Novel fiber bragg grating sensing method based on the sidelobe modulation for ultrasound detection by Liang, Sheng, Tjin, Swee Chuan, Lin, Bo, Sheng, Xinzhi, Lou, Shuqin, Zhang, Yongxin, Wang, Xin

“…When the grating length is much longer than the ultrasonic wavelength, the conventional wavelength-modulation method is invalid. …”
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Liquid LPG injection behavior in a spark ignition engine at idle state condition by Mustaffa, Norrizal, Fawzi, Mas, Amir Khalid, Amir Khalid, Norrizam Jaat, Norrizam Jaat, Tukiman, Mohd Mustaqim, Khairu Kamarudin, Khairu Kamarudin, Masrol, Shaiful Rizal, Esa, Mohd Faizal

“…A four stroke 1.6L naturally aspirated engine was used for the experiment and few devices were attached to the engine in order to collect the required data. As summary, emissions of carbon based product of liquid phase LPG injection were found lower than gasoline and the combustion stability of LPG was observed in acceptable limit. …”
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Local status history based interpolation algorithm for networked racing game by Niu, Junpeng

“…The method can provide smooth vehicle movement in network based racing game, under good network conditions where the latency is less than 600ms for most of the time. However, under bad network conditions where the latency often exceeds 600ms, LSHBIA cannot maintain the smoothness of vehicle movement well. …”
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Quality assessment of acoustic environment reproduction methods for cinematic virtual reality in soundscape applications by Gan, Woon-Seng, Ooi, Kenneth, Kang, Jian, Feng, Jing, Hong, Joo Young, Lam, Bhan, Ong, Zhen-Ting, Tan, Sze-Tiong

“…Among the source-related spatial attributes, the perceived distance of the dominating sounds was farther in the virtual than in the in situ evaluations. In the localization of sound sources, both the FOA-tracked binaural and the FOA-2D speaker array exhibited higher spatial acoustic fidelity than FOA-static binaural. …”
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The role of Ni and Co in suppressing O-loss in Li-rich layered cathodes by Boivin, E, Guerrini, N, House, R, Lozano, J, Jin, L, Rees, G, Somerville, J, Kuss, C, Roberts, M, Bruce, P

“…Lithium‐rich transition metal cathodes can deliver higher capacities than stoichiometric materials by exploiting redox reactions on oxygen. …”

Food insecurity, social welfare and low birth weight: implications for childhood malnutrition in an urban Eastern Cape Province township by McLaren, Shawn, Steenkamp, Liana, Feeley, Alison, Nyarko, Joyce, Venter, Danie

“…LBW history was significantly associated with stunting but not with wasting. CSG holders and ‘hungry’ households’ children had significantly lower mean height-for-age z-scores (HAZ) than non-CSG holders and food-secure households. …”
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Visual place recognition for autonomous robots using deep learning by Huang, Yifeng

“…We build attention maps from two dimensions to refine the calculation methods of residuals in VLAD, channel and spatial, and get better results than the original NetVLAD model. In addition, self-driving cars require precise, light and comfortable shapes to operate in order to achieve their portability. …”
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Database for dynamic properties of Singapore soils by Leong, Eng Choon.

“…Under dynamic loading such as earthquake or explosion, the strain experiences by soil can vary over a large range. In order to model the behaviour of the soil correctly under dynamic loading, the stiffness-strain relationship of the soil over a large strain range is needed. …”
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Biaxially crumpled silver thin-film electrodes for dielectric elastomer actuators by Low, Sze-Hsien, Lau, Gih-Keong

“…Metal thin films, which have high conductivity, are much stiffer and may fracture at a much lower strain than dielectric elastomers. In order to fabricate compliant electrodes for use in dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs), metal thin films have been formed into either zigzag patterns or corrugations, which favour bending and only allow uniaxial DEA deformations. …”
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Preparation and characterization of mixed matrix membranes based on PVDF and three inorganic fillers (fumed nonporous silica, zeolite 4A and mesoporous MCM-41) for gas separation by Shen, Yi., Lua, Aik Chong.

