Deception POINT / by Brown, Dan, 1964- 274722 author

“…When a new NASA satellite detects evidence of an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory...a victory that has profound implications for U.S. space policy and the impending presidential election.With the Oval Office in the balance, the President dispatches White House Intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton to the Arctic to verify the authenticity of the find. …”

Blockchain and its applications b by Ho, Zong Hua

“…When it comes to making big decision where the public is involved voting has always been a decision tool for society when deciding major issues in the community. …”
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Design and fabrication of a 3D printed acoustic levitator for droplet trapping by Yap, Nelson Jia Jun

“…Acoustic levitation in single-axis acoustic levitator occurs when a standing wave is formed between a transducer and a correctly positioned reflector plate or another transducer. …”
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Negotiating Singaporean national identity through discussing foreigners on STOMP. by Lee, Kui Bao.

“…As a citizen journalism website frequented by mostly Singaporeans, it presents slices of the citizens‟ public and private lives. When authors like Dennis (2008) and Mann (1998) argue the rise of self and social surveillance because of convergence technology, complementarily, discussion around user-contributed stories becomes virtual spaces of national identity negotiation, especially when the stories posted involve foreigners. …”
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Synthesis of CIGS nanoparticles for the application of low cost solar cells by Wong, Li Ting.

“…Characterization of the nanoparticles was done using SEM, EDX, TEM and UV-VIS NIR spectroscopy. When hexadecylamine (HDA) was used as the ligand, larger nanoparticles were obtained as compared to when oleylamine (OLA) was used. …”
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Evaluation of the music collection at the National Institute of Education Library by Yu, Bee Lian.

“…However, the Library fared relatively better, with 71.5% holdings, when a list of "Recommended Readings/References" drawn up by the Institute's academic staff was list-checked.…”
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Virtual palpation by Luo, Ting.

“…During this project, the haptic devices were used to simulate the force feedback when the virtual hands touch on the virtual skin in the 3D virtual space. …”
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Identifying independent sub-networks of functional connectome of the brain by Chan, Jin Hao

“…Aside from every day activities however, the brain is also active when it is in a resting state, which is when the human is not performing any task-related activities. …”
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My garden of you by Chen, Zhi Lin

“…When my youngest brother was born, my paternal grandmother from Taiwan flew exactly 3,231 kilometres from home to be with my family to look after him when my parents were at work. …”
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Automated test case generation for user-interface changes on Android applications by Siew, Jie Sean

“…This project focuses on generating test cases automatically when the user interface of the android application changes. …”
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The musician chair by Yin, Jiayi

“…This is especially so for performers when they are already holding their instruments in hand. …”
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Salient motion detection through state controllability by Muthuswamy, Karthik, Rajan, Deepu

“…Salient motion detection is a challenging task especially when the motion is obscured by dynamic background motion. …”
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A proxy-tactile reactive control for robots moving in clutter by Caroleo, G, Giovinazzo, F, Albini, A, Grella, F, Cannata, G, Maiolino, P

“…Specifically, the presented solution leverages proximity sensing obtained from distributed Time of Flight (ToF) sensors to avoid collision when this does not interfere with the pick-and-place task. …”

Leveraging or overcoming distance? Global strategy and structure of professional service firms by Sako, M, Peo, J

“…When the logic of distance-as-barrier is upheld, PSFs give greater autonomy to local units or establish loosely connected regionally autonomous partnerships. …”

The impact of musical fit and sound design on consumers’ perception of a luxury car ad by Sze Yeoh, JP, Han, MG, Spence, C

“…The results revealed that participants perceived the car’s power, driving excitement and engine technology to be highest when the ad was paired with sound effects. Meanwhile, participants perceived the car to be most elegant and indicated the highest price for the car when the ad was paired with classical music. …”

Gender identity in the 2021 census of England and Wales: how a flawed question created spurious data by Biggs, M

“…The results are also internally inconsistent when the various categories of gender identity are correlated across localities, and when compared with sexual orientation. …”

The representation dynamic and the “normalization” of group differences by Carvalho, J-P, Pradelski, BSR

“…Equality of opportunity almost never results in equal outcomes, even when groups have the same productivity. Minorities and historically marginalized groups tend to be underrepresented. …”

Application of native and phosphorylated tapioca starches in potato starch noodle by Muhammad, Kharidah, Kusnandar, Feri, Mat Hashim, Dzulkifly, Abd. Rahman, Russly

“…The resulting noodles were transparent and less brittle when uncooked, and were moderately elastic, less sticky and experienced lower cooking loss and less swelling when cooked. …”
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Are economic selection indices always superior to a desired gains index? by Yamada, Y.

“…The comparison of different selection indices is justified only if the indices are constrated to achieve the same profit function, even when each index is not optimized with respect to that profit function. …”

Optimizing heat transfer with nano additives: A mathematical approach by Hanif, Hanifa, Shafie, Sharidan, A. Alanazi, Abeer, Alzahrani, S. S., Alarabi, T. H.

“…The findings show that skin friction decreases when the relaxation time parameter increases. The thermal performance of the working fluid increased up to 5% when hybrid nanoparticles were suspended to it.…”
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