When east meets west: beauty standards and ideals in Singapore by Dhillon, Sasha Kaur

“…Through my interviews, I discovered that Singapore constructs along unique lines – intertwining both Eastern and Western cultures with heavy emphasis on themes like skin colour, gender and race. …”
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Near-IR and mid-IR (1.55 μm – 2 μm) silicon photonics devices on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform by Zhang, Zecen

“…Many useful applications have been developed in the near-infrared (NIR) data- and tele- communication band (1.3-1.6 µm), such as sensors, switches, modulators, and various passive devices. …”
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Role of ex-situ HfO2 passivation to improve device performance and suppress X-ray-induced degradation characteristics of in-situ Si3N4/AlN/GaN MIS-HEMTs by Dalapati, Pradip, Li, Hanchao, Arulkumaran, Subramaniam, Ng, Geok Ing

“…Furthermore, due to the generation of chemical vacancies under X-ray, a band tail near the edge of valence band maximum in Si3N4 and HfO2 films can be created. …”
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Dwelling encounters: migration, diversity and ambivalence in an Istanbul neighborhood by Biehl, K

“…Consequently, today it stands as one of Istanbul’s most diverse residential neighbourhoods, with its population differentiated on innumerable fronts including ethnicity, religion, race, gender and age composition, legal rights and statuses, migration channels and intentions, employment opportunities, and the like. …”

Synthesis and characterization of silver nanoprism-based nanostructures by Mohammad Mehdi Shahjamali

“…Silver nanoprisms are of particular interest because their surface plasmon resonance bands are readily tunable in the visible and near-IR (NIR) region. …”
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Study of multidirectional forging and annealing on copper by Lim, Zi Xin.

“…This is mainly due to formation of deformation bands such as microshear bands. This resulted in fragmentation of grain with high angle boundaries, leading to formation of small grains. …”
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Design and Implementation of Active Antennas for IoT-Based Healthcare Monitoring System by MUSA, UMAR, MOHD SHAH, SHAHARIL, A. MAJID, HUDA, AHMAD MAHADI, ISMAIL, A. RAHIM, MOHAMAD KAMAL, YAHYA, MUHAMMAD SANI, ZAINAL ABIDIN, ZUHAIRIAH

“…In order to achieve a dual-band operation at 2.4 GHz, a slot in the shape of an inverted letter U is introduced, to the existing patch which generates a 5.8 GHz frequency band. …”
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Design and Implementation of Active Antennas for IoT-Based Healthcare Monitoring System by MUSA, UMAR, MOHD SHAH, SHAHARIL, A. MAJID, HUDA, MAHADI, ISMAIL AHMAD, A. RAHIM, MOHAMAD KAMAL, YAHYA, MUHAMMAD SANI, ZAINAL ABIDIN, ZUHAIRIAH

“…In order to achieve a dual-band operation at 2.4 GHz, a slot in the shape of an inverted letter U is introduced, to the existing patch which generates a 5.8 GHz frequency band. …”
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Measuring equity risk premium and risk aversion in the US. by Chong, Hui Han., Thng, Anthony Lian Guan., Soo, Jia Hao.

“…The S&P 500 stock index was used as the market index; and constant maturity 10-year T-Bonds as well as T-Bills yields were used to represent the risk-free rate. …”
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Fault localization of a long power cable by Guo, Guoqiang

“…With the increase in energy demand, there is a need for more transmission lines to increase the rate of electrical energy transportation. …”
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Performance study of digital communication over high frequency channel by Andrews, Jinto

“…Due to current limitations in the available frequency spectrum, it becomes necessary to harvest higher frequency bands for communication purposes. One of the available high frequency channels is the Ionospheric channel, which is well known for its uncertain behavior. …”
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Design of a low-voltage low-power WiMAX low noise amplifier by Zeng, Wei

“…The evolving 802.16 WiMAX standard offer the possibility of high data rate wireless access for home and business users as broadband wireless systems supporting data rates are always in great demand in the market due to their performance and feasibility in use. …”
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Optimizing selenization conditions of Cu2CdSn(S,Se)4 by Wong, Jia Mian

“…Selenization has also showed that it is able to reduce band gap and by adjusting S/Se ratio band gap can be adjusted. …”
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Automotive radiators: An experimental analysis of hybrid nanocoolant by Hizanorhuda, Zurghiba, Kumaran, Kadirgama, Muhamad, Mat Noor, Rosli, Abu Bakar, Semin, S.

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TDSF: Two-phase tamper detection in semi-fragile watermarking using two-level integer wavelet transform by Amrullah, Agit, Ernawan, Ferda, Anis Farihan, Mat Raffei, Liew, Siau-Chuin

“…The proposed scheme performed two-level integer wavelets transform to obtain the LL, LH, HL, and HH sub-bands. The authentication bits of LL are embedded into the LH and HL sub-bands to generate a watermarked image. …”
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Noise coupling analysis in integrated circuit packaging by Fernandus, Wylie

“…On the other hand, at the higher frequencies, the value of the impedance, capacitance, and inductance are significant on the transmission lines. …”
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GeSn alloys fabricated by modified sputtering deposition by Qian, Li

“…In this thesis, theoretical studies of bulk Ge1-xSnx and Ge1-xSnx/Ge quantum well were carried out by using the 8-band k.p method. The influences of growth condition and characterization environment were investigated, and the calculated parameters, such as spontaneous emission rate of the quantum well provide a good guide for the following experimental work on realizing direct band-gap GexSn1-x thin films. …”
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Optical properties of semi-conductive MXene Sc2COx, CsPbBr3 nanoplatelets and quantum dots by Chen, Qiran

“…Both of them are direct band gap materials, which makes them available for optical applications. …”
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Effect of size on degradation and different fabrication methods for nano particles by Loh, Eugenia Mei Ting.

“…However, since nano particles have higher surface area, the degradation rate will speed up. Therefore, the degradation rate of the smaller particles will have to depend on the dominating factor which could either be the surfactant concentration or the surface area of the particles.…”
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Physical layer algorithms and architectures for accurate detection and classification in cognitive radios by Narendar Madhavan

“…After locating the vacant bands, the CR is required to change its transceiver parameters to use the vacant band opportunistically, which is achieved using SDR technology. …”
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