Selective and Chemical-Free Removal of Toxic Heavy Metal Cations from Water Using Shock Ion Extraction by Alkhadra, Mohammad A, Jordan, Matthew L, Tian, Huanhuan, Arges, Christopher G, Bazant, Martin Z

“…Electrochemical methods are known to have attractive features and capabilities when used for ion separations and water purification. …”
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Investigating Fine-Tuning of Language Models for Multiple-Choice Questions by Wang, Ivy A.

“…This thesis investigates the positional and contextual bias of large language models (LLMs) when used to answer multiple-choice questions (MCQs). …”
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Unsupervised Canine Emotion Recognition Using Momentum Contrast by Bhave, Aarya, Hafner, Alina, Bhave, Anushka, Gloor, Peter A.

“…We compared our unsupervised approach with a supervised model based on a ResNet50 architecture. This model, when tested on our dataset with the seven Panksepp labels, resulted in an accuracy of 74.32%…”
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Subcellular Localization of Carotenoid Biosynthesis in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 by Zhang, Lifang, Selão, Tiago Toscano, Selstam, Eva, Norling, Birgitta

“…PCC6803 shows that “light” plasma membranes have a high carotenoid/protein ratio, when compared to “heavier” plasma membranes or thylakoids. …”
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Cultural construction of success and epistemic motives moderate American-Chinese differences in reward allocation biases by Leung, Angela K.-Y., Kim, Young-Hoon, Tam, Kim-Pong, Chiu, Chi-yue, Zhang, Zhixue

“…When the relative contribution of the self and the group to a group success is unclear, Americans tend to exhibit a self-serving bias (rewarding the self more than what the self deserves), whereas the Chinese tend to exhibit an other-serving bias (rewarding the group more than the group deserves). …”
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36 stratagems & applications by Soe Thiha @ Nyan Lin Htun

“…There are some 6 different fields of strategies for different state of the situation, starting when one is superior, gaining ground to losing, each bearing 6 individual strategies each. …”
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What makes you beautiful? A multimodal discourse analysis of female beauty ideals in print advertisements in Singapore shopping centres by Ong, Fonda Zheng Jing

“…Adopting a discourse analysis type of approach, similar to Fairclough’s (1989) framework, this study looks at the features the advertisers used to get women to create particular meanings when they view the advertisements, such as the choice of lexical items, language(s), colloquialisms, and images used. …”
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Resilience of power distribution systems by Ng, Si Qi

“…The results obtained showed how consumers are less likely to be affected by disruptions when distributed generators are present. The amount of distributed generators deployed and the location installed have a significant effect on network costs and benefits.…”
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Overmodulation of constant-switching-frequency-based DTC for reluctance synchronous motors incorporating field-weakening operation by Zhang, Xinan, Foo, Gilbert Hock Beng

“…Furthermore, an adaptive activation algorithm is proposed to activate overmodulation only when high torque output is demanded. This algorithm also contributes to ensure the stability of drives with overmodulation through effective flux regulation, which is essential for FW operations. …”
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Low-power cooling codes with efficient encoding and decoding by Chee, Yeow Meng, Etzion, Tuvi, Kiah, Han Mao, Vardy, Alexander, Wei, Hengjia

“…A few constructions for large LPC codes that have efficient encoding and decoding schemes, are given. In particular, when w is fixed, we construct LPC codes of size (n/w) w-1 and show that these LPC codes can be modified to correct errors efficiently. …”
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Modeling the proactive driving behavior of connected vehicles : a cell-based simulation approach by Zhu, Feng, Ukkusuri, Satish V.

“…Then the exit flow of cells containing connected vehicles is adjusted to simulate the proactive driving behavior, such that the traffic light is green when the connected vehicle arrives at the signalized intersection. …”
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A dual-band compact microstrip antenna using CRLHTL metamaterial by Xu, Yuanheng

“…However it’s pretty challenging when trying to design the dual-frequency band antenna, because as the antenna gain is low, the size of the antenna increases. …”
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Semantic map for indoor positioning system (floorplan enhancement with semantic SLAM) by Lim, Han Quan

“…In navigation systems, the absence of GPS data poses an interesting challenge when it comes to managing drift. Systems such as ORB-SLAM manages this by performing Bundle Adjustment on loop closures, as such relatively accurate point-cloud maps may be generated from simple visual input only. …”
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Sentiment analysis on yelp reviews by Wong, Hong Yong

“…Negations have the ability to change the polarity of a given text and must be taken into account when performing sentiment analysis. The goal of this project is to analyze and observe the correlation between the use of negations in a Yelp review and the rating the user provided. …”
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Travel vaccination mapping application (VacMAP) by Goh, Chun Yi

“…This will undeniably smoother the process when planning for an overseas travel.…”
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Singapore-based online travel communities : an in-depth study of Sgtravelcafe by Ho, Zhi Li, Lim, Lee Choon, Lim, Rachael Song Qi, Oh, Cynthia Shih Chia

“…It is an investigation into the needs that are fulfilled when members participate in the online travel community, and the influence of the community upon its members in their travel-related decisions and in building their expectations of the destination. …”
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Safety analysis of active mobility mode by Ho, Siu Joon

“…Respondents also highlighted the need for separate paths for them to feel safe when the uptake of active mobility modes increases.…”
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Development of a mobile application for dental diagnosis by Wong, Keith Zi Hao

“…Just like how we visit doctors when we are not feeling well in any part of our bodies, we need to visit the dentist regarding any issues with our oral health. …”
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Optimal persistent monitoring using reinforcement learning by Hu, Litao

“…When monitoring a dynamically changing environment where a stationary group of agents cannot fully cover, a persistent monitoring problem (PMP) arises. …”
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悟 · Know my heart by Wang, Ruimeng

“…Thus, it can be deduced that a person is awakened when he or she is able to understand their heart. …”
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