by applying this framework, this thesis found that committing to a 1.5oC level of warming, instead of 2.0°C, as agreed in Paris in 2015, may importantly decrease high flow occurrences in regions such central Asia or western Europe. …”

Vapour deposition of metal halide perovskite semiconductors by Yuan, Q

“…Device performance is further improved to 15.5% with the modification of the CuPc-FA_0.83Cs_0.17PbI₃ interface by inserting an electron blocking layer of aluminium oxide. …”

Guaranteeing safe drinking water services for public schools in Kenya: a costed professional service delivery model for Kitui County by Nyaga, C, Hope, R, Charles, K, Nowicki, S, Katuva, J, Mugo, P, Hoque, S, Olago, D, Thomas, M, Mumma, A

“…At the national scale, this translates to an initial capital investment requirement of KES 155.5 billion (USD 1.2B) to provide new access for all 17 million pupils in the 37,910 primary and 11,399 secondary schools across Kenya (as of 2020). …”

Electronic structure of paramagnetic transition metal complexes by Al-Ameed, K

“…Following this, in Chapter 5, we discuss the site preferences in mixed Ni^II/Fe^II clusters. …”

Development of image-based method for the quantitative assessment of cartilage damage from CT as a biomarker in osteoarthritis by Zheng, J-Q

“…D-net was developed to address extensive translations and a broad range of rotations without a standard dataset reference template, achieving sub-pixel accuracy in translation and a precision of 1.5 degrees in rotation, outperforming previous methods.…”