“…These permeabilities are much higher than those of pure PVDF membrane. The highest selectivities of 120.7, 33.1 and 4.6 for He/N2, CO2/N2, and O2/N2, were obtained by the PVDF/SiO2 4%, PVDF/SiO2 32% and PVDF/SiO2 24%, respectively, which are also higher than those of pure PVDF membrane.…”
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Insights into morphological evolution and cycling behaviour of lithium metal anode under mechanical pressure by Yin, Xuesong, Tang, Wei, Jung, Im Doo, Phua, Kia Chai, Adams, Stefan, Lee, Seok Woo, Zheng, Wesley Guangyuan

“…Dendritic Li formation is one of the critical reasons for the failure of Li batteries. In order to improve the lithium metal anode performance, a better understanding of the growth mechanisms of Li dendrites is necessary. …”
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Postprandial glucose, insulin and incretin responses differ by test meal macronutrient ingestion sequence (pattern study) by Sun, Lijuan, Goh, Hui Jen, Govindharajulu, Priya, Leow, Melvin Khee-Shing, Henry, Christiani Jeyakumar

“…The insulin iAUC (0–60) was significant lower after V-M-R than M-VR, VMR and R-VM. V-M-R food intake sequence stimulated higher GLP-1 release than other meal sequences. …”
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The association between hip morphology parameters and 19-year risk of end-stage osteoarthritis of the hip in caucasian females: a case-control study by Nicholls, AS

“…The alpha-angle was significantly greater in the THA cases than in the controls (60.7 degrees vs 48.1 degrees; p < 0.001). …”

SRAM-based NATURE: A dynamically reconfigurable FPGA based on 10T low-power SRAMs by Jha, Niraj K., Lin, Ting-Jung, Zhang, Wei

“…It used the concept of temporal logic folding and fine-grain (e.g., cycle-level) dynamic reconfiguration to increase logic density by an order of magnitude. This dynamic reconfiguration is done intra-circuit rather than inter-circuit. …”
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Chillbot: Content Moderation in the Backchannel by Seering, Joseph, Khadka, Manas, Haghighi, Nava, Yang, Tanya, Xi, Zachary, Bernstein, Michael

“…However, moderators have little tool support for these activities, which often occur in the backchannel rather than in front of the entire community. …”
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Age-related differences in effective connectivity of brain regions involved in kanji processing with homophone judgment task. by Koh, Serene Jia Ying.

“…No age-related decline was found in the left hemisphere regions in terms of effective connectivity. Instead, the elderly had significantly higher intrinsic connection from MFG to ventral IFG than the young suggesting an apparent enhanced semantic processing.…”
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Interventions for quitting vaping by Butler, AR, Lindson, N, Livingstone-Banks, J, Notley, C, Turner, T, Rigotti, NA, Fanshawe, TR, Dawkins, L, Begh, R, Wu, AD, Brose, L, Conde, M, Simonavičius, E, Hartmann-Boyce, J

“…Eight studies included participants aged 18 or older, three included only young adults (18 to 24 years), and one included 13‐ to 17‐year‐olds only. …”

Laser Beacon Tracking for High-Accuracy Attitude Determination by Nguyen, Tam, Cahoy, Kerri

“…However, inertial-based attitude sensors often limit ground tracking capability of the satellite due to high ephemeris uncertainty of most CubeSats. …”
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Sorption of Cr(VI) and Cu(II) in aqueous solution by ethylenediamine modified rce hull by Tang, P.L., Lee, C.K., Low, K.S., Zainal, Z.

“…Sorption of Cr(VI) was more rapid than Cu(II). The kinetics of metal ion sorption fitted a pseudo-second order expression. …”

Liner shipping operation under emission reduction measures by Hu, Xinyue

“…According to statistics, more than 87% of the world's trades are transported by sea and about 300,000 new containers are added to the global fleet annually. …”
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