Sub-100-nm sized silver split ring resonator metamaterials with fundamental magnetic resonance in the middle visible spectrum by Tobing, Landobasa Y. M., Tjahjana, Liliana, Zhang, Dao Hua, Zhang, Qing, Xiong, Qihua

“…Excellent agreement between LC-model and experimental data is obtained when the capacitance of the sub-100-nm SRRs is interpreted as capacitance between two spheres instead of between two parallel plates.…”
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Novel on-demand bioadhesion to soft tissue in wet environments by Steele, Terry W. J., Mogal, Vishal, Papper, Vladislav, Chaurasia, Alok, Feng, Gao, Marks, Robert

“…Plasma post-irradiation grafting makes it possible to graft diazirine onto PLGA substrates. When the diazirine-PLGA films, placed on wetted ex vivo swine aortas, are activated with low intensity UV light, lap shear strength of up to 450 ± 50 mN cm−2 is observed, which is one order of magnitude higher than hydrogel bioadhesives placed on similar soft tissues. …”
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“Clicking” compliant mechanism for flapping-wing micro aerial vehicle by Chin, Yao-Wei, Lau, Gih Keong

“…The clicking mechanism is integrated in a thorax-like compliant mechanism, which buckles and consequently produces a large wing stroke when driven by an electric motor. The thorax-like compliant mechanism can store elastic energy in flexible hinges and is good for storing kinetic energy expended during wing reversal. …”
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Research and development aspects on chemical preparation techniques of photoanodes for dye sensitized solar cells by Asim, Nilofar, Ahmadi, Shideh, Alghoul, M. A., Hammadi, F. Y., Saeedfar, Kasra, Sopian, K.

“…However, there is a variety of consideration, and certain criteria must be taken into account when selecting a specific deposition method, due to the fact that the fabrication conditions vary and are unoptimized.…”
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A generalized stereotypical trust model by Fang, Hui, Zhang, Jie, Sensoy, Murat, Thalmann, Nadia Magnenat

“…The buyer forms trust stereotypes based on her past experience with other sellers. However, when the buyer has limited past experience with sellers, the formed stereotypes cannot accurately reflect her trust evaluation towards sellers. …”
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Large-scale preparation of carbon-encapsulated cobalt nanoparticles by the catalytic method by Zhong, Z. Y., Lin, J. Y., Liu, Bing Hai, Ding, Jun, Dong, Zhili, White, Timothy John

“…The products can be fully separated from the supporting materials by simple washing process. When NaCl, NaF and Al2O3 were used as supporting materials, the morphologies of the carbon products changed from carbon-encapsulated magnetic nano-particles (CEMNs) to an intermediate state (quasi-nanocages) between CEMNs and carbon nanotubes (CNTs), and then to CNTs, respectively. …”
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How should ASEAN engage the EU? Reflections on ASEAN’s external relations by Yeo, Lay Hwee

“…This paper examines the current EU‐ASEAN relations and reflects on how ASEAN can step up its engagement with the EU at a time when the East Asian region has become the core region of global politics and economics, and ASEAN has to become more united and cohesive if it is to manage the increasing tensions and rising rivalry amongst the big powers in the region, in particular between the US and China.…”
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Release retardation of model protein on polyelectrolyte-coated PLGA nano- and microparticles by Nugraha, Chandra, Bora, Meghali, Venkatraman, Subbu S.

“…PEM capsules have been proposed for vehicles of drug microencapsulation, with the release triggered by pH, salt, magnetic field, or light. When built on another carrier encapsulating drugs, such as nanoparticles, it could provide additional release barrier to the releasing drug, providing further control to drug release. …”
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Quantitative economics of corporate crime, punishment and solution - regbonds by Goh, Jing Rong

“…This thesis serves to shed light on the decision-making process of managers when it comes to gray project investments. Specifically, this thesis focuses on the quantitative economic incentives and provide intriguing insights that are grounded in firm mathematical models. …”
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A sparse kernel algorithm for online time series data prediction by Fan, Haijin, Song, Qing

“…In online learning settings, the learning system is updated when each training sample is obtained and it requires a higher computational speed. …”
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Analysis of CDMA-based land mobile satellite communication systems over fading channels by Zhang, Wei

“…It is shown that it is beneficial to use multipath diversity only when the elevation angle is lower than 56 degrees.…”
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Dynamic range of camera in photography by Oon, Nicole Xin Jie

“…When taking photographs with a digital camera under bright sunshine, it is often the case that we lose details of the image due to over exposure in areas where it is too bright showing only pure white colour and under exposure in area where it is too dark showing only pure black colour. …”
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Long contraction scour by Koh, Chun Wei

“…Contraction scour is usually the main concern when it comes to constructing hydraulic structure such as bridges, barrages, cross drainage and weirs. …”
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Understanding the usage of physical activity tracking devices by Lam, Pui Shan

“…There is a significant difference for the reasons people did not think that it would help them increase their physical activity level or they did not want to increase their physical activity level with p = 0.001 and p = 0.006 respectively when comparing between those interested and uninterested in using an activity tracker in the future. …”
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Energy disaggregation of overlapping home appliances consumptions using a cluster splitting approach by Aiad, Misbah, Lee, Peng Hin

“…Non-intrusive load monitoring (NILM) is a set of techniques that aims to decompose the aggregate energy consumptions of a household into the energy consumed by the respective individual appliances. When some of the home appliances have power consumptions levels that overlap with each other, it becomes a challenging problem to disaggregate the energy consumed by each of these appliances. …”
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Development of an RF positioning system by Rege, Laukik Jayesh

“…The system works in the 2.4 GHz ISM band and was found to be accurate to 0.27m when operating at distances in the range of 0 to 20m in partially NLOS environments. …”
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Easing the “second-shift” burden : grandparental childcare and the subjective wellbeing of working mothers in Singapore by Cheo, Rachel Ka Yang

“…Childcare arrangements lie at the crux of issues parents have to work out when mothers wish to continue with work after childbirth. …”
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A tri-level optimization model for a private road competition problem with traffic equilibrium constraints by Gu, Yan, Cai, Xingju, Han, Deren, Wang, David Zhi Wei

“…Game-theoretic approaches are applied when the toll road network is controlled by more than one private company. …”
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Self-constructing controller for autonomous vehicle by Muhammad Amirul Afiq

“…This project explores the performance of a Generic Evolving Self-Organizing Neuro-Fuzzy Control of Bio-inspired Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (G-Controller) when implemented on an autonomous UAV. The G-Controller comprises the combination of Sliding Mode Control (SMC) with generic evolving neuro-fuzzy system (GENEFIS). …”
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Cultural self-awareness as awareness of culture's influence on the self : implications for cultural identification and well-being by Lu, Chieh, Wan, Ching

“…The indirect effect of cultural self-awareness on well-being was stronger when cultural experience was positive (vs. negative). …”
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