The will of fortune by Koh, Samantha Xiao Xian, Ng, Jean Yee, Chiu, Rachel Rui Qi

“…There is no guidebook to living, but with worries and even fears about what the future has in store, some people turn to fortune telling and a host of other divination methods to interpret or intervene in their own fates. …”
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Inferring electrospray emission characteristics from molecular dynamics and simulated retarding potential analysis by Schroeder, Madeleine, Gallud, Ximo, Petro, Elaine, Jia-Richards, Oliver, Lozano, Paulo C

“…The percentage of monomers, dimers, and trimers in the beam is approximately 45%, 30%–43%, and 13%–25%, respectively. …”
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Polarization holography using diarylethene dye (b1536) doped polymer by Tan, Wei Jie.

“…The effects of the different writing and reading beams were compared and contrasted. A maximum diffraction efficiency of 25.4% was achieved using orthogonal circularly polarized writing and reading beams on a 5%wt polycarbonate film doped with B1536. …”
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Modelling damage in concrete structures by Lee, Sai Cheng., Cheong, Hee Kiat.

“…An investigation was carried out on the behaviour of concrete beams damaged to varying extends in the high moment zone.…”
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An autonomous ultrasonic fastener holes inspection system of an aircraft lower wing skin by Lim, Chee Wei.

“…Fasteners like rivets and bolts bear a large part of the stress and thus require frequent inspection for cracks around the fastener's holes. …”
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The behaviour of steel and composite structures under a middle-column-removal scenario by Yang, Bo

“…Firstly, the behaviour of different types of steel bolted beam-column joints under a middle-column-removal scenario has been studied by experimental tests. …”
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Influence of no-core fiber on the focusing performance of an ultra-small gradient-index fiber probe by Bi, Shubo, Wang, Chi, Zhu, Jun, Yuan, Zhiwen, Yu, Yingjie, Valyukh, Sergiy, Asundi, Anand

“…The light-beam expansion effect of a no-core fiber on the focusing performance of an ultra-small gradient-index fiber probe is investigated with a view to optimizing the optical performance of such probes. …”
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Biconcave micro-optofluidic lens with low-refractive-index liquids by Song, Chaolong, Nguyen, Nam-Trung, Asundi, Anand Krishna, Low, Cassandra Lee-Ngo

“…For the characterization of the lens, a telescope system was constructed from polydimethylsiloxane lenses to collimate and expand a light beam emitted from an optical fiber. The tunable optofluidic biconcave lens focuses the parallel beam. …”
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Novel Millimetre Wave Antennas for MIMO and 5G Applications / by Koul, Shiban K., author 448980, Wani, Zamir, author 643132

“…In addition, various new antenna systems such as wide-scan antenna arrays, dual-polarized antennas, and dual-beam/multibeam antennas are covered in this book. …”

Micro-RBS study of nickel silicide formation by Lee, Pooi See, Sum, Tze Chien, Seng, H. L., Osipowicz, T., Mangelinck, D., Watt, F.

“…The beam was focused to submicron dimensions for the scans over the narrow lines. μ-RBS results for the different silicide structures are presented and correlated with micro-Raman data.…”
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Disposable flow cytometer with high efficiency in particle counting and sizing using an optofluidic lens by Song, Chaolong, Luong, Trung-Dung, Kong, Tian Fook, Nguyen, Nam-Trung, Asundi, Anand Krishna

“…The variations of the signal peak values are reduced, owing to the small beam width at the beam waist. The device presents an efficient and accurate performance on both the counting and sizing of particles.…”
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Quad's India problem : no different from Beijing by Gupta, Sourabh

“…Australia, Japan and the US should first get New Delhi to revise its UNCLOS-related rules and regulations, which bear far greater similarity with Beijing’s than that of its Quad partners.…”
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Up in smoke : peatland fires in Russia and Indonesia by Sofiah Jamil

“…The heatwaves behind the current Russian fires bear similarities with the Indonesian experiences in 1998 and 2006, Indonesia and ASEAN could share their experiences in addressing peatland fires with Russia.…”
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Studies on laser design and laser micro-machining by Chen, Yihong.

“…With its increasing use in material processing, the need for further study and improvement of the laser beam performance becomes necessary to achieve optimal processing quality. …”
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The political-economic risks of AI by Carvalho, J-P

“…The political and economic risks of artificial intelligence have been over shadowed by fears of malicious superintelligence and killer robots. …”

Visible wavelength FBG sensors by Ching, Wei Wen

“…A simple strain test was setup to determine the linear relationship between the Bragg wavelength and the strain applied to the beam. The FBGs fabricated were first mounted to the surface of an aluminum beam and a vertical displacement strain was then applied onto the beam. …”
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Development of interactive software (statics) by Chan, Keith Shao Wen

“…As the major part of the whole software, the Beam Analyser is developed to tackle problems in determining reaction forces and plotting shear force diagram and bending moment diagram of a beam subjected to various loadings and support conditions. …”
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Modeling, validation, and performance of low-frequency piezoelectric energy harvesters by Abdelkefi, A., Barsallo, Nilma, Tang, Lihua, Yang, Yaowen, Hajj, Muhammad R

“…Analytical and finite element electromechanical models that take into account the fact that the piezoelectric sheet does not cover the whole substrate beam are developed. A linear analysis of the analytical model is performed to determine the optimal load resistance. …”
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Photonic engineering of terahertz quantum cascade lasers by Liang, Guozhen

“…In many of these applications, high power coherent THz sources with low beam divergence, single-mode operation, tunable intensity and controllable polarization are highly desirable. …”
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Effects of infilled wall opening on load resisting capacity of RC frames to mitigate progressive collapse risk by Qian, Kai, Lan, Dong-Qiu, Fu, Feng, Li, Bing

“…Moreover, the infilled walls with or without openings may change the position of rebar fracture of the beams. Thus, it was incorrect to simplify multi-story infilled frames into single-story substructures.…”
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