Strength simulation of rock with existing cracks under static loadings by Chea, Bunly.

“…The analysis values have shown that the inhomogeneity in the rock samples, namely, the numbers of cracks in original rock samples have affected the rock strength, therefore the rock resistance against loading is reduced.…”
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Analysis of bull and bear phases of the Singapore stock market by Wang, Tiantian, Yang, Na

“…The first approach replicates the distributions of bull and bear durations by employing three parametric models, namely, the random walk, GARCH and EGARCH. Random walk model is rejected since it cannot capture the asymmetric features of the observed bull and bear durations. …”
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Market outlook of VLCCs in the next 5 years by Cheah, Peifang.

“…This can be achieved by segmenting the market into 5 bands based on historical Time Charter Equivalent (TCE) namely very weak, weak, steady, strong and very strong condition and a forecast of the strength of the freight market will be derived (ie the band the market will fall in). …”
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Speech enhancement using auditory-based spectral amplitude estimators by Sekar Sathiya Narayanan.

“…The original speech signal is subjected to three types of noises, namely, white noise, pink noise and cockpit noise. …”
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A comparative study on performance of five major bank in Singapore by Chow, Choy Leng, Pao, Ming Ern, Yeo, Keng Lee

“…Background information relating to the history, recent developments and operations were gathered to have a better understanding of the five selected banks, key indicators used to evaluate banks' performance are applied in our research. The traditional ROE measure, and three new measures, namely, Strategic Response Quotient, the Expense-to-Income Ratio and the Added Value : Inputs Measure were used as the performance indicators. …”
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Sentiment analysis on yelp reviews by Wong, Hong Yong

“…In this project, sentiment analysis will be applied to determine the text polarity of reviews on various businesses left by Yelp users. …”
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Investigation of the effects of distributed propulsion over a flying body by Lee, Ann

“…This project investigates the technique applied on a wing model. The effects of three parameters, namely rotational direction of propellers, total power output, and number of propellers were explored. …”
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Design of advanced controllers for power system stability enhancement by Gao, Xuxing

“…Two advanced controllers namely DFL-LQ Optimal Controller and New PID reset had been designed and system performances were evaluated in simulation and compared with traditional PID controller. …”
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Anhydrous weight loss prediction of meranti sawdust during torrefaction using rousset model by Nur Hazirah Huda, Mohd Harun, Noor Asma Fazli, Abdul Samad, Suriyati, Saleh

“…In this study, the kinetic parameters of Meranti sawdust are estimated by applying three-parallel reaction models namely the Rousset Model for torrefaction of Meranti sawdust at temperatures of 240°C, 270°C and 300°C. …”
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The Creative Industries Effects on Economic Performance in the Time of Pandemic by Che Arshad, Noraziah, Irijanto, Tubagus Thresna

“…Findings – The economic performance was proxied by two dependent variables, namely, the gross domestic product and the Misery Index. …”
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A correlated microwave-acoustic imaging method for early-stage cancer detection by Gao, Fei, Zheng, Yuanjin

“…In this paper, we present a new way named Correlated Microwave-Acoustic Imaging (CMAI) of combining two microwave-based imaging modalities: confocal microwave imaging(CMI) by detecting scattered microwave signal, and microwave-induced thermo-acoustic imaging (TAI) by detecting induced acoustic signal arising from microwave energy absorption and thermal expansion. …”
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Competition in rig building by Toh, Jermaine Yahui.

“…Finally, the BCG matrix was applied to evaluate the market performance of the product portfolio of Singaporean rig-builders. …”
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Wear and friction properties of pineapple leaf fibers-reinforced natural rubber composites with the influence of multi-walled carbon nanotubes by Xuan, Yeo Yi, Ridzuan, M.J.M., Abdul Majid, M.S., Syayuthi, A.R.A., Mat, Fauziah, Salit @ Sinon, Mohd Sapuan

“…The wear and friction properties of the composites namely coefficient of friction (COF), frictional force and specific wear rate (SWR) are significantly influenced by the applied loads. …”
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Smart material based on magnetorheological elastomer and its 3D printing by Bastola, Anil K.

“…Three different types of MR cores, namely, low viscosity fluid MR core, high viscosity fluid MR core, and solid MR core were considered. …”
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HopPER : an adaptive model for probability estimation of influenza reassortment through host prediction by Yin, Rui, Zhou, Xinrui, Rashid, Shamima, Kwoh, Chee Keong

“…Additionally, not only can HopPER be applied to complete genomes but its effectiveness on incomplete genomes is also demonstrated. …”
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Artificial neural network-salp-swarm algorithm for stock price prediction by Zuriani, Mustaffa, Mohd Herwan, Sulaiman, Azlan, Abdul Aziz

“…The results show that the SSA-ANN model outperforms other models when applied to normalized data. Additionally, the SSA-ANN model is compared with other two hybrid models: the ANN optimized by the Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA-ANN) and Moth-Flame Optimizer (MOA-ANN), as well as a single model, namely the Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA). …”
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Discontinuity of overhanging melt track in selective laser melting process by Le, Kim Quy, Wong, Chee How, Chua, Gregory Kok Hong, Tang, Chao, Du, Hejun

“…The process parameters are found to strongly affect the surface morphologies of the overhanging melt track where voids caused by interfacial instability and geometrical defects namely discontinuities were observed. The subsequent defects caused by the discontinuity have also been investigated in both simulation and experiment. …”
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Technological transmission of knowledge in Neolithic northwestern China: mineralogical and chemical analyses of Yangshao and Majiayao painted ware by Spataro, M, Hein, A

“…SEM–EDX was also used to measure the chemical composition of the clays and the paint (black, or in one case, red and white) applied to the ceramic surfaces. The analyses were carried out to detect differences or similarities in the chaînes opératoires of ceramic production at the three sites, in particular, to examine the clay types selected to make the three main categories of wares for which Yangshao and Majiayao are known, namely painted fine wares, burnished fine wares, and unpainted coarse wares. …”

Deep reinforcement learning based navigation by goal-driven transformer by Wong, Yui

“…A major cause of this inefficiency is the separation of goal information from the perceptual system, which is applied directly as a condition for decision-making. …”
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Which factors affect the performance of technology business incubators in China? An entrepreneurial ecosystem perspective by Yuan, Xiangfei, Hao, Haijing, Guan, Chenghua, Pentland, Alex

“…Panel regression model results show that four of the seven factors related to three areas of the entrepreneurial ecosystem, namely people, technology, and capital areas, have statistically significant associations with an incubator’s performance when applied to the overall national data set. …”
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