Bacterial type VI secretion system helps prevent cheating in microbial communities by Filloux, Alain

“…In their paper, “Trojan horse-like T6SS effector TepC mediates both interference competition and exploitative competition”, Song and colleagues (2024) remind us of an important societal principle that everyone contributes to benefit the collective population [1]. …”
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Security enhancement of fingerprint authentication by Alias, Joe

“…Previous studies have shown that fingerprint scanners can be deceived very easily, using artificial fingerprints made using simple, inexpensive materials like gelatin or play-doh. A lot of research is also ongoing on how to cope with this problem and many of these researches have suggested liveness detection as one of the most apt solution. …”
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Interactive photo booth augmented reality mobile application PetXEL by Zhou, Hongyin

“…In recent years, it has become more commonly recognized by individuals due to the emergence of hand-held gadgets like mobile phones and tablets. This project aims to develop PetXEL, an innovative mobile application that integrates Augmented Reality (AR) technology to enhance the photo-taking experience with virtual pets. …”
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Immigration without diversity: the invisible second generation in Singapore by Kathiravelu, Laavanya

“…Interrogating these complexities, this paper is interested in understanding how ethnonational and intra-racial differences play out in the politics of identification and nation-building in a young postcolonial state like Singapore. It is demonstrated that despite ethnoracial assimilation, integration into the nation is still fraught. …”
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Three essays on the share structure reform in China by Zhu, Yanjian

“…The stock market was more like a casino than in intermediary channel of capital; (2) weak corporate governance and minority shareholder protection. …”
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Research on DC-modulated AC/AC converters by Chen, Xi.

“…Thirdly, in order to prove the practicability of this new design, the author would like to set up a hardware model after getting some correct parameters from the PISM. …”
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Organisational environment for innovation : the case of Singapore electronics industry by Tang, Hung Kei.

“…The industry is interpreted widely so it includes manufacturers as well as supporting organizations like the research institutes. The Model of Organisational Innovation (MOI)was developed based on an extensive literature review on innovation. …”
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Core level shift of diamond and graphite upon Ar+ ion bombardment by Geng, Han He.

“…Diamond-like films (DLF) and highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) are made of two allotropes of carbon, diamond and graphite. …”
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Fabrication and characterisation of rutile based hybrid thin films by Dangeti, Siva Rama Krishna

“…Increasing efforts have been made to fabricate this material in the form of thin films for various applications, like chemical catalysts, optical devices and electromagnetic devices. …”
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Neutron emission studies from miniature and medium size plasma focus device by Singh, Rajdeep Raweet.

“…Although dense plasma focus devices have attracted the attention of scientific community since 1960’s as a copious source of fusion neutrons but in the recent years owing to spin-off in the applications of compact and portable table top neutron sources in wider domain, like noninvasive interrogation of explosives and narcotic drugs (by using Pulsed Fast/Thermal Neutron Analysis (PFTNA) technique), dark matter research, radioisotope production, medical neutron therapy and soil humidity measurements, there has been renewed interest across the globe for the development of sub-kilojoule range, low energy small plasma focus device (hereafter called ‘Miniature Plasma Focus i.e. …”
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Significant of 'C' on self-lubricating hard coating by Ng, Chang Chong.

“…In this industry, people like to get things done fast to get the maximum profit and efficiency. …”
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Quality breaks : creative intervention for flexible personal & corporate practices. by Lee, Pei Zhi.

“…They demand a transformation of workplace practices for better productivity and a balanced work-life. Many corporations, like Google, IBM and 3M, have established work-life initiatives to drive achievement of workplace innovation and cultural transformation. …”
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Solar air conditioning using adsorption cooling II by Chua, Chin Chye.

“…The hardware design includes like the circuit design and layout of the system controller; and the programming part which comprises the writing of program and the use of compilers for microcontroller. …”
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Market research on a portable snake venom detection kit. by Thong, Hui Min.

“…However, it has disadvantages like the inability to fully quantify venom levels and time consuming test procedures which requires some level of expertise. …”
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Finance professionalism in the 21st century : are finance undergraduates today ready to be finance professionals? by Lee, Hui Xin., Low, Su Ern., Chia, Eileen Sin Wei.

“…Data showed that current finance undergraduates may still be far from the ideals of professionalism as practiced by more traditional professions like accounting, medicine or law. Specifically, the data showed that majority of the finance undergraduates considered professional knowledge, instead of attitudes, to be important in a professional. …”
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Dynamic web service composition by Tan, Li Ling.

“…Furthermore, some service providers like IFTT (If This Then That) and Zapier have also looked into automation of tasks by integration of different Web Services. …”
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Next generation touch interface by Teh, Zhi Wei.

“…With the proliferation of touch-enabled devices in the form of mobile devices, like smart phones and tablets, and personal computers, there is increasingly more research in touch screen technology. …”
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Socio-feedback via nao robot : design of feedback messages by Luo, Jun

“…Journals of human behavioristics were studied to make Nao’s behavior patterns look more natural and human-like. A user study was carried out to investigate the accuracy of designed feedback postures in terms of expressing the feedback message to the audience, and to learn the user experience towards the RSS and the designed feedback messages of Nao.…”
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Multi-linear regression models for traffic prediction in large-scale networks by Zhao, XinYue

“…Various methods have been practice in the traffic forecasting study and some algorithms that used in other fields like In this paper we apply 3 multi-linear regression models on the speed data collected from 266 road segments in Singapore, which are Partial Least Square, High-Order Partial Least Square and N-way Partial Least Square model. …”
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Fabrication and characterization of monolayer and few-layer 2D materials by Tan, Coon Siong

“…The FET was found to be like ambipolar transistor as it shows both p type and n type behaviors in the drain current. …”
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