A separation-of-powers model for a trustworthy and open cloud computing ecosystem by Ruan, A

“…We believe that a model of this kind is important for achieving trustworthy governance in the cloud ecosystem. It could in turn help to promote a wider cloud model adoption.…”

How user empowerment influences social interaction and purchase intention. by Chow, Mei Yin., Lau, Yew Han., Tay, Paul Tiong.

“…Together with social platform features, social interaction enhances the understanding of customers‟ needs which in turn influences the willingness to purchase. This begets us to the question of “What are customers looking for?” …”
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From Words to Worlds: Bridging Language and Thought by Wong, Lionel Catherine

“…How do we make meaning from language, and how, in turn, does the meaning we construct from language draw on the other resources and capacities of human thought, from perception, to mental simulation and decision making? …”
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Wireless rain protection system by Sadayappan, Kalaivaanan

“…For example, a message can be sent to turn on a light in a designated bedroom. Another application would be a message sent to the living room air conditioner to turn on 2 hours ahead of time to ventilate cool air throughout the living room. …”
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Urban Life and the Ambient in Smart Cities, Learning Cities, and Future Cities / by McKenna, H. Patricia, 1954-, author 650202

“…"This publication is about urban life and the urbanizing process in the context of more aware people interacting with more aware technologies, contributing to understandings of the ambient turn in smart cities, learning cities, and future cities embracing rethinking of more sustainable and livable approaches to urban life in terms of research and practice"-- Provided by publisher.…”

Performance and flight dynamics characteristics of a variable sweep wing aircraft by Chong, Zi Wei.

“…Many different performance characteristics such as stall and maximum speed, range, endurance, level turn rate as well as turn radius, rate of climb and etc. which are believed to be important for various missions are investigated and discussed. …”
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Simulation and analysis of three-level converter topology for high power applications by Kuek, Zen Yee

“…With this project being a large-scale project by nature, the focus on Three-Level Converters would be narrowed down to determining the turn-on and turn-off characteristics of Silicon Carbide (SiC) MOSFETs using a double pulse test. …”
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Reliable environmental trace heavy metal analysis with potentiometric ion sensor - reality or a distant dreams by Lisak, Grzegorz

“…Over two decades have passed since polymeric membrane ion-selective electrodes were found to exhibit sufficiently lower detection limits. This in turn brought a great promise to measure trace level concentrations of heavy metals using potentiometric ion sensors at environmental conditions. …”
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Anodic TiO2 nanotube arrays with high surface area for dye-sensitized solar cells by Wang, Xiaoyan

“…This project aims to enlarge tube surface area for high dye loading amount and in turn enhance conversion efficiency of DSSC devices. …”
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Transcriptional regulation of type I interferon responses of myeloid antigen presenting cells by Sin, Wei Xiang

“…The high basal IRF7 expression in steady-state BMDMs was maintained by constitutive IFN-β signaling, which was in turn dependent on tonic signaling by IL-27p28. Accordingly, in response to TLR4 ligation, BMDMs but not BMDCs depended on IL-27p28 to induce IFN-β synthesis. …”
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NMDA receptor activation enhances inhibitory GABAergic transmission onto hippocampal pyramidal neurons via presynaptic and postsynaptic mechanisms by Xue, Jiu Gang, Masuoka, Takayoshi, Gong, Xian Di, Chen, Ken-Shiung, Yanagawa, Yuchio, Law, Alex Sai Kit, Konishi, Shiro

“…Thus NMDARs at glutamatergic synapses on both CA1 pyramidal neurons and interneurons appear to exert feedback and feedforward inhibition for determining the spike timing of the hippocampal microcircuit.…”
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Exploring effects of calcitonin and procalcitonin in cardiomyocytes by Moreira, LMF

“…PCT is an important mediator of inflammation, which, in turn plays a role in poAF. Functional studies in guinea pig CMs showed that CT administration inhibits arrhythmia and reduces Ca2+ transient amplitude induced by pacing fura2-loaded CMs in high Ca2+ solution. …”

Field relations, petrogenesis and emplacement of the Bhagirathi leucogranite, Garhwal Himalaya by Searle, M, Metcalfe, RP, Rex, AJ, Norry, MJ

“…</p> <p>The Bhagirathi leucogranite is situated structurally above the kyanite and sillimanite gneisses of the Vaikrita Group which, in turn, overlie the north-dipping Main Central Thrust zone of inverted metamorphic isograds. …”

"中华胶不胶?" ：从媒体留言分析探讨马来西亚华人的对中立场 = Sinophobia or Sinophilia? Discussing the identity confusion among Malaysian Chinese : based on the comments analysis... by 李政辉 Lee, Chan Hui

“…However, after the Hong Kong Protest 2019, the identity turn had been found among Malaysian Chinese, followed by the phenomenon of “Chinese Gum” and “Western Puppies”, which showed that they are confused about their identity of being Malaysian and Chinese, and few studies were conducted to explore this identity turn. …”
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OLIVER TWIST / by Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870, author 457349

“…His foray into a life of crime soon lands him into the arms of the law, when Oliver's fortunes finally appear to turn as the robbery victim becomes his benefactor. …”

Analysis of brain signals by Tan, Yi Bing

“…All neurons are electrically excitable hence this process in turn, generate a great amount of electrical activity in our brain which can be measured using several functional imaging methods such as Electroencephalography (EEG) and Magnetoencephalography (MEG). …”
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Performance enhancement and size reduction of near-eye display by Cheng, Qijia

“…However, the utilization of eye-tracking and optical tiling adds a fairly amount of complexity to the NED system, which in turn makes the device even bulkier. Thus, a compact near-eye display device that can deliver excellent image quality is still in great demand by society. …”
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Efficient optimization of network metrics in large uncertain graphs by Saha, Arkaprava

“…Thus, there is a need for efficient approximation algorithms. …”
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A comparison of accounting standards in Singapore and Malaysia by Lee, Chiaw Ling, Seah, Siew Ying, Ng, Lay Kwang

“…The accounting standards of a country govern the way its accountants prepare financial accounting reports. This in turn affects the comparability, integrity, accuracy, truth and fairness of the financial statements.…”
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THE DOUBLE HELIX / by Trueit, Trudi Strain, author 655686

“…First, Cruz took a few shots of the canyon walls. The sky was turning a deep rose orange. Aunt Marisol would love this. …”