Investigation of flow over textured surfaces by Koh, Ti Kiat

“…Fluid flow is an important aspect in modern day engineering. However, it comes with the issue of energy loss due to friction when fluid contacts a surface. …”
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Fire resistant geopolymer concrete incorporating local alkali-silica reactive rocks (ST-27) by Poh, Tian Han

“…Reinforced concrete (RC) structure is widely used all around the world because of its strong compressive strength and tensile strength. The tensile strength comes mainly from the steel reinforcement bars provided at the tensile side of the structural while the concrete cover acts as a protection for the bars from the external elements such as weather exposure. …”
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Trade Policy Options for ASEAN Countries and Their Regional Dialogue Partners: “Preference Ordering” Using CGE Analysis by Chia, Wai-Mun, Ji, Xianbai, Rana, Pradumna B., Li, Chang Tai

“…Using national real gross domestic output (GDP) gains estimated by the GTAP model to construct “preference ordering” for ten Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and their six regional dialogue partners, this paper comes up with several findings. First, when multilateral agreements are not possible, countries are better off with a narrower regional trading agreement than without one. …”
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Enabling cyber incident collaboration in UK local government through fast-time communication by Brett, Mark

“…The temporal activities matrix is discussed, which explains the different slow-time/fast-time activities in a cyber response team/security operations centre (SOC). This paper comes at the end of a three-year work programme for local government in England led by MHCLG which focused on cyber resilience from the ICT side and started to build an approach and capacity within the Local Resilience Forums (LRFs). …”

States, global power and access to medicines: a comparative case study of China, India and the United States, 2000–2019 by Hembre, BSH, Chokshi, M, Hoffman, SJ, Suleman, F, Andresen, S, Sandberg, K, Røttingen, J

“…During the COVID-19 pandemic, we found that the patterns from previous decades were continued in terms of cutting-edge innovation coming out of the United States. Trade restrictions from the United States and India contrasted our findings as well as the limited effective aid from the United States. …”

Ribbon braids and related operads by Wahl, N

“…Contrastingly, for $n$ odd, we show that the Gerstenhaber structure coming from the little $n$-discs does not give rise to a Batalin-Vilkovisky structure. …”

Use of intravenous immunoglobulin for the treatment of autoimmune encephalitis: audit of the NHS experience by Kinsella, JA, Irani, SR, Hollingsworth, R, O’Shaughnessy, D, Kane, P, Foster, M, Schott, JM, Lunn, MP

“…To date, however, evidence for the use of intravenous immunoglobulin in this context comes from case series/expert reviews as no controlled trials have been performed. …”

‘The plural of silo is not ecosystem’: qualitative study on the role of innovation ecosystems in supporting ‘internet of things’ applications in health and care by Reidy, C, A’Court, C, Jenkins, W, Jani, A, Ramos, A, Morys-Carter, M, Papoutsi, C

“…Although the pandemic highlighted opportunities for IoT use, it was unclear whether these would be sustained, with framings of innovation as ‘disruption’ coming at odds with immediate needs in healthcare settings. …”

Artificial intelligence, rationalization, and the limits of control in the public sector: the case of tax policy optimization by Mökander, J, Schroeder, R

“…However, our analysis also highlights that AI-driven policy optimization (i) comes at the exclusion of other competing political values, (ii) overrides citizens’ sense of their (non-instrumental) obligations to each other, and (iii) undermines the notion of humans as self-determining beings. …”

Water resources and extreme events in the Awash basin: economic effects and policy implications: report prepared for the Global Green Growth Institute by Smale, R, Walker, O, Vadheim, B, Hope, R, Hope, R, Charles, K, Hall, J, Dadson, S, Borgomeo, E, Kebede, S, Alamirew, T, Bekele, F, Mengistu, A, Beyene, S

“…Furthermore, as the economy is projected to grow sharply in coming years so is the degree of water scarcity. Unless rapid and very substantial policy changes are enacted to mitigate this sensitivity, these estimates will serve as lower bound estimates of future impacts.…”

