BIM : interoperability issues between BIM authoring software and structural analysis software (RC) by Low, Khai Jer

“…This is an era of digitalisation, software usage is ubiquitous across all industry, including the Built Environment industry, spanning from concept development, design, construction, operations till demolition of the building. …”
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Towards robust monocular depth estimation in the wild by Zheng, Zhenkai

“…Experiments will be conducted on several models trained during the span of the project and both quantitative and qualitative evaluations will be performed. …”
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Additive manufacturing by Yeong, Wai Yee

“…Applications of AM can be multidisciplinary and span across many fields of study. The research projects featured in this primer are categorised into seven research areas: (1) Aerospace & Defence (2) Biomedical & Food Printing (3) Building & Construction (4) Marine & Offshore (5) AI in Part Design & Manufacturing (6) Novel Materials & 3D Microstructure Engineering (7) Beyond 3D Printing. …”
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Behaviour of steel and polyproylene fibers in high strength concrete subjected to elevated temperature by Khoo, Li Ying.

“…Concrete are widely used in the construction industry and with the increase in demand of high strength properties and long life span, High Strength Concrete (HSC) is more commonly used as compared to other types of concretes. …”
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Intelligent reconstruction of pipe system for BIM enabled maintenance by Xie, Hang

“…With the help of BIM, planning and design such as life span, energy cost, requirement for space and structure efficiency for construction will become much simpler. …”
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Design implementation low energy fast fourier transform/inverse fast fourier transform (FFT/IFFT) processor based on asynchronous-logic by Chong, Kwen Siong

“…The circuits designed herein span from microcells and macrocells to a complete 128-point radix-2 decimation-in-time Fast Fourier Transform/Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (FFT/IFFT) processor for energy-critical audio applications, including hearing aids. …”
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All-optical processing technologies for next generation optical networks by Wang, Dawei

“…All-optical processing technologies span many research areas, which include optical buffering, optical logic gates, optical wavelength conversion/multicasting, optical signal regeneration, ultra-fast optical switching, optical signal modulation format conversion, de-multiplexing of optical time division multiplexing (OTDM) signal, optical data exchange, and etc. …”
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Popular safe haven assets, do they really exist for stock markets? Analysis on gold, Japanese yen and Swiss franc. by Liu, Chang., Ho, Pauline., Xu, Qiong.

“…The aim of this paper is to examine the existence of the three assets’ safe haven and hedging properties for stock markets, across 13 countries over a span of 17 years (1996-2012). Employing GARCH model on daily equity return data, we establish empirically proven results on their safe haven status. …”
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Fiscal deficit and inflation: an empirical measure in view of Pakistan by Khan, Aurangzeb, Siddiqi, Masood Mashkoor, Khan, Ameerzeib, Khan, Shahbano

“…For this purpose, an Autoregressive Distributed Lag Model (ARDL) is applied to time series data time span from 1971 to 2021, collected from various national and international reports and economic issues. …”
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Opportunities for quantum computing within net-zero power system optimization by Morstyn, T, Wang, X

“…<p><i>Key conclusions: </i>In this review, we identify significant and wide-ranging opportunities for recent breakthroughs in quantum-accelerated optimization to offer value for the transition to net-zero power systems. These opportunities span a variety of problems across planning and operation, which are key for reliable and affordable decarbonization.…”

Battleground for belonging: the migration and identity formation of Qeshmis in the United Arab Emirates by Al Qassim, MH

“…This dissertation explores the complex dynamics of identity and belonging among Qeshmi Emiratis, whose ties span both coasts of the Arabian Gulf and various port cities around the Indian Ocean rim. …”

Efficiency of tuned liquid dampers in mitigating vibrations of structures with mass eccentricity by Teh, Kun Jie, Vafaei, Mohammadreza, Alih, Sophia C., Shad, Hossein

“…Method: In this study, a scaled-down one-bay 3-story structure with a 1 m span length and a total height of 2.65 m was constructed and subjected to free vibration and harmonic excitations. …”

The transition to net zero emissions: competing perspectives on the use of nuclear power by Umbach, Frank

“…Climate change, geopolitical risks linked to fossil fuel imports, and dependence on unreliable energy-exporting countries have revived plans for expanding nuclear power use worldwide. …”
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Crushing of braced tubes by Ho, Teng Chye.

“…The aim of this project is to study the energy absorption capabilities of thin-walled tubes with various cross sectional geometry. 6 tubes of mainly circular, square and hexagonal shapes were studied. 2 of the circular tubes had 2 and 3 reinforcement lines in the middle whereas 1 of the square tubes had 2 reinforcement lines in the middle. …”
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Visual odometry using RGB-D camera on ceiling vision by Wang, Han, Mou, Wei, Suratno, Hendra, Seet Gim Lee, Gerald, Li, Maohai, Lau, Michael Wai Shing, Wang, Danwei

“…The principal direction is defined based on the fact that our ceiling is filled with artificial vertical and horizontal lines and these lines can be used as reference for the current robot's heading direction. …”
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Japan's quest for security by Satake, Tomohiko

“…Japan has sought to break away from its previous low-profile security posture and to strengthen its defence capabilities through strategic use of military assets and supply lines, advanced technologies, economic security, and partnerships with like-minded countries.…”
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Automated reconstruction from multiple photographs by Zisserman, A, Schaffalitzky, F, Werner, T, Fitzgibbon, A

“…These two themes are linked in an example application of automated architectural reconstruction from images. …”

Perovskite light emitting transistors by Cheng, Bryan Wei Hao

“…In this work, we realized spin coated and thermally evaporated methylammonium lead iodide (MAPbI3) perovskite light-emitting transistors operated by a pulsed gate bias voltage. …”
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Fabrication and characterisation of NiFe nanoparticles and nanowires. by Renuka Prasobhan.

“…On the other hand, out-of-plane magnetic field on 100nm thick nanodisks was found to have vortex chirality, meaning that the spin direction changes from top to bottom of the disk. …”
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Synthetic shuttlecock dynamics by Muhammad Afiq Abdul Hamid

“…Using the data from the experiment, the flight trajectory was plotted, and velocities as well as spin rates were recorded. This data was then compared to that of feather and synthetic shuttlecocks. …”
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