A low-cost dual output switch mode power supply (SMPS) for laptop by Palaniappan Balathandayutham

“…However, for most applications the power consumption is that an electronics power supply unit must be used. Over the past 10 years, there have been significant changes in the design of the power supplies. …”
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Effect of electronic word-of-mouth (EWOM) message tone on brand attitude. by Goh, Pei Yong., Goh, Michelle Shu Zhen., Lin, Danqing.

“…Many researchers have studied the effects of the negative and positive EWOM on consumers’ purchase decision. Past studies on EWOM are based on factors associated with the communicator such as credibility of communicator. …”
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Region-based shape control for multi-robot systems by Hou, Paul Saing.

“…Formation control of multi-robot systems has received a lot of attention from the robotic community in the past decades. While many methods have been proposed, the positions of the robots or relative positions between robots in the formation must be defined in order for the robots to form a specific shape. …”
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The role of risk perception and entrepreneurial orientation in the planning response of small firms. by Neo, Zhi Wei., Lim, Nicholas Dominic Zi-Jie., Chee, Vincent Guo Qiang.

“…Various studies have been conducted over the past decades to examine the relationship between risk perception and planning responses of firms. …”
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Motivation of the re-emergence of territorial disputes in the South China Sea : from an US and China regional strategies' perspective. by Huang, Huijianmei.

“…The subsequent chapter reviewed past academic literature on the South China Sea territorial disputes and pointed out the lack of researches into roots of the territorial disputes. …”
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Emotional states classification from brain signals by Lee, Vinson Bing Jun.

“…We will study the results of the proposed Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) for feature extraction from EEG signals The training of the EEG data has been done by past students working on vastly identical projects. …”
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Developing of innovative and cool mobile applications on the Google’s Android powered devices 3 by Peng, Jun

“…Over the past 7 years the Android system and its applications had been through a long revolution with tremendous improvements on both UIs and utilization. …”
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Intersecting economic relations and the critique of aspects of female sexuality in the works of Carter and Jelinek by Nafeesa Saini

“…Of the differing debates, feminists are largely agreeable upon “[the need to] examin[e] [the importance of] the role of sexuality in the construction of male dominance and female subordination” (Feminist Review 1). While the past decades of the feminist movement have effectuated various issues and campaigns for reforms, it has made it evident that men continue to circumscribe female sexuality. …”
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Safety at road junctions by Han, Jia Min

“…This study was undertaken to examine traffic safety at road junctions, specifically on those which had resulted in fatal accidents over the past three years. The research data was obtained from Singapore Traffic Police Department and information such as the types of junctions, types of vehicles involved, characteristics of the road users involved and reasons for the cause of accidents were extracted for analysis. …”
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Study of construction productivity & conduct of literature review, design of survey questionnaire, analyse technology application to improve productivity for optimum performance in... by Ang, Pei Wen

“…The Singapore’s construction industry contributes to about 5% of the country’s GDP but has generated a low productivity record over the past 5 years. Various measures and legislations were put in place to enhance productivity. …”
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Investigation and enhancement of viola jones face detection algorithm performance using contrast-limited adaptive histogram equalization by Mulyadi, Erina

“…Face detection is the first and the most important steps to the entire face analysis algorithms, including face alignment, face relighting, face modeling, face recognition, head pose tracking, face verification/authentication, facial expression tracking/recognition, gender or age recognition, and many more. [1] While this sound like a simple task for humans, it is still an extremely challenging task for computers. In the past few decades, face detection has been one of the top research topics. …”
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Preparation of plasmonic metal / semiconductor hybrid nanostructures : Ag @ TiO2 @ Cu2O nanoprisms by Yong, Si Jie

“…Hybrid plasmonic metal / oxide semiconductor core-shell nanostructures have garnered extensive attention owing to their unique properties and limitless potential applications. Past researches tended to overlook the importance of anisotropic nanostructures such as nanoprisms despite their properties having the potential to be tuned to satisfy different application requirements. …”
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Web-based GUI for embedded applications by Poeu, Vannarath

“…It is to be kept in mind that the key attribute is to eliminate software installation dependencies and the ability to run on any platform. Building on past implementations and experience, this projects chooses the latest available technology in the form of Node.JS, Socket.IO, UV4L and runs on the popular Raspberry Pi and Arduino combination. …”
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Familism and depression among Singaporeans with coronary heart disease: The mediating role of social support and self-perceived burden by Ma, Stephanie Hilary Xinyi

“…Mood disorders such as depression are prevalent amongst patients with CHD. Past research has focused on the individual risk factors predicting depression, but there is a dearth of research examining how familial attitudes may predict depression. …”
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Language proficiency and the development of executive function in English-speaking chinese Singaporean children by Tan, Jolene Gek Hian

“…Language proficiency has been shown to be associated with the development of the Executive Function (EF) in young children. Past research has shown that larger language proficiency is related to better EF abilities. …”
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The impact of "Maritime Silk Road" on trade between China and Obor countries : China’s container throughput forecast based on quantitative analysis by Xu, Junjie

“…This article focuses on how China’s own economic situation would affects container throughput. By looking the past decades information, this article will produce a series factors ranging from macro-economic factors to micro business factors that affect container throughput. …”
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Assessing surface seals of soils on slopes by Liu, Chenying

“…Past research has observed that infiltration on surface soil which is subjected to frequent rainfall does not start as soon as precipitation begins. …”
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Hybrid brain computer interface for relaxation management by Ngian, Michelle Mei Xue

“…Learning performance is an important feature that needs to be evaluated in managing learning performance of the students. In the past, teachers evaluate students by monitoring their grades. …”
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Kinect-based automatic sign language recognition by Khor, Gladys Chiao Yuin

“…Sign language recognition has been gaining popularity over the past few years, it is the natural language and communication tool for hearing and speaking disabilities. …”
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Effectiveness of relational & personal savoring on mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder by Ng, Valerie Shi Hui

“…Savoring refers to the experience of focusing on a specific positive past event and this technique has been demonstrated to be beneficial for positive affect, depression and neuroticism. …”
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