Supply chain resilience practices among halal food manufacturers for business performance and sustainability by Yaacob, Teh Zaharah, Zakuan, Norhayati, Che Hashim, Hanini Ilyana, Hasan, Mohd Zulfabli, Ishak, Siti Zaharah

“…Halal manufacturers face challenges when it comes to supply chain resilience. The impact of pandemic COVID-19 has resulted to the disruption in food supply chain due to lack of Government policies and roles to coordinate the supply chain process from the farm to the fork, as well as ensuring that all stages of the supply chain comply with the halal standards. …”
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Organic Biosintok Prowash from Entada Spiralis (Sintok) Extract for Postharvest Application of Agriculture Produce (S/O 14331) by Mohamed Ismail, Risyawati, Mohd Zamani, Siti Norhasmaedayu

“…The risk of foodbome illness is even greater when it comes to consuming fresh produce such as vegetables and fruits. …”
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Fish Motion Trajectories Detection Algorithm Based on Spiking Neural Network (S/O: 12893) by Yusoff, Nooraini, Yusof, Yuhanis, Siraj, Fadzilah, Ahmad, Farzana Kabir

“…The experiment performed in the learning rules comes in two types. The first experiment studied the sequence learning 2 points of the fish motion. …”
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Project Managers Selection in the Construction Industry: Towards the Integration with Artificial Emotional Intelligence and Technology by Hanafi, Abdul Ghafur, Mohd Nawi, Mohd Nasrun, Abdul Rahim, Mohd Kamarul Irwan, Abdul Nifa, Faizatul Akmar, Omar, Mohd Faizal, Mohamed, Othman

“…Emotional intelligence (EI) comes almost automatically to humans when we respond instinctively. …”
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LaCNet : real-time end-to-end arbitrary-shaped lane and curb detection with instance segmentation network by Zhou, Hui, Wang, Han, Zhang, Handuo, Hasith, Karunasekera

“…Another significant capability coming with the proposed method is able to accurately differentiate various lane and curb instances with tiny gaps or complex spatial relationships which are thought as the biggest challenge in real driving situations. …”
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Xenon storage density and its energy flow through adsorption on metal–organic frameworks by Teo, Benjamin How Wei, Ng, Mai Sheng, Lee, Bryan Joseph, Chakraborty, Anutosh

“…The global demand for Xe storage and separation increases significantly over the coming decades for various applications ranging from ion propulsion to nuclear power plants. …”
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Recent advances in alkenyl sp² C-H and C-F bond functionalizations: scope, mechanism, and applications by Lu, Ming-Zhu, Goh, Jeffrey, Maraswami, Manikantha, Jia, Zhenhua, Tian, Jie-Sheng, Loh, Teck-Peng

“…Overall, this comprehensive review aims to document the considerable advancements, current status, and emerging work by critically summarizing the contributions of researchers working in this fascinating area and is expected to stimulate novel, innovative, and broadly applicable strategies for alkenyl sp2 C-H and C-F bond functionalizations in the coming years.…”
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Gum Arabic and breast cancer biology: Biotechnology perspective

“…It explores the history, extraction, characterization, and biological applications of secondary metabolites (SMs) extracted from AGs. The chapters cover topics such as the physicochemical properties of AGs, advanced extraction methods for secondary metabolites, and their diverse biological applications, including antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and anticancer properties. …”
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Pottery of the colonial world: the study of European porcelain in Istana Kampong Gelam, Singapore (IKG) by Sim, Sxuann Mei Xuan

“…A set of hypotheses has been constructed to determine the connection between these different variables, which are tested in the thesis chapters. The utilization of statistical probability tests allows the level of confidence we can have in these conclusions to be measured. …”
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Existence and Analysis of a Rotating Stall Inception Continuum & Development of Concept Questions in Fluid Dynamics by Cherry, Maranda F.

“…The second part of this thesis encompasses the creation, editing and compilation of Concept Questions for seven book chapters in a new text that describes the use of Concept Questions in teaching (and learning) fluid mechanics. …”
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