Tripartite partnership for the transformation of the Singapore maritime industry - Part B : Industry's perspective by Tan, Xian Jun

“…However, the maritime market has since, been experiencing rapid and constant changes, invoking the need of restructuring to maintain its position in the global market. …”
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Femtosecond laser-induced graphene for flexible electronics by Le, Truong-Son Dinh

“…All these extraordinary properties are combined in one material make graphene the most promising material to date. So far, graphene has been synthesized via several methods, including mechanical exfoliation, chemical vapor deposition, and liquid-phase exfoliation. …”
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New insight Into a volcanic system : analogue investigation of bubble-driven deformation in an elastic conduit by Manta, Fabio, Emadzadeh, Adel, Taisne, Benoit

“…Analogue and numerical simulations have been widely used to describe the mechanisms of bubble and slug ascent during volcanic eruptions as well as their formation and explosion mechanisms. …”
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Red blood cell adhesion can be reduced by non-reactive macromolecules by Zhang, Zhengwen, Meiselman, Herbert J., Neu, Björn

“…However, polymer depletion at the red cell surface has been shown to play a significant role. Interestingly, most previous studies have focused on the adhesion-promoting effects of one type of large polymer or plasma protein. …”
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Detecting adversarial samples for deep neural networks through mutation testing by Tan, Kye Yen

“…This method of defence has been a topic for scrutiny to achieve not only high accuracy but also being real-time. …”
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Synthesis of silica coated plasmonic metal nanostructures by Oi, Sok Yee

“…Plasmonic metal nanoparticles, particularly Silver and Gold, have been extensively studied due to their unique optical properties which are governed by the Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance (LSPR). …”
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Functionalizing bullfrog skin collagen for wound healing by Foo, Laura Li-En

“…In this study, bullfrog skin collagen has been proposed as a non-traditional source of Type I collagen for dermal wound healing applications. …”
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Imaging and processing of tree trunk by Hong, Yuan Ming

“…With the appropriate processing methods and algorithms, it is possible to derive the approximate distance an object is buried underneath the surface based on the reflection wave detected. GPR has since been explored further due to their non-invasive properties which can help monitor infrastructures and the environment. …”
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Membrane reconstitution of monoamine oxidase enzymes on supported lipid bilayers by Wang, Liulin, Kabir H. Biswas, Yoon, Bo Kyeong, Kawakami, Lisa M., Park, Soohyun, Groves, Jay T., Li, Lin, Huang, Wei, Cho, Nam-Joon

“…Monoamine oxidase A and B (MAO-A and B) are mitochondrial outer membrane enzymes that are implicated in a number of human diseases, and the pharmacological inhibition of these enzymes is a promising therapeutic strategy to alleviate disease symptoms. It has been suggested that optimal levels of enzymatic activity occur in the membrane-associated state, although details of the membrane association process remain to be understood. …”
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Multiproblem surrogates : transfer evolutionary multiobjective optimization of computationally expensive problems by Tan, Alan Wei Ming, Ong, Yew-Soon, Gupta, Abhishek, Goh, Chi-Keong

“…Consequently, there exists knowledge from distinct (but possibly related) design exercises, which have either been previously completed or are currently in-progress, that may be leveraged to enhance the optimization performance of a particular target optimization task of interest. …”
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Machine health monitoring using local feature-based gated recurrent unit networks by Zhao, Rui, Wang, Dongzhe, Yan, Ruqiang, Mao, Kezhi, Shen, Fei, Wang, Jinjiang

“…In modern industries, machine health monitoring systems (MHMS) have been applied wildly with the goal of realizing predictive maintenance including failures tracking, downtime reduction, and assets preservation. …”
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Utilization of CSR to build organizations’ corporate image in Asia : need for an integrative approach by Pang, Augustine, Lwin, May Oo, Ng, Chrystal Shu-Min, Ong, Ying-Kai, Chau, Shannon Rose Wing-Ching, Yeow, Kristle Poh-Sim

“…Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been found to be a strong predictor of a favorable corporate image [Gray, 1986. …”
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Perovskite nanoparticles : synthesis, properties, and novel applications in photovoltaics and LEDs by Kulkarni, Sneha Avinash, Mhaisalkar, Subodh Gautam, Mathews, Nripan, Boix, Pablo P.

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Investigation of effects of surface texture on ice formation by Wang, Qiuping

“…In order to determine the icephobic properties of the test plates at different contact angles, test rig has been set up to allow the icing experiment to be conducted under dynamic airflow conditions. …”
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Experimental study of single- and two-phase heat transfer of fractal-like structures by Mak, Joel Tse Hoi

“…Flow boiling in microchannels has been shown to be a viable option for the use of thermal management. …”
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Polydopamine nano-hybrids : interfacial and photoactive role in epoxy nanocomposites and polymerization by Subramanian, Alamelu Suriya

“…A novel strategy involving dual role nanophotoinitiator/ sensitizers in the photoinitiating system resulting in synergy for faster cure of epoxy has been proposed and evaluated.…”
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Pie crusting of ligaments by Yap, Aylsworth Kuang Sheng

“…However, doing pie-crusting on the MCL have not been proven to be safe currently. There are suspicions of mechanical weakening in the MCL ligament integrity after pie-crusting. …”
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Object tracking using surveillance camera by She, Hanqing

“…In recent years, due to the wide demand for multi-object tracking applications, many effective multi-object tracking methods have been produced. The whole process of multi-object tracking can be divided into two parts: one is object detection and the other is object tracking. …”
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Deep visual saliency on stereoscopic images by Nguyen, Anh-Duc, Kim, Jongyoo, Oh, Heeseok, Kim, Haksub, Lin, Weisi, Lee, Sanghoon

“…Visual saliency on stereoscopic 3D (S3D) images has been shown to be heavily influenced by image quality. …”
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Effect of alkali cation type on strength endurance of fly ash geopolymers subject to high temperature exposure by Lahoti, Mukund, Wong, Keng Khang, Tan, Kang Hai, Yang, En-Hua

“…However, the influence of alkali cation type on strength endurance of geopolymers subject to high temperature exposure and the underlying governing mechanisms have not been studied. This study investigated the effects of alkali cation type on high temperature response of fly ash geopolymers aiming towards structural applications. …”
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