Analysis of CDMA-based land mobile satellite communication systems over fading channels by Zhang, Wei

“…The author considered an urban channel model, which is a combination of a narrowband model and a wide-band tapped delay line model. An approach was also presented in this thesis for obtaining the approximated average bit error rate, which is computationally simple and efficient. …”
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Driving mechanism development for autonomous hospital bed by Tan, Jia Liang

“…An autonomous hospital bed is thus put forth to reduce the manpower required in non-emergency bed transportation. This is in line with the strategic thrust of diversifying the healthcare landscape in response to the ageing population. …”
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Understanding artemisinin compounds mode of action in killing Plasmodium falciparum by using mass spectrometry cellular thermal shift assay by Go, Ka Diam

“…Dihydroartemisinin (DHA)-piperaquine is one form of artemisinin-combination therapies (ACTs) used as a first-line antimalarial drug. Previous studies showed that a certain number of Pf40S and Pf60S ribosomal subunits as potential molecular targets of artemisinin and its derivatives. …”
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High precision SOC estimation of LiFePO4 blade batteries using improved OCV-based PNGV model by Tao, Zhen

“…This issue is of utmost importance in facilitating the widespread adoption of EVs, in line with global green energy initiatives. Currently, there are numerous approaches available for SOC estimation, underscoring the multifaceted nature of this challenge. …”
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Exploring the moderating role of expressive suppression in the relationship between psychopathy and aggression by Maria, Dayla

“…Additionally, expressive suppression had a marginally significant moderating effect on the relationship between psychopathy and reactive aggression, after controlling for gender, age, ethnicity, and social adversity. In line with predictions, no such moderating effect was observed for proactive aggression. …”
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Tshangla verb inflections: a preliminary sketch by Andvik, Erik

“…However, the language described by Zhang and Sun is spoken in a cluster of communities geographically separated from Bhutan by several hundred miles, namely the region formerly known as Padma-bkod, located near the point where the Tsangpo River (Siang), crosses the McMahon Line. A comparison of Bhutanese Tshangla vocabulary with the word list given in Sun et al. (1980) indicates that there are very few differences in the speech of the two communities. …”
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Towards sustainable campuses: a case study of an international school in Singapore by Mohamed Nabil Bin Mohamed Yazeed

“…Environmental sustainability in educational institutions has steadily gained prominence with campuses increasingly recognizing the need to reduce their resource consumption and carbon footprint in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. While educational institutions have sought to integrate sustainability across various areas, much of the focus has been on sustainable campus operations as these operations usually account for the largest share of institutional expenditures and results in the greatest environmental impact. …”
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Optimal planning and operation strategies of a battery swapping station in an electric vehicle corridor by Xie, Zhaoqing

“…EV travellers are categorized by their travel mode: driving through the corridor, driving with one-time battery swapping, and taking the transit line. We model this scenario using a Y-shaped bottleneck congestion framework, treating the swapping station as an upstream bottleneck. …”
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Bunker risk management strategies in liner shipping companies part I : operational measures to reduce bunker risk by Lee, Amanda Rui Fang.

“…As a result of bunker price volatility and overcapacity in the shipping market, shipping lines are facing increasing pressure to mitigate their exposure to bunker risk. …”
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Tour-into-picture with Kinect by Meng, Taing

“…TIP maps a single image with its vanishing point and projection lines through perspective projection into a front-less box. …”
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Predicting health conditions with palm prints by Kwek, Jerome Jia Long

“…More interestingly, in recent years, prediction of illnesses in medical psychiatry has been discovered in modern-day palmistry, that various medical problems could be diagnosed based on different palm line formations. To some, palm reading may be just a mere superstition and treated as more of a curiosity, while to others, it can be a very different outlook of looking into one’s fortune, wealth and personal well-being. …”
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Comparative study of direct position determination with AOA and TOA methods by Varma Ruchika

“…This dissertation presents a study on the performance evaluation of Direct Position Determination (DPD) method of a single emitting source under line-of-sight conditions and confirms its superiority over the conventional localization methods in various test scenarios, proffering the algorithm to be utilized in the real-world applications demanding high positioning accuracy. …”
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Control and integration of energy storage systems for electric and hybrid ships – part 1 by Lim, Joshua

“…Secondly the ships electrical systems are described, based on Rolls Royce Marine Tool the safe line and save safe configurations are discussed. …”
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Design of passive SIW based mmWave devices for a six-port receiver-based sensor for automotive radar applications by Lui, Jin Jiang

“…The first part of this work is about initial designs of the automotive radar device that included components such as Microstrip Patch Antenna, SIW based Line Waveguide, SIW based Directional Coupler, SIW based Power Divider to work at frequencies from around 8 GHz to 12 GHz as a prototype. …”
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Computer vision and sensor fusion towards better facilities management system for smart buildings by Arumugam, M Logaraj

“…Facility management (FM) is a line of work which includes various controls to guarantee the usefulness, comfort, security, and productivity of the built sector by coordinating individuals, places, procedures, and innovation. …”
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Contribution of the Hydration Force to Vesicle Adhesion on Titanium Oxide by Jackman, Joshua A., Zan, Goh Haw, Zhao, Zhilei, Cho, Nam-Joon

“…Herein, we investigated the influence of vesicle surface charge on vesicle adsorption onto titanium oxide and observed that electrostatic attraction is insufficient for vesicle rupture. Following this line of evidence, a continuum model based on the DLVO forces and a non-DLVO hydration force was applied to investigate the role of different interfacial forces in modulating the lipid–substrate interaction. …”
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Frequency-selective propagation of localized spoof surface plasmons in a graded plasmonic resonator chain by Gao, Zhen, Gao, Fei, Shastri, Kunal Krishnaraj, Zhang, Baile

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Different modes of regulation govern miRNA expression levels in Drosophila melanogaster by Lim, Mandy Yu Theng

“…Here, Loqs function was investigated in the complete absence of maternal and zygotic contribution by using a cell line established from loqs-null fly embryos. Genome-wide analysis of pre-miRNA structures showed that Loqs enhances processing of sub-optimal substrates with unstable base-pairing at the dicing site. …”
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Characterization of the junction leakage of Ti-capped Ni-silicided junctions by Lee, Pooi See, Pey, Kin Leong, Toledo, N. G.

“…Ti-capped Ni-silicided devices rapid thermal annealed (RTA) at 400 °C exhibit high sheet resistances and suffer from narrow line effect, which leads to the suspicion that the total phase transformation of NiSi has not yet been achieved. …”
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Experimental investigation of nonlinear forces on a monopile offshore wind turbine foundation under directionally spread waves by Ding, H, Zhao, G, Tang, T, Taylor, PH, Adcock, TAA, Dai, S, Ning, D, Chen, L, Li, J, Wang, R, Zang, J

“…The clean separation of individual harmonics enables the estimation of contributions from each harmonic. Our findings are in line with previous research, showing that nonlinear loading can constitute up to 40% of the total under certain wave conditions. …”