Singapore General Election 2015: Opposition’s Need to Re-Strategise by Saleena Saleem

“…The PAP’s nearly 10 percent point increase in popular vote from the 2011 general election is as much a reflection of the electorate’s rousing endorsement of the existing government as it is of the opposition’s continued failure to speak to the majority of the people.…”
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Cyclodextrin-functionalized thiophene-based copolymers and their guest-host recognition behaviour by Soheila Bahmanjah.

“…To construct super-molecular systems which recognize the structure of guest molecules, 3-bromo-alkylthiophene monomers bearing side chains (n = 6 & 8) have been polymerized into corresponding copolymers using the GRIM method. …”
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Micro-systems mechanics Vol. IV by Lin, Rongming, David J. Ewins

“…Served as a secondary motion control to both the voice coil motor and air bearing system (ABS), this micro machined electrostatic actuator will be monolithically integrated with the read/write head element. …”
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Optimization of solubility of corannulene polymers via ring opening metathesis polymerization by Gunasegaran, Kevitrra

“…Corannulene group bearing copolymers have great potential in electrochemical storage applications. …”
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A comparison between cannulated and non-cannulated cancellous screws used in the fixation of a simulated femoral neck fracture – a finite element study by Ho, Phoebe Zi Qing

“…Results from this study suggest that non-cannulated screws have higher load bearing capacity as compared to the cannulated screws.…”
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Numerical study on contact zone in an interfacial crack by Shen, Hongnian.

“…This thesis presents an analysis for contact zone near an interfacial crack tip by using the commercial FEM software ANSYS 5.0 and 5.3. …”
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Tunable optical and dielectric properties of metal phthalocyanine based coatings as passive camouflage materials by Poh, Jia Chin

“…With recent advancements in the surveillance technology, radar and surveillance equipment can detect in the ultraviolet and in the near infrared wavelengths, deeming the previous camouflage techniques useless. …”
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Zirconia spacer electrodes improve microstructural uniformity of flash sintered zirconia ceramics by Prajzler, V, Todd, R

“…A reference 3YSZ sample, which was sintered with stainless steel electrodes only, reached 98.2% of relative density with a notable grain size difference between the central (∼290 nm) and near-electrode parts (∼160 nm). The addition of 3YSZ spacer electrodes improved the final density to 98.9 % and reduced the grain size difference between the central (∼300 nm) and near-electrode parts (∼220 nm) almost by half compared to the reference sample.…”

Sexual selection predicts the persistence of populations within altered environments by Parrett, Jonathan M., Mann, Darren J., Chung, Arthur Y. C., Slade, Eleanor M., Knell, Robert J.

“…The effect of sexual selection on species persistence remains unclear. The cost of bearing ornaments or armaments might increase extinction risk, but sexual selection can also enhance the spread of beneficial alleles and increase the removal of deleterious alleles, potentially reducing extinction risk. …”
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A perspective on the role of point-of-care "immuno-triaging" to optimize COVID-19 vaccination distribution in a time of scarcity by Zhang, Yi, Rogers, Angela, Nadeau, Kari, Gu, Jun, Yang, Samuel

“…Vaccine bears hope to bring COVID-19 pandemic under control. …”
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Multiuser detection and code timing estimation for CDMA systems by Li, Zhengyu.

“…It covers two different research areas: near-far resistant multiuser detection and robust code timing estimation.…”
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Theory of Quantum Anomalous Hall Phases in Pentalayer Rhombohedral Graphene Moiré Structures by Dong, Zhihuan, Patri, Adarsh S., Senthil, Todadri

“…We also study the four- and six-layer analogs and identify parameters where a nearly flat isolated Chern-1 band emerges which may be suitable to host FQAH physics.…”
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Nitrogen-doped graphene-supported transition-metals carbide electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction by Chen, Minghua, Liu, Jilei, Zhou, Weijiang, Lin, Jianyi, Shen, Zexiang

“…The as-synthesized FeMo carbide -NG catalysts exhibit excellent electrocatalytic activities for ORR in alkaline solution, with high onset potential (−0.09 V vs. saturated KCl Ag/AgCl), nearly four electron transfer number (nearly 4) and high kinetic-limiting current density (up to 3.5 mA cm−2 at −0.8 V vs. …”
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Consumer's perceptions of private labels by Acharigae, Shaminta, Chong, Lian Chiu, Quek, Ying Ying

“…Findings will help define the direction in which local retailers should take Private Labels in the near future and the manufacturers’ role in this initiative.…”
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Easter Attacks In Sri Lanka by Gunasingham, Amresh Lavan

“…Several near-simultaneous blasts tore through three churches and three luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, the bloodiest outbreak of violence in the South Asian island state since the end of a civil war a decade ago.…”
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Behaviour of steel reinforced concrete columns with high strength materials by Cai, Yan Qing

“…Nevertheless, the proposed method was conservative in predicting the bearing capacity of columns with normal and high strength materials. …”
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Modeling of microfluid droplet resonator based on whisper gallery mode by Dong, Bin

“…Since the droplet is formed by surface tension, the surface will be quite smooth, so that whisper gallery modes can be formed near the surface of the droplet, which means the light will be transmitted by total internal refraction near the surface and get accumulated. …”
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Do investors get benefits from corporate green sukuk issuance by Riaz, Tabassum, Selamat, Aslam Izah, Mohd Nor, Normaziah, Sheikh Hassan, Ahmad Fahmi

“…This significantly positive response is observed both for the individual firm (through CARs) and for a sample of all firms (through CAARs). …”
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Indefinite metamaterials for optical applications by Bisht, Ankit

“…Hence, it becomes imperative to find means of performing near-field (Superlensing) and label-free real time far-field super-resolution imaging (hyperlensing) at the nanoscale. …”
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Absolute deviance method for symmetrical uniform designs by Lau, Grace Chui Ting

“…There are numbers of construction methods of uniform designs or nearly uniform designs in the literature. A design with low discrepancy or a good approximation to uniform design is a nearly uniform design.The existing construction methods such as good lattice point method, optimization searching method and the cutting method exhibited their advantages. …”
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