Laser-induced reduced-graphene-oxide micro-optics patterned by femtosecond laser direct writing by Low, Mun Ji, Lee, Hyub, Lim, Joel Chin Huat, Suchand Sandeep, Chandramathi Sukumaran, Murukeshan, Vadakke Matham, Kim, Seung-Woo, Kim, Young-Jin

“…By extensive parametric control of average power (10–120 mW), pulse repetition rate (1–500 kHz) and scan speed (1–100 mm/s) in FsLDW, ultra-thin micro-optics were patterned at three patterning regimes: non-thermal photoreduction regime, thermal photoreduction regime, and ablation regime. …”
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Comparative effects of domain-specific human monoclonal antibodies against LGI1 on neuronal excitability by Sell, J, Rahmati, V, Kempfer, M, Irani, SR, Ritzau-Jost, A, Hallermann, S, Geis, C

“…Kv1.1 channel clustering at the axon initial segment (AIS) was quantified by immunocytochemistry and structured illumination microscopy techniques.…”

Full threshold change range of threshold changeable secret sharing by Ding, Jian, Lin, Changlu, Lin, Fuchun, Wang, Huaxiong

“…There are some known threshold change regimes that are realized by (optimal) TCSS schemes or (optimal) uTCSS schemes. …”
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Study of feature selection for angle-closure glaucoma detection by Gercke, Norman.

“…Performing feature selection on features obtained by Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography (AS-OCT) images may aid in clinical diagnosis of angle-closure glaucoma. …”
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Variational mesh decomposition by Zhang, Juyong, Zheng, Jianmin, Wu, Chunlin, Cai, Jianfei

“…The problem of decomposing a 3D mesh into meaningful segments (or parts) is of great practical importance in computer graphics. …”
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The changing nature of Chinese business in Africa : the case of Cape Verde by Horta, Loro

“…Chinese state companies are usually singled out for criticism in the West due to their links with despotic African regimes all for the sake of profit. The nature of Chinese business in Africa is however becoming more complex.…”
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No Shangri-La for North Korea by Samaniego, Catherine

“…Kim Jong-un should expect to see his regime’s political leverage in Northeast Asia gradually reduced, while its biggest ally, China, remains preoccupied with its own domestic concerns.…”
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Our weapons, our problem: arms exports, democracy and civil society in Brazil and the UK by de Moraes, RF

“…Next, I examine why and how the governments of these two countries sought to export their practices to the rest of the world or opted to join international regimes.</p>…”

Emergent Democracy by Ito, Joichi

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Varieties of indoctrination: the politicization of education and the media around the world by Neundorf, A, Nazrullaeva, E, Northmore-Ball, K, Tertytchnaya, KT, Kim, W

“…For many decades, scholars assumed voluntary compliance and citizens’ commitment to a regime’s principles and values to be critical for regime stability. …”

Singapore airlines : the business of flying by Tan, Sung Cheng, Tan, Ting Szu, Tie, Hwee Ling

“…Due to the possible extend of scope, the study is focused on the segment of business air travellers.…”
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Pursuing business opportunities in life sciences logistics in Vietnam : a case study of TNT by Chang, Meng Yi, Khoo, Malinda, Indrawati, Marini, Regina

“…This paper attempts to understand how TNT introduces a new service offering, the Clinical Express service, for a niche market segment, the life sciences industry, and how TNT exploits the opportunities available to launch the new service offering in a specific market, Vietnam.…”
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What Singapore investors want in a financial adviser by Chen, Carolyn Meijun, Fang, Mindy Liwei, Lim, Karen Lee Mei

“…This will provide an insight to the criteria financial advisers should focus on as well as the market segment that emerging independent financial advisers should target.…”
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Video anomaly search in crowded scenes via spatio-temporal motion context by Cong, Yang, Yuan, Junsong, Tang, Yandong

“…To characterize the video, we first perform the spatiotemporal video segmentation and then propose a new regionbased descriptor called “Motion Context”, to describe both motion and appearance information of the spatio-temporal segment. …”
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An image processing approach to feature-preserving B-spline surface fairing by Kawasaki, Taro, Jayaraman, Pradeep Kumar, Shida, Kentaro, Zheng, Jianmin, Maekawa, Takashi

“…In particular, our approach adaptively partitions the B-spline surface into a set of segments such that each segment has approximately uniform parameterization, generates an image from each segment in the parameter space whose pixel values are the normal vectors of the surface, and then applies a bilateral filter in the parameter domain to fair the normal field. …”
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Synthesis of vinyl iodide chain-end polymers via organocatalyzed chain-end transformation by Chang, Jun Jie, Pan, Matthew Houwen, Goto, Atsushi

“…Interestingly, under selected conditions, this organocatalysis also offered block-like copolymers containing a conjugated oligo-alkyne segment and a non-conjugated polyacrylate segment. …”
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Novel approaches for imaging-based diagnosis of ocular surface disease by Schmidl, Doreen, Schlatter, Andreas, Chua, Jacqueline, Tan, Bingyao, Garhöfer, Gerhard, Schmetterer, Leopold

“…In recent years, imaging techniques for the anterior segment are also gaining importance and are nowadays routinely used in clinical practice. …”
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Marketing products and services in the dynamic environment. by Chan, Cindy Li Xia., Chye, Nyit Fhen., Poh, Hui Ting.

“…Recognizing that the B2B segment still reigns as Ark Industries‟ substantial revenue driver, we have invested concerted effort into developing its comparative edge, especially since Quirky is maneuvering in a market where the product offerings are fairly homogeneous. …”
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ECG signal generation and heart rate variability signal extraction : signal processing, features detection, and their correlation with cardiac diseases by Swapna, Goutham, Martis, Roshan Joy, Sree, Subbhuraam Vinitha, Ghista, Dhanjoo N., Ang, Alvin P. C.

“…In order to extract the important features of the ECG signal, the detection of the P wave, QRS complex, and ST segment is essential. Therefore, abnormalities of these ECG parameters are associated with cardiac disorders. …”
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Takaful Business Model and Business Performance: A Comparative Evidence from the Global Takaful Industry by Muhammad Zuki, Mohd Faizuddin, Ishak, Muhammad Arif Fadilah, Halim Roja, Muhammad Izzuddin

“…This paper bids its originality by narrowing down the segment of the takaful industry and focusing only on the family takaful segment…”
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