Producing microscale Ge textures via titanium nitride- and nickel-assisted chemical etching with CMOS-compatibiliyty by Liao, Yikai, Shin, Sang-Ho, Jin, Yuhao, Wang, Qi Jie, Kim, Munho

“…Schottky contact barrier of metal catalyst with Ge is also investigated indicating similar hole injection efficiency among TiN, Ni, and Ti/Ni with Ge junction due to strong Fermi level pinning effect. The TiN- and Ni-assisted chemical etching of Ge shed light on CMOS-compatible Ge-based photonic and optoelectronic applications.…”
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Design of a fast response CMOS low dropout regulator for system-on-chip applications by Wang, Haoran

“…The overshoot and undershoot voltage spikes are 22.92mV and 38.70mV respectively at the 50mA step load current under a 100pF capacitive load. …”
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A lightweight and high efficiency battery charger for electric vehicles by Yue, Xi Tong

“…This auxiliary circuit reactive current is achieved so that zero-voltage switching is guaranteed. Besides, voltage spikes across the output diode bridge of FB converter are eliminated by using two clamp diodes in the circuit, which leads to lower power loss and lower rating of the diodes and output filter capacitor. …”
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Development of a novel colorimetric immunoassay for C-Reactive Protein using colloidal nanoparticles by Tjitra, Niklas Lesmana

“…Colour changes in the assay from pinkish red to violet were observed and scaled with increasing CRP concentration. Upon CRP spiking at 1 µg mL-1, affimer-functionalized Au NPs showed improvement in sensitivity, and the LOD was calculated to be 0.2 µg mL-1. …”
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Information pollution and the war in Gaza: implications for Singapore by Wong, Yasmine, Haciyakupoglu, Gulizar

“…Besides demonstrating various disinformation types and tactics, there is also the increased resonance of certain disinformation narratives as they overlap and impact on societal sensitivities and identity-based fault lines. These are challenges for Singapore, as societal fault lines present vulnerabilities for disinformation penetration, ultimately affecting social cohesion.…”
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Software development for E-learning tool by Foong, Alexander Kwok Leong

“…The result obtained will serve as a basis in the report for picking Apple product as the OS. Apple Inc. provide a software development tool, known as Xcode. …”
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Epidemiology of injuries in street dancers by Yee, Ernest Chun Tuck

“…As the dance scene grows globally, increasing number of enthusiasts in Singapore are picking up street dance as a form of physical activity. …”
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General circulation models simulate negative liquid water path–droplet number correlations, but anthropogenic aerosols still increase simulated liquid water path by Mülmenstädt, J, Gryspeerdt, E, Dipu, S, Quaas, J, Ackerman, AS, Fridlind, AM, Tornow, F, Bauer, SE, Gettelman, A, Ming, Y, Zheng, Y, Ma, P-L, Wang, H, Zhang, K, Christensen, MW, Varble, AC, Leung, LR, Liu, X, Neubauer, D, Partridge, DG, Stier, P, Takemura, T

“…These results are a reminder that assessments of climate parameters based on multiple lines of evidence must carefully consider the complementary strengths of different lines when the lines disagree.…”

Media bias in Singapore in 2011 by Lee, Matthew Wenjun, Michell Devina Ngan, Park So Jin

“…Intuitively, the induced demand from readers of the paper could have spiked due to the spurred debate and increased diversity of motions propositioned between Members-of-Parliament during the novel year of the Opposition’s election to Parliament. …”
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Bluefish: Composing Diagrams with Declarative Relations by Pollock, Josh, Mei, Catherine, Huang, Grace, Evans, Elliot, Jackson, Daniel, Satyanarayan, Arvind

“…Diagrams are essential tools for problem-solving and communication as they externalize conceptual structures using spatial relationships. But when picking a diagramming framework, users are faced with a dilemma. …”
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High-sensitivity signal processing circuit integrated coil antenna sensor toward measurements of the water fraction in the oil-water two-phase flow by Qu, Zilian, Bao, Qiwen, Yang, Zhengchun, Zhao, Zhenyu, Yang, Qinghai, Yang, Shuhui, Li, Zengrui, Wang, Wensong

“…The specified signal processing circuit picks up the voltage change, realizes the ac/dc signal conversion, and amplifies dc small signals. …”
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Characterization of artemisinin resistance in plasmodium falciparum by Rocamora, Frances Maureen C.

“…Long term in vitro selection produced two parasite lines that displayed profound stage-specific resistance to artemisinin and its relative compounds. …”
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SURF: Eavesdropping on Underwater Communications from the Air by Mollahosseini, Poorya, Afzal, Sayed Saad, Adib, Fadel, Ghasempour, Yasaman

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Energy saving control of robot by Chan, Chee Siang.

“…For example, control of robot to put an object into a cup, throwing a dart to a dart board, picking up an object from a conveying belt, driving a car along a road etc. …”
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Furniture form innovation and human–machine comfort evaluation model based on genetic algorithm by Yifan, Bai, Kamarudin, Khairul Manami, Alli, Hassan

“…In the give-up, the advised model’s viability is checked by means of looking at how fixtures from the product’s layout picks had been carried out to assist designers give us fresh thoughts.…”
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Discovering and forecasting extreme events via active learning in neural operators by Pickering, Ethan, Guth, Stephen, Karniadakis, George Em, Sapsis, Themistoklis P

“…Extreme events in society and nature, such as pandemic spikes, rogue waves or structural failures, can have catastrophic consequences. …”
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A study on epidemic modelling using deterministic and stochastic SIR compartmental models by Lim, Lionel Rui Qi

“…Among all networks considered, the BA network in particular has shown to consistently demonstrate spikes in epidemic reproduction at the onset, suggesting higher vulnerability to epidemic spreading for real-world communal structures with properties akin to the BA network. …”
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Point of care assay for blood aripiprazole concentrations: development, validation and utility by Atkins, M, Taylor, D, Catalan, A, Desouza, N, Chesney, E, Reilly, TJ, Baburina, I, Hilaire, MR, Dratcu, L, Harland, R, Salamone, SJ, McGuire, P

“…</p> <p><strong>Method:&nbsp;</strong>Analytical performance (sensitivity, precision, recovery and linearity) of the assay were established using spiked whole blood and control samples of varying aripiprazole concentration. …”

Neurobiology of culturally common maternal responses to infant cry by Rigo, Paola, Bornstein, Marc H., Putnick, Diane L., Esposito, Gianluca, Swain, James E., Suwalsky, Joan T. D., Su, Xueyun, Du, Xiaoxia, Zhang, Kaihua, Cote, Linda R., De Pisapia, Nicola, Venuti, Paola

“…We found that 684 new primipara mothers in 11 countries (Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Cameroon, France, Kenya, Israel, Italy, Japan, South Korea, and the United States) preferentially responded to their infants’ vocalizing distress by picking up and holding and by talking to their infants, as opposed to displaying affection, distracting, or nurturing. …”
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Investigation and implementation of image processing algorithms for medical application by Mya Thandar Maung.

“…In practice, it identifies the brain activity by picking up minute changes in blood flow in response to stimuli that the subject or patient experiencing associated with alternative non-stimulated instance or pause while the scanning is in progress. …”
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