The inference-boundary model reinterpreting theme and rheme by Leong, Ping Alvin

“…The Hallidayan notions of theme and rheme pose an interesting challenge to linguists in their attempts to pin them down more specifically. This paper argues that since the thematic structure of the clause organises it as a message, a useful starting point in theme–rheme research is an understanding of how clausal messages are typically processed by language users. …”
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Experimental and numerical study of self-locking adaptable inter connection for modular steel structures by Nadeem, Gohar, Safiee, Nor Azizi, Bakar, Nabilah Abu, Karim, Izian Abd, Mohd Nasir, Noor Azline

“…The findings indicated that the gap produced between connection and column under higher displacement was sensitive to the outer bolt and spring pin. This gap could be further reduced by increasing the number of outer bolts and by reducing tolerance between adapter and column walls.…”

Smart home control system design using internet of things based energy harvesting technology by Silalahi, Lukman Medriavin, Indrawan, Muhammad Rafi, Budiyanto, Setiyo, Hanafi, Dirman, Abdul Hamid, Abdul Hamid, Ronaldo, Davit

“…The objective of this research is to provide security for homeowners by facilitating fingerprints and PIN (Personal Identification Numbers) in entering the house, then in the event of a power outage, it activates the function of energy harvesting technology. …”
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Contexts and reasons for emoji usage of Chinese Singaporean university students by Lai, Priscilla Zi Ga

“…This paper aims to control the platform studied and participant backgrounds to investigate the contexts and reasons for emoji usage of Chinese Singaporean university students on Whatsapp. 10 pairs of Chinese Singaporean university students underwent a text-based interview about the reasons and social contexts behind their emoji usage, and submitted screenshots of a section of their Whatsapp conversation for analysis of the textual context. Nine reasons for emoji usage, and six main reasons and seven sub-reasons for emoji avoidance are found. …”
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Grid integration of wind power generators by Moey, Jun Xin

“…In this project, a new configuration of the doubly fed induction machine (DFIG) is being experimented. It uses a Nine Switch converter (NSC) and attempt to control the DFIG. …”
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Understanding human interaction in RGB-D videos by Shi, Yuanyuan

“…So far, the system is able to recognize 9 static hand gestures: numbers from one to nine; and 1 dynamic hand gesture: number ten. …”
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Approaches to supporting and measuring mathematical problem posing: a systematic review of interventions in mathematics education by Zhang, L, Stylianides, A, Stylianides, G

“…In this systematic review, we examined 39 intervention studies published over the past three decades, all aimed at developing mathematical problem-posing competence, and we identified nine common intervention components suggested or utilized within these studies. …”

2.5D Flow MRI: 2D phase-contrast of the tricuspid valvular flow with automated valve-tracking by Lamy, J, Xiang, J, Seemann, F, Gonzales, RA, Huber, S, Steele, J, Heiberg, E, Peters, DC

“…We studied its performance in nine healthy subjects and patients with tricuspid regurgitation. …”

Unequal health: the scandal of our times by Dorling, D

“…<br> In his new book, academic and writer Danny Dorling describes the current extent of inequalities in health as the scandal of our times. He provides nine new chapters and updates a wide selection of his highly influential writings on health, including international-peer reviewed studies, annotated lectures, newspaper articles, and interview transcripts, to create an accessible collection that is both contemporary and authoritative. …”

A multimodal multidomain multilingual medical foundation model for zero shot clinical diagnosis by Liu, F, Li, Z, Yin, Q, Huang, J, Luo, J, Thakur, A, Branson, K, Schwab, P, Yin, B, Wu, X, Zheng, Y, Clifton, DA

“…Our approach achieves encouraging performances on nine datasets, including 2 infectious and 14 non-infectious diseases.…”

Fakeheader: a tool to detect deceptive online news based on misleading news headlines and contents by Che Eembi @ Jamil, Normala, Ishak, Iskandar, Sidi, Fatimah, Affendey, Lilly Suriani

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A yeast two-hybrid system for the screening and characterization of small-molecule inhibitors of protein–protein interactions identifies a novel putative Mdm2-binding site in p53 by Wong, Jin Huei, Alfatah, Mohammad, Sin, Mei Fang, Sim, Hong May, Verma, Chandra Shekhar, Lane, David P., Arumugam, Prakash

“…In the ABC9Δ strain, p53-Mdm2 interaction inhibitors, like AMG232 and MI-773, completely inhibited the p53-Mdm2 interaction at nanomolar concentrations in the Y2H assay. …”
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CLT for linear spectral statistics of normalized sample covariance matrices with the dimension much larger than the sample size by Chen, Binbin, Pan, Guangming

“…Let A = 1/√np(XT X−pIn) where X is a p×n matrix, consisting of independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) real random variables Xij with mean zero and variance one. …”
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Flexural buckling behaviour and residual strengths of S700 high strength steel circular hollow section columns after exposure to fire by Koh, Alicia

“…The experimental study which includes the furnace tests, material tests, initial global imperfection measurements, and pin-ended column tests was conducted and reported. …”
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3D modelling using digital camera by Chong, Yeow Koon.

“…Some other trial targets that we have done includes fire station, NTU N2 building and a three pin plug. More details will be covered in chapter 2 of this report.…”
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NTU e-bike by Zeng, Wei

“…To support the touchscreen, the expansion board pin configurations are modified according to the schematic connections, also the kernel changed to detect the GPS device, the Éclair system can‟t get GPS information directly since a hardware abstraction layer (HAL) is needed for interacting between the Android framework and the kernel. …”
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CRISPR-DBA: a deep learning framework for uncertainty quantification of CRISPR off-target activities by Cao, X, Minary, P

A study on the correlation between financial ratios and earnings per share in South Korean banking by Li, Wei Jie, Zhang, Xi Liang, Liu, Lei

“…Analysis is performed based on sample database comprising nine banks from South Korea over 1992-1995. The multiple regression method is used to determine bank performance by statistical relationship between the key determinants and EPS and EPSG.…”
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Eye tracking system by Cheng, Jing.

“…The eye tracking system developed in this project is to track the eye ball movement and choose one of the nine target buttons displayed on a computer LCD screen. …”
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State anger changes upon cathartic status updating on Facebook : moderation by perceived Facebook social support by Lee, Lina

“…Three fictitious Facebook accounts were used for manipulation of perceived Facebook social support and also as the platform for cathartic status updating. Thirty-nine undergraduates underwent an anger-induction process and were assessed on their state anger before and after venting their anger through posting status update on Facebook. …”
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