Study of circulation of traffic agents at the road-side bus-stops by Sim, Si Hui

“…These safety perception ratings were then integrated into a systematic framework that incorporates key variables, aiming to streamline the process of upgrading bus-stop layouts. In cases where a bus-stop is considered unsafe, the Bus Stop Evaluation Index employs a derived evaluation score based on the weighted average cyclist behaviour and safety ratings. …”
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A medical image-based computer-aided diagnosis system for musculoskeletal disease and disorder. by Chuah, Tong Kuan

“…The CAD system is designed to provide supplementary information to support medical decision, or to provide second opinion to the practitioner in cases of ambiguity. An image-based CAD system typically has components such as a segmentation (or feature extraction) module, a measurement module, a classification module and/or a visualization module. …”
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Intelligent database design for microgrids in low voltage distribution systems-I GUI and database design by Ng, Pei Fen

“…Climatic change can lead to consequences such as increasing cases of heat-related illness, endangering wildlife like polar bears and rising of sea level that would trigger natural disasters leading to individual losing their homes. [51] Due to extensively use of electricity in this contemporary society, there arises a need to seek for alternative energy sources, if at all possible renewable resources such as wind and solar. …”
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Narrowband radar system for indoor doorway detection by Liu, Yunxiang

“…Although the UGV could sense the surrounding environment by using optical sensors such as camera or infrared sensors, these sensors may not work well in some environments, such as an environment with low visibility or an environment with obstacles made of transparent or polished materials. In these cases, radar sensors could be employed along with these optical sensors to enhance the navigation capability of an UGV. …”
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Electric-field control of magnetism in multiferroic composites by Ding, Hui

“…Dense BaTiO3-CoFe2O4 ceramics were obtained at high temperatures in both cases. SPS has the advantage of producing samples with higher density without any secondary phases. …”
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Essays on social responsibility in the marketplace : an experimental economic analysis by Wang, Yan

“…Over the years, along with the development of the market economy, there have been many cases where sellers or buyers do not take responsibility for external costs generated by their activities, and these costs have instead been passed on to society. …”
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Forwards in time approaches to understanding genealogies in Λ-Fleming-Viot type models by Wiederhold, B

“…This leads to much slower decay of genetic relatedness as a function of the separation than in classical cases, in which the affected region was bounded. …”

Infusing epistemic perspectives on scientific practices in science teacher education by Erduran, S, Saribas, D, Kaya, E

“…<p>The paper provides a case for the inclusion of epistemic perspectives on scientific practices in science teacher education. …”

A sociological analysis of Iranian popular music in the 21st century by Safideh, Mohammad Rezazadeh

“…Some examples, however, such as few cases of politically oriented music are excluded from the general rule. …”
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In vitro anti-proliferative mechanism of combination therapy with tannic acid and cisplatin against human osteosarcoma cell line U2OS by Kasiram, Mohamad Zahid Mohd

“…The survival rate remains low, especially in metastatic cases. Tannic acid (TA), a phenolic compound found in medicinal plants, has shown promising efficacy in enhancing chemotherapeutic drugs against various cancers. …”
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Combating Household Bankruptcy: Developing a New Integrated Financial Education Model for Malaysian (S/O 13585) by Sawandi, Norfaiezah, Abu Bakar, Abu Sufian, Shaari, Hasnah, Amran, Noor Afza, Saad, Ram Al Jaffri

“…Number of bankruptcy cases involving Malaysian that is rising from year to year has received growing concern from many parties including the government, regulatory bodies and NGOs (Utusan Malaysia Online, Feb 27, 2016 & Jun 26, 2015; Mstar, Jun 22, 2015). …”
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Understanding Indexing Efficiency for Approximate Nearest Neighbor Search in High-dimensional Vector Databases by Qin, Yuting

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Printable superelastic conductors with extreme stretchability and robust cycling endurance enabled by liquid-metal particles by Wang, Jiangxin, Cai, Guofa, Li, Shaohui, Gao, Dace, Xiong, Jiaqing, Lee, Pooi See

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Evaluation of the corrosion protection of coatings derived from soybean-based epoxy resin by Yeo, Darwin Shi Xuan

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Tensile strength of compacted soil by Lee, Wen Yan

“…The test results were also compared to the results in Kim et al. (2012) and Fang and Chen (1972) and it is concluded that the test results in this study follows the observed trend, where the tensile strength obtained from both test is in good agreement.…”
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Preparation, antifungal potentiality, and mechanisms of action of agronanofungicides in controlling rice blast disease and enhancing yield of rice by Kutawa, Abdulaziz Bashir, Ahmad, Khairulmazmi, Hussein, Mohd Zobir, Ali, Asgar, Abdul Wahab, Mohd Aswad, Rafi, Amara, Gunasena, Mahesh Tiran, Mohd Zobir, Syazwan Afif, Berahim, Zulkarami

“…In this work, we have developed four agaronanofungicides; chitosan-hexaconazole (CHEN), chitosan-dazomet (CDEN), chitosan-hexaconazole-dazomet (CHDEN), and chitosan agronanofungicide (CEN), and evaluated their antifungal efficacy against P. oryzae. …”

Target Design and Optimizations for Spent Fuel Transmutation by Tukharyan, Grigor

“…PHITS is also used to find the depletion rate of the LLFPs for the 18-70 MeV beam case and for spallation-induced transmutations in the 1000 MeV case. …”
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Persistent elevation of intrathecal pro-inflammatory cytokines leads to multiple sclerosis-like cortical demyelination and neurodegeneration by James, Rachel E., Schalks, Renee, Browne, Eleanor, Eleftheriadou, Ioanna, Munoz, Carmen Picon, Mazarakis, Nicholas D., Reynolds, Richard

“…Analysis of isolated meninges and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of post-mortem MS cases has shown increased gene and protein expression for the pro-inflammatory cytokines: tumour necrosis factor (TNF) and interferon-γ (IFNγ). …”
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Public bus transit service modeling and optimization: from conventional to autonomous vehicles by Tian, Qingyun

“…Another is to adopt the surrogate optimization algorithm to solve more complex cases efficiently. The impacts of different parameters on the determination of transit frequencies are investigated. …”
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MCMC inversion of the transient and steady-state creep flow law parameters of dunite under dry and wet conditions by Masuti, Sagar, Barbot, Sylvain

“…We find the activation energy 430 ± 20 and 250 ± 10 kJ/mol for dry and wet conditions, respectively, and the stress exponent 2.0 ± 0.1 for both the dry and wet cases for transient creep, consistently lower than those of steady-state creep, suggesting a separate physical mechanism. …”
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